THE 54TH ANNUAL NEW YORK EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING! MSG Network Gets the Most Nominations with 60 New York, NY – Thursday, February 17, 2011. The 54th 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 NBC Universal’s Live Digital with Shelly Palmer and President of NY NATAS; Emmy® Award-winner N.J. Burkett, Correspondent, WABC-TV; Emmy® Award-winner Marvin Scott, Senior Correspondent, PIX 11 News at 10, and Anchor, PIX 11 News Closeup, WPIX-TV; and Emmy® Award winner Elizabeth Hashagen, Anchor, News 12 Long Island. Total Number of Nominated Entries MSG 60 News 12 The Bronx 4 WNBC-TV 48 NYFA.org 4 YES Network 46 Star Plus 4 (MLB Productions for YES - 5) WRGB 4 (YES / My9 News WWOR - 1) WXXI 4 News 12 Connecticut 35 YNN 4 WPIX-TV 33 Plum Hamptons 3 MSG Varsity 32 WRNN-TV 3 WABC-TV 27 My9 News WWOR 2 News 12 Long Island 25 NJN Public Television 2 News 12 Westchester 25 NY1 News 2 SNY 23 Style.com 2 News 12 New Jersey 19 WROC-TV 2 WCBS-TV 19 WSKG-TV 2 WNJU Telemundo 47 17 13WHAM.com 1 WGRZ-TV 16 AnimationDynamics for MoMA.org 1 NYC life 14 AVS Television 1 WNYW Fox 5 14 Brooklyn Independent Television 1 WXTV Univision 41 14 Newsday.com 1 The Star-Ledger/NJ.com 10 SUAthletics.com 1 CUNY-TV 8 Time Warner Cable 1 Thirteen/WNET 8 UBCFA.org 1 MSG Plus 7 Vogue.com 1 WIVB-TV 7 WKBW-TV 1 BronxNet 4 WLIW.org 1 FiOS 1 News 4 WMHT-TV 1 MSG.com 4 WNYT 1 New Evangelization Television 4 WSTM 1 The 54th Annual New York Emmy® Awards will be presented at a Black Tie Gala on Sunday, April 3, 2011 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 by 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. NY NATAS continues to evolve playing a vital role in recognizing outstanding content in our changing industry. As distribution platforms have expanded to include broadband and portable devices NY NATAS now honors television the art form regardless of the delivery platform. For more information, please visit www.nyemmys.org. #### CONTACT: Jacqueline Gonzalez, Executive Director The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter The 2010 New York Emmy® Awards Nominees Phone: 212-459-3630 ext. 203. Email: [email protected] 2 The 2011 New York Emmy® Awards Nominees MORNING NEWSCAST Bridgeport FBI Raid. May 4, 2010. (News 12 Connecticut). Tom Appleby, News Director; Dave Feuerman, Assistant News Director; Amy Packham, Executive Producer; Richard Stabile, Producer; Louis Matarazzo, Director; Heather Kovar, Amelie Wilson, Anchors. PIX Morning News. August 4, 2010. (WPIX-TV). Bill Carey, News Director; Joseph M. Punday, Weather Producer; John Muller, Anchor/Host; Dennis J. McKenna, Set Designer; Kate Sullivan, Ojinika Obiekwe, Segment Producers; Marcia Parris, Nicole Clarity, Senior Producers; David Kalmowitz, Director. PIX Morning News. October 30, 2009. (WPIX-TV). Amy Waldman, Executive Producer; Dr. Steve Salvatore, Medical Reporter; Allison Kaden, Reporter; Joseph M. Punday, Weather Producer; Jill Nicolini, Traffic Reporter; Dennis J. McKenna, Set Designer; Tamsen Fadal, Anchor; Kate Sullivan, Ojinika Obiekwe, Segment Producers; Marcia Parris, Nicole Clarity, Senior Producers; David Kalmowitz, Director. Today in New York: Election Day – Eye on the Yankees. November 3, 2009. (WNBC-TV). Lamar Goering, Producer; Michael Gargiulo, Darlene Rodriguez, Anchors; Jamie Shupak, Traffic Anchor; Richard Traks, Field Cameraman; Sebastian Zeplien, Technical Director; Ken Chadwick, Content Producer; Angie Morefield, Director. Today in New York – Times Square Terror Arrest. May 4, 2010. (WNBC-TV). Lamar Goering, Producer; Michael Gargiulo, Darlene Rodriguez, Anchors; Richard Traks, Eddie Alonzo, Field Cameramen; Sebastian Zeplien, Technical Director; Ken Chadwick, Content Producer; Robert Sancho, Assignment Desk Editor; Angie Morefield, Director; Lynda Baquero, Reporter. WIVB Wake Up Newscast: Flight 3407 – One Year Later. February 12, 2010. (WIVB-TV). Joe Schlaerth, News Director. DAYTIME NEWSCAST Dead Whale Washes Ashore. June 10, 2010. (News 12 Long Island). Pat Dolan, Kelly Drossel, Executive Producers; James Whiteman, Assistant News Director; Carol Silva, Anchor; Lucy Dia, Henry Salmaggi, Producers; Tara McDonald, Assignment Desk Editor; Stephen Hldadky, Director; Erin Colton, Reporter; Sue Caron, Photographer; Brandon Klein, Photographer/Helicopter. Eyewitness News at Noon: Times Square Bomb Arrest. May 4, 2010. (WABC-TV). Jamie H. Nguyen, Producer; David Bloch, Executive Producer; Lori Stokes, Ken Rosato, Anchors; Bill Evans, Meteorologist; Chuck Patterson, Director; Dave Mulewski, Media Manager. News 4 at Noon: Surrender of Riccardo McCray. August 26, 2010. (WIVB-TV). Joe Schlaerth, News Director. EVENING NEWSCAST: UNDER 35 MINUTES 9/11: The 8th Anniversary. September 11, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Chris Wragge, Kristine Johnson, Anchors; Sarah Walters, Producer; Lonnie Quinn, Weather Anchor. City Grill Shooting Newscast. August 14, 2010. (WGRZ-TV). Heather Dubose, Producer; Jeff Woodard, News Director. Fallen Firefighter. October 2, 2009. (News 12 Westchester). Janine Rose, News Director; Stan Kowalski, Executive Producer; Richard Zmijewski, Producer; Doug White, Director; Suzanne Colucci, Anchor; Dave Wolf, Assignment Editor. Flood of Trouble. March 30, 2010. (News 12 Long Island). Alan Goodman, Executive Producer; Patrick Dolan, News Director; James Whiteman, Assistant News Director; Ron Corning, Jodi Applegate, Anchors; Lorraine Rella, Producer; Douglas Richards, Managing Editor; Andrew Bopp, Director. Noticiero 47: World Cup Spain Finalists. July 7, 2010. (WNJU Telemundo 47). Jose Morales, Vice President of Content; Ninoska Arriaga, Executive Producer; Elia Fernández, Producer; Jorge Ramos, Anchor; Andrea Romero, Weather Anchor; Verónica Contreras, Sports Anchor; Evan Lewis, Writer; Robert Fraguada, Director. Times Square Terror. May 4, 2010. (WNBC-TV). Kari Patey, Producer; Ozzie Martinez, Executive Producer; Susan Sullivan, VP News; James Mitchell, Associate Director; Joseph H. Bernard, Technical Director. 3 The 2011 New York Emmy® Awards Nominees EVENING NEWSCAST: OVER 35 MINUTES Blizzard of 2010. February 10, 2010. (WNBC-TV). Kari Patey, Producer; Ozzie Martinez, Executive Producer. CBS2 Storm Watch: When the Floods Came. March 16, 2010. (WCBS-TV). Chris Wragge, Kristine Johnson, Anchors; Lonnie Quinn, Weather Anchor; Franca Braatz, Field Producer; Chris Sobel, Producer; Michael Haynes, Director; Jonathan Fink, Executive Producer; David Parkinson, Weather Producer. CBS2 Winter Storm 2010. March 15, 2010. (WCBS-TV). Chris Wragge, Kristine Johnson, Anchors; Lonnie Quinn, Weather Anchor; Chris Sobel, Producer; Michael Haynes, Director; Jonathan Fink, Executive Producer; David Parkinson, Weather Producer; Vincent J. Ceriale, Editor. Eyewitness News at 5 PM. August 24, 2010. (WKBW-TV). Ann Harenda, Producer. PIX 11 News at Ten: Times Square Bomber Busted. May 4, 2010. (WPIX-TV). Bill Carey, News Director; John Houseman, Assistant News Director; Mary Murphy, Reporter; Mark William Hammond, Associate Director; Jeffrey L. Square, Stage Manager; Mark A. Vega, Technical Director; Saul Adams Jr., Producer; Thomas Wisnosky, Director; Kaity Tong, Anchor. GENERAL ASSIGNMENT Courting the King. July 8, 2010. (News 12 Connecticut). Kristi Olds, Reporter; Mark Sogofsky, Photographer. Disabled Riders. May 14, 2010. (WNBC-TV). Michael DelGiudice, Photojournalist; Andrew Siff, Reporter. Dog Show. January 10, 2010. (News 12 Westchester). Lisa Reyes, Reporter; Joe Connors, Photographer/Editor. Ecuadorian Beating. May 19, 2010. (WXTV Univision 41). Rolman Vergara, Reporter. Latinos’ Beatings on Staten Island. April 9, 2010. (WXTV Univision 41). Mariela Salgado, Ana Ledo, Rolman Vergara, Reporters. Pedi-Cabs. September 17, 2009. (WNBC-TV). Michael DelGiudice, Photojournalist; Andrew Siff, Reporter. BREAKING NEWS STORY 3 Shot in Postenkill. July 13, 2010. (WRGB). Ashe Reardon, Reporter. 12 Year Old Drowns During Class Trip. June 23, 2010. (WABC-TV). Lauren DeFranco, Reporter/Producer; Anthony J. Saturno, Producer. The Death of George Steinbrenner. July 13, 2010. (YES Network). John J. Filippelli, Executive Producer; Woody Freiman, Supervising Producer; Bill Boland, Robin Moore, Joe Auriemma, Ashley Fugazy, Producers; Michael Cooney, Director; Michael Kay, Jack Curry, Bob Lorenz, Talent; Glenn Giangrande, Writer; Michael Webb, Director, Broadcast Operations; Ed Delaney, Vice President, Operations. Firefighters Killed. July 24, 2010. (News 12 Connecticut). Mark Repasky, Reporter; Mark Sogofsky, David Pickering, Photographers. Hackensack Garage Collapse. July 16, 2010. (News 12 New Jersey). Dawn Pellas, Reporter; Daniel Backus, Photographer. The Surrender of Riccardo McCray. August 25, 2010. (WIVB-TV). Rich Newberg, Reporter. SPOT NEWS STORY Bengal Tiger Fire. July 8, 2010. (News 12 Westchester). Lidia Ujkaj, Reporter; Alan Flamenhaft, Photographer/Editor; Doug Pawlikowski,