‘Percy Jackson,’ Meryl Streep, Christian Slater Among 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmys Winners (UPDATING LIVE)

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, hosted this year by voiceover actor Eric Bauza (whose credits include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Marvin the Martian) are under way at Television City in Los Angeles.

Disney+’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” leads this year’s nominations, with 16 nods, including for young teen series — which it won over competitors such as Disney+’s “Goosebumps,” Netflix’s “Heartstopper,” Netflix’s “One Piece” and Roku Channel’s “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” Christian Slater won the Emmy for lead performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program as Mulgarath in “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” Other big winners included Nickelodeon’s “Blue’s Clues & You” for preschool program, Apple TV+’s “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” for children’s or family viewing series, and Meryl Streep for “Storyline Online” in the children’s personality category.

Beyond “Percy Jackson,” other programs leading the noms tally heading into Saturday were HBO/Max’s “Sesame Street” (13 noms), “Spiderwick Chronicles” (13 noms), Netflix’s “StoryBots: Answer Time” (10 noms), Apple TV+’s “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock” (10 noms), “One Piece” (9 noms) and “Goosebumps” (9 noms).

Administered by the New York-based National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards launched in 2022 and were previously were held in December — but moved to March for the third edition.