By BRIAN STELTER
Published: September 20, 2012
EVERY year PBS earns dozens of Emmy nominations and comes away with an armful of golden statuettes. But Paula Kerger, the PBS president, has never gone to the “Primetime Emmy Awards” — until now. “This is such an exciting year, I want to be in the room,” she said.
Her date? Donald Thoms, a PBS vice president for arts and cultural programming. Her dress? On Wednesday she laughed at that question. “I haven’t quite figured that out yet,” she said.
She has until Saturday, when she’ll fly to Los Angeles for Sunday night’s celebration of all things television, to be broadcast live on ABC and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
What’s different this year, for PBS, is the sheer number of nominations — 58, up from 43 and 32 the two prior years — and the tantalizing possibility of winning what is arguably the most sought-after award of the night: best drama. The British historical drama “Downton Abbey,” brought to America by PBS and “Masterpiece,” is up for best drama alongside AMC’s “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad,” HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and “Game of Thrones,” and Showtime’s “Homeland.”
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