The 1st Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as The Big Ballot, was presented over four episodes of

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's movie review program '' Rated K: For Kids by Kids'' which aired in 1987. Unlike its successor, the

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, the show was less of a televised live event, and more of a pre-produced program. The trophy in this show was a golden

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. The in-studio hosts for the show were Matt Nespole, Rebecca Schwager, and Mark Shanahan.

History and format

The show was conceived as a way to "honor kids' opinions about movies and television", furthering Nickelodeon's campaign at the time of being a network that was ''"for kids, by kids"''. Ballots for the show's awards were cast via mail, and then the winners would tape a thank you video that was shown during the program. These videos were introduced, and broken up by "link" segments, featuring the Rated K cast. While ''The Big Ballot'' was seen as a success, producers

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, and

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were brought in to rebrand and re-launch the award show the following year, modeling future KCA's after MTV's Video Music Awards, which was under the same banner network umbrella now that Nickelodeon had been purchased by Viacom.

Winners and nominees

Below is a complete list of nominees and partial list of winners. Winners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.

Movies

The winners were announced on March 28, 1987.

Television

The winners were announced on April 4, 1987.

Music

The winners were announced on April 11, 1987.

Sports

The winners were announced on April 18, 1987.

References

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