NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 48TH DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS CHILDREN’S & ANIMATION AND LIFESTYLE CATEGORIES
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (JUNE 28, 2021) – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards Children’s & Animation and Lifestyle categories which will be celebrated in two live-streamed events on July 17 and July 18th, 2021.
The Daytime Emmy® Awards Children’s Programming and Animation ceremony will be presented in a stand-alone show streaming on our Emmy® OTT platform on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at 8 p.m ET.
Categories to be included are:
- Outstanding Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Program
- Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series
- Outstanding Children’s Animated Series
- Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
- Outstanding Educational or Informational Series
- Outstanding Short Form Children’s Program
- Outstanding Principal Performance in a Children’s Program
- Outstanding Limited Performance in a Children’s Program
- Outstanding Younger Performer in a Children’s Program
- Outstanding Performer in a Preschool Animated Program
- Outstanding Performer in a Daytime Animated Program
- Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Animated Program
- Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Program
- Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool, Children’s or Animated Program
- Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program
- Outstanding Writing Team for a Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Program
- Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool Animated Program
- Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Animated Program
- Outstanding Voice Directing for a Daytime Animated Series
- Outstanding Casting for a Live-Action Children’s Program
- Outstanding Casting for a Daytime Animated Program
- Outstanding Main Title for a Daytime Animated Program
- Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
- Outstanding Editing for a Daytime Animated Program
- Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Preschool, Children’s or Animated Program
- Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
- Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Daytime Animated Program
Awards for individual achievement in animation are selected by a juried panel of peers which selects winners in each of six craft areas without a nomination stage. Accordingly, these winners will be announced at the ceremony on July 17.
The Daytime Emmy® Awards Lifestyle Programming ceremony will be presented on our Emmy® OTT platform on Sunday, July 18, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET.
Categories included are:
- Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Young Adult Series
- Outstanding Culinary Series
- Outstanding Lifestyle Series
- Outstanding Travel, Adventure and Nature Program
- Outstanding Instructional and How-To Program
- Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program
- Outstanding Entertainment Program in Spanish
- Outstanding Short Form Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Younger Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Guest Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program
- Outstanding Daytime Program Host
- Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Fiction Program
- Outstanding Directing Team for a Single Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Series
- Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Special
- Outstanding Directing Team for a Multiple Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Outstanding Cinematography
- Outstanding Single Camera Editing
- Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing
- Outstanding Sound Mixing and Editing
- Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design for a Live-Action Daytime Program
- Outstanding Special Effects Costumes, Makeup and Hairstyling
In both of these ceremonies, some categories will be presented on the live stream and others revealed on our social media.
The live stream of the July 17/18 Daytime Emmy® ceremonies will be available on the web at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and via The Emmy® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, and Roku (full list at apps.theemmys.tv). The program and many other Emmy® Award events can be watched anytime & anywhere on this platform powered by Vimeo.
The Daytime Emmy® Awards have recognized outstanding achievements in daytime television programming since 1974. The awards are presented to individuals and programs broadcast between 2:00 am and 6:00 pm, as well as certain categories of digital and syndicated programming of similar content.
This year’s awards honor content from more than 3,000 submissions that originally premiered in the calendar year 2020. The submissions were judged by a pool of more than 1,000 peer professionals from across the television industry whose confidential ballots were then tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.
A press release with full credits and instructions on how to make changes for free through 7/18 will be up no later than 7/6 on their website, https://theemmys.tv/daytime
Full nomination and win counts by network and by show will be released after the remaining ceremonies are completed.