Maryland Public Television Earns 17 Emmy Award Nominations in Annual Regional Competition

5/15/20

Included are eight total nominations for popular MPT series Maryland Farm & Harvest and Outdoors Maryland

Maryland Public Television (MPT) today announced the statewide public television network has earned 17Emmy® Award nominations from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter (NCCB) of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Nominations for the NATAS chapter’s 62nd Emmy Awards were revealed over three days, from May 12 - 14.

The competition is open to any television station, company, production house, or independent producer in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Nominations recognize work performed during 2019 in more than 120 categories of production and television crafts.

The NATAS-NCCB’s 62nd annual Emmy Awards will be announced on August 8.

Over the course of its more than 50-year history, MPT has earned 170 regional Emmys out of 400 nominations, the Board of Governors Award (the regional chapter’s highest honor), and four national Emmy Awards.

Maryland Public Television’s 17 nominations this year were earned in these 10 categories:

  • category 12C: Chesapeake Heritage - Program/Special

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal: Gateway to the World
John Paulson, Producer
Michael English, Executive Producer

Maryland Crabs: Tradition & Taste
Heidi Hanson, Producer
Chris Warner, Director
Michael English, Executive Producer

  • category 13C: Arts/Entertainment - Program/Special

Made Possible By Viewers Like You: 50 Years of Maryland Public Television
Linda Taggart, Executive in Charge of Production
Eric Neumann, Executive Producer
Jonathan Slade, Producer
Patrick Shea, Producer

WTMD First Thursday Festival -episode 201
Frank Batavick, Producer
Adam Oberfeld, Producer
Scott Mullins, Executive Producer

  • category 21C: Historical/Cultural - Program Feature/Segment

Statues of Change
Heidi Hanson, Producer
Chris Warner, Director
Michael English, Executive Producer

  • category 28: Interview/Discussion

Direct Connection- DeRay Mckesson interview
Jeff Salkin, Host/Anchor
Roxana Bardan, Producer
Mark Keefer, Executive Producer

  • category 29A: Magazine Program - Feature/Segment

Maryland Farm & Harvest -Steam Society Show segment - episode 706
Joseph Ligo, Producer

Outdoors Maryland: Water From the Air
Michael Sobola, Producer

  • category 29B: Magazine Program/Special

Maryland Farm & Harvest- episode 701
Joe Ligo, Series Producer
Harpreet Kaur, Segment Producer
Stefanie Robey, Segment Producer
Abigail Sussman, Assistant Producer
Frank Batavick, Executive Producer

Outdoors Maryland- Blue Ribbon River - episode 3202
Robert Ferrier, Producer
Sarah Sampson, Series Producer

  • category 38: Audio Sound Design & Audio Mix Composite

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal: Gateway to the World
Jillian Kuchman, Mixer/Editor

  • category 40A: Editor - Program (Non-News)

    Made Possible by Viewers Like You: 50 Years of Maryland Public Television

    Patrick Shea, Editor

    Maryland Farm & Harvest- episode 613

    Brandon Holthaus, Online Editor

  • category46: Program Host/Moderator

    Maryland Farm & Harvest

Joanne Clendining, Host

  • category 50A: Photographer - Program (Non-News)

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal: Gateway to the World

Timothy Pugh, Photographer

Dave Earnest, Photographer

Nick Caloyianis, Aerial Photographer

Maryland Farm & Harvest-Live Births segment – episode 609

Nick Caloyianis, Photographer

Outdoors Maryland- Blue Ribbon River - episode 3202

Dave Earnest, Aerial Videographer

Michael Estrabillo, Ground Videographer

The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter (NCCB) of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a non-profit, professional organization serving the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC television community. NATAS-NCCB is dedicated to advancement in the art and science of television. The Academy’s goals are to foster creative leadership in the television industry, and to encourage artistic, educational and cultural excellence and technical progress.

About MPT

Launched in 1969 and headquartered in Owings Mills, MD, Maryland Public Television is a nonprofit, state-licensed public television network and member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). MPT’s six transmitters cover Maryland plus portions of contiguous states and the District of Columbia. Frequent winner of regional Emmy® awards, MPT creates local, regional, and national television shows. Beyond broadcast, MPT’s commitment to professional educators, parents, caregivers, and learners of all ages is delivered through year-round instructional events and the super-websiteThinkport,which garners in excess of five million page views annually. MPT’s community engagement connects viewers with local resources on significant health, education, arts, and public interest topics through year-round outreach events, viewer forums, program screenings, and phone bank call-in opportunities. For more information visit mpt.org.

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