PBS AWARDS
2008-2009 Awards Year
The CINE Golden Eagle Award has been recognized as a mark of excellence throughout the film and television industry for over 50 years. Each competition is conducted by a unique multi-stage jury process that functions much like academic or scientific peer reviews. Over 400 jurors nationwide participate in the semi-annual screenings of the hundreds of productions entered into each competition cycle.
PBS programs were honored with 18 CINE Golden Eagle Awards one for each of the following:
Children's Programs
Arthur 1201: "Is That Kosher" & "Never, Never, Never"
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
Coming Home: Military Families Cope With Change
Sesame Workshop
New York, NY
Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times
Sesame Workshop
New York, NY
Environment & Natural Science
Ocean Animal Emergency
WGBH-NOVA
Boston, MA
History
Hallowed Grounds
New Voyage Communications
Washington, DC
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
WGBH/American Experience
Boston, MA
People & Places
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture
Our Town Films, Inc.
Bernardsville, NJ
Betty Ford: The Real Deal
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Arlington, VA
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
WGBH-NOVA
Boston, MA
Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
Real As Steel Media Ventures LLC
Wexford, PA
Arts, Leisure & Lifestyle
2009 National Memorial Day Concert
Capital Concerts Inc.
Washington, DC
AMERICAN MASTERS Garrison Keillor: A Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes
American Masters
New York, NY
AMERICAN MASTERS Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About
American Masters
New York, NY
Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop
SimmonsArt Inc. and Connecticut Public Television
New York, NY
TUBA U: Basso Profundo
WCTE-TV/Two Six, Inc.
Cookeville, TN
Science & Tenchnology
Doctors' Diaries
WGBH-NOVA
Boston, MA
Professional News Division
Analysis
Latinos '08
Latino Public Broadcasting
Burbank, CA
Space Shuttle Disaster
WGBH-NOVA
Boston, MA
Not to mention:
- 13 Daytime Emmys (36th Annual), putting PBS atop all broadcast and cable networks for children’s programming for the 12th consecutive year. SESAME STREET was honored with four Emmys and also was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. PBS received a total of 47 nominations in 2009 — more nominations than NBC, CBS and all cable networks.
- 9 Primetime Emmys (61st Annual), including seven awards for MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Little Dorrit.” The miniseries won more awards than any other single program, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries. AMERICAN MASTERS was honored with the Outstanding Nonfiction Seriesaward and GREAT PERFORMANCES also won a Primetime Emmy. PBS received 26 nominations, more than A&E, Bravo, Discovery and History combined.
- 6 News & Documentary Emmys (30th Annual), more than any broadcast or cable channel, and equaling or topping all competitors for the ninth year in a row. FRONTLINE was honored with two awards, and POV, NOVA, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL and ILLICIT: THE DARK TRADE each won one award. PBS received more nominations, 38, than any other network for the sixth straight year.
- 6 George Foster Peabody Awards (68th Annual), more than any other media organization, for DEPRESSION: OUT OF THE SHADOWS; INDEPENDENT LENS “King Corn” and “Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita”; NOVA “Ape Genius”; POV “Campaign”; and WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL & NATIONAL JOURNAL.
- 3 Golden Globe Nominations (66th Annual) for MASTERPIECE “Cranford.”
- 1 Academy Award Nomination (81st Annual) for POV “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon).”
- 2 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards (2009) for UNNATURAL CAUSES: IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK? and INDEPENDENT LENS “Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story.”
- 1 NAACP Image Award Nomination (40th Annual) for TAVIS SMILEY. This was the fifth year in a row that TAVIS SMILEY was nominated for an award.
- 2 Emmys for Business and Financial Reporting (7th Annual). In 2009, PBS received four nominations; FRONTLINE and the NEWSHOUR each won an Emmy. Additionally, Paul Kangas and Linda O’Bryon, of NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards.
- 1 ALMA Award (2009), awarded to Latino Public Broadcasting for the development, support and promotion of Latino-themed documentaries on public television.
- 1 Imagen Award (24th Annual) for A CLASS APART: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in the Best Documentary for Televisioncategory. PBS received four nominations.
- 3 IDA Documentary Awards (2009), including awards for films airing on POV, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and INDEPENDENT LENS. PBS received 12 nominations.
- 3 Writers Guild of America Awards (2009) for FRONTLINE “Bush’s War,” NOVA “Secrets of the Parthenon” and BILL MOYERS JOURNAL “Yankee Stadium and the New Gilded Age.” PBS received 12 nominations.
- 1 Television Academy Honors Award (2nd Annual) for Television With a Conscience for MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY “God on Trial.”
- 15 Parents’ Choice Awards for Television (2009), including gold awards for AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES 2, BETWEEN THE LIONS and NATURE “The Wolf That Changed America.”
- 5 Parents’ Choice Awards for Websites (2009), including gold awards for PBS Parents and PBS KIDS Island.
- 4 Webby Awards (13th Annual). FRONTLINE/World received two Webbys and a People’s Voice Award in the Online Film & Video category. RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY won a People’s Voice Award in the Website category. PBS received five nominations.
