‘Orion and the Dark,’ ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ Are Among the Big Winners of Children’s & Family Emmys

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences held the 3rd Children’s & Family Emmys (theemmys.tv/childrens) ceremony Saturday afternoon, hosted by Looney Tunes voice star Eric Bauza and honoring the year’s outstanding young audiences television content. Presenters at the event included included Bobby Moynihan,Jacob Tremblay (a winner for his voice work on DreamWorks/Netflix’s Orion and the Dark), Paul Walter Hauser, Cree Summer and John Tartaglia.

As previously announced, this year’s winners of the juried Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation honors are background designer Philip Vose (Merry Little Batman), viz-dev artist Miho Tomimasu (Orion and the Dark), animation supervisor Elena Najar (Merry Little Batman), character designer Lesego Vorster (Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire), digimatte artist Lauren Zurcher (Orion and the Dark), art director Guillaume Fesquet (Merry Little Batman) and storyboard artist David Lux (Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin).

The CAFE winners list included:

Preschool Series

• Blue’s Clues & You! (Nickelodeon) [9 Story Media Group / Brown Bag Films]

Children or Family Viewing Series

• Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV Plus)  [The Jim Henson Company /Apple]

Fiction Special

• The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV Plus) [Magic Lamp Pictures/Apple]

Preschool Animated Series

• The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon)

Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series

• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney+)

Animated Special

• Orion and the Dark (Netflix)

Short Form Animated Program

• Once Upon a Studio (Disney+)

Voice Performer in a Preschool Program

• Kari Wahlgren as Granny Caterina, Ms. Poochytail & Magda – Superkitties (Disney Junior)

Voice Performer in a Children’s or Young Teen Program

• Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny – Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network)

Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program

• Jacob Tremblay as Orion – Orion and the Dark (Netflix)

Writing for a Preschool Animated Series

• “Glow Toy” – Jessica’s Big Little World (Cartoon Network)

Writing for a Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series

• “Dancing with Myself” – Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney+)

ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF NATAS

You can find more info about the awards at theemmys.tv.