"Sesame Street" wins 4 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards!

The 4th annual Children and Family Emmy Awards were held Monday night with Sesame Street fittingly taking home 4 awards. 

For the first time, the ceremony was held in New York City at Jazz at Lincoln Center. John Tartaglia of Sesame Street, Johnny and Sprites, and Fraggle Rock fame hosted the show while Sesame performers Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, and Jen Barnhart presented. 

Sesame Street won:

Outstanding Preschool, Children’s or Family Viewing Series

Outstanding Short Form Live Action Program: Andrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief, Sesame Workshop YouTube Channel

Outstanding Directing for a Live Action Series: “A Trip to the Moon"

Outstanding Puppetry Performer: Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby & Tango

In addition to these awards, a few long-time Henson-related contributors to family entertainment were inducted into the Academy’s Gold and Silver Circles.

Michael K. Frith was honored into the Gold Circle, while Alan Muroka and Rosemarie Truglio (Senior Vice President of Global Education at Sesame Workshop) were inducted into the Silver Circle. 

You can watch the entire ceremony here. 

"Fraggles" and "Sesame" Win Children’s & Family Emmys!

Over the weekend the Children’s & Family Emmys were held and Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, and Sesame Street took home some awards.

While Sesame Street surprisingly lost for Preschool Series, they won Short Form Live Action Program for "Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack," which you can watch below. 

As well as as:

• Public Service Initiative: Emotional-Well Being
• Outstanding Original Song: “That’s Why We Love Nature“
• Writing for a Preschool of Children’s Series: “Can They Be Friends?“
• Directing for a Multiple Camera Live Action: “The Sign Language ABCs“

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph won the Puppetry Award for preforming Abby Cadabby & Tango on Sesame Street.

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock won for Costume Design/Styling (Puppetry Design) and Children's or Family Viewing Series. Watch the creative team's acceptance speech below:

The big winner of the night was Fran Brill, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. 

And, if that wasn't enough, Mokey Fraggle presented a few awards as well which you can also see below. 

You can see the full list of winners at Variety. 

The Barretta Brothers Welcome Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Ricky Gervais, Matt Vogel and Bobby Moynihan!

In case you've missed the past few episodes of their show ,The Barretta Brothers have recently welcomed Muppet performers and guest stars Julianne Buescher, Alice Dinnean, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Ricky Gervais, Matt Vogel and Bobby Moynihan!

Check them out below:

Live Q&A #01 with Julianne Buescher and Alice Dinnean:

 Leslie Carrara-Rudolph:

 Ricky Gervais and Matt Vogel:

 

Bobby Moynihan:

You can these episodes and more on the The Barretta Brothers Youtube channel. 

Sesame Street Gets WIRED!

The cast of Sesame Street teamed up with WIRED for couple entertaining and informative videos. 

First up the puppeteers explain how their characters work:

Then the characters answers the Web's Most Searched Questions: