Nominations for the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 14, 2005 and FOX and Cartoon Network won the most primetime Emmy nominations for animated shows with four each, but SCI FI Network had six noms in the visual effects arena. FAMILY GUY edges into the primetime Emmy race along with SOUTH PARK, THE SIMPSONS, SAMURAI JACK and SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, which are nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour).
THE SIMPSONS also received nominations for Outstanding Music And Lyrics plus Outstanding Music Composition For A Series, as did FOSTERS HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS and JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED.
SCI FI Channel dominates Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series category, with two noms each for STARGATE and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and there was nom for LOST on ABC.
Competing for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie or a Special are DRAGONS: A FANTASY MADE REAL; FARSCAPE: THE PEACEKEEPER WARS, Night Two; LEGEND OF EARTHSEA; THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS and SUPERVOLCANO.
CLASSICAL BABY also obtained a birth as the only animated show nominated for Outstanding Children's Program, competing against THATS SO RAVEN, ZOEY 101, PRIDE and NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE.
The awards presentation telecast awarding Emmys in 27 categories before a black-tie audience will air on the CBS Television Network Sunday, September 19, from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. The Academy's Governors Ball will follow the telecast at the Shrine Exhibition Hall, adjacent to the auditorium. This year's Emmy telecast will be, exec produced by Ken Ehrlich, produced by Michael B. Seligman and Renato Basile, with Danette Herman serving as coordinating producer and exec in charge of talent with Bruce Gowers directing.
Awards for the majority of animation and visual effects categories will be presented on September 11 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, in a non-televised ceremony, chaired by Lee Miller, exec produced by Michael Hoey and John Moffit with Spike Jones, Jr. producing and Ron de Moraes directing. The main program categories and honors for acting and writing will be handed out during the telecast at the Shrine September 18 on CBS.
Additional awards may also be given for the "juried areas" (nominations) of Voice Over Performance and Individual Achievement in Animation, which will be released in August. Additional awards may also be given for Engineering Development, Interactive Television Programming and the Governors Award. These awards, if any, will be announced later in July.
A list of animation, commercial and visual effects related nominees follow:
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
FAMILY GUY "North By North Quahog" * FOX 20th * Century Fox Television
SAMURAI JACK * Episode XLIX * Cartoon Network * Cartoon Network Studios
THE SIMPSONS * Future Drama * FOX * Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television, animation by DPS Film Roman
SOUTH PARK * Best Friends Forever * Comedy Central * A Comedy Central production
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS * Fear Of A Krabby Patty/ShellOf A Man * Nickelodeon * Nickelodeon Animation Studios
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (FOR PROGRAMMING ONE HOUR OR MORE)
DRAGONS: A FANTASY MADE REAL Animal Planet DarlowSmithson for Animal Planet in association with TandemCommunications and Sat.1 Satelliten Fernsehen
STAR WARS: CLONE WARS, Vol. 2 (Chapters 21-25). * Cartoon Network * Cartoon Network Studios in association with Lucasfilm Ltd.
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 33 SCI FI Point of ViewProductions in association with NBC Universal TelevisionStudio
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA The Hand Of God SCI FI Point ofView Productions in association with NBC UniversalTelevision Studio
LOST Pilot (Part 1 & Part 2) ABC TouchstoneTelevision
STARGATE Atlantis Rising SCI FI Pegasus ProductionsInc. Atlantis produced in association with Acme Shark and MGM Television
STARGATE-SG1 Reckoning (Part 2) SCI FI MGMTelevision Entertainment in association with DoubleSecret Productions and Gekko Film Corp.
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
DRAGONS: A FANTASY MADE REAL Animal Planet DarlowSmithson for Animal Planet in association with TandemCommunications and Sat.1 Satelliten Fernsehen
FARSCAPE: THE PEACEKEEPER WARS Night Two SCI FI Hallmark Entertainment Productions Presents A JimHenson Company Production
LEGEND OF EARTHSEA SCI FI Hallmark Entertainment in association with Sea Earth Productions andBender/Brown Productions
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS HBO DeMannEntertainment and Company Pictures Production in association with HBO Films and BBC Films
SUPERVOLCANO Discovery Channel A BBC/DiscoveryChannel/ProSieben/Mediaset/NHK co-production
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
CLASSICAL BABY HBO HBO Original Programming
NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE: Never Again? From TheHolocaust To The Sudan Nickelodeon Nickelodeon,Lucky Duck Productions
PRIDE A&E An A&E/BBC co-production in associationwith John Downer Productions & ProSieben
THATS SO RAVEN Disney Channel Brookwell/McNamaraEntertainment, Inc.
ZOEY 101 Nickelodeon Schnieders Bakery,
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
APPLAUSE - Budweiser PYTKA, Production CompanyDDB Chicago, Ad Agency
DRINK UP - Aquafina Traktor/Partisan, Production CompanyBBDO New York, Ad Agency
GLEN - Starbucks Doubleshot Biscuit Filmworks, Production CompanyFallon New York, Ad Agency
THE ONE CAMPAIGN - One.org @radical.media, inc., Production Company/Ad Agency
SURPRISE DINNER - Ameriquest Mortgage MJZ, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Production CompanyDDB Los Angeles, Ad Agency
OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND LYRICS
Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ABC Touchstone TelevisionDanny Elfman, Main Title Theme by
FOSTERS HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS Cartoon Network Cartoon Network StudiosJames L. Venable, Main Title Theme & Music
HUFF Showtime Showtime Presents in association withSony Pictures TelevisionW.G. Snuffy Walden, Music by
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED Cartoon Network Warner Bros. AnimationMichael McCuistion, Theme by
STARGATE ATLANTIS SCI FI Pegasus Productions Inc.Atlantis produced in association with Acme Shark andMGM TelevisionJoel Goldsmith, Music and Main Title Theme by
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE)
CARNIVALE Lincoln Highway HBO 3 Arts Entertainment in association with HBO EntertainmentJeff Beal, Composer
HOUSE Pilot FOX Heel and Toe Films and Bad HatHarry Productions in association with NBC UniversalTelevision StudiosChristopher Hoag, Composer
LOST ABC Touchstone TelevisionMichael Giacchino, Music by
THE SIMPSONS Treehouse of Horror XV FOX GracieFilms in association with 20th Century FoxAlf Clausen, Music by
24 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM FOX Real Time Productions in association with Imagine Television and 20th Century FoxTelevisionSean Callery, Composer
