2023 MEDIA ACCESS AWARDS WITH EASTERSEALS
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On PBS SoCal/KCET and streaming on PBS app.
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The 2023 Media Access Awards with Easterseals has made history by being the first ever disability-centric program on broadcast television featuring two deaf hosts – Academy Award winners Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur.
Click here 2023 Media Access Awards on PBS for the next scheduled broadcast date or to stream the show.
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![Amanda Mammana](https://mediaaccessawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Amanda-Mammana.jpg)
![Marlee Matlin](https://mediaaccessawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Marlee-Matlin.jpg)
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Hosts: Academy Award Winners
Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur
Best Director Award
Presenter: Jason George
Recipient: Paris Barclay
Producers Guild of America George Sunga Award
Presenter: Jenni Gold
Recipient: Davis Guggenheim
WGAw Evan Somers Memorial Award
Presenter: Gisselle Legere
Recipient: New Amsterdam (David Schulner and Peter Horton)
Easterseals Impact Award
Presenter: Nic Novicki
Recipient: Lauren “Lolo” Spencer
Casting Society of America Award
Presenter: Matt Fleckenstein
Recipient: Amber Horn and Danielle Aufiero
Norman Lear – Geri Jewell Lifetime Achievement Award
Presenter: Amanda Mammana and
Ryan Niemiller
Recipient: Simon Cowell
Christopher Reeve Acting Award
Presenter: Molly Burke
Recipient: Tobias Forrest
Special Appearances:
Sandra Mae Frank and Matthew Jeffers
Sofia Sanchez
Sue Ann Pien
Performers:
Ryan Niemiller
Nic Novicki
Amanda Mammana
Thank you to our Sponsors:
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