And the Winners Are… PBS Receives 14 Primetime Emmy Awards with 6 for Downton Abbey
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The Award-Winning Close-UpNov./Dec. 2011 • Vol. 26 #6 • www.wcte.org Public Television from the Upper Cumberland And The Winners Are… PBS Receives 14 Primetime Emmy Awards with 6 for Downton Abbey Bluegrass Underground Goes National Music in the Magnificent Cumberland Caverns TSSAA Football Coverage on WCTE December 1 – December 3 Special Pledge Drive Programming December 3 – December 18 Coming Attractions Drama, Music, Sports, Local Pledge Events, Humor, Health and more… Tune in for WCTE’s Special Pledge Programming December 3rd – December 18th ~PLEDGE SHOW HIGHLIGHTS~ Featuring an All-Star Cast Live Local Talent WCTE takes Here’s your chance to see great joy in what all of the buzz is about presenting as we present an encore the ever- performance of the Emmy cool Hippie Award-Winning Masterpiece Jack, the Classic Downton Abbey. Cluster Pluckers with Chet Atkins at Austin City Limits and Todd Jarrell with Bluegrass Underground, all on Dec. 17. And don’t miss the Mastersingers’ Christmas Concert (Dec. 5, 16, 17, 25) Need a Laugh? or WCTE’s special membership offer during the coverage of the Cookeville Christmas Parade (Dec. 5, 16, 17, 25). We’ll keep you chuckling with Victor Borge: Comedy in Music, and the Ed Sullivan Comedy Special. And Now, For Our Next Musical Number From Christmas specials like Straight No Chaser: Live in NY Holiday Edition to Christmas with the Celts, from a Classic Gospel Special to Paul Simon to Santana to Daniel O’Donnell: Live from Nashville, we have something for everyone. Check the listings for many more December Membership Drive music specials. Help is On the Way Cheer on Your Financial Fitness After 50, Suze Orman’s Favorite Team Money Class, Kickstart Your Health with Dr. Neal Barnard, New Play WCTE and the PBS Statewide Piano in a Flash, and How to Network are pleased to bring you Shop for Free with Coupon TSSAA Blue Cross Bowl Football Master Kathy Spencer during our December Membership are just a few of Drive. Enjoy the games on December the great self help 1-3 and phone in your support. programs in this WCTE’s Membership Drive. WCTE/PBS is donor-supported television. Everything we do – from educational outreach and community events to award-winning local productions and signature PBS programs – is possible because of viewers like you. Thank you for your generosity. Pledge your support. Pick up the phone and call 1-800-818-2338. Check the program listings for dates and times. Staff & Contents Management PUBLIC TELEVISION FROM THE UPPER CUMBERLAND (931) 528-2222 or (800) 282-9283 Becky Magura Joyce Hunter-Green 4 PBS’s Primetime Emmy Winners President & CEO Auction & Event Coordinator Abbey Allen Randall Jackson Celebrating public television’s amazing Sales & Development Assistant Broadcast Engineer 14 Primetime Emmy winners. Reggie Brown Craig LeFevre Educational Outreach Associate Master Control Operator Amanda Collier Avery Owens 6 It’s Football Time in Tennessee! Sales Manager 4 Cultural Arts & Membership The TSSAA Football Championships Producer Cindy Putman Educational Outreach Associate broadcast on December 1, 2 and 3 from Janet Cooper TTU’s Tucker Stadium. Traffic/Broadcast Engineer Darla Runge Assistant to the CEO Erica Duarte Jamie Trevathan Live Green Project Manager 8 Cookeville’s Art Prowl Live Green TN & Auction Producer Mark Dudney Local artists open their studios to the Cathy Walden Government Relations Account Executive public at this annual event. Sue Gibbons Ralph Welch Programming & Traffic Chief Broadcast Engineer 8 9 Spotlight On Craig Gray Rick Wells Business Development Producer Senior Producer/Director Dr. Steve Copeland, Dr. Carl Owens Sonja Higgenbotham Suzanne Whitehead and Jack E. Barton, III of WCTE’s Membership Manager Studio Club/Director’s Circle Community Advisory Board. Upper Cumberland 22 A Gift to the American People Broadcast Council WCTE’s Bluegrass Underground Dr. Max Atnip, Chair Joe Albrecht 22 goes national. Mickie Akenson, Marc L. Burnett Immediate Past Chair John Cain Lillian Hartgrove, Vice Chair Mona Copeland Jere Hargrove Dr. Scott Little, Secretary Morris Irby Dr. Jack Matson, Treasurer Dr. Wali R. Kharif Becky Magura, WCTE Pres. & CEO Pat Quillen On our cover Dr. Kathleen Airhart Alan Tatum Downton Abbey Community Featuring an all-star cast and winner of six Emmys including “Outstanding Miniseries or Movie,” Advisory Board MASTERPIECE CLASSIC’s Downton Abbey depicts Dr. Steve Copeland, DVM Dr. Carl Owens the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff Diana Baranowski Jack Barton who serve them. The love and intrigue of Season 2 Kelly Swallows Nina Lunn begins Sunday, December 18 on WCTE. Close-Up Public Television from the Upper Cumberland Hal L. Harder - Managing Editor [email protected] Program guides WCTE Close-Up is designed and produced by CommonSense Media Group for WCTE-TV. 9 Daytime Programming For on-air, print and website advertising and promotion Ready to Learn and weekend guide information, contact Avery Owens, Sales Manager at 931-528-2222, ext. 220 or [email protected]. WCTE Close-Up is published bi-monthly. It is mailed to individuals, 10 Primetime Programming corporations and foundations who contribute $35 or more to WCTE. Quality PBS evening programs Third class postage at Cookeville, Tennessee. Phone: 931-528-2222. 15 Schedule is subject to change without notice. Send address changes to WCTE, P.O. Box 2040, Cookeville, Tennessee 38502. Check out the schedule on the website at www.wcte.org. 2 | WCTE Close-Up November/December 2011 | 3 PBS WINS 14 PRIMETIME EMMYS! AND THE PBS PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD WINNERS ARE: MASTERPIECE CLASSIC AMERICAN MASTERS “Downton Abbey” (Part 1) Outstanding Nonfiction Series Outstanding Miniseries or Movie AMERICAN MASTERS Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a “John Muir in the New World” Dramatic Special (Julian Fellowes) Outstanding Music Composition for a Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries (Original Dramatic Score) or a Movie (Maggie Smith) Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Brian Percival) Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Freedom Riders” Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming (Stanley Nelson) Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking SIX PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS FOR DOWNTON ABBEY AND EIGHT CREATIVE ARTS PRIMETIME EMMYS! 4 | WCTE Close-Up CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PBS PRODUCER RECIPIENTS! GREAT PERFORMANCES “Harry Connick Jr., In Concert on Broadway” Outstanding Music Direction GREAT PERFORMANCES “Sondheim! The Birthday Concert” Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET “Don Pasquale” Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special AND EIGHT CREATIVE ARTS PRIMETIME EMMYS! November/December 2011 | 5 upcoming events have not previously had the opportunity to see their grandchildren play in these championship games. But everyone has access to Public Television and now these grandparents can now cheer along from the comfort of their living rooms.” “Cookeville is proud to be part of the TSSAA family,” enthused Melinda Keifer, Coordinator of Facilities and Logistics for It’s Football Time the Football Championships. “You cannot find more passion than on this football field, from the players and cheerleaders to the fans and the volunteers. Did you know that last year we pulled in close to 500 volunteers?“ in Tennessee! If YOU are interested in volunteering, The TSSAA Football Championships or if you want to purchase tickets, please go December 1, 2 and 3 at TTU’s to cookevillechampions.com. If you have questions, please phone 931.526.2211. Tucker Stadium If you can’t attend the games in person, be sure to catch them live during our ave you ever been to Tennessee Tech’s broadcast the games through the other December Pledge Drive on WCTE! Tucker Stadium for the TSSAA Blue Tennessee PBS stations. Cross Bowl? You can almost taste “TSSAA Championship Sports can be Watch the Watson Brown Show the excitement in the air! The fans seen free with an antenna and on cable and (check your listings) and cheer on Hhave a real stake in the 8 championship satellite, allowing many viewers to experience TTU’s Golden Eagles when they play games played over 3 days as their favorite the exciting football action for the first time,” Murray on Nov. 5 and Austin Peay on team, often with a son or brother or cousin said Becky Magura, President and CEO of Nov. 19 right here on WCTE. playing, competes to score the winning WCTE. “All 6 PBS stations in Tennessee are touchdown. The action can be fast and airing the games live on their main channels, To promote your business during the furious and the atmosphere is electrifying. which means that the broadcast reaches 99% games, contact WCTE Sales Manager WCTE is proud to be the brokering of the state’s population.” Avery Owens at [email protected] or station, providing partner PlayOn! Sports “In fact,” continued Becky, “the TSSAA phone 931.528.2222, ext. 220. and the TSSAA with a connection to has received calls from grandparents who The City Of Crossville’s WCTE Christmas Tree A big thank you goes out to the City of Crossville, one of our trusted community partners. Once again this holiday season, Crossville is generously sponsoring WCTE as a beneficiary in Gaylord Opryland’s 4th Annual Hall of Trees. This exciting event displays beautifully decorated Christmas trees that are tied to various charities and non-profit organizations. Hall of Trees is part of Gaylord Opryland’s famous A Country Christmas, which attracts more than 1 million visitors every holiday season. WCTE will include several gifts related to Upper Cumberland Public Television, including DVD’s of local WCTE productions, national PBS programs, great music, books, etc. A progressive auction will run from November 18, 2011 until just before Christmas.