Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program is an Emmy award given to television programming aimed towards children in any format. Series, specials, and non-fiction programming are all eligible for the award.^[1] Prior to 1974, both daytime and primetime programming was eligible. However, once the Daytime Emmys were formed, only primetime television stayed eligible.

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

Best Children's Show

1950

Time for Beany (KTLA)
Kukla, Fran and Ollie (KNBH)
The Adventures of Cyclone Malone (KNBH)

1951

Best Children's Program

1953

1954

1955

Lassie (CBS)
Art Linkletter and the Kids (SYN)
Ding Dong School (NBC)
Kukla, Fran and Ollie (NBC)
Time for Beany (SYN)
Zoo Parade (NBC)

Best Children's Series

1956

Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming

1960

1961

Young People's Concerts: Aaron Copeland Birthday Party (CBS)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
The Huckleberry Hound Show (SYN)
The Shari Lewis Show (NBC)
Shirley Temple's Storybook (NBC)

1962

Young People's Concerts (CBS)
1, 2, 3 Go! (NBC)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)
The Shari Lewis Show (NBC)
Update (NBC)

1963

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Discovery (ABC)
The Shari Lewis Show (NBC)
Update (NBC)
Mr. Wizard (NBC)

1964

Discovery (ABC)
NBC's Children's Theatre (NBC)
Exploring (NBC)
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (NBC)
Science All-Stars (ABC)

Outstanding Children's Program

1966

A Charlie Brown Christmas (CBS)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
NBC's Children's Theatre ("The World of Stuart Little") (NBC)
Discovery (ABC)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ("The Adventures of Gallegher") (NBC)

1967

Jack and the Beanstalk (NBC)
Discovery (ABC)
Charlie Brown's All Stars! (CBS)
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming

1968 - Programs

1968 - Individuals

Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (NET)

1969 - Programs

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (NET)

1969 - Individuals

Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Burr Tillstrom - NBC's Children's Theatre ("The Reluctant Dragon") (NBC)

1970 - Programs

Sesame Street (NET)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)

1970 - Individuals

Writing Team - Sesame Street ("Sally Sees Sesame Street") (NET)
Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss (music and lyrics) - This Way to Sesame Street (NBC)
Michael Loewenstein (scenic designer) - Kukla, Fran and Ollie (NET)

1971 - Programs

Sesame Street (PBS)
Kukla, Fran and Ollie (PBS)

1971 - Individuals

Burr Tillstrom - Kukla, Fran and Ollie (PBS)
George Riesenberger (lighting) - Sesame Street (PBS)

1972 - Programs

Sesame Street (PBS)
The Electric Company (PBS)

1972 - Individuals

John Scott Trotter (music) - Play It Again, Charlie Brown (CBS)
George Riesenberger (lighting) - Sesame Street (PBS)

1973 - Informational/Factual

Shari Lewis (host) - A Picture of Us (NBC)
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (producers) - ABC Afterschool Specials ("Last of the Curlews") (ABC)
Joel Heller (executive producer), Pat Lynch, and Judy Reemtsma (producers) - In the News (CBS)
Lester Cooper (executive producer) and Tom Bywaters (producer) - Make a Wish (ABC)
Jameson Brewer (writer) - ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Last of the Curlews") (ABC)

1973 - Entertainment/Fictional

Writing Staff - The Electric Company (PBS)
Jon Stone (executive producer) and Robert Cunniff (producer) - Sesame Street (PBS)
Christopher Sarson (producer) - Zoom (PBS)
Charles M. Schulz (writer) - You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (CBS)
Joe Raposo (music) - Sesame Street (PBS)
Robert Myhrum (director) - Sesame Street (PBS)
Henry Behar (director) - The Electric Company (PBS)
Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr. and David D. Connell (executive producers), Andy Ferguson (producer) - The Electric Company (PBS)

1974 - Individuals

Bill Zaharuk (art direction) and Peter Razmofsky (set direction) - The Borrowers (NBC)
Charles M. Schulz (writer) - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (CBS)
Judith Anderson - The Borrowers (NBC)
Juul Haalmeyer (costume) - The Borrowers (NBC)
Walter C. Miller (director) - The Borrowers (NBC)
Bill Davis (director) - Free to Be...You & Me (ABC)

1977 - Individuals

Jerry Greene (video tape editor) - Pinocchio (CBS)
Jenn de Joux and Elizabeth Savel (videoanimation) - Peter Pan (NBC)
Bill Hargate (costume designer) - Pinocchio (CBS)
Michael Tilson Thomas (music director) - The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Making Pictures with Music (New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert)") (CBS)
Stan Winston, Larry Abbott, and Edwin Butterworth (makeup) - Pinocchio (CBS)

1978 - Individuals

Bill Hargate (costume designer) - Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (CBS)
Ken Johnson (art director) and Robert Checchi (set decorator) - Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (CBS)
Nicholas Spies and Bob Millslagle (video tape editing) - Once Upon a Classic ("A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court") (PBS)
Jerry Greene (video tape editor) - Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (CBS)
Tommy Cole, Larry Abbott, and Michael Westmore (makeup) - Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (CBS)

1979 - Individuals

Gerri Brioso (graphic artist) - Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (PBS)
Tony Di Girolamo and Dave Clark (lighting direction) - Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (PBS)

1980 - Individuals

Bob O'Bradovich (makeup) - The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (ABC)
Arthur Ginsberg (film editor) - The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (ABC)
Mariette Hartley - The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (ABC)
Ozzie Alfonso (director) - Sesame Street in Puerto Rico (PBS)
Nat Mongioi (art director) - Sesame Street in Puerto Rico (PBS)

1981 - Individuals

Don Mischer (director) - Donahue and Kids (NBC)
Calista Hendrickson and Sherry Ammott (costume design) - Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (ABC)
Paul Williams (composer) - Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas for the song "When The River Meets The Sea" (ABC)
Tom Wright (lighting) - Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (ABC)
Patty Duke - The Girl on the Edge of Town (SYN)

1982 - Individuals

Ralph Holmes (lighting) - Alice at the Palace (NBC)
Theoni V. Aldredge (costume) - Alice at the Palace (NBC)
Byron Brandt (film editor) - Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (CBS)
Albert Heschong (art director) and Warren Welch (set decorator) - Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (CBS)
Sound Mixing Team - Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (CBS)

Outstanding Children's Special

1974

1975

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus (ABC)
The Hoober-Bloob Highway (CBS)
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (CBS)
It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (CBS)

1976

You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (CBS)
Huckleberry Finn (ABC)

1977

1978

Halloween is Grinch Night (ABC)
Once Upon a Classic ("A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court") (PBS)
The Fat Albert Christmas Special (CBS)
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (CBS)
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (NBC)

Outstanding Children's Program

1979

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (PBS)
Once Upon a Classic (PBS)
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (ABC)
A Special Sesame Street Christmas (CBS)

1980

Benji at Work (ABC)
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (ABC)
Sesame Street in Puerto Rico (PBS)

1981

Donahue and Kids (NBC)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ("The Art of Disney Animation") (NBC)
Paddington Bear (PBS)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (ABC)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (NBC)

1982

The Wave (ABC)
Alice at the Palace (NBC)
The Electric Grandmother (NBC)
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom (ABC)
Through the Magic Pyramid (NBC)

1983

Big Bird in China (NBC)
The Snow Queen: A Skating Ballet (PBS)
Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (NBC)
Skeezer (NBC)

1984

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (NBC)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (ABC)
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (PBS)

1985

American Playhouse ("Displaced Person") (PBS)
Punky Brewster (NBC)
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
The Ewok Adventure (ABC)
The Night They Saved Christmas (ABC)

1986

WonderWorks ("Anne of Green Gables") (PBS)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 116th Edition (CBS)
Punky Brewster (NBC)
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (ABC)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ("The Girl Who Spelled Freedom") (ABC)

1987

The Storyteller ("Hans My Hedgehog") (NBC)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ("Great Moments in Disney Animation") (ABC)
The Christmas Toy (ABC)
WonderWorks ("Walking on Air") (PBS)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ("Young Harry Houdini") (ABC)

1988

Hallmark Hall of Fame ("The Secret Garden") (CBS)
The Storyteller ("A Story Short") (NBC)
The Storyteller ("The Luckchild") (NBC)
Tall Tales & Legends (Showtime)
A Muppet Family Christmas (ABC)

1989

Free to Be...a Family (ABC)
3-2-1 Contact ("I Have AIDS: A Teenager's Story") (PBS)
The Jim Henson Hour ("The Heartless Giant") (NBC)
WonderWorks ("The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe") (PBS)
WonderWorks ("Young Charlie Chaplin") (PBS)

1990

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (NBC)
All Creatures Great and Small ("Here and There") (A&E)
The Jim Henson Hour ("The Song Of The Cloud Forest") (NBC)
A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (TNT)
You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown! (CBS)

1991

3-2-1 Contact ("You Can't Go Home Again") (PBS)
Avonlea ("How Kissing Was Discovered") (Disney Channel)
Newton's Apple ("#801") (PBS)
Earth to Kids: A Guide to Products for a Healthy Planet (HBO)
What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny (TNT)

1992

Mark Twain and Me (Disney Channel)
3-2-1 Contact ("What Kids Want to Know About Sex and Growing Up") (PBS)
Avonlea ("Facts and Fictions") (Disney Channel)
ABC Afterschool Specials ("In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story") (PBS)
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABC)

1993

Avonlea ("Incident At Vernon River") (Disney Channel)
Beethoven Lives Upstairs (HBO)
3-2-1 Contact ("Brainstorm: The Truth About Your Brain on Drugs") (PBS)
Great Performances: Dance in America ("American Indian Dance Theatre: Dances for the New Generations") (PBS)
Peter, Paul and Mommy, Too (PBS)

1994

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Kids Killing Kids") (CBS)
Clarissa Explains it All ("A Little Romance") (Nickelodeon)
Avonlea (Disney Channel)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (PBS)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (ABC)

1995

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger (HBO)
Avonlea (Disney Channel)
In Search of Dr. Seuss (TNT)
Lamb Chop and the Haunted Studio (PBS)
Smart Kids (20th Century Fox Television)

1996

Peter and the Wolf (ABC)
Avonlea (Disney Channel)
Reading Rainbow ("Act Against Violence") (PBS)
Marsalis on Music (PBS)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Clearing the Air: Kids Talk to the President about Smoking") (Nickelodeon)

1997

How Do You Spell God? (HBO)
About Us: The Dignity of Children (ABC)
It Just Takes One (USA)
Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes (HBO)
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (Nickelodeon)

1998

Muppets Tonight (Disney Channel)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("What Are You Staring At?") (Nickelodeon)
Absent Minded Inventions and the Search for Flubber with Bill Nye the Science Guy (ABC)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Divorce: Caught in the Middle") (Nickelodeon)
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (Nickelodeon)

1999

The Teen Files ("The Truth About Drinking") (SYN)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("The Clinton Crisis") (Nickelodeon)
Kids Are Punny (HBO)
Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (ABC)

2000

The Color of Friendship (Disney Channel)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (HBO)
Disney Channel In Concert ("Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra in Concert") (Disney Channel)
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years (CBS)
Rugrats (Nickelodeon)

2001

The Teen Files ("Surviving High School") (UPN)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
King Gimp (HBO)
Peter Pan (A&E)

2002

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Faces of Hope: The Kids of Afghanistan") (Nickelodeon)
The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (ABC)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
Rugrats ("All Growed Up") (Nickelodeon)
SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)

2003

Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001 (HBO)
Lizzie McGuire (Disney Channel)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("My Family is Different") (Nickelodeon)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("The Iraq Question: American Kids Talk About War") (Nickelodeon)
Kermit's Swamp Years (STARZ!)

2004

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (HBO)
Lizzie McGuire (Disney Channel)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("The Courage To Live: Kids, South Africa and AIDS") (Nickelodeon)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On (PBS)

2005

Classical Baby (HBO)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Never Again? From the Holocaust to the Sudan") (Nickelodeon)
That's So Raven (Disney Channel)
Zoey 101 (Nickelodeon)
Drake & Josh (Nickelodeon)

2006

High School Musical (Disney Channel)
I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me (HBO)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Do Something! Caring for the Kids of Katrina") (Nickelodeon)
Drake & Josh (Nickelodeon)

2007

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Private Worlds: Kids and Autism") (Nickelodeon)
Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (Disney Channel)
That's So Raven (Disney Channel)
Drake & Josh (Nickelodeon)

2008

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("The Untouchable Kids of India") (Nickelodeon)
Classical Baby ("The Poetry Show") (HBO)
Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (Disney Channel)
High School Musical 2 (Disney Channel)
Drake & Josh (Nickelodeon)

2009

Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)
iCarly (Nickelodeon)

2009 - Nonfiction

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Coming Home: When Parents Return from War") (Nickelodeon)
The Alzheimer's Project ("Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?") (HBO)

2010

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (Disney Channel)
Jonas (Disney Channel)
Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)
iCarly (Nickelodeon)
Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)

2010 - Nonfiction

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("The Face Of Courage: Kids Living With Cancer") (Nickelodeon)
When Families Grieve (PBS)

2011

A Child's Garden of Poetry (HBO)
Victorious ("Freak the Freak Out") (Nickelodeon)
iCarly ("iGot a Hot Room") (Nickelodeon)
Degrassi ("My Body Is a Cage") (The N)
Wizards of Waverly Place ("Wizards vs. Angels") (Disney Channel)

2011 - Nonfiction

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Under The Influence: Kids Of Alcoholics") (Nickelodeon)
Masterclass (HBO)

2012

Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Degrassi (TeenNick)
Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel)
Victorious (Nickelodeon)
iCarly (Nickelodeon)

2012 - Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition

Growing Hope Against Hunger (PBS)
It Gets Better (MTV)
The Weight of the Nation for Kids ("The Great Cafeteria Takeover") (HBO)

2013

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Forgotten But Not Gone: Kids, HIV & AIDS") (Nickelodeon)
Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel)
Masterclass ("Renée Fleming") (HBO)
The Weight of the Nation for Kids ("Quiz Ed!") (HBO)
iCarly (Nickelodeon)

2014

One Last Hug: Three Days At Grief Camp (HBO)
Degrassi (TeenNick)
Dog With a Blog (Disney Channel)
Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Family Secrets: When Violence Hits Home") (Nickelodeon)
Masterclass ("Wynton Marsalis") (HBO)

2015

Masterclass ("Alan Alda") (HBO)
Degrassi (TeenNick)
Dog With a Blog (Disney Channel)
Girl Meets World (Disney Channel)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Coming Out") (Nickelodeon)

References

↑ "Television Academy Downloads". Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Miniseries Television Movie Reality-Competition Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Animated Program Short-Format Animation Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Variety Special Children's Program

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Character Voice-Over Performance Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series

Creative Arts	Art Direction for a Contemporary or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera) Art Direction for a Contemporary Program (Half-Hour or less) Art Direction for a Period Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Single-Camera) Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Series Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Special and Visual Effects Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Program of the Year Reality Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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