Welcome to the first installment of Kidscreen’s Gold Star—our new weekly feature where we celebrate the industry’s biggest winners of the week.

• Why we’re launching Kidscreen’s Gold Star

Here’s how it works: We nominate five people (or companies) who had a winning week. It could be for any reason. The only criteria is that: a) they’re in the kids entertainment industry; and b) they spent the last week basking in the glory of a big achievement.

And that’s where you come in. Kidscreen readers are invited to vote on which of these Gold Star hopefuls should win!

Whoever gets the most votes will get a shoutout in Kidscreen Daily on Monday, bragging rights, and a JPEG with our Gold Star branding to trumpet your win on social media and in marketing.

Ready? Let’s go! Here are this week’s five nominees for you to consider, followed by a poll link so you can cast your vote.

Chris Dicker: After decades of success in the TV world, animation veteran Chris Dicker just achieved a massive career milestone—one of his concepts is being turned into a theatrical feature film. And get this: It’s also going to be Spin Master’s first-ever original animated movie. Sadly, the company announced the project but gave absolutely no details about what it’s about—apparently it’s a “heartwarming character story”—but it’s got to be something special to get the House of PAW Patrol behind it.

Kristen Kane: Talk about using your noggin! The beloved educational streaming/gaming platform Noggin is being revived after its untimely demise. Kristen Kane, boss of the old Noggin, liberated the brand from its Paramount overlords and has installed herself as CEO of the new Noggin. She’s been quietly raising capital and planning an ambitious roadmap that encompasses gaming, content and even IRL experiences. Primed for a soft-launch next week, the resuscitated app is all about getting kids hooked on hobbies, then getting them out into the world to try them out for real. Welcome back, Noggin!

Netflix: Want to know what winning sounds like? This is what it sounds like. The record-breaking KPop Demon Hunters has been unstoppable all summer, but this week really hammered it home. Ratings tracker Nielsen revealed that Netflix’s viral sensation cracked into its top 10 streaming titles list last month—and helped the platform hit an all-time ratings record. On top of that, the movie has been selling out this weekend’s theatrical sing-along screenings, and might even be the weekend’s number-one film at the box office—an incredible feat, considering most people can already watch it at home. (And pretty good ROI for a movie Netflix reportedly picked up for a steal.) As if that wasn’t enough, the mighty streamer also just closed a deal with another YouTube star: engineer Mark Rober, with his egg-dropping, robot-fighting viral STEM content. 

Paramount: Fresh off its long-in-the-works merger with Skydance, the reassembled studio has hit the ground running with a barrage of partnerships, shufflings and new hires. But one feat that really stood out? Convincing the Duffer brothers to say goodbye to Netflix and take a new four-year deal at Paramount—where, unlike at Netflix, they’ll get to put their work in theaters. We don’t know yet if their next project will involve any kids & family content, but we’ll be keeping an eye on what the Stranger Things creators are cooking up, especially with Paramount prioritizing four-quadrant films.

WEBTOON: It wasn’t long ago that hand-wringers were moaning about kids today having such short attention spans that they’re reading comics rather than novels. The horror! Now the uber-popular digital comics app WEBTOON is rolling out a new video feature for an even more attention-deficient demo. That’s right, the platform’s top original webcomics are being transformed into fully voiced short-form episodes for people who can’t be bothered to read word balloons. The TikTokification of WEBTOON makes perfect sense, though, considering the ultimate endgame for the platform now is to turn all its stuff into series and films.