The 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards are an awards ceremony 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 2024 and 2025, following on from the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards, which were held in March 2025. The eligibility period ran from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025, mirroring that of the Primetime Emmy Awards.
The winners were announced during two ceremonies held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 1âÂÂ2, 2026, one focused on creative and technical arts and the other dedicated to performances and programming. ' led the nominations, with seventeen, breaking the record of sixteen made by Percy Jackson and the Olympians at the previous ceremony. Skeleton Crew was followed by Sweet Tooth with fourteen nominations, and ' with eleven. The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to science educator Bill Nye.
Ceremony information
Category changes
A number of changes to categories and eligibility criteria took effect for the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards:
- The Outstanding Informational Program is returning.
- The Outstanding Voice Performer in an Animated Program category has been split into two categories each for Single Role Voice Performance and Multiple Role Voice Performance. Entrants into the Single Role Voice Performance category must be voicing only a singular character - they cannot choose only to enter a single voice from a show in which they voice multiple characters. The Outstanding Younger Performer remains unchanged.
- Due to a consistently low number of submissions, the Outstanding Preschool Series category has been merged with Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series. The category has now been renamed Outstanding Preschool, ChildrenâÂÂs or Family Viewing Series.
- The Outstanding Interactive Media category has been removed.
- The Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design for a Single Camera Program and Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design for a Multiple Camera Program categories have been merged into a singular category.
Winners and nominees
Nominees were announced on November 18, 2025. Winners were announced on March 2, 2026.
Programming
Performances
Writing
Directing
Animation
Art Direction
Casting
Choreography and Stunts
Cinematography and Lighting
Costumes, Makeup and Hairstyling
Editing
Music
Show Open
Sound
Visual and Special Effects
Lifetime Achievement Award
Shows with multiple nominations
References
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