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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2001

Release #132-01

 
Contact: Sunny Mindel / Lynn Rasic
(212) 788-2958
  Julianne Cho (Mayor's Office for Film, Theatre & Broadcasting)
(212) 489-6710 x230



MAYOR GIULIANI HONORS NEW YORK'S NOMINEES
FOR THE NATIONAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

Deputy Mayor for Operations Joseph J. Lhota, on behalf of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, today honored over 100 New York area nominees for the National 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in a ceremony at City Hall. Among those honored were Susan Lucci, Cady McClain, Josh Duhamel, Eden Riegel and Jesse McCartney from All My Children; Leslie Kay, Martha Byrne and Michael Park from As The World Turns; along with John Ritter and Montel Williams. Also in attendance were Patricia Reed Scott, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting, and John Cannon, President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

"I congratulate all of this year's Daytime Emmy nominees and wish them the best of luck at the awards ceremony on May 18th," Deputy Mayor Lhota said. "I also want to celebrate the hard work of those who contribute to New York City's growing television production industry. The City currently has about 100 national television series in production, which includes daytime dramas, talk shows, children's television, as well as prime time and late night programming. Over the past six years the industry's growth in our City has been staggering, with television production shooting days totaling 8,112 in 1999 compared to 3,598 in 1993 - an increase of 125 percent. New York's television production industry is creating jobs, opportunity, and the most valuable show biz commodity -- a 'buzz' about New York City."

This year, over 600 New York area directors, producers, performers, writers, editors, stylists, composers and technical talent are nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards. New York City has experienced an historic, unprecedented surge in television production in recent years, with a total economic impact of $1.3 billion in direct expenditures for the year 2000, up from $1.2 billion in 1999.

Among the shows nominated for Emmy Awards are:

A Storm in Summer
Against All Odds: A Tribute to Hollywood's Disabled
All My Children
AMC's Behind The Screen With John Burke
AMC's Film Preservation With Jodie Foster
Arthur
As The World Turns
B. Smith With Style
Barbra Streisand and AMC present "Reel Models: The First Women of Film"
Better Homes and Gardens Television
Between The Lions
Blue's Clues
CBS Tournament of Roses Parade
Clifford The Big Red Dog
Cool Women
Curtis Court
Dragon Tales
Essence of Emeril
Finding Buck McHenry
Guiding Light
History IQ
Hollywood Squares
Journey of Dr. Dre
Kenny The Shark
Little Bill
Live With Regis
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2000
Martha Stewart Living
Mermaid
The Montel Williams Show
MTV Movie Awards Uncensored
One Life To Live
Passions
Pets: Part of the Family
Pop-Up Video
Reading Rainbow
Real Kids, Real Adventures
Run The Wild Fields
Sesame Street
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The View
The Wishing Tree
The Young and The Restless
What Matters: 2001 Millennium Special
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Zoboomafoo

The ceremony was followed by a reception catered by the new restaurant Lundy's at Times Square, which is scheduled to open this week. "The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" at Radio City Music Hall will air on the NBC Television Network on Friday, May 18, 2001.


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