SM private screening Proud to be the Official Airline of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. © 2016 United Airlines, Inc. All rights reserved. 45th Northern California Area Emmy® Awards Saturday, June 4, 2016 SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco 6:00 p.m. Reception 7:00 p.m. Awards Presentation 10:30 p.m. Dessert Celebration 2 President’s Welcome Keith Sanders Media Producer San José State University President NATAS SF/NorCal Governors’ Service Medallion 2002 I’d like to welcome you to the 45th Annual 2015-2016 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards gala. Emmy® statuettes will be presented tonight for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). I’ve served as your Chapter President since 2012 but my second term is ending, so I’d like to reflect on how our Emmy® Awards Gala has progressed since then. Today our show is substantially shorter, even though the number of categories awarded has grown over the last four years. During this time we’ve perfected a system of dual live webcasts; including award recipients as well as Red Carpet interviews. Archived clips are now made available to all members after the event. Two talented Emmy® Awards Managing Producers have sustained the gala since I was elected president. Julie Watts, a fearless innovator, presided over the first two years.Karen Sutton, an unsurpassed motivator, led the way during the last two. A special salute goes to Executive Director Darryl Compton who manages the countless advance details that make each event possible, besides working on the production crew. Our galas depend upon the imagination, organization and work ethic of the Emmy® Gala Committee, in addition to a small army of skilled craftspeople. So I implore you one last time as Chapter President, Have a great evening and the best of luck to you! Keith Sanders 3 4 Executive Producer’s Welcome Karen Sutton Executive Producer Kaiser Permanente Emmy® Gala Chair/Executive Producer Governors’ Service Medallion 2015 On behalf of the Emmy® Awards Gala Committee, I would like to welcome you to the 45th Annual Emmy® Awards Gala. The Emmy® Awards Show is sponsored by Key Code Media/Avid and The Handlery Hotel. Please enjoy the varieties of wine, compliments of our generous wine sponsors, Black Cordon Vineyards, Buon Vino Winery and Korbel Winery. We are excited to be hosting Emmy® 2016 at the Miner Auditorium at the SFJAZZ Center, a cultural landmark dedicated to jazz and jazz education in the heart of San Francisco. This night will be especially intimate and memorable, as we are joined by the Marcus Shelby Trio, who will be performing live jazz music throughout the evening! Marcus will also be leading us through our “Emmy® Etiquette Sing-Along.” Please take a moment to review on page 17. Once again, we will be streamlining our on-stage show and providing recipients with an additional platform to give speeches on the red carpet. In addition to the dual-live stream of the show & red carpet interviews, we will provide real-time, individual recipient speeches posted to NATAS YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Please tell your family, friends and colleagues that they can watch you receive your award LIVE and your red carpet interviews on our website http://www.emmysf.tv We encourage you to post and tweet along with us throughout the evening. Add #EmmySF to all of your Emmy® night tweets! We extend a special thank you to the SFJAZZ technical team and the Beyond Pix production team for their creative time, talent, and valuable expertise in putting on this evening’s awards program. We would also like to thank the NATAS Emmy® Gala Committee, the Board of Governors, and our many Emmy® Gala volunteers and staff. Congratulations to all of our Emmy® nominees! We hope you have a memorable evening as we honor the best of the best! Sincerely, Karen Sutton Emmy® Gala Chair/Executive Producer 5 The Board of Governors The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences San Francisco/Northern California Chapter Officers: President: Keith Sanders, San José State University Vice President, San Francisco: Kevin Wing*, ABC-TV, Good Morning America Vice President, Sacramento: Cynthia Zeiden*, Zeiden Media Vice President, Fresno: Kim Stephens*, KMPH Fox 26 Vice President, Hawaii: Pamela Young*, KHON 2 Vice President, Reno: Terri Russell, KOLO 8 Secretary: Randy Forsman, KCRA 3 Treasurer: James Spalding, Spalding & Company Past President: Javier Valencia*, Independent National Trustees: Linda Giannecchini*, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Associates Alison Gibson, Media Cool John Odell*, CCSF Emeritus Steve Shlisky*, KTVU Fox 2 Kevin Wing*, ABC-TV, Good Morning America (Alternate) Governors: Kent Beichley, Pac 12 Network Wayne Freedman*, KGO ABC 7 Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Andi Guevara, KTNV 2 Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Pablo Iacub, KUVS Univision 19 Brian Johnson, KFSN ABC 30 Sean Karlin, Freelance George Lang*, The Big Picture Film & Video Arts Da Lin, KPIX 5 Terry Lowry*, LaCosse Productions 6 Melissa Mapes, KITV 4 Joyce Mitchell*, 4U Productions Michael Moya, Fotografx/Laney College David Paredes, KNTV, NBC Bay Area Pat Patton, Petra Placement Ross Perich, ProMotion Studios Many Ramos, Manny Ramos Communications Eric Rosales, KMPH Fox 26 Brenda Salgando, KGMB/KHNL/KFVE Don Sanchez, Retired. KGO ABC 7 Matt Skryja, AAA NCNU Insurance Exchange Karen Sutton, Kaiser Permanente Melanie Woodrow, KGO ABC 7 Noemi Zeigler Sanchez, Laney College Committee Chairs: Archives and Museum: John Catchings*, Catchings & Associates; Linda Giannecchini*, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli and Associates Awards: Julie Watts, KPIX 5 Emmy® Gala: Karen Sutton Gold & Silver Circle: Terry Lowry*, LaCosse Productions Education: Steve Shlisky*, KTVU Fox 2 Finance: Alison Gibson, Media Cool Legal/Bylaws: Mark Pearson, ARC Law Group Marketing: Patty Zubov, Platonic TV Off Camera: Kevin Wing*, ABC News Social Media: Noemi Zeigler Sanchez, Laney College Nominating: Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Programs & Activities: Cynthia Zeiden*, Zeiden Media Cinema Club: Don Sanchez* Executive Director: Darryl R. Compton*, NATAS * Members of the Silver Circle 7 The Emmy® Gala Committee Karen Sutton, Kaiser Permanente (Chair) Julie Watts, KPIX 5 (Awards Chair) Kent Beichley, Pac 12 Network Wayne Freedman, KGO ABC 7 Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Richard Harmelink, KFSN, ABC 30 George Lang, The Big Picture Sean Karlin, University of California Berkeley Da Lin, KPIX 5 Terry Lowry, LaCosse Productions Ross Perich, ProMotion Studios Wayne Philippo, KPIX CBS 5 Steve Shlisky, KTVU Fox 2 Matt Skryja, AAA NCNU Insurance Exchange Noelle Walker, KTVU Fox 2 Kevin Wing, ABC News/GMA Melanie Woodrow, KGO ABC 7 Pamela Young, KHON 2 Patty Zubov, Platonic TV Keith Sanders, San José State University (President) Darryl R. Compton, NATAS (Executive Director) 8 9 Congratulations to all 2016 EMMY® Nominees and Award Winners 10 2015-2016 Awards Judging Procedures The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter annually honors outstanding individual, news and program achievements in Northern California, Hawaii and Reno. The purpose of conferring the coveted Emmy® statuette is to provide incentive for continuing outstanding individual and production achievements within the television industry. The Emmy® Awards program is also a means of focusing public attention upon the multi-talented individuals who comprise this business and to honor them. There can be one award, more than one award or no award presented in each category. This was a record year with 935 entries (757 English and 179 Spanish) were submitted in 67 categories from the calendar year 2015, for Emmy® award consideration. All entries were submitted and uploaded through Emmy® Express and then judged online by the following NATAS chapters: Chicago/Midwest; Heartland (Denver); Lone Star (Texas) and Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia). At least seven peers viewed and scored each entry. English and Spanish entries are judged separately. The online programs were scored for content, creativity, and execution (1 to 10 points), for a possible total of 30 points. Craft categories are judged on creativity and execution only, for a possible 20 points. After scoring all the entries in the category, the judge certified his or her scores and the ballot is sent directly to Spalding and Company, our accounting firm for processing. A tabulated sheet representing each category, with separate entries for English and Spanish-but not identified - was presented to the Awards Committee. The committee determined a cut-off score in each category and entries above that score were considered nominees. The committee then selected the Emmy® recipients by highest scores. The Awards Committee members made these selections without knowing which entries or categories were being considered. The nominations were announced May 4, 2016 during a live webcast from Access Sacramento. Nomination Parties were held in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento and Honolulu. 197 English and 83 Spanish entries were nominated with 895 certificates being handed out to 534 individuals. Tonight, we will see the top scores of Emmy® award excellence. 11 The Awards Committee Julie Watts, KPIX 5 (Chair) Peter Borg, KQED 9 Devon Fox, Comcast SportsNet Craig Franklin, Retired, KPIX 5 Wayne Freedman, KGO ABC 7 Linda Giannecchini, KQED 9/ Franklin Mieuli & Associates (National Awards Chair) Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Pablo Iacub, KUVS Univision 19 Da Lin, KPIX 5 Terri Russell, KOLO 8 Steve Shlisky, KTVU Fox 2 Sandy Sirias, KFTV Univision 21 Karen Sutton, Kaiser Permanente Noelle Walker, KTVU Fox 2 Pamela Young, KHON 2 James Spalding, Spalding & Company (Awards Accountant) Keith Sanders, San José State University (President) Darryl R. Compton, NATAS (Executive Director) 12 Musical Director Marcus Shelby Marcus Anthony Shelby is a bandleader, composer, arranger, bassist, educator, and activist who currently lives in San Francisco, California. Over the past 25 years he has built a diverse biography as a composer. His work and music has focused on sharing the history, present, and future of African American lives, on social movements in the United States of America, and on early childhood music education.