South Florida PBS announces it has received 16 Emmy nominations from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Suncoast Chapter 2018 for programs SFPBS has produced. SFPBS also was the broadcast partner for 6 additional Emmy nominated programs. Winners will be announced on Saturday, December 1, 2018.
“We are thrilled to receive these Emmy ® nominations in a single year. We are gratified that these outstanding programs and all of the production teams involved have earned such recognition,” said Executive Vice President Bill Scott.
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.
Below is the list of the South Florida PBS 2018 Emmy Award Nominations:
Arts/Entertainment/Program category:
Film-maker “Changes”
Yamilet Hernandez
Children’s Programs:
Kid Stew # 101
James Patterson, Tim Malloy, Frank Costantini, Brian Sitts, Johanna Vega, Scott Barnett.
Kid Stew # 102
James Patterson, Tim Malloy, Frank Costantini, Brian Sitts.
Kid Stew # 103
James Patterson, Frank Costantini, Brian Sitts.
Kid Stew # 104
James Patterson, Frank Costantini, Brian Sitts.
Environment Programs:
Battleground Everglades “Algae Explosion”
Mary Pat Lang, Leesa Gordon, Penelope Douglas, Charles J. Kropke, Norman Silva, Brian Zeikowitz.
Burning Storm: Special Edition
Mary Pat Lang, Leesa Gordon, Penelope Douglas, Evan Flores, Brian Zeikowitz.
Documentary Cultural:
Film-maker - “Art Vessel”
Mateo Vengoechea
Health/Science Programs:
Changing Seas “Dolphins: Breaking the Code”
Alexa Elliott, Sean Hickey.
Magazine Programs:
Check, Please! South Florida # 1506
Carolina Cuadra, Joyce Belloise.
Public/Current/Community Affairs:
Parkland: The Way Forward
Nicole Borrero, Pamela Bunge, Melissa Harmon, Robert Reep, Erlin Morandeira.
Direct/Non-Live category:
Kid Stew
Frank Costantini
Graphic Arts/Animation category:
South Florida PBS Animation
Norman Silva
Talent Nominations:
Kid Stew’s “Caroline”
Caroline de Leon
Kid Stew’s “Armando”
Armando Bernal IV
Photographer/Non-news category:
Changing Seas “Cryptic Critters”
Sean Hickey
South Florida PBS is proud to serve as the broadcast partner for the following Emmy-nominated programs:
Arts/Entertainment/Program
Landscape Sublime
Dennis Scholl
Ed Talavera
Art Center South Florida
Everyday People
Dennis Scholl
Marlon Johnson
Art Center South Florida
Documentary Cultural:
Queen of Thursdays
Dennis Scholl
Orlando Rojas
Jorge Alvarez
Marlon Johnson
Cristina Dumas
A Journey to the Soul of Guna Yala
Stella Holmes
Joel Kaplan
David Counts
Documentary Historical:
My Dear Children
LeeAnn Dance
Cliff Hackel
A Call to Remember
Dennis Scholl
Ken Winikur
Michael Berenbaum
Sydney Carpel
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 WPBT2, 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/.
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