Sesame Street, 50th Special, Muppet Babies and More Win Emmys!

The Daytime Emmy awards were announced this week and Sesame Workshop picked up 11 awards including 3 for Sesame Street, 1 for Ghostwriter, and 6 for Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.

Matt Danner picked up an Emmy for Best Performer in a Preschool Animated Program for Muppet Babies, Ryan Dillon won Best Principle Performance in a Daytime Program for Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration and Sesame Street itself was awarded Best Preschool Children’s Series. 

Check out the the full list of Muppet wins and losses along with their competition is below. 

Won: 

Best Special Class Special
“93rd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day”
“Hate Among Us”
X — “Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration”
“This Old House: 40th Anniversary Special”
“The Young and the Restless: Kristoff St. John Tribute” 

Best Writing for a Special Class Special
“Mind Field: What Is the Scariest Thing?”
X — “Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration”
“This Old House: 40th Anniversary Special”
“2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards”
“The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord and Tish” 

Best Technical Team
“CBS This Morning”
“Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”
“The Kelly Clarkson Show”
“The Price Is Right”
X — “Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration”
“The View”

Best Preschool Children’s Series
“Blue’s Clues and You”
“Dino Dana”
“Helpsters”
“Ryan’s Mystery Playdate”
X — “Sesame Street”

Best Short Format Children’s Program
“Muppet Babies: Play Date”
“Mushroom and the Forest of the World”
“Sesame Street in Communities: A Place for You”
X — “Sesame Street in Communities: Meet Salia”
“Snoopy in Space”

Best Principal Performance in a Daytime Program
X — Ryan Dillon, “Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration”
Liana Liberato, “Light as a Feather”
Damian Toofeek Raven, “The Chadwick Journals, Season 3: Oren”
Jordan Rodrigues, “Light as a Feather”
Brianne Tju, “Light as a Feather”

Best Directing for a Children’s/Young Adult Program
“Ghostwriter”
“Light as a Feather”
“Pup Academy”
X — “Sesame Street”
“Trinkets”

Best Performer in a Preschool Animated Program
Eric Bauza, “Muppet Babies”
X — Matt Danner, “Muppet Babies”
Maurice LaMarche, “The Rocketeer”
Kevin Michael Richardson, “Puppy Dog Pals”
Christian Simon, “T.O.T.S.”

Best Multiple Camera Editing
“Articulate with Jim Cotter”
“Consumer 101”
“Milk Street”
X — “Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration”
“The View”

Best Special Effects Costume/Makeup/Hairstyling
X — “Dino Dana”
“Ghostwriter”
“Helpsters”
“Odd Squad”
X — “Sesame Street”


Lost: 

Best Daytime Promotional Announcement (Brand Image Campaign)
“Archibald’s Next Big Thing” (Series Launch)
“Disney Team of Heroes”
“Family Feud” (On Pause)
“Sesame Street” (50th Memories: #ThisIsMyStreet Campaign)
X — “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” (She-Ra International Women’s Day 2019) 

Best Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“A Holiday Reunion”
X — “The Kelly Clarkson Show”
“Sesame Street”
“The View” 

Best Lighting Direction
“Ghostwriter”
“A Holiday Reunion”
X — “The Kelly Clarkson Show”
“Sesame Street”
“The View”

Best Cinematography
“Ghostwriter”
“A Holiday Reunion”
“Just Add Magic”
“The Square Root”
X — “Tumble Leaf”

Best Writing for a Children’s/Young Adult Program
“Free Rein”
“Ghostwriter”
“Helpsters”
“Sesame Street”
X — “Trinkets”

Best Directing for a Preschool Animated Program
“Ask the StoryBots”
“Elena of Avalor”
“Muppet Babies”
“Norman Picklestripes”
“True and the Rainbow Kingdom”
X — “Tumble Leaf”

“Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

Best Single Camera Editing
“CBS Sunday Morning”
“Helpsters”
“MTV News Presents: White Supremacy Destroyed My Life”
“Odd Squad”
X — “Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10”
“Rock the Park”
“This Old House: 40th Anniversary Special

Best Sound Mixing
X — “Articulate with Jim Cotter”
“Beyond Your Backyard”
“The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation”
“A Holiday Reunion”
“Mission Unstoppable”
“Sesame Street”

Best Sound Editing for Live Action
“El Corazon de Sergio Ramos”
“Dino Dana”
“Ghostwriter”
X — “Odd Squad”
“Trinkets”

Best Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“A Holiday Reunion”
X — “The Kelly Clarkson Show”
“Sesame Street”
“The View”

Best Costume Design/Styling
“Ghostwriter”
“Helpsters”
“No Good Nick”
X — “The Real”
“The Talk”
“Tamron Hall”

Here's Matt Danner's Best Performer in a Preschool Animated Program acceptance 

speech performing the voices of Kermit, Rowlf, Beaker, Waldorf and Chef on Muppet Babies:

Holy moly! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I never thought I’d be an Emmy winner. I still can’t believe it! Here’s a video of my acceptance speech which perfectly illustrates how award shows work during a pandemic. Wait til the end. #MuppetBabies #Emmys2020 pic.twitter.com/gd1eHy2vIn

— Matt Danner (@MattyDanner) July 27, 2020

Congratulations to all the winners!