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The 36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards Program is published by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.© 2009 NATAS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 4

Talk Show / Informative 6

Younger Actor in a Drama Series 8

Game / Audience Participation Show 8

Younger Actress in a Drama Series 8

Performer in a Children’s Series 10

Drama Series Directing Team 10

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 12

Talk Show / Entertainment 12

Drama Series Writing Team 14

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD / SESAME STREET 17

Morning Program 22

Talk Show Host 23

Game Show Host 24

Lead Actor in a Drama Series 24

Lead Actress in a Drama Series 24

Drama Series 24

Dear Fellow-Lovers of Daytime Television,

On behalf of our board and the loyal members and staff of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), I welcome you to the 36th annual telecast of the Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards. I also would like to welcome our new partners in the telecast, The CW Television Network and Associated Television International.These are difficult times financially for many organizations across the country but especially for non-profit organizations such as NATAS. Nevertheless, we want to assure you that our mission to recognize the best in television by awarding the worldwide standard of excellence,

the Emmy® Award, continues undiminished.We have worked tirelessly this year against formidable obstacles to secure that this grand tradition of honoring Daytime Television, the dramas, the talk shows, morning shows, entertainment and food and educational programming goes on national television as it has for the past 36 years. The history of this tradition is especially apparent this year as we salute “Guiding Light” for its many years of Daytime drama programming and our Lifetime Achievement honoree, Sesame Street, for helping educate and entertain children around the world for the last 40 years.With our first Sunday evening telecast, hosted by television and recording star, Vanessa Williams, a Daytime and Primetime Emmy® Award nominee this year, we feel confident that this year’s broadcast will be one of our best and a harbinger of a bright future ahead.While thanking our colleagues at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and all our sponsors for helping make the 36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards a memorable event, we especially would like to thank you, the Daytime Community, for your enthusiasm, your talent and your dedication to excellence which we honor this evening.Enjoy the show,

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS &SCIENCES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SESAME STREET for 40 Years of Educational Television

Long before Bob the Builder and Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street was pioneer­ing children's educational entertainment -and the show is still as relevant and engaging as ever. What's the secret to its staying power? By Michael Davis

FORTY YEARS AGO THIS NOVEMBER, a new television show designed to educate and entertain kids hit the PBS airwaves. It was unlike anything else on TV at the time, and it captured the attention of children and parents alike.

bday, that same show, Sesame Street, continues to break new ground in children's programming, a feat recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), which will grant a Lifetime Achievement Emmy to the long­running series at this month's Daytime Emmy Awards. Frank Radice, president of NAT AS, praises Sesame's vitality and what it has contributed to society. "There are people out there who don't know what a [vinyl] record is or have never seen a type­writer;' he says. "But they know Big Bird."

The current Sesame Street cast

Sesame Smarts article courtesy of American Airlines

Published in AMERICAN WAY magazine, August 15, 2009

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The show's well-known theme song asks, "Can you tell me how to get/ How to get to Sesame Street?" We not only know how to get to Sesame Street, we know how - and why - Sesame StTeet gets to you, even all these years later. Let us count the ways. We love to count. (Cue lightning flashes and Transylvanian bats.)

~11£\ifiilailiii!' ) Sesame StTeet has maintained a strict edu­cational mandate through the years, but the show's pedagogical gears, the mechanisms used to teach preschoolers, have always been greased by comedy. When Sesame de­buted in 1969, it was a video reincarnation of vaudeville, with its classic buddy bits and sassy send-ups.

The show's quick-cut comedic pace, a hallmark of Sesame's early years, was pat­terned after late-1960s TV sensation Row­an C3 MaTtin's Laugh-In, which featured blackouts, knock-knock jokes, and sight gags. And just as Laugh-In had its walk­on cameos, a contingent of comedy greats

has stopped by the stoop at 123 Sesame Street over the years. A (very) incomplete list includes Jack Black, Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar, Jim Carrey, Bill Cosby, Billy Crys­tal, Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey, Jay Leno, Cheech Marin, Richard Pryor, Jon Stewart, Ben Stiller, and Lily Tomlin. Adam Sandler will join that alumni association this fall.

(fJI(ifi!IWmmlkl;- il$1) The researchers, writers, producers, and petformers behind the series make cheeky children's television that tickles adult sensi­bilities. Here's why: It was an early in-house supposition, one that was later supported by bona fide educational research, that chil­dren learn much more if grown-ups watch and laugh along with them. (And who wouldn't laugh at a segment about healthy eating that features a Howie Mandel look­alike Muppet who hosts a show called Meal OT No Meal?) The 40th season will feature a bit with Sarah Jessica Parker waiting around the Sesame Street stoop for her Sex and the City love interest, who goes by the

nickname Big. Ever-obliging Grover tries to help by bringing her a big rock.

(fllfifi11AHMt11trnlrtmi!BWI4' U Kids may not be familiar with Kristin Che­noweth, who pops up during "Elmo's World­segments as Ms. Noodle, the voiceless. clue­less sister of baggy-pants clown Mr. ·oodle (played by Bill Irwin). Parents, ho11·eyer. likely recognize not only the incand cent Broadway star but also what her clu>racter is meant to be: a Charlie Chaplin que homage to silent-film stars that in children to the art of mime.

"The Noodles don't really kno"! what they're doing wrong in any situation: Che­noweth says. "The kids watching them call out, 'No, no, no!' They see an adult is doing something wrong, and they know ho11· to fix it. I was in a bank once when a little girl pointed at me and said, 'Ms. Noodle! You do things wrong. And you don't talk: I aid, 'I know, but you help me figure things out:"

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play "Jellyman Kelly;' a nonsense song he performed, with jazz virtuoso Howard John­son on tuba, on Sesame Street in 1983. Tay­lor credits his multiple appearances on the show with extending his popularity beyond the generation that first discovered him.

Indeed, you could learn an awful lot about music, literature, art, science, sports, and politics simply by studying the letter A on Sesame Street's lengthy list of guest stars. It includes legendary dance-company founder Alvin Ailey, moon-walking astro­naut Buzz Aldrin, beloved novelist and poet Maya Angelou, former secretary gen­eral of the United Nations Kofi Annan, and barrier-breaking athlete Arthur Ashe.

(tNififill®i!ffiffJ!fffiM£1@1) Sesame Str·eet's formula of mixing puppetry, animation, short films, original music, and an ensemble cast still provides an alchemy that entrances as it informs. "It's a total con­nect with children;' says Kevin Clash, who produces and directs some of Sesame's epi­sodes but is best known as the Muppeteer behind ever-popular Elmo.

The show's ratings may not be what they once were, thanks in part to the proliferation of quality preschool shows on Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Noggin. Still, Sesame remains its demographic's most beneficial program. No other series better stimulates the growing child's intellectual, emotional, and social development. "We offer a whole­child curriculum," says Rosemary Truglio, vice president for education and research for Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop).

The old adage "The more things change, the more they stay the same" does not apply to Sesame StTeet. The visionaries at Sesame Workshop have always viewed the series as an ongoing experiment. As things change in the world, Sesame's curriculum adapts and adjusts. "Renewal is a constant process;' Truglio says.

Topical issues are often addressed in the show. In this upcoming anniversary sea­son, for example, a "wonders of nature" theme will weave through episodes, offering age-appropriate segments on nature, con­servation, and recycling. To herald this cam­paign, a (temporarily) green Elmo turned up on the Today show in April to promote

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Being Green, a direct-to-DVD home video that guest stars Paul Rudd as Mr. Earth.

Joey Mazzarino is a director, head writer, and performer for Sesame StTeet (he brings vocabulary-building Murray Monster to life). He was also in the first generation of kids who grew up with the show. His goal is to keep the program relevant for a genera­tion of children who have never known life without computers and the accessibility of modern technology. To that end, viewers can now stream Sesame podcasts from iTunes and view on-demand episodes around the clock on the Sprout digital channel.

(M 1!4 i fi II@ ttttttmj \TJM@ I 0 At age 75, Muppeteer Caroll Spinney still peiforms as vinegary Oscar the Grouch, the contrarian in a can who told First Lady Mi­chelle Obama to scram during her April set

visit. Oscar's continued presence is some­what surprising, given the watered-down nature of many children's shows on TV today. Executive producer Carol-Lynn Par­ente agrees. "If Sesame StTeet were created today, you wouldn't have a character like Oscar,'' she says. "Sugarcoating keeps that kind of character from being born."

But Oscar perseveres because the show's producers see a great benefit to having such a cranky character in the cast. "His presence shows that people on Sesame Street do not all always get along. Sometimes, they have differences of opinion. They have a nasty person in their neighborhood, and although they may not like the way he behaves, he's still a part of the community, and they still try to get him on their side." ri.l!i!l

MICHAEL DAVIS is the author of Street Gang: The Complete His­tory of Sesame Street, which Oscar trashed before Davis could even convince him to read it. For more information, visit www .streetgangbook.com.

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Executive Producer David McKenzie

Executive Producer Executive Producer Al Schwartz Jim Romanovich

Co-Executive Producers Jim W. Packer / Dan Goldman / Paul Sharratt

Produced by Directed by Written by Brad Thomas Jeff Margolis Ken Shapiro

Musical Director Line Producer Associate Producers John Ross Kama Kaina Emma Sharratt / Nicole Velasco

Talent Producer Executive In Charge Of Talent Talent Executive Susan Abramson David Martin Dina Michelle

Lighting Designer Production Designers Associate Directors Bob Dickinson Shaffner Stewart Debbie Palacio / Rita Blye ( John Shaffner / Joe Stewart )

Production Supervisor Production Manager Post Production Supervisor Pat Brannon Wise Darci Rios Antoinette Conant

Art Director Staging Supervisor Lighting Director Matthew Russell John Bradley / Dennis Langston Jon Kusner

Technical Supervisor Technical Director Production Mixer Jerry Kaman John B. Field Ed Greene

House Audio Mixer Script Supervisor Script Coordinator Patrick Baltzell Sandy Lovelace Wayne Cornell

Assistants to Executive Producers Worldwide Distribution Graphics Designed By Anita Pleiter / Stephanie Fry MGM Television Design On The Fly Bob Gautieri

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Directed by Producers Written by Chris Donovan Carlos Aguilar / Steve Jarczak / Michael Fairman Ken Shapiro

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DAYTIME AWARDS COMMITTEE

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

FOR THE ACADEMYAlan Perris, Chief Operating Office

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John Leverence, Senior Vice President, Awards

NATIONAL OFFICE

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UPCOMING EVENTS

September 21, 2009 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York

Lifetime Achievement Award to Barbara Walters with a special salute to the life & times of Walter Cronkite

October 23, 2009

Annual Trustees Award, Wynn Encore, Las Vegas

December 7, 2009

7th Annual Business And Finance Emmy® Awards at Fordham University, New York

January 7, 2010

61st Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards, Las Vegas

January 8, 2010

2nd Annual Global Media Awards TM , Las Vegas

April 26, 2010

31st Annual Sports Emmy® Awards, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York

Bob Adlhoch Jason Anderson Bob BehrensPhillip L. BellDiana BorriMary BrennemanMike Cephas

Jeremy DeselHarold Crump Jim Disch Norman Felsenthal Roy Flynn Alberto GarciaJohn Hammond

Bruce HarlanDonn Johnson Martha C. Kattan Scott LaPlanteLydia Loizides Julie LucasRoger Lyons

Gene Policinski Janice SelingerJim TurnerJavier ValenciaBarbara Williams Perry Joy Allison Zucker-Tiemann

Karen ScottBrian McGruderEvelyn MimsJohn OdellShelly PalmerTerry D PetersonChris Pizzurro

Timothy Egan, Boston / New England, Barbara Williams Perry, Chicago / Midwest, Dominic Dezzutti, Heartland, Kevin Cokely, Lone StarGary Manke, Lower Great Lakes, Gary May, Michigan, Jim Kirchherr, Mid-America, Amy Burkett, Mid -Atlantic

Ellen Jones Pryor, Nashville / Midsouth, Sue Ann Staake-Wayne, National Capital Chesapeake Bay, Shelly Palmer, New York, John Sharify, NorthwestAnthony Mirones, Ohio Valley, Mary Ellen Eagelston, Pacific Southwest, Jennifer Jones, Rocky Mountain / Southwest

Javier Valencia, San Francisco / Northern California, Sophia Kelley, Southeast, David Game, Suncoast, Carol Rueppel, Upper Midwest

CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

Administration: Audrey Elling / Audit: Terri Santisi / Development: Robert Behrens / Education: Julie Lucas / Finance: Malachy WiengesLegal: Darryl Cohen / Membership: Martha Kattan / National Awards: David Ashbrock / Program: Mary Brenneman & Steve Quant

Public Relations: Roger Lyons / Technology: Hal Protter & Shelly Palmer / Television Quarterly: John V. Pavlik

ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Alison Gibson Jamie Jensen Barbara Williams Perry Treasurer Secretary President’s Council Representative

Herb Granath Darryl Cohen Malachy Wienges Chairman of the Board 1st Vice Chairman 2nd Vice Chairman

NATIONAL AWARDS COMMITTEE David Ashbrock, Chairman / Linda Giannecchini,Vice Chairman

Harriet Abraham / Larry Aidem / Phillip Bell / Diana Borri / Chuck Dages / Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbins / Charles H. Jablonski Raul Mateu / Steve Solomon / Av Westin / Kevin Cokely, Alternate, Jerry Romano, Alternate / Randi Davis, Ex-Officio