BMI Congratulates Daytime Emmy Winners, Nominees

Posted in News on June 9, 2003

The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were recently handed out and BMI is proud to congratulate its winners and nominees. BMI composers who won the coveted statuettes included Glen Daum and Chris Cerf for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for "Sesame Street"; A.J. Gundell, Jerry Pilato, Dominic Messinger, Gary Kuo and Kim Oler for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for "All My Children"; and John Henry Kreitler for Outstanding Song for "Forever Near" from "Passions."

The music awards were handed out as part of the Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards on May 10 in New York at the Marriott Marquis Hotel and in Los Angeles at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is a presentation of the National Television Academy in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Emmy Awards are presented to daytime television programs that are broadcast between the hours of 2:00am and 6:00pm. The eligibility period for all awards was January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.

BMI's Daytime Emmy Nominees:

Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition:

"Between the Lions"
Chris Cerf
Thomas Shepard
Chris Cardillo

"Sesame Street"
Glenn Daum
Chris Cerf

"The Zeta Project"
Michael McCuistion
Lolita Ritmanis
Kristopher Carter

Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series:

"All My Children"
Andrew J. Gundell
Jerry Pilato
Dominick Messinger
Gary Kuo
Kim Oler

"As the World Turns"
Gary Kuo
Brian Siewart
Bette Sussman

"Guiding Light"
Gary Deinstadt
Brian Siewart
Robert Sands
Robert Israel

"Passions"
John Henry Kreitler
Wesley B. Boatman, Jr.

Outstanding Song:

"All My Children"
"I Want You To Want Me"
Andrew J. Gundell
Jeffrey Gaines

"All My Children"
"This Deja Vu"
Andrew J. Gundell

"Passions"
"Forever Near"
John Henry Kreitler

SOURCENews TAGS Film & TV Emmy Awards Artists Jeffrey Gaines Gary Kuo Kim Oler