Bristol Magazine 15th - 22nd July 2021

Double Daytime Emmy nominations for Bristol independent animation studio Bristol independent animation production The nominations include: studio A Productions is part of the team behind Sesame Workshop's first-ever animated • The Monster at the End of This Sesame Street special - The Monster at the Story was nominated in the Outstanding End of This Story - and spin-off YouTube short Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a - Sesame Street: The Monster at the End Preschool Animated Program category. of Your Story with Grover and Elmo - both It was produced by A Productions with of which have been nominated for Daytime sound designed and mixed by Films@59, Emmy Awards. an independent pre- and post-producSesame Workshop is the non-profit education house also based in Bristol. Eric tional organisation behind Sesame Street and Jacobson, as Grover, was nominated for more than 50 years of award-winning chilOutstanding Performer in a Preschool dren's television. Both the animated special Animated Program. This is the official and YouTube short are based on Sesame special of Sesame Street’s 51st season, Workshop's all-time best-selling picture book currently airing on HBO Max and coming The Monster at the End of This Book. to PBS KIDS this autumn.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) recently announced • Sesame Street: The Monster at the End the nominees for the 48th Annual Daytime of Your Story with Grover and Elmo, Emmy® Awards Children's & Animation and a YouTube spin-off short produced by Lifestyle categories which will be celebrated A Productions, was nominated in the in two live-streamed events this weekend Outstanding Short Form Children’s on July 17 and July 18, 2021. The Daytime Emmy® Awards have recognised outstanding • Program category. achievement in daytime television programming since 1974.

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