“CNN landed producer-director Joel Gallen to produce ‘CNN Heroes,’ a two-hour awards gala the net is billing as the only televised awards event honoring ‘ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things,'” Variety reports.
“Gallen, who produced telethons benefiting victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, said the awards show is the first ‘not giving awards to celebrities. It’s important to honor these heroes from all walks of life that go under the radar of most people…'”
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