Sam Rubin Wins Posthumous Honor as L.A. Area Emmy Awards Are Announced
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Longtime KTLA entertainment anchor Sam Rubin, who died earlier this year, received the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award on Saturday night, given posthumously to recognize his “legacy of more than three decades of entertainment news reporting for KTLA.” Rubin also won an Emmy in the entertainment news category, for his “KTLA Morning News” coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike last year.
Overall, pubcaster KCET (which now calls itself “PBS SoCal Plus”) dominated with ten wins, including in categories such as culture/history (“Legacy 10 Days In Watts”), L.A.
local color (“Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages — Artbound”), independent programming (“Everybody Dance”), crime/social issues (“Bonnie Boswell Presents: Saving Moms”) and more.
The main newscast awards at the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards were split. Unlike last year, when KVEA won all three, this year the prizes were mixed.
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