Press Release from The Humane Society of the United Series

Every year, The Genesis Awards pays tribute to the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works that raise public awareness of animal issues. The 25th Genesis Awards will be Saturday, March 19, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA.

DreamWorks Animation's Academy Award-nominated How To Train Your Dragon, HBO's "True Blood," Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" and "The Daily Show," syndicated TV's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "Dr. Phil" are among 49 nominees in 18 categories in line for The 25th Anniversary Genesis Awards.

"Media attention to animal protection issues has come a long way since The Genesis Awards was launched twenty-five years ago," says Beverly Kaskey, senior director of the Hollywood office of The HSUS and executive producer of The 25th Anniversary Genesis Awards. "The fact that 'True Blood,' a show about vampires, can illustrate the cruelty of dog fighting is a sure sign that a consciousness about animal concerns is permeating popular entertainment and culture like never before.

Here's the full list of nominees:

FEATURE FILM

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON   DreamWorks Animation
THE SWITCH   Miramax Films

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM   NightFly Entertainment
OCEANS   Disneynature / Pathe Films

SID CAESAR COMEDY AWARD

THE COLBERT REPORT   zoos, bullfighting   Comedy Central
THE DAILY SHOW   Big Red Dogs   Comedy Central
THE SIMPSONS   The Squirt and the Whale   FOX

DRAMATIC SERIES

LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT   Inhumane Society   USA Network
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT   Beef   NBC
TRUE BLOOD   Hitting the Ground   HBO

TV NEWSMAGAZINE

ANDERSON COOPER 360   How Safe is Your Food?   CNN
INSIDE EDITION   Horse Slaughter   Syndicated
ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL   multiple issues   HLN
NIGHTLINE  Got Milk?   ABC

NEWS FEATURE

CNN NEWS   Rescuing the Pelicans
KABC 7 EYEWITNESS NEWS (Los Angeles)   Bunny Cruelty
KHOU-TV (Houston)   The Dog Factory:  Dying to Breed; The Gulf Oil Spill:  BP's Voiceless Victims
KTLA NEWS AT 10 (Los Angeles)   Puppy Mills Exclusive Investigation; Dogfighting Investigation; Hatchery Hell – Investigative Report

NEWS SERIES

KHOU–TV (Houston)   Cal–Maine Eggs:  The Incredible Inedible Lie
KTNV (Channel 13, Las Vegas)   Look Puppies!
WOIO TV 19 ACTION NEWS (Cleveland)   Ohio Dairy Farm Animal Abuse

MORNING NEWS SHOW

CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING   Going, Going, Gone; All Aflutter
THE EARLY SHOW   Saving the Sharks   CBS
TODAY   Abused Thoroughbreds   NBC

TALK SHOW

DR. PHIL   Confronting Animal Abuse   Syndicated
LARRY KING LIVE   Sea World Trainer Death   CNN
THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW   all–animal show   Syndicated

TV DOCUMENTARY

FATAL ATTRACTIONS   Big Cats   Animal Planet
MY CHILD IS A MONKEY   National Geographic Channel
 
REALITY SERIES

BLOOD DOLPHINS   Animal Planet
IT'S ME OR THE DOG   Bully Breeds  Animal Planet
LAST CHANCE HIGHWAY   The Great Escape   Animal Planet

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL

60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA   Natural Born Killers   Nine Network Australia
CARTE BLANCHE   Monkey Town   M–Net South Africa

OUTSTANDING WRITTEN WORD

MAGAZINE

CONDE' NAST TRAVELER   On The Firing Line by Susan Hack
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE   The Kingpin by Bryan Christy
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE   The Animal–Cruelty Syndrome by Charles Siebert
TIME   Inside the Minds of Animals by Jeffrey Kluger