July 17, 2003 5:40:00 AM/PDT (news embargo time) CONTACT: Robin Mesger at The Lippin Group (323/965-1990) 2002 – 2003 PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS Nominations for the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards for the period of June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, were announced today (July 17) by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, North Hollywood, California. The Academy’s Chairman of the Board & CEO Bryce Zabel presided, assisted by Michael Chiklis and Jane Kaczmarek. The awards presentation telecast awarding Emmys in 27 categories before a black-tie audience will be televised by the FOX Television Network on Sunday, September 21, from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. The Academy's Governors Ball will follow the telecast at the Shrine Exhibition Hall, adjacent to the auditorium. This year's Emmy telecast will be executive produced by Don Mischer, with Michael Seligman serving as supervising producer and Louis J. Horvitz directing. On Saturday, September 13, also at the Shrine Auditorium, 62 awards “categories” (a single award) and “areas” (possibility of one, more than one or no award) will be handed out at a black-tie presentation co-chaired by Michael Hoey and John Moffitt and produced by Spike Jones, Jr. Additional awards may also be given for the "juried areas" (no nominations) of Voice-Over Performance and Individual Achievement in Animation. The announcement of these awards, if any, will be released on August 11. Additional awards may also be given for Engineering Development, Interactive Television Programming and the Governors. These awards, if any, will be announced on July 21. A total of 435 separate nominations in 89 categories and areas, compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows: A&E - 12 NBC – 77 ABC - 33 Nickelodeon - 6 BRAVO - 2 PBS - 16 CBS - 59 Sci Fi - 10 Comedy Central - 5 Showtime - 12 Discovery Channel - 8 STARZ! - 1 Disney - 2 TLC - 1 E! - 2 TNT - 14 FOX - 37 UPN – 7 FX - 3 USA - 5 HBO - 109 VH1 - 1 History Channel – 2 WB - 2 Lifetime - 3 Commercials – 5 (No Network Affiliation) MTV – 1 The complete list of Primetime Emmy nominations and other Academy news and information is available for download from the Academy's web site, located at http://www.emmys.tv. /downloads/ Nominations were made by active Academy members who voted for programs and other peer categories of their expertise. For example, performers, in addition to voting for programs, voted for performers, while writers voted for writers, directors for directors, etc. Peer panels made up of active Academy members will screen nominations during the month of August and, in secret ballot, select the Emmy winners. A complete list of nominations is attached. EDITORS: see inside nomination summary. Matt Groening, Executive Producer Outstanding Animated Program (For Al Jean, Executive Producer Programming Less Than One Hour) Ian Maxtone-Graham, Co-Executive Producer/Writer Matt Selman, Co-Executive Producer/Writer Dan Greaney, Co-Executive Producer As Told By Ginger • And She Was Gone • Nickelodeon • Nickelodeon and Klasky Csupo Productions Carolyn Omine, Co-Executive Producer Tim Long, Co-Executive Producer Arlene Klasky, Executive Producer John Frink, Co-Executive Producer Gabor Csupo, Executive Producer Don Payne, Co-Executive Producer Eryk Casemiro, Co-Executive Producer Kevin Curran, Co-Executive Producer Emily Kapnek, Co-Executive Producer/Writer Dana Gould, Co-Executive Producer Cella Nichols Harris, Supervising Producer Larina Jean Adamson, Supervising Producer Jim Duffy, Supervising Producer Mike Wolf, Animation Executive Producer Maureen Iser, Produced by Laurie Biernacki, Animation Producer Mark Risley, Supervising Director/Director Rick Polizzi, Animation Producer Jeffrey Perlmutter, Supervising Assistant Director Matt Warburton, Writer Michael Svayko, Animation Timing Supervisor Mark Kirkland, Director Disney’s Kim Possible • Crush • Disney • Walt Disney Jim Reardon, Supervising Director Television Animation in association with Disney Channel Matthew Faughnan, Assistant Director Bob Schooley, Executive Producer/Writer Milton Gray, Animation Timer Mark McCorkle, Executive Producer/Writer SpongeBob SquarePants • New Student Starfish/Clams • Chris Bailey, Executive Producer/Director Nickelodeon • Nickelodeon Michel Lyman, Timing Director Stephen Hillenburg, Executive Producer JK Kim, Timing Director Derek Drymon, Supervising Producer Bob Treat, Timing Director Paul Tibbitt, Written by (New Student Starfish) Marsh Lamore, Timing Director Kent Osborne, Written by (New Student Starfish) Futurama • Jurassic Bark • FOX • Curiosity Company in Mark O'Hare, Written by (New Student Starfish/Clams) association with 20th Century Fox Television Jay Lender, Written by (Clams) Matt Groening, Executive Producer Sam Henderson, Written by (Clams) David X. Cohen, Executive Producer Tom Yasumi, Animation Director Ken Keeler, Executive Producer Sean Dempsey, Animation Director David A. Goodman, Co-Executive Producer Alan Smart, Supervising Director Patric M. Verrone, Supervising Producer Juli Murphy Hashiguchi, Sheet Timer Bill Odenkirk, Supervising Producer Eric Kaplan, Supervising Producer/Writer Outstanding Animated Program (For Eric Horsted, Producer Programming One Hour Or More) Mike Rowe, Producer Brian J. Cowan, Producer Chased By Dinosaurs • Discovery Channel • Claudia Katz, Producer Impossiblepictures Ltd. Production for BBC & Discovery Gregg Vanzo, Animation Executive Producer Channel Swinton Scott, Director Gaynelle Evans, Executive Producer Rich Moore, Supervising Director Adam Kemp, BBC Executive Producer Scott Vanzo, Director of Computer Graphics Tim Haines, Producer/Director/Writer Celeste Pustilnick, Animation Timer Jasper James, Producer/Director/Writer Sharon Reed, Executive Producer of CGI The Simpsons • Three Gays Of The Condo • FOX • Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television William Sargent, Executive Producer of CGI Fiona Walkinshaw, Executive Producer of CGI James L. Brooks, Executive Producer Mike Milne, Director of CGI 1 Outstanding Art Direction For A The West Wing • 20 Hours In America (Parts 1 & 2) • NBC • John Wells Productions in association with Warner Multi-Camera Series Bros. Television Kenneth Hardy, Production Designer Friends • The One In Barbados (Parts 1 & 2) • NBC • Ellen Totleben, Set Decorator Bright/Kaufman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Without A Trace • Birthday Boy • CBS • Jerry John Shaffner, Production Designer Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television Joe Stewart, Art Director Greg Grande, Set Decorator Aaron Osborne, Production Designer Jeannie Gunn, S.D.S.A., Set Decorator Sabrina, The Teenage Witch • Sabrina In Wonderland • WB • Viacom Productions in association with Hartbreak Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries, Films Movie Or A Special Scott Heineman, Production Designer Julie Kaye Fanton, S.D.S.A., Set Decorator Hitler: The Rise Of Evil • Part 1 • CBS • Alliance Atlantis That '70s Show • The Battle Of Evermore • FOX • Marek Dobrowolski, Production Designer Carsey-Werner Productions, LLC Martin Martinec, Art Director Garvin Eddy, Production Designer Albrecht Konrad, Art Director Tara Stephenson, S.D.S.A, Set Decorator Karel Vanasek, Key Set Decorator Will & Grace • 24 • NBC • NBC Studios, Inc. in Live From Baghdad • HBO • An Industry Entertainment in association with KoMut Entertainment and Three Sisters association with HBO Films Entertainment Richard Hoover, Production Designer Glenda Rovello, Art Director Matthew C. Jacobs, Art Director Melinda Ritz,S.D.S.A., Set Decorator Brian Kasch, Set Decorator Outstanding Art Direction For A Meredith Willson’s The Music Man • ABC • Storyline Single-Camera Series Entertainment in association with Touchstone Television Stephen Hendrickson, Production Designer Edward Bonutto, Art Director Alias • Phase One • ABC • Touchstone Television Caroline George-Kohne, Set Decorator Scott Chambliss, Production Designer Cecele De Stefano, Art Director My House In Umbria • HBO • Canine Films/Panorama Karen Manthey, Set Decorator Films in association with HBO Films Luciana Arrighi, Production Designer Sex And The City • Plus One Is The Loneliest Number • Maria Cristina Onori, Art Director HBO • Darren Star Productions in association with HBO Original Programming Alessandra Querzola, Set Decorator Jeremy Conway, Production Designer Napoleon • Part 2 • A&E • An A&E Television Networks, Fredda Slavin, Art Director GMT Productions, Transfilm Inc., Spice Factory, DD Stephen Carter, Art Director Productions, France 2, Kirchmedia, Rai, Telecinco, Ma Films, and Asp co-production Karin Wiesel Holmes, S.D.S.A., Set Decorator Richard Cunin, Production Designer Six Feet Under • The Opening • HBO • The Réal Proulx, Set Decorator Greenblatt/Janollari Studios and Actual Size, Inc. in aassociation with HBO Original Programming Oustanding Art Direction For A Variety Or Suzuki Ingerslev, Production Designer Music Program Philip Dagort, Art Director Rusty Lipscomb, S.D.S.A., Set Decorator 2 75th Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Sex And The City • HBO • Darren Star Productions in Pictures Arts and Sciences association with HBO Original Programming Roy Christopher, Production Designer Jennifer McNamara, Casting by Greg Richman, Art Director Tamlyn Wright, Art Director Will & Grace • NBC • NBC Studios, Inc. in association with KoMut Entertainment and Three Sisters Keaton Walker, Art Director Entertainment Cedric