Bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Children's and Family Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American children's and family-oriented television programming.

The first ceremony took place on December 10 and 11, 2022, at Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles.

Its criteria had already been modified to make primetime specials and spin-offs of a daytime children's program ineligible.

The organization cited an "explosive growth in the quantity and quality of children's and family programming" as justification for a dedicated ceremony.

[2] The ceremony was established as part of a larger re-alignment of the categories and eligibility criteria for the Primetime and Daytime Emmy Awards which began in 2022, with eligibility for the ceremonies now based on themes and stylistic characteristics rather than strictly the dayparts where a program airs on linear television.