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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Actors Meryl Streep and Christian Slater were among the winners at the 2025 Children and Family Emmy Awards, which were handed out during a ceremony at Television City.
Voice actor Eric Bauza hosted the Saturday event and was also among the winners, taking home the award for Voice Performer in a Children's or Young Teen Program for his work voicing Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny on Cartoon Network's "Teen Titans Go!"
Streep, a three-time Oscar winner, won her Emmy for Outstanding Children's Personality for her work on "Storyline Online," an Emmy-Award- winning children's literacy program from the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, which feature's actors reading children's books.
Slater's award was for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Preschool, Children's, or Young Teen Program for his role as Mulgarath on Roku Channel's "The Spiderwick Chronicles."
The awards, which are separate from the Primetime and Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, honor creativity and innovation in children's entertainment.
"The producers and crafts people recognized during ... two ceremonies [Saturday] are serving television's youngest viewers and their families in creative and important ways," said Adam Sharp, president and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said in a statement. "It is an honor to celebrate their exceptional work and achievements. We are proud to use the Children's & Family Emmy Awards platform to celebrate them today and everyday."
Here is a complete list of the 2025 Children's and Family Emmy Awards winners:
FICTION SPECIAL
-- "The Velveteen Rabbit" Apple TV+
ANIMATED SPECIAL
-- "Orion and the Dark" Netflix
SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
-- "Once Upon a Studio" Disney+
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION -- STORYBOARD
-- "Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin" Apple TV+
WRITING FOR A CHILDREN*S OR YOUNG TEEN ANIMATED SERIES
-- "Dancing With Myself" episode "Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur" Disney+
SHORT FORM LIVE ACTION PROGRAM
-- "Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack" Sesame Workshop
PRESCHOOL ANIMATED SERIES
-- "The Tiny Chef Show" Nickelodeon
CHILDREN'S OR YOUNG TEEN ANIMATED SERIES
-- "Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur" Disney+
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION -- CHARACTER DESIGN
-- "Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire" Disney+
PUBLIC SERVICE INITIATIVE
-- "La Fuerza-STEM: Engaging Hispanic Families in Science Through Culturally Relevant Media" Univision
-- "Well Versed" Nickelodeon
YOUNGER VOICE PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN*S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM
-- "Orion in the Dark" Netflix
VOICE PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
-- Kari Wahlgren as Granny Caterina, Ms. Poochytail & Magda, "Superkitties" Disney Junior
VOICE PERFORMER IN A CHILDREN'S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM
-- Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny, "Teen Titans Go!" Cartoon Network
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION -- BACKGROUND DESIGN
-- "Orion and the Dark" Netflix
-- "Merry Little Batman" Prime Video
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION -- COLOR
-- "Orion and the Dark" Netflix
CHILDREN'S PERSONALITY
-- Meryl Streep, "Storyline Online" StorylineOnline.net
PUPPETRY PERFORMER
-- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby & Tango, "Sesame Street" Max
NON-FICTION PROGRAM
-- "Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School" HBOMax
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION -- PRODUCTION DESIGN
-- "Merry Little Batman" Prime Video
LEAD PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN'S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM
-- Christian Slater as Mulgarath, "The Spiderwick Chronicles" Roku Channel
SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN'S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM
-- Amanda Lawrence as Matron Shipley, "Malory Towers" BYUtv
YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN'S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM
-- Phoenix Laroche as William, "The Velveteen Rabbit" Apple TV+
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION -- CHARACTER ANIMATION
-- "Merry Little Batman" Prime Video
DIRECTING FOR A SINGLE CAMERA LIVE ACTION
-- "The Big City" episode "A Real Bug's Life" National Geographic
-- "I Accidentally Vaporized My Pre-Algebra Teacher" episode "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" Disney+
PRESCHOOL SERIES
-- "Blue's Clues & You!" Nickelodeon
YOUNG TEEN SERIES
-- "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" Disney+
CHILDREN*S OR FAMILY VIEWING SERIES
-- "Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock" Apple TV+
