Investigative reporter Arnold Diaz, whose popular “Shame On You” consumer series ran for more than 20 years, has died at 74 after battling multiple myeloma.
Diaz retired in 2022 after a 50-year career in television journalism, during which he won 48 Emmy Awards.
One of the original television news consumer watchdogs, Diaz sent many scammers to jail with his reporting work. Diaz later worked for ABC’s 20/20, Wnyw and Wpix, where his segments were retitled to “Shame, Shame, Shame.”
In 1995, Diaz was inducted into the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Silver Circle, given to those who have distinguished service in the broadcast industry for a minimum of 25 years.
Survivors include his wife, Shawn, three children and twin grandsons. No memorial plans have been revealed.
Diaz retired in 2022 after a 50-year career in television journalism, during which he won 48 Emmy Awards.
One of the original television news consumer watchdogs, Diaz sent many scammers to jail with his reporting work. Diaz later worked for ABC’s 20/20, Wnyw and Wpix, where his segments were retitled to “Shame, Shame, Shame.”
In 1995, Diaz was inducted into the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Silver Circle, given to those who have distinguished service in the broadcast industry for a minimum of 25 years.
Survivors include his wife, Shawn, three children and twin grandsons. No memorial plans have been revealed.
- 10/27/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Arnold Diaz, a long-time New York-based investigative reporter best known for his “Shame On You” segments, has died. He was 74. According to The Daily Beast, Diaz passed away on Tuesday, October 24, with his son, Alex, revealing the cause as multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that affects the bone marrow. Born on July 4, 1949, in New York, NY, Diaz started his career as a reporter for Wplg-tv in Miami in the early 1970s before moving to Wcbs-tv in New York, where he made his name. The renowned journalist served at Wcbs from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, winning 25 local Emmy Awards during his time on the show. He briefly left Wcbs in 1995 to join ABC’s 20/20 as the show’s Consumer Investigative Reporter, a role which he filled until 2003. His work on the show earned him a National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award and the Consumer Federation of America Media Service Award.
- 10/26/2023
- TV Insider
Great film-related story via New York’s Fox 5 affiliate and its “Shame Shame Shame” host Arnold Diaz. In the latest installment, which aired on Fox Monday night, Diaz updated news on the scam he uncovered last year involving Marie Castaldo, the founder of the Queens International Film Festival, who was arrested and recently pled guilty to defrauding vendors and filmmakers more than $40,000 in entry and vendor fees. Castaldo was ordered by the court to pay the vendors $14,000, Diaz said. She was also recently convicted of animal cruelty in a connection with...
- 11/23/2010
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
NEW YORK -- Thirteen was a very lucky number Sunday night for WNBC-TV, with the NBC O&O taking home the most awards of any station in the 50th Annual New York Emmy Awards.
WNBC-TV won three of the best newscast honors including morning for "Today in New York", daytime for "Live at Five" and evening for "News Channel 4 at 11". WPIX-TV won the best hourlong newscast for "WB 11 News at 10", one of eight awards for the Tribune-owned station. Seven Emmys each went to WABC-TV, NYC TV and Thirteen/WNET.
Others winning multiple awards were WNYW Fox 5 (six); My 9 News WWOR (five); News 12 Connecticut (four); MLB Productions for YES Network (three); MSG Network (three); News 12 Long Island (three); WSKG (three). Bronxnet, R News (Rochester, N.Y.), SportsNet New York, WCBS, WGRZ and YES Network each won two awards.
Winning one local Emmy each were Comcast-MagRack, FSN New York, News 12 Interactive, News 12 New Jersey, News 12 Westchester, NJN Public Television, WIVB, WNJU Telemundo 47, WROC, WRNN, WXTV Univision 41, TBS and Time Warner Cable.
WWOR 9 investigative reporter Barbara Nevins Taylor won four awards, including for investigative series for "The Informant". WNYW Fox 5's Arnold Diaz won for his "Shame, Shame, Shame" series and won later in the night for on-camera talent and investigative series.
WNBC-TV won three of the best newscast honors including morning for "Today in New York", daytime for "Live at Five" and evening for "News Channel 4 at 11". WPIX-TV won the best hourlong newscast for "WB 11 News at 10", one of eight awards for the Tribune-owned station. Seven Emmys each went to WABC-TV, NYC TV and Thirteen/WNET.
Others winning multiple awards were WNYW Fox 5 (six); My 9 News WWOR (five); News 12 Connecticut (four); MLB Productions for YES Network (three); MSG Network (three); News 12 Long Island (three); WSKG (three). Bronxnet, R News (Rochester, N.Y.), SportsNet New York, WCBS, WGRZ and YES Network each won two awards.
Winning one local Emmy each were Comcast-MagRack, FSN New York, News 12 Interactive, News 12 New Jersey, News 12 Westchester, NJN Public Television, WIVB, WNJU Telemundo 47, WROC, WRNN, WXTV Univision 41, TBS and Time Warner Cable.
WWOR 9 investigative reporter Barbara Nevins Taylor won four awards, including for investigative series for "The Informant". WNYW Fox 5's Arnold Diaz won for his "Shame, Shame, Shame" series and won later in the night for on-camera talent and investigative series.
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