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 (NBC) •
Robert Keeshan -
Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
1978 •
Tom Aldredge -
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare") (CBS)
1979 •
Jack Gilford -
Big Blue Marble ("Hello in There") (SYN) •
Geraldine Fitzgerald -
Special Treat ("Rodeo Red and the Runaways") (NBC) •
Jim Henson,
Frank Oz,
Caroll Spinney,
Jerry Nelson,
Richard Hunt -
Sesame Street (PBS)
1980 •
Maia Danziger -
ABC Afterschool Special ("The Late Great Me! Story of a Teenage Alcoholic") (ABC) •
Butterfly McQueen -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid") (ABC) •
Melissa Sue Anderson -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Which Mother Is Mine?") (ABC) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Robert Keeshan -
Captain Kangaroo (CBS) •
René Auberjonois -
CBS Library ("Once Upon a Midnight Dreary") (CBS)
1981 •
Danny Aiello -
ABC Afterschool Special ("A Family of Strangers") (ABC) •
Bill Cosby -
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (CBS) •
Ken Howard -
The Body Human ("Facts for Boys") (CBS) •
Marlo Thomas -
The Body Human ("Facts for Girls") (CBS) •
Scott Baio -
ABC Afterschool Special ("
Stoned") (ABC) •
Hal Linden -
Animals, Animals, Animals ("Llama") (ABC) •
Julie Andrews -
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with
Rudolf Nureyev") (CBS) •
Bill Bixby -
Once Upon a Classic ("A Tale Of Two Cities") (PBS)
Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming 1982 •
Robert Keeshan -
Captain Kangaroo (CBS) •
Mike Farrell -
The Body Human ("Becoming a Man") (CBS) •
Cicely Tyson -
The Body Human ("Becoming a Woman") (CBS) •
Rita Moreno -
CBS Library ("Orphans, Waifs and Wards") (CBS)
1983 •
Cloris Leachman -
ABC Afterschool Special ("The Woman Who Willed a Miracle") (ABC) •
Kevin Dobson -
CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("Help Wanted") (CBS) •
Lynn Redgrave -
CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("The Shooting") (CBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Molly Picon - ''Young People's Specials'' ("Grandma Didn't Wave Back") (SYN)
1984 •
Dick Van Dyke -
CBS Library ("The Wrong Way Kid") (CBS) •
Carrie Snodgress -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy") (ABC) •
Robert Keeshan -
Captain Kangaroo (CBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS)
1985 •
John Carradine - ''Young People's Specials'' ("Umbrella Jack") (SYN) •
Scott Baio -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("All the Kids Do It") (CBS) •
Betty Buckley -
Special Treat ("Bobby and Sarah") (NBC) •
Richard Pryor - ''
Pryor's Place'' (CBS) •
Lily Tomlin - ''
Pryor's Place'' (CBS)
1986 •
Pearl Bailey -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale") (ABC) •
Michael York -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Are You My Mother?") (ABC) •
Beau Bridges -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Can a Guy Say No?") (ABC) •
Drew Barrymore -
ABC Weekend Specials ("The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn") (ABC) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1987 •
Madeline Kahn -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Wanted: The Perfect Guy") (ABC) •
Adolph Caesar -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge") (ABC) •
Ruth Buzzi -
The Berenstain Bears (CBS) •
Paul Reubens - ''
Pee-wee's Playhouse'' (CBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1988 •
Philip Bosco -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Read Between The Lines") (ABC) •
Uta Hagen -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Seasonal Differences") (ABC) •
James Earl Jones -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Soldier Boys") (CBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Paul Reubens - ''
Pee-wee's Playhouse'' (CBS)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special 1989 •
Dana Barron -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("No Means No") (CBS) •
Betty Buckley -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Taking a Stand") (ABC) •
Whoopi Goldberg -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("My Past Is My Own") (CBS) •
Lori Loughlin -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("No Means No") (CBS) •
Chad Lowe -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("No Means No") (CBS)
1990 •
Greg Spottiswood -
Looking for Miracles (Disney Channel) • Elizabeth Bliss -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Torn Between Two Fathers") (ABC) •
Elizabeth Franz -
ABC Afterschool Special ("A Town's Revenge") (ABC) •
Viveca Lindfors -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("A Matter of Conscience") (CBS) •
Zachary Bennett -
Looking for Miracles (Disney Channel)
1991 •
Joanne Vannicola -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Maggie's Secret") (CBS) •
Robyn Lively -
ABC Afterschool Special ("The Less Than Perfect Daughter") (ABC) • Richard Murphy -
ABC Afterschool Special ("The Perfect Date") (ABC) •
Lycia Naff -
ABC Afterschool Special ("The Perfect Date") (ABC) • Christopher Rydell -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Lies of the Heart") (CBS)
1992 •
Josh Hamilton -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Abby, My Love") (CBS) • Stephanie Yu and Z. Wright -
3-2-1 Contact ("Secrets of the Code") (PBS) •
Alison Bartlett -
ABC Afterschool Special ("It's Only Rock & Roll") (ABC) •
Matt McGrath -
ABC Afterschool Special ("It's Only Rock & Roll") (ABC) •
Cara Buono -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Abby, My Love") (CBS)
1993 •
Dina Waters -
Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("
Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story") (HBO) • Stephanie Yu and Z. Wright -
3-2-1 Contact ("Get Busy: How Kids Can Save The Planet") (PBS) •
Monica Calhoun -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love") (CBS) •
Duane Martin -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love") (CBS) • Noelle Parker -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love") (CBS)
1994 •
Justin Whalin -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS) •
Don Murray -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Montana Crossroads") (ABC) • Christopher Miranda -
ABC Weekend Special ("William Saroyan's The Parsley Garden") (ABC) •
Meredith Baxter -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS) •
Joanna Cassidy -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS)
1995 •
Hal Linden -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on The Wall") (CBS) •
Peter Billingsley -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on The Wall") (CBS) • Aeryk Egan -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on The Wall") (CBS) • Missy Crider -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Love in the Dark Ages") (CBS) •
Ben Affleck -
Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story") (HBO) •
Alan Thicke -
The Trial of Red Riding Hood (Disney Channel)
1996 •
Kate Burton -
ABC Afterschool Specials ("Notes for My Daughter") (ABC) •
Kristen Cloke -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Long Road Home") (ABC) • Grace Johnston -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Notes for My Daughter") (ABC) •
Lindsay Crouse -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Between Mother and Daughter") (CBS) • C. Fraser Press -
CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Stand Up") (CBS) •
Patti LuPone -
The Song Spinner (Showtime)
1997 •
Donna Murphy -
Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO) •
Sam McMurray -
ABC Afterschool Special ("Teenage Confidential") (ABC) •
Michael Shulman -
Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO) •
Paul Winfield -
The Legend of Gator Face (Showtime) •
Brent Carver -
Whiskers (Showtime)
1998 • '''
Robert Ri'chard'
- In His Father's Shoes'' (Showtime) •
Louis Gossett Jr. - ''In His Father's Shoes'' (Showtime) •
Pat Carroll -
The Royale (AMC)
1999 •
Jordan Kiziuk -
The Island on Bird Street (Showtime) •
Kenneth Welsh -
Edison: The Wizard of Light (HBO) •
Michal Suchánek -
Edison: The Wizard of Light (HBO) •
Diahann Carroll -
The Sweetest Gift (Showtime) •
Keith David -
The Tiger Woods Story (Showtime)
2000 •
James Earl Jones - ''
Summer's End'' (Showtime) •
Debbie Reynolds -
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (Showtime) •
Marc Donato -
Locked in Silence (Showtime) •
Bonnie Bedelia -
Locked in Silence (Showtime) •
Hume Cronyn -
Sea People (Showtime)
2001 •
Ossie Davis -
Finding Buck McHenry (Showtime) •
Ellen Burstyn -
Mermaid (Showtime) •
Jodelle Ferland -
Mermaid (Showtime) •
Peter Falk -
A Storm in Summer (Showtime) •
Alfre Woodard -
The Wishing Tree (Showtime)
2002 •
Kelsey Keel -
My Louisiana Sky (Showtime) •
Kevin Clash - ''
Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West'' (PBS) •
Juliette Lewis -
My Louisiana Sky (Showtime) •
Hume Cronyn -
Off Season (Showtime) •
Stephen Rea -
Snow in August (Showtime)
2003 •
Ben Foster - ''
Bang Bang You're Dead'' (Showtime) •
Tom Cavanagh - ''
Bang Bang You're Dead'' (Showtime) •
Bernadette Peters - ''
Bobbie's Girl'' (Showtime) •
Vanessa Williams -
Our America (Showtime) •
Gregory Hines -
The Red Sneakers (Showtime)
Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special 2004 •
Gena Rowlands -
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime) •
James Caan -
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime) •
Rubén Blades -
The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime) •
Peter Fonda -
The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime) •
Mare Winningham -
The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime)
2005 •
Stockard Channing -
Jack (Showtime) •
Jane Alexander -
Carry Me Home (Showtime) •
Ron Silver -
Jack (Showtime) •
Hume Cronyn -
A Separate Peace (Showtime)
2006 •
James McDaniel -
Edge of America (Showtime) •
Tim Daly -
Edge of America (Showtime)
2007 •
Eion Bailey -
Life of the Party (Lifetime) • Kera O'Bryon -
Assignment Discovery ("Christmas and the Civil War") (Discovery Channel) •
Elijah Wood -
Saving a Species ("The Great Penguin Rescue") (Discovery Kids)
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series (1989-2014) 1989 •
Jim Varney - ''
Hey Vern, It's Ernest!'' (CBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Barbara Billingsley -
Muppet Babies (CBS) •
Sonia Manzano -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Ringo Starr -
Shining Time Station (PBS)
1990 •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Barbara Billingsley -
Muppet Babies (CBS) •
Paul Reubens - ''
Pee-wee's Playhouse'' (CBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1991 •
Tim Curry -
Peter Pan & the Pirates (FOX) •
Edward Asner -
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TBS) •
Whoopi Goldberg -
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TBS) •
Paul Reubens - ''
Pee-wee's Playhouse'' (CBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
1992 •
Shari Lewis - ''
Lamb Chop's Play-Along'' (PBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Sonia Manzano -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
George Carlin -
Shining Time Station (PBS)
1993 •
Shari Lewis - ''
Lamb Chop's Play-Along'' (PBS) •
John Astin -
The Addams Family (ABC) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Jerry Nelson -
Sesame Street (PBS)
1994 •
Shari Lewis - ''
Lamb Chop's Play-Along'' (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Ruth Buzzi -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
George Carlin -
Shining Time Station (PBS) •
Lynne Thigpen -
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1995 •
Shari Lewis - ''
Lamb Chop's Play-Along'' (PBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Martin P. Robinson -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Lynne Thigpen -
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1996 •
Shari Lewis - ''
Lamb Chop's Play-Along'' (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Angela Bassett -
Storytime (PBS) •
James McDaniel -
Storytime (PBS) •
Lynne Thigpen -
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1997 •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Bill Nye -
Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Lynne Thigpen -
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1998 •
Bill Nye -
Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Caroll Spinney -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Lynne Thigpen -
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (PBS)
1999 •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Bill Nye -
Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Caroll Spinney -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2000 •
Shari Lewis -
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (PBS) •
Bill Nye -
Bill Nye the Science Guy (SYN) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2001 •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Steve Burns - ''
Blue's Clues'' (Nickelodeon) •
Donna Pescow -
Even Stevens (Disney Channel) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2002 •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Donna Pescow -
Even Stevens (Disney Channel) •
Fred Rogers - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Mary-Kate Olsen -
So Little Time (ABC Family)
2003 •
Shia LaBeouf -
Even Stevens (Disney Channel) •
Noel MacNeal -
Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel) •
Donna Pescow -
Even Stevens (Disney Channel) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2004 •
Jeff Corwin -
Jeff Corwin Unleashed (NBC) •
Lynne Thigpen -
Bear in the Big Blue House (Disney Channel) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
David Rudman -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Michelle Trachtenberg -
Truth or Scare (Discovery Kids)
2005 •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Donovan Patton - ''
Blue's Clues'' (Nickelodeon) •
Jeff Corwin -
Jeff Corwin Unleashed (Discovery Kids) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
2006 •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Sara Paxton - ''
Darcy's Wild Life'' (NBC) •
J.D. Roth -
Endurance (NBC) •
Julianna Rose Mauriello -
LazyTown (Nickelodeon)
2007 •
Caroll Spinney -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
LeVar Burton -
Reading Rainbow (PBS)
2008 •
Bindi Irwin -
Bindi the Jungle Girl (Discovery Kids) •
Jack Hanna - ''
Jack Hanna's Into the Wild'' (SYN) •
John Tartaglia -
Johnny and the Sprites (Disney Channel) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Rachel Coleman -
Signing Time! (PBS)
2009 •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Bindi Irwin -
Bindi the Jungle Girl (Discovery Kids) •
Leslie Carrara -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Christopher Knowings -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Martin P. Robinson -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2010 •
Joey Mazzarino -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
David Rudman -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Caroll Spinney -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Christopher Knowings -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2011 •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Caroll Spinney -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Leslie Carrara -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Eric Jacobson -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2012 •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Caroll Spinney -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Dakota Goyo -
The Haunting Hour: The Series ("Flight") (The Hub) •
Leslie Carrara -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2013 •
Kevin Clash -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Jeff Corwin -
Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin (ABC) •
Joey Mazzarino -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
David Rudman -
Sesame Street (PBS)
2014 •
Jessica Honor Carleton -
Green Screen Adventures (MeTV) •
Katie Douglas -
Spooksville (HUB Network) •
Leslie Carrara -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
Joey Mazzarino -
Sesame Street (PBS) •
David Rudman -
Sesame Street (PBS) ==Outstanding Performer in a Children's or Pre-School Children's Series (2015-2016)==