Coverage of Last Year’s Devastating Fires, and the Aftermath, Dominate L.A. Area Emmy Nominations — as PBS SoCal, ABC7, KMEX Lead Tally

PBS SoCal, KABC/ABC7 and KMEX led the tally on Tuesday as the TV Academy announced nominations for the 78th annual L.A. Area Emmy Awards.

The annual ceremony will take place on Saturday, July 25, at the Skirball Cultural Center. As for this year's nominee totals, PBS SoCal landed 29 nominations; KABC/ABC7 received 21, Univision outlet KMEX received 20, Telemundo's KVEA had 18, KNBC/NBC4 landed 15 and Spectrum News 1 had 10.

Per the TV Academy, the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards "honor locally produced programs in the categories of Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, the Environment, and Live and Breaking News Coverage."

For the station newscast awards, every TV station that submits is eligible. This year's eligibility period was for the 2025 calendar year, which means many of the news categories were dominated by local coverage of the devastating wildfires that ripped through the region last January.

Last year, PBS SoCal (KOCE/KCET) led the 2025 L.A. Area Emmy awards with eight total, but the other big winner of the night was Telemundo’s KVEA-TV, which took home all three station awards for best newscasts — for daily morning (4 a.m. to 11 a.m.), daily daytime (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and daily evening (7 p.m. to 12 a.m.).

Find this year's nominees here.

The L.A. Fires Proved the Urgent Need for Local News in an Age of Social Media Conspiracies and Outright Lies

During those frightening, early moments of the L.A.-area wildfires last week, I was obsessively flipping from one local TV station to the next to get my fill of coverage. ABC 7, KTLA, KCAL (which also airs on CBS 2), NBC 4, Fox 11… they were all on the front lines, sharing valuable information while chronicling the shocking images of our neighborhoods under siege.

When I had to be in the car, I was locked into KNX NewsRadio and also checking out LAist 89.3 and KCRW. And when I needed some immediate information, like all of you, I downloaded the Watch Duty app. I was texting news with friends, and then checking in with our own Variety workspace on Slack to see how my colleagues were doing.

But where I didn’t bother to turn for legit information was Twitter/X, or really, any of the usual social media sites. Sure, I still briefly went to those sites to proudly share links to some of the Variety coverage that we worked so hard to write in the midst of the chaos. But a few years ago, I probably would have been posting on Twitter all day and night, while scrolling non-stop to pick up any morsel of news.

That feels like an entirely different social media age, however. As Twitter (oh sorry, I mean X) has been flooded by bad actors pushing misinformation, and spam has taken hold over the past year especially, I’ve let my feed fall into disuse. And last week, I had no interest in picking it up again. I hadn’t realized just how much of a non-factor X and others were during this disaster until a user on Bluesky reposted one of my stories about local TV and had this to say:

“The fires showed the importance of local journalism,” wrote @kristapor80.bsky.social. “Twitter used to be great for emergency coverage but for the fires, it was more concerned about debating DEI than helping provide valuable information. Bluesky is not yet up to the task for breaking local coverage. Local TV stepped up.”

And that’s it in a nutshell. I remember the early days of Twitter, when it was a truly useful resource to find out, in real time, what was happening both globally and locally. Here in L.A., we’d head straight to Twitter whenever we felt the earth shake — and could quickly figure out if it was an earthquake or just a heavy truck driving down our street.

Perhaps most notably, the Boston bombings in 2013 were a landmark moment when people started describing Twitter as “the new public square.” Immediate photos and visuals of the attacks helped people quickly learn what was happening, while authorities utilized the platform to spread safety warnings.

Cut to 2025, and now our social media leaders are getting rid of fact checking, and their creations are filled with lies, fake photos and total fabrications. I didn’t go to X for my news because I knew I wouldn’t find it there, buried between the MAGA propaganda, hate speech and accounts I don’t follow but now clog my feed. Then there’s all the A.I.-generated lies, like the heavily shared photo of the Hollywood sign on fire, which we all know didn’t happen. But I’m sure there are plenty of people around the country who saw that fake pic and thought it was true.

What a time for Mark Zuckerberg to announce he’s out of the fact checking business, allowing more lies to run free. I must admit, however, that in the days that have followed, Meta’s Instagram has been at least a place to see Los Angeles residents share how to support those who lost their homes, and where to donate. Local businesses that have stepped up are using the platform to let residents know where those most impacted can get a free meal, a bag of toiletries or even where they can spend an afternoon (like LACMA or Vidiots) on a mental health break to decompress, watch a movie or see some art.

That’s useful information from a social standpoint. But for true, journalistically sound specific news about the fires and their aftermath, this week has been a reminder, once again, of how important local media is — and what we lose when newspapers and TV stations downsize or even go out of business.

Read more here.

Local News Audiences Doubled and Even Tripled During L.A. Fire Coverage

As tragedy struck Los Angeles, residents turned to local journalists — on TV, radio and online — to stay informed. Los Angeles’ local TV stations saw a tremendous spike in news viewership last Tuesday, Jan. 7, as the city first came under siege from fierce Santa Ana winds, leading to the devastating fires in Pacific Palisades, Altadena and elsewhere. As stations went with wall-to-wall coverage, they saw their normal viewership double and even triple in some cases, especially has the fires began to quickly spread into neighborhoods in the early evening.

According to Nielsen data, market leader KABC (Channel 7) averaged 318,166 viewers for its 6 p.m. newscast on Jan. 7; in the days leading up to Tuesday, the ABC-owned station normally posted an average of 170,769 in the timeslot. The station also saw huge spikes at 4 p.m. (209,421, up from a normal average of 119,190) and 5 p.m. (268,915, up from 140,820).

Nexstar’s CW outlet KTLA (Channel 5) experienced a tremendous viewership increase that evening as well, averaging 212,396 (up from normally 73,036) at 5 p.m. and 282,710 (more than tripling its normal 70,027 viewership) at 6 p.m. NBC-owned KNBC (Channel 4) attracted 130,787 viewers at 5 p.m. (up from its usual average of 70,511) and 123,795 (up from 69,638) at 6 p.m.

CBS-owned KCBS (Channel 2) averaged 93,231 at 5 p.m. (up from 58,165) and 113,180 at 6 p.m. (up from 78,033). And Fox-owned KTTV (Channel 11) averaged 44,891 (up from 30,184) at 5 p.m. and 67,821 (up from 31,016) at 6 p.m.

NBC’s Spanish-language Telemundo outlet KVEA (Channel 52) also saw big lifts, with 218,498 (up fron 168,305) at 5 p.m. and 231,777 (up fron 201,458) at 6 p.m.

In primetime, most of the local stations kept with wall-to-wall news coverage: KABC averaged 261,440 viewers from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; KVEA had 251,194 viewers; KTLA had 215,972 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.; KNBC averaged 156,864 in prime; and KCBS posted 76,839.

KCBS duopoly sibling KCAL, which always runs news in primetime, saw its telecasts jump up too: 166,320 at 8 p.m. (from its normal average of 111,473) and 193,606 at 9 p.m. (from its usual 104,708).

Late news also saw a huge lift as the fire danger became much more pronounced that night: KABC’s 11 p.m. hour averaged 191,995 (up from 134,753 for the normal half hour); KTLA saw 200,260 (up from 79,863) at 10 p.m. and 170,008 (up from 61,707) at 11 p.m.; and KCAL averaged 131,474 (up from 85,681) at 10 p.m.

Also, KCBS attracted 89,668 (up from 60,148) at 11 p.m. and KNBC brought in 81,916 (up from 66,408) at 11 p.m. At 10 p.m., KTTV averaged 87,233 (up from 35,198). And at 11 p.m., Spanish lingo KVEA brought in 177,400 (up from 132,752).

Read more here.

L.A. Reporters Cover Devastation in Their Own Neighborhoods During Wildfires: ‘Feels Like a Nightmare’ and ‘Fatigue Is Setting In’

Enrique Chiabra was anchoring coverage of the Los Angeles fires for Telemundo’s KVEA-TV (Channel 52) on Wednesday night when a new blaze erupted in Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon. As he announced evacuation orders on air, he realized his house was inside the zone.

“He literally walked off, went off set and drove home,” said KNBC/KVEA president and general manager Todd Mokhtari. “I knew our employees were going to get calls to evacuate. You want to tell them to go, even if it’s your anchor on the air.”

It’s been a demanding and emotional week for Los Angeles’ local TV stations, which went wall-to-wall with non-stop, commercial-free news coverage starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing through Friday. As the Palisades and Eaton fires caused mass destruction, thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed and at least 10 are confirmed dead. Making things even more overwhelming for reporters, photographers and news department staffers was how much they have been personally affected by the tragedy unfolding in their own neighborhoods across Southern California.

“We’ve had many instances where staff, in a moment’s notice, had to evacuate their families,” said KABC-TV Channel 7 president/general manager Wendy Granato. “And we said, ‘Get out of here. Take care of your family.’” Granato admitted it was hard to watch her staffers on-air as they processed what was happening to their neighborhoods while reporting on the fires.

“It’s agonizing to see them covering either the neighborhoods they grew up in, they live in,” Granato said. “They’re journalists, but they’re humans. I know how hard it is on them, but we don’t have a choice. This is what we signed up for. We know we’re in this for the long haul. You give yourself a minute, and then you just get back in the ring.”

That was especially true of KABC’s Josh Haskell, who was covering the evacuation on Tuesday night while simultaneously trying to get his parents out of Pacific Palisades.

“That was one of the craziest things, because I’m doing all this while I’m on air,” Haskell said. “I’m trying to tell our viewers about what’s happening and trying to get important information. Where the fire is, why people need to evacuate. And meanwhile, I’m texting with my parents, and they’re calling me, ‘What do we do?’ I said: ‘Pack up the car. You really need to leave within the next 30 minutes, this is coming towards you.’ I needed them to be scared, because in an evacuation situation, you may be told to do something, but if you don’t see it, you don’t really realize how dire it is.”

Luckily, Haskell’s parents got out, and he said he breathed a sigh of relief as they drove by his live remote on Sunset Blvd. and waved. But for a Palisades native like him, what happened to his community remains devastating.

“I found it, in a way, kind of therapeutic to talk about my community and the Palisades,” he said. “The July 4th parade and the 5k/10k run in the morning, which I still do every year. This community that I love so much is hurting so much right now, and some of it doesn’t exist anymore. I’m just thinking about my childhood friends. Were their parents still living in that house that isn’t there anymore? Part of my elementary school burned. Even the supermarket that my mom went to, which was a huge part of her life, and where she’d run into old friends and parents, is gone. The community is missing. You don’t know what it will look like in the future. And so processing all that is extremely difficult.”

Like most of the TV reporters out there, Haskell has been working 15 hour days or more in the field. “Every morning I’m like, can my lungs take another day in the Palisades? It’s a terrible thought,” he said. “My family’s worried about that, and I’m worried about that, and wearing masks and being as safe as I can, but I feel this responsibility to be there regardless of the situation.”

Read more here.

RETRO FRIDAY: In 1972, ABC7 Invaded a Valley Family's Living Room to Produce a Newscast (WATCH)

This may be one of the most unusual local TV promotions ever: In 1972, KABC-Channel 7 held a contest to come and do a newscast at someone's home. Early that summer, that's exactly what the station did: They essentially moved into the San Fernando Valley home of the Jensen family, and did a newscast.

It was... awkward. Eyewitness News anchors Joseph Benti, John Schubeck, Ralph Story, Stu Nahan, and Alan Sloane, sat with the camera-shy family in their living room and around the dining room table.. and did the news. Sports anchor Nahan at one point thanks Mrs. Jensen for the "garbanzo beans and the hot dogs wrapped in tin foil." (I also love the son who doesn't take his sunglasses off.)

It's pretty amazing, and it's been saved in all its glory on YouTube. Watch below:



Broadcasting magazine covered the story; here's what they wrote in their June 26, 1972, issue:

Billed as the first complete TV newscast ever broadcast from a home, the event was the culmination of a two-month promotion content is which viewers were asked to tell the station what hearing the news from a friend means to them. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jensen of the Sepulveda section of the San Fernando Valley won the right to KABC-TV's housecall and they were inundated by the following:

• Remote truck at the site, powered by its own generator for running equipment and audio gear.

• Inside the truck monitors, switching equipment and studio staff.

• Cables from cameras to power units, with cable running through doorways of the home.

• Plywood laid to protect carpeting and floors. Various other protection used for walls and furniture.

• Direct telephone lines from the home into Studio B at KABC-TV Hollywood for news updates.

• A news teletype wire at the site.

• A Telco (telephone company) truck at the site, which transmitted the sound and picture via microwave signal to a Telco transmitter on Mt. Wilson, the highest point in Southern California.

Personnel at the newscast in the home included: a director, a producer (a second producer was located back at the station), associate director, stage manager, technical director, lighting director, video control engineer, audio man, two cameramen, two utility men (to handle microphones, set up equipment), engineering maintenance man, three electricians, two prop men and set designer. News personnel included the on-air news team of Joe Benti, John Schubeck, Stu Nahan, Alan Sloane and Ralph Story. Also on hand were a show coordinator and several newswriters.

On the newscast, the Jensen family was introduced on-air (the Jensens' 17-year-old daughter, Linda, actually sent in the winning entry). But the delivery of the news, for the most part, was presented int he normal fashion of the regular KABC-TV newscast.

 Dr. George Fischbeck also wrote about it in his memoir, and Time magazine even did a piece on it.

The other amazing thing about this newscast: Chuck Henry, who's seen reporting a story, is, of course, still active in Los Angeles TV as KNBC-Channel 4 anchor. Now that's career longevity!

Watch: As the Rams Return to LA, Rowdy Fan Drops the 'F' Bomb Live on Local TV Post-Game Show

Is this why we can't have nice things, like an NFL team? Thankfully, the guy in question is a Cowboys fan... and the big return of NFL football to Los Angeles was a tremendous success on Saturday night. A win for the L.A. Rams, and 89,000 fans in a jam-packed Memorial Coliseum -- it was nice to see football in Los Angeles for the first time since 1994. (A first for me here, and I've been living in Los Angeles for 20 years!)

Live TV being live TV... we learned on Saturday that KABC/7 wasn't on a delay when a rowdy Cowboys fan grabbed a reporter's mic and shouted, "F--K THE RAMS!" (Only... he wasn't censored.) Watch above.

Strong May for KTLA, While Other Local Stations See Major Erosion

During this crazy presidential campaign, are news viewers bypassing local TV to watch cable's national news coverage?

Besides the usual erosion facing all of broadcast TV, that's at least one theory that might explain explain major year-to-year drops that almost every station experienced this May vs. last. With a few exceptions, particularly KTLA (and some KCBS timeslots), almost every newscast saw dips.

To be fair, you can't discount the HUGE declines the network-owned stations suffered in primetime this May vs. last. Scroll down and gasp at the May-to-May drops for the networks in primetime this May. With one big exception: The CW on KTLA.

KTLA saw many of its newscasts experiencing solid total viewer lifts, and now dominates in the morning, led by its flagship "KTLA Morning News." KTLA also leads at 10 p.m. with both viewers and adults 25-54 (the key news demo), when sports reports are included. (KCAL jumps ahead to first when just the 45-minute newscasts are tallied.)

And at 11 p.m., KABC still leads with total viewers, but KNBC is tops with adults 25-54. The race is tight in the demo, however, with just 8,000 viewers separating first from third.

Other stations showing strong gains included KCBS, which experienced nice growth with its 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts. And KCAL improved its adult 25-54 audience during its weeknight 8 p.m. (up 18%), 9 p.m. (up 22%) and 10 p.m. (up 8%) newscasts.

Here are the May total viewers weekday ratings for the Los Angeles market, Monday through Friday in key news timeslots:

4:30 am
KTLA 50,000 (last May 39,000)
KABC 49,000 (last May 66,000)
KCBS 24,000 (last May 26,000)
KNBC 20,000 (last May 30,000)
KTTV 14,000 (last May 13,000)

5am
KTLA 81,000 (last May 78,000)
KABC 68,000 (last May 91,000)
KNBC 40,000 (last May 44,000)
KTTV 28,000 (last May 40,000)
KCBS 24,000 (last May 34,000)

6am
KTLA 166,000 (last May 169,000)
KABC 125,000 (last May 165,000)
KNBC 89,000 (last May 82,000)
KTTV 50,000 (last May 82,000)
KCBS 34,000 (last May 53,000)

7am
KTLA/Morning News 203,900 (last May 196,000)
KABC/Good Morning America 158,000 (last May 174,000)
KNBC/Today 99,000 (last May 118,900)
KTTV/Good Day LA 69,000 (last May 96,000)
KCBS/CBS This Morning 44,000 (last May 74,000)

5pm
KABC 191,000 (last May 214,000)
KNBC 131,000 (last May 149,000)
KCBS 99,000 (last May 88,900)
KTTV 34,000 (last May 52,000)

6pm
KABC 202,000 (last May 214,000)
KNBC 132,000 (last May 141,000)
KCBS 96,000 (last May 80,000)
KTLA 64,000 (last May 56,000)

Primetime (Monday through Sunday)
KCBS 265,000 (last May 272,000)
KABC 250,000 (last May 343,000)
KNBC 202,000 (last may 237,000)
KTLA 109,000 (last May 104,000)
KTTV 98,000 (last May 138,000)

10pm (including sports report)
KTLA 147,000 (last May 135,000)
KCAL 119,000 (last May 138,000)
KTTV 74,000 (last May 98,000)

11pm
KABC 201,000 (last May 288,000)
KNBC 186,000 (last May 209,000)
KCBS 170,000 (last May 186,000)
KTLA 84,000 (last May 79,000)

Here are the May weekday ratings among adults 25-54 for the Los Angeles market, Monday through Friday in key news timeslots.

4:30 am
KTLA, KCBS (tie) 16,000
KABC 15,000
KNBC 10,000
KTTV 8,000

5am
KTLA 28,000
KABC 21,000
KNBC 17,000
KCBS 15,000
KTTV 12,000

6am
KTLA 71,000
KNBC 39,000
KABC 35,000
KTTV 26,000
KCBS 15,000

7am
KTLA/Morning News 86,000
KNBC/Today 38,000
KABC/Good Morning America and KTTV/Good Day LA (tie) 35,000
KCBS/CBS This Morning 10,000

5pm
KABC 42,000
KNBC 38,000
KCBS 25,000
KTTV 21,000

6pm
KABC 37,000
KNBC 33,000
KCBS 27,000
KTLA 21,000

Primetime (Monday through Sunday)
KABC 87,000 (last May 142,000)
KCBS 78,000 (last May 79,000)
KNBC 75,000 (last May 103,000)
KTLA 53,000 (last May 46,000)
KTTV 48,000 (last May 67,000)

10pm (including sports report)
KTLA 52,000 (without: 55,000)
KCAL 50,000 (without: 57,000)
KTTV 44,000

11pm
KNBC 59,000
KABC 53,000
KCBS 51,000
KTLA 33,000

KABC Bomb Scare: Station Broadcasts 4 p.m. Newscast Outdoors

KABC/Channel 7 devoted its 4 p.m. newscast this afternoon to a story that literally hit home for the station. A bomb scare forced the evacuation of the station, located in Glendale, along with a few nearby buildings on Disney's Grand Central Creative Campus.

That means the station had to hustle and broadcast live from nearby Flower St., utilizing live trucks and the station's helicopter. The broadcast broke for commercials, but otherwise it was wall-to-wall coverage from the street.



"Our plan worked," Rebecca Campbell, the head of ABC's owned-and-operated stations, told anchors David Ono and Ellen Leyva. "We have a job to do, and our viewers are being served as we stand here and are a part of the story. We'll be talking about this tomorrow, for sure." Meanwhile, meteorologist Dallas Raines -- the hippest man you can have at a bomb scare -- tried to get Campbell to do the "Dallas Dip." And yes, he referenced it as the "Dallas Dip."

Campbell noted she had experienced a similar situation at ABC's Philadelphia station WPVI, when a water main break forced that station to broadcast outside.



"This is insane," anchor Mark Brown said. Meanwhile, Raines gave his weather forecast with the help of an iPad and ABC7's weather app. (Below)



By 5 p.m., the all-clear sign was given, and the station resumed regular newscasts.



A few Tweets from the KABC/ABC7 team:

Setting up for an @ABC7 newscast outside due to bomb threat pic.twitter.com/emXmh7Qn6C

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) September 30, 2015

Not kidding. A bomb threat @ABC7 has us setting up for an outdoor newscast at 4pm pic.twitter.com/b8gqvVqG70

— Danny Romero (@ABC7Danny) September 30, 2015

We've been evacuated due to a bomb threat. Doing the 4pm on the streets of glendale! @ABC7 crazy! pic.twitter.com/wbmdAJJaLh

— David Ono (@ABC7DavidOno) September 30, 2015

Breaking news: there's a bomb threat to @ABC7. We've evacuated our building. Police have Flower St. shutdown. pic.twitter.com/RiuxGPbtpe

— Melissa MacBride (@ABC7Melissa) September 30, 2015

Why Do We Love Car Chases? It's Live Reality TV

Is it possible that our silly Los Angeles car pursuits are getting better and better? Coverage of them is totally ridiculous and unwarranted, and I'm embarrassed to be so enthralled with them. And yet... the compelling question of How will it end? is enough to keep us glued to the screen. Today's pursuit, down Ventura in the Valley, was no exception.



A slow speed chase, featuring a man in a car with a sign that read "Victory Parade." As he inched down Ventura, he waved at pedestrians and took his time, as LAPD crawled behind him.



Finally, a man jumped into the street, stood in front of the car--forcing him to stop. The man then grabbed the driver, stuck him on the hood of a LAPD cruiser... and both guys promptly got arrested. It's live reality TV.

RIP, "Dr. George" Fischbeck, L.A.'s Colorful Weatherman

Rough year for local L.A. TV legends. First KTLA's Stan Chambers passed away, and now famed weatherman "Dr. George" Fischbeck, seen on KABC-Channel 7 for years, has died at 92.
Dr. George was such a household name in Southern California that, as you see above, by 1987 KABC wasn't even including his last name in his identification. In 2008, the L.A. Times caught up with Fischbeck, and he was still going strong as a docent at the L.A. Zoo and in other volunteer work. (Read it here.)

More from the L.A. Times:

George Fischbeck, a science teacher turned weatherman who joined KABC-TV in 1972 and spent nearly two decades exuberantly delivering the local forecast, has died. He was 92.

Fischbeck, who was known as "Dr. George," died of natural causes early Wednesday morning at the Motion Picture & Television Fund retirement home in Woodland Hills, his daughter, Nancy Fischbeck, said.

A trained meteorologist, George Fischbeck was so enthusiastic about his subject that he sometimes forgot to talk about the next day's weather.

"I must begin with an apology," Fischbeck said on a 1978 broadcast. "Last Friday we got carried away again and we got everything in but the forecast."

When the rare inclement weather threatened Los Angeles, his newscast's ratings went up as viewers tuned in to see a seemingly real-life Mr. Wizard — complete with thick black-rimmed glasses, animated mustache and signature bow tie — race around the set.

Some people considered Fischbeck's weathercasts "madcap performances," according to a 1978 Times profile with the headline "Blue Skies for Dr. George." The "doctor" referred to an honorary degree from the University of Albuquerque.

"I'm Channel 7's father image," Fischbeck said in 1978 while insisting that he was not its comedian because he refused to do jokes. "I am not a phony. I am not manufactured or contrived."

He did, however, once call attention to the beginning of March by hauling a lion and a lamb into the TV studio.

The cult of personality that prevailed on local television in the 1970s "seemed to have reached a zenith" at KABC by 1979 when Fischbeck began receiving even wider play on the local news to exploit his huge following, former TV columnist Howard Rosenberg wrote in The Times.

In a 1981 report, People magazine compared Fischbeck to "a caged lion" who "stalks the weather map, prowls the sound stage ... and explodes into a frenzy of animation while delivering his forecasts. He candidly admits that cameramen should get hazard pay for trying to keep up with him."

Watch a Fischbeck weathercast here:



And check out this five-part feature from Dr. George and KABC on how the TV news is made:

L.A. February TV Ratings: On the Weekdays, Everyone's A Winner

As usual, KABC took the local February sweeps crown in households, winning what the station says is its 124th consecutive non-Olympic survey period among households. And in the key Monday to Sunday 11 p.m. news race among adults 25-54, KABC was tops (1.3 rating) over KNBC (1.1) and KCBS (1.0).

But on the weekdays, this may be the oddest February sweeps in local Los Angeles TV ever. In the key adult 25-54 demographic at 11 p.m., rivals KABC, KNBC and KCBS all tied for No. 1 on the weekdays, with a 1.1 rating. (In total viewers, KABC remained champ, although was down from November.)

Going back to at least 1989, this is the first time insiders say they've ever seen KCBS, KNBC and KABC tie for #1 in weekday late news during a major sweep in adults 25-54 – the primary demo for news.

But that's not all: Adding to the unusual month, the three major stations with news at 10 p.m. (KTLA, KTTV and KCAL) also all virtually tied, with a 1.0 rating each.

I always preface these ratings by reminding you that sweeps really shouldn't matter in Los Angeles any more -- the local market is now measured every day via personal people meters. But old habits die hard, and the local stations compete heavily in November, February and May as if it still mattered.

It's also hard to do apples-to-apples comparisons with last February, since the Winter Olympics skews those totals. So instead, this time I'll compare the ratings to the last major sweeps period in November 2014.

Beyond the ties, it was a strange month. KABC saw huge gains at 6 p.m., yet a big drop at 11 p.m. -- despite the fact that it won primetime for the month. KTLA Morning News regained the crown as the most-watched morning show, and "CBS This Morning" on KCBS narrowly edged out "Today" on KNBC.

Here are the February total viewers weekday ratings for the Los Angeles market, Monday through Friday in key news timeslots (as well as Monday through Sunday in primetime).

4:30 am
KABC 74,000 (in November 93,800)
KTLA 43,000 (in November 41,500)
KNBC 37,000 (in November 23,600)
KCBS 26,000 (in November 16,400)
KTTV 9,000 (in November 10,400)

5am
KABC 98,000 (in November 135,000)
KTLA 87,000 (in November 93,100)
KNBC 46,000 (in November 37,800)
KTTV 39,000 (in November 36,800)
KCBS 35,000 (in November 27,300)

6am
KABC 181,000 (in November 192,700)
KTLA 165,000 (in November 182,400)
KTTV 76,000 (in November 72,800)
KNBC 75,000 (in November 66,400)
KCBS 53,000 (in November 46,600)

7am
KTLA/Morning News 208,900 (in November 208,000)
KABC/Good Morning America 206,000 (in November 213,500)
KCBS/CBS This Morning 88,000 (in November 74,700)
KNBC/Today 86,000 (in November 95,900)
KTTV/Good Day LA 81,000 (in November 67,600)

5pm
KABC 246,000 (in November 245,600)
KNBC 143,000 (in November 139,600)
KCBS 115,000 (in November 108,900)
KTTV 49,000 (in November 48,200)

6pm
KABC 328,000 (in November 277,500)
KNBC 145,000 (in November 147,200)
KCBS 102,000 (in November 97,200)
KTLA 79,000 (in November 58,900)

Primetime (Monday through Sunday)
KABC/ABC 367,000
KCBS/CBS 366,000
KNBC/NBC 239,000
KTTV/Fox 200,000

10pm
KCAL 167,000 (in November 156,100)
KTLA 136,000 (in November 126,500)
KTTV 116,000 (in November 76,900)

11pm
KABC 250,000 (in November 335,900)
KCBS 211,000 (in November 215,000)
KNBC 177,000 (in November 159,000)
KTLA 80,000 (in November 83,000)

One Last Big November Sweeps Win For KABC's Retiring General Manager

Arnie Kleiner's going out on a high note. The KABC general manager, who recently announced his retirement, just added one last November sweeps crown to his impressive tenure at the owned-and-operated ABC station. (Kleiner is departing at the end of January.)

I always preface these November ratings by reminding you that sweeps really shouldn't matter in Los Angeles any more -- the local market is now measured every day via personal people meters. But old habits die hard, and the local stations compete heavily in November as if it still mattered.

At 11 pm, KABC expanded its lead vs. No. 2 KCBS in total viewers, thanks in part to a surging primetime (in which KABC dominated vs. its competitors). Meanwhile, at 10 pm, KCAL is also now a dominant No. 1 -- a contrast to last year, where the three-way race was tight. A weak primetime has led to big drop-offs for KTTV.

Here are the November total viewers ratings for the Los Angeles market, in key news timeslots (as well as in primetime).

4:30 am
KABC 93,800 (last year 59,900)
KTLA 41,500 (last year 55,500)
KNBC 23,600 (last year 24,400)
KCBS 16,400 (last year 20,500)
KTTV 10,400 (last year 15,700)

5am
KABC 135,000 (last year 109,100)
KTLA 93,100 (last year 98,400)
KNBC 37,800 (last year 39,200)
KTTV 36,800 (last year 28,700)
KCBS 27,300 (last year 32,900)

6am
KABC 192,700 (last year 213,300)
KTLA 182,400 (last year 176,200)
KTTV 72,800 (last year 65,100)
KNBC 66,400 (last year 68,200)
KCBS 46,600 (last year 38,700)

7am
KABC/Good Morning America 213,500 (last year 241,800)
KTLA/Morning News 208,900 (last year 210,000)
KNBC/Today 95,900 (last year 79,800)
KCBS/CBS This Morning 74,700 (last year 50,700)
KTTV/Good Day LA 67,600 (last year 87,200)

5pm
KABC 245,600 (last year 257,700)
KNBC 139,600 (last year 146,600)
KCBS 108,900 (last year 109,700)
KTTV 48,200 (last year 45,700)

6pm
KABC 277,500 (last year 278,200)
KNBC 147,200 (last year 136,900)
KCBS 97,200 (last year 107,300)
KTLA 58,900 (last year 86,600)

Primetime
KABC/ABC 428,600 (last year 388,500)
KCBS/CBS 331,100 (last year 341,700)
KNBC/NBC 287,400 (last year 273,800)
KTTV/Fox 161,100 (last year 233,900)
KTLA/The CW 112,800 (last year 111,000)

10pm
KCAL 156,100 (last year 131,900)
KTLA 126,500 (last year 130,500)
KTTV 76,900 (last year 128,100)

11pm
KABC 335,900 (last year 318,200)
KCBS 215,000 (last year 205,000)
KNBC 159,000 (last year 186,700)
KTLA 83,000 (last year Arsenio Hall 75,300)

May Sweeps L.A. TV Ratings: Good Month for KABC, KCAL, KTLA

With May sweeps wrapped up (although, I must note, L.A. is a metered market measured all year, so sweeps are pointless here), KABC/Channel 7 remains the local market leader in every news time slot. But KTLA has reason to crow in the mornings, as "KTLA Morning News" is a close second to KABC's "Good Morning America" (and where KTTV's "Good Day LA" continues to disappear). At 10 p.m., KCAL leads.

Here are the key weekday matchups. Ratings are for May 2014 (weekdays only), with May 2013 in parenthesis for comparison.

5 a.m.
KABC 129,000 (last year: 91,000)
KTLA 92,000 (84,000)
KNBC 38,000 (41,000)
KTTV 34,000 (39,000)
KCBS 25,000 (33,000)

6 a.m.
KABC 229,000 (last year: 180,000)
KTLA 178,000 (170,000)
KTTV 67,000 (88,000)
KNBC 62,000 (75,000)
KCBS 41,000 (54,000)

7 a.m. Morning shows
KABC (Good Morning America) 207,000 (last year: 197,000)
KTLA (KTLA Morning News) 200,000 (172,000)
KNBC (Today Show) 80,000 (84,000)
KTTV (Good Day LA) 74,000 (98,000)
KCBS (CBS This Morning) 60,000 (72,000)

5 p.m.
KABC 224,000 (last year: 239,000)
KNBC 132,000 (117,000)
KCBS 107,000 (94,000)
KTTV 54,000 (48,000)

6 p.m.
KABC 261,000 (last year: 247,000)
KNBC 117,000 (133,000)
KCBS 87,000 (83,000)
KTLA 66,000 (62,000)

Primetime
KABC 384,000 (last year: 410,000)
KCBS 303,000 (315,000)
KNBC 256,000 (295,000)
KTTV 242,000 (308,000)
KTLA 91,000 (92,000)
KCOP 43,000 (47,000)

10 p.m.
KCAL 149,000 (last year: 161,000)
KTLA 134,000 (145,000)
KTTV 125,000 (147,000)

11 p.m.
KABC 320,000 (last year: 303,000)
KCBS 218,000 (205,000)
KNBC 184,000 (183,000)

Jimmy Kimmel Declares "Rob Fukuzaki Day," Fills In on KABC

Long before "Jimmy Kimmel Live," L.A. KROQ listeners remember the talk show host as "Jimmy the Sports Guy" on the "Kevin and Bean Show." Jimmy channeled his sports news past on Monday, showing up on the KABC news set in Glendale to fill in for Rob Fukuzaki and give the sports report. Kimmel declared it "Rob Fukuzaki Day," giving Rob permission to spend the rest of the evening off. (BTW, I also first knew of Rob Fukuzaki as a radio DJ, back when I listened to him in high school on Honolulu's 92.3 KXPW.)

In Honor of "Anchorman 2," A Look Back at Los Angeles' Real-Life Ron Burgundy

Harold Greene, last seen on KCBS and KCAL until exiting in 2008 (in the wake of CBS budget cuts), has long been cited as the inspiration -- appearance-wise, at least -- for Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy character.

Greene's probably still best known for his lengthy stint as an anchor here in Los Angeles at KABC-TV and its "Eyewitness News." But Greene was also an anchor in San Diego in the 1970s. A fellow former San Diego anchor, Jack White, consulted for the first "Anchorman" movie. More from San Diego's KGTV:

The filmmakers found some old pictures in White’s scrapbooks and the look of Ron Burgundy was born.

“The first time I saw Will Ferrell in make-up and I thought it was Harold Greene. I looked up and said ‘What’s Harold doing here?’”

In the movie, Ron Burgundy is shall we say, not the sharpest knife in the drawer. That part is not Harold Greene.

“The Ron Burgundy character is a composite of a lot of people. It is not Harold Greene, it is not anyone hopefully we ever knew,” White said.

ADD: Ferrell, however, has credited Detroit anchor Mort Crim for his inspiration.

Here's a 1978 news update anchored by Greene at KABC:



Of course, Harold Greene didn't have the only great mustache on L.A. TV news in the late 1970s. Check out Chris Harris on KHJ-TV:



And of course, John Beard kept his famed 'stache for years; here he is in 1984:

November Sweeps: KABC Rules, While KCAL Takes Back 10 p.m.

KCAL narrowly reclaimed the 10 p.m. November news crown this year among total viewers, eking out a razor's edge victory over No. 2 KTLA -- but there's an asterisk attached. KCAL and KTLA don't factor in the last 15 minutes of their 10 p.m. newscasts; those lower-rated sports reports are counted as a separate program. KTTV does, however. It's a very different story when the hours are all pit against each other. (KTTV scored a victory in the key news demo of adults 25-54.)

But nonetheless, KCAL was the only station to post November-to-November growth at 10 p.m., averaging 132,000 viewers -- up from 113,000 last year. KCAL took a hit last year after losing the Los Angeles Lakers contract to Time Warner Cable SportsNet, having won 10 p.m. in 2011 with 154,000 viewers. Meanwhile, KTLA and KTTV were both down.

It was another good November for KABC, which saw its 7 a.m. fortunes rise thanks to the growing dominance of "Good Morning America." KTLA also experienced growth for "KTLA Morning News." Much of that was at the expense of "Today," which lost a chunk of viewers.

Meanwhile, at 11 p.m., KABC pulled out far ahead in first place, after KCBS came within striking distance in 2012. This year, KABC was the only station to gain at 11 p.m., while KCBS and KNBC both saw some drops.

Here are the November 2013 results for the local L.A. market's English-language stations. (Sorry, I don't have KMEX numbers handy, but they are obviously a tremendous player in Los Angeles.)

Total Viewers

5 a.m. KABC 109,000
KTLA 98,000
KNBC 39,000
KCBS 33,000
KTTV 29,000

6 a.m.
KABC 213,000
KTLA 176,000
KNBC 68,000
KTTV 65,000
KCBS 39,000

7 a.m. Morning Shows
GOOD MORNING AMERICA (KABC) 242,000 (up from 215,000)
KTLA MORNING NEWS (KTLA) 210,000 (up from 193,000)
GOOD DAY L.A. (KTTV) 87,000 (down from 95,000)
TODAY (KNBC) 80,000 (down from 104,000)
CBS THIS MORNING (KCBS) 51,000

5 p.m.
KABC 258,000 (down from 283,000)
KNBC 147,000 (up from 146,000)
KCBS 110,000 (down from 129,000)
KTTV ("Studio 11 LA") 46,000 (up from 42,000)

6 p.m.
KABC 278,000 (down from 305,000)
KNBC 137,000 (down from 145,000)
KCBS 107,000 (down from 128,000)
KTLA 87,000 (up from 77,000)

6:30 p.m.
ABC WORLD NEWS (KABC) 277,000
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS (KNBC) 137,000
CBS EVENING NEWS (KCBS) 107,000
KTLA NEWS (KTLA) 102,000

Primetime
KABC 389,000
KCBS 342,000
KNBC 274,000
KTTV 234,000
KTLA 111,000

10 p.m.
KCAL 132,000 (up from 113,000)
KTLA 131,000 (down from 142,000)
KTTV 128,000 (down from 146,000)

11 p.m.
KABC 318,000 (up from 274,000)
KCBS 205,000 (down from 254,000)
KNBC 187,000 (down from 205,000)

25-54

5 a.m.
KTLA 0.8/14
KABC 0.7/13
KNBC/KTTV (tie) 0.3/5
KCBS 0.1/2

6 a.m.
KTLA 1.3/15
KABC 1.1/13
KTTV 0.7/9
KNBC 0.4/5
KCBS 0.2/2

7 a.m. Morning Shows
KTLA MORNING NEWS (KTLA) 1.3/12
GOOD MORNING AMERICA (KABC) 1.1/11
GOOD DAY L.A. (KTTV) 0.8/8
TODAY (KNBC) 0.4/4
CBS THIS MORNING (KCBS) 0.2/2

5 p.m.
KABC 0.8/4
KNBC 0.7/3
KTTV ("Studio 11 LA")/KCBS (tie) 0.4/2

6 p.m.
KABC 1.0/4
KNBC 0.5/2
KCBS/KTLA (tie) 0.4/2

6:30 p.m.
ABC WORLD NEWS (KABC) 1.0/4
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS (KNBC)/ KTLA (tie) 0.6/2
CBS EVENING NEWS (KCBS) 0.5/2

10 p.m.
KTTV 1.1/4
KCAL 0.9/3
KTLA 0.8/3

11 p.m.
KABC 1.8/9
KNBC 1.1/5
KCBS 1.0/5

(Photo: Malibu Times)

This Is Why Local TV News Is A Joke: No More Sacramento Reporting

As LA Observed reported last week, Nannette Miranda -- the last local L.A. reporter on the scene in Sacramento -- has been laid off. Miranda had reported from the state capital for KABC/Los Angeles, KGO/San Francisco and KFSN/Fresno. "Was last out-of-town TV bureau standing," Miranda tweeted last week.

The local stations, of course, suddenly cared about Sacramento again when Schwarzenegger took the governorship and began his campaign to destroy the state. He's gone, and apparently, so is any interest in... well, all that boring important stuff going on in the capital. Hey look, car chase!

Is it too much to ask that in exchange for the right to broadcast over the public airwaves, our local TV stations give us some sort of real news? I love a car chase as much as the next guy, but how about balancing things out? No?

Writes Kevin Roderick at LA Observed:

Miranda began in December, 2003 as the Sacramento bureau chief for the ABC-owned stations in California. Well, she has gotten the word that the ABC stations are closing the Sacto bureau by October. She's out of a job. There are no other TV reporters from Los Angeles based in Sacramento that I know. The LA Times still has a large bureau there, though smaller than it used to be, and KPCC has Julie Small reporting from Northern California.

A veteran of two of the opposing sides in Sacramento — media and political staff — tells me that Miranda was a respected pro. "She was the last of the army of reporters sent in when Schwarzenegger landed in the Capitol 10 years ago. They’re all gone now."

Cloudy With a Chance of Another Lawsuit

Deja vu? From the Hollywood Reporter, 8/15/13:

A veteran meteorologist has filed a discrimination lawsuit against KABC-TV, alleging the Los Angeles TV station did not consider him for a position because it wanted to hire a young, attractive woman for the job.

According to a lawsuit Kyle Hunter filed Wednesday, Aug. 14, in Los Angeles Superior Court, Hunter applied for the job of weekend meteorologist in June 2011, but was never interviewed for the job. He alleges "multiple qualified persons age 40 and over" applied for the position, but they were also not interviewed.

The suit describes Hunter as a meteorologist with 25 years of experience, with both a bachelor's and master's degree in meteorology, and a third bachelor's degree in political science with an emphasis on earth and space sciences from UCLA. It says he worked as a broadcaster in Los Angeles and San Diego.

From the Hollywood Reporter, 3/15/12:

A Los Angeles weatherman has filed a lawsuit claiming he was passed over for jobs at two prominent stations because he wasn't a young, good-looking woman.

Kyle Hunter, who has worked as a meteorologist in various southern California markets during a 23-year career, filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting and its owned-and-operated Los Angeles stations KCBS and KCAL on Thursday. He's represented by Gloria Allred.

Hunter alleges "that within the past few years, KCAL and KCBS decided to hire young attractive women as weathercasters in prime time rather than men in order to induce more men to watch their prime time newscasts," according to the suit. That means there was no place for Hunter, an over-40 male meteorologist with impeccable credentials, he says.

Hunter seems perfectly fine in his demo reel, but no better or worse than hundreds of other meteorologists across the country. L.A. is a competitive market. I'm surprised he'd be so willing to torch his chances in the No. 2 market by filing these lawsuits. (By the way, I'm a bit taken aback by his headshot. Is it photoshopped? Sure seems that way.)

Los Angeles Local Emmys: Voters Spread the Love as KNBC, KABC Shine

Local Los Angeles Area TV Academy voters spread the Emmy love around this year. After two consecutive years of winning all three major newscast Emmy Awards, KNBC had to settle for just one this year. The station's "NBC4 at 6PM" won the Emmy for outstanding daytime newscast (11 am to 7 pm), while KTLA won for outstanding morning newscast (between the hours of 4 am and 11 am) and KMEX's 11 pm news won for outstanding evening newscast (between 7 pm and midnight).

At the 65th annual Los Angeles Area Emmys, held Saturday night at the TV Academy headquarters in North Hollywood, KNBC still led all outlets, winning eight local Emmys. KABC was second, with seven Emmys -- an impressive haul, given that the station doesn't enter the competition in any major categories. (KABC staff must enter themselves.) In its first year of eligibility, new regional sports channel Time Warner Cable Sportsnet landed five Emmys, tied with KTLA.

Time Warner Cable's new Spanish-language regional sports channel, Time Warner Cable Deportes, also picked up its first Emmy, as its launch show won for "outstanding live special events-programming."

KABC's David Ono continued his streak in the "outstanding hard news reporting" category, but this year there was a tie: He's sharing the award with KNBC's Ana Garcia and Robbi Peele.

KNBC's wins also included ones for news director (Gayle Galvez), news writer (Daisy Lin), investigative reporting ("Illegal Animal Traffickers") and serious news story/single report ("Frankie's Fight for Freedom").

Among other categories, the Clippers' winning season extended to the Emmys, where Prime Ticket won the live sports coverage award for its Clippers games.

Also, the 20th anniversary of the post-Rodney King verdict riots sparked several Emmy-winning programs: KNBC's "LA Riots: 20 Years Later" won for outstanding news special; KCBS/KCAL's "Eye on Our Community: The LA Riots -- 20 Years Later" won for outstanding arts and culture/history program; and KTLA's "The LA Riots: 20 Years Later" won for outstanding crime/social issues Emmy.

And although the fate of KCET's newsmagazine "SoCal Connected" is still up in the air, the program continues to be an Emmy winning machine. The show's awards this year included Emmys for outstanding information segment ("Your Money or Your Life"); outstanding feature segment ("The App Economy") and outstanding informational/public affairs series (more than 50% studio-based). "SoCal Connected" executive producer Bret Marcus, who was laid off in a brutal round of station cuts this past April, won Emmys for those wins, as well as one for "Your Turn to Care," hosted by Holly Robinson-Peete, which won for outstanding informational/public affairs series (more than 50% remote).

L.A. Emmy Nominations: KNBC Leads the Pack, But Time Warner SportsNet Impresses

The Lakers couldn't survive the playoffs, but Time Warner Cable's new local sports channels -- which now carry the team -- are already on their way to Emmy gold.

In their first year of eligibility, Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes earned a combined 15 nominations (8 for the English network, 7 for the Spanish channel) in the 65th Los Angeles Area Emmy Award competition, besting chief competitors Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket.

What's more, Time Warner Cable SportsNet also has already been awarded two Emmys, for creative technical crafts. Not bad for two channels that just launched in October -- but clearly carrying the Lakers makes a difference, even in an off year like this one.

The Emmy nominations were less impressive for Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket, which earned a combined 12 nods (5 for Prime Ticket, 4 for both and 3 for Fox Sports West) -- a huge dip from the 22 they picked up last year..

As it seems to do every year, KNBC/4 once again led the pack, with 18 nominations, followed by Univision's KMEX/34 (15), Tribune's KTLA/5 (13), KABC/7 (12), public TV indie KCET (12) and KCBS/2 (9). (The combined KCBS/KCAL duopoly earned 17).

Several of KCET's nominations were for "SoCal Connected," a show that remains in limbo at the station. Somehow the show, for reasons that will need to be explained to me, was nominated in both the "INFORMATIONAL/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES (MORE THAN 50% REMOTE)" and the "INFORMATIONAL/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES (MORE THAN 50% STUDIO BASED)" categories. So which is it, remote-based or studio-based??

The L.A. riots remain a hot topic. KCBS/KCAL's "Eye On Our Community: The L.A. Riots--20 Years Later" was nominated in the "ARTS AND CULTURE/HISTORY" category, while KNBC's "LA Riots: 20 Years Later" was nominated in the "NEWS SPECIAL" competition.

Interestingly, despite Time Warner Cable SportsNet's overall haul, its live Lakers coverage didn't get a nom. In the "LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE" category, Prime Ticket's Clippers basketball coverage will face off with sister Fox Sports West's Kings hockey coverage.

In another bit of an upset, KTLA's Rose Parade coverage, a frequent winner in the "LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS -- PROGRAMMING" category, wasn't nominated there this year. KMEX's "Roses Parade 2012" was, however. And it's going up against another Spanish-language special: Time Warner Cable Deportes' "Launch Show."

Speaking of head-to-head bouts, in the "LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS-NEWS" category, KTLA's coverage of the Endeavour Space Shuttle arrival will face off with KTTV/11's coverage of the same thing. And in the "LIVE COVERAGE OF AN UNSCHEDULED NEWS EVENT" category, KTLA's coverage of the Newtown, Conn., shooting will go up against KTTV/KCOP's coverage of the same event.

A few more categories:

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING - NEWS
BEHIND THE GATES OF THE GUARD (KNBC)
CALTRANS AND THE GOVERNOR (KCBS)
CALTRANS DRINKING ON THE JOB (KCBS)
EL 34 INVESTIGA: FRAUDE HIPOTECARIO (KMEX)
ILLEGAL ANIMAL TRAFFICKERS (KNBC)

OUTSTANDING SPORTS REPORTING
Michael Eaves (Fox Sports West)
Mario Solis (KNBC)

OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORTING
Ana Garcia, Reporter; Robbi Peele, Producer (KNBC)
David Goldstein, Reporter (KCBS/KCAL)
Joel Grover, Reporter; Chris Henao, Producer (KNBC)
David Ono, Producer, Reporter (KABC)
Antonio R.Valverde, Reporter (KMEX)

OUTSTANDING NEWS FEATURE REPORTING
Pat Harvey, Reporter; Mansan Luc, Producer (KCBS/KCAL)
Dave Malkoff, Reporter (KTLA)
David Ono, Producer, Reporter (KABC)
Norma Roque, Reporter (KMEX)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR - NEWS
Gayle Galvez, Director (KNBC)
Todd Griffithe, Director (KTLA)

OUTSTANDING WRITER - NEWS
Daisy Lin, Writer (KNBC)
Nicolette Medina, Writer (KCBS/KCAL)

Besides the two Time Warner Cable SportsNet awards, KNBC also picked up an Emmy in the "SPORTS SERIES-NEWS" category, for "The London Olympics: SoCal Shines at Summer Games."

As usual, any one who entered for the best newscast categories were nominated. And as usual, KABC refused to enter itself in any of the categories (leaving staffers to submit themselves).

This year's Governors Award will go to Univision's "comprehensive, multi-platform" education initiative "Educate, Es El Momento."

All told, 136 nominations were made in 43 categories. The 65th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.

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