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PBS Receives 23 Daytime Emmy® Nominations

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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

A Chef’s Life

-Outstanding Culinary Program

-Outstanding Culinary Host | Vivian Howard, Host

-Outstanding Directing in a Single Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program

Ask This Old House

-Outstanding Lifestyle Program

-Outstanding Directing in a Single Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program

Design Squad

-Outstanding Interactive-media Original Daytime Program or Series

Family Ingredients

-Outstanding Directing in a Single Camera Lifestyle/Culinary/Travel or Educational and Informational Program

-Outstanding Cinematography

Nature Cat

-Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series

Odd Squad

-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

Peg+Cat

-Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series

-Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program

Splash and Bubbles

-Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | John Tartaglia, as Splash & Mrs. Tidy

This Old House

-Outstanding Lifestyle Program

Value PBS:Landon’s Story

-Outstanding Daytime Promotional Announcement Brand Image Campaign-Network or Program

Wild Kratts

-Outstanding Children’s Animated Series

Additional Public Television Nominees

Biz Kid$

-Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s, Family Viewing Program

Destination Craft with Jim West

-Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program

Lidia’s Kitchen

-Outstanding Culinary Program

-Outstanding Culinary Host| Lidia Bastianich, Host

Milk Street

-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