‘Percy Jackson,’ Meryl Streep, Christian Slater Among 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmys Winners (UPDATING LIVE) – Variety
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Michael Schneider
Variety Editor at Large
The 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, hosted this year by voiceover actor Eric Bauza (whose credits include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Marvin the Martian) are under way at Television City in Los Angeles. Disney+’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” leads this year’s nominations, with 16 nods, including for young teen series — which it won over competitors such as Disney+’s “Goosebumps,” Netflix’s “Heartstopper,” Netflix’s “One Piece” and Roku Channel’s “The Spiderwick Chronicles.”
“Percy Jackson” won eight Emmys overall, the most of any title. Besides the young teen series prize, it won for writing for a young teen series, directing for a single camera live action program, editing for a single camera live action program, visual effects for a live action program, show open, casting for a live action program and music direction and composition for a live action program. “It is such a privilege to get to create stories that bring joy, magic and wonder to kids and families, and we couldn’t be prouder of everyone at Disney Branded Television and across The Walt Disney Company who pour their hearts into this important work every day,” said Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television.
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Elsewhere, Christian Slater won the Emmy for lead performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program as Mulgarath in “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” Other big winners included Nickelodeon’s “Blue’s Clues & You” for preschool program, Apple TV+’s “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” for children’s or family viewing series, and Meryl Streep for “Storyline Online” in the children’s personality category.
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Beyond “Percy Jackson,” other programs leading the noms tally heading into Saturday were HBO/Max’s “Sesame Street” (13 noms), “Spiderwick Chronicles” (13 noms), Netflix’s “StoryBots: Answer Time” (10 noms), Apple TV+’s “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” (10 noms), “One Piece” (9 noms) and “Goosebumps” (9 noms).
Administered by the New York-based National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards launched in 2022 and were previously were held in December — but moved to March for the third edition. The Children’s and Family Emmys kicked off with some of its marquee series awards in the afternoon, and was set to segue to Creative Arts Children’s and Family Emmys in the evening.
“The Muppets” puppeteer Dave Goetz was set to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Emmy-winning performer Fran Brill. Additional presenters include Noah Cottrell (“The Spiderwick Chronicles”), Duff Goldman (“Kids Baking Championship”), Paul Walter Hauser (“Orion and the Dark”), Bobby Moynihan (“Pupstruction”), Cree Summer (“Spirit Rangers”), John Tartaglia (“Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock”) and Jacob Tremblay (“Orion and the Dark”).
Here are this year’s winners, continually updated:
WINNER: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
La Fuerza de Creer: Dulce Sazón (Univision)
Jane (Apple TV+)
Malory Towers (BYU TV)
Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)
WINNER: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Goosebumps (Disney+)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
One Piece (Netflix)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
WINNER: Blue’s Clues & You (Nickelodeon)
Donkey Hodie (PBS Kids)
Lovely Little Farm (Apple TV+)
Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
WINNER: The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+)
Monster High 2 (Nickelodeon)
The Naughty Nine (Disney Channel)
The Slumber Party (Disney Channel)
World’s Best (Disney+)
WINNER: Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (HBO/Max)
All-Round Champion (BYU TV)
Elmo & Tango Holiday Helpers (HBO/Max)
Kids Baking Championship (Food Network)
A Real Bug’s Life (National Geographic)
WINNER: The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon)
Frog and Toad (Apple TV+)
Interrupting Chicken (Apple TV+)
Rosie’s Rules (PBS Kids)
StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
WINNER: Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney+)
CURSES! (Apple TV+)
Hilda (Netflix)
Iwájú (Disney+)
Kiff (Disney Channel)
Summer Camp Island (Cartoon Network)
WINNER: Orion and the Dark (Netflix)
Merry Little Batman (Prime Video)
Peter and the Wolf (HBO/Max)
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (Apple TV+)
The Tiger’s Apprentice (Paramount+)
Tiny Chef’s Marvelous Mish Mesh Special (Nickelodeon)
WINNER: Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack (Sesame Workshop)
GIRLS’ VOICES NOW: The Beauty in Being Different; Girls’ Voices Now (Here TV)
Healthy Minds Thriving Kids (Child Mind Institute)
Kid Gloves (Kid Gloves Show)
WINNER: Once Upon a Studio (Disney+)
How Not to Draw (Disney Channel)
I Am Groot (Disney+)
Take Care with Peanuts (Snoopy – Official Channel)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (Disney+)
WINNER: Cousin Hodie Playdate; Donkey Hodie (PBS Kids)
Cyberchase: Cyber Sound Quest (PBS Kids)
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (PBS Kids)
Molly of Denali (PBS Kids)
Stu’s Super Stunts! (PBS Kids)
WINNERS:
La Fuerza-STEM: Engaging Hispanic Families in Science Through Culturally Relevant Media; La Fuerza de Creer: Dulce Sazón (Univision)
Well Versed (Nickelodeon)
HONORABLE MENTION:
Sesame Workshop: Emotional Well-Being; Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)
WINNER: Christian Slater as Mulgarath, The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
Lola Blue as Addie Darrow, A Kind of Spark (BYU TV)
Ella Bright as Darrell Rivers, Malory Towers (BYU TV)
Justin Long as Mr. Bratt, Goosebumps (Disney+)
Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter, Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)
WINNER: Amanda Lawrence as Matron Shipley, Malory Towers (BYU TV)
Adam Copeland as Ares, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Elizabeth Mitchell as Carol / Mrs. Claus, The Santa Clauses (Disney+)
Sarah Rafferty as Katherine Walter, My Life with the Walter Boys (Netflix)
Lance Reddick as Zeus, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Eric Stonestreet as Magnus Antas / The Mad Santa, The Santa Clauses (Disney+)
WINNER: Phoenix Laroche as William, The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+)
Pyper Braun as Natasha Williams, Erin & Aaron (Nickelodeon)
Noah Cottrell as Simon Grace, The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
Mykal-Michelle Harris as Alice Baxter, Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)
Alaya High as Lay Lay, That Girl Lay Lay (Nickelodeon)
Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
WINNER: Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby & Tango, Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
Eric Jacobson as Bert, Oscar the Grouch & Grover, Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
Donna Kimball as Mokey, Storyteller & Cotterpin, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
Karen Prell as Red & Icy Joe, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
David Rudman as Cookie Monster & Baby Bear, Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
WINNER: Kari Wahlgren as Granny Caterina, Ms. Poochytail & Magda, Superkitties (Disney Junior)
Kimiko Glenn as Baby Shark, Baby Shark’s Big Show! (Nickelodeon)
Bobby Moynihan as Bobby Boots, Pupstruction (Disney Junior)
Cree Summer as Lizard & DeeDee, Spirit Rangers (Netflix)
Fred Tatasciore as Bang, BlimBlam the Barbarian, King Hydrogen, Alabama Smith & The Lone Drifter, StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
WINNER: Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny, Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network)
Bob Bergen as Porky Pig, Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO/Max)
Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon, Monsters at Work (Disney+)
William Shatner as Keldor, Masters of the Universe: Revolution (Netflix)
Paul Walter Hauser as Dark, Orion and the Dark (Netflix)
WINNER: Jacob Tremblay as Orion, Orion in the Dark (Netflix)
Lucia Cunningham as Jessica Williams, Jessica’s Big Little World (Cartoon Network)
Simisola Gbadamosi as Tola Martins, Iwájú (Disney+)
Terrence Little Gardenhigh as Pat, Fright Krewe (Hulu I Peacock)
Arianna McDonald as Marcie, Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (Apple TV+)
WINNER: Meryl Streep, Storyline Online (StorylineOnline.net)
Awkwafina, A Real Bug’s Life (National Geographic)
Gavin Friday, Peter and the Wolf (HBO/Max)
Duff Goldman, Kids Baking Championship (Food Network)
Ian McShane, One Piece (Netflix)
WINNER: “Can They Be Friends?” Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
“The Big City,” A Real Bug’s Life (National Geographic)
“Brave Bessie by Brave Gabrielle,” Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
“I’m Pogey,” Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
“This for That,” Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
WINNER: “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher,” Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
“Admissions,” High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)
“The Field Guide to Jared Grace,” The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
“Perfect,” Heartstopper (Netflix)
“Say Cheese and Die!” Goosebumps (Disney+)
WINNER: “Not a Mascot,” Molly of Denali (PBS Kids)
“Glow Toy,” Jessica’s Big Little World (Cartoon Network)
“I am Grandmaster Flash,” Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (PBS Kids)
“Taxes,” StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
“Tornado,” StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
WINNER: “Dancing With Myself,” Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney+)
“Abducted,” My Dad the Bounty Hunter (Netflix)
“Heart of the Forest,” Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network)
“The Fairy Isle,” Hilda (Netflix)
“I Wanna Dance With My Buddy,” Hailey’s On It! (Disney Channel)
WINNER: “The Big City,” A Real Bug’s Life (National Geographic)
WINNER: “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher,” Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
“Panthera Leo,” Jane (Apple TV+)
“Say Cheese and Die!” Goosebumps (Disney+)
“Welcome to Spiderwick,” The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
WINNER: “The Sign Language ABCs,” Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
“Gown To The Wire,” Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)
“Pickleball,” All-Round Champion (BYU TV)
WINNER: “Glass,” StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
“Fractions,” StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
“Ganga,” Ghee Happy (Ghee Happy Studio)
“I am Grandmaster Flash,” Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (PBS Kids)
“Xutash Harvest,” Spirit Rangers (Netflix)
WINNER: “The Molecular Level,” Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney+)
“Descent Into Fear,” Monsters at Work (Disney+)
“The Fairy Isle,” Hilda (Netflix)
“Kole,” Iwájú (Disney+)
“Morem,” Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (Disney+)
WINNER: Monsters at Work (Disney+)
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (PBS Kids)
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney+)
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney+)
Young Love (HBO/Max)
WINNER: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Naughty Nine (Disney Channel)
One Piece (Netflix)
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (HBO/Max)
The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+)
WINNER: Frog and Toad (Apple TV+)
Gremlins: Secrets of The Mogwai (HBO/Max)
Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO/Max)
Orion and the Dark (Netflix)
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney+)
WINNER: “That’s Why We Love Nature,” Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
“Find the Area,” StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
“Keep Swimming Through,” Baby Shark’s Big Movie! (Nickelodeon)
“Let Your Wish Carry You Away,” Alice’s Wonderland Bakery (Disney Junior)
“The Tornado Song,” StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
WINNER: “My Sails are Set,” One Piece (Netflix)
“Kiss Your Friend,” Hailey’s On It! (Disney Channel)
“Radishes vs. Strawberries,” Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
“Speak Out,” High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)
“Things,” Kiff (Disney Channel)
WINNER: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish (Nickelodeon)
Hilda (Netflix)
Peter and the Wolf (HBO/Max)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
WINNER: A Real Bug’s Life (National Geographic)
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
One Piece (Netflix)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
There are no nominees.
WINNER: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
Goosebumps (Disney+)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (HBO/Max)
The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+)
WINNER: All-Round Champion (BYU TV)
Erin & Aaron (Nickelodeon)
Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
The Thundermans Return (Nickelodeon)
WINNER: StoryBots: Super Silly Stories with Bo (Netflix)
Frog and Toad (Apple TV+)
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney+)
StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix)
The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon)
WINNER: Orion and the Dark (Netflix)
Hilda (Netflix)
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney+)
Merry Little Batman (Prime Video)
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (Apple TV+)
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly; The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (Disney+)
WINNER: A Real Bug’s Life (National Geographic)
Goosebumps (Disney+)
Jane (Apple TV+)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (HBO/Max)
The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+)
WINNER: Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Disney+)
Baby Shark’s Big Movie! (Paramount+)
Santiago of the Seas (Nick Jr.)
Shape Island; The Winter Blues (Apple TV+)
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (PBS Kids)
WINNER: Orion and the Dark (Netflix)
I Am Groot (Disney+)
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix)
Mech Cadets (Netflix)
Monsters at Work (Disney+)
Transformers: EarthSpark (Nickelodeon)
WINNER: A Real Bug’s Life (National Geographic)
Malory Towers (BYU TV)
Ruby and the Well (BYU TV)
Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
WINNER: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)
Goosebumps (Disney+)
The Naughty Nine (Disney Channel)
One Piece (Netflix)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
WINNER: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
One Piece (Netflix)
Pretty Freekin Scary (Disney+)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
WINNER: Gremlins: Secrets of The Mogwai (HBO/Max)
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Netflix)
Monsters at Work (Disney+)
Orion and the Dark (Netflix)
Rock Paper Scissors (Nickelodeon)
Spirit Rangers (Netflix)
Supa Team 4 (Netflix)
WINNER: The Spiderwick Chronicles (Roku Channel)
Malory Towers (BYU TV)
One Piece (Netflix)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Santa Clauses (Disney+)
WINNER: Bunk’d (Disney Channel)
Sesame Street (HBO/Max)
The Villains of Valley View (Disney+)
*Entrants from Puppet Design/Styling were merged here.
WINNER: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Puppet Design entry) (Apple TV+)
Malory Towers (BYU TV)
Monster High 2 (Nickelodeon)
One Piece (Netflix)
Sesame Street (Puppet Design entry) (HBO/Max)
The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+)
WINNER: The Santa Clauses (Disney+)
Goosebumps (Disney+)
Monster High 2 (Nickelodeon)
One Piece (Netflix)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Really Loud House (Nickelodeon)
WINNER: One Piece (Netflix)
Goosebumps (Disney+)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
The Really Loud House (Nickelodeon)
The Villains of Valley View (Disney Channel)
WINNER: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+)
Monster High 2 (Nickelodeon)
World’s Best (Disney+)
Other awards included Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation – Storyboard for David Lux, “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin” (Apple TV+); Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation – Character Design for Lesego Vorster, Disney+’s “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire”; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation – Background Design to Miho Tomimasu for Netflix’s “Orion and the Dark”; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation – Background Design to Philip Vose, Prime Video’s “Merry Little Batman”; Individual Achievement in Animation – Color to Lauren Zurcher, Netflix’s “Orion and the Dark”; Individual Achievement in Animation – Production Design to Guillaume Fesquet for Prime Video’s “Merry Little Batman”; Individual Achievement in Animation – Character Animation to Elena Najar, Prime Video’s “Merry Little Batman”
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