On Tuesday, the Primetime Emmy nominations were announced, but on Sunday, the Daytime Emmy Awards were handed out in the Children's, Lifestyle and Animation programming, which is always a good way to see which family and children's programming the television Academy goes for, be it beloved classics or interesting newcomers, and to find some fresh ideas for quality family and children's programming.
It's no surprise that the perennial favorite "Sesame Street" took home the most awards, with seven in total for the series on HBO, the YouTube series installment "Sesame Street in Communities: Meet Salia" and the "Sesame Street 50th Anniversary Celebration," also on HBO. Might as well give this classic another spin; there's a reason why this educational series featuring colorful Muppets has raised every generation for the past five decades.
Netflix also took home a slew of awards for their children's and young adult programming, "Ask the StoryBots," which features the quintet of Beep, Bing, Bang, Boop and Bo, who help answer kids' common questions, won Outstanding Preschool Children's Animated Series, while animated adventure series "The Dragon Prince" won Outstanding Children's Animated Series, and the American-Canadian animated series "The Last Kids on Earth," based on the novel by Max Brallier, won Outstanding Special Class Animated Program.
The Netflix young adult series "Trinkets" took home the top prize in the YA category as well as the top writing prize. Based on a 2013 novel by Kirsten Smith, the series follows a group of friends who meet at a Shoplifters Anonymous meeting.
The Amazon Prime favorites "Dino Dana," a Canadian series about a girl who does experiments to learn more about dinosaurs, and the stop-motion series "Tumble Leaf," following the adventures of Fig and Stick, were also awarded for craft prizes in directing, cinematography and special effects, while the legendary actor Bill Cobbs won Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program as Mr. Hendrickson on "Dino Dana."
New streaming service Apple TV+ also took home a prize for the paranormal series "Ghostwriter," which won Outstanding Children's or Family Viewing Program. The 12-episode live action series follows a group of kids who team up to solve a mystery about a ghost haunting a local bookstore who is releasing fictional characters into the world.
Sadly, while there was very little Latinx representation in the Primetime Emmy nominations, the Disney Junior series "Elena of Avalor," featuring the Latinx princess Elena Castillo Flores (voiced by Aimee Carrero) and based on the book "Sofia the First" by Craig Gerber, won three Emmys for writing and sound mixing and editing on an Preschool Animated Program.
Something to celebrate in the Primetime Emmy nominations: the hilarious and wonderful Nicole Byer is the first Black woman to be nominated in the Outstanding Host category for her inimitably raucous and joyful helming of the Netflix series "Nailed It!" The baking reality show features amateur home chefs attempting complex and creative cake-making and is the one reality show that will have both parents and kids in tears from laughing at the hysterical baking fails. Byer singularly navigates the show's unique tone, which manages to simultaneously laugh at and with the contestants, while always keeping things playful. Congrats Nicole _ you nailed it!
