Sesame Street Among Top Children’s & Family Emmy Winners

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has unveiled the winners of the fourth annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, with Sesame Street, The Tiny Chef Show and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew among the programs honored.

Sesame Street (HBO Max/Sesame Workshop) took home the prize for outstanding preschool, children’s or family viewing series. The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon) was awarded for outstanding preschool animated series. Disney+’s Win or Lose was honored with the outstanding children’s or young teen animated series award, while Star Wars: Skeleton Crew won outstanding young teen series.

Outstanding fiction special went to Disney’s Descendants: The Rise of Red, which took home five total awards. Outstanding animated special went to Netflix’s Ultraman: Rising. The outstanding informational program award went to National Geographic’s A Real Bug’s Life.

For the short-form categories, Andrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief, from the Sesame Workshop YouTube channel, took home the award for live-action program, while Daffy in Wackyland, from HBO Max, took home the award for animated program.

In the performance categories, Joe Locke took home the prize for lead performer in a preschool, children’s or young program for his role in Heartstopper. Sweet Tooth’s Nonso Anozie and Christian Convery took home the awards for supporting performer and younger performer, respectively, in that category as well.

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph was named outstanding puppetry performer for playing Abby Cadabby and Tango in Sesame Street.

Ana Gasteyer, Crabitha in RoboGobo, won outstanding voice performer in a preschool program. John Lithgow was awarded for outstanding single role voice performer in a children’s or young teen program for his role in Spellbound, while David Errigo Jr. won outstanding multiple role voice performer in a children’s or young teen program for his roles in Tiny Toons Looniversity.

Outstanding younger voice performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program went to Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. for Wonder Pets: In the City.

The “honorees reflect the extraordinary creativity and care that go into serving television’s youngest audiences and the families who watch alongside them,” said Adam Sharp, president and CEO of NATAS. In his welcome remarks to the audience, Sharp said, “Thank you to all of you, the creators of the excellent programming we have the distinct privilege of honoring tonight. You don’t need to look far to find division and pain in our world. Yet each of you, every day, finds ways to touch the soul of our global family, reminding us of the limitless potential in the unpainted canvas of childhood. You educate, you inform, you entertain and you inspire.”