DUCK DODGERS led animated shows with three Daytime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Special Class Animated Program in the 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards competition announced today (March 4, 2004) on the NBS TODAY SHOW. ARTHUR, STATIC SHOCK DISNEY’S KIM POSSIBLE and CLIFFORD’S PUPPY DAYS received two nods each from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

This year’s ceremony will be broadcast live on NBC on May 21, from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall from 9:00 – 11:00 pm. The animation, music and editing awards will be presented during the untelevised Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards, May15, in New York City at the Marriott Marquis Hotel and in Los Angeles at the Kodak Theatre Ballroom.

Outstanding Children's Animated Program
ARTHUR* PBS
DISNEY'S KIM POSSIBLE * DISNEY
DORA THE EXPLORER * NICKELODEON
LITTLE BILL * NICK JR.
RUGRATS * NICKELODEON


Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
DISNEY'S FILLMORE! * ABC
DUCK DODGERS * CARTOON NETWORK
OZZY & DRIX * KIDS’ WB!
ROLIE POLIE OLIE * DISNEY
STATIC SHOCK * KIDS’ WB!
TUTENSTEIN * NBC

Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program
CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG * PBS
JOHN RITTER, AS CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
CLIFFORD'S PUPPY DAYS * PBS
HENRY WINKLER, AS NORVILLE
DISNEY'S KIM POSSIBLE * DISNEY
NANCY CARTWRIGHT, AS RUFUS THE NAKED MOLE RAT
DUCK DODGERS * CARTOON NETWORK
JOE ALASKEY, AS DUCK DODGERS
LIBERTY'S KIDS * PBS
WALTER CRONKITE, AS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation

CLIFFORD'S PUPPY DAYS * PBS
DUCK DODGERS * CARTOON NETWORK
HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE * CARTOON NETWORK
JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS * PBS
XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN * KIDS’ WB!


Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation

ARTHUR * PBS
CBS TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE * CBS
SESAME STREET * PBS
X-MEN: EVOLUTION * WB


Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction And Composition

BETWEEN THE LIONS * PBS
BLUES CLUES * NICKELODEON
SESAME STREET * PBS
STATIC SHOCK * KIDS’ WB!
STUART LITTLE * HBO
THE WAYNE BRADY SHOW * SYN

The Lifetime Achievement Award this year will be presented to ten veteran actors who have devoted a major portion of their careers to Daytime Drama: Rachel Ames, John Clarke, Jeanne Cooper, Eileen Fulton, Don Hastings, Anna Lee, Ray MacDonnell, Frances Reid, Helen Wagner, and Ruth Warrick.

Daytime Emmy Awards are presented to daytime television programs that are broadcast between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. The eligibility period for all awards was January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003. The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is a presentation of the National Television Academy in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

A complete list of nominees in all categories, a network-by-network tally and a list of programs with multiple nominations, compiled by the independent accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP is available on the National Television Academy Website at http://www.emmyonline.org.