Voice of Bugs Bunny, Emmy Award Winner Eric Bauza to Host Third Annual Children's & Family Emmys This Weekend

A full list of presenters was also revealed.

Emmy Award winner Eric Bauza, known for providing the current voice of Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters as well as plenty of other voice work on various animated series, will be hosting this year’s Children’s & Family Emmy Awards.

What’s Happening:

  • The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the host, presenters, performers and guests for the 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards (CAFE), taking place on Saturday, March 15th.  
  • 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.
  • He also lends his voice to Reggie and Roy Fox (among others) in the hit Disney Channel series, Kiff.
  • Puppeteer and actor Dave Goelz (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" in Fright Krewe)
    • Duff Goldman (host, Kids Baking Championship) 
    • Jack Griffo (“Max" in The Thundermans Return)
    • Mykal-Michelle Harris (“Ariel" in Disney Jr.’s Ariel) 
    • 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 (Saturday Night Live alum, 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)
    • 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" in Teen 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 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.  

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Tony Betti
Originally from California where he studied a dying artform (hand-drawn animation), Tony has spent most of his adult life in the theme parks of Orlando. When he’s not writing for LP, he’s usually watching and studying something animated or arguing about “the good ole’ days” at the parks.