The 3rd Annual Children and Family Emmy® Awards took place on Saturday, March 15, where The Walt Disney Company took home 25 wins across 20th Television, Disney Branded Television, Lucasfilm Ltd., National Geographic, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and platforms Disney.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians and A Real Bug’s Life were among the big winners at the 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards main and creative arts ceremonies on Saturday.
A Real Bug’s Life took home awards in the following categories:
- Outstanding Directing for a Single Camera Live Action Series – “The Big City”
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Live Action Program
- Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live Action Program
- Outstanding Lighting, Camera and Technical Arts
Percy Jackson, which scored an early season three renewal on Friday, months before season two premieres on Disney+, won eight of the 16 awards for which it was nominated. The series has recorded more viewing time than any original show on Disney+ outside of the Marvel and Star Wars franchises, as measured by Nielsen.
In the main ceremony, Percy Jackson won best young teen series and directing for a single-camera live-action series “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher” in a tie with “The Big City” episode of A Real Bug’s Life. It won six more awards in the creative arts ceremony.
Sesame Workshop’s Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack won best short form live-action program while Sesame Street‘s Leslie Carrara-Rudolph won her first Emmy for outstanding puppetry performer after seven nominations. In the creative arts ceremony, Sesame Street won three more awards.
Orion and the Dark secured best animated special and younger voice performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program for Orion voice actor Jacob Tremblay. The show picked up two more awards in the creative arts ceremony.
In the main ceremony, The Velveteen Rabbit won for best fiction special and younger performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program for Phoenix Laroche, making Laroche one of the youngest Emmy winners.
Other notable winners include Blue’s Clues & You (best preschool series), Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (children’s or family viewing series), Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (best non-fiction program), Christian Slater for his work as Mulgarath in The Spiderwick Chronicles (lead performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program) and Meryl Streep (best children’s personality).
In addition to the competitive categories, Emmy-winning performer and puppeteer for Sesame Street and The Muppet Show Fran Brill received the lifetime achievement award from The Muppets‘ Dave Goelz. And awards for individual achievement in animation were given to Merry Little Batman‘s background designer Philip Vose, animation supervisor Elena Najar and art director Guillaume Fesquet; Orion and the Dark visual development artists Miho Tomimasu and Lauren Zurcher, who also served as digimatte artist; Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire character designer Lesego Vorster and Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin storyboard artist David Lux.
The main ceremony, hosted by Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza, who also won an award Saturday, took place from Television City in Los Angeles and streamed live on the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Emmys’ website and the Emmys’ apps. The host-free creative arts ceremony took place later on Saturday.
“The producers and craftspeople recognized during the two ceremonies today are serving television’s youngest viewers and their families in creative and important ways. It is an honor to celebrate their exceptional work and achievements,” NATAS president Adam Sharp said in a statement. “We are proud to use the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards platform to celebrate them today and everyday.”