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[0:06] Robert Bannon: It's the Round Table with me, Robert Bannon. Hello, Round Tablers, Adrian and John. We are here live, Jazz at Lincoln Center for the fourth annual Children's and Families Emmy Awards. I mean, the list is crazy. So for those of you that have kids, get ready, because we're going to meet some amazing people tonight. So save me a seat at the round table.

[2:42] Yvette Nicole Brown: Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Listen, listen. I follow you on threads. I was like, Jet Blue, you better get her here. You look stunning.

[2:52] Robert Bannon: Thank you. Hello, kind sir. This is Tony, my husband.

[2:55] Yvette Nicole Brown: Your husband. How excited are you to be here tonight?

[2:58] Yvette Nicole Brown: So excited. First of all, just to be back in New York as Tony's from New York's from the Bronx. So it's exciting to be here just to see family. But then to be here because I'm nominated for a special with Cookie Monster. Come on. I don't even know. So exciting.

[3:12] Yvette Nicole Brown: And it's so I have to say, I know we're here. But with everything going on in the world, I follow you. I like everything. I read you are important. My most upsetting moment is getting here and realize I don't have my ice pen. I had it ready to go and it's in the hotel. So I'm gonna post it and post pictures and talk about what should have been on my shoulder, but I'm terrified.

[3:13] Robert Bannon: I know.

[3:33] Yvette Nicole Brown: And I'm terrified not just for myself but for the world. I think that we've now been thrust into something that is devastating. So many people will die senselessly. And I'm concerned about everyone, not just Americans. I don't believe in American first. I believe in humans first.

[3:50] Robert Bannon: Exactly.

[3:51] Yvette Nicole Brown: Humans first. Everyone deserves health care, uh, shelter, food. Yes. These are the basics. And we're bombing people. I know. Kill all those babies in that school. Like I'm just. I know. Apoplectic, I'm apoplexic. Every day I'll wake up and go, what has happened overnight?

[4:06] Robert Bannon: Yes.

[4:08] Yvette Nicole Brown: This is a nightmare.

[4:08] Robert Bannon: It is.

[4:10] Yvette Nicole Brown: That's why I watch community and laugh. If I don't laugh, I'm gonna cry. If I don't come to New York and dream of cookie monster, I don't know what I'm doing.

[4:15] Robert Bannon: Exactly. I don't know what we're doing. And now you're here and to celebrate with all these wonderful cuts. These kids are amazing. It's so wonderful. I can't wait. This is like a palette cleanser.

[4:23] Yvette Nicole Brown: Yes, a good thing.

[4:24] Robert Bannon: Yes. I'm so excited. I'm nice to meet you.

[4:27] Yvette Nicole Brown: Thank you.

[4:28] Ana Gasteyer: Thank you, thank you. As an Ellen Broadway superstar and a gas tire.

[4:34] Robert Bannon: Round table. Hello there.

[4:35] Ana Gasteyer: Yes. I know you.

[4:36] Robert Bannon: Yes. Well, I know you because I saw you on Once Upon a Mattress.

[4:39] Ana Gasteyer: Oh, you did? Listen, I was Lady H, my freshman year of high school.

[4:44] Robert Bannon: Love it. I love it. Everybody has either done grease or mattress because they have so many parts. It's such a lesson to people trying to write things. Like write nine leads and your show will be produced for eternity.

[4:54] Ana Gasteyer: It's it's so amazing.

[4:55] Robert Bannon: Yeah. But you were so fantastic.

[4:57] Ana Gasteyer: Oh, it was such an incredible experience. Are you kidding? It was such a joy bomb of like other performers and um a great piece of material that was super user-friendly, that wasn't too free, that wasn't too cynical. It was like perfect.

[5:08] Robert Bannon: I know. It had such a nice vibe.

[5:10] Ana Gasteyer: I really did. It was just so awesome. I literally sat there and I was just like, I remember that, I remember that. And they've just brought me back, so it's a high school.

[5:16] Robert Bannon: That's amazing. Now, what is next for you that you're doing?

[5:20] Ana Gasteyer: I'm so excited. Yeah, I start rehearsal next Monday. And uh, we open uh April 4th as first preview. So we're jumping right in. I can't wait. It's a project I've really wanted to be a part of. I love the television series. And one I once again, another show that's a big celebrate. It's very joy driven.

[5:36] Robert Bannon: Yes.

[5:37] Ana Gasteyer: Yeah, it celebrates.

[5:41] Robert Bannon: Yeah, it celebrates the American musical experience. And I'm really optimistic I'm really optimistic about frankly how it's gonna make me feel.

[7:36] Robert Bannon: Hi, how are you?

[7:37] Tabitha Brown: Shiny's my favorite.

[7:39] Robert Bannon: Oh, Abby, pink is my pink and purple are my favorite colors.

[7:41] Tabitha Brown: Oh, hugs, hugs hugs. Oh, Abby, thank you so much. You excited to be here?

[7:45] Tabitha Brown: I'm so excited to be here. Your dress is so pretty.

[7:50] Robert Bannon: Thank you. I matched Leslie and Mr. Palm.

[7:52] Tabitha Brown: Oh, all in blue. See this? Yes. That's for Tango.

[7:58] Robert Bannon: Tango, yeah. Also represent Elmo's puppy. So um but also our little puppers that got his wings last year, right before the Emmys. So we couldn't make it. I'm a dog mom too, so I get it.

[8:10] Tabitha Brown: So we couldn't, and I was like, this was what we were gonna wear last year. And the tattoo.

[8:16] Robert Bannon: Oh, I love that.

[8:18] Tabitha Brown: I know. It's it's worse than a human sometimes.

[8:20] Robert Bannon: It is.

[8:21] Tabitha Brown: It was hard, but you know what? I love that because that authenticity really works.

[8:26] Robert Bannon: Yes.

[8:26] Tabitha Brown: And um Tango was special for me this year because I was channeling my dog and I was like, it was really helpful.

[8:34] Robert Bannon: That is she. And now you're nominated tonight also.

[8:40] Tabitha Brown: Live sound mixing and editing.

[8:42] Robert Bannon: Oh wow.

[8:45] Tabitha Brown: Frank is well on the sound mixer.

[8:47] Robert Bannon: Wonderful. Well, congratulations, we love this. And I love the energy. It's so much fun.

[8:51] Tabitha Brown: We are super great. Why we need this? And these kids are so talented. I mean, oh my goodness. It's wonderful. We need the we need the lightness right now with all the heavy. We need the joy, and this show does it. Spreads it, makes it, and brings it everywhere.

[9:05] Robert Bannon: Thank you. 100%.

[9:06] Tabitha Brown: I love that. Thank you so nice for you.

[9:08] Robert Bannon: Thank you. Thank you so much.

[9:09] Rosalyn Chow: Hi, Mel Biggie. Bye. Hi, I'm Rosalyn Chow, and I'm nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Sweet Tooth.

[9:18] Robert Bannon: That feels so weird to say.

[9:20] Rosalyn Chow: Doesn't it sound I mean you have a plethora of your career? I mean, spans long. Joy Luck Club. MAS. I met my husband was like, she was a mash. Oh my, like he was something that's him behind the camera. Oh, hi, how are you?

[9:35] Robert Bannon: But isn't it wonderful that that now it's it's a children's show?

[9:40] Rosalyn Chow: You know what I mean? Like delicious.

[9:42] Robert Bannon: Yes.

[9:43] Rosalyn Chow: Well, Sweet Tooth really is across the board family show, and what I love about it is that it really was ahead of its time. It was written, I think, five years ago. And it really speaks to how love more and your world opens up. It can cure all.

[10:01] Robert Bannon: So let's hope it can.

[10:03] Rosalyn Chow: Yes, let's hope. And you know, it's and that's why it's kind of like, oh, this is nice to come here. This is light and fluffy and all that, even though not so great things are going on in the world.

[10:11] Robert Bannon: I know.

[10:12] Rosalyn Chow: You know, sometimes we have to focus on that, but then focus on what is good.

[10:16] Robert Bannon: Exactly.

[10:16] Rosalyn Chow: And sweet tooth, the fact that Nanzo is looking after a little boy, and of course, I'm horrible in it. I'm a terrible person in it.

[10:26] Robert Bannon: That's a different role though, goodness.

[10:29] Rosalyn Chow: Isn't it nice to do that though?

[10:30] Robert Bannon: It's so delicious.

[10:33] Rosalyn Chow: I absolutely love that. Well, good luck this evening. Have so much fun.

[10:36] Robert Bannon: I'm just gonna descend star, Dara Renee.

[10:40] Dara Renee: Yes, look amazing! You are stunning.

[10:43] Robert Bannon: Thank you. I love your goals.

[10:45] Dara Renee: You're welcome. Let's talk descendants.

[10:48] Robert Bannon: Let's talk. Let's talk it.

[10:49] Dara Renee: I'm so excited. And you were nominee.

[10:52] Robert Bannon: I know, I can't believe it. I mean, it was so amazing filming that movie with my friends and part of something that I watched growing up. So being able to be here is such an honor. And be here today without the original cast has to continue.

[11:06] Robert Bannon: What does it mean to you when when to be a part of something? Because everybody says, oh, they're the best of the best. But you can tell.

[11:12] Dara Renee: You can tell because it's on screen.

[11:13] Robert Bannon: Thank you. Well, um, that's so nice. I'm still like, you know, getting confidence in myself and the courage to just be here today. I I just I still can't believe it. I don't I don't even know what to say. I'm like, I'm looking around, I'm like, everybody's so good and and beautiful.

[11:30] Robert Bannon: What's what's your favorite part about your role in the descendant?

[11:33] Dara Renee: My favorite part is being a villain. I love it. It's so much fun, and I get tentacles, I got to do stunts. I was glad that they allowed me to explore so many different things.

[11:45] Robert Bannon: I'm a villain's girl too.

[11:46] Dara Renee: Oh, okay, girl. Hi five.

[11:48] Robert Bannon: Thank you. Listen, enjoy yourself, you look beautiful. It's so nice to meet you.

[11:52] Dara Renee: Lovely to meet you as well.

[11:55] Robert Bannon: And you are an Olympian.

[11:56] Dara Renee: I'm an Olympian, yes.

[11:58] Robert Bannon: Two times.

[11:58] Dara Renee: Two times, yes, you know their stuff.

[12:00] Robert Bannon: Oh my god. I do my homework.

[12:01] Dara Renee: I love that. Yes, I'm Olympian, for sure. What does it mean to be here tonight for the family and children's Emmy Award?

[12:08] Tabitha Brown: Yeah, this is my first nomination as an individual. I've been in TV for 12 years, spent 12 years, of course, as an Olympian representing Canada. And so to be here for All Round Champion is a huge honor. The show has been nominated before; it's won before. I never have as an individual, so this is a bit of a pinch-me moment. So very exciting.

[12:27] Tabitha Brown: Yes, it is very exciting. People look beautiful. You look wonderful. It's nice to be dressed up. Thank you, and celebrate some good in the world. Isn't it nice to be dressed up instead of in sweats all the time?

[12:36] Tabitha Brown: It really is nice, I'm telling you, and have these heels on, which are comfy heels, I must say. They're actually the good kind of heels.

[12:41] Tabitha Brown: That's the those are the good kind to have without a job. Yes, absolutely. What is something you want to tell the young people out there that may be, you know, discouraged or trying to get to that next level?

[12:52] Tabitha Brown: Some advice should be. You know, I think we love winning, we love being a champion, love that, but I think we need to normalize failing. You need to normalize falling short. It does happen. And parents, when you talk to your kids, yes, celebrate the A pluses and the good days. But when you're at the dinner, like, what was hard for you this week? What was hard for you today? What sucked for you today? And that makes the conversation around falling short just part of life and not a stigma, not something that they have to be ashamed of.

[13:18] Tabitha Brown: Thank you tonight. Have fun. I will appreciate it. Nice to meet you.

[13:21] Robbie Cabriconyers: Hello, I'm Robbie Cabriconyers, and I play Wim in Star Wars Skeleton Crew.

[13:25] Robert Bannon: We're big Skeleton Crew fans. Thank you so much. Congratulations.

[13:27] Robbie Cabriconyers: Thank you so much. No, to this day, I'm still watching the show. I'm still binging the show. It's such a fun show.

[13:35] Robert Bannon: Thank you. I appreciate it. Do we think we're gonna get a second season?

[13:38] Robbie Cabriconyers: All the first shows are the same. Okay, I know. It's it's guys, honestly. I don't even honestly, I'm gonna be so honest though, I don't even know. Like, I don't even. I'm hoping though so much. It was such a fun experience. It was such a joy to work on. I'm hoping we can blast off again.

[13:52] Robert Bannon: Oh my gosh, I'm so excited. Well, thank you for talking. Congratulations. Have fun today.

[13:56] Robbie Cabriconyers: Thank you so much. I will.

[13:57] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: My name is Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. and I'm 10 years old.

[14:01] Robert Bannon: And you're nominated.

[14:02] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Yes.

[14:03] Robert Bannon: For Sweet Tooth.

[14:04] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: No, for um Wonder Pets in the City.

[14:07] Robert Bannon: Wonder Pets in the City, but you were also in Sweet Tooth, too, right?

[14:10] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Yes.

[14:10] Robert Bannon: My goodness. I mean, now did I see you on TV last night?

[14:14] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Yes.

[14:14] Robert Bannon: Were you singing at the SAG Awards last night?

[14:16] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Yes, I was.

[14:17] Robert Bannon: That was you. Can I just tell you? You were amazing. You made me cry. It was absolutely beautiful. When I saw you, I said, that wasn't the young man who sang last night.

[14:28] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Oh my god, how excited were you to be in that room?

[14:31] Robert Bannon: It was amazing. Did you get to meet anybody special?

[14:35] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Um, yes, I did. Um I met a legend. I don't know, I forgot what his name is, but my dad said um says like he's a really big actor. But I really wanted to meet Harrison Ford.

[14:48] Robert Bannon: Did you get to meet Harrison Ford?

[14:50] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: No, he walked right past me though.

[14:52] Robert Bannon: Oh, he did. Yeah. That's so exciting. So nice to meet you. Good luck tonight. And any anything to any any advice to give young actors out there.

[15:00] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Are you gonna be able to do that? Um never give up on your dreams. Always practice and put God first.

[15:09] Robert Bannon: That's wonderful. Thank you so much. You have a good night, okay?

[15:11] Christopher Sean Cooper Jr.: Thank you.

[15:12] Robert Bannon: Hi there, Vanessa. How are you doing?

[15:14] Vanessa: I'm doing great.

[15:15] Robert Bannon: Congratulations on your nomination.

[15:17] Vanessa: Thank you.

[15:17] Robert Bannon: Are you excited?

[15:18] Vanessa: Yes, definitely.

[15:20] Robert Bannon: So now what is your character's name on the show?

[15:22] Vanessa: My character's name is Zuri Bunny.

[15:25] Robert Bannon: And how much fun did you have doing this?

[15:27] Vanessa: Oh my gosh, so much fun. It was amazing.

[15:31] Robert Bannon: And what's next for you?

[15:33] Vanessa: Oh, well. Can you share or is it top secret?

[15:37] Vanessa: Well, it's not quite secret, but they are going to uh make season two of the show, so I'm super excited because season two.

[15:47] Robert Bannon: Yes! So exciting.

[15:48] Vanessa: That's so exciting.

[15:49] Robert Bannon: Your dress is beautiful tonight.

[15:50] Vanessa: Thank you.

[15:51] Robert Bannon: Listen, congratulations, Vanessa. Have fun, okay?

[15:54] Vanessa: Thank you for having me.

[15:54] Ava McCoffy: Hi, hi, hi! Can you introduce yourself to the round tablers?

[15:58] Ava McCoffy: I'm Ava McCoffy.

[16:00] Robert Bannon: And you're nominated tonight.

[16:02] Ava McCoffy: Yeah, I'm really excited.

[16:03] Robert Bannon: Are you excited?

[16:04] Ava McCoffy: Yeah. I'm a little bit nervous, but yeah, it's really fun so far, so your dress is beautiful.

[16:12] Robert Bannon: Thank you so much. Is this your first time in New York City or have you been here before?

[16:16] Ava McCoffy: Yeah, it's amazing here. It's amazing.

[16:18] Robert Bannon: Yes. It can be a little scary at times, but it's really wonderful.

[16:21] Ava McCoffy: Yeah, it's amazing. What was one of your favorite things about your character?

[16:26] Ava McCoffy: Um, I felt like I could really connect with her. So we were really similar. It was an easy role to play, as um she was so curious and fun and had a big imagination, and um I felt that was just sort of me, so it was really easy to play her role and really fun.

[16:43] Robert Bannon: Well, good luck tonight, and you have fun, okay?

[16:45] Ava McCoffy: Yeah, thank you.

[16:46] Summer: Summer, how excited are you to be here this evening?

[16:48] Summer: I'm uh so excited, like I can't even describe how excited I am because this is such an amazing event, and I'm only 13 years old. So for me to experience this a wonderful event this young is mind blowing.

[17:01] Robert Bannon: And how important is it to you to have something to play this type of character?

[17:05] Summer: It is so important because I get to represent the Latino community as she said Alma's Way is um Puerto Rican. I'm Puerto Rican and Nicaraguan. So I think for other kids to look at the screen and say, hey, I can see myself, maybe I could do something like that. It is so important to me.

[17:22] Robert Bannon: It's so important, and I'm so glad that you could you're you're able to do those parts and to speak out.

[17:27] Summer: Yes. I was so excited. Congratulations, have a wonderful time.

[17:30] Robert Bannon: Thank you so much. You are beautiful.

[17:32] Summer: You look beautiful as well.

[17:33] Robert Bannon: Thank you. You are stunning.

[17:35] Summer: Thank you. I love the pink.

[17:36] Robert Bannon: Thank you so much. Papa pink, Papa Pink, my favorite color, yes.

[17:40] Summer: I'm excited for you to be here tonight.

[17:42] Robert Bannon: So unbelievably excited. A dream come true. Nominated.

[17:45] Summer: And nominated, yes. It's it's it's crazy. Do you have a speech ready?

[17:49] Summer: Yes, I do. I almost didn't write a speech because I was like, I'm probably not gonna win. But my mom was like, just write it, just write it. So I can set it and then just do it.

[17:59] Robert Bannon: Exactly. Exactly, exactly. Yeah. What does it mean to you to be here to be nominated in this particular category?

[18:03] Summer: In this particular category here tonight, it feels like such an honor. Um I feel like there are so many um black trans women who paved the way for me to be here. So it truly it's it's surreal to take in.

[18:23] Robert Bannon: Yeah, yeah. It's really well. I will say, uh, this is my cousin Robert. He does the round table. I mean he's gonna get in touch with you because we want you to come on and do his podcast.

[18:31] Summer: Please.

[18:31] Robert Bannon: He got he got married to his husband Darius in May.

[18:34] Summer: Amazing.

[18:35] Robert Bannon: We are very friendly, and we just we want to promote love.

[18:38] Summer: Please, please. I would love nothing more than that. Let's let's spread love.

[18:41] Robert Bannon: Let's spread love, yeah.

[18:42] Summer: Exactly. Have fun. So nice to be.

[18:43] Robert Bannon: Thank you so much for nice for hearing.

[18:45] Nonso Anozie: Hello, my name is Nonso Anozie.

[18:48] Nonso Anozie: Hello, everybody at the round table. Um, and I'm here at the Children and Family Emmy Awards, and I'm nominated for best supporting actor in um in a team for Sweet Tooth.

[19:00] Robert Bannon: Well, I I saw I saw him in Game of Thrones. And Dracula I love Dracula.

[19:05] Nonso Anozie: Oh, that was my friend Jerry and I. We loved it.

[19:08] Robert Bannon: Oh, I'm glad to be a good one. Look at that. I mean, your career, what a career you had.

[19:13] Nonso Anozie: Yeah, for real, for real. I've been very blessed. You know, I think you know, when you start when you're a six foot six kind of big kind of linebacker build kind of guy like me, it's kind of hard to not get stereotyped into specific roles.

[19:27] Robert Bannon: Right.

[19:27] Nonso Anozie: So for me, I kind of spend a lot of time waiting for the right roles to come up. And um Sweet Tooth, you know, Jeopard was one of those roles that you wait a lifetime for to play, you know. So it's such a wonderful role.

[19:40] Robert Bannon: Yeah, it's a beautiful thing, and I'm I'm just I feel blessed to to be part of it, and all the other castmates that are nominated today. But I'm to be nominated, this is the third time. Yeah, I already won one. I'm like, I'm just happy to be here. For me, this is a cherry on the cake. I'm just enjoying it. Um, but it's just been a beautiful experience.

[19:59] Robert Bannon: It's true, and you were in Cinderella also.

[20:03] Nonso Anozie: Yes, Cinderella Cinderella. Cinderella was a real you love, you know, when you get to do anything Disney, I think it's a wonderful thing, and uh it's a story that we were all familiar with growing up. So to play the captain, it was a beautiful role, and I get to play the hero at the end of the day in the movie, yeah, yeah.

[20:21] Robert Bannon: And what it what is up next that you can tell us about yourself?

[20:23] Nonso Anozie: Oh well, I have a movie coming out next month um called The Magic Faraway Tree, which is um based on a book by Enid Blyton.

[20:32] Nonso Anozie: Okay, and Enid Blyton is um a beloved much beloved author um who wrote her books many years ago. She's passed away now, but she but it um it's basically like a a fantasy movie which kind of melds all the fantasy movies you've seen. I think it influenced a lot of the films, like you know, like um Lion the Witch in the Wardrobe and Mary Poppins and all it has elements of a lot of those in them.

[21:00] Robert Bannon: But I play a character called Moonface, okay, who is um the leader of the far-away people, and you can get to the far away people by go passing through this magic tree, and um, and they meet the kids come through and they meet me, and I'm like, you know.

[21:15] Nonso Anozie: That kind of thing. Hopefully it does really well and we're excited about it. With I think they're just sorting out US distribution, so that would might be happening in a couple of months' time. But it is so nice to meet you.

[21:29] Robert Bannon: Thank you so much. Have fun tonight. So nice to meet you.

[21:31] Christian Convrie: My name is Christian Convrie. I play Gus in Sweet Tooth, I've been nominated today.

[21:37] Robert Bannon: And you're nominated.

[21:38] Christian Convrie: And I I know we're here for this, but you were also in Frankenstein.

[21:41] Robert Bannon: I was also in Frankenstein, yeah, yeah.

[21:43] Christian Convrie: That's very exciting. I mean I love I love Sinners, but when I saw Frankenstein, there was just something that was magic. I mean honestly, every film this year has been so phenomenal. It's just such a great year for cinema as a whole. Like I think also it's just catching up from the pandemic, you know. We have a lot a lot of long overdue good films to be made, and this year we definitely stepped up to the place, so congratulations to everyone involved in all these films.

[22:06] Robert Bannon: And now Sweet Tooth, what is what is one thing you took away from your character in Sweet Tooth?

[22:10] Christian Convrie: And it started filming that moo that TV show about must have been seven years ago now. Wow. I wrapped three years ago, and honestly, it's just what I've really taken away is like T V and movies, cinema dies. It's just it's a d it's an eternal thing, and like you can look back eighty years and you can still be inspired from movies made back then. And now I'm looking back seven years looking at Sweet J and I'm like, wow, that's like half my life. Right. And it's like, I mean that is there, it is it is there. Documented evidence of like my existence. It won't go away.

[22:45] Nonso Anozie: Yeah. So cool. See, like Arts Eternal, you know.

[22:49] Robert Bannon: Right, right. Now, if I can ask what's next for you.

[22:52] Christian Convrie: Okay, well, got a lot of share. Okay, yeah, yeah. I got I got three three projects coming out. Um, and one of them's called Flowerville Street.

[23:02] Christian Convrie: It's directed by David Robert Mitchell. Um it's like this dinosaur movie with Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor and Maisie Stella. Uh can't say much about it. It's pretty exciting. And then I got this movie called Rolling Loud.

[23:15] Robert Bannon: Okay.

[23:15] Christian Convrie: Uh American High is like they do like these these kids and short films are like a comedy group, and now they're financing your own loud, they made it. Star Noan Wilson, Matt Rife. Uh it's a big comedy based on the music festival.

[23:29] Robert Bannon: So great! Yeah, so we got a lot of stuff coming.

[23:33] Aladdin Murray: Hi, my name is Aladdin Murray, and I'm an actress on Sweet Tooth.

[23:38] Robert Bannon: What a cast on Sweet Tooth. I mean, oh my goodness.

[23:41] Aladdin Murray: I know. Honestly, I just love everybody in the Sweet Soup family so much, yeah.

[23:46] Robert Bannon: What did you love most about your character?

[23:49] Aladdin Murray: Honestly, her perseverance, like she had so many, like honestly, the odds were against her. She's just one girl, and they're a whole army of people who are against like the hybrids as a pin girl. And she really just took care of all of her hybrid like sisters and brothers, and I just really admire her strength.

[24:11] Robert Bannon: I love that so much. I think that's so important for young young people out there to know that you can find it within you.

[24:17] Aladdin Murray: Yes, of course. I definitely agree with that.

[24:20] Robert Bannon: Yeah. Now what's next for you that you can share?

[24:23] Aladdin Murray: Well, well, actor series. Next year, I do have a movie coming out.

[24:27] Robert Bannon: Yeah.

[24:28] Aladdin Murray: Okay. So just a little change. She just gave just a little bit.

[24:31] Robert Bannon: That's wonderful. So exciting. So nice to meet you. Good luck tonight. Have fun. Enjoy. Take it all in. Honestly, it's so beautiful. Everybody's so you look lovely this evening.

[24:40] Aladdin Murray: Wearing my favorite color paraphalls.

[24:44] Robert Bannon: So there you go.

[24:45] Lucian Rubert Shohan: There you go. My name is Lucian Rubert Shohan and I'm on the show me.

[24:51] Robert Bannon: How excited of you. I just spoke with the creator. How excited are you to be here tonight?

[24:56] Lucian Rubert Shohan: Oh, it's absolutely a blast. I'm just seeing the venue in person is unbelievable. And uh I feel great just being here. I'm excited to celebrate all these amazing shows, including mine, and I can't wait to see what happens.

[25:07] Robert Bannon: And you're nominated.

[25:08] Lucian Rubert Shohan: I sure am.

[25:10] Robert Bannon: Yeah, I'm nominated. Uh I can't believe it. I'm just so excited and I'm I'm very happy and you know fingers crossed I win. We'll see what happens.

[25:15] Robert Bannon: That's wonderful. I'm so happy and excited for you.

[25:18] Lucian Rubert Shohan: Thank you. I appreciate it. 100%. You know, fingers crossed. And uh, you know, a win or lose, I think just being nominated is a huge honor. You get to meet some really great people tonight.

[25:26] Robert Bannon: Absolutely. Take a moment to enjoy it all and do that good show. What's next for you after this that you can share?

[25:32] Lucian Rubert Shohan: Yeah, you know what? Um one of my shows that I've been a part of is called The Borderline, and it just came out.

[25:36] Unknown speaker: Uh we're dropping episodes every Sunday on uh a uh cre the Crave television network, which is a Canadian television network.

[25:43] Unknown speaker: And so we're dropping episodes every Sunday.

[25:45] Unknown speaker: There's about six episodes, we're on the fourth one now, um, as well as uh Avatar the Last Airbender on Netflix season two and three is coming out soon.

[25:52] Unknown speaker: I'm gonna be in both of them as well as the first one, and so go take a look at that.

[25:55] Unknown speaker: Whooped and busy.

[25:56] Unknown speaker: I sure am, yeah.

[25:57] Unknown speaker: Lucian, so nice to meet.

[25:59] Unknown speaker: Nice to meet you.

[26:00] Unknown speaker: Thank you so much.

[26:01] Unknown speaker: Thank you.

[27:01] Dania Griver: Hi, I'm Dania Griver.

[27:03] April V Woods: I'm April V Woods.

[27:05] Dania Griver: And are we both nominated this evening?

[27:07] April V Woods: In the same category?

[27:09] Dania Griver: No, no, different.

[27:10] April V Woods: Oh, that's even better.

[27:11] Dania Griver: Because sometimes you know it's a little uh Is it your first time coming to the Children's and Family Emmy Awards?

[27:17] April V Woods: It is, it's actually my first time in the US.

[27:19] Dania Griver: So New York is a great way to start and this is such an amazing place to be.

[27:23] April V Woods: Oh my goodness.

[27:24] Dania Griver: At least it's not too snowy because we've had a lot of snow.

[27:27] April V Woods: Yes, yes.

[27:28] Dania Griver: But we're seeing it on the pavements.

[27:29] April V Woods: We we quite enjoy it.

[27:30] Dania Griver: Oh yeah.

[27:31] April V Woods: We love being in New York and having seen a bit of the snow.

[27:33] Dania Griver: Oh, that's wonderful.

[27:34] April V Woods: That's wonderful.

[27:35] Dania Griver: So what brought you to take on these roles?

[27:39] April V Woods: Oh, um, well actually, so it's based off of um books that were written by Enid Blyton.

[27:45] Dania Griver: Fan of the book series.

[27:46] April V Woods: Um so when I saw the audition come through, I thought I've really got to give that a go.

[27:49] Dania Griver: And it worked out well.

[27:51] April V Woods: Um so yeah, that's kind of what motivated me.

[27:53] Dania Griver: I joined a bit later into the series when I had I had watched parts of it when I was younger, my friends all knew it.

[27:58] April V Woods: I got the audition, I was like, oh, gonna try for that one.

[28:01] Dania Griver: Yes, yes.

[28:02] April V Woods: Now you've also been uh on uh Disney Plus as well in Andor.

[28:06] Dania Griver: Yeah, my house.

[28:07] April V Woods: My husband's very excited back there.

[28:08] Dania Griver: We're we're big fans of Andrew.

[28:10] April V Woods: Oh, thank you.

[28:11] Dania Griver: I mean, so I mean Andor in this very very exciting.

[28:14] April V Woods: Yeah, it's been a crazy yeah because that came out recently, so it's a lot happening.

[28:18] Dania Griver: Yes.

[28:18] April V Woods: And now tonight here in New York City.

[28:20] Dania Griver: Oh well, have a wonderful evening.

[28:22] April V Woods: Good luck and enjoy, have fun.

[28:23] Dania Griver: Thank you.

[28:24] April V Woods: Nice to make you nice to meet you both.

[28:25] Dania Griver: Thank you so much.

[28:26] Stefania La V Owen: I am Stefania La V Owen, and I am Tooth.

[28:31] Unknown speaker: What an amazing cast.

[28:33] Stefania La V Owen: I know, I know. I'm it's like, oh my goodness, that's like a pinch me moment almost.

[28:38] Unknown speaker: Honestly, yes.

[28:39] Stefania La V Owen: And also to see everybody again after three years is really incredible.

[28:43] Unknown speaker: And we get to celebrate it again.

[28:46] Stefania La V Owen: Um so that's that's always very special because also we filmed during COVID where we lacked some opportunities to just celebrate, so this feels amazing.

[28:56] Unknown speaker: I love that.

[28:57] Stefania La V Owen: Exactly.

[28:58] Unknown speaker: That's so great.

[28:59] Stefania La V Owen: What was one favorite thing about your character?

[29:03] Unknown speaker: Okay, I loved how how strong she was.

[29:06] Stefania La V Owen: I felt like there was an animalistic quality in her, but also she was very vulnerable too.

[29:11] Unknown speaker: So it was fun to play with um yeah, that dynamic of her strength and then her softness, and then kind of feeling her evolve through the seasons was very rewarding for me.

[29:23] Unknown speaker: That's so wonderful.

[29:23] Stefania La V Owen: Now, what's next for you that you can share?

[29:26] Unknown speaker: Um, I'm making music with my sister, and we're um we've recorded two EPs, so we're gonna be releasing music, um, which I'm really excited about.

[29:35] Stefania La V Owen: That's so amazing!

[29:36] Unknown speaker: Yeah, it's it's like your other love.

[29:39] Stefania La V Owen: Honestly, yes.

[29:41] Unknown speaker: It's like really been erupting, and it's been incredible just writing and co-writing, and yeah, I feel like my creative expression is like it's bursting through music at the moment.

[29:55] Stefania La V Owen: So that feels, yeah, I'm I'm very proud to be singing with my sister.

[30:00] Unknown speaker: I love that so much.

[30:01] Stefania La V Owen: I've got a younger sister. She's now she's uh ahead of well, she's dean of students down in Florida, so she's got a very important job, but I know that bond between a sister is unbreakable.

[30:10] Unknown speaker: I know, right? My she's doing her doctorate right now, so we're all very connected to each other.

[30:15] Stefania La V Owen: We're like, so I I the sisterhood, there's nothing like the sisterhood.

[30:20] Unknown speaker: Well, listen, have fun tonight, congratulations and enjoy.

[30:23] Stefania La V Owen: Thank you.

[30:24] Unknown speaker: Thanks.

[30:24] Unknown speaker: So nice.

[30:24] John Tartaglia: How about this Avenue Cube back to back reunion, John Tartaglia and Stephanie D'Ambruzio.

[30:30] Unknown speaker: Broadway world.

[30:31] John Tartaglia: I love those.

[30:32] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Hi! How are you?

[30:33] John Tartaglia: I'm I'm floating.

[30:34] Stephanie De Bruzzo: I just say that, I'm floating on air right now.

[30:37] John Tartaglia: Well, listen, I've seen you with Fraggle Rock.

[30:39] Stephanie De Bruzzo: So let's talk.

[30:39] John Tartaglia: I mean, that that is like brings me back as I as I date myself.

[30:43] Stephanie De Bruzzo: But it's how excited are you to host this evening?

[30:46] John Tartaglia: I'm just so honored, you know, and for me, it's like I get to play in this amazing industry that I I literally changed my life, and so now I get to be on this side of things, and I get to be with so many friends who work so hard.

[30:57] Stephanie De Bruzzo: I mean, you know, making TV is hard enough.

[31:00] John Tartaglia: Making kids TV because of everything extra that goes into it is really hard.

[31:03] Stephanie De Bruzzo: And so to see my friends get honored, it just makes me happy.

[31:06] John Tartaglia: And I have the privilege of just being like, having fun.

[31:10] Stephanie De Bruzzo: I'll get to have fun, you know.

[31:11] John Tartaglia: There you go.

[31:12] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Well, congratulations.

[31:13] John Tartaglia: Have fun tonight.

[31:13] Stephanie De Bruzzo: I know you're gonna kill it, and enjoy, have fun.

[31:16] John Tartaglia: I will.

[31:16] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Your eyeshadow is beautiful.

[31:17] John Tartaglia: Thank you.

[31:17] Stephanie De Bruzzo: You know, how to have to be able to do that.

[31:18] John Tartaglia: I need to do some of that.

[31:19] Stephanie De Bruzzo: I need to do some of that.

[31:20] John Tartaglia: John, thanks so much.

[31:22] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Nice to meet you.

[31:23] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Hi, I'm Stephanie De Bruzzo.

[31:25] Unknown speaker: And you're nominated this evening.

[31:27] Stephanie De Bruzzo: I am nominated and uh for Donkey Hody and the outstanding puppetry performance category, and I'm also presenting.

[31:33] Unknown speaker: And this is my first time here.

[31:35] Stephanie De Bruzzo: So I'm really excited.

[31:37] Unknown speaker: Isn't the energy so wonderful?

[31:39] Stephanie De Bruzzo: It's fantastic.

[31:40] Unknown speaker: And there's so many people here that I know and love and have known and loved for decades.

[31:44] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Right, and it's like they're all in one room.

[31:46] Unknown speaker: It's kind of crazy.

[31:47] Stephanie De Bruzzo: I mean, my entire category is full of people on my Christmas card list.

[31:51] Unknown speaker: Literally.

[31:52] Stephanie De Bruzzo: It's amazing.

[31:53] Unknown speaker: It really is very special.

[31:55] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Yes.

[31:55] Unknown speaker: Absolutely, truly is.

[31:56] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Stephanie, good luck tonight.

[31:57] Unknown speaker: Thank you so much.

[31:58] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Have fun.

[31:59] Unknown speaker: Do great.

[31:59] Stephanie De Bruzzo: And uh it's nice to have a little joy.

[32:02] Unknown speaker: Absolutely.

[32:02] Stephanie De Bruzzo: We need more of it.

[32:03] Unknown speaker: Well, thank you so much.

[32:04] Stephanie De Bruzzo: Thank you so much.

[32:05] Unknown speaker: So nice to meet you.

[32:06] Unknown speaker: We'll do a quick little Hello Walgren.

[32:09] Unknown speaker: I'm one of the nominees of the presenters tonight.

[32:11] Unknown speaker: How excited are you to be here?

[32:13] Unknown speaker: I'm very excited.

[32:14] Unknown speaker: I'm very excited.

[32:15] Unknown speaker: I got nominated last year, but this is my first time presenting.

[32:18] Unknown speaker: So I'm sorry.

[32:20] Unknown speaker: Are you ready?

[32:21] Unknown speaker: Like you know what you have to say and whatnot.

[32:23] Unknown speaker: I think so.

[32:24] Unknown speaker: I think so.

[32:24] Unknown speaker: I'm gonna do my best.

[32:26] Unknown speaker: Yes, yes.

[32:26] Unknown speaker: Isn't it fun to sometimes just be the presenter and not have to worry about being nominated?

[32:30] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[32:31] Unknown speaker: Absolutely.

[32:32] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[32:33] Unknown speaker: And and the best thing about this, right back behind your camera is my dad, who is my date this year.

[32:39] Unknown speaker: Oh, I love it.

[32:40] Unknown speaker: Well, my my hubby's behind my camera here.

[32:43] Unknown speaker: I love it.

[32:43] Unknown speaker: Oh my god.

[32:44] Unknown speaker: Keep it in the family.

[32:44] Unknown speaker: Yeah, keep it in the family.

[32:45] Unknown speaker: Exactly.

[32:46] Unknown speaker: Now what's next for you?

[32:47] Unknown speaker: Uh actually, I turn right around and start doing another voiceover session tomorrow morning.

[32:52] Unknown speaker: But I can't say what it's for.

[32:54] Unknown speaker: That's okay, understood.

[32:55] Unknown speaker: That's very exciting.

[32:57] Unknown speaker: But we're booked and busy.

[32:58] Unknown speaker: We're booked and busy.

[32:59] Unknown speaker: That's good.

[32:59] Unknown speaker: Carrie, have so much fun tonight.

[33:01] Unknown speaker: Thank you.

[33:01] Unknown speaker: Thank you for so much.

[33:02] Unknown speaker: So nice to meet you.

[33:03] Unknown speaker: Thanks, you too.

[33:04] Erin De La Cruz: Hi, I'm Erin De La Cruz, and I'm an Emmy nominated filmmaker from LA.

[33:08] Erin Peterson: I'm Erin Peterson.

[33:15] Heidi Basher Road: Yeah, my name's Heidi Basher Road, and I'm also one of the producers for Girls' Voices Now, and our film All You Need Is Less is up for an award tonight.

[33:23] Erin Peterson: How excited to be nominated.

[33:25] Heidi Basher Road: Very exciting, yes.

[33:26] Erin Peterson: And I love the energy in the room tonight.

[33:28] Heidi Basher Road: It's very, it's very contagious.

[33:30] Erin Peterson: It's so cold outside and it feels really nice and warm inside.

[33:33] Heidi Basher Road: It's nice, it's not too long because sometimes it can get too warm inside.

[33:35] Erin Peterson: This feels good, and we're all sparkling and glittering too.

[33:38] Heidi Basher Road: So it's really no I was I was like, I like the gold very, very nice.

[33:41] Erin Peterson: So how excited are you?

[33:42] Heidi Basher Road: Really excited.

[33:43] Erin Peterson: I'm like speechless.

[33:45] Heidi Basher Road: Super excited to be here.

[33:47] Erin Peterson: And you as well.

[33:48] Heidi Basher Road: Yes, it's very exciting.

[33:49] Erin Peterson: Everybody's energy is amazing in the room.

[33:52] Heidi Basher Road: I feel like the warmth is just coming through that cold that's outside, so it's wonderful.

[33:56] Erin Peterson: What's one thing that you would like people to take away from this piece of work?

[34:00] Heidi Basher Road: Look at me recording.

[34:02] Erin Peterson: Um, I think I want people to be more mindful when it comes to consuming online and um purchasing things because uh society can tell you a lot of things, saying you need to buy these things to fit in, but I want people to know that they don't need to buy these things to fit in.

[34:19] Heidi Basher Road: They are perfect the way they are.

[34:20] Erin Peterson: I love that.

[34:21] Heidi Basher Road: That is fantastic.

[34:22] Erin Peterson: Ladies, have a wonderful night.

[34:23] Heidi Basher Road: Congratulations and enjoy the evening.

[34:25] Erin Peterson: Thank you.

[34:25] Heidi Basher Road: Thanks.

[34:26] Unknown speaker: So nice to meet you.

[34:27] Matthew Tischler: Yes, I'm Matthew Tischler, songwriter, music producer.

[34:29] Shree the Solanke: And I'm Shree the Solanke, songwriter, producer, composer, whatever.

[34:33] Matthew Tischler: I'm nominated this evening.

[34:34] Shree the Solanke: Nominated.

[34:35] Matthew Tischler: He's got a double nomination.

[34:36] Shree the Solanke: I do.

[34:36] Matthew Tischler: I have a song that I wrote for Descendants Rise of Red.

[34:39] Shree the Solanke: Yeah.

[34:40] Matthew Tischler: We love Disney Channel.

[34:41] Shree the Solanke: We love writing for movie musicals.

[34:43] Matthew Tischler: Um you need more of them.

[34:45] Shree the Solanke: We do, we do.

[34:47] Matthew Tischler: Um, and together we're here nominated for Rise Up Sing Out, which is a lovely animated show on Disney Jr.

[34:53] Shree the Solanke: Yes, that's so exciting.

[34:55] Matthew Tischler: Yeah.

[34:55] Shree the Solanke: And the energy in the room is like palpable.

[34:58] Matthew Tischler: It's like I love this, you know, we need the good stuff tonight.

[35:01] Shree the Solanke: It's a fun room to be in for sure.

[35:02] Matthew Tischler: Shrita was just saying that it's great to be in a room with so many creatives because we're often siloed making music just by ourselves and we interface with other people on our team.

[35:09] Shree the Solanke: But when you get to come out and be with uh with everyone, all the other uh departments, everyone comes to celebrate and you know the work's done.

[35:18] Matthew Tischler: When people are so passionate about kids, everyone in this room makes content for kids.

[35:22] Shree the Solanke: Right.

[35:23] Matthew Tischler: And there's something joyous about there about that, you know what I mean.

[35:27] Shree the Solanke: And so that energy is in the room and it's amazing.

[35:30] Matthew Tischler: I know, I love that.

[35:31] Shree the Solanke: I I actually just interviewed the young man who sang last night at the SAG Awards.

[35:35] Matthew Tischler: Oh, really?

[35:35] Shree the Solanke: This little light of mine.

[35:36] Matthew Tischler: He flew and I looked, I'm like, Pedro sang last night.

[35:40] Shree the Solanke: I was like, oh my goodness.

[35:41] Matthew Tischler: So it's just representing that.

[35:46] Unknown speaker: Have to do that.

[35:47] Unknown speaker: Gentlemen, thank you so much.

[35:48] Unknown speaker: Congratulations tonight.

[35:50] Unknown speaker: Have fun.

[35:50] Amy Friedman: Oh hi, I'm Amy Friedman.

[35:52] Unknown speaker: Um, and I am very proud to be a silver circle indecte this year.

[35:57] Unknown speaker: That's amazing.

[35:58] Amy Friedman: Congratulations.

[35:59] Unknown speaker: Thank you.

[36:00] Amy Friedman: This is such a wonderful night.

[36:01] Unknown speaker: I love the energy in the room.

[36:02] Amy Friedman: Oh, me too.

[36:03] Unknown speaker: Everyone's gorgeous and excited, and you know, tonight's exciting because we don't know who's gonna win.

[36:07] Amy Friedman: Last night we all knew we were uh we were set.

[36:10] Unknown speaker: Right.

[36:10] Amy Friedman: So tonight's the fun part.

[36:12] Unknown speaker: Tonight's the fun part, exactly.

[36:14] Amy Friedman: Wonderful.

[36:14] Unknown speaker: Well, congratulations.

[36:15] Amy Friedman: Thank you.

[36:16] Unknown speaker: And enjoy tonight.

[36:16] Amy Friedman: Now you can enjoy.

[36:17] Unknown speaker: I am sure that'll be enjoying.

[36:19] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[36:19] Barry Levy: Yes, hi, Barry Levy, uh, creator of the show Me on Apple TV.

[36:26] Unknown speaker: How excited are you to be here tonight?

[36:28] Barry Levy: It's a big thrill.

[36:29] Unknown speaker: It's a big thrill, yeah.

[36:30] Barry Levy: Bigger thrill because I'm here with my daughter, Noah, who's also a producer on my show, which was an amazing experience.

[36:36] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[36:37] Barry Levy: Yes.

[36:38] Unknown speaker: So, where did the inspiration come from to create this?

[36:40] Barry Levy: Uh it came from my son, actually, uh also named Ben, like our lead character, who is desperately trying to be like his identical twin sisters.

[36:48] Unknown speaker: And so if he could be anyone, who would he want to be?

[36:50] Barry Levy: Became the central question of the superhero story that's our coming of age.

[36:55] Unknown speaker: I love that.

[36:55] Barry Levy: That's so great.

[36:56] Unknown speaker: And I I I love all of the new, like young children's stuff coming up.

[37:01] Barry Levy: It's so exciting.

[37:02] Unknown speaker: It is very exciting.

[37:03] Barry Levy: I mean, it's a it's a it's a wonderful time for new uh for new ideas, I think.

[37:07] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[37:08] Barry Levy: It is, and it's nice because I mean we love Sesame Street, we love Mickey Mouse, but to see the new stuff come in, I think it's so fantastic.

[37:13] Unknown speaker: It is, it is uh and I'm fortunate too, because it's a YA show, so it's slightly older, and we have we're able to be good for both younger audiences and the older ones too.

[37:22] Unknown speaker: Because I think the the YA people they get misconstrued, they don't really have because sometimes it's a little too adult.

[37:27] Unknown speaker: Oh my goodness, yes, yes.

[37:28] Barry Levy: So and this is just perfect.

[37:30] Unknown speaker: Yes, it a hundred percent.

[37:31] Barry Levy: It's for the whole family, it's how we always aimed.

[37:33] Unknown speaker: Well, congratulations, have fun tonight.

[37:34] Barry Levy: Thanks for having me.

[37:35] Unknown speaker: Nice meeting you as well.

[37:36] Unknown speaker: Nice meeting you.

[37:37] Unknown speaker: Yes.

[37:37] Join Yale: Hi, my name is Join Yale.

[37:39] Unknown speaker: I'm the composer for Apple TV shows at DevTool TV Plus's one level how excited are you to be here tonight?

[37:45] Join Yale: So excited.

[37:45] Unknown speaker: I'm incredibly honored.

[37:46] Join Yale: It's my first time nominated.

[37:48] Unknown speaker: So I'm very, very excited to be here.

[37:51] Unknown speaker: What does it take?

[37:52] Unknown speaker: Like, where does your inspiration come to compose the music on this level?

[37:56] Join Yale: It's all the all about the story, and it comes from um, you know, understanding what the director's visions are and from their craft to score that really embodies the heart of the characters, but uh it's always stories first.

[37:56] Unknown speaker: Stories first.

[38:10] Unknown speaker: And so this is your first time nomineed.

[38:12] Unknown speaker: What what else can we look forward to in the future from you?

[38:15] Join Yale: I'm gonna be starting my first animated feature.

[38:18] Unknown speaker: So I'm very excited.

[38:19] Paul Edward Francis: It's from a team that I absolutely love, and um I can't wait to continue writing music for any stories that I love.

[38:26] Unknown speaker: Oh my goodness, Joy, that's wonderful. Enjoy tonight. Congratulations and have fun.

[38:30] Paul Edward Francis: Thank you so much.

[38:31] Unknown speaker: Thank you.

[38:32] Paul Edward Francis: My name's Paul Edward Francis, and I was nominated for uh music for uh uh Henry Danger to movie.

[38:38] Unknown speaker: What does it mean to be here for the children's and family uh to be nominated for an Emmy? It's gotta be exciting.

[38:44] Paul Edward Francis: Oh man, it's crazy, yeah. I uh honestly I'm just overwhelmed to be honest with you, the whole thing, you know, very, very humbled. In fact, I didn't believe it for uh you know the the first 24 hours until uh a few of my friends reached out and said congratulations, like is this for real, seriously? No, honestly, it's for real.

[39:00] Unknown speaker: So okay, okay.

[39:02] Paul Edward Francis: It's almost like a pinch me moment, like this isn't happening. It really is, it really is, you know. But I'm gonna take it, I'm gonna enjoy it, you know, and just being here is yeah, it means everything really.

[39:11] Unknown speaker: And where does when when writing the music and whatnot, where does the the inspiration come from?

[39:18] Paul Edward Francis: A multitude of places. Um on Henry Danger, for instance, you know, I was lucky enough to work with Joe Mimende's phenomenal director, and you know, he just he he he has this ability to just direct in such a way where the music almost writes itself in in so many ways, you know. So I feel like he should be sharing some of this nomination, you know, with us. Um so yeah, uh, but yeah, it can come from uh I uh conversations, just uh playing, you know, uh having back and forth with the director, um, and and then just instinct, you know, whatever you feel is is is right for the scene and for the moment and yeah.

[39:53] Unknown speaker: Well, congratulations, have fun tonight. So nice to talk to you.

[39:56] Sam Hollander: Thanks so much. I'm Sam Hollander, and I'm a songwriter and uh a nominee.

[40:02] Unknown speaker: A nominee tonight. It's very, very special.

[40:05] Sam Hollander: Isn't it exciting? It's pretty exciting, you know. I don't win a lot, so I've already worked on my uh you know, concession speech, but you know, it'll be great for the car home. I'll really work it out.

[40:15] Unknown speaker: For when the camera comes to you.

[40:17] Sam Hollander: Exactly right, right. What is it about writing, I guess I don't want to say but children's music, but that that is special for you.

[40:25] Sam Hollander: Well, you know, I grew up uh I studied Joe Raposo's work uh intimately and as a songwriter, and I've written, you know, a lot of pop music and I've had some success writing uh radio hits. But this is at the core of my being is the this was the foundation of my writing. Started when I discovered Sesame Street as a little kid, so this is very full circle.

[40:45] Unknown speaker: It's true. It's everybody loves it. I mean everybody grew up with it. It's really hard to hit on Sesame Street.

[40:49] Sam Hollander: You know, you have to be very broken to hit on Sesame Street.

[40:52] Unknown speaker: Very true. Very, very true.

[40:53] Sam Hollander: Well, congratulations and good luck tonight.

[40:56] Unknown speaker: Thank you. Thank you so much.

[40:57] Julio Palacio: My name is Julio Palacio. I'm the director of Michaela's voice, a letter to the world on Netflix.

[41:01] Unknown speaker: So could you just tell us a little bit about why this was so important to you?

[41:05] Julio Palacio: This project was important to me because uh it's a story about uh an autistic girl who is non-verbal and it's the first time that she's speaking in 16 years, and the things that she's saying are just like mind-blowing. So for us, it was very important to tell her story so that we can find more voices like hers.

[41:21] Unknown speaker: Exactly, it's wonderful, and it's it's so important because I think there's so many people who can't use their voices.

[41:26] Julio Palacio: Exactly. And when they say I see someone that looks like me, it means so much. Is it was just amazing, especially after we premiered on Netflix to get the messages from people from Brazil, from the UK, Canada, all over the world, just saying like my kid is just La Maquella, and I hope that my kid can communicate like that one day. It was very inspiring.

[41:43] Unknown speaker: Such a wonderful must feel good, you know, make it feel like. I mean, when you're able to do what you love and also create an impact, yeah.

[41:51] Julio Palacio: I think that that's the best combination. Especially with what's going on in the world, we need some joy. So thank you so much for doing that. Really appreciate it. Good luck tonight.

[41:56] Unknown speaker: Thank you so much. Thank you. So nice to meet you.

[41:59] Sherry Chung: Nice to meet you too. My name is Sherry Chung, I'm composer, and I did Gremlins at The Wild Batch.

[42:04] Unknown speaker: How excited are you to be here tonight?

[42:06] Sherry Chung: I'm super excited. This is a great place to celebrate all the hard work everyone's done, win or lose. It's just very exciting. I think the vibe is is really nice, light, fun. It's whimsical. We don't say it's not, it's not old holidays. We're not stuffy. We're having fun. It's nice. We've got the kids here and the kids are so excited.

[42:23] Unknown speaker: Absolutely. It's where dreams are made. When you're young, when you're older, it's where dreams kind of get remembered.

[42:28] Sherry Chung: So it's great, it's a great time. And you're nominated tonight.

[42:31] Unknown speaker: I am nominated, yes.

[42:32] Sherry Chung: So excited! Very excited. Very excited. Very uttered. I'm working on another animation and uh uh uh something completely different, uh a horror film. So just you know, just kind of run running the gamut, but staying busy and staying you know grateful for the work and the opportunity to kill to continue to create.

[42:51] Unknown speaker: It's so important to do that. Thank you so much.

[42:52] Sherry Chung: Thank you so much. Have a great night. Good luck.

[42:55] Unknown speaker: Thanks so much. Hi, Emilio Sosa.

[42:59] Emilio Sosa: And you are nominated this evening?

[43:00] Unknown speaker: Yes, ma'am.

[43:01] Emilio Sosa: For The Rise of Red. Costume Design. Descendants.

[43:06] Unknown speaker: Loved it, as you can tell, I'm a big one.

[43:08] Emilio Sosa: Oh wow, perfect. Perfect. How excited are you to be here?

[43:11] Emilio Sosa: You know what? I never thought this would ever happen. So I'm really, really thrilled. Also, I'm really thrilled for my team and then tie because of the group effort. You know, that's such a large project. And that's all those costumes. All those costumes. And we had an amazing team. So to be rewarded in this, even to be recognized. It's the it's it's winning enough for us right now.

[43:34] Unknown speaker: That's so true. It's so exciting. And and to be here with everybody, it's so exciting.

[43:38] Emilio Sosa: Totally, because a lot of people you haven't seen in about like a year. So it's almost like high school reunion type of energy. We all want to see each other wear our best in our shiniest outfits. You know, from you know, when you're filming, you're always like in jeans and sweatshirts. It's an opportunity to like to get dressed up and just say hi to people.

[43:56] Unknown speaker: It's so true. Well, good luck.

[43:58] Emilio Sosa: Well, thank you. The costumes are amazing. They are just so so beautiful. Now, what's next for you?

[44:04] Emilio Sosa: Next, I'm doing a screen chair.

[44:07] Unknown speaker: Oh, on Broadway?

[44:08] Emilio Sosa: Definitely.

[44:09] Unknown speaker: Oh, on Broadway, yes. I have a new show actually called Masquerade. That is uh yeah, that's that's running. Did you notice how, oh, just this little show.

[44:20] Emilio Sosa: That's a really big show. Yeah, the immersive phantom is running. I have a new musical down in uh DC, which is coming to New York in the fall, called Shea Joey, which is a reimagining a pal Joey, the big Frank Sinatra movie. We're doing it with Miles Frost, who won the Tony for MJ. He's our Joey Evans.

[44:39] Unknown speaker: We love Miles, he is a friend of the show.

[44:42] Emilio Sosa: Oh my god, I know he is so he's oh my god, in this, he's so amazing in this. Oh, I think it's a good thing. It's like a whole different spin on what he does. He is like a he's so good.

[44:53] Unknown speaker: He is so good. So that's what I have coming up.

[44:56] Unknown speaker: That's wonderful. We will look out for that and hopefully see you on those carpets.

[44:59] Emilio Sosa: Well, I will. Thank you so much. Good luck tonight. So nice to meet you.

[45:02] Unknown speaker: How excited are we to be here?

[45:04] Unknown speaker: We're so excited to be here. We're all nominees this evening.

[45:08] Unknown speaker: We are all nominees for our show, Kindergarten the Musical.

[45:11] Unknown speaker: Yes. And um, I'm so happy to be talking to Broadway World because we wrote 50 musicals for little kids on Disney on Disney Jr.

[45:19] Unknown speaker: It's so important, I think, because I grew up, I just turned 48. I grew up on musicals and movie musicals. We need more of those.

[45:26] Unknown speaker: I know, and that was the whole premise of the show is you know, instead of having a meltdown, you sing.

[45:33] Unknown speaker: Yeah, and the set comes in and the lighting changes and they you know sing a song. Kids love musical theater.

[45:39] Unknown speaker: Yes, it's so true. And the kids are very dramatic, so they're very dramatic.

[45:43] Unknown speaker: That is true. That is true but I think nowadays I think kids need that outlet they need to know that hey I can actually do this exactly it's a it's a healthy safe way of expressing your emotions and regulating your emotions actually yeah so we had a really good time doing it we wrote musical so that's how kids experience life anyway everything's huge and loud and important.

[46:02] Unknown speaker: It's true it really is well that's wonderful and this was on I'm sorry Disney Disney Jr.

[46:07] Unknown speaker: Disney Jr. Well we'll have to definitely check that out of this good luck tonight have fun nice to meet you too.

[46:10] Frankie Cordero: Frankie Cordero and you were nominated this evening yes yeah exciting yeah super exciting yeah I was nominated um for the show Donkey uh playing Purple Panda Turtle the speedy delivery turtle uh penguin referee who's a little penguin referee who's got stripes built into his body referees all the games in some place else and uh and Gregory the elephant yeah that's so exciting you know there's there's so much new creativity coming out for for for children and young adults and I think that's so important nowadays.

[46:48] Frankie Cordero: Absolutely I mean this um the the what actually connected with so when Fred Rogers would sort of pull the curtain back and show how his show worked um that immediately made me want to dig in and start doing my own stuff. And so it's just uh it's too specific of a dream to have dreamt up but it's a dream come true to know that there's this full circle moment right now and I just feel grateful for that.

[47:15] Unknown speaker: I think that's wonderful. Well good luck tonight congratulations have fun.

[47:19] Adam Sharp: Thanks a lot I'm Adam Sharp. I'm president and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

[49:33] Adam Sharp: I'm very excited to be here myself. Like this is such an amazing red carpet. The energy in this room is palpable and I love it.

[49:40] Unknown speaker: Yes. It's so excited.

[49:42] Adam Sharp: No, it is an incredible community uh filled with such spirit and dedication to educating, inspiring and entertaining young minds. And everyone you meet just you you go to them and think you love it, don't you? You feel it in the room.

[50:02] Unknown speaker: Yes, it's so so true. Everyone is so excited and sometimes they film together and now it's like, oh, we get to have a reunion and be together again.

[50:09] Adam Sharp: And isn't that that's a great feeling?

[50:11] Unknown speaker: Yes, and we and it's not just children's, we we of course do our sports Emmys and News Emmys here, and a lot of these professions are ones where they're scattered most of the time. Children's, you'll sometimes have the animators and the script writers and the uh painters in different countries or different cities. News and sports still supposed to be a different trailers behind the news event or the big game and never even see each other. It takes this event to be that reunion and we love to see that celebration.

[50:44] Unknown speaker: Good luck tonight.

[50:45] Adam Sharp: Thank you so much. Can't wait to see the winners, and we're excited about it.

[50:49] Unknown speaker: Thank you. Thank you for your continued coverage of all our events. We appreciate it.

[50:52] Adam Sharp: Happy to be here. Thank you. Excellent, thank you.