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 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)