1st YAA - 1979

BEST MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT FEATURING YOUTH-TV OR MOTION PICTURE
HAIR - United Artists
SHA NA NA - NBC
SLEEPING BEAUTY - Disney
THE MUPPET MOVIE - Marble Arch
THE NUT CRACKER FANTASY - Sanrio Communications

BEST JUVENILE MUSICAL RECORDING ARTIST - MALE
SHAUN CASSIDY, Room Service - Warner Bros.
MICHAEL JACKSON, Off the Wall - Epic
JIMMY OSMOND, The Osmonds Stepping Out - Mercury

BEST JUVENILE MUSICAL RECORDING ARTIST - FEMALE
EVELYN 'Champagne' KING, Shame - RCA
MARIE OSMOND, The Osmonds Stepping Out - Mercury

BEST TV SERIES OR SPECIAL FEATURING YOUTH
BENJI'S VERY OWN XMAS STORY - Mulberry Square
EIGHT IS ENOUGH - ABC
DIFF'RENT STROKES - NBC
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - NBC
THE WALTONS - 

BEST JUVENILE ACTRESS IN A DAYTIME SERIES
TRACY BREGMAN, Days of Our Lives - NBC
GENIE ANN FRANCIS, General Hospital - ABC
NATASHA RYAN, Days of Our Lives - NBC

BEST JUVENILE ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES OR SPECIAL
DANIELLE BRISEBOIS, All in the Family - CBS
QUINN CUMMINGS, Family - ABC
MlELISSA GILBERT, Little House on the Prairie - NBC
KRISTY McNICHOL, Family - ABC
CHARLENE TILTON, Dallas ('Royal Marriage' seg.) - CBS

BEST JUVENILE ACTOR IN A DAYTIME SERIES
SHAWN CAMPBELL, Doctors, - NBC
MEEGAN KING, Days of Our Lives - NBC
MIKEY MARTIN, Days of Our Lives - NBC

BEST JUVENILE ACTOR IN A TV SERIES OR SPECIAL
WILLIE AMES,Eight Is Enough - ABC
SHAUN CASSIDY, Like Normal People - ABC
GARY COLEMAN, Dif'rent Strokes - NBC
NOAH HATHAWAY, Battlestar Galactica - Universal
ADAM RICH, Eight Is Enough - ABC

BEST MOTION PICTURE FEATURING YOUTH
A LITTLE ROMANCE - WB
THE CHAMP - MGM
THE NUTCRACKER FANTASY - Sanrio Communications
BREAKING AWAY - 20th Century Fox
THE MUPPET MOVIE - Marble Arch

BEST JUVENILE ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
TRINI ALVARADO, Rich Kids - United Artists
MARIEL HEMINGWAY, Manhattan - United Artists
PATSY KENSIT, Hanover Street - Columbia
DIANE LANE, A Little Romance - WB
BROOKE SHIELDS, Just You & Me Kid - Columbia
CINDY SMITH, Benji's Very Own Xmas Story - Mulberry Square

BEST JUVENILE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
THELONIOUS BERNARD, A Little Romance - WB
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER, Breaking Away 20th Century - Fox
PANCHITO GOMEZ, Walk Proud - Universal
JEREMY LEVY, Rich Kids - United Artists
RICKY SCHRODER, The Champ - MGM

SPECIAL AWARDS
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO YOUTH
THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT - GARY COLEMAN

BEST JUVENILE ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
DIANE LANE, A Little Romance - WB

BEST JUVENILE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE:
THE JACKIE COOGAN AWARD
THELONIOUS BERNARD, A Little Romance - WB