Steven Prusakowski
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES – This weekend the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the very first Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards from the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
“This weekend’s ceremonies herald an exciting milestone in our Emmy® award history. Launching in 2022, tonight’s ceremony marks the first standalone expansion of the Emmy Award competition since 1979,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS. “In addition to tonight’s esteemed host, presenters and nominees, we are especially honored tonight to present our very first Children’s & Family Lifetime Achievement Award to Emmy®Award-winning actor, director and educator LeVar Burton for his countless contributions to children and the television industry.”
Netflix led the evening with 15 wins, followed by Disney+ with four. Apple TV+, CartoonNetwork/TBS, Disney Junior, HBO Max, Nickelodeon, Paramount+ and Peacock each won one. (Tallys include the seven recipients of Individual Achievement in Animation awards).
Actor, comedian and three-time Emmy nominee Jack McBrayer is best known to audiences as Kenneth the Page on “30 Rock” and for his appearances in more than 80 skits on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.” McBrayer is also the star of the Apple TV+ series “Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show.”
Highlights of tonight’s presenters at the Children’s & Family Emmy ceremony include:
· Laurence Fishburne presenting Lifetime Achievement honors to LeVar Burton
· Sovereign Bill, the Indigenous actress, voices Molly on the PBS animated show “Molly of Denali.”
· Tabitha Brown, social media sensation, NY Times bestselling author and star of Tab Time (YouTube Originals)
· Grey DeLisle, an accomplished voice actress who voices Lola, Lana, Lily, Meryl, Cheryl, Scoots, Mopes & Mrs. Bernardo in The Loud House (Nickelodeon)
· William Gao & Joe Locke two stars of Heartstopper(Netflix)
· Eden Espinosa from Alice’s Wonderland Bakery (Disney Junior). She is known for her performances as Elphaba from the Broadway and touring productions of the musical, “Wicked.”
· A special performance by the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. With a focus on disenfranchised Black and Latino communities, the world class faculty and staff members of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy use dance, theater, and performance to enrich, inspire and transform the lives of their students.
The Children’s & Family awards are the first standalone expansion of the Emmy Award competition in 43 years receiving almost 3,000 entries and marks the successful culmination of the first full year of the realignment between NATAS and the Television Academy.
The complete list of winners is below:
OUTSTANDING PRESCHOOL SERIES – Sesame Street – HBO Max
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S OR FAMILY VIEWING SERIES – The Baby-Sitters Club – Netflix
OUTSTANDING YOUNG TEEN SERIES – Heartstopper – Netflix
OUTSTANDING FICTION SPECIAL – Sneakerella – Disney+
OUTSTANDING NON-FICTION PROGRAM – Who Are You, Charlie Brown? – Apple TV+
OUTSTANDING PRESCHOOL ANIMATED SERIES – Ada Twist, Scientist – Netflix
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES – City of Ghosts – Netflix
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS ANIMATED PROGRAM – Hilda & the Mountain King – Netflix
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM PROGRAM – We the People – Netflix
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM – Kit Connor, as Nick Nelson – Heartstopper – Netflix
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM – Nonso Anozie, as Tommy Jepperd – Sweet Tooth – Netflix
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM – Quinn Copeland, as Izzy Punky Brewster – Peacock
OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM – Olivia Colman, as Sarah Nelson – Heartstopper Netflix
OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM – Daniel Ross, as Donald Duck – Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas – Disney Junior
OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM – Eric Bauza, as Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck & Tweety Looney Tunes Cartoons – HBO Max
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER VOICE PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED OR PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM – Andy Walken, as Young Durpleton – Centaurworld – Netflix
OUTSTANDING HOST – Dame Helen Mirren – Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses – Cartoon Network | TBS
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM – Heartstopper – Netflix, Writer Alice Oseman
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A SINGLE CAMERA PROGRAM – The Mysterious Benedict Society – Disney+. Directors Greg Beeman, James Bobin, Shannon Kohli, Karyn Kusama, Wendey Stanzler, Mark Tonderai,
Glen Winter
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION WINNERS
Chris Tsirgiotis, Background Designer
Kid Cosmic Netflix
Ron Velasco, Character Designer
Monsters At Work Disney+
Craig McCracken, Character Designer
Kid Cosmic Netflix
Ivan Aguire, Background Painter
The Cuphead Show! Netflix
Alex Konstad, Visual Development Artist
Maya And The Three Netflix
Alessandro Taini, Production Designer
Star Trek: Prodigy Paramount+
Benjamin Arcand, Storyboard Artist
SpongeBob’s Road To Christmas Nickelodeon
Also taking place this weekend were the very first Children’s & Family Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday. Netflix led with 13 wins, then Disney+ with 10 and Apple TV+ with two. BYUtv, Cartoon Network/TBS, Disney Junior, HBO Max, Hulu, Nickelodeon, Oculus TV and Peacock each won one.
Some highlights from tonight’s ceremony include:
— Jojo Siwa hosted the inaugural Children’s & Family Creative Arts Emmy® Awards and kicked off the show by filming a TikTok on stage and with the audience
— Jess and Jojo Siwa’s girl group XOMG POP! performed at the top of the telecast
— Raven-Symone and Danielle Fishel made teen dreams come true by reuniting on the purple carpet
— Gilbert Gottfried was remembered during the in memoriam for Cyberchase
The complete list of winners is also available on the National Television Academy’s website: theemmys.tv
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