The Carney Awards Announce Broadcast Partnership with PIX11 in New York

The Carney Awards announced a broadcast partnership with PIX11 in New York, the home of The Honeymooners for past 60 years. The Carney Awards, named for the late, great Oscar and six-time Emmy Award-winning actor Art Carney, star of The Honeymooners, recognize outstanding achievements in character acting and will honor Joe Morton, Jessica Walter, Joe Pantoliano, M. Emmet Walsh, James Cromwell and Bruce Greenwood. Comedian Patton Oswalt will host the evening's program which will be recorded at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA on Sunday, October 28, 2018. The 2-hour telecast will air on PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting's New York flagship television station, on Saturday, November 24, 2018 (8:00 PM - 10:00 PM). PIX11 will air a special marathon of The Honeymooners leading into The Carney Awards broadcast, starting at 6:00 PM.

Now in its fourth year, The Carney Awards were created by Elvis Duran Group CEO David Katz, his brother Jim Katz, an Emmy Award winning producer, and Brian Carney, actor/voice-over artist and Art's son. The Carney Awards is a joint production between The Elvis Duran Group and Radcliffe Road Pictures. National radio personality Elvis Duran, the Katz brothers and Carney are executive producers.

"PIX11 has been the home of The Honeymooners for 60 years and we are thrilled to now bring viewers The Carney Awards, honoring the work of character actors like Art Carney," said Chris Wayland, VP/GM, PIX11.

"We jumped at the chance to partner with PIX11 for The Carney Awards. They are, and have been, such an iconic TV destination, as has The Honeymooners for over half a century, " said Elvis Duran. "I have no doubt, everyone who has loved watching Art Carney and The Honeymooners, will enjoy watching our tribute to the great character actors of Hollywood."

Past honorees include William H. Macy, Wendie Malick, William Fichtner, Richard Kind, Xander Berkeley, Gary Cole, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dan Hedaya, Conchata Ferrell, Steve Buscemi, Bob Balaban, Michael Ealy, Bruce McGill, David Paymer, CCH Pounder and Jonathan Banks.

For more information, visit www.thecarneyawards.com or follow @CarneyAwards on Twitter.

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