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2005 Common Sense Media Awards

Spotlighting the year's best and worst in kids and family entertainment

"These awards honor those artists and companies who prove that media can be entertaining and age appropriate and they shame those who target our kids with inappropriate content," says Jim Steyer, CEO and Founder of Common Sense Media. "More than a million parents, grandparents, educators and kids have relied on our reviews and ratings to guide them in choosing the media that's right for their kids and their families. They trust us because we offer them good common sense information and we believe in media sanity, not censorship."

Read the Press Release - 4/19/2005

The Winners

Movie The Incredibles (Pixar)
TV Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (PBS Kids)
Website ThinkQuest (Oracle Education Foundation)
Video Game Dance Dance Revolution (Konami Digital Entertainment)
Book "The Last Holiday Concert" by Andrew Clements
Music Raven-Symoné
Outstanding Contribution to Kids' Media Michael Tollin and Brian Robbins (Tollin Robbins Productions)

The Losers

Gratuitous Violence Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Take2 Interactive)
Shameless Commercialism Erectile Dysfunction Advertisements
Oversexed Entertainment AND Lifetime Lack of Achievement MTV