The Emmy Awards are being held on Sunday in some form. I can’t be certain but it may all be being done by text this time out. Basically, it’s a weird year and the normal event with red carpet and packed auditorium is not on tap. Still, it’s the 72nd PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS and some very talented and deserving people have been nominated. And many have ties to programming we’ve featured on UNC-TV over the years. As such, I wanted to take some time to congratulate them and call attention to their public television connection. So even if Keeley Hawes wasn’t nominated for THE DURRELLS IN CORFU (shame!) we still have some familiar faces to root for.
First of all, PBS did receive a few nominations. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is up for Structured Reality Program. AMERICAN MASTERS is a contender for Documentary Or Nonfiction Series. The AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series CHASING THE MOON is nominated for Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking, as is the INDEPENDENT LENS film ONE CHILD NATION. Lastly, DAVE CHAPPELLE: THE KENNEDY CENTER MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR is up for Variety Speical (Pre-Recorded) and Picture Editing for Variety Program.
Now, let’s move on to the actors up for awards.
The talented Hugh Jackman is nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or TV Movie for the film BAD EDUCATION. Jackman may not be readily associated with PBS but he did appear in the GREAT PERFORMANCES broadcast of RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! in which he starred as Curly McLain. Continue reading →
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