President’s Welcome Steve Shlisky Producer/Editor, KTVU Fox 2, Oakland President NATAS SF/NorCal; Silver Circle 2014; Governors’ Service Medallion 2013 Comcast is a proud sponsor and Welcome to the 46th Annual 2016-2017 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards Gala. This evening celebrates our chapter’s broadcast excellence and congratulates all of professional comradery. Congratulations go to the 501 individuals nominated. Many of these individuals received multiple nominations. Truly, work awarded the 2017 nominees. an Emmy® statuette by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) attests an outstanding achievement. Come visit our Xnity X1 Lounge upstairs in the green room for Tonight, this room honors some of the most talented chapter journalists and live demo. media crafts people of the year. As chapter president, I am proud to represent such vibrant professionals locally in Northern California, Reno, and Hawaii, as well as, at the national NATAS meetings. We are indebted to first time Emmy® Gala Chair Uilani Gray for her outstanding work organizing this event. Uilani brought her unique skill set to our celebration. Special thanks to Award Committee Chair Wayne Freedman. This is his first year as chair after serving many, many years on the committee (and receiving many, many Emmy® Statuettes). He has done a fine job guiding the long award process which culminates tonight. My special appreciation goes to Patty Zubov, Keith Sanders and Kevin Wing, who were instrumental in securing sponsors and marketing the Gala. And as always, a special salute to our longtime Executive Director Darryl Compton who manages the Comcast is California’s leading countless details that make this event possible. This dazzling night depends on provider of XFINITY® video, the outstanding resources of the full Emmy® Gala Committee. Thank you for all high-speed Internet, “smart your hours of phone calls, emails, meetings, site surveys and just plain hard home” and phone services. work. Our X1 entertainment platform - with its innovative voice remote Have a great evening. Tonight is special because you have made it special. and Netix integration - is changing the way our Your toil, labor, and dedication to excellence contribute to this great occasion. customers experience TV. We come here, our most important event of the year, because of you. Have a great evening. Visit our blog for more info: www.california.comcast.com Steve Shlisky 3 Gala Committee Welcome Uilani A. Gray, Gray Event Management, Emmy® Gala Chair/Governor This is the event that we all look forward to throughout the year. On behalf of the Emmy® Award Committee, I would like to welcome you to the 46th Annual Emmy® Awards Gala. Where the cream of the crop come out and are acknowledged for their hard work. We are excited to have Comcast sponsor the Comcast Xfinity1 Lounge, which is located upstairs on the second floor. This will be a great place to relax, enjoy your food, drinks and try out the Xfinity1 Experience. We will be serenaded throughout the evening by the Marcus Shelby Trio, what better than to have a jazz band in the magnificent SFJAZZ Center. Our goal is to get you your awards and start the celebrations as quickly as possible. This year we are using two podiums to achieve this goal with four honorary hosts to move the program along. So what we need from you is your cooperation in being ready when your category is called and keeping your speeches brief. The Emmy® Etiquette is on page 16. Please take a moment to read it. This is your night so tell the world about it. The event will be live http://www. emmysf.tv. We are requesting that you use #EmmySF to all your Emmy night tweets. Special thanks to everyone who put so much work into making this event a success: The NATAS Emmy® Gala Committee, The Board of Governors, and our Emmy® Gala volunteers and staff. The technical magic that you see tonight is thanks to SFJAZZ Technical team, Beyond Pix Studios, Robert Erdiakoff, Wayne Philippo and the mastermind behind it all Darryl Compton. Congratulation to all the Emmy® Nominees and good luck! Sincerely, Uilani A. Gray 5 Don Sanchez*, Retired, KGO ABC 7 Juan Serna, San Jose State University The Board of Governors Matt Skryja, Forestville Productions The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Julie Watts, KPIX 5 San Francisco/Northern California Chapter Melanie Woodrow, KGO ABC 7 Noemi Zeigler Sanchez, Laney College Officers: President: Keith Sanders, San José State University Committee Chairs: Vice President, San Francisco: Don Sanchez*, Retired, KGO ABC 7 Archives and Museum: John Catchings*, Catchings & Associates Vice President, Sacramento: Cynthia Zeiden*, Zeiden Media Linda Giannecchini*, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Vice President, Fresno: Kim Stephens*, KMPH Fox 26 Associates Vice President, Hawaii: Pamela Young*, KHON 2 Awards: Wayne Freedman*, KGO ABC 7 Vice President, Reno: Landon Miller, KTVN 2 Emmy® Gala: Uilani A. Gray, Gray Event Management Vice President, Smaller Markets: Scott Rates, KAEF 23/FBVU 28 Education: Keith Sanders, San José State University Secretary: Randy Forsman, KCRA 3 Finance: Alison Gibson, Media Cool Treasurer: James Spalding, Spalding & Company Legal/Bylaws: Mark Pearson, ARC Law Group Past President: Keith Sanders, San José State University Marketing: Patty Zubov, Platonic TV Off Camera: Kevin Wing*, KNTV NBC Bay Area National Trustees: Promotion: Joyce Mitchell*, 4U Productions Linda Giannecchini*, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Associates Social Media: Noemi Zeigler Sanchez, Laney College John Odell*, CCSF Emeritus Membership: Michael Moya, Fotografx/Laney College Steve Shlisky*, KTVU Fox 2 Nominating: Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Cynthia Zeiden*, Zeiden Media Programs & Activities: Cynthia Zeiden*, Zeiden Media Alison Gibson, Media Cool Cinema Club: Don Sanchez* Kevin Wing*, KNTV NBC Bay Area (Alternate) Executive Director: Governors: Darryl R. Compton*, NATAS Kent Beichley, Pac 12 Networks Robert Campos, KNTV NBC Bay Area * Members of the Silver Circle Mariacy Carreno, KSTS Telemundo 48 Wayne Freedman*, KGO ABC 7 Alison Gibson, Media Cool Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Uilani A. Gray, Gray Event Management Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 Pablo Iacub, KUVS Univision 19 Brian Johnson, KFSN ABC 30 George Lang*, The Big Picture Film & Video Arts Melissa Mainz, Mainz Media Joyce Mitchell*, 4U Productions Michael Moya, Fotografx/Laney College Scott Patterson, San Francisco State University Pat Patton, Retired, KRON 4 Ross Perich, ProMotion Studios Manny Ramos*, Manny Ramos Communications Terri Russell, KOLO 8 6 7 The Emmy® Gala Committee Uilani A. Gray, Gray Event Management (Chair) Wayne Freedman, KGO ABC 7 (Awards Chair) Kent Beichley, Pac 12 Network Robert Erdiakoff, KTVU Fox 2 Randy Forsman, KCRA 3 Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 Richard Harmelink, KFSN, ABC 30 Da Lin, KPIX 5 Terry Lowry, LaCosse Productions Mike Moya, MOYAfotografx Pat Patton, KRON Retired Ross Perich, ProMotion Studios Wayne Philippo, KPIX CBS 5 Keith Sanders, San José State University Julie Watts, KPIX 5 Kevin Wing, ABC News/GMA Pamela Young, KHON 2 Noemi Zeigler Sanchez, Laney College Patty Zubov, Platonic TV Steve Shlisky, KTVU Fox 2 (President) Darryl R. Compton, NATAS (Executive Director) 8 9 2016-2017 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 another record year with 947 entries (735 English and 212 Spanish) were submitted in 67 categories from the calendar year 2016, for Emmy® award consideration. All entries were submitted and uploaded through Emmy® Express and then judged online by the following NATAS chapters: Boston/New England; Chicago/Midwest; Heartland (Denver); Lone Star (Texas) and Sun Coast (Miami). 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 3, 2017 on the chapter’s website. 213 English and 95 Spanish entries were nominated with 928 certificates being handed out to 501 individuals. Tonight, we will see the top scores of Emmy® award excellence. 10 11 The Awards Committee Musical Director Wayne Freedman, KGO ABC 7 (Chair) Marcus Shelby Kent Beichley, Pac 12 Networks Marcus Anthony Shelby is a bandleader, Peter Borg, KQED 9 composer, arranger, bassist, educator and Craig Franklin, Retired, KPIX 5 activist who currently lives in San Francisco, Linda Giannecchini, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Associates California. Over the past 25 years he has (National Awards Chair) built a diverse biography as a composer. His Luis Godinez, KDTV Univision 14 work and music has focused on sharing the Richard Harmelink, KFSN ABC 30 history, present and future of African American Pablo Iacub, KUVS Univision 19 lives, and on early childhood music education.