MIAMI, FL — South Florida PBS (WPBT, WXEL, and Health Channel) is honored to announce twenty-one 2025 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter Regional EMMY® Award nominations for programs produced by South Florida PBS staff and partners. Winners will be announced at the Annual Suncoast Regional EMMY® Awards Gala on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, FL.
"We are incredibly proud of our talented team and creative partners who continue to produce meaningful and inspiring content for our community” stated South Florida PBS President & CEO Dolores Fernandez Alonso. “These nominations are a testament to the dedication and passion that drive our mission to educate, engage, and inspire viewers across South Florida.”
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 the Suncoast region’s television markets.
Nominations for South Florida PBS Original Productions:
DOCUMENTARY – TOPICAL
From Fear to Hope: The HIV & AIDS Journey
Penelope Douglas, Donna Rowlinson, Brian Zeikowitz, Evan Flores
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE – LONG FORM CONTENT
Changing Seas “Mystery of the Spinning Fish”
Alexa Elliott, Javier Castro, Luis Marrou, Sean Hickey, Jacquelyn Hurtado
Changing Seas “Elephant Seals of Año Nuevo”
Liz Smith, Javier Castro, Sean Hickey
Changing Seas “Costa Rica’s Surfing Paradise”
Liz Smith, Javier Castro, Hope Smith, Norman Silva, Sean Hickey
Changing Seas “Whales in a Plastic Ocean”
Alexa Elliott, Javier Castro, Sean Hickey
Changing Seas “California Sea Otters: Ecosystem Engineers”
Alexa Elliott, Norman Silva, Luis Marrou, Sean Hickey
HISTORICAL/CULTURAL – LONG FORM CONTENT
Your South Florida “Meet the Miccosukee”
Nicole Borrero, Pam Giganti Bunge, Nicole Malanga, Jacquelyn Hurtado, Christopher Albert, Sergio Figuera
Nominations for South Florida PBS Partner Productions:
MAGAZINE PROGRAM – SINGLE PROGRAM
Dock & Dine #102
Ko-Mar Productions
Amanda Prince, Todd Kolich, Jim Gallagher, Jason Pereira, Jose Flores
SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGE – EDITED
Beethoven’s 9th – Ode to Joy
Frost School of Music
Paula Schwendener, Gerard Schwarz, Shelton Berg, Andrew Mayatskiy, Yun Xuan Cao, Dana Salminen
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT – LONG FORM CONTENT
George V
Dennis Scholl, Ed Talavera, Dia Kontaxis
DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION – LONG FORM CONTENT
Open Dialogues: Gen Queer Z
Art and Culture Center/Hollywood
Jeff Rusnak, Joy Satterlee, Freddy Rodriguez, Tom Lander
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE – LONG FORM CONTENT
Garden of the Glades
National Wildlife Refuge Association
Vincent Marcucci
HEALTH/MEDICAL – LONG FORM CONTENT
Labors of Love “Full Moon, Full House”
Beber Silverstein Group
Joe Perz, David A. Vargas
Labors of Love “Tricks of the Trade”
Beber Silverstein Group
Joe Perz, David A. Vargas
DIRECTOR – LONG FORM CONTENT
Descent
WPBT
Rory Fielding
GRAPHIC ARTS -VISUAL EFFECTS
Las Luces
Imaginex Movies
Fernanda Lamuño, Miguel Echeverri
AUDIO – LIVE OR POST PRODUCTION
The Carnival of MORE Animals
Palm Beach Symphony
Carlos Lopez
Beethoven’s 9th – Ode to Joy
South Florida PBS
Carlos Fernando Lopez
Descent
WPBT
Renee Sunbird, Christophe Chagnard
MUSICAL COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT
The Carnival of More Animals
Palm Beach Symphony
Gerard Schwarz
Descent
WPBT
Renee Sunbird, Christophe Chagnard
ABOUT SUNCOAST CHAPTER OF NATAS:
The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a nonprofit Florida corporation dedicated to excellence in television. We offer annual Regional EMMY® Awards called The Suncoast Regional EMMY® Awards to television markets in the entire State of Florida, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, Thomasville, Georgia and Puerto Rico.
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, the only 24/7 channel dedicated to health in the nation. 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 is committed to creating and presenting award-winning programs focused on kids, education, arts and culture, health, environment, science, and civic engagement.
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