The 11th Annual Genesis Awards, co-hosted by Bonnie Hunt and
Charles Shaughnessy, featured an even more famous pair, David
Crosby and Graham Nash, who performed their award-winning
number, "To the Last Whale."
Nearly 1,000 people filled the Los Angeles Ballroom of the
Century Plaza Hotel, where 20 different Genesis winners were
honored, including Fly Away Home, Ellen,
Dateline NBC, Inside Edition, Gulliver's
Travels, and The Free Willy Story: Keiko's Journey
Home.
Michelle Phillips, of The Mamas and The Papas fame,
presented the Doris Day Music Award to Crosby and Nash for
their 1975 hit, the hauntingly melodic "To the Last Whale,"
while the Dolly Green Special Achievement Award was presented
to wildlife photographer Karl Ammann for his unsettling exposes
of the horrific trade in African bushmeat, in which great apes
are slaughtered for food.
Presenters included Alicia Silverstone, James Cromwell,
Kevin Nealon, Lynn Redgrave, Linda Evans, and Sparky, the dog
from the hit film Michael. The show was taped for later
broadcast on the Discovery Channel for the seventh consecutive
year, and for the first time on the new Animal Planet
network.
Most Memorable Moments:
The Crosby and Nash performance, of course, but also when
Bonnie Hunt and Beethoven the dog reunited on stage for the
first time since making the film, Beethoven.
Winners:
Feature Film: Fly Away Home
Doris Day Music Award, Classic: "To the Last Whale," by
David Crosby and Graham Nash
Brigitte Bardot International Award: Worldwide
Report, British Sky Broadcasting
Dolly Green Special Achievement: photojournalist Karl
Ammann
Network Television Documentary: Wildlife Warriors,
National Geographic
Television Documentary Series: Earth Agenda, "Lolita,
Spirit of the Water," "River of Bears," "Return of the
Eagle"
Premium Cable Television Documentary: To Love or Kill:
Man Vs. Animal, HBO
Cable Television Documentary: The Free Willy Story:
Keiko's Journey Home, Discovery Channel
Television Newsmagazine, Syndicated: Inside Edition,
Premarin investigation
Television Newsmagazine, Network: Dateline NBC
Television News Series: Target 8-I TEAM, WFLA-TV,
"Protecting the Panther" in collaboration with WTVJ, Miami,
"Captured and Caged"
Television Dramatic Series, Syndicated: Baywatch,
"Desperate Encounter"
Television Comedy Series: Ellen, "Lobster Diary," "A
Deer Head for Joe," "Fleas Navidad"
Television Miniseries: Gulliver's Travels, NBC
Children's Television Program, Network: Life with
Louie, "Tracks of My Deers", Fox
Children's Television Series, Cable: Audubon's Animal
Adventures, The Disney Channel
Children's Television Program, Cable: The New Adventures
of Captain Planet, "101 Mutations," TBS
Children's Television Series, PBS: Kratt's
Creatures
Syndicated Newspaper Article: "Pit Bullies," by Mark
Ebner
Series of Newspaper Articles: Middlesex News,
coverage of "Emily the Cow"
Outstanding Cartoonist: Mutts by Patrick
McDonnell
