Everybody in film and television wants an Emmy — it’s like having the Commissioner’s trophy, but for the arts. Well, the nominations for the 2024 Emmy Awards were recently released, and The Bronx is well-represented in the lineup of potential winners.
“The Bronx Beat,” a series produced by the YES Network, is up for an award in the Public Affairs Program (Series) category. The Bronx Economic Development Corporation was able to assist with this program, which spotlights businesses, cultural institutions and neighborhoods in The Bronx. BXEDC President Rob Walsh hosted several of the episodes that were nominated.
Each episode airs on the jumbotron at Yankee Stadium and reflects a side of The Bronx that may otherwise go unnoticed. The borough’s tourists may be coming for baseball, but The Bronx Beat aims to show that it’s a great place for a lot of other reasons as well. Hopefully, the judges will see these stories – and the incredible production quality – and see how worthy the series is of an Emmy.
Wendy Clark (née Yang) the owner of the new pilates studio on City Island, has also been nominated for an Emmy. Aside from her new business, Clark is a costume designer and worked on the series “Fallout,” which was nominated for Outstanding Costumes in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi category.
Alison Wiedmann, another City Island resident, was also part of an Emmy-nominated team for her work on the production of “Hacks: Bit by Bit” in the Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series category.
Several people working or living in The Bronx being nominated for Emmy Awards indicates that the borough’s inherent artistry is thriving. Major figures and companies — like Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, the YES Network, Amazon and more — working alongside smaller organizations and individuals like the BXEDC, Clark and Wiedmann to win these awards is what will make The Bronx remain the cultural figurehead that it has been for decades.
The Bronx is home to one of the most outstanding baseball teams in history, but it also has many people who can say they won, or were nominated for, an Emmy award.
