Descendants: The Rise of Red, a Disney+ show, and Spellbound, on Netflix, received multiple nominations in the music categories for the fourth annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards. And Sesame Street, which has been turning out memorable songs for more than half a century, including “Sing,” “Bein’ Green” and “Rubber Duckie,” has a nominee for outstanding original song for a preschool program with “Music, Music.”
The nominations were announced on Tuesday (Nov. 18) by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Nominations were announced live on NATAS social platforms, plus in-person in a NATAS membership event in partnership with the Children’s Media Association New York chapter. The nomination announcement featured video messages from stars across the children’s programming landscape including Ms. Rachel and Mr. Aron (Ms. Rachel), Bob Bergen (Looney Tunes), John Tartaglia (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock), Josh Dela Cruz (Blue’s Clues & You!), Gobo Fraggle (Fraggle Rock), and Donkey Hodie (Donkey Hodie). This presentation will be available to stream on watch.theemmys.tv and via The Emmys app on Wednesday (Nov 19).
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The awards ceremony is set to take place in New York City for the first time on March 1 and 2 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
Here’s a full list of the nominees in the four music categories. The complete nominations list is available on the NATAS website.
Outstanding music direction and composition for a live action program
Descendants: The Rise of Red, Disney+ [Disney Branded Television]
Henry Danger: The Movie, Nickelodeon
Love in the Forest “A Real Bug’s Life,” National Geographic [Plimsoll Productions]
Open Your Mind a Little, “Secrets at Red Rocks,” BYUtv [Libertine Pictures]
Welcome to Camp Nightmare, “Goosebumps: The Vanishing,” Disney+ [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding music direction and composition for an animated program
Heart, “WondLa,” Apple TV+ [Skydance Animation]
Part 4: A Night to Remember, “Dream Productions,” Disney+ [Pixar Animation Studios]
Spellbound, Netflix [Skydance Animation]
That Christmas, Netflix [Locksmith Animation]
There’s Always a Fortune in the Cookie Factory, “Gremlins: The Wild Batch,” HBO | Max [Warner Bros. Animation]
Outstanding original song for a preschool program
“Grow Your World,” Rise Up, Sing Out, Disney+ I Disney Jr.
“I’m on My Way,” Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band, PBS Kids [GBH Kids | Global Mechanic]
“I Want To Go Home,” Kindergarten: The Musical!, Disney+ I Disney Jr. [Oddbot Inc]
“Music, Music,” Sesame Street, HBO Max [Sesame Workshop]
“One Colorful Ocean,” Disney Jr.’s Ariel, Disney+ I Disney Jr. [Wild Canary]
“The Show Will Go On,” RoboGobo, Disney+ I Disney Jr. [Brown Bag Films]
Outstanding original song for a children’s or young teen program
“It’s Okay,” Zombies: The Re-Animated Series, Disney+ I Disney Channel
“No Better,” Ultraman: Rising, Netflix [Tsuburaya Productions]
“Red,” Descendants: The Rise of Red, Disney+ [Disney Branded Television]
“Red Christmas,” Descendants: The Rise of Red, Disney+
“Still Haunted By You,” Girl Haunts Boy, Fifth Season [Wonder Worldwide]
“The Way It Was Before,” Spellbound, Netflix [Skydance Animation]
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