Emmy Awards Ceremony A list of appearances that Muppets have made on Emmy Awards and Daytime Emmy Awards broadcasts . 1970 , Primetime . Big Bird joins Dick Cavett as a presenter at the prime - time awards , marking the first appearance of a " Sesame Street " character at the ceremonies . 1973 , Daytime . Kermit the Frog and Cookie Monster present the award for " Best Children ' s Series " . Cookie Monster ends up eating the envelope before its announced , and Kermit has to use a flashlight to see who the winner is . The winner ends up being a tie between " Sesame Street " , " The Electric Company " , and " Zoom " . 1977 , Primetime . Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear present . 1979 , Primetime . Miss Piggy thinks that she and Kermit have been asked to host the show , but he explains that they ' re just there to read the rules . Piggy is offended : " I did " NOT " spend " six hours " with Monsieur Jacques of Encino to read lousy " rules ! " " She pouts while Kermit reads the rules , then refuses to get offstage until she gets a close - up , and eventually karate chops the frog for his remarks before leaving the stage . 1982 , Daytime . The " Sesame Street " cast appears performing a tribute to television using letters of the alphabet ( mixed with portions of " Sing " ) . Appearing are humans Gordon , Susan , Maria , Luis , Bob , David , Olivia , Mr . Hooper and the kids . Muppet characters include Buster the Horse , Telly Monster , Count von Count , Kermit the Frog , Fred the Wonder Horse , Farley , Oscar the Grouch , Herry Monster , Barkley , Clementine , Rusty , Sherlock Hemlock , Biff , Sully and some Anything Muppets . Big Bird turns up at the end , having missed the entire musical number . 1984 . Jim Henson appears as himself , presenting the award for " Best performer in a variety or music series " with Paul Williams . Before coming on - stage , Tom Selleck talks about Jim Henson ' s beginnings and the " I ' ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face " clip is shown . Although Jim Henson appears without any of his characters , he does announce the winner , Cloris Leachman , in Kermit ' s voice . 1989 , Primetime . Miss Piggy appears to accept the " Grand Jury Lifetime Achievement Award for Non - Humans , " which Kermit corrects swiftly , telling her that they appear to give the " Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program . " John Lovelady and Allan Trautman are among the nominated for " Sid and Marty Krofft ' s D . C . Follies " , while Linda Ronstadt wins the award . Preceding their onstage appearance , a clip montage of famous puppets is shown . Among the clips are two borrowed from " The Muppet Show " : One featuring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy from and Fozzie Bear ' s act from ( his name on - screen being misspelled as " Fozzy Bear " ) . 2003 , Daytime . Elmo , Zoe , Grover , Rosita , Big Bird and Wayne Brady peform a medley of songs from " Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood " as a tribute to Fred Rogers . 2004 . Kermit and Miss Piggy host the pre - show for the Emmys . The " Sesame Street " Muppets appeared on stage during the Daytime Emmys ceremony , performing " Sing " with several celebrities , followed by a montage of celebrity appearances , celebrating the show ' s 35th anniversary . 2005 , Daytime . Oscar the Grouch and " All My Children " actor David Canary , both in trash cans , present the award for Outstanding Performer in a Children ' s Series . Kevin Clash wins the award . 2006 , Daytime . Caroll Spinney is awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daytime Emmys . 2007 , Daytime . Elmo and Tyra Banks presented the winners of the " Children ' s Emmy Awards . " 2009 , Daytime . Big Bird , Elmo , Cookie Monster , Gordon , Bob , Maria , Luis , Abby Cadabby , Dorothy , Zoe , Chris , Telly , and Oscar the Grouch performed a medley of songs on the awards broadcast to celebrate the 40th anniversary . Sandra Oh presented the Lifetime Achievement Award . The broadcast opened with Oscar working at the will call window of the theater , denying admission to Gordon and Elmo to the ceremony , but allowing actor Erik Estrada to enter without a ticket . Just as everyone is about to leave the stage , Cookie Monster steals the award and says to the Academy that not only is the award a great honor . . . " IT DELICIOUS ! " He proceeds to start to eat the award , commenting that " it taste better than Latin Grammy ! " 2012 , Daytime . Oscar the Grouch and Anderson Cooper introduced the show . Oscar , claiming he ' s only appearing because Elmo was booked , sings " What ' s So Great About Daytime ? " Kevin Clash was amongst the presenters at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards , held June 17 . The " Outstanding Performer " and " Outstanding Children ' s Animated Program " categories will be awarded at the main Daytime Emmy award ceremonies .