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"American Experience: Tupperware!," Filmmakers Collaborative, Blueberry Hill Productions for American Experience, WGHB-TV, Boston; Kathy Bates-narrated documentary about how a plastic food container has become a cultural icon.

"Rwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade?," Bill Brummel Productions for The History Channel; a "Time Machine" documentary about how a nation heals from a traumatic event.

"The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company," CNBC; reports on the corporate culture and business practices of the nation's retail giant.

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004," Comedy Central; series of satirical reports on the 2004 presidential election by Stewart and his team of "correspondents."

"Human Cargo," Howe Sound Films and Force Four Entertainment in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.; six stories on the lives of refugees and people who deal with them.

"State of Play," Endor Production in association with BBC, BBC America; a political thriller looking at the relationships between politics, law enforcement and the media.

"The Kumars at No. 42," Hat Trick Productions, BBC America; part-comedy and part-interview, series about an exaggerated Indian family who run their own TV show.

"Nursery Tap, Hip to Toe," Nursery Tap, LLC; a collection of 30 nursery rhymes introducing children to a full range of performing arts.

"The Suffering of Sudan," Channel One Network; News reporter Seth Doane's stories on Sudan's civil war, prepared for middle school and high school audiences.

"Takalani Sesame Presents `talk to me...'," Sesame Workshop (USA) and Kwasukasukela (South Africa); documentary that was the culmination of a South African public service campaign designed to get adults and children talking about AIDS.

"The Bully Project," WITI-TV, Milwaukee; series of reports on playground violence in southeast Wisconsin.

"Univision Communications, Salud es Vida ... Enterate! (Lead a Healthy Life ... Get the Facts!), Univision, Miami; Univision's health education public service campaign.

Grant Tinker, former head of MTM Enterprises in the 1970s and NBC chairman in the 1980s, he provided creative opportunities to a generation of writers and producers.

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By David Bauder
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