Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
The
The youngest Emmy nominee, Jodelle Ferland, was nominated in this category in 2001 at the age of six.[2] The youngest Emmy winner, Bindi Irwin, won in 2008 at age nine.[3]
In November 2021, the
Winners and Nominees
Winners in bold. For "Individual Achievement" categories, only nominees relevant to this page are listed.
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming
1975
- Bill Cosby - Highlights of Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus (NBC)
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
1978
- Tom Aldredge - The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare") (CBS)
1979
- Jack Gilford - Big Blue Marble ("Hello in There") (SYN)
- Geraldine Fitzgerald - Special Treat ("Rodeo Red and the Runaways") (NBC)
- Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt - Sesame Street (PBS)
1980
- Maia Danziger - ABC Afterschool Special ("The Late Great Me! Story of a Teenage Alcoholic") (ABC)
- Butterfly McQueen - ABC Afterschool Special ("Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid") (ABC)
- Melissa Sue Anderson - ABC Afterschool Special ("Which Mother Is Mine?") (ABC)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
- René Auberjonois - CBS Library ("Once Upon a Midnight Dreary") (CBS)
1981
- Danny Aiello - ABC Afterschool Special ("A Family of Strangers") (ABC)
- Bill Cosby - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (CBS)
- Ken Howard - The Body Human ("Facts for Boys") (CBS)
- Marlo Thomas - The Body Human ("Facts for Girls") (CBS)
- Scott Baio - ABC Afterschool Special ("Stoned") (ABC)
- Hal Linden - Animals, Animals, Animals ("Llama") (ABC)
- Julie Andrews - The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev") (CBS)
- Bill Bixby - Once Upon a Classic ("A Tale Of Two Cities") (PBS)
Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
1982
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
- Mike Farrell - The Body Human ("Becoming a Man") (CBS)
- Cicely Tyson - The Body Human ("Becoming a Woman") (CBS)
- Rita Moreno - CBS Library ("Orphans, Waifs and Wards") (CBS)
1983
- Cloris Leachman - ABC Afterschool Special ("The Woman Who Willed a Miracle") (ABC)
- CBS Afternoon Playhouse("Help Wanted") (CBS)
- CBS Afternoon Playhouse("The Shooting") (CBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Molly Picon - Young People's Specials ("Grandma Didn't Wave Back") (SYN)
1984
- Dick Van Dyke - CBS Library ("The Wrong Way Kid") (CBS)
- Carrie Snodgress - ABC Afterschool Special ("Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy") (ABC)
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
1985
- John Carradine - Young People's Specials ("Umbrella Jack") (SYN)
- Scott Baio - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("All the Kids Do It") (CBS)
- Betty Buckley - Special Treat ("Bobby and Sarah") (NBC)
- Richard Pryor - Pryor's Place (CBS)
- Lily Tomlin - Pryor's Place (CBS)
1986
- Pearl Bailey - ABC Afterschool Special ("Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale") (ABC)
- Michael York - ABC Afterschool Special ("Are You My Mother?") (ABC)
- Beau Bridges - ABC Afterschool Special ("Can a Guy Say No?") (ABC)
- ABC Weekend Specials("The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn") (ABC)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1987
- Madeline Kahn - ABC Afterschool Special ("Wanted: The Perfect Guy") (ABC)
- Adolph Caesar - ABC Afterschool Special ("Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge") (ABC)
- Ruth Buzzi - The Berenstain Bears (CBS)
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1988
- Philip Bosco - ABC Afterschool Special ("Read Between The Lines") (ABC)
- Uta Hagen - ABC Afterschool Special ("Seasonal Differences") (ABC)
- James Earl Jones - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Soldier Boys") (CBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
1989
- Dana Barron - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("No Means No") (CBS)
- Betty Buckley - ABC Afterschool Special ("Taking a Stand") (ABC)
- Whoopi Goldberg - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("My Past Is My Own") (CBS)
- Lori Loughlin - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("No Means No") (CBS)
- Chad Lowe - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("No Means No") (CBS)
1990
- Greg Spottiswood - Looking for Miracles (Disney Channel)
- Elizabeth Bliss - ABC Afterschool Special ("Torn Between Two Fathers") (ABC)
- Elizabeth Franz - ABC Afterschool Special ("A Town's Revenge") (ABC)
- Viveca Lindfors - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("A Matter of Conscience") (CBS)
- Zachary Bennett - Looking for Miracles (Disney Channel)
1991
- Joanne Vannicola - CBS Schoolbreak Special("Maggie's Secret") (CBS)
- Robyn Lively - ABC Afterschool Special ("The Less Than Perfect Daughter") (ABC)
- Richard Murphy - ABC Afterschool Special ("The Perfect Date") (ABC)
- Lycia Naff - ABC Afterschool Special ("The Perfect Date") (ABC)
- Christopher Rydell - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Lies of the Heart") (CBS)
1992
- Josh Hamilton - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Abby, My Love") (CBS)
- Stephanie Yu and Z. Wright - 3-2-1 Contact ("Secrets of the Code") (PBS)
- Alison Bartlett - ABC Afterschool Special ("It's Only Rock & Roll") (ABC)
- Matt McGrath - ABC Afterschool Special ("It's Only Rock & Roll") (ABC)
- Cara Buono - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Abby, My Love") (CBS)
1993
- Dina Waters - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story") (HBO)
- Stephanie Yu and Z. Wright - 3-2-1 Contact ("Get Busy: How Kids Can Save The Planet") (PBS)
- Monica Calhoun - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love") (CBS)
- Duane Martin - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love") (CBS)
- Noelle Parker - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love") (CBS)
1994
- Justin Whalin - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS)
- Don Murray - ABC Afterschool Special ("Montana Crossroads") (ABC)
- Christopher Miranda - ABC Weekend Special ("William Saroyan's The Parsley Garden") (ABC)
- Meredith Baxter - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS)
- Joanna Cassidy - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS)
1995
- Hal Linden - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on The Wall") (CBS)
- Peter Billingsley - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on The Wall") (CBS)
- Aeryk Egan - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on The Wall") (CBS)
- Missy Crider - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Love in the Dark Ages") (CBS)
- Ben Affleck - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story") (HBO)
- Alan Thicke - The Trial of Red Riding Hood (Disney Channel)
1996
- ABC Afterschool Specials("Notes for My Daughter") (ABC)
- Kristen Cloke - ABC Afterschool Special ("Long Road Home") (ABC)
- Grace Johnston - ABC Afterschool Special ("Notes for My Daughter") (ABC)
- Lindsay Crouse - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Between Mother and Daughter") (CBS)
- C. Fraser Press - CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Stand Up") (CBS)
- Patti LuPone - The Song Spinner (Showtime)
1997
- Donna Murphy - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)
- Sam McMurray - ABC Afterschool Special ("Teenage Confidential") (ABC)
- Michael Shulman - Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)
- Paul Winfield - The Legend of Gator Face (Showtime)
- Brent Carver - Whiskers (Showtime)
1998
- Robert Ri'chard - In His Father's Shoes (Showtime)
- Louis Gossett Jr. - In His Father's Shoes (Showtime)
- Pat Carroll- The Royale (AMC)
1999
- Jordan Kiziuk - The Island on Bird Street (Showtime)
- Kenneth Welsh - Edison: The Wizard of Light (HBO)
- Michal Suchánek - Edison: The Wizard of Light (HBO)
- Diahann Carroll - The Sweetest Gift (Showtime)
- Keith David - The Tiger Woods Story (Showtime)
2000
- James Earl Jones - Summer's End (Showtime)
- Debbie Reynolds - A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (Showtime)
- Marc Donato - Locked in Silence (Showtime)
- Bonnie Bedelia - Locked in Silence (Showtime)
- Hume Cronyn - Sea People (Showtime)
2001
- Ossie Davis - Finding Buck McHenry (Showtime)
- Ellen Burstyn - Mermaid (Showtime)
- Jodelle Ferland - Mermaid (Showtime)
- Peter Falk - A Storm in Summer (Showtime)
- Alfre Woodard - The Wishing Tree (Showtime)
2002
- Kelsey Keel - My Louisiana Sky (Showtime)
- Kevin Clash - Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West (PBS)
- Juliette Lewis - My Louisiana Sky (Showtime)
- Hume Cronyn - Off Season (Showtime)
- Stephen Rea - Snow in August (Showtime)
2003
- Ben Foster - Bang Bang You're Dead (Showtime)
- Tom Cavanagh - Bang Bang You're Dead (Showtime)
- Bernadette Peters - Bobbie's Girl (Showtime)
- Vanessa Williams - Our America(Showtime)
- Gregory Hines - The Red Sneakers (Showtime)
Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special
2004
- Gena Rowlands - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime)
- James Caan - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime)
- Rubén Blades - The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime)
- Peter Fonda - The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime)
- Mare Winningham - The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime)
2005
- Stockard Channing - Jack (Showtime)
- Jane Alexander - Carry Me Home (Showtime)
- Ron Silver - Jack (Showtime)
- Hume Cronyn - A Separate Peace (Showtime)
2006
- James McDaniel - Edge of America (Showtime)
- Tim Daly - Edge of America (Showtime)
2007
- Eion Bailey - Life of the Party (Lifetime)
- Kera O'Bryon - Assignment Discovery ("Christmas and the Civil War") (Discovery Channel)
- Elijah Wood - Saving a Species ("The Great Penguin Rescue") (Discovery Kids)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series (1989-2014)
1989
- Jim Varney - Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (CBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Barbara Billingsley - Muppet Babies (CBS)
- Sonia Manzano - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Ringo Starr - Shining Time Station (PBS)
1990
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Barbara Billingsley - Muppet Babies (CBS)
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1991
- Peter Pan & the Pirates(FOX)
- Edward Asner - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TBS)
- Whoopi Goldberg - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TBS)
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1992
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along (PBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Sonia Manzano - Sesame Street (PBS)
- George Carlin - Shining Time Station (PBS)
1993
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along (PBS)
- The Addams Family(ABC)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Jerry Nelson - Sesame Street (PBS)
1994
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Ruth Buzzi - Sesame Street (PBS)
- George Carlin - Shining Time Station (PBS)
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1995
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along (PBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Martin P. Robinson - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1996
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Angela Bassett - Storytime (PBS)
- James McDaniel - Storytime (PBS)
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1997
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1998
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1999
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street (PBS)
2000
- Shari Lewis - The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (PBS)
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy (SYN)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
2001
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Steve Burns - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
- Donna Pescow - Even Stevens (Disney Channel)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
2002
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Donna Pescow - Even Stevens (Disney Channel)
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Mary-Kate Olsen - So Little Time (ABC Family)
2003
- Shia LaBeouf - Even Stevens (Disney Channel)
- Noel MacNeal - Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)
- Donna Pescow - Even Stevens (Disney Channel)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
2004
- Jeff Corwin - Jeff Corwin Unleashed (NBC)
- Lynne Thigpen - Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- David Rudman - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Michelle Trachtenberg - Truth or Scare (Discovery Kids)
2005
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Donovan Patton - Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
- Jeff Corwin - Jeff Corwin Unleashed (Discovery Kids)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
2006
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Sara Paxton - Darcy's Wild Life (NBC)
- J.D. Roth - Endurance(NBC)
- Julianna Rose Mauriello - LazyTown(Nickelodeon)
2007
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow (PBS)
2008
- Bindi Irwin - Bindi the Jungle Girl (Discovery Kids)
- Jack Hanna - Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (SYN)
- John Tartaglia - Johnny and the Sprites (Disney Channel)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Rachel Coleman - Signing Time! (PBS)
2009
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Bindi Irwin - Bindi the Jungle Girl (Discovery Kids)
- Leslie Carrara - Sesame Street(PBS)
- Christopher Knowings - Sesame Street(PBS)
- Martin P. Robinson - Sesame Street (PBS)
2010
- Joey Mazzarino - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- David Rudman - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Christopher Knowings - Sesame Street(PBS)
2011
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Leslie Carrara - Sesame Street(PBS)
- Eric Jacobson - Sesame Street (PBS)
2012
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Dakota Goyo - The Haunting Hour: The Series ("Flight") (The Hub)
- Leslie Carrara - Sesame Street(PBS)
2013
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Jeff Corwin - Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin (ABC)
- Joey Mazzarino - Sesame Street (PBS)
- David Rudman - Sesame Street (PBS)
2014
- Jessica Honor Carleton - Green Screen Adventures (MeTV)
- Katie Douglas - Spooksville (HUB Network)
- Leslie Carrara - Sesame Street(PBS)
- Joey Mazzarino - Sesame Street (PBS)
- David Rudman - Sesame Street (PBS)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's or Pre-School Children's Series (2015-2016)
2015
- Margot Kidder - The Haunting Hour: The Series ("Mrs. Worthington") (Discovery Family)
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Sesame Street (PBS)
- Jessica Honor Carleton - Green Screen Adventures (MeTV)
- R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series("Grandpa's Glasses") (Discovery Family)
- Joey Mazzarino - Sesame Street (PBS)
2016
- The Inspectors(CBS)
- Jadiel Dowlin - Annedroids (Amazon)
- Addison Holley - Annedroids (Amazon)
- Sean Michael Kyer - Odd Squad(PBS)
- The Inspectors(CBS)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Pre-School Children's or Family Viewing Program
2017
- Odd Squad(PBS)
- Adrianna Di Liello - Annedroids (Amazon)
- Ryan Dillon - Sesame Street (HBO)
- Addison Holley - Annedroids (Amazon)
- Jack McBrayer - Odd Squad: The Movie (PBS)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Preschool Children's or Educational and Informational Program
2018
- Dove Cameron - Liv and Maddie: Cali Style (Disney Channel)
- Kristos Andrews - This Just In (POP)
- Ed Asner - A StoryBots Christmas (Netflix)
- Michela Luci - Dino Dana (Amazon)
- Raven Symone - Raven's Home(Disney Channel)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class Program
2019
- Michela Luci - Dino Dana (Amazon)
- Bill Cobbs - Dino Dana (Amazon)
- Bret Green - The Inspectors (CBS)
- Edward Norton - Ask the StoryBots (Netflix)
- Kimberly Persona - Miss Persona (YouTube)
- Hannah VandenBygaart - ReBoot: The Guardian Code (Netflix)
Outstanding Principal Performance in Daytime Program
2020
- Ryan Dillon - Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (HBO)
- Liana Liberato - Light as a Feather (Hulu)
- Damian Toofeek Raven - The Chadwick Journals: Oren (Amazon Prime Video)
- Jordan Rodrigues - Light as a Feather (Hulu)
- Brianne Tju - Light as a Feather (Hulu)
Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program
2020
- Bill Cobbs - Dino Dana: Dino Flyer (Amazon Prime Video)
- Maria Bamford - Ask the StoryBots: How Do Eyes See? (Netflix)
- Kathleen Gati - A Mermaid for Christmas (Amazon Prime Video)
- Alice Kremelberg - The Feels (YouTube.com)
- Sara Ramirez - The Feels (YouTube.com)
Outstanding Limited Performance in a Children’s Program
2021
- Lupita Nyong'o - Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices: Lupita Nyong'o Reads Sulwe (Netflix)
- Alicia Silverstone - The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix)
- Jennifer Barnhart - Sesame Street (HBO)
- Derek Gaines - Helpsters: Isaac Ice (Apple TV+)
- Tom Wilson - Sydney to the Max (Disney Channel)
Outstanding Principal Performance in a Children’s Program
2021
- Jace Chapman - The Healing Powers of Dude (Netflix)
- Emilie Cocquerel - The New Legends of Monkey (Netflix)
- Ryan Dillon - Sesame Street (HBO)
- Nathan Lovejoy - Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (Disney Channel)
- Tyler Sanders - Just Add Magic: Mystery City(Amazon Studios)
Outstanding Younger Performer in a Children’s Program
2021
- Sophie Grace - The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix)
- Issac Ryan Brown - Raven's Home (Disney Channel)
- Sky Katz - Raven's Home(Disney Channel)
- Navia Robinson - Raven's Home (Disney Channel)
- Christian J Simon - Sydney to the Max (Disney Channel)
Programs with multiple awards
- 16 awards
- 5 awards
- 3 awards
- 2 awards
Multiple wins
9 wins
6 wins
5 wins
3 wins
2 wins
References
- ^ "Overview". IMDb. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Jodelle Ferland". Retrieved 29 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bindi's Biography". Retrieved 30 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (November 11, 2021). "Children's & Family Emmy Awards Set As Stand-Alone Competition Beginning In 2022". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.