After a couple of years of tweaks to how the children’s Emmy categories were presented, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that it will debut a new, stand-alone awards competition and ceremony, the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, beginning in 2022.The move, which will mark the first expansion of the list of Emmy award shows since the Sports and News & Documentary Emmys were launched in 1979, comes as NATAS has seen a surge in submissions in the children’s genre.
Notably, there were more than 300 submissions alone for last year’s Individual Achievement in Animation category — more than for any other Emmy category.
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