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ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE is an Emmy award winning, nationally syndicated, prime-time news magazine program that addresses topical news issues, community, lifestyle, entertainment, and arts.  AAL airs on CUNY TV, PBS, and social media worldwide with followers from six continents.  AAL profiles Asian American leaders including Andrew Yang, U.S. presidential and New York mayoral candidate, David Henry Hwang, Tony award-winning playwright, Alan Muraoka, award-winning actor of Sesame Street, Dr. David Ho, Time Magazine Man off the Year for AIDS research, Anna Sui, award-winning fashion designer, Ron Darling, World Series Mets pitcher, and numerous high-profile guests.  The show is hosted by Ernabel Demillo, former morning news anchor and correspondent of WNYW Fox News.

ABOUT CUNY TV: The City University of New York’s television station, CUNY TV, has been educating and informing viewers for more than three decades. Established in 1985, the station has steadily increased its ambition and scope, in 2009 transitioning to high definition and adding over-the-air broadcasting to its existing cable distribution. Now reaching 7.3 million broadcast households in the New York metro area, CUNY TV is committed to extending the academic mission of the university to offer lifelong learning opportunities to all New Yorkers.

CUNY TV is overseen by Interim Executive Director Gail Yancosek, a 10 year CUNY veteran and a 40 year veteran of commercial television production. The station is the recipient of 28 New York Emmy® Awards and over 100 nominations, as well as other prestigious industry honors including the Telly Awards and Communicator Awards.