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NBC Sports
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
NBCUNIVERSAL'S PARIS OLYMPICS COVERAGE TOPS SPORTS EMMYS WITH 10 WINS AS NBCU TIES COMPANY RECORD WITH 13 AWARDS
NBCU Ties for Most Sports Emmys of Any Media Company 2024 Paris Olympic Games Wins Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event NBC Sports' Peter Diamond (Gold Circle) and Rob Hyland (Silver Circle) Earn Special Recognition from the Academy Telemundo's Miguel Gurwitz Wins for Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish NEW YORK, NY – May 20, 2025 – NBCUniversal's coverage of the XXXIII Olympic Games from Paris topped the 46th Sports Emmy Awards with 10 wins – headlined by the honor for Outstanding Live Special-Championship Event – as NBCU tied its company record with 13 Sports Emmys (2003). In addition, NBC Sports earned honors for its NFL Playoff coverage and Telemundo Deportes' Miguel Gurwitz won his second Sports Emmy. The awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Additionally at tonight's awards, Peter Diamond, former EVP, NBC Olympics Programming, and Rob Hyland, Coordinating Producer, NBC Sunday Night Football and Primetime Producer, NBC Olympics, earned special recognition for 'individuals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 25 or 50 years.' Diamond received Gold Circle honors for 50 years of exemplary service. Hyland earned Silver Circle honors for more than a quarter century of excellence. The complete list of NBCUniversal winners: Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Playoff Coverage: NFL Playoffs (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Short Feature: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad: Caeleb & The Critic (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Open/Tease: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad: Land of Stories (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Interactive Experience: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Technical Team Event: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Technical Team Studio: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Editing – Short Form: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad: Land of Stories (NBC/Peacock) The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award – Short Form: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad: Land of Stories (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Audio/Sound – Live Event: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock) Outstanding Graphic Design – Event/Show: The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (NBC/Peacock/USA Network/CNBC/E!/ Channel) The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award: 2024 PGA TOUR: Drone AR (CBS/NBC (PGA TOUR)) Outstanding On-Air Personality in Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo/Universo/Peacock) A complete list of winners is available here. --NBC SPORTS—
CBS News
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
CBS News Chicago newscast director Debra Zimmer honored with Silver Circle Award
Former CBS News Chicago newscast director Debra Zimmer was inducted into the pretigious Silver Circle on Friday, honoring her groundbreaking career as one of the first women to direct a TV newscast. The Silver Circle is a group of longtime journalists recognized for their distinguished service by the National Academy of Television Arts and Scientists. The Silver Circle Awards are one of the highest honors bestowed in the television industry. Zimmer directed newscasts at CBS News Chicago (WBBM-TV) from 1988 until 2019. "Debra had perfect timing; a knack for anticipating the next best shot, and troubleshooting," said meteorologist Steve Baskerville, who worked with Zimmer for 30 years. Former CBS News Chicago anchor Linda MacLennan worked with Zimmer for nearly 16 years, sat down with Zimmer after she was named one of this year's Silver Circle honorees, and said she was "always the consummate pro." "You were unflappable," MacLennan said. "You were always like that." "I was always like that, always; and if I stayed calm, everybody around me would be calm. But I could always tell when I would raise my voice, and say something very stern and direct. I'd watch the cameras go boop," Zimmer said, mimicking a stunned jerking motion from a camera operator. It wasn't always that funny. When Zimmer graduated from Ohio University and got her first full-time directing job at WOWK-TV in West Virginia, that first day was a doozy. "Moved out of the house. I had my apartment. I was so excited," she said. But the person who hired her had some bad news. "'I don't want you to worry.' Of course, that's the first thing you don't want to hear on your first day of the job. 'But all of our men called off sick,'" Zimmer said. "They didn't want to work with a woman." "Those were the days where the philosophy of theirs was 'keep the brides out of broadcasting.' We didn't know how to do it. We weren't trained well enough as they would be. I didn't have camerapeople, I didn't have audio, they didn't have film, and I was there by myself. I don't know how that anchor got through that newscast," Zimmer said. But the newscast got on the air nonetheless. As one of few women directing newscasts in television, Zimmer faced a very high glass ceiling throughout much of her career, but each time she proved she knew exactly what she was doing. It was her mom who kept her going after that terrible first day. "She was, 'well, you know, I want to tell you that you can come home, and I need to tell you this is not about you, but I have to tell you, you are the one that can do it on your own. Get out there, learn your craft,'" Zimmer said. From there, she moved to WLWT-TV in Cincinnati, and then WKYC-TV in Cleveland, where she worked with Al Roker. At KGO-TV in San Francisco in the 1980s, directing pool coverage of the visit of Pope John Paul II gave her a memory she will never forget. A Secret Service agent's tip led to a shot of the pope picking up a little boy with AIDS. "It was such a touching moment to capture that, and it was a shot that was seen around … it led every newscast throughout the world," Zimmer said. She moved to WBBM-TV in 1988, and worked with anchor Lester Holt, Bill Kurtis, Walter Jacboson, Carol Marin, and so many anchor teams, reporters, and colleagues behind the scenes. "Debra, congratulations on your induction to the Silver Circle. You truly deserve it," Holt said. From newscasts directed in the old control room in Streeterville, to live remotes in the field, to the current control room at Block 37, Zimmer led WBBM through several set renovations, and many technology changes throughout the years – from film all the way to digital. What makes a good director in this day and age? "Understanding the technology. I mean it's simply, that's, you cannot fake it," Zimmer said. "It certainly was my goal and my quest just to keep trying to make a difference; not only for myself, the people that I worked with, but the viewers." It was in January 2019 when she hung up her headset for good, directing her last newscast. Zimmer was one of eight journalists inducted into the Silver Circle on Friday, including former WBBM colleagues Diann Burns, Rob Stafford, and Dan Jiggetts, who all worked at CBS News Chicago at one time.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Juli Buehler to Retire From WLUK in Green Bay
WLUK news director Juli Buehler has announced her retirement after 45 years. Buehler has been the ND at WLUK since 1995. "Juli has had a truly remarkable journey. Many strong journalists across the country have passed through here and have benefited from her involvement in their lives,' said Jay Zollar, vice president and general manager of WLUK Fox 11 and WCWF CW14. 'Fox 11 would not be what it is today if it were not for Juli's investment of her passion and experience." She is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Associated Press Carol Brewer Award, and her induction into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle in 2016. "I am appreciative of all the many opportunities WLUK-TV and Sinclair Media (the parent company of WLUK), have afforded me,' said Buehler. 'It has been an incredible journey with colleagues who have become lifelong friends, and newsroom adventures that are lifelong memories. This career has been a gift." In her previous roles, Buehler wrote and produced for the Voice of America, based in Washington, D.C. She also worked as a reporter and anchor at television newsrooms in Rochester Minnesota and Eau Claire Wisconsin and as a producer in New Haven, Connecticut. Under Buehler's leadership, the content creation teams of WLUK embarked on many Northeast Wisconsin 'firsts,' from launching the market-leading four-and-a-half-hour morning news program, "Good Day Wisconsin," to network affiliation changes, Super Bowl coverage, national political conventions, and lifestyle programs. She was an integral part of the team that created FOX 11 Packers Family Night, along with the football organization, as well as advising on the purchase of a property across from Lambeau Field, now known as the Fox 11 Field House. She has served on the executive board of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and played a part in advocating for access and transparency between elected officials, the court system and journalists. Sinclair
