Miami, FL - South Florida PBS (WPBT & WXEL) is honored to announce 18 Suncoast Regional EMMY® Award nominations for programs produced by South Florida PBS staff and partners. Winners will be announced at the 47th Annual Suncoast Regional EMMY® Awards Gala on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, FL.
“We are incredibly honored to have several of our original productions recognized by The Suncoast Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences including a nomination in the category of Equity/Diversity/Inclusion and several nominations in the category of Environment/Science,” stated South Florida PBS President & CEO Dolores Fernandez Alonso.
The Suncoast Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is the standard-bearer for excellence in the television industry and the gatekeeper of the prestigious regional EMMY® Awards in the Suncoast Region. The Suncoast Chapter represents the best and brightest television and media professionals from all disciplines of the industry and from all of the Suncoast region’s television markets.
Below is the list of South Florida PBS nominations:
South Florida PBS Original Productions
DOCUMENTARY
Documentary-Cultural
Birthright
Jayme Gershen, Cristina Garcia, Dennis Scholl Little Napoleon
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Florida Keys: 200 Years of Paradise
Kyla Ryan, Nicole Malanga, Melissa Harmon, Laura Albritton, Evan Flores
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE
Environment/Science - Long Form Content
Changing Seas “Life in the Dark: The Polar Night”
Alexa Elliott, Sean Hickey, Jacquelyn Hurtado, Kenneth Robkin, Norman Silva
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Changing Seas “Bermuda: Life at Ocean’s Edge”
Liz Smith, Sean Hickey, Craig Sechler
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
We Are All Plastic People Now
Rory Fielding, Scott Rogo, Cortney Fielding, Theo Weierstall, Luis Marrou, Dave Corona
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Environment /Science – Short Form Content
Star Gazers Digital Series
Trace Dominguez, Jacquelyn Hurtado, Robert Reep, Emily Swift
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
DIRECTOR
Director - Long Form Content
We Are All Plastic People Now
Rory Fielding
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
WRITER
Writer - Long Form Content
Changing Seas “Life in the Dark: The Polar Night”
Alexa Elliott WPBT-TV,
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Changing Seas “Bermuda: Life at Ocean’s Edge”
Liz Smith
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Partner Productions which aired on South Florida PBS
DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION
Diversity/Equity/Inclusion - Long Form Content
Open Dialogues: Black Voices - Black Stories
Jeff Rusnak
Art And Culture Center, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
NOSTALGIA
Nostalgia – Short Form Content
Mambochella
Adeline Ferro, Ivelin Giro, Fabian Cardenas
Mambo Babalu/Cinema 360 Films, LLC,
WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
EDITOR
Editor - Short Form Content
Mambochella
Fabian Cardenas Cinema 360 Films, LLC,
WPBT – TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
DOCUMENTARY
Documentary - Cultural
Crossing Overtown
Scott Barnett, Johanna Vega
Fuxion Inc.
WPBT- TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
MAGAZINE PROGRAM
Flip My Florida Yard
Tom Wichman, Katie Schroeder, Brian Stork, Chad Crawford, Shallon Chapman, Ben Mesker, Killian Gilroy
Crawford Entertainment, Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL
WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
AUDIO
Audio - Long Form Content
Eudora’s Fable: The Shoe Bird
Carlos Lopez
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
DIRECTOR
Director - Long Form Content
Crossing Overtown
Scott Barnett Fuxion Inc.,
WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Eudora’s Fable: The Shoe Bird
Gerard Schwarz
WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
EDITOR
Editor - Short Form Content
Mambochella
Fabian Cardenas Cinema 360 Films, LLC,
WPBT – TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Editor - Long Form Content
Crossing Overtown
Scott Barnett, John MacDonald
Fuxion Inc.,
WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
About South Florida PBS:
SOUTH FLORIDA PBS is Florida’s largest public media company, including Public Broadcasting stations WXEL-TV, serving the Palm Beaches and the Treasure Coast and WPBT2, serving Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and the Health Channel, a 24/7 television and multi-platform health and wellness service. 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 tells different local stories across a variety of digital media platforms. Some of our award-winning productions include James Patterson’s Kid Stew, Changing Seas, Art Loft and Your South Florida. For more information, visit https://www.southfloridapbs.org.
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