West Brooke Nevin – Running Wild – Showtime Best Young Performer in a Television Series Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor ★ Zachery Ty Bryan – Home Improvement – ABC Thomas Dekker – Honey, I shrunk the Kids – Disney David Lago – Hollywood Safari – Animal Planet Channel Robert Ri'chard – Cousin Skeeter – Nickelodeon Taran Noah Smith – Home Improvement – ABC Shawn Toovey – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman – CBS Lee Thompson Young – The Famous Jett Jackson – The Disney Channel Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress ★ Lacey Chabert – Party of Five – FOX Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy the Vampire Slayer – FOX Brandy Norwood – Moesha – UPN Larisa Oleynik – The Secret World of Alex Mack – Nickelodeon Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor ★ Ryan Merriman – The Pretender – NBC Joseph Ashton – L.A. Doctors – CBS Corey Sevier – Little Men – PAX Myles Jeffrey – Early Edition – CBS Trevor Morgan – ER – NBC Shane Sweet – The Journey of Allen Strange – Nickelodeon Oren Williams – Chicago Hope – CBS Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress ★ Scarlett Pomers – Star Trek: Voyager – UPN Erica & Vanessa Jimenez-Alvarado – L.A. Doctors – CBS Mae Middleton – Any Day Now – Lifetime Sarah Rayne – Legacy – UPN Shari Dyon Perry – Any Day Now – Lifetime Brittany Tiplady – Millennium – FOX Caitlin Wachs – Profiler – CBS Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor ★ Eric Lloyd – Jesse – NBC Justin Berfield – Unhappily Ever After – UPN Justin Cooper – Brother's Keeper – ABC Dee Jay Daniels – The Hughleys – ABC Trevor Einhorn – Brother's Keeper – ABC Maestro Harrell – Guys Like Us – UPN Deon Richmond – Sister, Sister – WB Jeffrey Schoeny – Oh Baby – Lifetime Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress ★ Ashley Monique Clark – The Hughleys – ABC Kaitlin Cullum – Grace Under Fire – ABC Brittany & Brianna McConnell – Maggie Winters – CBS Courtney Mun – Guys Like Us – UPN Natasha Slayton – Brother's Keeper – ABC Madylin Sweeten – Everybody Loves Raymond – CBS Karle Warren – DiResta – UPN Best Performance