Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming is an Emmy award given to performers in television programming aimed towards children. During the 1970s and 1980s, guest performers in dramatic specials and regular performers on children's series competed in the same category. However, starting in 1989, separate categories for performances in children's series and performances in children's specials were created and used until after 2007 when all categories related to Children's Specials were dropped.
The youngest Emmy nominee, Jodelle Ferland, was nominated in this category in 2001 at the age of six. The youngest Emmy winner, Bindi Irwin, won the award in 2008 at the age of nine.
Winners and Nominees
Winners in bold. For "Individual Achievement" categories, only nominees relevant to this page are listed.Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming
1975- Bill Cosby - Highlights of Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo
- Tom Aldredge - The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People
- Jack Gilford - Big Blue Marble
- Geraldine Fitzgerald - Special Treat
- Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt - Sesame Street
- Maia Danziger - ABC Afterschool Special
- Butterfly McQueen - ABC Afterschool Special
- Melissa Sue Anderson - ABC Afterschool Special
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo
- René Auberjonois - CBS Library
- Danny Aiello - ABC Afterschool Special
- Bill Cosby - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Ken Howard - The Body Human
- Marlo Thomas - The Body Human
- Scott Baio - ABC Afterschool Special
- Hal Linden - Animals, Animals, Animals
- Julie Andrews - The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People
- Bill Bixby - Once Upon a Classic
Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo
- Mike Farrell - The Body Human
- Cicely Tyson - The Body Human
- Rita Moreno - CBS Library
- Cloris Leachman - ABC Afterschool Special
- Kevin Dobson - CBS Afternoon Playhouse
- Lynn Redgrave - CBS Afternoon Playhouse
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Molly Picon - Young People's Specials
- Dick Van Dyke - CBS Library
- Carrie Snodgress - ABC Afterschool Special
- Robert Keeshan - Captain Kangaroo
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- John Carradine - Young People's Specials
- Scott Baio - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Betty Buckley - Special Treat
- Richard Pryor - Pryor's Place
- Lily Tomlin - Pryor's Place
- Pearl Bailey - ABC Afterschool Special
- Michael York - ABC Afterschool Special
- Beau Bridges - ABC Afterschool Special
- Drew Barrymore - ABC Weekend Specials
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Madeline Kahn - ABC Afterschool Special
- Adolph Caesar - ABC Afterschool Special
- Ruth Buzzi - The Berenstain Bears
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Philip Bosco - ABC Afterschool Special
- Uta Hagen - ABC Afterschool Special
- James Earl Jones - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
- Dana Barron - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Betty Buckley - ABC Afterschool Special
- Whoopi Goldberg - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Lori Loughlin - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Chad Lowe - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Greg Spottiswood - Looking for Miracles
- Elizabeth Bliss - ABC Afterschool Special
- Elizabeth Franz - ABC Afterschool Special
- Viveca Lindfors - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Zachary Bennett - Looking for Miracles
- Joanne Vannicola - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Robyn Lively - ABC Afterschool Special
- Richard Murphy - ABC Afterschool Special
- Lycia Naff - ABC Afterschool Special
- Christopher Rydell - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Josh Hamilton - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Stephanie Yu and Z. Wright - 3-2-1 Contact
- Alison Bartlett - ABC Afterschool Special
- Matt McGrath - ABC Afterschool Special
- Cara Buono - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Dina Waters - '
- Stephanie Yu and Z. Wright - 3-2-1 Contact
- Monica Calhoun - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Duane Martin - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Noelle Parker - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Kate Burton - ABC Afterschool Specials
- Kristen Cloke - ABC Afterschool Special
- Grace Johnston - ABC Afterschool Special
- Lindsay Crouse - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- C. Fraser Press - CBS Schoolbreak Special
- Patti LuPone - The Song Spinner
- Donna Murphy - '
- Sam McMurray - ABC Afterschool Special
- Michael Shulman - '
- Paul Winfield - The Legend of Gator Face
- Brent Carver - Whiskers
- Robert Ri'chard - In His Father's Shoes
- Louis Gossett Jr. - In His Father's Shoes
- Pat Carroll - The Royale
- Jordan Kiziuk - The Island on Bird Street
- Kenneth Welsh - Edison: The Wizard of Light
- Michal Suchánek - Edison: The Wizard of Light
- Diahann Carroll - The Sweetest Gift
- Keith David - The Tiger Woods Story
- James Earl Jones - Summer's End
- Debbie Reynolds - A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
- Marc Donato - Locked in Silence
- Bonnie Bedelia - Locked in Silence
- Hume Cronyn - Sea People
- Ossie Davis - Finding Buck McHenry
- Ellen Burstyn - Mermaid
- Jodelle Ferland - Mermaid
- Peter Falk - A Storm in Summer
- Alfre Woodard - The Wishing Tree
- Kelsey Keel - My Louisiana Sky
- Kevin Clash - Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West
- Juliette Lewis - My Louisiana Sky
- Hume Cronyn - Off Season
- Stephen Rea - Snow in August
- Ben Foster - Bang Bang You're Dead
- Tom Cavanagh - Bang Bang You're Dead
- Bernadette Peters - Bobbie's Girl
- Vanessa Williams - Our America
- Gregory Hines - The Red Sneakers
Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special
- Gena Rowlands - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
- James Caan - The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
- Rubén Blades - The Maldonado Miracle
- Peter Fonda - The Maldonado Miracle
- Mare Winningham - The Maldonado Miracle
- Stockard Channing - Jack
- Jane Alexander - Carry Me Home
- Ron Silver - Jack
- Hume Cronyn - A Separate Peace
- James McDaniel - Edge of America
- Tim Daly - Edge of America
- Eion Bailey - Life of the Party
- Kera O'Bryon - Assignment Discovery
- Elijah Wood - Saving a Species
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series (1989-2014)
- Jim Varney - Hey Vern, It's Ernest!
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Barbara Billingsley - Muppet Babies
- Sonia Manzano - Sesame Street
- Ringo Starr - Shining Time Station
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Barbara Billingsley - Muppet Babies
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Tim Curry - Peter Pan & the Pirates
- Edward Asner - Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Whoopi Goldberg - Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Paul Reubens - Pee-wee's Playhouse
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Sonia Manzano - Sesame Street
- George Carlin - Shining Time Station
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along
- John Astin - The Addams Family
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Jerry Nelson - Sesame Street
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Ruth Buzzi - Sesame Street
- George Carlin - Shining Time Station
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Martin P. Robinson - Sesame Street
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Shari Lewis - Lamb Chop's Play-Along
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Angela Bassett - Storytime
- James McDaniel - Storytime
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street
- Lynne Thigpen - Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street
- Shari Lewis - The Charlie Horse Music Pizza
- Bill Nye - Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Steve Burns - Blue's Clues
- Donna Pescow - Even Stevens
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Donna Pescow - Even Stevens
- Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Mary-Kate Olsen - So Little Time
- Shia LaBeouf - Even Stevens
- Noel MacNeal - Bear in the Big Blue House
- Donna Pescow - Even Stevens
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Jeff Corwin - Jeff Corwin Unleashed
- Lynne Thigpen - Bear in the Big Blue House
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- David Rudman - Sesame Street
- Michelle Trachtenberg - Truth or Scare
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Donovan Patton - Blue's Clues
- Jeff Corwin - Jeff Corwin Unleashed
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Sara Paxton - Darcy's Wild Life
- J.D. Roth - Endurance
- Julianna Rose Mauriello - LazyTown
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- LeVar Burton - Reading Rainbow
- Bindi Irwin - Bindi the Jungle Girl
- Jack Hanna - Jack Hanna's Into the Wild
- John Tartaglia - Johnny and the Sprites
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Rachel Coleman - Signing Time!
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Bindi Irwin - Bindi the Jungle Girl
- Leslie Carrara - Sesame Street
- Christopher Knowings - Sesame Street
- Martin P. Robinson - Sesame Street
- Joey Mazzarino - Sesame Street
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- David Rudman - Sesame Street
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street
- Christopher Knowings - Sesame Street
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street
- Leslie Carrara - Sesame Street
- Eric Jacobson - Sesame Street
- Kevin Clash - Sesame Street
- Caroll Spinney - Sesame Street
- Dakota Goyo - '
- Leslie Carrara - Sesame Street
Outstanding Performer in a Children's or Pre-School Children's Series (2015-2016)
2015- Margot Kidder - '
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Sesame Street
- Jessica Honor Carleton - Green Screen Adventures
- Mason Cook - '
- Joey Mazzarino - Sesame Street
- Jessica Lundy - The Inspectors
- Jadiel Dowlin - Annedroids
- Addison Holley - Annedroids
- Sean Michael Kyer - Odd Squad
- Terry Serpico - The Inspectors
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Pre-School Children's or Family Viewing Program
- Isaac Kragten - Odd Squad
- Adrianna Di Liello - Annedroids
- Ryan Dillon - Sesame Street
- Addison Holley - Annedroids
- Jack McBrayer - Odd Squad: The Movie
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Preschool Children's or Educational and Informational Program
- Dove Cameron - Liv and Maddie: Cali Style
- Kristos Andrews - This Just In
- Ed Asner - A StoryBots Christmas
- Michela Luci - Dino Dana
- Raven Symone - Raven's Home
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class Program
- Michela Luci - Dino Dana
- Bill Cobbs - Dino Dana
- Bret Green - The Inspectors
- Edward Norton - Ask the StoryBots
- Kimberly Persona - Miss Persona
- Hannah VandenBygaart - ''
Programs with multiple awards
- Sesame Street
- Lamb Chop's Play-Along
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Multiple wins
- Kevin Clash
- Shari Lewis
- Caroll Spinney
- Fred Rogers
- LeVar Burton