And the winner is...

Well, we'll have to waiting until June 19th for the actually winners for the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, but the nominees are in. Some of my favorites are also in the running for Outstanding Childen's Animated Program, too!

Outstanding Children's Animated Program

• Backyardigans (Nickelodeon)
• Curious George (PBS)
• Dinosaur Train (PBS)
• Penguins of Madagascar (Nickelodeon)
• Sid the Science Kid (PBS)

Like it's big-brother, the Prime-time Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmys are a big deal. Kids TV shows haven't always been included. In the early days, the awards focused on soap operas or game shows. Not so in today's world. Kids TV is holding it's own and more areas deserving of recognition.

Outstanding Children's Series

• The Electric Company (PBS)
• FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman (PBS)
• Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (Syndicated)
• SciGirls (PBS)

 New Approaches -  Children's

• Fizzy's Lunch Lab (PBS)
• Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage (Nickelodeon)
• SciGirls (PBS)

Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series

• Between the Lions (PBS)
• Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Disney Channel)
• Sesame Street (PBS)
• Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

• Back at the Barnyard (Nickelodeon)
• Fanboy and Chum Chum (Nickelodeon)

 Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series

• Kevin Clash - Elmo - Sesame Street (PBS)
• Caroll Spinney - Oscar the Grouch - Sesame Street (PBS)
• Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Abby Cadabby - Sesame Street (PBS)
• Eric Jocobson - Grover and Iron Monster - Sesame Street (PBS)

Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program

• Bill Farmer - Goofy - Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Disney Channel)
• Danny Jacobs - King Julien - Penguins of Madagascar (Nickelodeon)
• Tom McGrath - Skipper (Nickelodeon)
• Martin Short - The Cat in the Hat - The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (PBS)
• Petter Cullen - Optimus Prime - Transformers Prime (The Hub)
• Steven Tyler - The Mad Hatter - The Wonder Pets! (Nickelodeon)

 Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program

• Disney Kick Buttowsky - Chris Savino & Sherm Cohen (DisneyXD)
• Fanboy and Chum Chum - Brian Sheesley, Jim Schumann & Russell Calabrese for animations direction and Ginny McSwain for voice direction (Nickelodeon)
• Martha Speaks - Dallas Parker for animation directions and Terry Klassen for voice direction (PBS)
•  Penguins of Madagascar - Nick Filipp, Supervising Director, Christo Stamboliev & Dave Knott for animation directions and Lisa Schaffer for voice direction (Nickelodeon)
• Toot & Puddle - Christian Larocque, director, Graham MacDonald & Emmanuelle Gignac, animation directions and Dee Shipley for voice direction
• Transformers Prime - David Hartman, supervision director, Shaunt Nigoghossian, Todd Waterman & Vinton Heuck, animation direction and Sue Blu, voice direction

 Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series

• Biz Kid$ - Erren Gottieb & James McKenna (PBS)
• The Electric Company - Ryan McFaul - (PBS)
• Sesame Street - Matt Vogel, Kevin Clash, Nadine Zylstra, Scott Preston, Ken Diego, Joey Mazzarino & Lisa Simom (PBS)

Outstanding Original Song - Children's and Animation

• Imagination Movers - "Seven Days a Week" - Dave Poche, Scott Durbin, Scott Smith & Rich Collins, composers & lyricists (Disney Channel)
• Sesame Street - "What I Am" - Bill Serman, composer and Chris Jackson, lyricist (PBS)
• Sesame Street - "I Wonder" - Adam Schlesinger, composer and Molly Boylan, lyricist (PBS)
• Sesame Street - "Rakhi Road" - Chris Jackson, composer and lyricist (PBS)
• The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! - "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Opening Theme" - David Schweitzer, composer (PBS)

Outstanding Writing in Animation

• Arthur - Peter Hirsch, executive story editor and Gentry Menzel, David Steven Cohen, P. Kevin Strader & Jonathan Greenbert, writers (PBS)
• Back at the Barnyard - Gene Grillo, Tom Sheppard, Dan Serafin, writers (Nickenlodeon)
• Dinosaur Train - Craig Bartlett, Joe Purdy & Elise Allen, writers (PBS)
• Penguins of Madagascar - Brandon Sawyer, Bill Motz & Bob Roth, writers (Nickelodeon)
• Transformers Prime - Duane Capizzi, writer/producer and Steven Melching, Nicole Dubucm Joseph Kuhr & Marsha Griffin (The Hub)
• WordGirl - Tom Martin, head writer and Eric Ledgin, Jack Ferraicolo, John Huss, Ryan Raddatz & Carla Filsha (PBS)

 Outstanding Writing in a Childen's Series

• The Electric Company - Willie Reale, head writer and Adam Peltzman & Deirdre O'Connor, writers (PBS)
• Sesame Street - Joey Mazzarino, head writer and John Weidman, Christine Ferraro, Kmily Kingsley, Molly Boylan, Belinda Ward, Judy Freudberg, Luis Santeiro & Annie Evans (PBS)

Outstanding Casing for an Animated Series

• Disney Kick Buttowski - Aaron Drown (DisneyXD)
• Fanboy and Chum Chum - Meredith Layne (Nickelodeon)
• Penguins of Madagascar - Meredith Layne (Nickelodeon)

 Kids TV shows scored a few other nominations in technical and graphic areas.

Be sure to check back for the WINNERS after June 19th.