2021 Daytime Emmy Nominees Announced!

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards in Children’s & Animation. Both Muppet Babies, Sesame Street, and Sesame Workshop's other shows like Helpsters, Esme & Roy, and their recent collaborations with CNN have been nominated for multiple awards - even going up against each other and themselves in some categories.

And the nominees are: 

Outstanding Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Program
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
Sesame Street

Outstanding Writing Team for a Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Program
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
Sesame Street

Outstanding Daytime Program Host
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Erica Hill, Van Jones – CNN/Sesame Street Town Halls

Outstanding Educational and Informational Series
CNN/Sesame Street Town Halls

Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing
Sesame Street

Outstanding Special Effects, Costumes, Makeup, and Hairstyling
Sesame Street

Outstanding Short Form Children’s Program
Sesame Street: The Monster at the End of Your Story with Grover and Elmo
Monster Meditations

Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Program
Sesame Street
Helpsters

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
The Monster at the End of This Story
Muppet Babies

Outstanding Preschool Children's Animated Series
Esme & Roy

Outstanding Principal Performer in a Children’s Program
Ryan Dillon as Elmo

Outstanding Limited Performance in a Children’s Program
Jennifer Barnhart as Zoe, Charlie’s Mom, Maggie Cadabby

Outstanding Performer in a Preschool Animated Program
Erica Bauza as Fozzie, Muppet Babies
Eric Jacobson as Grover, The Monster at the End of This Story

This marks Jennifer Barnhart's first ever Emmy nomination which alone is sometime to celebrate. 

In addition to the awards they are up for, Sesame Street already won a Daytime Creative Arts award last week for “Outstanding Technical Team”, but unfortunately lost for “Outstanding Lighting Direction.”

You can view all the nominees on the Emmy's website.

The Daytime Emmy Awards Children’s Programming and Animation ceremony will be presented in a stand-alone show streaming on NATAS’ Emmy OTT platform on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 8PM ET.