The public television series KID STEW, a co-production of best-selling author James Patterson and South Florida PBS for elementary school kids celebrating imagination and creative expression, has received seven nominations for the 2019 Emmy ® awards by the NATAS Suncoast regional chapter in two categories. All six episodes of the series’ second season are nominated in the category “Children/Youth/ Teens” program for the team of James Patterson, Frank Costantini, Brian Sitts, Scott Barnett, Johanna Vega and Tim Malloy. The series represents six of the eight nominations in the category. Luke Nappe of Miami Beach, one of the series’ nine pre-teen cast members, is nominated in the “Talent – Performer/Narrator” category. South Florida PBS received a total of 18 nominations this year, announced on October 21, 2019. Winners will be announced on Saturday, December 14, 2019. Season one of KID STEW garnered seven nominations in 2018 and won five EMMY ® Awards – in the category Outstanding Children’s Program for all four Season One episodes and in the category Talent for co-star Armando Bernal IV. The series’ third season is slated to debut on public television stations in May 2020.
“We are thrilled to see ‘Kid Stew’ grow season to season in both reach of viewership and industry recognition,” said South Florida PBS Executive Vice President Bill Scott. “Congratulations to the production team and all of the kids in the cast.”
“When we started ‘Kid Stew’ the idea was to give kids the kind of television they want while sneaking in the educational tools they need,” said series creator and co-producer James Patterson. “I’m so proud of what our team has accomplished.”
Co-producer South Florida PBS distributes the series nationally to public television stations via American Public Television (check local listings).
In addition to Nappe, the kids cast includes Florida residents Armando Bernal IV, David Bolinger, Caroline DeLeon, Nicholas Hernandez, Madison Maxwell, Blake McCall, Milena Rivero, and Satine Sorensen, and their mascot dog, Ozzie. They time travel, conduct interviews with famous creatives, host newscasts, explore the science behind joke shop classics, virtually globetrot, star in parody commercials, perform in music videos, read to animals, and more kid-tested, teacher-approved fun.
In season two, popular authors Judy Blume, Eliot Schrefer, Ridley Pearson, Jill Sheeley, Soman Chainani, and Peter Brown reveal their inspiration and offer encouragement; the kids meet a broad range of artists including ice sculptors; reimagined fairy tales and iconic Hollywood scenes with a twist address social issues; and visits to NASA, a marine biology lab and a humane society expand the kids’ perspectives. Subtle suggestions to visit the library to further investigate interesting topics covered in the episodes remind viewers that reading isn’t just something you have to do for school.
Series creator: James Patterson. Director: Frank Costantini. Head writer: Brian Sitts. Producer/Field Director: Scott Barnett. Supervising Producer: Johanna Vega. The second season of KID STEW was made possible by support from The Eunice Joyce Gardiner Charitable Foundation and the Cornelia T. Bailey Charitable Trust. Follow the series on Instagram (KidStewTV), Facebook, and Twitter (@stew_tv).
About NATAS Suncoast Chapter
The Suncoast Chapter is the regional chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences that represents Florida; Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, & New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; Thomasville, Georgia; and Puerto Rico.
About James Patterson
KID STEW series creator James Patterson, the number three kids author in the United States with best-selling children’s titles including the Max Einstein, I Funny, and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life series, and Word of Mouse (along with his hundreds of bestsellers for those kids’ parents), has long been an advocate for children’s literacy, founding the Read Kiddo Read initiative and spearheading grants for teachers to supplement their school libraries each year.
About South Florida PBS
South Florida PBS is Florida’s largest public media company, including Public Broadcasting stations WXEL, serving the Palm Beaches and WPBT, serving Miami-Dade and Broward counties. South Florida PBS connects organizations and institutions across our region and preserves South Florida's history. Leading the way in this global society, South Florida PBS serves diverse communities from Key West to the Sebastian Inlet and from the Atlantic Ocean west to Lake Okeechobee. South Florida PBS is committed to creating and presenting unique arts, education and cultural heritage programming, and serves as a model for telling unique local stories across a variety of digital media platforms. National productions presented to public television stations by South Florida PBS include James Patterson’s Kid Stew, Battleground Everglades, Changing Seas, and Blue Chip Kids. For more information, visit http://www.southfloridapbs.org/home/.
About APT
American Public Television (APT) is the leading syndicator of high-quality, top-rated programming to the
nation’s public television stations. For more than 10 years, APT distributed one-third or more of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U.S. Founded in 1961, among its 250 new program titles per year, APT programs include prominent documentaries, performance, news and current affairs programs, dramas, how-to programs, children’s series and classic movies. America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated, Cook’s Country, AfroPoP, Rick Steves’ Europe, Chris Kimball’s Milk Street Television, Front and Center, Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Midsomer Murders, A Place to Call Home, Lidia’s Kitchen, Globe Trekker, New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton, Simply Ming, and P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home are a sampling of APT’s programs, considered some of the most popular on public television. APT licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service. Now in its 13th year, Create®TV — featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming — is distributed by American Public Television. APT also distributes WORLD™, public television’s premier news, science and documentary channel. To find out more about APT’s programs and services, visit APTonline.org.
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