{"id":30886,"date":"2025-11-19T10:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/childrens-family-emmy-2026-nominees-unveiled\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:46:27","slug":"childrens-family-emmy-2026-nominees-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/childrens-family-emmy-2026-nominees-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s &#038; Family Emmys 2026 Nominees Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the fourth annual Children\u2019s &amp; Family Emmy Awards, which will be presented on March 1 and 2, 2026, in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to honor the extraordinary individuals and teams who bring children\u2019s and family television to life every day,\u201d said Rachel Schwartz, head of the Children\u2019s &amp; Family Emmy Awards. \u201cAs the landscape continues to grow\u2014and as studies highlight the positive impact educational programming has on young children\u2014we look forward to coming together to celebrate this meaningful and inspiring work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For outstanding preschool, children\u2019s or family viewing series, nominees are Apple TV+\u2019s <em>Jane<\/em>, Food Network\u2019s <em>Kids Baking Championship<\/em>, Ms. Rachel\u2019s <em>Ms. Rachel<\/em>, PBS KIDS\u2019 <em>Odd Squad<\/em>, HBO Max\u2019s <em>Sesame Street<\/em> and Tab Time\u2019s <em>Tab Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Contenders for outstanding young teen series are Disney+\u2019s <em>Goosebumps: The Vanishing<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s <em>Heartstopper<\/em>, Disney+\u2019s <em>Star Wars: Skeleton Crew<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s <em>Sweet Tooth<\/em> and Apple TV+\u2019s <em>Time Bandit<\/em>s.<\/p>\n<p>In the animated categories, the preschool series nominees are <em>Carl the Collector<\/em> (PBS KIDS), <em>Daniel Tiger\u2019s Neighborhood<\/em> (PBS KIDS), <em>Molly of Denali<\/em> (PBS KIDS), <em>The Tiny Chef Show<\/em> (Nickelodeon) and <em>Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum<\/em> (PBS KIDS), while the children\u2019s young teen nominees are<em> Big City Greens<\/em> (Disney+), <em>Dream Productions<\/em> (Disney+), <em>Win or Lose<\/em> (Disney+), <em>Wolf King<\/em> (Netflix) and <em>Wylde Pak<\/em> (Nickelodeon).<\/p>\n<p>Up for the outstanding fiction special award are Disney+\u2019s <em>Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip<\/em>; Disney+\u2019s <em>Descendants: The Rise of Red<\/em>; Fifth Season\u2019s <em>Girl Haunts Boy<\/em>; and Nickelodeon\u2019s<em> Henry Danger: The Movie<\/em>. The animated special nominees, meanwhile, are <em>An Almost Christmas Story<\/em> (Disney+), <em>Kiff: The Haunting of Miss McGravy\u2019s House<\/em> (Disney+), <em>Kiff: Lore of the Ring Light<\/em> (Disney+), <em>That Christmas<\/em> (Netflix) and <em>Ultraman: Rising<\/em> (Netflix).<\/p>\n<p>Contenders for the short-form live-action program category are <em>Andrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief<\/em> (Sesame Workshop), <em>Girls\u2019 Voices Now<\/em> (Here TV),<em> My Way<\/em> (PBS KIDS) and <em>Together We Can<\/em> (PBS KIDS). For the short-form animated prize, nominees are PBS KIDS\u2019 <em>Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams<\/em>, Thirteen\u2019s <em>Count on June Bug<\/em>, HBO Max\u2019s <em>Daffy in Wackyland<\/em>, Apple TV+\u2019s<em> Eva the Owlet<\/em>, Disney+\u2019s <em>How Not to Draw<\/em> and Disney+\u2019s <em>Road Trip<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Magnolia Network\u2019s <em>Building Outside the Lines<\/em>, Disney+\u2019s<em> Harlem Ice<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s <em>Makayla\u2019s Voice: A Letter to the World<\/em>, National Geographic\u2019s <em>A Real Bug\u2019s Life<\/em> and FOX\u2019s <em>Super Animals<\/em> are up for the outstanding informational program award.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of nominees, including performance categories, can be found on The Emmys\u2019 website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the fourth annual Children\u2019s &#038; Family Emmy Awards, which will be presented on March 1 and 2, 2026, in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":28815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6277,6278,10329],"class_list":["post-30886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-childrens-family-emmy-awards","tag-national-academy-of-television-arts-and-sciences","tag-rachel-schwartz","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Children\u2019s &amp; 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