A couple notable entrants for the 57th Annual Primtime Emmy Awards includes Cartoon Network's hottest original television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends up for the best Original Main Title Theme Music, and The Simpsons up for Outstanding Music and Lyrics. The awards presentation telecast awarding Emmys in twenty-seven categories before the CBS Television Network will televise a black-tie audience on Sunday, September 18th, 2005 from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium.
Additional awards may also be given for the four "juried areas" (no nominations) of Costumes for a Variety or Music Program, Voice-Over Performance, Individual Achievement in Animation and Interactive Television. The announcement of these awards, if any, will be released in August. Two additional awards may also be given for Engineering Development and the Governors Award. These awards, if any, will be announced later this month.
Awards involving animated television programs, animated television specials, or television programming that involved a substantial use of visual effects are as follows (major contributors are also credited):
Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
- Family Guy • North By North Quahog • FOX • 20th Century Fox
- Samurai Jack • Episode XLIX ("The Four Seasons of Death") • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios Production
- The Simpsons • Future Drama • FOX • Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox
- South Park • Best Friends Forever • Comedy Central • Comedy Central
- SpongeBob SquarePants • Fear Of A Krabby Patty/Shell Of A Man • Nickelodeon • Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)
- Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real • Animal Planet • Darlow Smithson for Animal Planet in association with Tandem Communications and Sat.1 Satelliten Fernsehen
- Star Wars Clone Wars Vol. 2 (Chapters 21-25) • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios Production
Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
- Desperate Housewives • ABC • Touchstone Television (Danny Elfman, Main Title Theme by)
- Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios (James L. Venable, Main Title Theme & Music)
- Huff • Showtime • Showtime Presents in association with Sony Pictures Television (W.G. "Snuffy" Walden, Music by)
- Justice League Unlimited • Cartoon Network • Warner Bros. Animation (Michael McCuistion, Theme by)
- Stargate Atlantis • SCI FI • Pegasus Productions Inc. Atlantis produced in association with Acme Shark and MGM Television (Joel Goldsmith, Music and Main Title Theme by)
Outstanding Music and Lyrics
- Malcolm In The Middle • Dewey's Opera - Song: The Marriage Bed • FOX • Regency Television (Charles Sydnor, Music by; Eric Kaplan, Written by)
- The Muppets' Wizard Of Oz • Song: I'm With You • ABC • The Jim Henson Company in association with Fox Television Studios, Touchstone Television and Muppets Holding Company (Michael Giacchino, Written by; Jeannie Lurie, Written by; Adam Cohen, Written by; Debra Frank, Written by; Steve Hayes, Written by)
- Reefer Madness • Song: Mary Jane/Mary Lane • Showtime • Showtime Presents Dead Old Man/Apolloscreen Production (Dan Studney, Music by; Kevin Murphy, Music by)
- The Simpsons • A Star Is Torn - Song: Always My Dad • FOX • Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox (Alf Clausen, Music by; Carolyn Omine, Lyrics by)
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
- Battlestar Galactica • 33 • SCI FI • Point of View Productions in association with NBC Universal Television Studio
- Battlestar Galactica • The Hand Of God • SCI FI • Point of View Productions in association with NBC Universal Television Studio
- Lost • Pilot (Part 1 & Part 2) • ABC • Touchstone Television
- Stargate Atlantis • Rising • SCI FI • Pegasus Productions Inc. Atlantis produced in association with Acme Shark and MGM Television
- Stargate-SG1 • Reckoning (Part 2) • SCI FI • MGM Television Entertainment in association with Double Secret Productions and Gekko Film Corp
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
- Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real • Animal Planet • Darlow Smithson for Animal Planet in association with Tandem Communications and Sat.1 Satelliten Fernsehen
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars • Night Two • SCI FI • Hallmark Entertainment Productions Presents A Jim Henson Company Production
- Legend Of Earthsea • SCI FI • Hallmark Entertainment in association with Sea Earth Productions and Bender/Brown Productions
- The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers • HBO • DeMann Entertainment and Company Pictures Production in association with HBO Films and BBC Films
- Supervolcano • Discovery Channel • A BBC/Discovery Channel/ProSieben/ Mediaset/ NHK co-production
About the Emmys: The Emmy Awards (Emmys.tv) are administered by three sister organizations; the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Emmy Awards recognize excellence within various areas of the television industry. The awards are a symbol of peer recognition from over 12,000 members of the Academy. Each member casts a ballot for the category of competition in their field of expertise.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers categories in daytime, sports, news and documentary programming. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences administers categories for international regions.