Summary: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Few television content producers can top Ken Burns for the worldwide acclaim and audiences their creations have drawn. Over the last 30 years, Burns has produced 20 major documentaries -- some of them as long as eighteen hours. And, beginning with his 1990 "The Civil War," they have also included some of the most remembered media events of the entire age of television. Burns appeared at the Grand Hyatt New York last week to be honored in the seventh annual "Giants of Broadcasting" awards ceremony.
