Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen get Bob Hope awardpublished at 03:16 BST
03:16 BST
Nardine Saad
Reporting from the Emmy Awards
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Husband and wife Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen are receiving the 2025 Bob Hope Humanitarian award for their philanthropy, activism and “unwavering commitment to global good”.
The Cheers and Curb Your Enthusiasm stars are the first couple to be honoured with the award, which was established in 2002 to recognise media figures whose philanthropic efforts reflects the spirit of the late comedian Bob Hope, according to the Television Academy.
The academy describes Danson and Steenburgen, married since 1995, as “two luminaries whose off-screen legacy shines as bright as their decades of celebrated television work”.
Danson, whose other credits include The Good Place and Becker, is a longtime environmentalist and ocean conservation activist. He co-founded the American Oceans Campaign in 1987 and has supported several charities, including the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Steenburgen, who has starred in Elf and Parenthood and won an Oscar for Melvin and Howard, has worked with Artists for a Free South Africa and No Kid Hungry, and has advocated for more arts funding in US schools.
The couple has long supported LGBTQ+ rights and co-founded the charity Angels at Risk in 2007 to combat drug and alcohol abuse among children, teenagers and their families.