{"id":194608,"date":"2025-09-02T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/194608\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:00:14","slug":"corporation-for-public-broadcasting-to-get-tv-academy-governors-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/194608\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Get TV Academy Governors Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAs it prepares to shut down after nearly 60 years of service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting<\/a> will be honored with one of the Television Academy<\/a>\u2018s top prizes, the 2025 Governors Award. The news is bittersweet, as it comes following President Trump\u2019s move kill federal funding for public media. In July, Congress passed Trump\u2019s rescission package, eliminating $1.1 billion in funding that had previously been approved for the next two years \u2014 effectively closing the doors on the CPB<\/a>, which is now winding down its operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Governors Award Emmy will be presented to CPB president\/CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison, who has led the organization since 2005. Harrison is set to accept the award during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony this Sunday, Sept. 7. According to the TV Academy, the CPB was chosen for its \u201cmore than five decades of service in enriching America\u2019s media landscape through funding and support for educational, cultural and public-interest programming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe CPB helped deliver funds to more than 1,500 local public radio and TV stations across the country, allowing them to operate commercial-free in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa. Those stations requiring the most support are in rural and remote areas, and often are the only broadcasters providing public safety information.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Governors Award recognizes and celebrates extraordinary contributions that transcend television and transform society,\u201d said TV Academy chair Cris Abrego in a statement. \u201cFor more than half a century, CPB has been a steadfast champion of storytelling that informs, educates and unites us and ensures public media remains a vital space where diverse voices are heard and communities are served. With this award, we honor CPB\u2019s enduring legacy and its extraordinary impact on the cultural and civic life of our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe CPB was first established by the Public Broadcasting Act in 1967 as a private, nonprofit entity authorized by Congress to help support local stations and also program investments. CPB funds have helped the production of PBS programs like \u201cSesame Street,\u201d \u201cMr. Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood,\u201d \u201cThe MacNeil\/Lehrer Report,\u201d \u201cNova,\u201d \u201cReading Rainbow,\u201d \u201cFrontline\u201d and more. CPB funds also helped develop and extend investments in closed captioning, descriptive video services and other media accessibility for persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\n\tUnder Harrison\u2019s oversight, CPB helped support public broadcasters as they converted to digital and adapted to new technologies. CPB\u2019s public media initiatives have included addressing the national high school dropout crisis.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is our legacy,\u201d said Harrison. \u201cCPB will serve as the foundation for the future of America\u2019s public media.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Governors Award was first presented in 1978; past recipients include GLAAD, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Debbie Allen, Tyler Perry, \u201cStar Trek,\u201d \u201cAmerican Idol,\u201d William S. Paley, Hallmark Cards Inc., \u201cMasterpiece Theatre,\u201d Comic Relief and PBS. Greg Berlanti received the honor in 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Creative Arts Emmys<\/a> take place Sept. 6 and Sept. 7 at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live; an edited version of the ceremonies will air Saturday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. on FXX (and stream on Hulu through Oct. 7). The Primetime Emmys air live on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As it prepares to shut down after nearly 60 years of service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[47395,30046,171,90014,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-194608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-corporation-for-public-broadcasting","9":"tag-emmys","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-television-academy","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}