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"Bolt," "Marley and Me," "Red" and "Saving Luna" are among the feature film nominees for the Humane Society's 23rd Genesis Awards, honoring animal-friendly news and entertainment media in 19 competitive categories.
Nods in the dramatic series category went to "Bones," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."
"Family Guy" and "The Simpsons" will compete for the Sid Ceasar comedy award, while "Handy Manny" and "Spongebob Squarepants," for the children's programming category.
On the news side, all three broadcast networks are recognized in the national news feature category, including "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" and ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson."
ABC will compete against itself in the national TV newsmagazine category with "20/20" and "Nightline," while the category's cable noms include CNN's "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell" and HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel."
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi will receive the Wyler Award for making news on behalf of animals.
The awards gala will be held March 28 at the Beverly Hilton.
The 23rd Genesis Awards Nominees:
Feature Film:Bolt"
"Marley and Me"
"Red"
"Saving Luna"
Sid Caesar Comedy Award:"Family Guy"
"The Simpsons"
Dramatic Series:"Bones"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"
Children's Programming:"Handy Manny"
"Spongebob Squarepants"
National TV Newsmagazine:"20/20"
"Nightline"
Cable TV Newsmagazine:"Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell"
"Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel"
National News Feature:"CBS Evening News with Katie Couric"
"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams"
"World News with Charles Gibson"
Local News Series:KGO-TV, Bay Area
KLAS-TV, Las Vegas
WAGA-TV Fox 5, Atlanta
WKYC-TV, Cleveland
Local News Feature:KABC-7, Los Angeles
KHOU-TV, Houston
WOIO-TV, 19 Action News, Cleveland
TV Documentary:"Blinders"
"Companions to None"
"National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth"
"Planet in Peril: Battle Lines"
Unscripted TV Series:"30 Days"
"Dogtown"
"Escape to Chimp Eden"
"Whale Wars"
Talk Show:"The Ellen Degeneres Show"
"Martha Stewart Living"
"The Oprah Winfrey Show"
Brigitte Bardot Intl.:"50/50"
"60 Minutes"
"The Mong Lah Connection"
"Today Tonight"
Series of Newspaper Articles:Associated Press, multiple articles by Frederick J. Frommer
Los Angeles Times, multiple articles by Carla Hall
Riverside Press-Enterprise, multimple articles by Janet Zimmerman and Ben Goad
USA Today, multiple articles by Sharon L. Peters
Columnist:Stu Bykofsky, "Philadelphia Daily News"
Nicholas D. Kristof, "The New York Times"
William C. Rhoden, "The New York Times"
Newsmagazine:The New York Times Magazine, "The Barnyard Strategist" by Maggie Jones
Newsweek, "Extinction Trade" by Sharon Begley
Time, "Eden for Peaceful Apes" by Alex Perry
Time, "Free Dumbo! Zoos are Bad for Elephants" by Jeffrey Kluger
Magazine:Men's Journal, "Crackdown on the Dog Torturers" by Mary A. Fischer
People, "Horse Haven" by Steve Helling; "The Puppy Saver" by Diane Herbst; "A Happy Ending for Vick's Dogs" and "The Dog Rescuer" by Champ Clark; and "A Roaring Battle Over Sea Lions" by Bill Hewitt
South West Airlines Spirit, "Back to Nurture" by Mike Darling
Sports Illustrated, "The Good News Out of the Bad Newz Kennels" by Jim Gorant
Brigitte Bardot Intl. PrintDaily Mail (UK), multiple articles by Danny Penman
Sunday Times (UK), multiple articles by Daniel Foggo
The West Australian (Australia) "Taiji's Bitter Harvest" by Gary Adshead
Contact Andrew Stewart at
andrew.stewart@variety.com