List of awards and nominations received by Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

List of awards won by Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
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Craig McCracken (left) and Lauren Faust (right), co-developers for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, at the 2008 Comic-Con International

Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 15 34
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.[1][2] 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."[3][4] It was nominated for the Television Critics Association Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming" in 2006.[5] The episode "Squeeze the Day" won the award for "Best Television Animation for Children" at the 2007 Ottawa International Animation Festival.[6] The entertainment website IGN listed Foster's as the 85th greatest animated television program of all time.[7] Zap2it placed Eduardo, one of the main characters from the series, number seven on their list of "Underrated of 2006."[8]

  1. ^ Gates, Anita (2004-08-13). "Where imaginary friends wait for real love". The New York Times. p. 26.
  2. ^ Weprin, Alex (2009-05-28). "Cartoon Network Ending 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  3. ^ DeMott, Rick (2005-05-02). "Avatar, Foster's & Peppa Win at Cartoons on the Bay". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  4. ^ DeMott, Rick (2005-04-05). "Cartoons on the Bay Announces The Short List for the Pulcinella Awards". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  5. ^ "TV Critics Like 'Office,' '24' – 'Sopranos,' 'Grey's,' 'Earl' also get multiple nominations". Zap2it. 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  6. ^ "2007 Award Winners". Ottawa International Animation Festival. Animation World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  7. ^ "85. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends". IGN. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  8. ^ Nguyen, Hanh. "The Underrated of 2006". Zap2it. Retrieved 2009-10-09.