Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special facts for kids

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special was an Emmy award given to television programming aimed towards children. 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.

Winners

Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special

1974

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Rookie of the Year") (ABC)

1975

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Harlequinade") (CBS)

1976

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Danny Kaye's Look-In at the Metropolitan Opera") (CBS)

1977

• NBC Special Treat ("Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid") (NBC)

1978

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Hewitt's Just Different") (ABC)

1979

• NBC Special Treat ("The Tap Dance Kid") (NBC)

1980

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Late Great Me: Story of a Teenage ...") (ABC)

1981

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("A Matter of Time") (ABC)

1982

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Starstruck") (ABC)

1983

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Woman Who Willed a Miracle") (ABC)

1984

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("The Great Love Experiment") (ABC)

Outstanding Children's Informational Special

1976

• Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (CBS)

1977

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("My Mom's Having A Baby") (ABC)

1978

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Very Good Friends") (ABC)

1979

• Razzamatazz (CBS)

1980

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Why a Conductor") (CBS)

1981

• The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People ("Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev") (CBS)

1982

• Kathy (PBS)

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)

Outstanding Children's Special

1985

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ( "All the Kids Do It") (CBS)

1986

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The War Between the Classes") (CBS)

1987

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Wanted: The Perfect Guy") (ABC)

1988

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Never Say Goodbye") (CBS)

1989

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Taking a Stand") (ABC)

1990

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("A Matter of Conscience") (CBS)

1991

• Lost in the Barrens (Disney Channel)

1992

• Vincent et moi (Disney Channel)

1993

• ABC Afterschool Specials ("Shades of a Single Protein") (ABC)

1994

• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("Dead ...: The Kevin Tunell Story") (HBO)

1995

• Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story") (HBO)

1996

• CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Stand Up") (CBS)

1997

• Elmo Saves Christmas (PBS)

1998

• In His Father's Shoes (Showtime)

1999

• The Island on Bird Street (Showtime)

2000

• Summer's End (Showtime)

2001

• Run the Wild Fields (Showtime)
• A Storm in Summer (Showtime)

2002

• My Louisiana Sky (Showtime)

2003

• Bang Bang You're Dead (Showtime)

Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special

2004

• The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (Showtime)