Sinking Ship and Nickelodeon were among the biggest winners at tonight’s 2019 Kidscreen Awards, snagging seven and five awards respectively at the annual event celebrating the year’s best work in kids production, broadcasting and digital media.

Held during Kidscreen Summit in Miami, the ceremony was hosted by actor/comedian Craig Lauzon and exclusively sponsored by the Canada Media Fund.

Sinking Ship’s seven awards included Preschool Best in Class, Best Non-Animated or Mixed Preschool Series and Best Acting for Dino Dana, and among Nickelodeon’s five wins were three particularly meaningful one in the Best Writing, Best Voice Talent and Best Kids One-Off, Special or TV Movie category for SpongeBob SquarePants. It was PBS KIDS that snagged the coveted Channel of the Year award, tying with Netflix in trophy count at four. The streamer’s The Dragon Prince and Next Gen each won a pair of awards.

Assessed by two panels of highly respected industry judges, the Programming and Creative Talent winners are as follows:



PROGRAMMING—PRESCHOOL

Best New Series

Esme & Roy

Nelvana, Sesame Workshop

Best Animated Series

Hey Duggee

Studio AKA

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

Dino Dana

Sinking Ship Entertainment

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special

Sesame Workshop

Best in Class

Dino Dana

Sinking Ship Entertainment

PROGRAMMING—KIDS

Best New Series

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

DreamWorks Animation Television

Best Animated Series

SpongeBob SquarePants

Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

Odd Squad

Fred Rogers Productions, Sinking Ship Entertainment

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

SpongeBob SquarePants “The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom”

Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Screen Novelties

Best in Class

Odd Squad

Fred Rogers Productions, Sinking Ship Entertainment

PROGRAMMING—TWEENS/TEENS

Best New Series

The Bureau of Magical Things

Jonathan M. Shiff Productions

Best Animated Series

The Dragon Prince

Wonderstorm, Bardel Entertainment, MWM/Netflix

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

ZombieLars

Tordenfilm, NRK Super

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

Bob’s Burgers “The Bleakening”

20th Century Fox, Bento Box Entertainment

Best in Class

The Dragon Prince

Wonderstorm, Bardel Entertainment, MWM/Netflix

CREATIVE TALENT

Best Animation

Next Gen

Baozou, Tangent Animation/Netflix

Best Acting

Dino Dana

Sinking Ship Entertainment

Best Writing

SpongeBob SquarePants

Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Best Directing

True: Wonderful Wishes

Guru Studio, Friends With You, Home Plate Entertainment, i am OTHER

Best Design

Next Gen

Baozou, Tangent Animation/Netflix

AND

Trollhunters

DreamWorks AnimationTelevision

Best Voice Talent

SpongeBob SquarePants

Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Best Music

Elena of Avalor

Disney Television Animation

The Kidscreen Awards also encompasses a set of categories designed to spotlight the best efforts made by broadcasters to forge stronger connections with kids and family audiences around the world. These winners were determined by an online vote amongst Kidscreen readers that took place in December. The winners in the broadcast categories are as follows:



BROADCASTING

Channel of the Year

PBS KIDS

Best Programming Block

Nat Geo Kids

Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team

Gary the Unicorn, Mr. Orlando—CBC Kids

CBC

And rounding out the Kidscreen Awards program is a set of digital categories for preschool (zero to five) and kids (six and up). The winners of these prizes are as follows:

DIGITAL—PRESCHOOL

Best Learning App—Branded

Hey Duggee: The Counting Badge

BBC Studios, Scary Beasties, Studio AKA

Best Learning App—Original

MarcoPolo World School

MarcoPolo World School

Best Game App—Branded

PBS KIDS Games App

PBS KIDS

Best Game App—Original

Hopster Coding Safari

Hopster

Best Streaming Video Platform

Hopster

Best Web/App Series—Branded

Canticos

Encantos, Nickelodeon

Best Web/App Series—Original

Daisy & The Gumboot Kids

Imagine Create Media

Best Website

pbskids.org

PBS KIDS

DIGITAL—KIDS CATEGORY

Best Learning App—Branded

Annedroids Compubot Plus

Sinking Ship Entertainment

Best Learning App—Original

Mindful Powers

Smashing Ideas

Best Game App—Branded

Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures

Budge Studios, Mattel

Best Game App—Original

Animal Jam: Play Wild!

WildWorks

Best Streaming Video Platform

Tankee

Best Web/App Series—Branded

That’s the Spirit

Driver Digital Studios, DreamWorks

Best Web/App Series—Original

Safari Live

Nat Geo Kids

Best Website

CBC Kids Olympics

CBC Kids

AND

Odd Squad

Sinking Ship Entertainment, Fred Rogers Productions, PBS KIDS