Children's And Family Emmys 2026 Nominations Complete List, Host City Out - Here's What We Know

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National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced the nominations for Children's and Family Emmys 2026! With the event taking place in March 2026 in New York City, here is a list of all the categories and the competitions, including Netflix's Heartstopper or HBO's Sesame Street.

The National Academy of Television Arts And Sciences nominations

Best Pre-School, Children's Or Family Viewing Series

Jane — Apple TV+Kids Baking Championship — Food NetworkMs. Rachel — Ms. Rachel – Toddler Learning Videos YouTube ChannelOdd Squad — PBS KidsSesame Street — HBO MaxTab Time — Tab Time YouTube ChannelBest Young Teen SeriesGoosebumps: The Vanishing — Disney+Heartstopper — NetflixStar Wars: Skeleton Crew — Disney+Sweet Tooth — NetflixTime Bandits — Apple TV+Best Fiction SpecialAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip — Disney+Descendants: The Rise of Red — Disney+Girl Haunts Boy — Fifth SeasonHenry Danger: The Movie — Nickelodeon Best Information ProgramBuilding Outside the Lines — Magnolia NetworkHarlem Ice — Disney+Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World — NetflixA Real Bug's Life — National GeographicSuper Animals — Fox Best Preschool Animated SeriesCarl the Collector — PBS KidsDaniel Tiger's Neighborhood — PBS KidsMolly of Denali — PBS KidsThe Tiny Chef Show — NickelodeonXavier Riddle and the Secret Museum — PBS KidsBest Children's Or Young Teen's Animated SeriesBig City Greens — Disney+ | Disney ChannelDream Productions — Disney+Win or Lose — Disney+Wolf King — NetflixWylde Pak — NickelodeonBest Animated SpecialAn Almost Christmas Story — Disney+Kiff: The Haunting of Miss McGravy’s House — Disney+ | Disney ChannelKiff: Lore of the Ring Light — Disney+ | Disney ChannelThat Christmas — NetflixUltraman: Rising — NetflixBest Short Form Live Action ProgramAndrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief — Sesame Workshop YouTube ChannelGirls’ Voices Now — Here TVMy Way — PBS KidsTogether We Can — PBS KidsBest Short Form Animated ProgramAcoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams — PBS KidsCount on June Bug — ThirteenDaffy in Wackyland — HBO | MaxEva the Owlet — Apple TV+How Not to Draw — Disney+ | Disney ChannelRoad Trip — Disney+ | Disney ChannelBest Lead Performer In A Preschool, Children's Or Young Teen ProgramKit Connor as Nick Nelson — Heartstopper (Netflix)Danya Griver as Gwendoline Mary Lacey — Malory Towers (BYUtv)Lisa Kudrow as Penelope — Time Bandits (Apple TV+)Jude Law as Jod Na Nawood — Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Disney+)Joe Locke as Charlie Spring — Heartstopper (Netflix)David Schwimmer as Anthony Brewer — Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Disney+)Nina Toussaint-White as Sarah Robinson — The Primrose Railway Children (BYUtv)Best Children's PersonalityTabitha Brown — Tab Time (Tab Time YouTube Channel)Yvette Nicole Brown — Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Block Party (HBO Max)Perdita Felicien — All-Round Champion (BYUtv)Alia Pope — Chip Kids (East Tennessee PBS YouTube Channel)June Squibb — Storyline Online (Storyline Online YouTube Channel)Winners will be celebrated at the 2025 Children’s & Family Emmys on March 1 and 2, marking the show’s New York debut. Special animation honors, the Lifetime Achievement award, and the host will be revealed soon.