‘The Quest,’ ‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Maya and the Three’ among 2022 Children’s & Family Creative Arts Emmy winners
The first part of the first Children’s & Family Emmy Awards were held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 10 in a ceremony hosted by singer, dancer and actor JoJo Siwa which focused on the creative arts, with awards for achievements in writing, directing, voice direction, cinematography, editing and more.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the establishment of the Children’s & Family Emmys in late 2021, splitting from the Daytime Emmys to create their own show, acknowledging recent growth in scope and reach among that programming, which NATAS president and CEO Adam Sharp said could “stand on its own two feet.”
Netflix’s Maya and the Three won three awards, including outstanding writing for an animated program; Disney+’s The Quest won two, including outstanding directing for a multiple camera program and the hit Netflix series Heartstopper, which made the dramatic move to the Children’s & Family Emmys from the Primetime Emmys, won for its casting.
The next part of the Children’s & Family Emmys, also to be held at the Wilshire Ebell, will award categories such as children’s or family viewing series, preschool children’s series, young teen series, fiction special, animated series and performer acting categories.
Here is the list of Saturday’s creative arts winners.
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIVE ACTION PRESCHOOL OR CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
“The Baby-Sitters Club” (Netflix) – WINNER
“See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO Max)
“Sesame Street” (HBO Max)
“Waffles + Mochi” (Netflix)
“Who Are You, Charlie Brown?” (Apple TV+)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Maya and the Three” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Amphibia” (Disney Channel)
“City of Ghosts” (Netflix)
“Dug Days” (Disney+)
“Karma’s World” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Muppet Babies” (Disney Junior) – WINNER
“Ada Twist, Scientist” (Netflix)
“Alma’s Way” (PBS)
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” (PBS)
“Molly of Denali” (PBS)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MULTIPLE CAMERA PROGRAM
“The Quest” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Raven’s Home” (Disney+)
“Sesame Street” (HBO Max)
“Top Chef Family Style” (Peacock)
“Zero Chill” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
“City of Ghosts” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Arlo the Alligator Boy” (Netflix)
“Carmen Sandiego” (Netflix)
“Ciao Alberto” (Disney+)
“Dug Days” (Disney+)
“Hilda and the Mountain King” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Stillwater” (Apple TV+) – WINNER
“Ada Twist, Scientist” (Netflix)
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” (PBS)
“Go! Go! Cory Carson” (Netflix)
“Muppet Babies” (Disney Junior)
“Storybots: Learn to Read” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
“Friends with a Penguin”: Sesame Street (HBO Max) – WINNER
“If You Have a Dream”: Fancy Nancy (Disney Junior)
“In Your Shoes”: Sneakerella (Disney+)
“It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown”: It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown (Apple TV+)
“Kicks”: Sneakerella (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
“Sneakerella” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Better Nate Than Ever” (Disney+)
“The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder” (Paramount+)
“High School Musical: The Musical – The Series” (Disney Channel)
“The J Team” (Paramount+)
“Siwas Dance Pop Revolution” (Peacock)
MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
“Sneakerella” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Better Nate Than Ever” (Disney+)
“The J Team” (Paramount+)
“The Mysterious Benedict Society” (Disney+)
“Ruby and the Well” (BYUtv)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Cat Burglar” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Looney Tunes Cartoons” (HBO/HBO Max)
“Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), with Love” (Apple TV+)
“The Tom & Jerry Show” (Boomerang)
“The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse” (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIVE ACTION SINGLE CAMERA PROGRAM
“Better Nate Than Ever” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” (Apple TV+)
“The Mysterious Benedict Society” (Disney+)
“Sneakerella” (Disney+)
“Waffles + Mochi” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIVE ACTION MULTIPLE CAMERA PROGRAM
“Punky Brewster” (Peacock) – WINNER
“Bunk’d” (Disney Channel)
“Family Reunion” (Netflix)
“Just Roll With It” (Disney Channel)
“Raven’s Home” (Disney+)
ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN (TIE)
“Muppets Haunted Mansion” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” (Apple TV+) – WINNER
“The Barbarian and the Troll” (Nickelodeon)
“The Mysterious Benedict Society” (Disney+)
“Sneakerella” (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+) – WINNER
High School Musical: The Musical – The Series (Disney Channel)
Odd Squad (PBS)
Raven’s Home (Disney Channel)
Sneakerella (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“The Canterville Ghost” (BYUtv) – WINNER
“The Baby-Sitters Club” (Netflix)
“The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder” (Paramount+)
“Heartstopper” (Netflix)
“High School Musical: The Musical – The Series” (Disney Channel)
“Sneakerella” (Disney+)
“Warped!” (Nickelodeon)
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
“Heartstopper” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Better Nate Than Ever” (Disney+)
“Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” (Disney+)
“Muppets Haunted Mansion” (Disney+)
“Sweet Tooth” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
“The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Big Nate (Paramount+)”
“Centaurworld” (Netflix)
“Go! Go! Cory Carson” (Netflix)
“Monsters at Work” (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING VOICE DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES
“Centaurworld” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Amphibia” (Disney Channel)
“Hilda and the Mountain King” (Netflix)
“The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” (Disney+)
“Summer Camp Island” (HBO/HBO Max)
OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
“Endlings” (Hulu) – WINNER
“The Mysterious Benedict Society” (Disney+)
“Raising Dion” (Netflix)
ADVERTISING
“Sweet Tooth” (Netflix)
“Waffles + Mochi” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS COSTUMES, MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
“The Quest” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Danger Force” (Nickelodeon)
“Muppets Haunted Mansion” (Disney+)
“Odd Squad” (PBS)
“Sweet Tooth” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
“Danger Force” (Nickelodeon) – WINNER
“Endlings” (Hulu)
“The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder” (Paramount+)
“Raising Dion” (Netflix)
“Side Hustle” (Nickelodeon)
OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A SINGLE CAMERA PROGRAM
“Sneakerella” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” (Apple TV+)
“Sweet Tooth” (Netflix)
“The Mysterious Benedict Society” (Disney+)
“Who Are You, Charlie Brown?” (Apple TV+)
OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A MULTIPLE CAMERA PROGRAM
“Making Fun” (Netflix) – WINNER
“The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Game Edition” (HBO Max)
“Sesame Street” (HBO Max)
“The Quest” (Disney+)
“Top Chef Family Style” (Peacock)
OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Ciao Alberto” (Disney+) – WINNER
“Dug Days” (Disney+)
“Maya and the Three” (Netflix)
“Monsters at Work” (Disney+)
“Olaf Presents” (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Trash Truck” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Beepers” (Cartoon Network)
“Go! Go! Cory Carson” (Netflix)
“Octonauts & the Ring of Fire” (Netflix)
“Stillwater” (Apple TV+)
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
“Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses” (Cartoon Network | TBS) – WINNER
“Donkey Hodie” (PBS)
“Endlings” (Hulu)
“High School Musical: The Musical – The Series” (Disney Channel)
“Sesame Street” (HBO Max)
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
“Sweet Tooth” (Netflix) – WINNER
“The Astronauts” (Nickelodeon)
“Raising Dion” (Netflix)
“Scaredy Cats” (Netflix)
“The Mysterious Benedict Society” (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING AND SOUND MIXING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Octonauts & the Ring of Fire” (Netflix) – WINNER
“City of Ghosts” (Netflix)
“Go! Go! Cory Carson” (Netflix)
“Mecha Builders” (HBO Max)
“Octonauts: Above & Beyond” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING AND SOUND MIXING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Maya and the Three” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Ciao Alberto” (Disney+)
“Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” (Amazon Prime Video)
“Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales” (Disney+)
“Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHICS
“Hilda and the Mountain King” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Big Nate” (Paramount+)
“The Ghost and Molly McGee” (Disney Channel)
“Green Eggs and Ham” (Netflix)
“The Mysterious Benedict Society” (Disney+)
OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
“Maya and the Three” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Choose Kindness” Campaign (Disney Channel)
“Dragons: The Nine Realms (Hulu and Peacock)
“Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” (Netflix)
“My Squishy Little Dumplings” (Nickelodeon)
PBS Kids: “You Taught Me” Brand Campaign (PBS)
OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE MEDIA
“Madrid Noir” (Oculus TV) – WINNER
“Cat Burglar” (Netflix)
“In Space with Markiplier” (YouTube Originals)
“Namoo” (Baobab Studios)
“Paper Birds” (Oculus TV)
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