Robin Henry, an Elyria native and television writer, and the writing team for Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home” were up for an Emmy at the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards on Dec. 16.
The crew failed to win the Writing for a Preschool or Children’s Live Action Program award, but Henry had plenty of positives to take away from the experience.
Henry attended a red carpet ceremony event and a dinner while awards were announced.
She said the room where it took place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was packed.
“It was a good time and fun to be there with the other people who were nominated,” Henry said. “You got to see people you hadn’t seen in a while, and I learned about shows where I previously had no idea who was working on them.”
The “Raven’s Home” team failed to win the Emmy, but Henry acknowledged that they faced tough competition.
“We lost to ‘Sesame Street,'” she said. “When you lose to the OG, it’s OK.”
Although “Raven’s Home” did not win the writing award, the show did have something to celebrate.
Actress Mychal-Michelle Harris, 11, won the Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program award for her role as Alice Baxter in “Raven’s Home.”
“To know our little actress got an Emmy is quite nice,” Henry said. “She’s super talented and this was her second nomination, and we were all hoping for her to win.”
Henry said she enjoyed being a part of the Emmy event experience for the first time.
She also said the nomination is very meaningful to her.
“It sounds cliché to say ‘it’s just an honor to be nominated,’ but it really, really is,” Henry said. “We were all super happy and excited.”
Henry said she is excited to see where her career will take her next as 2023 winds down.
She said the Writer’s Guild of America strike this year put things on hold for a while.
“I’m just looking forward to working again,” Henry said. “We’ve been out for a while because of the strike, and hopefully in the new year, things will start to pick up and maybe we’ll see new shows.”
Henry said she has enjoyed making people laugh for a living.
“It’s stuff I used to get punished for when I was in school,” she said. “When I was in the classroom, teachers didn’t like me being the class clown, but now I get paid to come in and think of funny stuff all day long.
“I can’t complain.”
