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Disney Wins 16 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards

Children’s & Family Emmy Awards 2022

The Walt Disney Company won 16 Emmy® Awards last week at the inaugural Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, recognizing the best in kid-friendly programming.

Disney’s wins stretch across several of its content brands and studios: Disney Branded Television, Disney Junior, Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television, Pixar Animation Studios, and Walt Disney Studios.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the new stand-alone Emmy awards show in November 2021, after a surge in submissions in the children’s genre.


Here are the complete list of Disney wins from the two-night ceremony that included Creative Arts wins (this is a great list if you’re looking for something to watch with your family):

Sneakerella (Disney+/Disney Branded Television)
4 wins

  • Outstanding Fiction Special
  • Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Live Action Program
  • Outstanding Editing for a Single Camera Program
  • Outstanding Choreography

The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+/20th Television/Disney Branded Television)
2 wins

  • Outstanding Directing for a Single Camera Program
  • Outstanding Costume Design/Styling

The Quest (Disney+/Disney Branded Television)
2 wins

  • Outstanding Directing for a Multiple Camera Program
  • Outstanding Special Effects Costumes, Makeup, and Hairstyling for a Live Action Program

Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+/Walt Disney Studios)
1 win

  • Outstanding Cinematography for a Live Action Single Camera Program

Ciao Alberto (Disney+/Pixar Animation Studios)
1 win

  • Outstanding Editing for an Animated Program

Endlings (Hulu)
1 win

  • Outstanding Visual Effects for a Live Action Program

Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (Disney Junior/Disney Branded Television)
1 win

  • Outstanding Voice Performance in a Preschool Animated Program – Daniel Ross

Monsters at Work (Disney+/Disney Branded Television/Disney Television Animation)
1 win – Juried Award

  • Individual Achievement in Animation – Character Design – Ron Tolentino Velasco

Muppet Babies (Disney Junior/Disney Branded Television)
1 win

  • Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program

Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+/Disney Branded Television)
1 win

  • Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design (tie)

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+/Disney Branded Television)
1 win

  • Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program