Eye on Entertainment on Time Warner Cable Covers the 36th Annual Daytime Creative Arts EMMY Awards

2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony Is Hosted by Alex Trebek at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel

Dawna Lee Heising and John Alsedek of Eye on Entertainment on Time Warner Cable conducted interviews on the red carpet at the 36^th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards® on Saturday, August 29, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.  Emmy Award-winning game show host Alex Trebek served as the master of ceremonies with many Emmy-nominated presenters and other special guests.  Trebek has been the host of the game show Jeopardy! since 1984. He has been awarded five Outstanding Game Show Host Emmy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. LA’s own Hector Delgado, noted DJ and R&B, Hip-Hop and Gospel producer performed at the ceremony and provided music for the Creative Arts after-party that immediately followed.  Pre-ceremony music was provided by Roberto Granados.

The Daytime Creative Arts EMMY Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all creative fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. during the 2008 calendar year.  Some of the 2009 Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award winners included:

• Outstanding Children’s Animated Program:  Wordworld on PBS
• Outstanding Culinary Program:  Grill It! With Bobby Flay on Food Network
• Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program:  Cristina’s Court on Fox
• Outstanding Special Class Special:  82^nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade on ABC
• New Approaches – Daytime Entertainment:  I Met the Walrus on YouTube
• New Approaches – Daytime Children’s:  Sesame Street on PBS
• Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host:  Barefoot Contessa on Food Network
• Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling:  Sesame Street on PBS
• Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Series:  Sesame Street on PBS
• Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program:  Giada at Home on Food Network
• Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show/Morning Program:  The View on ABC
• Outstanding Writing in a Children’s Series:  Between the Lions on PBS

The final tally for 2009 Daytime Creative Emmy Awards and Nominations for Daytime Drama Series was:

• All My Children: 4 wins, 9 nominations
• One Life to Live: 3 wins, 6 nominations
• As The World Turns: 2 wins, 2 nominations
• The Young and the Restless: 2 wins, 7 nominations
• The Bold and the Beautiful: 1 win, 3 nominations
• Days of our Lives: 6 nominations
• General Hospital: 2 nominations
• Guiding Light: 1 nomination
• Passions: 1 nomination

A breakdown of the Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards by broadcast, cable and other entities as tabulated by Deloitte & Touche LLP is as follows:  PBS (15), ABC (10), NICKELODEON (8), SYNDICATED (6), CBS (5), FOOD NETWORK (3),  CARTOON NETWORK (2), NBC (2), YOUTUBE (1), 4KIDS ON FOX (1), DISNEY CHANNEL (1), FOX (1), MTV (1)

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About the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry.  It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Award for News, Sports, Daytime, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, Technology & Engineering and Business & Financial Reporting. The Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards are under the jurisdiction of and administered by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences headquartered in New York City. NATAS also presents the National Academy of Arts & Sciences Global Media Awards™ which recognizes excellence in the worldwide intersection of science and technology. For additional information, please visit the website at: http://www.emmyonline.org/.

About the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1946 just one month after network television was born. It is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry. In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Emmy® Award, the Television Academy publishes Emmy® Magazine and stages many industry-related programs, services and year-round events for the television community. For additional press information and resources concerning the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, please contact Robin Mesger of The Lippin Group at (323) 965-1990.

About Eye on Entertainment
“Eye on Entertainment”, a division of Eye on Excellence™ Productions, is aired twice weekly on Time Warner Cable in Southern California. The EOE team covers entertainment and red carpet events, and features interviews with successful people in all walks of life, exploring the traits they have in common. Dawna Lee Heising is the executive producer and host of EOE.  She is a long-standing member of SAG & AFTRA, and is Ms. Universe 2009.  The show is produced and directed by John Alsedek, who is also the writer, director & producer of the horror anthology series “AS DARKNESS FALLS”, which runs on Time Warner Cable.  The EOE photographer is David McNeil, who is a former executive with United Artists and was one of the developers of Pay-per-View.  For more information, please visit http://www.eyeonentertainment.tv/.