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How Emmy Contenders Like ‘Hacks,’ ‘Life Below Zero,’ ‘The Americas’ and ‘Shark Tank’ Are Tackling the Climate Crisis
Emmy Contenders like 'Hacks,' 'Life Below Zero,' 'The Americas' and 'Shark Tank' are tackling climate change.
You may not even realize it, but some of this year’s key contenders in both scripted and unscripted are finding ways to address climate change — adding a little bit of education to the entertainment. “It’s so important that we can meet audiences where they are on this issue… TV and scripted can excel at that through character and narrative,” says Ellis Watamanuk, the senior director of the entertainment lab at Rare, an org devoted to conservation, addressing climate change and environmental solutions. Unscripted is perhaps where the climate crisis is even more noticeable — as it’s having a direct impact on shows that film in the outdoors, like Nat Geo’s “Life Below Zero” or Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch.”
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