Children’s & Family Emmy Awards Unveil This Year’s Nominees

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has revealed the nominees for its fourth annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, recognizing the best in children’s TV entertainment.

Winners will be unveiled during the 2025 Children’s & Family Emmys ceremony on March 1 and 2, which will be held in New York City. Winners in the Juried Individual Achievement in Animation categories will be announced early next year. The 2026 Lifetime Achievement honoree, ceremony host, and award presenters will also be unveiled around that time.

Rachel Schwartz, head of the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, said of this year’s field:

We’re excited to honor the extraordinary individuals and teams who bring children’s and family television to life every day. As the landscape continues to grow — and as studies highlight the positive impact educational programming has on young children — we look forward to coming together to celebrate this meaningful and inspiring work.

Here are the animation nominees for the 2026 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Preschool Animated Series
Carl the Collector — PBS Kids
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood — PBS Kids
Molly of Denali — PBS Kids
The Tiny Chef Show — Nickelodeon
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum — PBS Kids

Outstanding Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series
Big City Greens — Disney+ / Disney Channel
Dream Productions — Disney+
Win or Lose — Disney+
Wolf King — Netflix
Wylde Pak — Nickelodeon

Outstanding Animated Special
An Almost Christmas Story — Disney+
Kiff: The Haunting of Miss McGravy’s House — Disney+ / Disney Channel
Kiff: Lore of the Ring Light — Disney+ / Disney Channel
That Christmas — Netflix
Ultraman: Rising — Netflix

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams — PBS Kids
Count on June Bug — Thirteen
Daffy in Wackyland — HBO | Max
Eva the Owlet — Apple TV+
How Not to Draw — Disney+ / Disney Channel
Road Trip — Disney+ / Disney Channel

Outstanding Single Role Voice Performer in a Children’s or Young Teen Program
Erik Todd Dellums as Aaravos — The Dragon Prince
Cynthia Erivo as The Slink — RoboGobo
Ernie Hudson as Marlon — Angry Birds Mystery Island
John Lithgow as Bolinar — Spellbound
John C. Reilly as The Folk Singer — An Almost Christmas Story
Maya Rudolph as Jean — Dream Productions

Outstanding Multiple Role Voice Performer in a Children’s or Young Teen Program
Eric Bauza — Daffy in Wackyland
H. Michael Croner — Kiff
David Errigo Jr. — Tiny Toons Looniversity
Kate Mulgrew — Star Trek: Prodigy
Kari Wahlgren — Legends of Evergreen Hills

Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program
Summer Rose Castillo — Alma’s Way
Vanessa Huszar — Wonder Pets: In the City
Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. — Wonder Pets: In the City
Chanel Stewart — Win or Lose
Kensington Tallman — Dream Productions
Alkaio Thiele — Marvel’s Spidey & His Amazing Friends
Ja’Siah Young — RoboGobo

Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series
“Daniel Finds Out What’s Fair” — Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
“The Fall” — Carl the Collector
“Save the Runaway Egg” — Wonder Pets: In the City
“Thanks-For-Giving” — Molly of Denali
“Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular” — The Tiny Chef Show

Outstanding Writing for a Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series
“Crushed” — Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
“The Devourer of All Things, Part I” — Star Trek: Prodigy
“Frand or Foe” — Goldie
“Pickle” — Win or Lose
“Worst Birthday Ever” — Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld

Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Series
“Auntie Freeze! | Goin’ Camping!” — Super Duper Bunny League
“The Battle of Tenoo” — Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
“Save Tate?” — Wonder Pets: In the City
“Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular” — The Tiny Chef Show
“The Ulti-Bat Rises” — Batwheels

Outstanding Directing for an Animated Series
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” — Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
“Home” — Win or Lose
“Part 4: A Night to Remember” — Dream Productions
“The Rise of the Wolf” — Wolf King
“Welcome to Byjovia” — Max & the Midknights
“Worst Birthday Ever” — Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld

Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series
StuGo — Disney+ / Disney Channel
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — Disney+
Goldie — Apple TV+
Wonder Pets: In the City — Apple TV+
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Disney+ / Disney Channel
Kiff — Disney+ / Disney Channel

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program
WondLa — “Heart”
Dream Productions — “Part 4: A Night to Remember”
Spellbound
That Christmas
Gremlins: The Wild Batch — “There’s Always a Fortune in the Cookie Factory”

Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
Eva the Owlet — “Adventure Night”
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — “The Battle of Tenoo”
Marvel’s Spidey & His Amazing Friends — “Moon Girl and the Dino Dilemma | Hulk’s Squirrely Switch”
Gabby’s Dollhouse — “Pillow Can’t Sleep”
The Creature Cases — “The Spider’s Stolen Silk”
The Tiny Chef Show — “Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular”
Batwheels — “The Ulti-Bat Rises”

Outstanding Editing for an Animated Program
An Almost Christmas Story
Win or Lose — “Mixed Signals”
Dream Productions — “Part 4: A Night to Remember”
Spellbound
That Christmas

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — “The Battle of Tenoo”
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum — “I Am Gwen Ifill / I Am Matthew Henson”
Marvel’s Spidey & His Amazing Friends — “Moon Girl and the Dino Dilemma | Hulk’s Squirrely Switch”
Batwheels — “Music Meister Mayhem”
Hot Wheels: Let’s Race — “Stop Those Cars! | Self-Destruct”

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for an Animated Program
The Dragon Prince — “Dying Light”
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory — “Fire in the Piazza”
Win or Lose — “Home”
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy — “Part Two”
Ultraman: Rising
Max & the Midknights — “Welcome to Byjovia”

Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program
“Grow Your World” — Rise Up, Sing Out
“I’m on My Way” — Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
“I Want To Go Home” — Kindergarten: The Musical!
“Music, Music” — Sesame Street
“One Colorful Ocean” — Ariel
“The Show Will Go On” — RoboGobo

Outstanding Original Song for a Children’s or Young Teen Program
“It’s Okay” — Zombies: The Re-Animated Series
“No Better” — Ultraman: Rising
“Red” — Descendants: The Rise of Red
“Red Christmas” — Descendants: The Rise of Red
“Still Haunted By You” — Girl Haunts Boy
“The Way It Was Before” — Spellbound

Outstanding Show Open
Dream Productions — Disney+
Goosebumps: The Vanishing — Disney+
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld — Netflix
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — Disney+
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — Disney+

Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program
An Almost Christmas Story — Disney+
Dream Productions — Disney+
RoboGobo — Disney+
Spellbound — Netflix
Win or Lose — Disney+