KCET Receives Nine Local L.A. Emmy® Award Nominations Recognizing Excellence in Programming

Burbank,

CA - June 19, 2014 - KCET, a service of national independent public digital and

broadcast network KCETLink, is proud to announce

that it has received nine nominations for Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards by the

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 

The

station's nominations include six for its flagship weekly local news magazine, SOCAL CONNECTED; one for KCET's ARTBOUND

special Invisible Cities: Opera for Headphones,

for which KCET explored

the creative process behind the experimental opera; one for the 54^th

annual L.A. COUNTY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION,

produced by KCET in partnership with the L.A.

The local Emmy® Awards will be presented at the 66^th

Los Angeles Area Emmys ceremony on July 26, 2014, at the Television Academy's

Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre.

KCET's

nominations include:

SOCAL CONNECTED http://www.socalconnected.org

Madeleine Brand, Co-Host 

Linda Burns, Coordinating Producer

Alicia Joy Clark, Associate Producer 

Dina Demetrius, Producer 

Karen Foshay, Producer 

Vince Gonzales, Reporter 

Benjamin Gottlieb, Associate Producer 

Rebecca Haggerty, Co-Executive

Producer 

Cathy L. Hue, Associate Producer 

Laura Ling, Reporter 

Jennifer London, Reporter

Bret Marcus, Executive Producer 

Judy Muller, Reporter

Lata Pandya, Associate Producer 

Brian Rooney, Producer 

Abe Rosenberg, Segment Producer 

Angela Shelley, Producer 

Val Zavala, Anchor 

BEST FEATURE SEGMENT

Cathy L. Hue, Associate Producer

Angela Shelley, Producer 

Karen Foshay, Producer

Bret Marcus, Executive Producer

Judy Muller, Reporter

BEST INFORMATION SEGMENT

Karen Foshay, Producer

Lata Pandya, Producer

Cathy L. Hue, Associate Producer

Bret Marcus, Executive Producer

Angela Shelley, Producer

Karen Foshay, Producer

Vince Gonzales, Reporter

Bret Marcus, Executive Producer

Lata Pandya, Associate Producer

BEST L.A. LOCAL COLOR

Adam Davis, Producer

Jennifer Fukutomi, Associate Producer

Robert McDonnell, Producer

Heather Rigby, Associate Producer

Kenneth Shapiro, Producer

Teresa Taylor, Coordinating Producer

Bohdan Zachary, Producer

Laura Zucker, Executive Producer

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING

Matthew Crotty, Producer

Joris Debeij, Producer

Juan Devis, Executive Producer

Drew Tewksbury, Co-Producer

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

KCET'S ARTBOUND

Bruce Dickson, Director

ABOUT KCET

On-air,

online and in the community, KCET plays a vital role in the cultural and

educational enrichment of Southern and Central California. KCET offers a wide

range of award-winning local programming as well as the finest public

television programs from around the world. Throughout its 50-year history, KCET

has won hundreds of major awards for its local and regional news and public

affairs programming, its national drama and documentary productions, its

quality educational family and children's programs, its outreach and community

services and its website, kcet.org. KCET is a donor-supported community institution.

For additional information about KCET productions, web-exclusive content,

programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org. KCET is a

service of KCETLink.

winner of a Peabody and two duPont Awards, 20 Emmy® Awards, 24 Golden Mikes, 47

LA Press Club Awards, two Gracie Awards, one national and three regional

Edward R. Murrow Awards, including Best News Documentary and Los Angeles

Magazine's "Best New Local TV Program" of 2009, airs exclusively on

KCET. For more information, to view episodes online or to leave

comments, please visit www.socalconnected.org. 

SoCal Connected is made possible

through the generous support of The Ahmanson Foundation, Chapman University and

the MaddocksBrown Foundation.  

ABOUT ARTBOUND

With over 50

columnists and cultural critics in 11 counties of Southern California, Artbound

provides seeds of engagement through articles, videos, projects and partners,

who are narrating the cultural stories of the region. The role of Artbound

is not just to record, report and broadcast cultural stories; its aim is to

create mechanisms--be it partnerships, projects or online tools--through which

audiences can take direct action in the creation of a common narrative.  Since its launch in May 2012, Artbound

has earned numerous awards for its coverage of Southern California's unique

narrative of arts and culture, including a Southern California Journalism

Award, a National Entertainment Journalism Award and a Golden

Mike Award. The site was also named a Webby Award Official

Honoree and voted "Best Arts & Culture Site" by L.A.

Weekly in 2012.

ABOUT INVISIBLE CITIES

Hailed

by The Hollywood Reporter as a "signal cultural event" and "a delicate

and beautiful opera" by The Los Angeles Times, Invisible Cities was

a joint production by The Industry and L.A. Dance Project which

premiered at Los Angeles' historic Union Station and performed to sold-out

audiences during its run in October and early November 2013. Based on Italo

Calvino's fantastical novel, the opera was composed and adapted by Christopher

Cerrone, conceived and directed by The Industry's founder and artistic director

Yuval Sharon, with choreography by Danielle Agami. The production utilized

wireless technology provided by Sennheiser, offering audience members

headphones to hear the opera amid the normal "hustle and bustle" of the train

station's everyday life.

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