By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Monday, April 27, 2015
Over the weekend, Atlantan Steve Harvey won another Daytime Emmy for best informative talk show for the second year in the row. But after winning the game show host for "Family Feud" in 2014, he lost this year to Craig Ferguson for "Celebrity Name Game."
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Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
WE-TV has a new Atlanta reality show "Cutting It: In the ATL" following five salon owners in Atlanta and the obstacles they go through in trying to maintain their businesses and compete for customers. The show debuts Thursday, May 21 at 10 p.m.
Here's the show description:
Maja burst into the ATL hair scene and changed the playing field with her chain of quick service and affordable weave salons. She plans to soak up every last dollar Atlanta has to offer, and for her plan to work, she needs the cooperation of the city's top salon owners. Maja finds an ally in the very talented and very outspoken natural hair diva Mushiya. No one does natural hair styling like Mushiya, and she is in the right position to lure clients away from her competitors. Beautii, a true veteran of the ATL hair scene, has survived with cunning and cleverness. She has plenty of ambition and loves a good money-making plan, but doesn't always follow the rules and play nice. Dedra, a polished professional in appearance, drives a wedge into Maja's strategy when her hot temper creates a rift in this circle of businesswomen. Her weave expert, LaKenya, befriends the other salon owners as she follows her dream to open her own salon, but quickly alienates them with her shifting alliances.
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11 Alive (WXIA-TV) last week took home six TV Edward R. Murrow Awards and Channel 2 Action News nabbed three. On the radio side, 90.1/WABE-FM won four and 95.5FM and AM News WSB won one. (Details here.)
The regionals cover Florida, the Virgin Islands, Georgia and Puerto Rico.
For TV:
Overall: WXIA-TV
Best newscase: WXIA-TV
Best breaking news: WSB-TV's winter storm coverage 2014
Best feature news: "Justice for Julie," WSB-TV
Best investigative report: "Recruit Death" WSB-TV
Best news series: "Guardrail Dangers" WSB-TV
Best sports report: "Home Runs For Dad" WXIA-TV/WATL-TV
Best use of sound/video: Jon Samuel, WXIA-TV/WATL-TV
Best writing: Jaye Watson, WXIA-TV/WATL-TV
Best website: 11Alive.com
RADIO
Best newscast: January 28, 2014, WSB storm coverage
Best breaking news: WABE-FM storm coverage
Best investigative: WABE-FM "Money to Help Helpless"
Best news documentary: WABE-FM "Stuck in the Bluff"
Use of sound/video: WABE-FM "Dolls Head Trail"
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