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Press Tip Sheet PRESS TIP SHEET PRESS RSVP: Jacqueline J. Gonzalez, Executive Director, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York [email protected] What: The 54th Annual New York Emmy® Awards Gala! When: Sunday, April 3, 2011 Where: Marriott Marquis, Times Square 1535 Broadway (45th and 46th St.) ~ Broadway Ballroom, 6th Fl. Time Frame: 4:30 p.m. Press Check In 5:00 p.m. Presenter Arrivals and Cocktail Reception in Broadway Ballroom Foyer 6:00 p.m. Dinner Broadway Ballroom 6th Fl. 7:00 p.m. Awards Presentation Broadway Ballroom 6th Fl. 11:00 p.m. Closing Remarks (Approx.) Ernie Anastos, Anchor of WNYW FOX 5’s Fox 5 News at 10:00 p.m., to receive a special Emmy® for Lifetime Achievement known as the prestigious GOVERNORS’ AWARD for his outstanding contributions to television. Joan Lunden, Emmy® Award-winning journalist and the longest-running host of early morning television, will present the special Emmy® Award. Presenters Include: Tom Appleby, Anchor and News Director, News 12 Connecticut Jodi Applegate, Anchor, PIX11 News at 10, WPIX-TV Essence Atkins, Actor, Are We There Yet? Bruce Beck, Sport Anchor, WNBC News 4 New York Richard Belzer, Actor, Law and Order: SVU, NBC N.J. Burkett, Correspondent, WABC Danielle Campbell, Reporter/Anchor, News 12 Long Island Dominic Chianese, Actor, The Sopranos Teala Dunn, Actor, Are We There Yet? Mike Favetta, Meteorologist, News 12 The Bronx/Brooklyn Berenice Gartner, Reporter, WXTV Univision 41 Cat Greenleaf, Reporter, WNBC and NY NonStop Elizabeth Hashagen, Anchor, News 12 Long Island Kristine Johnson, Anchor, CBS2 News at 5 and 11 Walt Kane, Investigative Reporter, News 12 New Jersey Michael Kay, Host, CenterStage, YES Network Ray Kelly, New York Police Commissioner Tom Llamas, Reporter, WNBC News 4 New York Harry Martin, Anchor, My9 News, WWOR Shelly Palmer, Host of NBC Universal’s Live Digital with Shelly Palmer Jorge Ramos, Anchor, WNJU Telemundo 47 Joe Rao, Meteorologist, News 12 Westchester Andrea Romero, Chief Meteorologist, WNJU Telemundo 47 Marvin Scott, Senior Correspondent, PIX11 News at 10, Anchor, PIX11 News Close-Up, WPIX-TV Andrew Siff, Reporter, WNBC and NY NonStop Coy Stewart, Actor, Are We There Yet? Abe Vigoda, Actor, The Godfather, Barney Miller Sarah Wallace, Reporter, Eyewitness News, WABC Colleen Zenk, Actor, As The World Turns, Colleen Zenk: LIVE! Total Number of Nominated Entries: MSG – 60; WNBC-TV – 48; YES Network – 46 (MLB Productions for YES – 5; YES / My9 News WWOR - 1); News 12 Connecticut – 35; WPIX-TV – 33; MSG Varsity – 32; WABC-TV – 27; News 12 Long Island – 25; News 12 Westchester – 25; SNY – 23; News 12 New Jersey – 19; WCBS-TV – 19; WNJU Telemundo 47 – 17; WGRZ-TV – 16; NYC life – 14; WNYW Fox 5 – 14; WXTV Univision 41 – 14; The Star-Ledger/NJ.com – 10; CUNY-TV – 8; Thirteen/WNET – 8; MSG Plus – 7; WIVB-TV – 7; BronxNet – 4; FiOS 1 News – 4; MSG.com – 4; New Evangelization Television – 4; News 12 The Bronx – 4; NYFA.org – 4; Star Plus – 4; WRGB – 4; WXXI – 4; YNN – 4; Plum Hamptons – 3; WRNN-TV – 3; My9 News WWOR – 2; NJN Public Television – 2; NY1 News – 2; Style.com – 2; WROC-TV – 2; WSKG-TV – 2; 13WHAM.com – 1; AnimationDynamics for MoMA.org – 1; AVS Television – 1; Brooklyn Independent Television – 1; Newsday.com – 1; SUAthletics.com – 1; Time Warner Cable – 1; UBCFA.org – 1; Vogue.com – 1; WKBW-TV – 1; WLIW.org – 1; WMHT-TV – 1; WNYT – 1; WSTM – 1. Broadcast: The 54th Annual New York® Emmy Awards will be broadcast on CUNY TV Channel 75 on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 9:00 PM. Encore presentation will air on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 1:00 PM. Website: For Additional Information Please Visit Our Website: www.nyemmys.org .
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