The Emmys Are Here! The Emmys Are Here!!!

[Dante Bunny]

Turn it to NBC to see who take home the Emmy!!!!

[Inque]

ahhh! not another awards show!

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by Inque
ahhh! not another awards show!

No no, this one's different. It's the one that gives out the award for, among other things, daytime cartoon. The usual KWB hall-of-famers (& if there isn't a KWB Hall of Fame, there should be) are among previous winners. Btw anyone know who's nominated this year?

[Inque]

i know that batman beyond has won 2 of them....i forget which category though.

[Craig Marinaro]

Batman Beyond - Special Class Animated Program
Batman Beyond - Achievement in Musical Direction and Composition
Batman Beyond, X-Men Evolution - Achievement in Sound Editing
Batman Beyond, X-Men Evolution, Jackie Chan Adventures - Achievement in Sound Mixing

Check out an extremely tongue-in-cheek, objective news article on the subject here. And check out the Awards Page for a complete listing of Emmys and Oscars that WBA has been honored with.

-C
Official ToonZone Herbal Medicine Expert.

[Nftnat]

And for the complete list of winners of this year's awards, go to http://www.emmyonline.org

A little primer:
Animation's connection with the Emmys dates back to 1950, when the award for Children's program went to Bob Clampett's Time for Beany, which later evolved into Beany & Cecil. It was the 1st of 3 for this show; which is impressive considering it went up against, not only animation, but all children's programming --- e.g. Kukla Fran & Ollie, Howdy Doody, Mickey Mouse Club, etc. The award was phased out after '56, not to return until '60, when pioneering tv cartoon Huckleberry Hound beat fellow H-B show Quick Draw McGraw among others for the award. After that, animated programs continued to be nominated but didn't win for 5 years. That changed in 1966, with the onset of the Charlie Brown era. The Mendelsohn-Melendez productions (under direction of former Warners staffer J.C. "Bill" Melendez)won from '66 to '68, '76 & '81, competing against the Children's Television Network shows among others. In '79 the British animation product The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe (based on the book by C.S. Lewis) won, followed by Carlton Your Doorman, based on a never-seen character from Rhoda. The title char was voiced by Lorenzo Music, who as the voice of Garfield would participate in 4 more Emmy-winning progs from '84 to '86 & again in '89. The Grinch Grinches the Cat In the Hat won in '82, then Cathy in '87, one of 2 Claymation nods ('92) in '88, & the first of 3 nods ('95, '98) to The Simpsons in '90. After that was Tale Spin in '91 & a Batman special in '93, & the prime time P&tB in '96. I'm being chased off here, so next time I'll give y'all the lowdown on the history of Daytime Animation in the Emmys.

[Craig Marinaro]

Also noteworthy: until the early '90's, animated shows in prime time were relegated to the "Outstanding Animated Program" category, and could not compete in an "Outstanding Program" category with any live action shows. In 1993, the Academy broke down to the complaints of the fans and staff of The Simpsons, and allowed the show to be submitted for the "Outstanding Comedy Series" category. But for the next two years, the show wasn't even nominated (either due to a bias against animated shows, or simply due to the popularity of such competing shows as Cheers, Home Improvement, Seinfeld, and Murphy Brown). So, following that, the producers decided it was smarter to just submit it for the "Outstanding Animated Program" category. I don't think an animated series has ever been nominated for a regular "Outstanding Series" category, although it is technically permitted.

-C
Official ToonZone Card Shark.

[Nftnat]

I'm back. Now for daytime programming. The Daytime Emmys were spun off back in the early '70's. Here's a year-by-year breakdown:
1974-75 Star Trek (the Filmation animated series)
1976 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
1977-80 Schoolhouse Rock
1981 Dough-Nuts (another educational shorts series you might recall as filler on NBC, sort of their attempt to clone Schoolhouse Rock, or maybe it was on ABC)
1982 Great Space Coaster (live action, I know, but there were animated segments. One of my favorite tv memories from when my age was in single digits.)
1983-84 Smurfs
1985-88 Muppet Babies
1989 Winnie the Pooh
1990 Beetlejuice
1991 Tiny Toons
1992 Rugrats
1993 Tiny Toons
1994 Rugrats
1995 Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
1996-97 Animaniacs
1998-2001 Arthur

Starting in 2000, a special category was set aside, for what I don't remember. For KWB programming, it would seem, as that is how it has turned out (Pinky Elmyra & the Brain 2000, Batman Beyond 2001).

[Inque]

Originally posted by Nftnat

1998-2001 Arthur

i loved this show......i think it's still on.

-Inque
Riding on the Crazy Bus and listening to Binky

[Dante Bunny]

My little cousin watched it and she reminds me of D.W. She always ratted me out! I'm glad Authur won an Emmy. Another favorite show has been anominated, Clifford, The Big Red Dog! It got three celebrity voice talent; John Ritter as Clifford, Cree Summer (Histeria, and Tiny Toon Adventures) as Cleo, and Kel Mitchell (One of my favorite actor "Who loves orange soda") as T-Bone. And I don't know why "The Wild Thornberrys" is been anominated. Oh, yeah, that new theme of theirs, "Because We Can!" Their is one thing they can't do, and that is Japanize anime. I'm sorry I was "tick" off about that station. This past week, they shown new episodes of "Catdog" on the Pinky and the Brain time slot. It's stinks!!!!