Eight Los Angeles Area Emmy® Wins for KCET and PBS SoCal Marks 7th Consecutive Year Leading All Other LA TV Stations, An Unprecedented Achievement in Awards' 75-Year History
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Los Angeles, Calif. – July 24, 2023 – PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS stations, announced today they received a combined total of eight wins from the 2023 Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards presented on Sat., July 22 by the Television Academy and its Los Angeles Area Peer Group. The total tally tied with KVEA for the most wins by any TV station at the 75th LA Emmys
marking the seventh consecutive year that the station has won the most awards at the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards -- an unprecedented achievement in the awards 75-year history. Going into the ceremony, the two Southern California-based PBS stations KCET and PBS SoCal led all others in the region with 26 nominations spread across 11 different categories honoring 10 separate, locally produced productions.
Season two of the Emmy and James Beard Award®-winning series BROKEN BREAD (produced in partnership with modern media company Tastemade) won a total of three awards including “LA Local Color” and “Culture/History” for the season that explored the future of the restaurant industry, highlighting complex social justice issues through the lens of food and featuring notable interviews between Host and Executive Producer Chef Roy Choi with Chef Wolfgang Puck, Restauratrice & Food Activist Alice Waters, Artist & Activist Chuck D. and more.
The fourth season of food series THE MIGRANT KITCHEN in association with Life & Thyme, an award-winning culinary publication dedicated to documenting global food culture, was also recognized with two wins for “Music Composition” and “Short Promo.” The latest season went beyond Los Angeles to explore booming food scenes across the nation, introducing a new generation of chefs whose cuisine is inspired by the immigrant experience.
The locally produced original arts and culture series ARTBOUND and the regional history series LOST LA took home honors in the “Arts” and “Entertainment” categories respectively while the independently produced film BELLE VIE was recognized in the “Independent Programming” category.
The full list of recipients honored for their work on the KCET and PBS SoCal content are as follows:
L.A. Local Color (BROKEN BREAD “Owning the Block”)
Roy Choi, Executive Producer, Host
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Emily Mraz, Executive Producer
Natasha Phan, Executive Producer
Antonio Diaz, Director
Chris Low, Director of Photography
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Clara Bottoms, Producer
Tanayi Seabrook, Producer
Gia Lappe, Associate Producer
Avrielle Gallagher, Supervising Producer
Arts (ARTBOUND “Duchamp Comes to Pasadena”)
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Anne Edgar, Executive Producer
David Grabias, Director, Executive Producer
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Elizabeth Newman, Producer
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Co-Producer
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Culture/History (BROKEN BREAD “Food as Resistance”)
Roy Choi, Executive Producer, Host
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Emily Mraz, Executive Producer
Natasha Phan, Executive Producer
Antonio Diaz, Director
Chris Low, Director of Photography
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Edgar Sardarian, Editor
Jesus Silva, Editor
Avrielle Gallagher, Supervising Producer
Entertainment (LOST LA “How German Exiles Shaped Hollywood”)
Matt Bass, Director, Director of Photography
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Matthew Crotty, Executive Producer
Nathan Masters, Executive Producer, Host
Hugh McHarg, Co-Executive Producer
Catherine Quinlan, Co-Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Bill Dotson, Co-Producer
Matt Litwiller, Editor
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Lindsee Diaz, Associate Producer
Anne-Marie Maxwell, Associate Producer
Information Segment (BROKEN BREAD “Gentrification in Chinatown”)
Roy Choi, Executive Producer, Host
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Emily Mraz, Executive Producer
Natasha Phan, Executive Producer
Chris Low, Director of Photography
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Ella Hatamian, Editor
Clara Bottoms, Producer
Avrielle Gallagher, Senior Supervising Producer
Independent Programming (BELLE VIE)
Marcus Mizelle, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Music Composition (THE MIGRANT KITCHEN “Russian Food”)
Jose Parody, Composer
Short Promo - News/Topical (THE MIGRANT KITCHEN)
Antonio Diaz, Executive Producer
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About PBS SoCal and KCET
PBS SoCal and KCET are both part of the donor-supported community institution, the Public Media Group of Southern California. PBS SoCal is the flagship PBS station for diverse people across California and delivers content and experiences that inspire, inform and educate. PBS SoCal offers the full slate of beloved PBS programs including MASTERPIECE, NOVA, PBS NewsHour, FRONTLINE, and a broad library of documentary films with works from Ken Burns; as well as educational content including PBS KIDS programs like DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and CURIOUS GEORGE. KCET showcases the best of PBS and is a leading source for arts, culture, and news in Southern California. Through innovative storytelling, KCET explores and expresses our dynamic local communities helping residents understand and connect with the region's diverse communities and ideas. For additional information about both KCET and PBS SoCal productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org and pbssocal.org KCET Originals and PBS programming are available to stream on the FREE PBS App on iOS and Android devices, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chromecast and VIZIO SmartCast TV. KCET is also available to watch live on YouTube TV.