This is a list of winners and nominees of the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Fiction Special which honors animated programs both in broadcast and streaming television aimed at young viewers from age six to fifteen. The category was established at the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards in 2022.
Background On November 17, 2021, the NATAS announced the creation of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards to recognize the best in children's and family television. The organization cited an "explosive growth in the quantity and quality of children’s and family programming" as justification for a dedicated ceremony. Many categories of the awards were previously presented at the Daytime Emmy Awards. Programming aimed towards children and young adults was honored from 1974 to 2021 with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series, which was presented under various names across its lifespan, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program, which was presented from 1950 to 2020. Following the establishment of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, both categories were discontinued.
Winners and nominations
2020s YearSeriesProducersNetworkRef 2022(1st) Sneakerella Jane Startz and Rachel Watanabe-Batton, executive producers; Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum and Tamara Chestna, co-executive producers; D.J. Carson, producer Disney+ Better Nate Than Ever Tim Federle and Pamela Thur, executive producers; Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, producers Disney+ Muppets Haunted Mansion Bill Barretta, David Lightbody, Leigh Slaughter and Andrew Williams, executive producers; Jim Lewis and Kelly Younger, co-executive producers; Chelsea DeVincent and Michael Steinbach, producers See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special Benjamin Lehmann, Ken Scarborough and Kay Wilson Stallings, executive producers; Sal Perez, supervising producer; Karyn Leibovich and Stephanie Longardo, senior producer; William D'Amico, Liz Hara, Janet S. Kim, Kathleen Kim, Andrew Moriarty, Alan Muraoka, Matt Vogel and Autumn Zitani, producers; Bryce-Loren Walker, associate producer; Amanda Young, line producer HBO Max Spin Zanne Devine and Manjari Makijany, executive producers Disney Channel Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast Tonia Davis, Jeremy Konner, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Priya Swaminathan and Erika Thormahlen, executive producers; Alex Braverman, co-executive producer; Maura Anderson and Anna Marie Pitman, producers Netflix 2023(2nd) The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, James Gunn, Simon Hatt, Sara Smith and Brad Winderbaum, executive producers; Nikolas Korda, producer Disney+ Chang Can Dunk Liz Niles and Pamela Thur, executive producers; Rishi Rajani, Lena Waithe and Brad Weston, producers Disney+ Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock - Night of the Lights Alex Cuthbertson, Matt Fusfeld, Lisa Henson, Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, Halle Stanford and John Tartaglia, executive producers; Dave Goelz and Karen Prell, co-executive producers; Ritamarie Peruggi, producer; Leslie Cowan, line producer Apple TV+ Ivy and Bean: Doomed to Dance Mandy Spencer-Phillips, executive producer; Anne Brogan and Melanie Stokes, producers Netflix Prom Pact Anya Adams, Julie Bowen, Rachael Field, Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar, executive producers; Warren Carr, producer Disney Channel 2024(3rd) The Velveteen Rabbit Michael Rose, executive producer; Martin Pope, producer; Tom Bidwell, co-executive producer / writer; David Collins and Jane Hawley, co-producers; Jennifer Perrott, director; Simon Quinn, animation producer; Rick Thiele, animation director Apple TV+ Monster High 2 Arielle Boisvert, Adam Bonnett, Phil Breman, Frederic Soulie and Shawn Williamson, executive producers; David Magee, producer; Billy Eddy and Matt Eddy, writers; Todd Holland, director / writer / executive producer Nickelodeon The Naughty Nine Suzanne Todd, executive producer; Alberto Belli, director; Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, executive producers / writers; Amy Gibbons and Jim Kontos, produced by Disney Channel The Slumber Party Jennilee Cummings, Jake Fuller, Brian Grazer, Tony Hernandez, John Hodges, Ron Howard and Stephanie Sperber, executive producers; Matthew Spiegel, line producer; Eydie Faye, teleplay by; Veronica Rodriguez, director World's Best Utkarsh Ambudkar and Terry Gould, executive producers; Thomas Kail and Kate Sullivan, producers Disney+ 2025(4th) Descendants: The Rise of Red Gary Marsh and Suzanne Todd, executive producers; Mahita P. Simpson, co-executive producer; Wendy S. Williams, producer; Dan Frey and Ru Sommer, writers; Jennifer Phang, co-executive producer / director Disney Channel / Disney+ Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip Eva Longoria, Emily Morris and Shelly Strong, executive producers; Matt Lopez, writer; Marvin Lemus, director; Dan Cohen, Lisa Henson, Dan Levine and Shawn Levy, produced by Disney+ Girl Haunts Boy William Andrew, Amy Friedman, Kimberly Howitt, Ryan Malachowsky, Gloria Ponce, Tracy K Price, Tamara Rothenberg and Jill Sanford, executive producers; Mark Burton and Aaron Parry, producers; Cesar Vitale, writer; Emily Ting, director Fifth Season Henry Danger: The Movie Ron French and Jace Norman, executive producers; Jake Farrow and Christopher J. Nowak, executive producers / writers; Joe Menendez, executive producer / director Nickelodeon
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