+ List of awards won by Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Craig McCracken (left) and Lauren Faust (right), co-developers for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, at the 2008 Comic-Con International Awards & Nominations Award Won NominatedAnnie AwardsEmmy AwardsOttawa International Animation Festival AwardsPulcinella AwardsTelevision Critics Association AwardsTotal number of wins and nominations Footnotes Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (often abbreviated to Foster's) is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken that ran from August 13, 2004, to May 3, 2009, on Cartoon Network. Throughout its run, it received critical acclaim and was nominated for 33 television and animation industry awards and won 12 of them. It received 20 Annie Award nominations, including Best Animated Television Production in 2006, of which it won 5. Two specials ("Good Wilt Hunting" and "Destination: Imagination") were nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)," which the latter won. Eight other nominations and six other wins were given to the series at other Emmy ceremonies.
At the 2005 Pulcinella Awards, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends won the award for "Best TV Series for All Audiences" and the main character Bloo won "Best Character of the Year." It was nominated for the Television Critics Association Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming" in 2006. The episode "Squeeze the Day" won the award for "Best Television Animation for Children" at the 2007 Ottawa International Animation Festival. The entertainment website IGN listed Foster's Home as the 85th greatest animated television program of all time. Zap2it placed Eduardo, one of the main characters from the series, number seven on their list of "Underrated of 2006."
Annie Awards
The Annie Awards are award ceremonies honoring "excellence in the field of animation" and are presented by the International Animated Film Society. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends has been nominated for 20 Annie Awards, winning 5.
Year Category Nominee Episode Result 2004 Best Animated Television Production — — 2004 Character Design in an Animated Television Production Lynne Naylor and Chris Reccardi "House of Bloo's" 2004 Directing in an Animated Television Production Eric Pringle "Who Let the Dogs In" 2004 Writing in an Animated Television Production Lauren Faust "World Wide Wabbit" 2005 Best Music in an Animated Television Production James L. VenableJennifer Kes Remington "Duchess of Wails" 2005 Best Production Design in an Animated Television Production Mike Moon Craig McCracken Dave Dunnet Martin Ansolabehere "A Lost Claus" 2005 Best Animated Television Production — — 2005 Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production Shannon Tindle "Go Goo Go" 2005 Best Directing in an Animated Television Production Craig McCracken "Duchess of Wails" 2006 Best Animated Television Production — — 2006 Best Music in an Animated Television Production James L. Venable Jennifer Kes Remington "One False Movie" 2006 Best Production Design in an Animated Television Production Martin Ansolabehere "Good Wilt Hunting" 2006 Best Directing in an Animated Television Production Craig McCracken "Bus the Two of Us" 2006 Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Keith Ferguson (for voicing Bloo) "Squeeze the Day" 2007 Music in an Animated Television Production James L. Venable Jennifer Kes Remington "The Bloo Superdude and the Magic Potato of Power" 2008 Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children — "Destination: Imagination" 2008 Best Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form Ben Balistreri "Mondo Coco" 2008 Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form Craig McCracken Rob Renzetti "Destination: Imagination" 2009 Production Design in a Television Production Janice Kubo — 2009 Character Design in a Television Production Ben Balistreri —
Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards are the "[television] equivalent of the Oscars" and are awarded for excellence in television programs. The Emmys are presented by three sister organizations: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Foster's has been nominated for ten Emmy Awards, winning seven.
Year CategoryNominee(s) Episode Result 2005 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Ed Baker "World Wide Wabbit" 2005 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Craig McCracken "House of Bloo's" 2005 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Mike Moon "House of Bloo's" 2005 Outstanding Main Title Theme Music James L. Venable — 2006 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Shannon Tindle "Go Goo Go" 2006 Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) Craig McCracken, Brian A. Miller, Lauren Faust, Jennifer Pelphrey, Vince Aniceto, Robert Alvarez, Eric Pringle "Go Goo Go" 2007 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Dave Dunnet "Good Wilt Hunting" 2007 Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) Craig McCracken, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Lauren Faust, Vince Aniceto, Michelle Papandrew, Darrick Bachman, Craig Lewis, Robert Alvarez, Eric Pringle, Robert Cullen "Good Wilt Hunting" 2008 Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation Ben Balistreri "Mondo Coco" 2009 Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) Craig McCracken, Brian Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Ryan Slater, Michelle Papandrew, Lauren Faust, Tim McKeon, Darrick Bachman, Ed Baker, Vaughn Tada, Alex Kirwan, Rob Renzetti, Robert Alvarez, Eric Pringle "Destination: Imagination"
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