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Children's channel Nickelodeon may suffer from a lack of
visibility in India but abroad its shows are growing in
popularity. More proof of this is provided in the fact that
the network has snagged six daytime Emmy nominations for
shows like Blues Clues and Little Bill.
The
29th edition of the Daytime Emmy Awards will be held at
New York's famous Madison Square Garden on 17 May. The awards
given out by the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, will be broadcast on CBS.
One
of the nominations for Nickelodeon's Blues Clues was
in the Pre- School Children's Series category. It goes up
against PBS' Sesame Street. Little Bill has
been nominated in the special class animated programme category.
In
the Children's Series category, the Disney Channel, expected
to launch in India soon, pops up with Even Stevens.
Competition includes PBS' Reading Rainbow, Between
the Lions and Zoom.
ABC's
programme All My Children led the scorecard with
21 nominations. CBS took 55 nominations, while ABC and PBS
had 49 each. The Showtime cable network and NBC got 17 and
11 nominations respectively. Syndicated programming combined
for 38 nominations.
In
the lead actress category Susan Flannery has been nominated
for 'The Bold and the Beautiful' which continues to air
on Star World. Her competition includes Susan Lucci and
Finola Hughes for All My Children, Colleen Zenk Pinter
and Martha Byrne for As the World Turns.
Lead
Actor sees Jack Scalia and Vincent Irizarry for All My
Children along with Robert Newman for Guiding Light
the longest running soap on the tube.
For
Best Talk Show the nominees are The Rosie O'Donnell Show,
Live with Regis and Kelly, The View and The
Montel Williams Show.
The
Game Show category sees Hollywood Squares which used
to air on Star World going up against Jeopardy!,
The Price Is Right and Win Ben Stein's
Money.
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