Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes and Netflix’s Ask the StoryBots have just received surprise 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations heading into the July 26th virtual ceremony honoring animation and family programming. They join the rest of this year’s nominees, which were announced on May 21st.
According to the official press release from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
As part of a routine review of judging records ahead of the July 26th Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony honoring Children’s, Animation, and Lifestyle programming, auditors at Lutz & Carr LLP reported to NATAS on July 9th that our nominations in three of these categories had each excluded a qualified nominee when announced earlier this year.
After an immediate investigation, the error was traced to an unknown technical failure in the translation of the auditor’s initial nominations tabulation — which had correctly identified all nominees — and the judging system that generated the content for the prior announcements. The tabulation data in question was randomized prior to delivery, so NATAS has no knowledge of the judging scores or award result associated with the categories and nominations in question.
On July 10th the nominations in these categories were updated to reflect the additions and nominees in the affected categories were informed. A further investigation into the root technical failure will be conducted immediately following the July 26th ceremony, when such review may safely include access to data otherwise sealed until the ceremony.
The Casagrandes is now in the Outstanding Children’s Animated Series category, joining The Loud House (Nickelodeon), Arthur (PBS), Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network), The Dragon Prince (Netflix), Niko and the Sword of Light (Prime Video) and Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Netflix). The Casagrandes is also nominated this year for Outstanding Main Title for an Animated Program.
Ask the StoryBots is now in the Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series category, joining Bubble Guppies (Nickelodeon), Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior), Floogals (Universal Kids), Norman Picklestripes (Universal Kids) and Vampirina (Disney Junior). Ask the Storybots won a Daytime Emmy in 2017 and two more in 2019. It’s now nominated for a total of five Emmys this year. It has also been the recipient of the Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children Annie Award for the past two years.
The other TV show to receive a new Daytime Emmy nomination is the live-action series Ghostwriter (AppleTV+) in the Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Program category.
Winners of The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in children’s, animation and lifestyle programming categories will be announced during a virtual ceremony on Sunday July 26th. Exact time has yet to be announced, but winners will also likely be posted on Twitter @DaytimeEmmys.
