The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the host, presenters, performers and guests for the 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards (CAFE), taking place on Saturday, March 15. Now in its third year as a standalone competition, CAFE continues to honor the best in children’s and family entertainment.
Kicking off at 2 p.m. PT, the ceremony will be hosted by Eric Bauza, the Emmy Award-winning voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Marvin the Martian. The Creative Arts CAFE ceremony, recognizing excellence in behind-the-scenes and technical achievements, will take place at 8 p.m. PT and will not have a host.
The CAFE ceremony will be streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and through The Emmys apps (apps.theemmys.tv).
Puppeteer and actor Dave Goetz (The Muppets) will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to previously announced honoree, Emmy Award-winning performer Fran Brill. Additional presenters for CAFE and the Creative Arts CAFE ceremonies include:
- Ella Bright (Darrell Rivers in Malory Towers)
- Noah Cottrell (Simon in The Spiderwick Chronicles)
- Lucia Cunningham (Jessica Williams in Jessica’s Big Little World)
- Terrence Little Gardenhigh (voice of John Patrick ‘Pat’ Patterson in Fright Krewe)
- Duff Goldman (host, Kids Baking Championship)
- Jack Griffo (Max in The Thundermans Return)
- Mykal-Michelle Harris (Alice Baxter on Raven’s Home)
- Paul Walter Hauser (voice of Dark in Orion and the Dark)
- Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- Kiersten Kelly (voice of Brooklyn in Jurassic World: Chaos Theory)
- Donna Kimball (Emmy nominee performer of Mokey in Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock)
- Kira Kosarin (Phoebe in The Thundermans Return)
- Amanda Lawrence (Matron Shipley on Malory Towers)
- Amanda Martinez (voice of Abuela in Rosie’s Rules)
- Arianna McDonald (voice of Marcie in Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie)
- Bobby Moynihan (former Saturday Night Live cast member, voice of Bobby Boots in Pupstruction)
- Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson in Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood in Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- Cree Summer (voice of Lizard & DeeDee in Spirit Rangers)
- John Tartaglia (Emmy-nominated performer of Sprocket the Dog in Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock)
- Jacob Tremblay (voice of Orion in Orion and the Dark)
- Izaac Wang (Sam Wing in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai)
Nominees and guests expected to attend the ceremonies include Bauza and his frequent co-star Bob Bergen (voice of Porky Pig in Looney Tunes Cartoons), Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (Abby Cadabby & Tango on Sesame Street), Adam Copeland (Ares on Percy Jackson and the Olympians, WWE wrestler Edge), Ben Feldman (voice of Tylor Tuskmon in Monsters At Work), Eric Jacobson (Bert, Oscar the Grouch & Grover on Sesame Street), Elizabeth Mitchell (Carol Calvin/Mrs. Claus in The Santa Clauses), Maximilian Lee Piazza (One Piece), Sarah Rafferty (Donna in Suits; Katherine in My Life with the Walter Boys), David Rudman (Cookie Monster & Baby Bear on Sesame Street), Eric Stonestreet (Cameron Tucker on Modern Family, Magnus Antas/The Mad Santa in The Santa Clauses), Kari Wahlgren (voices of Magda, Granny Catherine & Whiskers in Superkitties!).
See the full list of 2025 Children’s & Family Emmys nominees posted here or at theemmys.tv/childrens. The winners of this year’s juried Individual Achievement in Animation honors are listed here.
Veteran Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza voices beloved characters from the iconic franchise including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Marvin the Martian. Most recently, Bauza’s voice work has earned him two Children’s & Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program — first in 2022 for his performance of Bugs Bunny in Looney Tunes Cartoons and again in 2023 for his performances of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, and Marvin the Martian in Bugs Bunny Builders. Bauza is the voice of both Porky Pig and Daffy Duck in The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, coming out in theaters on March 14.
Bauza began his career in animation as a character designer working with production studios in Hollywood. It was this introduction to the animation world that led him to a successful career as one of the most in demand voiceover artists in town.
He received Emmy and Annie Award nominations for his work as the title character in The Adventures of Puss in Boots and Muppet Babies as well as for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in Looney Tunes Cartoons. His other television credits include Tiny Toons Looniversity, Unikitty, Archibald’s Next Big Thing, The Rocketeer, Ballmastrz: 9009, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Turtles, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, Breadwinners, Uncle Grandpa, Atomic Puppet, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly Odd Parents, Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production, Ultimate Spider-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Sanjay and Craig and Mighty Magiswords.
On the big screen, Bauza voiced Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd and Marvin the Martian in Space Jam: A New Legacy. He has voiced characters in The Book of Life and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water, as well as Woody Woodpecker in the Woody Woodpecker feature film for Universal. He has also voiced characters in commercials such as Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms cereal, Trix Rabbit for Trix cereal and Marvin the Martian for Nike and Walmart.
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