Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special was an Emmy award given to television programming aimed towards children.^[1] Television movies, dramatic specials, and non-fiction programming were all eligible. The award had been presented since the inaugural year; however, it was quietly retired after 2007.^[2]

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special

1974

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Rookie of the Year") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel") (ABC)
• The Swiss Family Robinson (CBS)

1975

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Harlequinade") (CBS)
• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("What Makes a Gershwin Tune a Gershwin Tune?") (CBS)
• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Ailey Celebrates Ellington") (CBS)

1976

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Danny Kaye's Look-In at the Metropolitan Opera") (CBS)
• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("What Is Noise and What Is Music?") (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("It Must Be Love ('Cause I Feel So Dumb!)") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Me and Dad's New Wife") (ABC)
• NBC Special Treat ("Papa and Me") (NBC)

1977

• NBC Special Treat ("Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid") (NBC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Francesca, Baby") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Blind Sunday") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("P.J. and the President's Son") (ABC)
• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot And Heavy, Cool And Groove All Star Jazz Show") (CBS)
• NBC Special Treat ("Luke Was There") (NBC)

1978

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Hewitt's Just Different") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Pinballs") (ABC)
• NBC Special Treat ("How The Beatles Changed The World") (NBC)
• NBC Special Treat ("A Piece Of Cake") (NBC)
• Once Upon a Classic ("Man From Nowhere") (PBS)
• Winners ("I Can") (CBS)
• Winners (Journey Together") (CBS)

1979

• NBC Special Treat ("The Tap Dance Kid") (NBC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Make Believe Marriage") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Mom And Dad Can't Hear Me") (ABC)
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("Joey And Redhawk") (CBS)
• NBC Special Treat ("Rodeo Red And The Runaway") (NBC)
• NBC Special Treat ("NYC Too Far From Tampa Blues") (NBC)

1980

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Late Great Me: Story of a Teenage Alcoholic") (ABC)
• Once Upon a Classic ("Chico the Rainmaker") (PBS)
• NBC Special Treat ("I Don't Know Who I Am") (NBC)
• NBC Special Treat ("The Rocking Chair Rebellion") (NBC)
• NBC Special Treat ("The House At 12 Rose Street") (NBC)

1981

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("A Matter of Time") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("A Family of Strangers") (ABC)
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("I Think I'm Having a Baby") (CBS)
• NBC Special Treat ("Sunshine's On The Way") (NBC)

1982

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Starstruck") (ABC)
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("Me and Mr. Stenner") (CBS)

1983

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Woman Who Willed a Miracle") (ABC)
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("Help Wanted") (CBS)
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("Just Pals") (CBS)
• NBC Special Treat ("Oh, Boy! Babies!") (NBC)

1984

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Great Love Experiment") (ABC)
• NBC Special Treat ("He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'") (NBC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy") (ABC)
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("Revenge Of The Nerds") (CBS)

Outstanding Children's Informational Special

1976

• Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (CBS)
• What's It All About? ("What Are The Loch Ness And Other Monster's All About?") (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Winning and Losing: Diary of a Campaign") (ABC)

1977

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("My Mom's Having A Baby") (ABC)
• How to Follow the Campaign (ABC)

1978

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Very Good Friends") (ABC)
• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare") (CBS)

1979

• Razzamatazz (CBS)
• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("The Secret of Charles Dickens") (CBS)

1980

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Why a Conductor") (CBS)
• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Make 'Em Laugh: A Young People's Comedy Concert") (CBS)

1981

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev") (CBS)
• On the Level ("Side by Side - Prejudice") (PBS)

1982

• Kathy (PBS)
• The Body Human ("Becoming a Woman") (CBS)
• The Body Human ("Becoming a Man") (CBS)

1984

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story") (CBS)

Outstanding Children's Anthology/Dramatic Programming

1980

• ABC Weekend Specials ("The Gold Bug") (ABC)
• Once Upon a Classic ("Leatherstocking Tales") (PBS)
• CBS Library ("Once Upon a Midnight Dreary") (CBS)
• CBS Library ("Animal Talk") (CBS)
• ABC Weekend Specials ("The Revenge of Red Chief") (ABC)

Outstanding Children's Special

1985

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("All the Kids Do It") (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("I Want to Go Home") (ABC)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Day the Senior Class Got Married") (CBS)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Hear Me Cry") (CBS)

1986

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The War Between the Classes") (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Don't Touch") (ABC)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Have You Tried Talking to Patty?") (CBS)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Babies Having Babies") (CBS)

1987

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Wanted: The Perfect Guy") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Supermom's Daughter") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Teen Father") (ABC)
• ABC Weekend Specials ("The Mouse and the Motorcycle") (ABC)

1988

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Never Say Goodbye") (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story") (ABC)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story") (ABC)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("What If I'm Gay?") (CBS)

1989

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Taking a Stand") (ABC)
• ABC Weekend Specials ("Runaway Ralph") (ABC)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Gangs") (CBS)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("No Means No") (CBS)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("My Past Is My Own") (CBS)

1990

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("A Matter of Conscience") (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("A Town's Revenge") (ABC)
• Buy Me That! A Kids' Survival Guide to TV Advertising. (HBO)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Flour Babies") (CBS)

1991

• Lost in the Barrens (Disney Channel)
• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling") (HBO)
• ABC Weekend Specials ("Ralph S. Mouse") (ABC)
• Tales from the Whoop ("Hot Rod Brown Class Clown") (Nickelodeon)
• The Cropp Family Nature Album (Disney Channel)

1992

• Vincent et moi (Disney Channel)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Abby, My Love") (CBS)
• First Love, Fatal Love (HBO)
• Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave (Disney Channel)
• Woof! (Disney Channel)

1993

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Shades of a Single Protein") (ABC)
• ABC Weekend Specials ("CityKids") (ABC)
• Higher Goals (PBS)
• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story") (HBO)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Words Up!") (CBS)

1994

• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story") (HBO)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Girlfriend") (ABC)
• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter") (HBO)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Other Mothers") (CBS)
• Rhythm & Jam (ABC)

1995

• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story") (HBO)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The Writing on the Wall") (CBS)
• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("POWER: The Eddie Matos Story") (HBO)
• Nick News with Linda Ellerbee ("Space Shuttle, Phone Home") (Nickelodeon)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Love in the Dark Ages") (CBS)

1996

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Stand Up") (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Positive: A Journey into AIDS") (ABC)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Children Remember the Holocaust") (CBS)
• Eagle Scout: The Story of Henry Nicols (HBO)
• The Song Spinner (Showtime)

1997

• Elmo Saves Christmas (PBS)
• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Miracle at Trapper Creek") (ABC)
• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)
• Family Video Diaries ("Brett Killed Mom: A Sister's Diary") (HBO)
• Family Video Diaries ("Bubbeh Lee and Me") (HBO)

1998

• In His Father's Shoes (Showtime)
• Assignment Discovery ("The Science of HIV") (Discovery Channel)
• Bong & Donnell (HBO)
• Letters from Africa (Disney Channel)
• The Royale (AMC)

1999

• The Island on Bird Street (Showtime)
• Edison: The Wizard of Light (HBO)
• Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants (HBO)
• The Sweetest Gift (Showtime)
• The Tiger Woods Story (Showtime)

2000

• Summer's End (Showtime)
• The Devil's Arithmetic (Showtime)
• A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (Showtime)
• Sea People (Showtime)
• Locked in Silence (Showtime)

2001

• Run the Wild Fields (Showtime)
• A Storm in the Summer (Showtime)
• Ratz (Showtime)
• The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (Showtime)
• What Matters: 2001 Millennium Special (HBO)

2002

• My Louisiana Sky (Showtime)
• Off Season (Showtime)
• Snow in August (Showtime)
• They Call Me Sirr (Showtime)
• Walter and Henry (Showtime)

2003

• Bang Bang You're Dead (Showtime)
• Our America (Showtime)
• Table Talk ("Talking Beyond 9/11") (WAM!)
• ZOOM ("America's Kids Remember") (PBS)

Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special

2004

• The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime)
• Reality Matters ("Deadly Desires") (Discovery Channel)
• The Maldonado Miracle (Showtime)

2005

• Mighty Times ("The Legacy of Rosa Parks") (HBO)
• A Separate Peace (Showtime)

2006

• Reality Matters ("Teen Sexuality") (Discovery Channel)
• Saving a Species ("Sharks at Risk") (Discovery Channel)

2007

• Saving a Species ("The Great Penguin Rescue") (Discovery Kids)
• The Great Polar Bear Adventure (Discovery Kids)
• A Year on Earth (Discovery Kids)

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