New categories were added to recognize work on Preschool Animated Programs:
Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Preschool Animated Program
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
The category Outstanding Musical Performance in a Talk Show/Morning Program was renamed Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, now honoring any Daytime Program, not just talk shows or morning programs.
The category Outstanding Children's Series was renamed Outstanding Children's and Family Viewing Series.
Directors in the category of Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show/Entertainment News or Morning Program now have the ability to select up to 5 episodes from the 2016 calendar year, that has a total running time of 40 minutes to submit for evaluation.
Lugh Powers, Kevin Church, Michael Fiamingo, Christopher Lewis, Joseph Lumer, Jenée Muyeau, Samantha Stone – Days of Our Lives(NBC)
Peter Fillmore, David Gonzalez, Marika Kushel, Christine Magarian Ucar, Allison Reames, Denise Van Cleave – General Hospital(ABC)
Outstanding Live and Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
Kevin Church, Michael Fiamingo, Chris Lewis, Joseph Lumar, Jenee Muyeau, Lugh Powers, Samantha Stone, Stu Rudolph, Harry Young, Roger Cortes – Days of Our Lives(NBC) ‡
Kevin A Leman II, Jason Gelles, Lauren Pomerantz, Ellen DeGeneres, Alison Balian, Jason Blackman, Jamie Brunton, Rick Mitchell, Gil Reif, Troy Thomas, Adam Yenser - The Ellen DeGeneres Show(Syndicated)
Jeff Winn, Tony Barrett, Liliana Olszewski, Joseph Beltrano, Camp Childers, Jerry Jordan, Gary Mace, Kathy Matey, Todd McKee - Good Morning America(ABC)
Joe Carolei, Jill Dove, Kevin Hamburger, Carlos Moreno, Ann Rogerson - The Talk(CBS)
Leslie Segrete, Jason Kirschner - Harry(Syndicated)
Jeff Hall, Matt Tognacci, Debra Echard - The Talk(CBS)
Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design
Mike Houston, Ryan Frost, Angelique Georges, Naoko Saito, Daniel de Graaf - The Mind of a Chef(PBS) ‡
Ian Worrel, Taylor Clutter, Jeff Gill, Nikolas Ilic, Kendall Nelson, Taylor Price, Evan Spiridellis, Jacob Streilein, Nate Theis, Eddie West - Ask the StoryBots(Netflix)
Josh Wakely, Mark Appleby, Pablo De La Torre - Beat Bugs(Netflix)
Matthew J.R. Bishop, Matt Crookshank, Nial McFadyen - Odd Squad(PBS)
Rodrigo Blaas, Andy Erekson, Jonathan Catalan, Dai Weier, John Laus, David M.V. Jones - Trollhunters(Netflix)
Louis Fernandez, Mark Haffner, Fountain Jones, Steve Ancona, Maximilian Avans, Joe Basile, Dave Cabano, John Curtin, Jared Hanna, Anthony Planes, Claus Stuhlweissenburg, Lee Wardan, Mark Ogden, Al Schatz, Gary Schaub- CBS This Morning(CBS)
Zach Greenberg, Forrest "Chip" Fraser IV, Donavan Gilbuena, Brian Loewe, Jimmy Moran, Timothy O'Neill, David Rhea, David Weeks, Paul Wileman - The Ellen DeGeneres Show(Syndicated)
Nick Brigden, Jonathan Cianfrani, Angie Dix, Yeong-A Kim, Rachel Whitaker - The Mind of a Chef(PBS)
Jennifer Essex-Chew, Courtney Goldman, Christopher Minns - Odd Squad(PBS)
Mike Varga, Art Citron, Jocelyn Tarquini - Weird But True!(Nat Geo)
Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing
Tudor Applen, Alberto Arce, Jay Avdul, Randall Boyd, Katherine Cannady, Craig Casey, Justin Curran, Whitney Dunn, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Mark Grizzle, Mike Hall, Noah Harald, Diana Jenkins, Chris Jolissaint, Wass Kaidbey, Scott Madrigal, Kevin McCormick, David Milhous, Farbod Mirfakhrai, Sean Olson, Joel Ray, Neal Reimschussel, Jim Robinson, Tim Rodd, Curtis Sacket, Kevin Wildermuth- Crime Watch Daily With Chris Hansen(Syndicated) ‡
William H. Ellison - Pocahontas-Dove of Peace(CBN/700 Club)
Jamie Belz, John Binninger, John Rantz, Gabriel Alamanza, Austin Hepp - The Ellen DeGeneres Show(Syndicated)
Robby Rotfeld, Tim McCusker - Xploration DIY Sci(Syndicated)
Todd E. James, Jesse Averna, Ray Chin, Memo Salazar, Jordan Santora - Sesame Street(HBO)
Gary Falcone, Benjamin Wynn, Jeremy Zuckerman, Rob McIntyre, Anna Adams, Andrew Ing, Marc Schmidt, Roberto Dominguez Alegria, Cynthia Merrill - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness(Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Sound Editing in a Preschool Animated Program
Andrew Ing, DJ Lynch, Marc Schmidt, Roberto D. Alegria, Devon G. Bowman, Alfredo Douglas, Rob McIntyre, Monique Reymond, Shawn Bohonos - Dinotrux(Netflix) ‡
Jeffrey Shiffman, David Carfagno, Brad Meyer, Nicholas J. Ainsworth, Elliot Herman - Ask the StoryBots(Netflix)
Brian Hemesath, Matthew Hemesath, Mary Brehmer, Elizabeth Hara, Michelle Hickey, Rollie Krewson, Sarah Lafferty, Lara Maclean, Casey Miller, Constance Peterson, Jane Pien, Kate Rusek, Sierra Sc