★ Negro indica los ganadores en cada categoría

★ Ricky Schroeder - The Earthling - Filmways

• Martin Hewitt - Endless Love - Columbia
• Otto Rechenberg - Amy - Disney
• Paul Schoeman - Child's Play - AFI
• Gabriel Swann - Why Would I Lie? - M.G.M.
• Henry Thomas - Raggedy Man - Universal

★ Kristy McNichol - Only When I Laugh - Columbia

• Melissa Sue Anderson - Happy Birthday to Me - Columbia
• Shelby Balik - The Incredible Shrinking Woman - Universal
• Mara Hobel - Mommie Dearest - Paramount
• Kyle Richards - The Watcher in the Woods - Disney
• Brooke Shields - Endless Love - Columbia

★ Scott Baio - Stoned - ABC

• Adam Gunn - Fallen Angel - CBS
• Lance Kerwin - Circus Picture
• Ralph Macchio - Eight is Enough - ABC
• Doug McKeon - The Comeback Kid ABC
• Shane Sinutko - CBS Afternoon Playhouse: I Think I'm Having a Baby - CBS

★ Dana Hill - Fallen Angel - CBS

• Tonya Crowe - Dark Night of the Scarecrow - CBS
• Melissa Gilbert - Splendor in the Grass - NBC
• Dana Plato - A Step in Time - KCET
• Melissa Michaelsen - Broken Promises - CBS
• Lisa Whelchel - Twirl - NBC

★ Timothy Gibbs - Father Murphy - NBC

• Scott Baio - Happy Days - ABC
• Philip McKeon - Alice - ABC
• Glenn Scarpelli - One Day at a Time - CBS

★ Danielle Brisebois - Archie Bunker's Place - CBS

• Olivia Barash - Little House on the Prairie ("Sylvia" segment) - NBC
• Missy Francis - Little House on the Prairie - NBC
• Dana Hill - The Two of Us - CBS
• Katy Kurtzman - Dynasty - ABC
• Jill Whelan - The Love Boat - ABC

★ Michael Damian - The Young and the Restless - CBS

• Dick Billingsley - Days of Our Lives - NBC
• Marc Bentley - The Young and the Restless - CBS
• Damien Miller - Texas - ABC
• Philip Tanzini - General Hospital - ABC

★ Becky Perle - The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! - NBC

• Genie Francis - General Hospital - ABC
• Dana Klaboe - Another World - NBC

★ Scott Baio - Happy Days - ABC

• Gary Coleman - Diff'rent Strokes - NBC
• Peter Billingsley - Paternity - Paramount
• Glenn Scarpelli - One Day at a Time - CBS

★ Kim Fields - The Facts of Life - NBC

• Mindy Cohn - The Facts of Life - NBC
• Rori King - I'm a Big Girl Now - ABC
• Nancy McKeon - The Facts of Life - NBC
• Natasha Ryan - Ladies Man - CBS
• Lisa Whelchel - The Facts of Life - NBC

★ Lionel Richie - Endless Love - Mercury

• Jim Photoglo - Fool in Love with You - 20th Century Fox
• Russell Smith - Honky Tonk Freeway - Capitol

★ Little Miss Piggy - The First Time It Happens - Atlantic

• Stephanie Mills - Two Hearts - 20th Century Fox
• Pia Zadora - Those Eyes - Curb Warner Records Corp.

★ Raiders of the Lost Ark - Paramount

• Amy - Disney
• Mommie Dearest - Paramount
• Only When I Laugh - Columbia
• The Earthling - Filmways

★ Clash of the Titans - M.G.M.

• The Fox and the Hound - Disney
• The Great Muppet Caper - Universal
• The Incredible Shrinking Woman - Universal
• Why Would I Lie? - M.G.M.

★ The Wave - T.A.T. Communications / ABC

• Broken Promises - CBS
• Fallen Angel - CBS
• Leave 'Em Laughing - CBS
• A Step in Time - KCET
• Twirl - NBC

★ Father Murphy - NBC

• Diff'rent Strokes - NBC
• The Facts of Life - NBC
• Little House on the Prairie - NBC
• Happy Days - ABC

★ ABC Weekend Special: The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - ABC

• Captain Kangaroo - CBS
• The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! - NBC
• Superman and His Amazing Friends - NBC (possibly Super Friends - ABC)
• 30 Minutes - CBS

★ Patsy Garrett