Dawna Lee Heising Covers 2009 Primetime Creative Arts EMMY Awards for Eye on Entertainment

Dawna Lee Heising and John Alsedek of Eye on Entertainment on Time Warner Cable conducted interviews on the red carpet for the 2009 Primetime Creative Arts EMMY Awards at the NOKIA Theatre on Saturday, September 12.  E! Entertainment Television will air the awards show as a two-hour special on Friday, Sept. 18, at 1:00 p.m. (ET/PT).   Two-time Primetime Emmy® Award winner Kathy Griffin (My Life on the D-List) was the host, Carole Propp was the coordinating producer, Chris Donovan was the director and Tony DeSena was the co-producer.

Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice), Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live), Carol Burnett, Louis C.K. (Saturday Night Live), Christian Clemenson (Boston Legal), Ted Danson (Damages), Lisa Edelstein (House), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Jerry Ferrara (Entourage), Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller Bull$*it), John Michael Higgins (Kath & Kim), Nigel Lythgoe (So You Think You Can Dance), Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), Kathryn Morris (Cold Case), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Sharon Osbourne (America's Got Talent), Andrea Roth (Rescue Me), Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos), Elaine Stritch (30 Rock), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy), Jimmy Smits (Dexter), Ashley Tisdale (Suite Life on Deck), and Callie Thorne (Rescue Me) served as presenters for the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy® Awards.   The executive producers were Lee Miller and Steve Venezia, and Spike Jones, Jr., was the producer of the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

The 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards awarded 82 Emmys, including:

·         Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series: Michael J. Fox as Dwight, Rescue Me - Sheila - FX Networks

·         Outstanding Reality Program: Intervention - A&E • Produced by GRB Entertainment for A&E Network

·         Outstanding Commercial: Heist - Coca-Cola, Wieden + Kennedy, Ad Agency

·         Outstanding Children's Program: Wizards Of Waverly Place - Disney Channel

·         Outstanding Nonfiction Series: American Masters - PBS

·         Outstanding Nonfiction Special: 102 Minutes That Changed America - HISTORY

·         Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series: Tina Fey as Governor Sarah Palin, Saturday Night Live

·         Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie: Lukas Strebel, Little Dorrit - Part 1 – PBS

·         Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series: Ousama Rawi, The Tudors - Episode 303 -Showtime

·         Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series: Michael Weaver, Californication - In Utero - Showtime

·         Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series: Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Swing - NBC

·         Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: Generation Kill - The Cradle Of Civilization - HBO

·         Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series: Heroes - The Second Coming/The Butterfly Effect -  NBC

·         Outstanding Voice-Over Performance: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, The Simpsons - Father Knows Worst - FOX

·         Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour): South Park - Margaritaville - Comedy Central

·         Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or more): Destination Imagination (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends) - Cartoon Network

·         Outstanding Main Title Design: United States Of Tara, Showtime - Showtime presents in association with DreamWorks Television

·         Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score): Joe LoDuca, Music by, Legend Of The Seeker - ABC Studios

·         Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score): Howard Goodall, Composer, Into The Storm - HBO

·         Outstanding Choreography: Rob Ashford, Choreographer, 81st Annual Academy Awards

·         Outstanding Choreography: Tyce Diorio, Choreographer, So You Think You Can Dance - Adam and Eve / Silence - FOX

·         Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series: Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein - Casting directors, True Blood - HBO

·         Outstanding Casting For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: Rachel Freck, Casting director, Little Dorrit -  PBS

·         Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff, Casting director, 30 Rock - NBC

·         Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series: Host: Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live - NBC

Primetime Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch presented the prestigious Governors Award to HBO's Sheila Nevins. Nevins is the 15th individual to receive this honor since the award’s inception in 1978.  For more information on the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, go to www.Emmys.com.  Publicity for the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences is handled by The Lippin Group.  To see EOE interviews, please go to:  www.youtube.com/eyeonentertainment .

About the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1946 just one month after network television was born. It is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunications arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry. In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Emmy® Award, the Television Academy publishes Emmy® Magazine and stages many industry-related programs, services and year-round events for the television community. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences rewards excellence in Prime Time programming. For additional press information and resources concerning the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, please contact Robin Mesger of The Lippin Group at (323) 965-1990.

About Eye on Entertainment
“Eye on Entertainment”, a division of Eye on Excellence™ Productions, is aired twice weekly on Time Warner Cable in Southern California. The EOE team covers entertainment and red carpet events, and features interviews with successful people in all walks of life, exploring the traits they have in common. Dawna Lee Heising is the executive producer and host of EOE.  She is a long-standing member of SAG & AFTRA, and is Ms. Universe 2009.  The show is produced and directed by John Alsedek, who is also the writer, director & producer of the horror anthology series “AS DARKNESS FALLS”, which runs on Time Warner Cable.  EOE co-producer is John Cox, an educator in the film and video department at Golden West College. The EOE photographer is David McNeil, who is a former executive with United Artists and was one of the developers of Pay-per-View.  For more information, please visit http://www.eyeonentertainment.tv/.