Nominations for the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 17, 2003 and Nickelodeon won the most primetime Emmy nominations for animated shows with four, narrowly edging out FOX with three. THE SIMPSONS and FUTURAMA were again nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) along with Nick's AS TOLD BY GINGER and SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, while DISNEY'S KIM POSSIBLE on the Disney Channel rounded out the category. THE SIMPSONS also received a nomination for Outstanding Music And Lyrics, while Nick's THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS received two noms in that g category. Usual favorites SOUTH PARK and KING OF THE HILL did not make the final cut.
UPN's ENTERPRISE, from Paramount Pictures, received three noms for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series, with the other two slots going to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER on UPN and FIREFLY on FOX.
Discovery Channel's CHASED BY DINOSAURS received the only nomination in the Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or More).
Disney's Lizzie McGuire, a live-action series, with an animated co-star, was nominated Outstanding Childrens Program.
Additional awards may also be given for the "juried areas" (nominations) of Voice Over Performance and Individual Achievement in Animation. The announcement of these awards, if any, will be released on August 11. Additional awards may also be given for Engineering Development, Interactive Television Programming and the Governors Award. These awards, if any, will be announced on July 21.
Awards for the majority of animation and visual effects categories will be presented on Saturday, September 13, 2002 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, in a non-televised ceremony produced by Spike Jones Jr. The main program categories and honors for acting and writing will be handed out during the telecast at the Shrine September 21 on FOX.
A list of animation, commercial and visual effects related nominees follows (for the full list of the teams nominated in the program categories):
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
AS TOLD BY GINGER "And She Was Gone"
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon and Klasky Csupo Productions
DISNEYS KIM POSSIBLE "Crush"
Disney
Walt Disney Television Animation in association with Disney Channel
FUTURAMA "Jurassic Bark"
FOX
Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television
THE SIMPSONS "Three Gays Of The Condo"
FOX
Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television, animation by Film Roman
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS "New Student Starfish/Clams"
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (FOR PROGRAMMING ONE HOUR OR MORE)
CHASED BY DINOSAURS
Discovery Channel
Impossiblepictures Ltd. Production for BBC & Discovery Channel
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER "Chosen"
UPN
Mutant Enemy, Kuzui, Sandollar in association with 20th Century Fox Television
ENTERPRISE "Dead Stop"
UPN
Paramount Pictures
ENTERPRISE "The Crossing"
UPN
Paramount Pictures
ENTERPRISE "The Expanse"
UPN
Paramount Pictures
FIREFLY "Serenity"
FOX
Mutant Enemy, Inc. in association with 20th Century Fox Television
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
BUILDING THE GREAT PYRAMID
Discovery Channel
BBC/Discovery Channel/NDR co-production and in association with TBS
FRANK HERBERTS CHILDREN OF DUNE "Night 1"
Sci Fi
New Amsterdam Entertainment, Inc. in association with Blixa Film Produktion and Co. KG and Touchstone Television Productions, LLC
THE LOST WORLD "Part 2"
A&E
An A&E/BBC co-production in association with RTL Television
POINT OF ORIGIN
HBO
New Redemption Pictures in association with HBO Films
STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS TAKEN "Episode 2 - Jacob And Jesse"
Sci Fi
DreamWorks
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
ANGRY CHICKEN - Nike Footwear
Partizan, Production Company
Wieden & Kennedy, Ad Agency
FISH- PBS Promo
Independent Media, Production Company
Fallon, Ad Agency
THE OSBOURNES - Pepsi Twist
Hungry Man, Production Company
BBDO NY, Ad Agency
SHEENS - VISA
Hungry Man, Production Company
BBDO NY, Ad Agency
SQUARES - Volkswagen Beetle
Anonymous Content, Production Company
Arnold Worldwide, Ad Agency
OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND LYRICS
THE CONCERT FOR WORLD CHILDRENS DAY
Song Title: Arent They All Our Children
ABC
Executive Visions, Inc.David Foster, Music byLinda Thompson, Lyrics by
THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS "Love Struck"
Song Title: What Girls Love
Nickelodeon
NickelodeonGuy Moon, ComposerButch Hartman, LyricistSteve Marmel, LyricistScott Fellows, Lyricist
THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS "Love Struck"
Song Title: It's Great To Be A Guy
Nickelodeon
NickelodeonGuy Moon, ComposerButch Hartman, LyricistSteve Marmel, Lyricist
ITS A VERY MERRY MUPPET CHRISTMAS MOVIE
Song Title: Everyone Matters
NBC
NBC and The Jim HensonCompanyDesmond Child, Composed byDavitt Sigerson, Composed by
THE SIMPSONS "Dude, Where's My Ranch"
Song Title: Everybody Hates Ned Flanders
FOX
Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television, animation by Film RomanAlf Clausen, Music ByIan Maxtone-Graham, Lyrics ByKen Keeler, Lyrics By
