By Mashamba Media
news@alexreporter.co.za
Another year, another International Emmy® Awards nomination for South Africa’s Takalani Sesame, as the premier children’s TV programme has been nominated for a 2024 International Emmy® in the Kids: Factual category, for its Takalani Sesame Big Feelings Special.
Nominations for the 2024 International Emmy® Awards were announced recently by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 56 Nominees across 14 categories, spanning 21 countries.
This is the second nomination in the same number of years, as the brand was nominated in the Kids: Factual category in the 2023 International Emmy® Awards.
“We’d like to thank The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for this honour. The nomination serves as profound recognition of the work we do,” says Mari Payne, Deputy Managing Director and Senior Director Education and Outreach, Sesame Workshop International South Africa (SWISA).
“This nomination is a testament to the dedication of our team, in our quest to help children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.”
“I would like to extend my thanks to our local South African team and our New York ISI Team, who worked tirelessly together to create an incredible whole-family, co-viewing experience. Takalani Sesame’s Big Feelings Special is a labour of love, focused on teaching our strategic goal of Emotional Wellbeing to children and parents and folks of all ages across South Africa,” says Payne.
The Takalani Sesame Big Feelings Special follows Reporter Elmo, Reporter Zuzu, and Reporter Zikwe as they embark on a mission to find out how South Africans of all ages experience and cope with Big Feelings.
Along the way, the furry Takalani friends meet up with notable South Africans (Comedian/Actor David Kau & South Africa’s Women’s National Soccer Team Banyana Banyana) and everyday South Africans to learn strategies to cope and thrive while experiencing Big Feelings!
The Emmy® nomination follows Takalani Sesame’s early September SAFTA nomination from The National Film and Video Foundation, for its 18th South African Film and Television Awards, in which Takalani Sesame is nominated in the Best Children’s Programme category.
The 2024 International Emmy® Award Winners will be announced at the 52nd International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York City, on Monday, November 25, 2024. The Emmy® Awards will be broadcasted to over 150 countries internationally.
About Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is the global impact nonprofit behind Sesame Street and so much more. For over 50 years, they have worked at the intersection of education, media, and research, creating joyful experiences that enrich minds and expand hearts, all in service of empowering each generation to build a better world.
Their beloved characters, iconic shows, outreach in communities, and more bring playful early learning to families in more than 150 countries and advance their mission to help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.
Takalani Sesame, the South African adaptation of Sesame Street launched in 2000.
