Create® TV Shows Earn Six Daytime Emmy® Nominations

BOSTON (APRIL 2, 2015) – On March 31, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) honored four Create TV programs with a total of six Daytime Emmy nominations.

A CHEF’S LIFE, a half-hour series following chef Vivian Howard and her husband Ben Knight as they run a fine dining restaurant in small-town North Carolina, earned a nominated for “Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel Program” and “Outstanding Single Camera Photography.”

Longtime television personality and how-to expert Martha Stewart, host of MARTHA BAKES, garnered a nomination for “Outstanding Culinary Host.” The show, which showcases Stewart’s twists on classic recipes, was also nominated for “Outstanding Culinary Program.”

Television’s original home-improvement show, THIS OLD HOUSE, was nominated for “Outstanding Lifestyle Program.”

VICTORY GARDEN’S EDIBLE FEAST, which delves into the lives of sustainable food innovators and showcases the “real food revolution,” received a nomination for “Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design.”

The Daytime Emmy Awards will be presented on April 26, 2015. The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards gala, which honors the more than 65 craft categories behind the many shows that grace the Daytime genre, will be held at the Universal Hilton on April 24, 2015.

Viewers can watch Create TV via digital broadcast and/or basic digital cable. Visit www.CreateTV.com for more information, TV schedules, recipes, news, shopping, tips, DIY instructions and more.

About Create:
Now it its 10th year, Create® is public television’s premier lifestyle channel featuring the most popular how-to series, including cooking, travel, home improvement, gardening and arts and crafts. Create is produced and distributed by American Public Television (APT); WNET, New York; and, WGBH, Boston in association with National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and PBS. Create TV is carried by 220 local public television stations nationwide, reaching nearly 79% of USTVHH and is seen in 19 of the top 25 U.S. television markets. A companion website with extensive video, projects, tips and recipes, the national Create schedule and a full list of the more than 60 titles and the hosts featured on Create can be found at CreateTV.com.

About APT:
American Public Television (APT) has been a leading distributor of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation’s public television stations since 1961. In 2014, APT distributed one-third of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U. S. Among its 300 new program titles per year, APT programs include prominent documentaries, news and current affairs programs, dramas, how-to programs, children’s series and classic movies. America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated, Rick Steves’ Europe, Live From the Artists Den, Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Midsomer Murders, Vera, NHK Newsline, Lidia’s Kitchen, Globe Trekker, Simply Ming, and P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home join numerous documentaries and performance programs popular with public television viewers. APT licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service. Now in its 10th year, Create® TV — featuring the best of public television’s lifestyle programming — is distributed by APT. APT also distributes WORLD™, public television’s premier news, science and documentary channel. To find out more about APT’s programs and services, visit APTonline.org.

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