ABS-CBN TFC’s BA, Adobo Nation, Henni Espinosa and Jeremiah Ysip nab program and individual nominations at the 47th Annual NorCal Emmys

The 47th Annual Northern California Area EMMY® Award Nominations were announced today and ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel (TFC) received four nominations in both program and individual categories.

ABS-CBN TFC’s daily news show BA, the magazine talk show Adobo Nation, ABS-CBN North & Latin America News Desk Editor Henni Espinosa and Director of Photography Jeremiah Ysip were all recognized by the 2018 NorCal Emmys. 

The Emmy® Gala returns SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco on Saturday, June 2, 2018. The black tie evening starts at 5:00 pm with hors d'oeuvres and no host bar. The program begins at 6:00 pm in the Robert N. Miner Auditorium with reserved seating. Marcus Shelby returns for his fourth year as our Musical Director.

“We continue to strive for excellence in the field, but more important to us are the authenticity, relevance and impact of storytelling. BA proved all these again with the Emmy nominations it received today,” said BA Executive Producer Troy Espera.

“Adobo Nation has delivered so many features on Filipino and Filipino American food, lifestyle and artists all these years, always ready to showcase the richness of our heritage and culture that continue to evolve. We want to capture the social value and excitement behind all these and I’m glad the industry through the Emmys recognizes the importance and universality of our content,” said Agerico “Eric” Pugeda, the show’s executive producer.

The following are the ABS-CBN TFC nominations: 

Public/Current/Community Affairs-Program/Special

“Matt Levi Investigates Honolulu EMS: State of Emergency,” KGMB/Matt Levi Investigates

Yunji de Nies, Matt Levi, Michael Yasutake, Producers

“North Bay Bountiful: Carbon and Compost,” KRCB 22

Darren LaShelle, Senior Producer; Isabel Fischer, Joshua Dylan Mellars, Producers

“Barbershop Forum: The start of something great.,” KTVU FOX 2

Paul Chambers, Reporter

“Box City,” The Filipino Channel/ABS-CBN International

Olivia De Jesus, John Lazatin, Executive Producers; Henni Espinosa, Executive Producer/Writer; Jeremiah Ysip, Director of Photography; Patrick Luna, Photographer; Jon Santos, Editor; Michael Angelo Carrion, Motion Graphics

Photographer-Program

“BaseBallet: Into the Game,” NBC Sports Bay Area/Red Panel

Matthew Piniol, Director of Photography; Venancio Minton, Michael Phillips, Cinematographers

“Iman Rodney Composite,” NBC Sports Bay Area/San Francisco Giants, SFG Productions

Iman Rodney, Cinematographer

“Jeremiah Ysip Composite,” tfc.tv/The Filipino Channel/ABS-CBN International Jeremiah Ysip, Camera

Talent-Program Host/Moderator/Reporter

“Mark S. Allen, Extra Butter Host,” KXTV ABC 10

Mark S. Allen, Host

“Box City,” The Filipino Channel/ABS-CBN International

Henni Espinosa, Talent

Lifestyle-Feature/Segment

“Pictures in the Sky,” kqed.org/KQED 9

Claudia Escobar, Director/Director of Photography/Editor

“El Refugio de Silvia,” sfchronicle.com/San Francisco Chronicle

Gabrielle Lurie, Lea Suzuki, Producers/Photographers/Editors

“Bad Saint: Tom Cunanan,” The Filipino Channel/ABS-CBN International

Agerico Pugeda, Executive Producer; Ginger Conejero, Segment Producer/Writer; Carlos Munoz, Headwriter; Jeremiah Ysip, Director/Videographer; Milagros Briones, Editor

The EMMY® award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). San Francisco/ Northern California is one of the nineteen chapters awarding regional Emmy® statuettes. Northern California is composed of media companies and individuals from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Entries aired during the 2017 calendar year.

This year 784 English entries were received in 62 categories and 218 entries in the Spanish contest in 42 categories. English and Spanish language entries were judged and scored separately. A minimum of seven peer judges from other NATAS chapters scored each entry on a scale from 1 to 10 on Content, Creativity and Execution. (Craft categories were judged on Creativity and Execution only). The total score was divided by the number of judges. The mean score was sorted from highest to lowest in each category. The Chapter Awards Committee looked at blind scores (not knowing the category) and decided on the cut off number for nominations and recipients.

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