Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series was an Emmy award given to television programming aimed towards children.^[1] Children's television had been recognized at the Emmys since the inaugural year. In 1995, a separate award for pre-school children's television was created, and the two categories had been recognized since then.^[2] Starting in 2018, a distinction between children's series and educational series was created, resulting in two separate categories.^[3] In November 2021, it was announced that all Daytime Emmy categories honoring children's programming would be retired in favor of a separate Children's & Family Emmy Awards ceremony that was held starting in 2022.^[4]

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series

1974

1975

Star Trek: The Animated Series (NBC)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
The Pink Panther Show (NBC)

1976

1977

Zoom (PBS)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("David Copperfield") (PBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("Heidi") (PBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("The Prince and the Pauper") (PBS)

1978

Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("Robin Hood") (PBS)
Zoom (PBS)

1979

Kids Are People Too (ABC)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("John Halifax, Gentleman") (PBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("Lorna Doone") (PBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("The Secret Garden") (PBS)

1980

Hot Hero Sandwich (NBC)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Kids Are People Too (ABC)
Once Upon a Classic ("Leatherstocking Tales") (PBS)

1981

Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Once Upon a Classic ("A Tale of Two Cities") (PBS)
ABC Weekend Specials (ABC)
Once Upon a Classic ("The Legend of King Arthur") (PBS)

1982

Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
ABC Weekend Specials (ABC)

1983

Smurfs (NBC)
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)

1984

Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Smurfs (NBC)

Outstanding Children's Instructional Programming

1976

1977

Sesame Street (PBS)
Villa Alegre (PBS)

1978

Schoolhouse Rock! (ABC)
Sesame Street (PBS)

1979

Schoolhouse Rock! ("Science Rock") (ABC)
Dear Alex and Annie (ABC)
The Metric Marvels (NBC)
Sesame Street (PBS)

Outstanding Informational Children's Series

1976

Go (NBC)
The Electric Company (PBS)
Make a Wish (ABC)

1977

The Electric Company (PBS)
ABC Minute Magazine (ABC)
Animals, Animals, Animals (ABC)
Schoolhouse Rock! (ABC)

1978

Animals, Animals, Animals (ABC)
ABC Minute Magazine (ABC)
Villa Alegre (PBS)

1979

Big Blue Marble (SYN)
ABC Minute Magazine (ABC)
30 Minutes (CBS)
Animals, Animals, Animals (ABC)
In the News (CBS)
NBC Special Treat ("When You Turn Off The Set, Turn On A Book") (NBC)

Outstanding Children's Informational/Instructional Series

1980

1981

1982

30 Minutes (CBS)
Kids Are People Too (ABC)
Sesame Street (PBS)

1983

Sesame Street (PBS)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)

1984

Outstanding Children's Informational/Instructional Programming - Short Form

1980

Ask NBC News (NBC)
H.E.L.P! - Dr. Henry's Emergency Lessons for People (ABC)
In the News (CBS)
Schoolhouse Rock! (ABC)
NBC Special Treat ("When You Turn Off The Set, Turn On A Book") (NBC)

1981

ABC Nutrition Spots (ABC)
Ask NBC News (NBC)
The Doughnuts (ABC)
In the News (CBS)

1982

In the News (CBS)
Ask NBC News (NBC)
Betcha Don't Know (NBC)

1983

In the News (CBS)
Willie Survive (ABC)

1984

Young People's Special ("Just Another Stupid Kid") (SYN)

Outstanding Children's Series

1985

Sesame Street (PBS)
Kidsworld (ABC)
3-2-1 Contact (PBS)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
Pryor's Place (CBS)

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Sesame Street (PBS)
Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories (Disney Channel)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)

1992

Sesame Street (PBS)
Lamb Chop's Play-Along (PBS)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1993

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Barney & Friends (PBS)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1994

Sesame Street (PBS)
Lamb Chop's Play-Along (PBS)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1995

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (SYN)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)
Beakman's World (CBS)

1996

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (SYN)
Really Wild Animals (CBS)
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1997

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Beakman's World (CBS)
Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1998

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Beakman's World (CBS)
Bill Nye the Science Guy (SYN)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (SYN)
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)

1999

2000

Bill Nye the Science Guy (SYN)
The Crocodile Hunter (Animal Planet)
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (SYN)
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (NBC)
Zoom (PBS)

2001

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Even Stevens (Disney Channel)
Real Kids, Real Adventures (Discovery Channel)
Zoom (PBS)

2002

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Discovery Kids Ultimate Guide to the Awesome (Discovery Kids)
Even Stevens (Disney Channel)
Zoom (PBS)

2003

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Assignment Discovery (Discovery Channel)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Even Stevens (Disney Channel)
Zoom (PBS)

2004

Assignment Discovery (Discovery Channel)
Jeff Corwin Unleashed (NBC)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Operation Junkyard (NBC)
Scout's Safari (NBC)
Zoom (PBS)

2005

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Jeff Corwin Unleashed (NBC)
Endurance (NBC)
Postcards from Buster (PBS)
Zoom (PBS)

2006

Zoom (PBS)
Endurance (NBC)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Postcards from Buster (PBS)
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (NBC)

2007

Reading Rainbow (PBS)
Assignment Discovery (Discovery Channel)
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (NBC)
Endurance (NBC)

2008

Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye (Discovery Channel)
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (SYN)
Design Squad (PBS)
Postcards from Buster (PBS)

2009

From the Top at Carnegie Hall (PBS)
Adventure Camp (Discovery Kids)
FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman (PBS)
Postcards from Buster (PBS)

2010

2011

2012

The Electric Company (PBS)
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (SYN)
Biz Kid$ (PBS)
Born to Explore with Richard Wiese (ABC)
Everyday Health (ABC)

2013

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (The Hub)
The Aquabats! Super Show! (The Hub)
Everyday Health (ABC)

2014

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (The Hub)
Animal Science (SYN)
Game Changers with Kevin Frazier (CBS)
Sea Rescue (ABC)

2015

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Discovery Family)
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (SYN)
Odd Squad (PBS)
Spooksville (Discovery Family)
The Wildlife Docs (SYN)

2016

Sea Rescue (SYN)
Annedroids (Amazon)
Odd Squad (PBS)
Project Mc2 (Netflix)
The Wildlife Docs (SYN)

Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series

1995

1996

1997

Sesame Street (PBS)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)

1998

Sesame Street (PBS)
Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)
Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)

1999

Sesame Street (PBS)
Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
Teletubbies (PBS)

2000

Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)
Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Teletubbies (PBS)

2001

Sesame Street (PBS)
Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (PBS)

2002

Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
Sesame Street (PBS)

2003

Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

2004

Sesame Street (PBS)
Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel)
Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)

2005

Sesame Street (PBS)
Blue's Clues (Nickelodeon)
Hi-5 (Discovery Kids)

2006

Sesame Street (PBS)
Blue's Room (Nickelodeon)
Hi-5 (Discovery Kids)
The Paz Show (Discovery Kids)

2007

Sesame Street (PBS)
Hi-5 (Discovery Kids)
Hip Hop Harry (Discovery Kids)
It's a Big Big World (PBS)
The Paz Show (Discovery Kids)

2008

Sesame Street (PBS)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Blue's Room (Nickelodeon)
Jack's Big Music Show (Noggin)
Super Why! (PBS)

2009

Between the Lions (PBS)
Johnny and the Sprites (Disney Channel)
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (PBS)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Wonder Pets! (Nickelodeon)

2010

Sesame Street (PBS)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Wonder Pets! (Nickelodeon)

2011

Sesame Street (PBS)
Between the Lions (PBS)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Disney Channel)
Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)

2012

Sesame Street (PBS)
3rd & Bird (Disney Channel)
Super Why! (PBS)
Wonder Pets! (Nickelodeon)
Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)

2013

Sesame Street (PBS)
The Fresh Beat Band (Nickelodeon)
Pajanimals (NBC)

2014

Sesame Street (PBS)
Dino Dan (Nickelodeon)
The Fresh Beat Band (Nickelodeon)
Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)

2015

Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures (Nickelodeon)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon)

2016

Sesame Street (PBS)
Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures (Nickelodeon)
Mutt & Stuff (Nickelodeon)
Sunny Side Up (Sprout)

2017

Sesame Street (HBO)
Bookaboo (Amazon)
Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures (Nickelodeon)
Mutt & Stuff (Nickelodeon)
Sunny Side Up (Sprout)

2018

Sesame Street (HBO)
Dino Dana (Amazon)
Julie's Greenroom (Netflix)
Sprout House (Universal Kids)

2019

Sesame Street (HBO)
The Big Fun Crafty Show (Universal Kids)
Dino Dana (Amazon)
Miss Persona (YouTube.com)
Snug's House (Universal Kids)

2020

Sesame Street (HBO)

Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Series

2017

Give (NBC)
Annedroids (Amazon)
Odd Squad (PBS)
This Just In (POP TV)
Xploration DIY Sci (SYN)

2018

Free Rein (Netflix)
Annedroids (Amazon)
Odd Squad (PBS)
Top Chef Junior (Universal Kids)
Nat Geo Kids Block (Nat Geo)

2019

Odd Squad (PBS)
American Ninja Warrior Junior (Universal Kids)
Chicken Soup for The Soul's Hidden Heroes (The CW)
Top Chef Junior (Universal Kids)
The Who Was? Show (Netflix)

Outstanding Education or Informational Series

2018

Giver (ION Television)
Mind Field (YouTube RED)
Sea Rescue (SYN)
The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation (CBS)
Xploration DIY Sci (SYN)
Xploration Outer Space (SYN)

2019

Weird but True! (National Geographic Kids)

Multiple wins

33 wins

Sesame Street

10 wins

Reading Rainbow

5 wins

Captain Kangaroo

3 wins

2 wins

Multiple nominations

41 nominations

Sesame Street

21 nominations

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

16 nominations

Reading Rainbow

12 nominations

Captain Kangaroo

9 nominations

8 nominations

Blue's Clues

7 nominations

6 nominations

5 nominations

Yo Gabba Gabba!
Odd Squad

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "Submission Guide". Retrieved July 31, 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Overview". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
^ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR THE 45TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^ Hipes, Patrick (November 11, 2021). "Children's & Family Emmy Awards Set As Stand-Alone Competition Beginning In 2022". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.

[Daytime_Entertainment_Emmy_Awards-1] "Submission Guide". Retrieved July 31, 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Daytime_Emmy_Awards-2] "Overview". Retrieved July 19, 2014.

[3] "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR THE 45TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[4] Hipes, Patrick (November 11, 2021). "Children's & Family Emmy Awards Set As Stand-Alone Competition Beginning In 2022". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.

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v t e Daytime Emmy Awards categories
Program	Culinary Program Daytime Talk Series Directing Team Drama Series Entertainment News Program Legal/Courtroom Program Special Class Series Special Class Special Writing Team
Acting	Lead Actor – Drama Series Lead Actress – Drama Series Supporting Actor – Drama Series Supporting Actress – Drama Series Guest Performer – Drama Series
Hosting	Culinary Show Host Daytime Talk Series Host Lifestyle/Travel Host
Creative Arts	Cinematography Directing for a Special Class Single Camera Editing Writing for a Special Class
Retired	Animated Program Digital Daytime Drama Series Children's Series Children/Youth/Family Special Directing for a Children's Series Game Show Game Show Host Morning Program Musical Performance in a Daytime Program Performer in an Animated Program Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special Performer in a Children's Series Pre-School Children's Animated Program Pre-School Children's Series Talk Show Entertainment Talk Show Informative Talk Show Host – Entertainment Talk Show Host – Informative Writing for a Children's Series Younger Actor – Drama Series Younger Actress – Drama Series Younger Performer – Drama Series
Emmy categories Primetime Daytime International Sports Children's and Family

v t e Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Entertainment Children's Series (1974–1984)	Sesame Street (1973) Zoom (1974) Sesame Street (1974) Star Trek: The Animated Series (1975) Sesame Street (1975) The Big Blue Marble (1976) Sesame Street (1976) Zoom (1977) Sesame Street (1977) Captain Kangaroo (1978) Sesame Street (1978) Kids Are People Too (1979) Sesame Street (1979) Hot Hero Sandwich (1980) Sesame Street (1980) Captain Kangaroo / Once Upon a Classic ("A Tale of Two Cities") (1981) Sesame Street (1981) Sesame Street (1982) Captain Kangaroo (1982) Sesame Street (1983) Captain Kangaroo / The Smurfs (1983) Sesame Street (1984) Captain Kangaroo / The Smurfs (1984)
Children's Instructional Programming (1976–1979)	Schoolhouse Rock! (1976) Sesame Street (1977) Schoolhouse Rock! (1978) Schoolhouse Rock! (1979)
Informational Children's Series (1976–1979)	Go (1976) The Electric Company (1977) Animals, Animals, Animals (1978) The Big Blue Marble (1979)
Children's Informational/Instructional Series (1980–1984)	Sesame Street / 30 Minutes (1980) 30 Minutes (1981) 30 Minutes (1982) Sesame Street (1983) ABC Weekend Specials (1984)
Children's Series (1985–2016)	Sesame Street (1985) Sesame Street (1986) Sesame Street (1987) Sesame Street (1988) Newton's Apple (1989) Reading Rainbow (1990) Sesame Street (1991) Sesame Street (1992) Reading Rainbow (1993) Sesame Street (1994) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (1995) Reading Rainbow (1996) Reading Rainbow (1997) Reading Rainbow (1998) Bill Nye the Science Guy (1999) Bill Nye the Science Guy (2000) Reading Rainbow (2001) Reading Rainbow (2002) Reading Rainbow (2003) Assignment Discovery (2004) Reading Rainbow (2005) Zoom (2006) Reading Rainbow (2007) Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye / Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2008) From the Top at Carnegie Hall (2009) The Electric Company (2010) The Electric Company (2011) The Electric Company / Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (2012) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2013) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2014) R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2015) Sea Rescue (2016)
Pre-School Children's Series (1995–2021)	Sesame Street (1995) Sesame Street (1996) Sesame Street (1997) Sesame Street (1998) Sesame Street (1999) Sesame Street (2000) Sesame Street (2001) Sesame Street (2002) Sesame Street (2003) Sesame Street (2004) Sesame Street (2005) Sesame Street (2006) Sesame Street (2007) Sesame Street (2008) Between the Lions (2009) Sesame Street (2010) Sesame Street (2011) Sesame Street (2012) Sesame Street (2013) Sesame Street (2014) Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (2015) Sesame Street (2016) Sesame Street (2017) Sesame Street (2018) Sesame Street (2019) Sesame Street (2020)
Children's or Family Viewing Series (2017–2020)	Give (2017) Free Rein (2018) Odd Squad (2019) Ghostwriter (2020)
Preschool, Children's or Family Viewing Program (2021)	The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special (2021)
Education or Informational Series (2018–2021)	Giver (2018) Weird but True! (2019) Could You Survive the Movies? (2020) PBS KIDS Talk About (2021)