South Florida PBS Announces Eighteen 2023 Suncoast Emmy Nominations

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    South Florida PBS (WPBT & WXEL) is honored to announce 18 Suncoast Regional EMMY® Award nominations for programs produced by South Florida PBS staff and partners. Winners will be announced at the 47th Annual Suncoast Regional EMMY® Awards Gala on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, FL.

    “We are incredibly honored to have several of our original productions recognized by The Suncoast Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences including a nomination in the category of Equity/Diversity/Inclusion and several nominations in the category of Environment/Science,” stated South Florida PBS President & CEO Dolores Fernandez Alonso.

    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 of the Suncoast region’s television markets.

    Below is the list of South Florida PBS nominations:

    South Florida PBS Original Productions

    DOCUMENTARY

    Documentary-Cultural 

    Birthright

    Jayme Gershen, Cristina Garcia, Dennis Scholl Little Napoleon

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    The Florida Keys: 200 Years of Paradise

    Kyla Ryan, Nicole Malanga, Melissa Harmon, Laura Albritton, Evan Flores

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE

    Environment/Science – Long Form Content

    Changing Seas “Life in the Dark: The Polar Night”

    Alexa Elliott, Sean Hickey, Jacquelyn Hurtado, Kenneth Robkin, Norman Silva

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Changing Seas “Bermuda: Life at Ocean’s Edge”

    Liz Smith, Sean Hickey, Craig Sechler

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    We Are All Plastic People Now

    Rory Fielding, Scott Rogo, Cortney Fielding, Theo Weierstall, Luis Marrou, Dave Corona

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Environment /Science – Short Form Content

    Star Gazers Digital Series

    Trace Dominguez, Jacquelyn Hurtado, Robert Reep, Emily Swift

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    DIRECTOR

    Director – Long Form Content

    We Are All Plastic People Now

    Rory Fielding

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    WRITER

    Writer – Long Form Content

    Changing Seas “Life in the Dark: The Polar Night”

    Alexa Elliott WPBT-TV,

    Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Changing Seas “Bermuda: Life at Ocean’s Edge”

    Liz Smith

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Partner Productions which aired on South Florida PBS

    DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION

    Diversity/Equity/Inclusion – Long Form Content

    Open Dialogues: Black Voices – Black Stories

    Jeff Rusnak

    Art And Culture Center, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    NOSTALGIA

    Nostalgia – Short Form Content

    Mambochella

    Adeline Ferro, Ivelin Giro, Fabian Cardenas

    Mambo Babalu/Cinema 360 Films, LLC,

    WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    EDITOR

    Editor – Short Form Content

    Mambochella

    Fabian Cardenas Cinema 360 Films, LLC,

    WPBT – TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    DOCUMENTARY

    Documentary – Cultural 

    Crossing Overtown

    Scott Barnett, Johanna Vega

    Fuxion Inc.

    WPBT- TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    MAGAZINE PROGRAM

    Flip My Florida Yard

    Tom Wichman, Katie Schroeder, Brian Stork, Chad Crawford, Shallon Chapman, Ben Mesker, Killian Gilroy

    Crawford Entertainment, Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL

    WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    AUDIO

    Audio – Long Form Content

    Eudora’s Fable: The Shoe Bird

    Carlos Lopez

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    DIRECTOR

    Director – Long Form Content

    Crossing Overtown

    Scott Barnett Fuxion Inc.,

    WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Eudora’s Fable: The Shoe Bird

    Gerard Schwarz

    WPBT-TV, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    EDITOR

    Editor – Short Form Content

    Mambochella

    Fabian Cardenas Cinema 360 Films, LLC,

    WPBT – TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Editor – Long Form Content

    Crossing Overtown

    Scott Barnett, John MacDonald

    Fuxion Inc.,

    WPBT-TV Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    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, a 24/7 television and multi-platform health and wellness service. 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 tells different local stories across a variety of digital media platforms. Some of our award-winning productions include James Patterson’s Kid Stew, Changing Seas, Art Loft and Your South Florida. For more information, visit https://www.southfloridapbs.org.


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