On March 21, 2018, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards, for which PBS received 23 nominations. The awards honor programming distributed during the 2017 calendar year.
PBS programs that received multiple nominations include ODD SQUAD (8) and A CHEF’S LIFE (3). A complete list of PBS nominations is below.
The Daytime Emmy® Awards will be hosted by Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on April 29, 2018 . To see the full list of nominees, please visit http://emmyonline.com/day_45th_nominations.
PBS congratulates all of our nominees! We would also like to congratulate fellow public television nominees, APT (American Public Television) for earning six nominations. These nominations bring the total number of public television nominations to 29.
PBS Nominees
-Outstanding Culinary Program
-Outstanding Culinary Host | Vivian Howard, Host
-Outstanding Directing in a Single Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program
-Outstanding Lifestyle Program
-Outstanding Directing in a Single Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program
-Outstanding Interactive-media Original Daytime Program or Series
-Outstanding Directing in a Single Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program
-Outstanding Cinematography
-Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series
-Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Series
-Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s, Family Viewing Program
-Outstanding Directing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s or Family Viewing Program
-Outstanding Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design
-Outstanding Lighting Direction
-Outstanding Sound Mixing
-Outstanding Costume Design/Styling
-Outstanding Hairstyling
-Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series
-Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program
-Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | John Tartaglia, as Splash & Mrs. Tidy
-Outstanding Lifestyle Program
-Outstanding Daytime Promotional Announcement Brand Image Campaign-Network or Program
-Outstanding Children’s Animated Series
Additional Public Television Nominees
-Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s, Family Viewing Program
Destination Craft with Jim West
-Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program
-Outstanding Culinary Program
-Outstanding Culinary Host| Lidia Bastianich, Host
-Outstanding Directing in a Multi Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program
Nick Stellino Storyteller in the Kitchen
-Outstanding Directing in a Multi Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program