1996 Kids' Choice Awards
Date	May 11, 1996  ( 1996-05-11 )
Location	Universal Studios Hollywood
Hosted by	Whitney Houston Rosie O'Donnell
Television/radio coverage
Network	Nickelodeon
Viewership	2.14 million [1] (households)
Produced by	Mark Offitzer
Directed by	Glenn 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]

Performers [ edit ]

Presenters [ edit ]

• Taran Noah Smith , Hollie Robinson Peete and Raven Symone presented Favorite TV Actress
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen presented Favorite TV Actor
• James Cromwell and Lacey Chabert presented Favorite TV Show
• Joey , Matthew and Andrew Lawrence presented Favorite Movie Actor and Favorite Movie Actress
• Ben Savage , Rider Strong and Larisa Oleynik presented Favorite Movie
• Kirsten Dunst , Tatyana Ali and Zachery Ty Brian presented Favorite Female Athlete
• Kate Mulgrew and Joseph Gordon Levitt presented Favorite Male Athlete
• Kenan Thompson , Kel Mitchell and Cedric Ceballos presented Favorite Sports Team
• Queen Latifah , Elijah Wood and Marcel the Money presented Favorite Singer and Favorite Music Group
• Tia and Tamera Mowry presented Favorite Song
• Paula Abdul presented The Hall of Fame Award

During the Hall of Fame cruise segments, Rosie chatted with Boney from Weinerville , Brian Austin Green , Melissa Joan Hart , Irene Ng , The Cat in the Hat from The Wubbulous World of Dr Seuss and her Harriet the Spy co-star Michelle Trachtenberg . In addition, Penny Hardaway , Richard Karn and Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo were shown making guest appearances.

Winners and nominees [ edit ]

Winners are listed first, in bold . Other nominees are in alphabetical order.

Movies [ edit ]

Television [ edit ]

Music [ edit ]

Sports [ edit ]

Miscellaneous [ edit ]

Special Recognition [ edit ]

Hall of Fame [ edit ]

• Tim Allen ^{[6] [8] [4]}
  • Whoopi Goldberg
  • Whitney Houston ^[10]
  • Janet Jackson

References [ edit ]