Yeah Dicho. America has nothing that can compare to Hockey Night in Canada.
"The difference here is that most CBC programming, aside from the few sitcoms and children's programming it runs, is targeted for a thoughtful intelligent audience"
It's comments like this that make this board a treasure trove. Here's a viewing tip.
Take your eyes off Paris Hilton for a while and watch the National Geographic Channel or Discovery or History Channel or PBS. Do any of these shows on PBS compare to the thinking man's favorite, Hockey Night in Canada?
PBS AWARDS
PBS is a consistent leader in television’s most prestigious competitions. Some of the major awards PBS received in the 2007-2008 awards year include:
10 Daytime Emmys (35th Annual), putting PBS atop all broadcast and cable networks for children’s programming for the 11th consecutive year. SESAME STREET won the Emmy for Outstanding Pre-School Series for the 14th time, winning it every year since the category was created. SESAME STREET has now won a total of 118 Emmys, more than any other program in the history of the Emmy competition. PBS received a total of 44 Daytime nominations.
10 Primetime Emmys Nominations (60th Annual), winning three awards for THE WAR, two for MASTERPIECE “Cranford” and awards for Outstanding Nonfiction Series for AMERICAN MASTERS and Outstanding Special Class (GREAT PERFORMANCES “Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago” and LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER “New York City Opera: Madama Butterfly"),”. PBS received a total of 33 Primetime nominations in 2008, more than Bravo, A&E, Discovery, History and Biography combined.
10 News & Documentary Emmys (29th Annual), more than twice as many awards as any broadcast or cable channel, and equaling or topping all competitors for the eighth time in eight years. Ken Burns was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. PBS received a total of 39 nominations.
2 Emmys for Business and Financial Reporting (6th Annual). In 2008, PBS recieved four nominations; NOW ON PBS won two Emmys.
8 George Foster Peabody Awards (67th Annual), for ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, CRAFT IN AMERICA, DESIGN SQUAD, FRONTLINE “Cheney’s Law,” INDEPENDENT LENS “Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life” and “Sisters in Law,” NATURE “Silence of the Bees” and NOVA “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.”
2 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards (200
for THROUGH DEAF EYES and “JIHAD: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Qaeda,” which aired as part of AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS.
1 Golden Globe Nomination (65th Annual), for MASTERPIECE “Jane Eyre.”
1 Academy Award (80th Annual), for GREAT PERFORMANCES “Peter & the Wolf” in the category of Best Animated Short Film. PBS also received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature for “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience,” which aired as part of AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS.
1 NAACP Image Award (39th Annual), for TAVIS SMILEY “Crisis in Darfur.” This was the fourth year in a row TAVIS SMILEY took home an award.
1 ALMA Award (200
, for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Roberto Clemente” in the Outstanding Made-for-Television Documentary category. PBS received five nominations.
1 Imagen Award (23rd Annual), for BROWN IS THE NEW GREEN in the Best Documentary for Television category. PBS received five nominations.
2 Writers Guild of America Awards (60th Annual), for FRONTLINE “Return of the Taliban” and INDEPENDENT LENS “Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life.” PBS received 11 nominations.
14 Parent’s Choice Awards for Television (200
, including gold awards for THE SUPREME COURT and WORDWORLD.
11 Parents’ Choice Awards for Websites (200
, including a gold award for DESIGN SQUAD.
2 Webby Awards (12th Annual). FRONTLINE/World received 2 People’s Voice Awards in the Online Film & Video category. PBS received six nominations.
January 2009
