The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards took place on July 26, and there were some big winners everywhere! Apple TV+ became the first streaming service to win a Daytime Emmy within its first year of being eligible.
Its original series Ghostwriter earned its first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s or Family Programming, and Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 took home the Award for Outstanding Single Camera Editing.
It’s no mystery that #Ghostwriter took the win for Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Program. Well deserved. 👏 pic.twitter.com/6UlaEfr67d
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) July 27, 2020
The Ghostwriter series is directed and written by Luke Matheny. It is a revamp of the 1992 hit that helps gain vocabulary skills, expands children’s grasp of creative writing, and gains reading comprehension. Not only has Ghostwriter received a DaytimeEmmy, but the show has also gained quite a collection of awards, including the Parents’ Choice Gold Medal Award and acknowledgment from Common Sense Media. The show is perfect for kids everywhere to see themselves being represented with a diverse cast.
Join the Peanuts gang when it is time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of landing on the moon. In Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10, Jeff Goldblum portrays the role of a NASA historian, trying to figure out if the lovable Snoopy was a secret astronaut.
Apple TV+ has excellent original series for families with children, including Peanuts, Sesame Workshop, Ghostwriter, and Fraggle Rock, influenced by the drawings and tales of Maurice Sendak. Apple and Apple TV+ is available on tv.apple.com as well as Apple TV app on all Apple products, LG and Samsung smart TVs, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV devices.