THE 53RD ANNUAL NEW YORK EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING! MSG Network Gets the Most Nominations with 64 New York, NY – Thursday, February 25, 2010. The 53rd Annual New York Emmy® Award nominations took place this morning at the studios of CUNY-TV. Hosting the announcement was Jacqueline Gonzalez, Executive Director, NY NATAS. Presenting the nominees were Shelly Palmer, Host of Digital Life with Shelly Palmer and President of NY NATAS; Emmy® Award-winner Marvin Scott, Senior Correspondent, PIX News at 10, and Anchor, PIX News Closeup, WPIX-TV; Emmy® Award-winner John Bathke, Reporter, News 12 New Jersey; and Emmy® Award-winner Virginia Huie, Reporter, News 12 Long Island. The New York Emmy® Awards has evolved to honor the craft of television regardless of the delivery platform. 2010 marks our third year accepting advanced media entries (original content created for broadband and portable delivery). This year all of our advanced media entries were rolled into our broadcast categories truly making this the year of recognizing outstanding achievement in television the art form not television the platform. We continue to celebrate excellence in our industry honoring the best video storytelling. Congratulations to all honored nominees! Total Number of Nominated Entries MSG Network 64 ChinaDoingBusiness.com 2 WXTV Univision 41 35 Epicurious.com 2 News 12 Connecticut 33 News 10 Now 2 WNBC-TV 32 ShellyPalmer.com 2 YES Network 27 SUAthletics.com 2 (MLB Productions for YES - 5) YESNetwork.com 2 SNY 24 Amazon.com 1 News 12 Long Island 23 BARD Entertainment 1 WPIX-TV 23 Brooklyn Independent Television 1 WABC TV 21 BronxNet 1 WCBS-TV 21 Cablevision 1 NYCTV 13 CBS Mobile 1 WNYW FOX 5 13 EscapeMaker.com 1 News 12 New Jersey 12 Fine Living Network 1 News 12 Westchester 12 LXTV.com 1 Thirteen/WNET 12 MSG.com 1 My 9 WWOR-TV 11 NBCNewYork.com 1 WGRZ-TV 11 New Evangelization Television 1 WNJU Telemundo 47 11 News 12 The Bronx/Brooklyn 1 WIVB-TV 10 Newsday.com 1 MSG Plus 9 NowPublic.com 1 NJ.com 7 NY1 News 1 NJN Public Television 6 NYTimes.com 1 CUNY-TV 5 Retirement Living TV 1 WRNN-TV 5 Star Plus 1 Plum TV 4 Time Warner Cable 1 WLIW 21 4 Video.AP.org 1 YNN-Rochester 4 Vogue.com 1 WRGB-TV 3 WGRZ.com 1 AtlanticAvenueArtwalk.com 2 WSKG-TV 1 Capital News 9 2 The 53rd Annual New York Emmy® Awards will be presented at a Black Tie Gala on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at The Marriott Marquis ~ Times Square. Please visit our website www.nyemmys.org for additional information. The full list of nominees follows. The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, founded in 1955, is the preeminent membership organization serving all media professionals in the television industry, offering career enhancing events and networking opportunities. NY NATAS fosters creativity and inspires artistic and technical excellence through the renowned Emmy® Award, the most prestigious honor and most coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction in television. #### CONTACT: Jacqueline Gonzalez, Executive Director The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter Phone: 212-459-3630 ext. 203. Email: [email protected] The 2010 New York Emmy® Awards Nominees MORNING NEWSCAST 41 Years of 41. August 4, 2009. (WXTV Univision 41). Alexa Rodriguez, Producer; Jose Arturo Lopez, Senior Producer; Merijoel Duran, Anchor. Madoff in Court. March 12, 2009. (WNYW FOX 5). Rosanna Scotto, Greg Kelly, Anchors; Dianne Doctor, News Director; Kim Gerbasi, Executive Producer; Fred Cwerner, Jessica Cohen, Deborah Doft, Producers; Linda Simidian, Remote Producer; Charles Leaf, Lead Reporter. Miracle on the Hudson: The Day After. January 16, 2009. (WNYW FOX 5). Rosanna Scotto, Greg Kelly, Anchors; Dianne Doctor, News Director; Emad Asghar, Executive Producer; Fred Cwerner, Jessica Cohen, Deborah Doft, Producers; Charles Leaf, Lead Reporter; Nicole Johnson, Reporter. PIX Morning News: Blast of Winter. March 2, 2009. (WPIX-TV). Amy Waldman, Executive Producer; Karen Scott, News Director; Marcia Parris, Senior Producer; Jennifer Rose, Line Producer; Joseph M. Punday, Kate Sullivan, Ojinika Obiekwe, Segment Producers; Adam Welikson, Assignment Editor; David Kalmowitz, Director; Anthony Di Giacomo, Associate Director; John Muller, Sukanya Krishnan, Anchors; Linda Church, Weather Anchor; Jill Nicolini, Traffic Anchor; Tamsen Fadal, James Ford, Reporters; Dennis J. McKenna, Set Design; Rocco Dimase, Graphic Artist. Today in New York. July 8, 2009. (WNBC-TV). Lamar Goering, Kristin Corbett, Producers; Michael Gargiulo, Erika Tarantal, Anchors; Tracie Strahan, Glenn Zimmerman, Reporters; Angie Morefield, Director; James Gardner, Content Producer. DAYTIME NEWSCAST Buffalo Firefighters Killed. August 24, 2009. (WIVB-TV). Joe Schlaerth, News Director. Daily Cafe. December 10, 2008. (Retirement Living TV). Jay Garfinkel, Elizabeth O'Connell, Executive Producers; Steve Lewis, Senior Producer; Fred Grandy, Alex Witt, Hosts; James Novogrod, Coordinating, Producer. Eyewitness News at Noon: Swine Flu Outbreak. April 27, 2009. (WABC-TV). Jamie Nguyen, Coordinating Producer; David Bloch, Executive Producer; Lori Stokes, Ken Rosato, Anchors; Bill Evans, Meteorologist; Susan Greenstein, Director; David Mulewski, Media Manager. Flight 3407 Crash. February 13, 2009. (WIVB-TV). Joe Schlaerth, News Director. Freak Summer Storm. July 8, 2009. (News 12 Westchester). Brian Conybeare, Anchor; Cheryl Green, Producer; Tom Karadimas, Director; Chris Nallan, Meteorologist; Michael Capello, Frank Cristantiello, Editors; John Goff, Grace Noone, Lisa Reyes, Lidia Ujkaj, Robert Wolf, Reporters; Jack Kearney, Carlo Perez, Tom Sciangula, Tom Wasiczko, Photographers; Stan Kowalski, Executive Producer; Janine Rose, News Director; Dave Wolf, Assignment Desk Editor. EVENING NEWSCAST: Under 35 Minutes Buffalo Firefighters Killed. August 24, 2009. (WIVB-TV). Joe Schlaerth, News Director. CBS2 News at 11: The Miracle on the Hudson. January 15, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Chris Wragge, Kristine Johnson, News Anchors; Andrew Friedman, Assignment Manager; Jason Hark, Director; Sarah Walters, Peter McGowan, Producers; Lonnie Quinn, Weather Anchor; Mary Calvi, Reporter; Kathy McGee, Writer. CBS2 News at 11: The Passing of a Broadcast Legend, Walter Cronkite. July 17, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Chris Wragge, Dana Tyler, News Anchors; Andrew Friedman, Assignment Manager; Jason Hark, Director; Sarah Walters, Producer; Lonnie Quinn, Weather Anchor; Cristina Mila, Writer. Dolan Installation. April 15, 2009. (WXTV Univision 41). Amalfy Cantillo, Producer; Jose Arturo Lopez, Senior Producer. Noticiero 47 a las Seis: Toma de Posesion. January 20, 2009. (WNJU Telemundo 47). Hugo Balta, News Director; Rossy Peguero, Producer; Martha Jaimes, Managing Editor; Jorge Ramos, Anchor; Arrate Reich, Elia Fernandez, Field Producers; Endy Rodríguez, Senior Assignment Desk Editor; Liz Gonzalez, Yaima Crespo, Ramon Zayas, Luis A. Medina, Reporters. 2 The 2010 New York Emmy® Awards Nominees Presidential Debate Hits Home. October 15, 2008. (News 12 Long Island). Pat Dolan, News Director; Alan Goodman, Executive Producer; Lorraine Rella, Producer; Stephen Hladky, Director; Scott Feldman, Lea Tyrrell, Anchors; Doug Richards, Managing Editor; James Whiteman, Assistant News Director. EVENING NEWSCAST: Over 35 Minutes CBS2 News at 5: The Miracle on the Hudson. January 16, 2009. (WCBS-TV).Chris Wragge, Kristine Johnson, News Anchors; Andrew Friedman, Assignment Manager; Franca Braatz, Peter McGowan, Field Producers; Lonnie Quinn, Weather Anchor. Eyewitness News at 5: Buffalo Plane Crash. February 13, 2009. (WABC-TV). Chad Matthews, Executive Producer; John Antonio, Managing Editor; Bryan Lenocker, Tara Zimmerman, Producers; Susan Greenstein, Director; Sade Baderinwa, Bill Ritter, Anchors; Lee Goldberg, Meteorologist; Walter Dawless, RF Engineer; N.J. Burkett, Correspondent. Flight 3407 Crash. February 13, 2009. (WIVB-TV). Joe Schlaerth, News Director. Hudson River Mid-Air Crash. August 8, 2009. (WPIX-TV). Mary Murphy, Peter Thorne, Anchors; Ellyn Marks, Allison Haunss, Jennifer Jordan, Reporters; Noreen Lark, Producer; Karen Scott, News Director; Ian Handler, Photographer; Patricia Ivers, Chief Editor; Mike Graham, Assignment Editor. Miracle on the Hudson. January 15, 2009. (My 9 WWOR-TV). Jim Driscoll, News Director; Steve Linden, Assistant New Director; Noah D. Gurock, Senior News Producer; Debra Cheatham, Producer; Ophelia Badawi, Richard F. Bagala, Associate Producers; Kim Renee Lowe, Kevin J. Schwab, Alba Eduardo, Assignment Editors; Giovanna Drpic, John Huddy, Ti-Hua Chang, Cora-Ann Mihalik, Brenda Flanagan, Barbara Nevins Taylor, Megan Vega, Reporters; Horatio Jennings, Noreen Coles, Kathleen Coles, Brian Kartagener, Video Editors; Brenda Blackmon, Harry Martin, News Anchors; Anne Cafero, Writer; JL Mitchell, Paul Tsakos, Photographers. NY Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough. August 13, 2009. (WNBC-TV). Leland Elliott, Producer. GENERAL ASSIGNMENT Buffalo Firefighters Killed. August 24, 2009. (WIVB-TV). George Richert, Reporter. Cop Puts Cameraman into Choke Hold. October 28, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Christine Sloan, Reporter; Jim Quodomine, Photographer; Chris McAnerney, Editor. For Him. October 17, 2008. (YNN-Rochester). Todd Krupa, Photojournalist; Seth Voorhees, Reporter. Surrounded by Family. December 26, 2008. (WNBC-TV). Michael DelGiudice, Photographer; Andrew Siff, Reporter. BREAKING NEWS STORY Buffalo Firefighters Killed (Breaking News Report). August 24, 2009. (WIVB-TV). Joe Schlaerth, News Director. The Crash of Flight 3407.