1996 Kids' Choice Awards

1996 Kids' Choice Awards
DateMay 11, 1996 (1996-05-11)
LocationUniversal Studios Hollywood
Hosted byWhitney Houston
Rosie O'Donnell
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNickelodeon
Viewership2.14 million[1] (households)
Produced byMark Offitzer
Directed byGlenn Weiss
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The 9th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on May 11, 1996, at Universal Studios Hollywood.[2][3] Whitney Houston hosted the ceremony with Rosie O'Donnell co-hosting via satellite from a New York Harbor cruise,[2][4] and Mark Curry served as a guest announcer. The show had a theme of a playground with a slide, a spiral ride, ramps and a giant VR screen and there was also a theme of trading cards. Houston became the first celebrity to host more than one Kids' Choice Awards.[5]

  1. ^ Cable’s Top 15 (pg. 61) - Broadcasting and Cable Magazine - May 20, 1996
  2. ^ a b "Nickelodeon set to reveal Kids' Choice Awards tonight". Houston Chronicle. May 11, 1996. p. 8. ProQuest 296140939.
  3. ^ "Whitney Houston Hosts Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 1996". Whitney Houston Official Site. Sony Music Entertainment. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference LA Times winners was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "KCA Fun Facts - Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Press Site". Nickelodeon. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.