Disney Parks Christmas Special Among Disney’s Daytime Emmy Nominees

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The awards ceremony will be held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Sunday, April 30th, 2017.  The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will also be held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Friday, April 28th, 2017.

ABC received 38 nominations, with Disney Channel receiving 2, Disney Jr. getting 7, and Disney XD 6. General Hospital was Disney’s most recognized program with 23. The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration was also nominated for one award.

Here is a complete list of Disney’s nominees.

Outstanding Drama Series

General Hospital  ABC
Executive Producer
Frank Valentini
Coordinating Producer
Jennifer Whittaker Brogdon
Producers
Mercer Barrows, Michelle Henry, Mary Kelly Weir

Outstanding Children’s Animated Program

Disney Milo Murphy’s Law    Disney Channel
Executive Producer
Dan Povenmire
Co-Executive Producer
Jeff “Swampy” Marsh

LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures    DisneyXD
Executive Producers
Torsten Jacobsen, Bill Motz, Bob Roth, Jill Wilfert, Erik Wilstrup
Producers
Carrie Beck, Jake Blais, Jason Cosler, John McCormack, Irene Sparre
Co-Producers
Vicky Kjaer Jensen, Jacqui Lopez
Line Producer
Therese Sachse

Outstanding Children’s Animated Program

Octonauts  Disney Jr.
Executive Producers
Cathal Gaffney, Kurt Mueller, Darragh O’Connell, Stephanie Simpson
Co-Executive Producers
Michael C. Murphy, Vicki Wong
Supervising Producer
Adam Idelson
Producers
Brian Gilmore, Gillian Higgins, Karen Ialacci

Outstanding Morning Program

Good Morning America ABC
Anchors
Amy Robach, Robin Roberts, Lara Spencer, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Ginger Zee
Weekend Anchors
Ron Claiborne, Paula Faris, Sara Haines, Dan Harris, Rob Marciano
Correspondents
Dan Abrams, Jim Avila, Gio Benitez, Dr. Richard Besser, Abbie Boudreau, Mary Bruce, Juju Chang, Linsey Davis, Kendis Gibson, Matt Gutman, Lama Hasan, Tj Holmes, Sunny Hostin, Linzie Janis, Rebecca Jarvis, Jonathan Karl, Neal Karlinsky, David Kerley, Tom Llamas, Diane Macedo, Alex Marquardt, Terry Moran, Steve Osunsami, Alex Perez, Martha Raddatz, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Clayton Sandell, Ryan Smith, Pierre Thomas, Cecilia Vega, Nick Watt, Kanya Whitworth, David Wright
Special Contributor
Jesse Palmer
Senior Medical Contributor
Dr. Jennifer Ashton
Senior Executive Producer
Michael Corn
Executive Producer
Chris Vlasto
Chief Editorial Producer
Santina Leuci
Director Producers
Lily Olszewski, Jeff Winn
Executive Broadcast Producers
John Ferracane, Ethan Nelson
Senior Broadcast Producers
Pete Austin, Margo Baumgart, Christine Brouwer, Angela Ellis, Simone Swink,
Senior Producer, Special Projects
Morgan Zalkin
Senior Producers
Sandra Aiken, Chris Donovan, Tracey Marx Bernstein, Alberto Orso, Kristin Sebastian, Vanessa Weber, Maureen White
News Senior Producer
Kenneth Kneeland
Senior Producer, Los Angeles
Mike Proser, Daniel A. Recalde
Supervising Editorial Producer
Justin Weaver
Senior Editorial Producer
Mark Robertson
Coordinating Producers
Cathy Becker, Kristopher Campbell, Imtiyaz Delawala, Carolyn Durand, Devin Dwyer, Ross Eichenholz, Elena Genovese-Picard, Kelly Hagan, Katie Kastens, Karen Leo, Mike Milhaven, Yoni Mintz, Brian O’Keefe, Sabrina Parise, Sabrina Peduto, Margaret Pergler, Lauren Sher, Emily Stanitz
Coordinating Producer / Senior Book Producer
Patty Neger
West Coast Editorial Producer
Sabina Ghebremedhin
Deputy Editorial Producer
Shah Rahmanzadeh
Producers
Joanne Amato, Jade Anderson, Taylor Behrendt, Clark Bentson, Tara Berardi, Ismaela Best, Michael Bickal, Brandon Bodow, Carlos Boettcher, Elisabeth Bognar, Matthew Busekroos, Margaret Chadbourn, Brandon Chase, Trinity Chavez, Meg Christie, Jessica Church, Suzan Clarke, Stephan Cohen, Courtney Condron, Michael Conte, Jesse Convertino, Kirstyn Crawford, Kirstyn Crawford, Bill Cunningham, Nicole Curtis, Lawrence Dechant, Patrick Doherty, Regina Donizetti, Stefan Doyno, Ali Ehrlich, Frank Elaridi, Janine Elliot, Caitlin Fallon, Jilian Fama, Conor Ferguson, Andy Fies, Kaitlyn Folmer, Shaun francis, Kevin Freeman, Cindy Galli, Will Ganss, Cliff Gelb, Danielle Genet, Jessica Goldberg, Alexandria Goodson, Joan Griffin, Rashid Haddou, Cameron Harrison, Jennifer Harrison, Brian Hartman, Amy Hayden, Sarah Herndon, Angus Hines, Alex Hosenball, Jamila Huxtable, Heidi Jensen, Mariam Kahn, Llana Katz, Gitika Kaul, Amanda Keegan, Alison Kenworthy, Erin Keohane, Katie Kindelan, Matt Knox, Randy Kreider, Jason Kuang, Sarah Kunin, Kelly Landrigan, Roger Lee, Jennifer Leong, Danielle Librizzo, Jeffrey Lowe, Katelyn Marmon, Serena Marshall, Christene Martin, Kelly McCarthy, Matthew McGarry, Kelly McKelvey, Bonnie McLean, Kevin McMillen, James Meek, Sarah Messer, Sharde’ Miller, Victoria Morini, Anthony Morrison, Matthew Mosk, Eliza Murphy, Phoebe Natanson, Bruno Nota, Alexandra Oxborough-Yankus, Cho Park, Felicia Patinkin, Tennille Patterson, Nicole Pelletiere, Jennifer Pereira, Mary Pflum, Nia Phillips, George Pilla, Bartley Price, Kim Randolph, Daisha Riley, Charles Rivera, Bruno Roeber, Sara Russell, Michael Ryan, James Scholz, Katherine Scoones, Molly Shaker, Tenzin Shakya, Aliki Shinas, Faryn Shiro, Scott Shulman, Stuart Sia, Lisa Silvertsen, Natasha Singh, Liz Sintay, Jordon Smith, Nathan Smith, Daniel Steinberger, Gina Sunseri, Sandra Temko, Seniboye Tienabeso, Carissa Tjia, Thea Trachtenberg, Mike Trew, Sohel Uddin, Ellen Van De Mark, Jim Vojtech, Doug vollmayer, Gerry Wagschal, Stephanie Wash, Robyn Weil, Janet Weinstein, Ariella Weintraub, Alisa Wiersema, Anna Wild, Nicole Wilkins, Grace Wong, Gary Wynn, Angelique Yack, Derick Yanehiro, Suzanne Yeo, Robert Zepeda
Producer/Editors
Cameron Brock, Jennifer Chambers, Cliff DeGray, Kate Hodgson, Gerald Mahoney, Robert McLaughlin, Anthony McMahon, Paige More, Judd Parson, Norberto Petrello, Jeremy Phillips, Cybele Policastro, Matt Stone, Anastasia Williams
Producer/Writers
Rich Bagala, Mark Berman, Anna Boyd, Talia Cadet, Jacqueline Calayag, Ellen Carl, Zoe Cianciolo, Nicole Clarity, Alisha Davis, James Duran, Chris Elam, Leyla Fayyaz, Mitch Gallob, Raquel Hecker, Cassilee Kahn Goldberg, Ty Lawson, Edmund Levin, Brett Levy, Ariel Mandell, Teri Mariani, Patrick Mason, Dennis Murray, Danica Nedela, Ty Peterson, Adriana Pratt, Jack Sheahan, Joe Spacek, Christina Summers, Angela Tonini, Greg Tufaro, Laura Zaccaro
Entertainment Producers
Cleopatra Andreadis, Monica Escobedo, Eric Jones
Segment Producers
Katie Conway, Michael Del Moro, Hallie Eisenpress, David Herndon, Henderson Hewes, Michael Kreisel, Doug Lantz, John Santucci
Meteorologist Producers
Max Golembo, Melissa Griffin, Daniel Manzo, Dan Peck, Samantha Wnek
Chief of Tape Content and Production
Seth Fenton
Operations Producers
Julie Amar, Robert Dominguez, Matt Jaki, Cameron Jones, Sharon Lechleiter, Kyle Morris, Larry Peterson, Maria Stefanopoulos, Kim Supsak

Outstanding Talk Show / Informative

The Chew ABC
Executive Producers
Gordon Elliott, Mark Schneider
Co-Executive Producer
Aimee Householder
Supervising Producers
Ashley Archer, Becky Horvath
Senior Producers
Maggie Barnes, Jevon Bruh, John Tumino, Anthony Underwood
Coordinating Producer
Ai Takami
Producers
Vaia Abatzis, Katie Chan, Brad Deck, Abigail Derethik, Todd Garrin, Suzanne Glickstein, Bill Herlihy, Kelly Martin, Emma Matusow, Jackie Rothong, Jodi Sheffield, Jennifer Stryker, Monique Taylor, Lawrence Webman
Line Producer
Dominic Gillette

Outstanding Talk Show / Entertainment

The View ABC
Executive Producer
Barbara Walters
Senior Executive Producer
Hilary Estey McLoughlin
Executive Producer
Candi Carter
Co-Executive Producer
Brian Teta
Senior Supervising Producer
Robin Hommel
Line Producer
Angela Willoughby
Senior Producers
Jamie Hammer, Audrey Jones, Rick Segall
Producers
Dana Fisher, Summur Shaikh, Jason Kornblatt, Kim Tolman, Jamie Shapiro, Victoria Rossi, Carly Green, Christian McKiernan Frank Santopadre, Donald Berman, Todd Polkes, Natalie Bubnis, Nathan Geddie
Operations Producers
Rick Figalora, Robert Lampel, Enza Dolce Nini
Supervising Producer
Kathy Mavrikakis

LIVE with Kelly SYNDICATED
Executive Producers
Michael Gelman, Kelly Ripa
Producers
Joni Cohen Zlotowitz, Christine Composto Connolly, Ed Connolly, Jr., Dana Dodge, Scott Eason, Seth Gronquist, Cindy MacDonald, Donna Morris Bass, David Mullen, John Ogle, Mariann Sabol Nieves, Jan Schillay Wiener, Lori Schulweis-Buder, Elyssa Shapiro Hessler, Delores Spruell Jackson, Ann Marie Williams-Gray

Outstanding Special Class Special

The Wildlife Docs: Africa ABC
Executive Producers
Jeff Androsky, Scott Helmstedter, Dave Morgan, Eric Rollman, Carol Sherman
Co-Executive Producers
Pete Sniderman, Rob Yordi
Consulting Producers
Bryan Curb, David Doyle
Supervising Producer
Christine Blake
Producer
Phil Viardo

The Disney Parks’ Magical Christmas Celebration ABC
Executive Producers
Michael Antinoro, Richard Godfrey, Sally Hopkins Conner
Executive Producer/Co-Host
Julianne Hough
Co-Executive Producers
Bill Fortney, Victoria Lee English, Rob Paine
Disney Broadcast Supervising Producer
Dana Conte
Disney Broadcast Producers
Rob Matheison, Nicole Zamecnik
Disney Creative Entertainment Producer
Gary Gutierrez
Supervising Producers
Kelly S. Cook Nancy McDonald, Cory Stone
Senior Producers
David Guertin, Rhonda Parker-Nagle
Creative Producer
Ben Hall
Producer
Jeff Roe
Co-Producer
Raquel Bruno
Field Producers
Scott Gawlik, Simbi Hall
Segment Producers
Paul Chase, Dimitri Ehrlich, Weston Lagattolla, Augie Max Vargas, Sarah Moll, Greg Montz, Liz Sterbenz, J. William Washington
Line Producer
Aaron Cook
Disneyland Host
Jesse Palmer
Co-Host
Derek Hough
Backstage Host
Sofia Carson

Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Topical

Good Morning America: Mini-Michael Strahan ABC
VP | Executive Producer | Executive Creative Director
Alan Ives, Leslie Mona-Mathus, Rodrigo Redondo, Andres Sandoval
Senior Creative Director
Andres Sandoval
Director
Randy Pyburn
Art Director
Rodrigo Redondo
Sound Designer/Audio Mixer
Leslie Mona-Mathus

Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Image

Black History Month: Timeless Heroes – Be Inspired DisneyXD
VP, Marketing and Creative / Producer
Jill Hotchkiss
Executive Producer
Billy Hicks
CMO, Marketing and Creative
Richard Loomis
Creative Director
Vincent Aricco
Director of Production
Pearl Davenport
Director of Photography
Glen Owen
Graphics Manager
Nicole Corletto
Editor
Ronald Grubbs

Diversity Campaign Disney Jr.
VP, Disney Jr. Marketing and Creative
Kristin Moss
Creative Director
Stephanie Long
Senior Writer/Producer
Alex Gradet
Art Director
Debra Bernard

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Nancy Lee Grahn, as Alexis Davis on General Hospital ABC

Laura Wright, as Carly Corinthos on General Hospital ABC

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Finola Hughes, as Anna Devane on General Hospital ABC

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Chad Duell, as Michael Corinthos on General Hospital ABC

Jeffrey Vincent Parise, as Carlos Rivera/Dr. Joe Rivera on General Hospital ABC

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series

Lexi Ainsworth, as Kristina Corinthos Davis on General Hospital ABC

Chloe Lanier, as Nelle Hayes on General Hospital ABC

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Craig, as Morgan Corinthos on General Hospital ABC

Tequan Richmond, as TJ Ashford on General Hospital ABC

Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series

Don Harvey, as Tom Baker on General Hospital ABC

Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host

The Chew  ABC
Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, Michael Symon, Hosts

Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host

The View  ABC
Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Candace Cameron Bure, Raven Symone, Paula Faris, Sara Haines, Jedediah Bila, Sunny Hostin, Co-Hosts

Live with Kelly SYNDICATED
Kelly Ripa, Host

Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team

General Hospital ABC
Head Writers
Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante
Breakdown Writers
Anna Theresa Cascio, Daniel James O’Connor, Chris Van Etten
Script Writers
Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Janet Iacobuzio, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles
Writer
Elizabeth Korte
Associate Writer
Christopher Whitesell

Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team

General Hospital ABC
Directors
Larry Carpenter, William Ludel, Scott McKInsey, Penny Pengra, Frank Valentini, Phideaux Xavier
Associate Directors
Peter Fillmore, Paul Glass, Marika Kushel, David MacLeod, Christine Magarian Ucar, Allison Reames, Denise Van Cleave
Stage Managers
Crystal Craft, Craig McManus
Production Associates
Jillian Dedote, Nate Hapke

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Casting Director
Mark Teschner

Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Art Directors
Jennifer Elliott, Andrew Evashchen

Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Lighting Designers
Melanie Mohr, Vincent Steib

Outstanding Technical Team for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Technical Directors
Chuck Abate, Kevin Carr
Camera Operators
Craig Camou, Dale Carlson, Dean Cosanella, Barbara Langdon
Senior Video Control
Antonio Simone

Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Senior Editor
Peter Fillmore
Editors
David Gonzalez, Marika Kushel, Christine Magarian Ucar, Allison Reames, Denise Van Cleave

Outstanding Live and Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Production Mixer
Christopher Banninger
Post-Production Mixer
Donald Smith
Music Mixers
Paul Glass, Dave MacLeod
Boom Operators
Thomas Byrne, Alan Zema

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Supervising Music Director/Composer
Paul S Glass
Music Director
Dave MacLeod
Composers
Kurt Biederwolf, Stephen E Hopkins, Matt McGuire, Bobby Summerfield

Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Costume Designer
Shawn Reeves

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Drama Series

General Hospital ABC
Hairstylists
Anzhela Adzhiyan, Kelly Davison, Nicole Moore, Linda Osgood

Outstanding Makeup for a Drama Series

General Hospital  ABC
Head Makeup Artist
Donna Messina
Makeup Artists
Angele Ackley, Louisa Adzhiyan, Caitlin Davison, Bobbie Roberts

Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special

Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures DisneyXD
Casting Manager
Lindsay Halper

Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program

Octonauts Disney Jr.
Head Writer
Stephanie Simpson
Writer
Gabe Pulliam

Doc McStuffins: Toy Hospital Disney Jr.
Creator / Executive Producer / Story Editor
Chris Nee
Co-Executive Producer / Co-Story Editor
Kent Redeker
Writers
Chelsea Beyl, Kerrie Grant

Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program

Disney Milo Murphy’s Law Disney Channel
Writers
Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, Kyle Menke, Dan Povenmire

Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show/Entertainment News or Morning Program

Good Morning America ABC
Executive Director
Jeff Winn
Directors
Tony Barrett, Liliana Olszewski
Associate Directors
Joseph Beltrano, Camp Childers, Jerry Jordan, Gary Mace, Kathy Matey, Todd McKee

Outstanding Lighting Direction

The View ABC
Lighting Designer
James Gallagher

Outstanding Technical Team

Good Morning America ABC
Lead Technical Director
Robert McQueen
Technical Directors
Renee Amro, Dan Hatch Jr., James Riede
Senior Video
Nick Bruno, Michael Catapano, Gene Gallagher, Dwain McArthur, Jim Meeks, Alan Rogers, Miles Taylor
Camera Operators
Thomas Belfiore, Adrian Best, David Bies, Barrin Bonet, Brendan Chase, Robert Chin, Frank Cocchia, David Dainoff, Duane Dowdy, Reginald Drakeford, John Escudero, John Eshama, Gerry Ferrara, Mary Flood, Francia Forsyth, Russell Fortier, Alexander Fraga, Henry Fraga, Julia Gatti, Peter Geoghegan, Anthony Greer, Daniel Hart, Linda Horton, Randy Jackson, Justin Johansky, Michael Joyce, Adam Keith, Eugene Kelly, Charles Kempf, Eric Kendra, Stephen Kleiner, Hardy Kluender, Stephen Laurette, Anthony  Lenzo, Edward Lenzo, Daniel Levine, Martin Maloney, John Manown, Mary McIlwain, Steve Minnick, George Montanez, Matthew Muro, John Nugent, Ansel Nunez, Rob Paterson, Joan Pereira, Michael Anthony Perez, Dan Platt, Frank Scalera, Karen Schadow, Scott Snyder, Zachary Solomon, Kyle Strange, Walter Tate, Lloyd Torres, Pedro Valentin, Ben Vasquez, Luke Whitmire, Andre Yoder-Harris

Outstanding Sound Mixing – Preschool Animated Program

Disney Sofia the First  Disney Jr.
Re-Recording Mixers
Timothy J. Borquez, Nicholas Gotten, III

Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation

Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures DisneyXD
Sound Production
David Acord, Reda El-Kheloufi, Troels Rohde Jørgensen, StefanLeissner, Kåre Kabel Mai, Matthew Wood
Foley Editor
Tobias Hellkvist

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

Disney Sofia The First Disney Jr.
Composer
Kevin Kliesch

Lego Starwars: The Freemakers Adventures Disney XD
Composer
Michael Kramer

Outstanding Original Song

“She’s Not Very Nice” Disney 7D DisneyXD
Music by
Parry Gripp

“Sisi Ni Sawa” Disney The Lion Guard Disney Jr.
Composer
Beau Black
Composers & Lyricists
Sarah Mirza, Ford Riley
Lyricist
Kevin Hopps

Outstanding On-Camera Musical Performance in a Daytime Program

LIVE with Kelly SYNDICATED
Michael Bublé

Outstanding Hairstyling

The View ABC
Hairstylists
Rosa Amoedo, Derick Monroe, Dora Smagler

LIVE with Kelly SYNDICATED
Key Hairstylist
Diane D’Agostino

Outstanding Makeup

The View ABC
Makeup Artists
Rebecca Borman, Lynette Broom, Karen Dupiche

LIVE with Kelly SYNDICATED
Key Makeup Artist
Michelle Champagne