Surprising exactly no one, Sesame Street once again has been honored with a huge amount of Daytime Emmy Award nominations! Thirteen of them, to be exact. The categories include two performers (Leslie Carrara-Rudolph and Joey Mazzarino) and two original songs.
And the nominees are…
- Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series – Sesame Street
- Outstanding New Approaches – Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series – Sesame Street
- Outstanding Performer in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s Series – Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (as Abby Cadabby)
- Outstanding Performer in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s Series – Joey Mazzarino (as Murray, Fiverine, and Only-One Cannoli)
- Outstanding Writing in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s Series – Sesame Street (Joey Mazzarino, Head Writer; others)
- Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design – Sesame Street (Bob Phillips, Art Director; others)
- Outstanding Lighting Direction – Sesame Street (Dan Kelley, Lighting Designer)
- Outstanding Technical Team – Sesame Street (Tom Guadarrama, Technical Director; others)
- Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing – Sesame Street (Todd James, Supervising Editor; others)
- Outstanding Sound Editing – Live Action – Sesame Street (Michael Barrett & Chris Prinzivalli, Supervising Sound Editors; others)
- Outstanding Original Song – “The Power of Yet” (Bill Sherman, Composer; Joey Mazzarino, Lyrics)
- Outstanding Original Song – “Raise Your Hand” (Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire, Composers; Belinda Ward, Lyrics)
- Outstanding Costume Design/Styling – Sesame Street (Brian Hemesath & Jared Leese, Costume Designers; others)
Congratulations to everyone nominated, and stay tuned for the Daytime Emmy Awards, airing on the Pop network on April 26th at 8:00pm ET.
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by Joe Hennes – Joe@ToughPigs.com