The 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), to honor the best in American children's and family-oriented television programming in 2023 and 2024, following on from the 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards, which were held in December 2023. The eligibility period ran from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024, mirroring that of the Primetime Emmy Awards.
The winners were announced during two ceremonies held at Television City in Los Angeles on March 15, 2025, one focused on creative and technical arts and the other dedicated to performances and programming. Percy Jackson and the Olympians led all programs with eight wins, including Outstanding Young Teen Series. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to actress and puppeteer Fran Brill.
Ceremony information In December 2023, NATAS president Adam Sharp revealed that the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards would change its scheduling from December to a later date within the traditional film awards season, citing feedback from industry members who felt that its previous scheduling disrupted the holiday season.
Category changes A number of changes to categories and eligibility criteria took effect for the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards: All acting categories were renamed from "Outstanding Performance" to "Outstanding Performer". Outstanding Host was renamed "Outstanding Children's Personality", and was restricted to individuals only. Programs with more than one host, co-host, narrator, or storyteller may enter each person individually. Outstanding Short Form Program was split into two separate categories for live-action and animated productions, with a time limit of eight minutes for both categories. Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design was split into two separate categories for single- and multiple-camera productions. Outstanding Main Title and Graphics was renamed "Outstanding Show Open", and is now inclusive of the opening music and/or theme song. As a result, opening music and songs are no longer eligible in either Outstanding Original Song category. Submissions in the Outstanding Puppeteer Performer, Outstanding Voice Performance in a Preschool Program, Outstanding Voice Performance in a Children’s or Young Teen Program, Outstanding Younger Voice Performer, Outstanding Single Camera Directing, Outstanding Multiple Camera Directing, and Outstanding Puppet Design/Styling now have the option to include a supplementary behind the scenes or making of video in addition to their required submission video. The Outstanding Promotional Announcement award was discontinued.
Winners and nominees Nominees were announced on December 12, 2024. Winners were revealed at the ceremony on March 15, 2025.
Programming + Blue's Clues & You (Nickelodeon) Donkey Hodie (PBS Kids) Lovely Little Farm (Apple TV+) Sesame Street (HBO / Max) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+) La Fuerza de Creer: Dulce Sazón (Univision) Jane (Apple TV+) Malory Towers (BYUtv) Raven's Home (Disney Channel) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+) Goosebumps (Disney+) Heartstopper (Netflix) One Piece (Netflix) The Spiderwick Chronicles (The Roku Channel) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (HBO / Max) All-Round Champion (BYUtv) Elmo & Tango Holiday Helpers (HBO / Max) Kids Baking Championship (Food Network) A Real Bug's Life (National Geographic / Disney+) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon) Frog and Toad (Apple TV+) Interrupting Chicken (Apple TV+) Rosie's Rules (PBS Kids) StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel) CURSES! (Apple TV+) Hilda (Netflix) Iwájú (Disney+) Kiff (Disney Channel) Summer Camp Island (Cartoon Network) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+) Monster High 2 (Nickelodeon) The Naughty Nine (Disney Channel) The Slumber Party (Disney Channel) World’s Best (Disney+) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Orion and the Dark (Netflix) Merry Little Batman (Prime Video) Peter and the Wolf (HBO / Max) Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (Apple TV+) The Tiger’s Apprentice (Paramount+) Tiny Chef's Marvelous Mish Mesh Special (Nickelodeon) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack (Sesame Workshop) GIRLS’ VOICES NOW: The Beauty in Being Different: Girls’ Voices Now (Here TV) Healthy Minds Thriving Kids (Child Mind Institute) Kid Gloves (Kid Gloves Show) | Once Upon a Studio (Disney+) How Not to Draw (Disney Channel) I Am Groot (Disney+) Take Care with Peanuts (Snoopy – Official Channel) The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly (Disney+) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Donkey Hodie: Cousin Hodie Playdate (PBS Kids) Cyberchase: Cyber Sound Quest (PBS Kids) Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (PBS Kids) Molly of Denali (PBS Kids) Stu's Super Stunts! (PBS Kids) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | La Fuerza de Creer: Dulce Sazón: La Fuerza-STEM: Engaging Hispanic Families in Science Through Culturally Relevant Media (Univision) Well Versed (Nickelodeon) Honorable Mention: Sesame Street:Sesame Workshop: Emotional Well-Being (Sesame Workshop)
Performances + Christian Slater as Mulgarath on The Spiderwick Chronicles (The Roku Channel) Lola Blue as Addie Darrow on A Kind of Spark (BYUtv) Ella Bright as Darrell Rivers on Malory Towers (BYUtv) Justin Long as Mr. Bratt on Goosebumps (Disney+) Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter on Raven's Home (Disney Channel) Amanda Lawrence as Matron Shipley on Malory Towers (BYUtv) Adam Copeland as Ares on Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+) Elizabeth Mitchell as Carol/Mrs. Claus on The Santa Clauses (Disney+) Sarah Rafferty as Katherine Walter on My Life with the Walter Boys (Netflix) Lance Reddick as Zeus on Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+) Eric Stonestreet as Magnus Antas/The Mad Santa on The Santa Clauses (Disney+) Phoenix Laroche as William on The Velveteen Rabbit (Apple TV+) Pyper Braun as Natasha Williams on Erin & Aaron (Nickelodeon) Noah Cottrell as Simon Grace on The Spiderwick Chronicles (The Roku Channel) Mykal-Michelle Harris as Alice Baxter on Raven's Home (Disney Channel) Alaya High as Lay Lay on That Girl Lay Lay (Nickelodeon) Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase on Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+) Meryl Streep – The Three Questions on Storyline Online (StorylineOnline.net) Awkwafina – A Real Bug's Life (National Geographic) Gavin Friday – Peter and the Wolf (HBO / Max) Duff Goldman – Kids Baking Championship (Food Network) Ian McShane – One Piece (Netflix) Kari Wahlgren as Granny Caterina, Ms. Poochytail & Magda on SuperKitties (Disney Jr.) Kimiko Glenn as Baby Shark on Baby Shark's Big Show! (Nickelodeon) Bobby Moynihan as Bobby Boots on Pupstruction (Disney Jr.) Cree Summer as Lizard & DeeDee on Spirit Rangers (Netflix) Fred Tatasciore as Bang, BlimBlam the Barbarian, King Hydrogen, Alabama Smith & The Lone Drifter on StoryBots: Answer Time (Netflix) Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny on Teen Titans Go!: Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary (Cartoon Network) Bob Bergen as Porky Pig on Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO / Max) Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon on Monsters at Work (Disney+) William Shatner as Keldor on Masters of the Universe: Revolution (Netflix) Paul Walter Hauser as Dark on Orion and the Dark (Netflix) Jacob Tremblay as Orion on Orion and the Dark (Netflix) Lucia Cunningham as Jessica Williams on Jessica's Big Little World (Cartoon Network) Simisola Gbadamosi as Tola Martins on Iwájú (Disney+) Terrence Little Gardenhigh as Pat on Fright Krewe (Hulu / Peacock) Arianna McDonald as Marcie on Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (Apple TV+) Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby & Tango on Sesame Street (HBO/Max) Eric Jacobson as Bert, Oscar & Grover on Sesame Street (HBO / Max) Donna Kimball as Mokey, Storyteller & Cotterpin on Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+) Karen Prell as Red & Icy Joe on Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+) David Rudman as Cookie Monster & Baby Bear on Sesame Street (HBO / Max)
Writing + Sesame Street: "Can They Be Friends?" – Andrew Moriarty, Katherine Sandford, Ken Scarborough (HBO / Max) A Real Bug's Life: "The Big City" – Sean Abley, Tom Hugh Jones (National Geographic) Sesame Street: "Brave Bessie by Brave Gabrielle" – Monique D. Hall, Ken Scarborough (HBO / Max) Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock: "I'm Pogey" – Charley Feldman, Maurin Mwombela, Douglas Lyons (Apple TV+) Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock: "This for That" – Maurin Mwombela, Jocelyn Stevenson, Charley Feldman, Douglas Lyons (Apple TV+) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher" – Rick Riordan, Jonathan E. Steinberg (Disney+) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: "Admissions" – Nneka Gerstle (Disney+) The Spiderwick Chronicles: "The Field Guide to Jared Grace" – Aron Eli Coleite (The Roku Channel) Heartstopper: "Perfect" – Alice Oseman (Netflix) Goosebumps: "Say Cheese and Die!" – Rob Letterman, Nicholas Stoller (Disney+) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Molly of Denali: "Not a Mascot" – X'unei Lance Twitchell, Raye Lankford (PBS Kids) StoryBots: Answer Time: "Tornado" – Scott Emmons, Jeff Gill, Chris Harding, Jared Morgan, Evan Spiridellis, Gregg Spiridellis, Nate Theis (Netflix) Jessica's Big Little World: "Glow Toy" – Tiffany Ford, Ashleigh Hairston, Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, Matt Burnett, Ben Levin, Dashawn Mahone, Janice Chun, MeeMee Joi Gimes (Cartoon Network) Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: "I am Grandmaster Flash" – Desmond Sargeant, Meghan Read (PBS Kids) StoryBots: Answer Time: "Taxes" – Dan Becker, Scott Emmons, Jeff Gill, Chris Harding, Kendall Nelson, Evan Spiridellis, Gregg Spiridellis, Nate Theis (Netflix)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'': "Dancing With Myself" – Kate Kondell, Halima Lucas, Liz Hara (Disney+) My Dad the Bounty Hunter: "Abducted" – Shakira Pressley, Juston Gordon-Montgomery (Netflix) Craig of the Creek: "Heart of the Forest" – Harron Atkins, Lorraine DeGraffenreidt, Matt Burnett, Ben Levin, Dashawn Mahone, Najja Porter, Jason Dwyer, Leiana Nitura, Ifesinachi Orjiekwe, Ashley Tahilan, Jones Wiedle (Cartoon Network) Hilda: "The Fairy Isle" – Luke Pearson, Stephanie Simpson, Emily Brundige (Netflix) Hailey's On It!'': "I Wanna Dance With My Buddy" – Yolie Cortez, Marty Donovan, Mary Gulino, Lindsey Reckis, Devin Bunje, Nick Stanton, Karen Graci (Disney Channel)
Directing + A Real Bug's Life: "The Big City" – Alex Ranken (National Geographic) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher" – James Bobin (Disney+) The Spiderwick Chronicles: "Welcome to Spiderwick" – Kat Coiro (The Roku Channel) Jane: "Panthera Leo" – Tiffany Hsiung, J. J. Johnson (Apple TV+) Goosebumps: "Say Cheese and Die!" – Rob Letterman (Disney+)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Sesame Street: "The Sign Language ABCs" – Shannon Flynn (HBO / Max) Raven's Home: "Gown To The Wire" – Lynda Tarryk (Disney Channel) All-Round Champion: "Pickleball" – Graeme Lynch (BYUtv) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | StoryBots: Answer Time: "Glass" – Jeff Gill, Colin Lepper, Evan Spiridellis, Nate Theis (Netflix) StoryBots: Answer Time: "Fractions" – Edlyn Capulong, Kendall Nelson, Evan Spiridellis, Nate Theis (Netflix) Ghee Happy: "Ganga" – Sang Yup Lee (Ghee Happy Studio) Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: "I am Grandmaster Flash" – Cory Bobiak, Hong Qi (PBS Kids)