Emmy Nominees

... for the cartoons. ...

THE NOMINEES

Preschool children's animated program
"Curious George" (PBS)
"Disney Sofia the First" (Disney Channel)
"Peg+Cat" (PBS)
"The Wonder Pets!" (Nickelodeon)

Children's animated program
"Beware the Batman -- 'Secrets'" (Cartoon Network)
"The Fairly OddParents" (Nickelodeon)
"Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" (Nickelodeon)
"Monsters vs. Aliens" (Nickelodeon)
"Turbo FAST" (Netflix)

Special class animated program
"Dan Vs." (Hub Network)
"Peter Rabbit" (Nickelodeon)
"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (Cartoon Network)
"Transformers Prime Beast Hunters" (Hub Network)

Casting for an animated series or special
"Beware the Batman" (Cartoon Network)
"Disney Sofia the First" (Disney Channel)
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Nickelodeon)
"The Polar Bears Movie" (YouTube.com)

Individual achievement in animation (Winners)
Ernie Gilbert, "T.U.F.F. Puppies" (Nickelodeon)
Eddie Gribbin, "Peter Rabbit" (Nickelodeon)
Marten Johnmark, "Peter Rabbit" (Nickelodeon)
Jose Lopez, "Transformers Prime Beast Hunters" (Hub Network)
Yasuhiro Motoda, "Transformers Prime Beast Hunters" (Hub Network)
Jennifer Oxley, "Peg+Cat" (PBS)
Stephen Ronbinson, "Peter Rabbit" (Nickelodeon)
Christopher Voy, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (Cartoon Network)

Writing in a preschool animated program
"Bubble Guppies" (Nickelodeon)
"Dinosaur Train" (PBS)
"Disney Sofia the First" (Disney Channel)
"Peter Rabbit" (Nickelodeon)
"The Wonder Pets!" (Nickelodeon)

Writing in an animated program
"Arthur" (PBS)
"Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" (Nickelodeon)
"Martha Speaks" (PBS)
"Wild Kratts" (PBS)

Some dedicated animation pros look at a lot of programming and sit in a lot of meetings to carve out the year's nominees from a mass of programming. I know a lot of these folks and they put a lot of time into the process.

My hat's off to them. I've juried a few award contests over the years, and I know what a time-consuming (and often draining) process they can be. Yet many animation people volunteer year in and year out. A couple of times around the mulberry was more than enough for me.