This is a list of winners and nominees of the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Preschool Series, which honors live action programs both in broadcast and streaming television aimed at young viewers from infancy through to age five. The category was established at the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards in 2022 and is a sister category to the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Teen Series and the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series, which target shows aimed at older audiences.
The inaugural winner of the award was Sesame Street, which also leads in overall nominations, with three. It is followed by Blue's Clues & You! and Waffles + Mochi which each have two nominations respectively.
Due to a consistent lack of submissions since its inception, the category was discontinued after the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards. It has been merged with the Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series category as of the 2026 ceremony.
Background 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. Programming aimed towards children and young adults was honored from 1974 to 2021 with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series, which was presented under various names across its lifespan, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program, which was presented from 1950 to 2020. Following the establishment of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, both categories were discontinued.
Winners and nominations 2020s Year Series Network Refs 2022(1st)Sesame Street HBO Max NATAS Announces Nominations For First Annual Children’s & Family Emmys – The Emmys2022 Children's & Family Emmys: Full List of Nominations – The Hollywood ReporterNetflix Leads First-Ever Children's & Family Emmys Nominations Tally – VarietyChildren's and Family Emmy Awards: 31 famous nominees - GoldDerbyNominees for First-Ever Children's & Family Emmys Revealed|Animation Magazine Helpsters Apple TV+ The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo HBO Max Tab Time YouTube Originals Waffles + Mochi Netflix 2023(2nd)Sesame Street HBO Max Blue's Clues & You! Nickelodeon HelpstersApple TV+ Slumberkins Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant Netflix 2024(3rd) Blue's Clues & You! Nickelodeon Donkey Hodie PBS Kids Lovely Little Farm Apple TV+ Sesame Street HBO Max
Programs with multiple awards 2 awards Sesame Street
Shows with multiple nominations 3 nominations Sesame Street
2 nominations Blue's Clues & You! Helpsters Waffles + Mochi Tab Time
Networks with multiple nominations 5 nominations Apple TV+ HBO Max
2 nominations Netflix Nickelodeon
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