• 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 for GREAT PERFORMANCES “Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago” and LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER “New York City Opera: Madama Butterfly,” among others. 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.



• 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.”



• 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 with “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience,” which aired as part of AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS.



• 2 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards (2008) for THROUGH DEAF EYES and “JIHAD: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Qaeda,” 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.



• 4 Emmy Nominations for Business and Financial Reporting (6th Annual). In 2007, PBS received 6 nominations, and NOW ON PBS and THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER each won an Emmy.



• 1 ALMA Award (2008), for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Roberto Clemente” in the Outstanding Made-for-Television Documentary category. PBS received 5 nominations.



• 1 Imagen Award (23rd Annual), for BROWN IS THE NEW GREEN in the Best Documentary for Television category. PBS received 5 nominations.



• 13 Nominations for IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards (2008), including two nominations for the top honor of Feature Documentary. In 2007, PBS won 3 IDA Awards, including the Feature Documentary award for NOVA “A Walk to Beautiful.”



• 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 (2008), including gold awards for THE SUPREME COURT and WORDWORLD.



• 11 Parents’ Choice Awards for Websites (2008), 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 6 nominations.

November 2008