Kidscreen Winners Revealed
At a high-profile Kidscreen Awards ceremony hosted by drag performers and child educators Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé ( stars of The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy) and exclusively sponsored by the Canada Media Fund, the year’s best work in children’s television and digital media was singled out and celebrated tonight by the global kids entertainment community. Determined by two panels of esteemed industry judges, awards in the Programming and Creative Talent categories were given to the following entries:
PROGRAMMING—PRESCHOOL CATEGORY Best New Series Deepa & Anoop Mattel Television for Netflix
Best Animated Series Bluey—Season 3 BBC Studios Kids & Family, Ludo Studio, ABC Australia
Best Live-Action Series Helpsters Sesame Workshop for AppleTV+
Best Mixed-Media Series The Tiny Chef Show Imagine Kids+Family, Tiny Chef Show Productions, Factory, Nickelodeon Animation, Dunshire Productions
Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas Disney Television Animation
Best Holiday or Special Episode “Holiday Goose Chase”—Madagascar: A Little Wild DreamWorks Animation for Hulu and Peacock
Best Podcast Little Stories Everywhere Wondery, Amazon Music
Best Inclusivity Deepa & Anoop Mattel Television for Netflix Best in Class “Holiday Goose Chase”—Madagascar: A Little Wild DreamWorks Animation for Hulu and Peacock PROGRAMMING—KIDS CATEGORY Best New Series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight DreamWorks Animation for Netflix
Best Animated Series Miraculous:Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Zagtoon, Method Animation, Disney Channel
Best Live-Action Series Raising Dion Netflix
Best Mixed-Media Series The Brilliant World of Tom Gates TG Entertainment, Wild Child Animation, Black Camel Productions, Sky Kids
Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie Superworm Magic Light Pictures for BBC One
Best Holiday or Special Episode Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love WildBrain for AppleTV+
Best Podcast Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest Pinna
Best Inclusivity Raising Dion Netflix Best in Class Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight DreamWorks Animation for Netflix
PROGRAMMING—TWEENS/TEENS CATEGORY Best New Series Heartstopper See-Saw Films for Netflix
Best Animated Series Central Park 20th Television for Apple TV+
Best Live-Action Series Heartstopper See-Saw Films for Netflix
Best Mixed-Media Series Lost Ollie 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, Warner Horizon, Casey Patterson Entertainment, Pulse Films for HBO/HBO Max
Best Podcast Tomorrow—The Continuing Adventures of Annie Warbucks Gen-Z Media
Best Inclusivity The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Bar Productions, Disney Television Animation, WildBrain
Best in Class Heartstopper See-Saw Films for Netflix
CREATIVE TALENT CATEGORY
Best Acting Heartstopper See-Saw Films for Netflix Best Animation Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas Aardman for Netflix Best Design Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight DreamWorks Animation for Netflix Best Directing The Tiny Chef Show Imagine Kids+Family, Tiny Chef Show Productions, Factory, Nickelodeon Animation, Dunshire Productions Best Music Deepa & Anoop Mattel Television for Netflix Best Writing Central Park 20th Television for Apple TV+ Best Voice Talent Deepa & Anoop Mattel Television for Netflix
There is also a set of Kidscreen Awards designed to spotlight the best efforts made by broadcasters to build stronger connections with kids and family audiences around the world. These winners were decided through online voting by Kidscreen readers in December.
BROADCASTING CATEGORY
Channel of the Year PBS KIDS Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team Miranda Cosgrove, Rob Gronkowski—The 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards Nickelodeon Best Kids-Only Streaming Service Amazon Kids+
And rounding out the Kidscreen Awards program is a set of digital categories for preschool (ages zero to five) and kids (ages six and up). Here are the winners:
DIGITAL—PRESCHOOL CATEGORY
Best Website
Donkey Hodie Fred Rogers Productions, Curious Media for PBS KIDS Best Web/App Series—Original Miikshi Shaftesbury, Gazelle Automations Best Web/App Series—Branded #ComingTogether Word of the Day Sesame Workshop
Best Learning App—Original Lingokids Lingokids
Best Game App—Branded PAW Patrol Rescue World Budge Studios, Nickelodeon
Best YouTube Channel Blue’s Clues & You Nick Jr.
Best Alternative Game Xavier Riddle Museum Maker 9 Story Media Group, Relish for PBS KIDS
DIGITAL—KIDS CATEGORY
Best Website CBC Kids CBC Kids Best Web/App Series—Original Feel Your Best Self University of Connecticut, Puppet Motion, Luminous Creative Agency Best Web/App Series—Branded My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale eOne, Lil Critter Workshop Best Learning App—Original ABCmouse Early Learning Academy Age of Learning Best Learning App—Branded Cyberchase: Duck Dash The WNET Group, Bridge Multimedia, Relish for PBS KIDS Best Game App—Original Kuato Dino Tales Kuato Studios
Best Game App—Branded Nickverse Paramount Games, Dubit Best YouTube Channel Dodo Kids The Dodo, Vox Media
Best Alternative Game Warrior Cats: Ultimate Edition Coolabi, Aldrich-Callen Studios
For more details, visit awards.kidscreen.com.