NPT Scores Record Number of Midsouth Emmy Nominations

(Corrected 11/23/08 6:10 a.m. to change “awards” to “nominations” in title and further separate non NPT-produced programs)

Nashville Public Television picked up a record 21 Midsouth Regional Emmy® nominations for its original productions, while programs that aired on the channel garnered an additional eight, at the announcement reception on Friday, November 21 at the BMI headquarters on Music Row.

Highlights include nominations for the original productions Beautiful Tennessee: Our Scenic Waterways, Nashville WWII Stories, Little Kurdistan, Tennessee Crossroads: Smokin’ and Christmas at Belmont, and a slew of nominations for the promo work of Hugh Brian O’Neill. The popular “It’s Farmer Jason” children’s video also picked up a nod.

Programs that aired on NPT, though not produced by the station, that also scored nominations were Janet’s Planet, Tennessee Wild Side and the Time Jumpers: Jumpin’ Time.

Singer-songwriter Hal Ketchum will host the awards on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

List of NPT Nominations:

DOCUMENTARY/CULTURAL
Beautiful Tennessee: Our Scenic Waterways, Kevin Crane, Matt Emigh, Will Pedigo

DOCUMENTARY/HISTORICAL
Nashville WWII Stories, Matt Emigh, Justin Harvey

HISTORIC/CULTURAL PROGRAM/SPECIAL
Little Kurdistan, Kevin Crane, Matt Emigh, Will Pedigo

MAGAZINE PROGRAM/SPECIAL
Tennessee Crossroads: Smokin’, Joe Elmore, Ed Jones, Ken Simington

MAGAZINE SERIES
Tennessee Crossroads: Compilation, Matt Emigh, Will Pedigo, John Pratt, Ken Simington, Rob Wilds

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING
It’s a Farmer Jason, Matt Emigh, Ed Jones, Jason Ringenberg

SPECIAL EVENT/EDITED
Christmas at Belmont 2007, Clark Santee

PSA SPOT
NPT 8K Run, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television

PROMO SPOT/PROGRAMS (NON-NEWS)
NPT Explore/Johnny Cash, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television
NPT Joy of Painting, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television
NPT Nashville WWII Stories, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television
NPT/Nature “Minkin Girls”, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television

PROMO CAMPAIGN/PROGRAMS (NON-NEWS)
NPT Beautiful Tennessee: Our Scenic Waterways, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television
NPT/Nature “Minkin Girls”, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television
NPT/Nature “My Baby” Campaign, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television

DIRECTOR/PROGRAM (NON-NEWS)
Tennessee Crossroads: Smokin’, Ed Jones, Ken Simington

DIRECTOR/SHORT FORM (PSA/PROMO/COMMERCIAL
NPT Promos & PSAs, Hugh Brian O’Neill

EDITOR/PROGRAM (NON-NEWS)
Nashville WWII Stories, Matt Emigh

LIGHTING
Christmas at Belmont, Jim DeMarco, Nashville Public Television

WRITER/PROGRAM (NON-NEWS)
Beautiful Tennessee: Our Scenic Waterways, Will Pedigo

WRITER/SHORT FORM (PSA/PROMO/COMMERCIAL)
NPT Promos & PSAs, Hugh Brian O’Neill, Nashville Public Television

List of nominations for programs that aired on NPT, though were not produced by station:

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
Jumpin’ Time, Terry D. Choate, The Crosswind Corporation

MAGAZINE PROGRAM/SPECIAL
Tennessee’s Wild Side: Fish Tales, Barry Cross, Alan Griggs, Steve Hall, Doug Jackson, Ken Tucker, The Renaissance Center

INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
Janet’s Planet: Zoom Through Space, John Hussey, Janet Ivey, Janet’s Planet

INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES
Janet’s Planet: Health Interstitials, John Hussey, Janet Ivey, Janet’s Planet

AUDIO
Jumpin’ Time, Dennis Ritchie, The Crosswind Corporation