BTS and Spider-Man: Brand New Day were among the major winners at the 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards on November 14, as the fan-voted event reached CBS and Nickelodeon viewers simultaneously for the first time. Hosted by Alex Warren at Television City in Los Angeles, the completed ceremony brought film, television, music and gaming into the same celebration. Its results are now confirmed, replacing the nominations and promotional plans announced earlier in the season. [1][2]
Danielle Broadway’s Reuters report identifies BTS as the winner of favorite album for ARIRANG, favorite song for Swim and favorite music group. Reuters notes that the group award was BTS’s fifth in that category. Spider-Man: Brand New Day took favorite movie, while Tom Holland and Zendaya received the movie acting awards for their performances in the film. The three awards give the production recognition both as a complete feature and through its individual actors. [2]
The ceremony also gave Chris Pratt its King of Comedy honor. Jude Hill, his Way of the Warrior Kid co-star, presented the Silver Blimp, according to the organizers’ official highlights. The segment ended with the show’s signature slime. Reuters separately confirmed the honor, providing an independent account of one of the evening’s featured presentations. It was a special recognition alongside the competitive categories, rather than another title in the movie acting ballot. [1][2]
Deadline’s Greg Evans reported the winners as well, identifying Stranger Things as favorite family television show and Percy Jackson and the Olympians as favorite kids television show. Jenna Ortega won the family television actress category for Wednesday, while Jack Griffo won the kids television actor category for The Thundermans: Undercover. The category names distinguish the ballots; they should not be read as an independent age-rating guide for every program named. [3]
The animation results spread recognition among several kinds of contribution. Extra’s published winners list confirms Zootopia 2 as favorite animated movie. KPop Demon Hunters earned voice-performance wins for Arden Cho as Rumi and Ahn Hyo-seop as Jinu. Golden, performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, won favorite song from a movie. Together, those outcomes recognize the feature itself, the spoken performances and music associated with a screen story through separate awards. [1][4]
That separation is useful for understanding what an animation win actually means. The award for a voice performer belongs to a different contribution from an award for the whole movie. Likewise, a song category recognizes a recording’s connection to the film without assigning the same honor to every aspect of the production. The show can celebrate a musical franchise in several ways while still recognizing another film as the animated-feature favorite.
Zootopia 2’s own production record supplies context for its win. Disney lists the sequel’s theatrical release as November 26, 2025, with a PG rating. Jared Bush and Byron Howard directed, and Yvett Merino produced. The film’s appearance in this year’s results is therefore an awards development for an existing release. It does not mean a newly announced Zootopia sequel arrived during the ceremony, or that the film first opened this weekend. [5]
Extra’s results also show the range of the music ballot. ROSÉ won favorite female artist, Bruno Mars won favorite male artist, KATSEYE won the female breakout category and sombr won the male breakout category. These results sit alongside BTS’s group, song and album honors. They are awards within the Kids’ Choice voting framework, not a ranking of total record sales, global streams or every music listener’s preferences. [4]
The television and gaming categories extend that breadth. SpongeBob SquarePants won favorite cartoon, and Roblox won favorite video game. Kira Kosarin won the kids television actress award for The Thundermans: Undercover. These choices show how the event places long-running animated characters, continuing live-action series and interactive entertainment beside theatrical movies and current recording artists. Each category provides its own context for a win, rather than producing a single overall entertainment champion. [1][4]
The structure was established well before awards night. In their October 8 announcement, CBS and Nickelodeon described a ballot spanning 36 fan-voted categories and introduced categories including favorite watch party, favorite onscreen duo or trio and favorite clutch player. That announcement also named Done+Dusted as the production company. Those are details of the event’s organization, useful for explaining the ceremony’s scope without mistaking nominations or advance descriptions for completed results. [6]
The move to a simultaneous CBS and Nickelodeon presentation is a substantive distribution development. The official release identifies an 8 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern broadcast window and live Paramount+ access for Premium subscribers. It says on-demand viewing becomes available the following day for both Premium and Essential subscribers in the United States. The November 15 availability is therefore part of the announced viewing plan, separate from which artists won. [1]
For FanFest’s analysis, the format’s appeal lies in how easily viewers can move among their interests. Someone arriving for a music performance can encounter a television winner, a voice actor or a game before the next award. The Orange Blimp supplies a shared visual identity, but the categories preserve distinctions among the kinds of work being recognized. That combination makes the show particularly suited to fandoms that already move across screens, songs and interactive worlds.
The voting results have limits as evidence. Without a published, independently audited account of who voted and how often, they should not be treated as a scientific survey of children or families. A favorite award records the outcome of the event’s voting process. It does not establish that the winning title had the largest audience, generated the most revenue or was preferred by every age group. The confirmed results are meaningful without adding those unsupported conclusions.
There is also no need to turn every outcome into a prediction. BTS’s multiple wins establish success at this ceremony, while the separate film and television results show how recognition was distributed across the ballot. They do not establish future chart positions, renewals or box-office performance. Those would require new evidence from the relevant companies, charts or distributors. Awards reporting is strongest when it gives the accomplishments their proper scale.
The completed night leaves fans with a clear set of developments: a first simultaneous CBS and Nickelodeon broadcast, a new collection of confirmed winners and a special comedy honor for Pratt. The results put superhero films, animation, ongoing television, pop recordings and gaming in one dated snapshot of the event’s fan voting. For readers catching up the next morning, the story is the work that earned those honors and the broader platform through which the ceremony presented it.
Sources and reporting credits
[1] CBS Presents Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2026 Highlights and Winners — CBS and Nickelodeon, Paramount Press Express. November 14, 2026.
[2] Kids Choice Awards Honor Chris Pratt BTS — Danielle Broadway, Reuters via Yahoo. November 15, 2026 at 05:39 UTC; reporting the November 14 event.
[3] Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards: BTS, Stranger Things and KPop Demon Hunters Among Winners — Greg Evans, Deadline via Yahoo. November 15, 2026 at 02:30 UTC; November 14 Central Time.
[4] Kids Choice Awards 2026 All the Winners and Slime ees — Extra. November 14, 2026.
[5] Zootopia 2 — Disney Movies. Official page for the November 26, 2025 release; accessed November 15, 2026.
[6] CBS and Nickelodeon Announce Alex Warren as Host of 2026 Kids Choice Awards — CBS and Nickelodeon, Paramount Press Express. October 8, 2026.
