Sesame Street Will Chace Another Emmy!

We all know Sesame Street get nominated, and wins, plenty of daytime Emmys, but this year they've been nominated again for a primetime special!

You may recall that Sesame Street won a primetime Emmy last year for their HBO special Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas, and this year their latest special, The Magical Wand Chase, is nominated as well.

The Sesame gang is nominated in the “Outstanding Children’s Program” category where, they're up against Alexa & Katie, Fuller House, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Star Wars: Rebels.

The Emmy Awards will be held on September 17th on NBC.

Henson Series Pick Up More Daytime Emmy Nominations!

The 2017 Daytime Emmy nominations have been announced and Sesame Street has once again racked up an impressive list of nominations and not just in the children's categories. Newcomer Julie's Greenroom also scored some noms, though it's competing directly with Sesame in the categories they're nominated in. Even Splash & Bubbles got a nom for creator and star John Tartaglia. 

And the Henson nominees are...

Outstanding Preschool Children’s Series 
Julie’s Greenroom Netflix
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Special Class – Short Format Daytime Program
Sesame Street: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with Julia & Elmo YouTube.com

Outstanding Interactive Media Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series 
Sesame Street sesamestreetincommunities.org

Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s, Family Viewing
Julie’s Greenroom Netflix
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Directing in a Children’s, Preschool Children’s or Family Viewing Program 
Julie’s Greenroom Netflix
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Lighting Direction 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Technical Team 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Sound Mixing 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Sound Editing – Live Action 
Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Original Song 
“A Song About Songs”Sesame Street HBO 

“Try A Little Kindness”Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Hairstyling Sesame Street HBO

Outstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramJohn Tartaglia – Splash and Mrs. Tidy in Splash and Bubbles

In total Sesame Street received 14 nominations, Julie's Greenroon 2, and Splash and Bubbles 1.

The Daytime Emmy Awards are to be held on Sunday, April 29. No TV network has yet to be announced. 

Sesame Street Nominated for 10 More Emmys!

Last week the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards. 

Sesame Street garnered 10 nominations including one for Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series and Ryan Dillon’s first nomination as Elmo!

The full list is below:

Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series
Sesame Street
Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente
Senior Producer Benjamin Lehmann
Producer Mindy Fila
Line Producer Stephanie Longardo
Coordinating Producer April Coleman

Outstanding Promotional Announcement
Sesame Studios: Launch Campaign
Supervising Producer Kay Wilson Stallings
Producers Brande Bytheway, Jordan Geary, Todrick Hall, Dionne Nosek, Gianna Orzo
Producers/Directors Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead

Outstanding Performer in a Children’s, Pre-School Children’s, or Family Viewing Program
Ryan Dillon, as Elmo

Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Pre-School Children’s or Family Viewing Program
Sesame Street
Head Writer Joey Mazzarino
Writers Molly Boylan, Geri Cole, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Michael Goldberg, Emily Kingsley, Luis Santeiro, Ed Valentine, Belinda Ward, John Weidman

Outstanding Directing in a Children’s, Pre-School Children’s or Family Viewing Program
Sesame Street
Directors Ken Diego, Benjamin Lehmann, Joey Mazzarino, Scott Preston, Chuck Vinson, Matt Vogel, Nadine Zylstra

Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
Sesame Street
Production Designer David Gallo
Art Directors Keith Olsen, Randall Richards

Outstanding Technical Team
Sesame Street
Technical Directors Richie Drummond, Tom Guadarrama
Camera Operators Frank Biondo, Mark Britt, Jerry Cancel, Shaun Harkins
Senior Video James Meek

Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing
Sesame Street
Post Production Supervising Editor Todd E. James
Editors Jesse Averna, Ray Chin, Memo Salazar, Jordan Santora

Outstanding Sound Mixing – Live Action
Sesame Street
Production Mixer Chris Prinzivalli
Re-Recording Mixer Michael Barrett, Michael Croiter, Dick Maitland, C.A.S.

Outstanding Costume Design/Styling
Sesame Street
Costume Designers (Live Actors) Brian Hemesath, Matthew Hemesath
Costume Designers (Muppets) Mary Brehmer, Elizabeth Hara, Michelle Hickey, Rollie Krewson, Sarah Lafferty, Lara Maclean, Casey Miller, Constance Peterson, Jane Pien, Kate Rusek, Sierra Schoening, Sally Thomas, David Valentine, Jason Weber

We congratulate all the talented peopel at Sesame Street and wish them the best luck in taking all 10 trophies back to the street!

The 44th Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on April 30th, though no broadcast or streaming has been announced.

ABC's The Muppets Nominated For An Emmy!

The 2016 Emmy Award nominees were announced yesterday, and the nominees for Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour Or Less) are  (drum roll please): 

The Big Bang Theory
The Muppets
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Yes, you read that correctly. Despite ABC's decision to cancel the series, The Muppets has been nominated for an Emmy!

You may recall the show won an Art Directors Guild award in February, where they were also up against Transparent and Veep. 

Congratulations to everyone involved with The Muppets! Here's hoping another golden statue makes it's way to your mantel when the winners are announced Sept. 18 on ABC!