NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Martha Stewart Living, the
nationally syndicated "how-to" television show, received the 2003 James Beard
Foundation / Viking Range Broadcast Media Award for the Best Television
Segment -- National or Local. The 13th Annual James Beard Foundation Awards,
which recognize excellence in food/beverage-related topics in radio and
television, were announced Monday, May 5, 2003, in New York.
This is the second time Martha Stewart Living has been honored with a
James Beard Foundation Award; Martha Stewart Living received the award for the
Best National Television Segment in 1998.
Created and hosted by Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart Living provides
high-quality, "how-to" content, whether teaching viewers how to prepare a
surprisingly easy oven-baked risotto, create colorful and unusual flower
arrangements, plan an elegant destination wedding in Puerto Rico, or design
simple and inspirational decorating makeovers for their homes. The program
features special guest experts on all aspects of the home, including cooking,
decorating, crafts, collecting, gardening, weddings, baby and kids,
technology, homekeeping, petkeeping, and healthy living. Guests join Martha
in her state-of-the-art studio in Westport, CT -- designed exclusively for
Martha Stewart Living Television -- and on her travels to exciting locations
around the world.
Martha Stewart Living airs nationally in syndication for one-hour, five
days a week, with a half-hour weekend edition. Produced by Martha Stewart
Living Omnimedia, Inc. and distributed by King World Productions, the series
is now in its tenth season. Martha Stewart Living is part of Martha Stewart
Living Omnimedia, Inc., an integrated content company, which is listed on the
New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MSO.
SOURCE Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
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