The 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) to honor the best in American children's and family-oriented television programming in 2021 and 2022. The eligibility period ran from January 1, 2021, to May 31, 2022; starting the following year, the eligibility window will be from June 1 to May 31 every year. The winners were announced during two ceremoniesone focused on creative and technical arts, and the other dedicated to performances and programmingthat were held at Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles on December 10 and 11, 2022. Dancer and media personality JoJo Siwa hosted the December 10 ceremony, while the December 11 ceremony was hosted by actor and comedian Jack McBrayer.
On November 17, 2021, the NATAS announced the creation of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards to recognize the best in children's and family television. The organization cited an "explosive growth in the quantity and quality of children's and family programming" as justification for a dedicated ceremony. Many categories of the awards were previously presented at the Daytime Emmy Awards.
Nominations were announced on November 1, 2022, with programs The Mysterious Benedict Society and Sneakerella leading with 11 nods each. American actor and television host LeVar Burton received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement award.
Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced on November 1, 2022.
Programming + Sesame Street (HBO Max/PBS Kids) Helpsters (Apple TV+) The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Game Edition (HBO Max) Tab Time (YouTube Originals) Waffles + Mochi (Netflix) The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) The Astronauts (Nickelodeon) Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+) Raising Dion (Netflix) Secrets of Sulphur Springs (Disney Channel) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Heartstopper (Netflix) Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (Disney+) First Day (Hulu) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+) The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Sneakerella (Disney+) Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+) Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+) See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special (HBO Max) Spin (Disney Channel) Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast (Netflix) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Who Are You, Charlie Brown? (Apple TV+) Hi I'm Sevy (Magnolia Network) Kids Baking Championship (Food Network) Nick News (Nickelodeon) Sesame Street in Communities: Talking About Race (YouTube.com) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Ada Twist, Scientist (Netflix) Molly of Denali (PBS) Octonauts: Above & Beyond (Netflix) Santiago of the Seas (Nickelodeon) Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (PBS) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | City of Ghosts (Netflix) The Cuphead Show! (Netflix) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+) Star Trek: Prodigy (Paramount+) A Tale Dark & Grimm (Netflix) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Hilda and the Mountain King (Netflix) El Deafo (Apple TV+) Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (Amazon Prime Video) Maya and the Three (Netflix) Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (Netflix) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | We the People (Netflix) Ciao Alberto (Disney+) Little Bird (Vimeo) Rhymes Through Times (Noggin) Sesame Street in Communities: Explaining Race | #ComingTogether (YouTube.com) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Madrid Noir (Oculus TV) Cat Burglar (Netflix) In Space with Markiplier (YouTube Originals) Namoo (Baobab Studios) Paper Birds (Oculus TV) |- | colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Maya and the Three'' (Netflix) CHOOSE KINDNESS Campaign (ABC) 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)
Performer + Kit Connor as Nick Nelson on Heartstopper (Netflix) Loretta Devine as M'Dear on Family Reunion (Netflix) Mark Feuerstein as Watson Brewer on The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) Joe Locke as Charlie Spring on Heartstopper (Netflix) Alicia Silverstone as Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer on The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) Rueby Wood as Nate on Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+) Nonso Anozie as Tommy Jepperd on Sweet Tooth (Netflix) Adeel Akhtar as Aditya Singh on Sweet Tooth (Netflix) Yasmin Finney as Elle Argent on Heartstopper (Netflix) William Gao as Tao Xu on Heartstopper (Netflix) Lisa Kudrow as Aunt Heidi on Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+) Quinn Copeland as Izzy on Punky Brewster (Peacock) Malia Baker as Mary Anne Spier on The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) Sammi Haney as Esperanza on Raising Dion (Netflix) Momona Tamada as Claudia Kishi on The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) Ja'Siah Young as Dion Warren on Raising Dion (Netflix) Olivia Colman as Sarah Nelson on Heartstopper (Netflix) Chris Diamantopoulos as Owen Quinn on Ghostwriter (Apple TV+) Sharon Lawrence as Susan on Punky Brewster (Peacock) Randall Park as Dr. Choi on Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (Disney+) Gina Rodriguez as Grown-Up Elena on Diary of a Future President (Disney+) Daniel Ross as Donald Duck on Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (Disney Junior) David Errigo Jr. as Dudley on Ridley Jones (Netflix) Eden Espinosa as The Queen of Hearts on Alice's Wonderland Bakery (Disney Junior) Michael Luwoye as Wavey Jones on Baby Shark's Big Show! (Nickelodeon) Sherri Shepherd as Queen Fastine on Blaze and the Monster Machines (Nickelodeon) Eric Bauza as Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck, Tweety on Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO/HBO Max) Grey DeLisle as Lola, Lana, Lily, Meryl, Cheryl, Scoots, Mopes & Mrs. Bernardo on The Loud House (Nickelodeon) Mark Hamill as Skeletor on Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Netflix) Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon) Frank Welker as Himself, Fred and Scooby on Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (Cartoon Network) Andy Walken as Young Durpleton on Centaurworld: Bunch O' Scrunch (Netflix) Asher Bishop as Lincoln Loud on The Loud House (Nickelodeon) Tucker Chandler as Alex on Madagascar: A Little Wild (Hulu and Peacock) Kyrie McAlpin as Emma on Doug Unplugs (Apple TV+) Amir O'Neil as Marty on Madagascar: A Little Wild (Hulu and Peacock) Helen Mirren – Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses (Cartoon Network/TBS) Tabitha Brown – Tab Time (YouTube Originals) Recker Eans, Dylan Gilmer, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Olivia Perez – The Kids Tonight Show (Peacock) Jack McBrayer – Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show (Apple TV+) Coyote Peterson – Coyote Peterson's Wild Field Trip (YouTube Originals)
Art Direction + Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock – Tyler Bishop Harron, Brentan Harron, Bill Ives, Evan Spence, Paul Healy, Alan McCullagh, Ian Nothnagel (Apple TV+) Muppets Haunted Mansion'' – Darcy Prevost, Kathryn Molenaar, Mark D. Allen, Jeanine Ringer (Disney+) The Barbarian and the Troll – Matthew Budgeon, Gary Kordan, John Alvarez, Tricia Robertson, Kelsey Fowler, David Manske (Nickelodeon) Sneakerella – Elisa Suave (Disney+) The Mysterious Benedict Society'' – Michael Wylie, Marshall McMahen, Ide Foyle (Disney+)
Casting + Heartstopper – Daniel Edwards (Netflix) Better Nate Than Ever – Patrick Goodwin, Bethany Knox, Bernie Telsey (Disney+) Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. – Leslie Woo (Disney+) Muppets Haunted Mansion – Tony Shepherd, Anne McGinnis (Disney+) Sweet Tooth – Carmen Cuba, Stu Turner (Netflix) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder'' – Tatiana Bull, Aaron Drown, David H. Wright III (Disney+) Big Nate – Roxanne Escatel, Amanda Goodbread, Amy Zeis (Paramount+) Centaurworld – Linda Lamontagne (Netflix) Go! Go! Cory Carson – Kim Donovan (Netflix) Monsters at Work'' – Aaron Drown, Colleen Nuño-O’Donnell, Julia Pleasants, David H. Wright III (Disney+)
Animation
The Cuphead Show! – Ivan Aguirre (Netflix) ''Kid Cosmic – Craig McCracken (Netflix) Kid Cosmic – Chris Tsirgiotis (Netflix) Maya and the Three – Alex Konstad (Netflix) Monsters at Work – Ron Tolentino Velasco (Disney+) SpongeBob SquarePants: "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas" – Benjamin Arcand (Nickelodeon) Star Trek: Prodigy'' – Alessandro Taini (Paramount+)
Cinematography and Lighting + Better Nate Than Ever – Declan Quinn (Disney+) Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock – Gavin Smith, Kirk Chiswell, Tim Milligan (Apple TV+) The Mysterious Benedict Society – Francois Dagenais (Disney+) Sneakerella – Matthew Sakatani Roe (Disney+) Waffles + Mochi – Christopher Gill, Jeremy Leach, John Tanzer (Netflix) Punky Brewster – Joe Pennella, Vance Brandon, Jack Chisholm, Eli Franks, Bob McCall, Bruce Pasternack (Peacock) Bunk'd – Gary Scott (Disney Channel) Family Reunion – John Simmons (Netflix) Just Roll with It – Joseph Wilmond Calloway (Disney Channel) Raven's Home – Bryan Hays (Disney+) |- | colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses'' – Simon Miles (Cartoon Network/TBS) Donkey Hodie – Joel K. Flory, Mark Kluiszo (PBS) Endlings – George Lajtai (Hulu) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series – Chris Reiter (Disney+) Sesame Street'' – Dan Kelley (HBO Max)
Choreography and Stunts + Sneakerella – Emilio Dosal (Disney+) Better Nate Than Ever – Zach Woodlee (Disney+) The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder – Cynthia Nowak (Paramount+) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series – Zach Woodlee (Disney+) The J Team – Heather Laura Gray (Paramount+) Siwas Dance Pop Revolution – Jojo Siwa (Peacock) Danger Force'' – Vince Deadrick Jr. (Nickelodeon) Endlings – Larissa Stadnichuk (Hulu) The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder – Brian Williams (Paramount+) Raising Dion – Jennifer Badger (Netflix) Side Hustle'' – William Wong (Nickelodeon)
Costumes, Makeup and Hairstyling + The Mysterious Benedict Society – Catherine Adair (Disney+) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series – Maria Aguilar (Disney+) Odd Squad – Christine Toye (PBS) Raven's Home – Nancy Butts Martin, Carla Accardi Terner (Disney+) Sneakerella – Rachael Grubbs (Disney+) The Canterville Ghost'' – Paul Boyce, Helen Smith, Faye Adin (BYUtv) The Baby-Sitters Club – Florencia Cepeda, Ceilidh Dunn (Netflix) The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder – Joe Matke, Roma Goddard, Yunea Cruz, Danyell Weinberg, Michael Johnston, Julie Hassett, Gerardo Avila, Tyson Fountaine (Paramount+) Heartstopper – Diandra Ferreira, Sorcha Fisher, Melanie Lindsay (Netflix) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series – Shanda Palmer, Heidi Seeholzer (Disney+) Sneakerella – Brian Hui, Jen Fisher (Disney+) Warped!'' – Wendy J. Weiss, Erin B. Guth, Ashlyn R. McIntyre, Jeanette Jani Kleinbard, Tiphanie G. Baum, Myesha M. Starks, Janice J. Zoladz-Allison (Nickelodeon)
Directing + The Mysterious Benedict Society: Season 1 – Greg Beeman, James Bobin, Shannon Kohli, Karyn Kusama, Wendey Stanzler, Mark Tonderai, Glen Winter (Disney+) The Baby-Sitters Club: Seasons 2 – Kimmy Gatewood, Robert Luketic (Netflix) Sneakerella – Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (Disney+) Spin – Manjari Makijany (Disney Channel) Sweet Tooth – Toa Fraser, Robyn Grace, Jim Mickle, Alexis Ostrander (Netflix) Who Are You, Charlie Brown? – Michael Bonfiglio (Apple TV+) The Quest – Jack Cannon, Harold Cronk, Elise Doganieri, Bertram van Munster (Disney+) Raven's Home – Evelyn Belasco, Mary Lou Belli, Sonia Bhalla, Robbie Countryman, Morenike Joela Evans, Danielle Fishel, Leonard R. Garner Jr. Victor Gonzalez, Ian Jordan, Bryan McKenzie, Jon Rosenbaum, Raven-Symoné, Lynda Tarryk (Disney Channel) Sesame Street – Marilyn Agrelo, Ken Diego, Richard Fernandes, Shannon Flynn, Kimmy Gatewood, Todd E. James, Jack Jameson, Benjamin Lehmann, Julie LoRusso, Linda Mendoza, Alan Muraoka, Liliana Olszewski, Scott Preston, Chuck Vinson, Matt Vogel (HBO Max) Top Chef Family Style – Shanra Kehl (Peacock)