Kidscreen has announced its shortlist for the 15th Annual Kidscreen Awards. Winners will be honored at a February 5 gala awards ceremony at the Kidscreen Summit 2024 being held in San Diego, California.

The nominees in the programming categories are:

Preschool

Best New Series:

• Pupstruction - Titmouse, in association with Disney Junior
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures - Lucasfilm, Disney+
• Superkitties - Sony Pictures Television—Kids, Disney Junior

Best Animated Series:

• Bluey (Season 3) - BBC Studios Kids & Family, Ludo Studio, ABC Australia
• Hey Duggee - BBC Studios Kids & Family, Studio AKA, CBeebies
• The Very Small Creatures (Season 2) - Aardman Animations, Sky Kids

Best Live-Action Series:

• Beep & Mort - Windmill Pictures, ABC Australia
• Helpsters - Sesame Workshop, Apple TV+
• Sesame Street - Sesame Workshop, Max

Best Mixed-Media Series:

• Gabby’s Dollhouse - DreamWorks Animation, Netflix
• Lucas the Spider - Fresh TV, Wexworks Media
• The Tiny Chef Show - Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions, Factory, Nickelodeon Animation, Dunshire Productions

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie:

• CBeebies As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe - BBC Studios Kids & Family
• Elmo’s Mindfulness Spectacular - Sesame Workshop
• The Smeds and the Smoos - Magic Light Pictures, BBC Children’s

Best Holiday or Special Episode:

• “A Dino-Might Night” (Dino Ranch) - Boat Rocker Studios, Industrial Brothers, CBC Kids/SRC, Disney Junior
• “Grandparents’ Day” (Sesame Street) - Sesame Workshop, Max
• “The Missing Mammoth: A Holiday Mystery” (The Creature Cases) - Sony Pictures Television—Kids, TeamTO, Netflix

Best Podcast:

• Good Night, World! - Headspace Studios, Sesame Workshop
• Little Stories Everywhere - Wondery Kids & Family, Amazon Music
• The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley & Friends - Sesame Workshop, Audible

Best Inclusivity:

• Alma’s Way - Fred Rogers Productions, Pipeline Studios, PBS KIDS
• Deepa & Anoop (Season 2) - Mattel Television, Netflix
• Sesame Street - Sesame Workshop, Max

Kids

Best New Series:

• Kiff - Titmouse, Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel
• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel
• The Muppets Mayhem - Adam F. Goldberg Productions, The Muppets Studio, ABC Signature, Disney+

Best Animated Series:

• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight - DreamWorks Animation, Netflix
• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter - Netflix, Dwarf Animation Studio

Best Live-Action Series:

• Saturdays - Genius Entertainment, Over the Hump Productions, Gwave Productions, Disney Channel
• The Muppets Mayhem - Adam F. Goldberg Productions, The Muppets Studio, ABC Signature, Disney+
• The Santa Clauses - 20th Television, Small Dog Picture Company, Disney Branded Television, Disney+

Best Mixed-Media Series:

• Big Nate - Nickelodeon Animation Studios
• How NOT to Draw - Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel
• Storybots: Super Silly Stories with Bo - Netflix

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie:

• “Moon Girl Landing” (Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) - Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel
• Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie - WildBrain, Apple TV+
• The Ghastly Ghoul - Dream Logic Studios, Lupus Films, Sky Kids

Best Holiday or Special Episode:

• “Night of the Lights” (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock) - The Jim Henson Company, Apple TV+
• “Epic Lunar New Year” (Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight) - DreamWorks Animation, Netflix
• “A Smurfy Christmas” (The Smurfs Season 2) - Peyo Productions, Dupuis Edition et Audiovisuel, KiKA, RTBF, Ketnet, TF1, Wallimage

Best Podcast:

• Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - Rebel Girls
• Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest – Pinna
• TEMPO - Stone Rotstein Productions, Headspinner Productions

Best Inclusivity:

• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Disney Television Animation, Disney Channel
• Monster High - Mattel Television, Nickelodeon Productions
• Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion - Disney Branded Television, Disney Channel, Chu Garcia

Tweens/Teens

Best New Series:

• American Born Chinese - 20th Television, Disney Branded Television, Disney+
• One Piece - Shueisha, Tomorrow Studios, Netflix
• The Crossover - Magicworthy, Big Sea Entertainment, SpringHill Company, State Street Pictures, 20th Television, Disney Branded Television

Best Animated Series:

• Bob’s Burgers - 20th Television Animation
• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire - The Walt Disney Company, Triggerfish, Disney+
• The Great North - 20th Television Animation

Best Live-Action Series:

• Heartstopper - See-Saw Films, Netflix
• Sweet Tooth - Warner Bros. Television, Team Downey, DC Entertainment, Netflix
• The Mysterious Benedict Society - 20th Television, Halcyon Studios, Disney+

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie:

• Kids’ Choice Awards 2023 - Den of Thieves, Nickelodeon
• Monster High: The Movie - Mattel Television, Brightlight Pictures, Nickelodeon Productions
• Prom Pact - Bowen and Sons, The Detective Agency, Disney Branded Television, Disney Channel

Best Holiday or Special Episode:

• “The Plight Before Christmas” (Bob’s Burgers) - 20th Television Animation
• “Who’s Having a Merry Trashmas?” (Housebroken) - Fox Corporation, Kapital Entertainment

Best Podcast:

• Live from Mount Olympus - Onassis Foundation, The TEAM
• Nightingale - GZM Shows
• Whose Amazing Life? - Wondery Kids & Family, Amazon Music

Best Inclusivity:

• Heartstopper - See-Saw Films, Netflix
• The Crossover - Magicworthy, Big Sea Entertainment, SpringHill Company, State Street Pictures, 20th Television, Disney Branded Television
• XO, Kitty - Awesomeness Studios, ACE Entertainment, Netflix

Shortlisted entries in the programming categories will be judged by Frank Dietz (Super RTL); Libbie Doherty (ABC Australia); Robert Fortuijn (NPO); Claire Heinrich (France Télévisions); Nicole Keeb (ZDF); Marie McCann (CBC Kids); Irene Pothecary-Huse (NRK Super); Meredith Roberts (Disney Branded Television); Alyssa Sapire (Disney Junior); Adriano Schmid (PBS KIDS); Pablo Zuccarino (Warner Bros. Discovery); and Kristofer Updike (independent).

Best Inclusivity entries judges include Ros Attille (Big Little Fish TV); Frank Blanquet (First Nations Experience TV); Kimberly Diaz (Sesame Workshop); Sharon Gomes (Snow Rose Media); Andrea Griffith (Sphere Media Toronto); Cort Lane (Hasbro); Jessica Schibli (BBC Children’s); Megan Townsend (GLAAD); and Alex Washington (The Children’s Media Institute). 

The nominees in the digital categories are:

Preschool

Best Website:

• Alma’s Way - Fred Rogers Productions, Makefully Studios, PBS KIDS
• Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood - Fred Rogers Productions, Curious Media, PBS KIDS
• PBS KIDS - PBS KIDS

Best Web/App Series—Original:

• Gisele’s Mashup Adventures - Headspinner Productions, CBC Kids
• Odd-Paw Vet - Hasbro Entertainment, Amuse Animation
• Tab Time - Kids At Play, YouTube Originals

Best Web/App Series—Branded:

• Blaze’s Amazing Race Through Time – Nickelodeon
• Puppet Preschool – Nickelodeon
• Tamir on the Street - Sesame Workshop

Best Game App—Branded:

• Bluey: Let’s Play! - Budge Studios, BBC Studios Kids & Family, Ludo Studio
• LEGO DUPLO: Disney Mickey and Friends - Story Toys, The LEGO Group, Disney
• PBS KIDS Games - PBS KIDS

Best Learning App—Original:

• Lingokids – Lingokids
• Nunaka - FableVision Studios, Chugachmiut
• Pok Pok/Montessori Preschool - Pok Pok

Best Learning App—Branded:

• Noggin – Noggin
• PAW Patrol Academy - Spin Master

Best YouTube Channel:

• Bluey - BBC Studios Kids & Family, Ludo Studio
• Disney Junior - Disney Entertainment Television Networks
• Sesame Street - Sesame Workshop

Best Alternative Game:

• Alma’s Way: Boom Boom Bah! - Fred Rogers Productions, Makefully Studios
• Blue’s Clues: On the Farm – Noggin
• PAW Patrol Grand Prix - Paramount Games Studio, Outright Games

Kids

Best Web/App Series—Original:

• Know Brainers – TVOntario
• Street Cents - CBC Kids
• Super Sema (Season 3) - Kukua

Best Web/App Series—Branded:

• Pineapple Playhouse – Nickelodeon
• Pokémon: Path to the Peak - The Pokémon Company International
• Storybots: Super Silly Stories with Bo - Netflix

Best Game App—Branded:

• Cartoon Network Game On! - Warner Bros. Discovery, MobilePie
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Live - The Pokémon Company International
• TMNT Splintered Fate - Paramount Game Studios, Super Evil Megacorp

Best Learning App—Original:

• Plingo – Mindojo
• Reading Adventure – Osmo
• Zigazoo Kids - Zigazoo

Best YouTube Channel:

• Dodo Kids - The Dodo, Vox Media
• Ryan’s World - Ryan’s World, Sunlight Entertainment
• SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon

Best Alternative Game:

• Malory Towers - Jollywise, CBBC
• Mission US: No Turning Back – THIRTEEN
• Piñata Smashlings - Toikido, Supersocial

Shortlisted entries in the digital categories will be judged in a final round by Naomi Dare (Coolabi Group); Stephanie Gauld (Blue Zoo Animation Studio); Marc Goodchild (The LEGO Group); Nerissa Holder Hall (Mirror Mirror Books); Iris Ichishita (Toekenz Collectibles); Kane Lee (Baobab Studios); Nico Lockhart (WildBrain); Makeda Mays Green (Nickelodeon Consumer Insights); Tone Thyne (FableVision Studios); and Erika Winterholler (Mattel).

All winners will be announced and celebrated live at a special awards ceremony taking place on Monday, February 5 during Kidscreen Summit 2024 in San Diego.

Additional details about the Kidscreen Awards—including categories, eligibility, judging and entry process, is available here.

Source: Kidscreen