The 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 Network
Ms. Rachel — Ms. Rachel – Toddler Learning Videos YouTube Channel
Odd Squad — PBS Kids
Sesame Street — HBO Max
Tab Time — Tab Time YouTube Channel
Best Young Teen SeriesGoosebumps: The Vanishing — Disney+
Heartstopper — Netflix
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — Disney+
Sweet Tooth — Netflix
Time 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 Season
Henry Danger: The Movie — Nickelodeon
Best Information ProgramBuilding Outside the Lines — Magnolia Network
Harlem Ice — Disney+
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World — Netflix
A Real Bug's Life — National Geographic
Super Animals — Fox
Best Preschool Animated SeriesCarl the Collector — PBS Kids
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood — PBS Kids
Molly of Denali — PBS Kids
The Tiny Chef Show — Nickelodeon
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum — PBS Kids
Best Children's Or Young Teen's Animated SeriesBig City Greens — Disney+ | Disney Channel
Dream Productions — Disney+
Win or Lose — Disney+
Wolf King — Netflix
Wylde Pak — Nickelodeon
Best Animated SpecialAn Almost Christmas Story — Disney+
Kiff: The Haunting of Miss McGravy’s House — Disney+ | Disney Channel
Kiff: Lore of the Ring Light — Disney+ | Disney Channel
That Christmas — Netflix
Ultraman: Rising — Netflix
Best Short Form Live Action ProgramAndrew Garfield and Elmo Explain Grief — Sesame Workshop YouTube Channel
Girls’ Voices Now — Here TV
My Way — PBS Kids
Together We Can — PBS Kids
Best Short Form Animated ProgramAcoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams — PBS Kids
Count on June Bug — Thirteen
Daffy in Wackyland — HBO | Max
Eva the Owlet — Apple TV+
How Not to Draw — Disney+ | Disney Channel
Road Trip — Disney+ | Disney Channel
Best 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.