emmy nominations for robot chicken

Later this month, the US TV industry gives itself a huge pat on the back, and ROBOT CHICKEN is set to gatecrash the self-congratulation-fest with nominations for not one, but THREE key awards.

ROBOT CHICKEN Star Wars III is up for Outstanding Animated Program!  ROBOT CHICKEN Season 5 has also been nominated for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program and Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.

Robot Chicken Star Wars III is out TODAY on DVD and Blu-Ray, while the DVD and Blu-Ray for Robot Chicken S5 will be released in December.  Both will screen on Comedy Channel later this year!

Enjoy a taste of the ACTION and EXCITEMENT with some free Robot Chicken Star Wars clips here!

Here are the full nomination details for those of you organising sweeps for your wine and cheese Emmy parties:

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM

The Cleveland Show • Murray Christmas • FOX • Fox Television Animation

Futurama • The Late Philip J. Fry • Comedy Central • Twentieth Century Fox Television

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III • Cartoon Network • ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim

The Simpsons • Angry Dad – The Movie • FOX • Gracie Films in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television

South Park • Crack Baby Athletic Association • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORMAT ANIMATED PROGRAM

Adventure Time • It Came From The Nightosphere • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios

Disney Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa • ABC • Walt Disney Studios

Regular Show • Mordecai And The Rigbys • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios

Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken’s DP Christmas Special • Cartoon Network • ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim

SpongeBob SquarePants • That Sinking Feeling • Nickelodeon • Nickelodeon

OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE

Desperate Housewives • Come On Over For Dinner • ABC • ABC Studios

Brenda Strong as Mary-Alice Young

Futurama • Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences • Comedy Central • Twentieth Century Fox Television

Maurice LaMarche as Lrrr & Orson Welles

The Looney Tunes Show • Jailbird And Jailbunny • Cartoon Network • Warner Bros. Animation

Bob Bergen as Porky Pig

Moguls & Movie Stars • The Birth Of Hollywood • TCM • Produced by TCM in association with Ostar Productions

Christopher Plummer, Narrator

Robot Chicken • Catch Me If You Kangaroo Jack • Cartoon Network • ShadowMachine and Stoopid Monkey in association with Adult Swim

Seth Green as Robot Chicken Nerd, Batman, Venger, Cobra Commander, Teenager, Judge, Newscaster, Light Cycle Driver

The Simpsons • Donnie Fatso • FOX • Gracie Films in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television

Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Barney Gumble, Louie