Sesame and Henson Nominated for Children’s & Family Emmys!

The nominees for this year's Children’s & Family Emmy awards have been announced and Sesame Street is up for several awards including Outstanding Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Series as well as the Jim Henson Company up for Outstanding Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Series and Outstanding Fiction Special.

Below are the categories Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Company are nominated in:

Outstanding Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Series

Jane
Apple TV+ (Sinking Ship Entertainment)

Kids Baking Championship
Food Network (Sonic Dog)

Ms. Rachel
Ms. Rachel – Toddler Learning Videos YouTube Channel (Songs For Littles, LLC/Lifeboat Productions)

Odd Squad
PBS Kids (Sinking Ship Entertainment/BBC Studios/Fred Rogers Productions)

Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

Outstanding Fiction Special
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
Disney+

Descendants: The Rise of Red
Disney+ (Disney Branded Television)

Girl Haunts Boy
Fifth Season (Wonder Worldwide)

Henry Danger: The Movie
Nickelodeon


Outstanding Short Form Live Action Program

Andrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief
Sesame Workshop YouTube Channel

Girls’ Voices Now
Here TV

My Way
PBS Kids (Fred Rogers Productions)

Together We Can
PBS Kids (Sesame Workshop)


Outstanding Puppetry Performer

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby & Tango
Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

Frankie Cordero as Purple Panda, Turtle-Lou & Penguin Referee
Donkey Hodie
PBS Kids (Fred Rogers Productions/Spiffy Pictures)

Stephanie D’Abruzzo as Duck Duck, Harriett Elizabeth Cow, Mama Panda & Doc Skunk
Donkey Hodie
PBS Kids (Fred Rogers Productions/Spiffy Pictures)

Ryan Dillon as Elmo & Felix
Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

Carmen Osbahr as Rosita
Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

Outstanding Children’s Personality

Tabitha Brown
Tab Time
Tab Time YouTube Channel (Kids At Play)

Yvette Nicole Brown
Cookie Monster’s Bake Sale: Block Party
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop/RIVR)

Perdita Felicien
All-Round Champion
BYUtv (Blue Ant Studios)

Alia Pope
Chip Kids
East Tennessee PBS YouTube Channel (East Tennessee PBS)

June Squibb
Storyline Online
Storyline Online YouTube Channel (The Story Garage)

Outstanding Directing for a Live Action Series

The Chamber
Malory Towers
BYUtv (King Bert Productions)

Journey
Heartstopper
Netflix (See-Saw Films)

Kevin Haddock
Time Bandits
Apple TV+ (Paramount Television Studios/Anonymous Content/MRC Productions)

Love in the Forest
A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic (Plimsoll Productions)

Stay Out of the Basement, Part I
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
Disney+ (Sony Pictures Television)

This Could Be a Real Adventure
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Disney+ (Lucasfilm Ltd.)

A Trip to the Moon
Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

Outstanding Cinematography and Technical Arts for a Multiple Camera Live Action Program

Happy Trails
Bunk’d: Learning the Ropes
Disney+ I Disney Channel

Nigh is Now
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
Disney+/Disney Channel (Entertainment Force/Potato Monkey Productions)

A Trip to the Moon
Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

Outstanding Editing for a Preschool or Children’s Live Action Program

Abby Taps into Kindness
Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

Love in the Forest
A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic (Plimsoll Productions)

Pan troglodytes
Jane
Apple TV+ (Sinking Ship Entertainment)

People We Care About
Secrets at Red Rocks
BYUtv (Libertine Pictures)

The Primrose Railway Children
BYUtv (BBC Studios)


Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program

“Grow Your World”
Rise Up, Sing Out
Disney+/Disney Jr.

“I’m on My Way”
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
PBS Kids (GBH Kids/Global Mechanic)

“I Want to Go Home”
Kindergarten: The Musical!
Disney+ I Disney Jr. (Oddbot Inc)

“Music, Music”
Sesame Street
HBO Max (Sesame Workshop)

“One Colorful Ocean”
Disney Jr.’s Ariel
Disney+ I Disney Jr. (Wild Canary)

“The Show Will Go On”
RoboGobo
Disney+/Disney Jr. (Brown Bag Films)

You can view the entire list of nominees here.

Winners will be announced during the 2025 Children’s & Family Emmy ceremony March 1 and 2, which will be held in New York City for the first time, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. 

Winners in the Juried Individual Achievement in Animation categories will be announced early next year, as will the Lifetime Achievement honoree and ceremony host and presenters.