The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the host, presenters, performers and guests for the 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards (CAFE), taking place on Saturday, March 15. The ceremony will be streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and through The Emmys® apps (apps.theemmys.tv).
Hosting the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards at 2:00 PM PT will be Eric Bauza, the Emmy® award-winning voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, and Marvin the Martian. The Creative Arts CAFE ceremony, recognizing excellence in behind-the-scenes and technical achievements, will take place at 8:00 PM PT and will not have a host. Now in its third year as a standalone competition, CAFE continues to honor the best in children’s and family entertainment.
Puppeteer and actor Dave Goetz (The Muppets) will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to previously announced honoree, Emmy® Award-winning performer Fran Brill. Additional presenters for CAFE and the Creative Arts CAFE ceremonies include: Ella Bright (“Darrell Rivers” in Malory Towers), Noah Cottrell (“Simon” in The Spiderwick Chronicles), Lucia Cunningham (“Jessica Williams” in Jessica’s Big Little World), Terrence Little Gardenhigh (voice of “John Patrick ‘Pat’ Patterson” inFright Krewe), Duff Goldman (host, Kids Baking Championship), Jack Griffo (“Max” in The Thundermans Return), Mykal-Michelle Harris (as “Alice Baxter” on Raven’s Home), Paul Walter Hauser (voice of “Dark” in Orion and the Dark), Leah Sava Jeffries (“Annabeth Chase” in Percy Jackson and the Olympians ), Kiersten Kelly (voice of “Brooklyn” in Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), Donna Kimball (Emmy nominee performer “Mokey Fraggle,” from Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock),
Kira Kosarin (“Phoebe Thunderman” in The Thundermans Return), Amanda Lawrence (“Matron Shipley” on Malory Towers), Amanda Martinez (voice of “Abuela” in Rosie Rules), Arianna McDonald ((Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie), Bobby Moynihan (Former Saturday Night Live cast member, voice of “Bobby Boots” in Pupstruction), Walker Scobell (“Percy Jackson” in Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Aryan Simhadri (“Grover Underwood” in Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Cree Summer (voice of Lizard & DeeDee in Spirit Rangers), John Tartaglia (Emmy nominee “Sprocket the Dog” (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock), Jacob Tremblay (voice of “Orion” in Orion and the Dark) and Izaac Wang (“Sam Wing” in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai).
Nominees and guests expected to attend the ceremonies include Eric Bauza (voice of “Daffy Duck” and “Bugs Bunny” inTeen Titan Go), Bob Bergen (voice of “Porky Pig” in Looney Tunes Cartoons), Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (“Abby Cadabby & Tango” on Sesame Street), Adam Copeland (“Ares” on Percy Jackson and the Olympians, WWE wrestler Edge), Ben Feldman (voice of “Tylor Tuskmon” in Monsters At Work), Eric Jacobson (“Bert,” “Oscar the Grouch” & “Grover” on Sesame Street), Elizabeth Mitchell (“Carol Calvin”/“Mrs. Claus” on The Santa Clauses), Maximilian Lee Piazza (One Piece), Sarah Rafferty (“Donna” in Suits; “Katherine” in My Life with the Walter Boys), David Rudman (“Cookie Monster” & “Baby Bear” on Sesame Street), Eric Stonestreet (“Cameron Tucker” on Modern Family, “Magnus Antas” aka “The Mad Santa” in The Santa Clauses), Kari Wahlgren (voices of “Magda,” “Granny Catherine,” “ Whiskers” in Superkitties).
The 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards, being held at Television City in Los Angeles, will be available to stream live via watch.theemmys.tv and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, and Roku (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).
For a full list of nominees, visit https://theemmys.tv/childrens/. All voting was tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.
About Eric Bauza
Veteran Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza voices beloved characters from the iconic franchise including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, and Marvin the Martian. Most recently, Bauza’s voice work has earned him two Children’s and Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program – first in 2022 for his performance of Bugs Bunny in Looney Tunes Cartoons and again in 2023 for his performances of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, and Marvin the Martian in Bugs Bunny Builders. Bauza is the voice of both Porky Pig and Daffy Duck in The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie coming out in theaters on March 15, 2025. Bauza began his career in animation as a character designer working with production studios in Hollywood. It was this introduction to the animation world that led him to a successful career as one of the most in demand voiceover artists in town.
He received Emmy® and Annie Award nominations for his work as the title character in The Adventures of Puss in Boots and Muppet Babies as well as for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in Looney Tunes Cartoons. His other television credits include Tiny Toons Looniversity, Unikitty, Archibald’s Next Big Thing, The Rocketeer, Ballmastrz: 9009, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Turtles, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, Breadwinners, Uncle Grandpa, Atomic Puppet, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly Odd Parents, Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production, Ultimate Spider-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Sanjay and Craig, Mighty Magiswords and the voice of Fozzie Bear, the big-hearted comedian, in Disney Junior’s reimagined Muppet Babies television series.
On the big screen, Bauza voiced Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, and Marvin the Martian in Space Jam: A New Legacy. He has voiced characters in The Book of Life and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water, as well as Woody Woodpecker in the Woody Woodpecker feature film for Universal. He has also voiced characters in commercials such as Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms cereal, Trix Rabbit for Trix cereal and Marvin the Martian for Nike and Walmart.
About NATAS
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational, and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Awards for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime, and Children’s & Family programming, as well as achievements in television Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of more than 18,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including regional student television and its Student Award for Excellence and the National Student Production Awards for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public.
