‘FAMILY GAME NIGHT' and ‘PICTUREKA!' Earn One Nod Each
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hasbro Studios' shows today collected eight Daytime Emmy® Award
nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
(NATAS). Transformers Prime garnered two wins for
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation and a total of six
nominations. Family Game Night and Pictureka!
earned one nod each.
"We are so honored to have the Academy recognize our shows with these
eight Daytime Emmy nominations and two wins," said Stephen Davis,
President of Hasbro Studios. "To be singled out by our industry peers
during just our first year of producing shows for the The Hub is a proud
achievement, and a testament to all of the incredible hard work put in
by our very talented producers, writers and their teams."
Creative stewards Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, along with showrunner
Jeff Kline, are the executive producers of Transformers Prime,
and Mike Vogel and Brian Lenard are the development executives who
helped bring the show to life.
Todd Newton, Barry Poznick and Charles Steenveld (Family Game Night)
and Rob George and Linda Ellman (Pictureka) serve
as executive producers of the nominated game shows, supported by
development executives Bob Boden and Kevin Belinkoff.
Hasbro Studios shows received nominations and/or wins in the following
categories:
Outstanding Game Show Host
Ben
Bailey, Cash Cab
Todd Newton, Family Game Night
Wayne
Brady, Let's Make A Deal
Meredith Vieira, Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire
Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program
Bill
Farmer as Goofy, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Danny Jacobs as King
Julien, The Penguins of Madagascar
Tom McGrath as Skipper, The
Penguins of Madagascar
Martin Short as The Cat in the Hat, The Cat
in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!
Peter Cullen as Optimus
Prime, Transformers Prime
Steven Tyler as The Mad Hatter, The
Wonder Pets!
Outstanding Directing In An Animated Program
Kick
Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
Fanboy & Chum Chum
Martha
Speaks
The Penguins of Madagascar
Toot & Puddle
Transformers
Prime
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
— WINNERS
"Diamond" Dave Merritt, Toot & Puddle
Vince
Toyama, Transformers Prime
Christophe Vacher, Transformers
Prime
Kaz Aizawa, T.U.F.F. Puppy
Outstanding Achievement in Main Title and
Graphic Design
Dora the Explorer
The Electric
Company
FETCH! With Ruff Ruffman
Pictureka!
Team
Umizoomi
Today Show
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction And
Composition
Between the Lions
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
The
Garfield Show
The Penguins of Madagascar
Transformers Prime
The
Wonder Pets!
Outstanding Writing In Animation
Arthur
Back
at the Barnyard
Dinosaur Train
The Penguins of Madagascar
Transformers
Prime
WordGirl
About Hasbro Studios: Hasbro Studios is the Los Angeles-based
production division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS). The studio develops
and produces shows based on Hasbro's world class brands, including
TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY and G.I. JOE; delivers new branded content;
and produces programs from top third-party content creators. Many of
these shows run on The Hub, a television network for children and their
families that was re-branded from Discovery Kids on October 10, 2010, as
well as on multiple channels in international markets. The Hub is a
joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ:
DISCA, DISCB, DISCK).
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Source: Hasbro Studios
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