Hosting the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards will be John Tartaglia, a multi-award-winning actor, director, writer, puppeteer, producer, and creator for television and theater.

Award-winning actor, Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to previously announced honoree, Emmy® Award-winning television presenter and science educator, Bill Nye, at the CAFE Honors Ceremony on March 1.

Presenters at CAFE include Rachel and Aron Accurso (Ms. Rachel), Jennifer Barnhart and "Zoe” (Sesame Street), Monique Coleman (High School Musical), Frankie Cordero and “Purple Panda” (Donkey Hodie), Stephanie d'Abruzzo and “Duck Duck” (Donkey Hodie), Ava Joyce McCarthy (The Primrose Railway Children), Bill Nye (Lifetime Achievement Honoree), Tori Prentice and Adrianna Walker (Harlem Ice), Chanel Stewart (Win or Lose), June Squibb (Storyline Online) and Kari Wahlgren (Legends of Evergreen Hills). Tartaglia, d'Abruzzo, and Barnhart will present together, marking a reunion of these puppeteers from the original Broadway cast of "Avenue Q.” Critically-acclaimed singer Regina Spektor will perform and Alyssa Tucker (Live From Snacktime) is the special red carpet correspondent.