University of Georgia Athletics
Uga VI Featured In Emmy Award-Winning TV Show
August 01, 2002 | Football
Aug. 1, 2002
ATHENS, Ga. - Turner South, a division of Turner Broadcasting, Inc., earned an Emmy Award for its Southeastern Conference special of the Liars & Legends series that featured Uga VI, the University of Georgia's mascot.
The episode, which aired on Dec. 3, 2001 on Turner South, was awarded a Southern Regional Emmy for Outstanding Achievement: Television Programming Excellence/Sports Program (OTO) on June 8, 2002 for programming during the 2001 year.
The Liars & Legends - S.E.C. Show, which was produced by Jennifer Wysocki, John Parry, Michael Phillips, and Teague Kennedy, was a 30-minute special that featured three segments, one of which highlighted Uga VI. It was hosted by Bubba Knight.
The documentary tracked the Georgia mascot's activities at a Saturday football game in Athens as well as his daily life in Savannah, Ga., including history of Uga and interviews with owners Sonny and Cecelia Seiler.
"This is an exciting development for all of us," said Sonny Seiler. "I did not know that the show had been nominated for an Emmy, so I was not sitting around waiting for anything to happen.
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