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The CableACE Award (earlier known as the ACE Awards; ACE was an acronym for Award for Cable Excellence) was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programming.It was created by the National Cable Television Association to serve as a cable television counterpart to the Primetime Emmy Awards which before their 40th ceremony in 1988 did not recognize cable programming.