Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming explained
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming was an Emmy award given to performers in television programming aimed towards children. During the 1970s and 1980s, guest performers in dramatic specials and regular performers on children's series competed in the same category. However, starting in 1989, separate categories for performances in children's series and performances in children's specials were created and used until after 2007 when all categories related to Children's Specials were dropped.[1]
The youngest Emmy nominee, Jodelle Ferland, was nominated in this category in 2001 at the age of six.[2] The youngest Emmy winner, Bindi Irwin, won in 2008 at age nine.[3]
In November 2021, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that all Daytime Emmy categories honoring children's programming will be retired in favor of a separate Children's & Family Emmy Awards ceremony, to be held starting in 2022.[4]
Winners and Nominees
Winners in bold. For "Individual Achievement" categories, only nominees relevant to this page are listed.
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming
1975
1978
- Tom Aldredge - The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare") (CBS)
1979
1980
1981
Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Eion Bailey - Life of the Party (Lifetime)
- Kera O'Bryon - Assignment Discovery ("Christmas and the Civil War") (Discovery Channel)
- Elijah Wood - Saving a Species ("The Great Penguin Rescue") (Discovery Kids)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series (1989-2014)
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Outstanding Performer in a Children's or Pre-School Children's Series (2015-2016)
2015
2016
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Pre-School Children's or Family Viewing Program
2017
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Preschool Children's or Educational and Informational Program
2018
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class Program
2019
Outstanding Principal Performance in Daytime Program
2020
Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program
2020
Outstanding Limited Performance in a Children’s Program
2021
Outstanding Principal Performance in a Children’s Program
2021
Outstanding Younger Performer in a Children’s Program
2021
Programs with multiple awards
- 16 awards
- 5 awards
- 3 awards
- 2 awards
Multiple wins
9 wins
6 wins
5 wins
3 wins
2 wins
Notes and References
- Web site: Overview. IMDb. 29 July 2014.
- Web site: Jodelle Ferland . 29 July 2014.
- Web site: Bindi's Biography . 30 July 2014.
- Web site: Patrick. Hipes. Children's & Family Emmy Awards Set As Stand-Alone Competition Beginning In 2022. November 11, 2021. November 11, 2021. Deadline. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20211117161009/https://deadline.com/2021/11/childrens-and-family-emmy-awards-launch-2022-1234875735/. November 17, 2021. live.