"All four finalists have put forth exceptional high-quality programming for families and youth, and are shining examples of the talent and creativity of Canada's television production industry," said Annabel Slaight, chairwoman of the Shaw Rocket Prize.
"It was a privilege to have such dynamic and engaging shows vie for this award and we congratulate them all."
The Shaw Rocket Prize, established two years ago, recognizes the year's best television shows for family or youth ages 13 to 17.
Students in Grades 6, 7 and 8 from 18 schools across Canada determined the winner after an international panel of industry experts in children's television and media selected the four finalists.
"Make Some Noise was awe-inspiring," said one student juror. "It was very educational and opened our eyes to what's happening in the world.
The art direction was fantastic, the storyline was excellent, and the camera work and music were superb."
The Matrix, the action-packed science fiction film starring Keanu Reeves, sits atop a list of the best science-fiction movies or TV programs of the past 25 years. Make Some Noise, a documentary series about teenagers and their attempts to make the world a better place, has won the $50,000 Shaw Rocket Prize celebrating the best in youth television programming. The CW and Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Gilmore Girls will end with the close of the season on May 17. A broadcasting blunder earlier this week put porn in the place of a preschool cartoon on the Disney Channel in New Jersey. A Nairobi-bound Kenya Airways plane carrying 115 passengers and crew crashed on Saturday in southern Cameroon shortly after takeoff. At least seven people are dead and dozens hurt after several tornadoes tore through Kansas, flattening buildings in the town of Greensburg. The Taliban has extended its deadline for a deal to release French hostage Eric Damfreville, pushing it back until after France's presidential elections on Sunday. A stubborn outbreak of the mumps in Nova Scotia has now spread to Ontario, where there are three confirmed cases and five suspected cases, according to health officials. Vito Rizzuto has pleaded guilty to U.S. racketeering charges in connection with the murder of three Mafia leaders.
Three crew members in charge of navigation and steering the night the Queen of the North sank along B.C's north coast have been fired. Both the province of Nova Scotia and the Public Health Agency of Canada are looking at re-immunizing some people against mumps as the outbreak continues. A pediatrician in Montreal suggests that pregnant and nursing mothers avoid peanuts so their children avoid developing peanut allergies, but the preliminary findings are not conclusive. Health experts are urging northerners, and aboriginal people in particular, to spend some time in the sun and take in more vitamin D in food or vitamin supplements. Peter Jackson, who directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy, has teamed up with DreamWorks studio for an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones. Hotel heiress and celebrity socialite Paris Hilton has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating probation on an alcohol-related reckless driving case. A version of the General Lee, the 1969 orange Dodge Charger featured in the Dukes of Hazzard TV series, has sold for $10 million US on eBay. The San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings will each strive for the seemingly impossible goal of grabbing a lead and keeping it in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal on Saturday afternoon. The 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville will feature a large field and some of the more unique circumstances of any edition. The Buffalo Sabres delighted their fans and stunned the New York Rangers by tying Game 5 in the dying seconds of regulation before Maxim Afinogenov scored the winner early in OT.
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