KCET came out on top with 11 wins at the 70th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, including two each for its SoCal Connected news program and the City Rising series on gentrification.
Other top winners were Spanish-language KMEX with seven awards and ABC7 and Fox SportsNet LA with five each.
The awards, recognizing excellence in Los Angeles area television programming, were handed out Saturday during a ceremony at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.
PBS SoCal’s “American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen” won this year’s Governors Award for outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television and for making a substantial contribution to the greater Los Angeles area. The show’s is part of a five-year initiative focusing on efforts to tackle the Southland’s issues with high school dropouts.
Here is a complete list of the winners:
— OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – NEWS: DEYA CEBALLOS, KVEA
— OUTSTANDING WRITER – NEWS: MARY HARRIS, NBC4
— OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORTING: ROBERT KOVACIK, NBC4
— OUTSTANDING NEWS FEATURE REPORTING: PAT HARVEY, Reporter; NICOLETTE MEDINA, Producer, CBS2/KCAL9
— OUTSTANDING EDITOR – NEWS: JEFF MACINTYRE, ABC7
— OUTSTANDING SPORTS REPORTING: PATRICK O-NEAL, Fox Sports West
— OUTSTANDING VIDEOGRAPHER – NEWS: JEFF MACINTYRE, ABC7
— FEATURE SEGMENT: -THE GREEN BOOK (LOST LA), KCET
— ENTERTAINMENT PROGRa.m.MING: LEXUS a.m.AZING PERFORMANCES: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT, CBS2/KCAL9
— LIGHT NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT: NICK UT RETIREMENT (EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 4 p.m.), ABC7
— LIGHT NEWS STORY – MULTI-PART REPORT: a.m.ERICA TROPICAL (NOTICIAS UNIVISION A LAS SEIS), KMEX
— SERIOUS NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT: “RETURN TO JAPAN: 6 YEARS AFTER THE TSUNa.m.I,” (EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11p.m.), ABC7
— SERIOUS NEWS STORY – MULTI-PART REPORT: LAS CARAS DE EXIDE (NOTICIERO TELEMUNDO 52 A LAS 6 p.m.), KVEA
— SPORTS TEASE: DODGERS WORLD SERIES Ga.m.E 6 LEGENDS TEASE, Spectrum SportsNet LA
— SPORTS FEATURE: – BLACK & WHITE, BOB’S FINAL Ga.m.E- (KINGS WEEKLY), Fox Sports West
— CHILDREN/YOUTH PROGRa.m.MING: MAKING MUSIC, MAKING FRIENDS, LA Cityview35
— LA GRAPHICS: CHRISTOPHER CALLETON, Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket
— CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS – ART DIRECTOR: ANTHONY VIOLANTO, Spectrum SportsNet LA
— ARTS: TAKE ME HOME HUEY, PBS SoCal
— CULTURE/HISTORY: TENDING THE WILD, KCET
— INDEPENDENT PROGRa.m.MING: MONTAGE: GREAT FILM COMPOSERS AND THE PIANO, PBS SoCal
— EDUCATION: CLIMATE CHANGE 101, KMEX
— INFORMATION SEGMENT: -THE PRICE OF FREEDOM- (SOCAL CONNECTED), KCET
— SHORT PROMO – SPORTS: WE ARE ALL KINGS, Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket
— SPORTS SPECIAL: LAKERS TOP 10: SHAQ MOMENTS, Spectrum SportsNet
— LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS – PROGRa.m.MING: DESFILE DE LAS ROSAS 2017, KMEX
— LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS – NEWS: CBS2 NEWS AT 6: FIRE FUNDRAISER, CBS2
— LIVE COVERAGE OF AN UNSCHEDULED NEWS EVENT: MEXICO QUAKE LIVE COVERAGE, KMEX
— L.A. LOCAL COLOR: ALTA CALIFORNIA (THE MIGRANT KITCHEN), KCET
— CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES: CITY RISING, KCET
— NEWS SPECIAL: IN DEPTH SPECIAL: L.A. RIOTS – 25 YEARS LATER, KTTV-TV
— MEDICAL NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT: LOSING ADa.m. TO PRION DISEASE, (EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 4p.m.), ABC7
— MEDICAL NEWS STORY – MULTI-PART REPORT: THE ACCESS CLINIC (CBS2/KCAL9 NEWS), CBS2/KCAL9
— CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS – LIGHTING DIRECTOR: DAVID SCHIRLE, KTTV-TV
— CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS – COMPOSER: JOSE ALEJANDRO PARODY KCET
— CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS – SOUND MIXER: STEVE BUCINO, KCET
— OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – PROGRa.m.MING: LOGAN KIBENS, KCET
— OUTSTANDING WRITER – PROGRa.m.MING: MIKE MAAS, CBS2
— OUTSTANDING VIDEOGRAPHER, SINGLE Ca.m.ERA – PROGRa.m.MING: DAVID STRUMPF, Spectrum SportsNet LA
— OUTSTANDING EDITOR – PROGRa.m.MING: HYUNSOO MOON, KCET.org
— OUTSTANDING VIDEOGRAPHER, MULTI-Ca.m.ERA – PROGRa.m.MING: JORGE ZARAGOZA-CHAVEZ, JOSEPH DIAS, ADRIAN HUERTA, NICK REINHARD, ANDY SCHLACHTENHAUFEN, DAVID STRUMPF, Spectrum SportsNet LA
— INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50% REMOTE): SOCAL CONNECTED, KCET
— INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50% STUDIO): MUJERES QUE ROMPEN ESTEREOTIPOS, KVEA
— PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: GRACIAS MAESTROS, KMEX
— SHORT PROMO – NEWS/TOPICAL: CITY RISING LAUNCH PROMO, KCET
— INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING – NEWS: DIPLOMA MILLS, CBS2/KCAL9
— SPORTS SERIES – NEWS: EL ROSTRO HISPANO DE LOS DODGERS, KMEX
— SPORTS SERIES – PROGRa.m.MING (POST-PRODUCED): BACKSTAGE: LAKERS, SpectrumSportsNet LA
— SPORTS SERIES – PROGRa.m.MING (LIVE BROADCAST): ACCESS SPORTSNET DODGERS, Spectrum SportsNet LA
— LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE: WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS #17 ARKANSAS AT #4 UCLA, Pac-12 Los Angeles
— REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY MORNING NEWSCAST: 4 a.m.-11a.m.: KTLA5 MORNING NEWS AT 6 a.m., KTLA5
— REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY DAYTIME NEWSCAST: 11a.m.-7p.m.: NOTICIERO TELEMUNDO 52 A LAS 6 p.m., KVEA
— REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY EVENING NEWSCAST: 7p.m.-midnight: NOTICIAS UNIVISION SOLO A LAS ONCE, KMEX