Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First awarded in 1949, they were originally referred to as just the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in the 1970s, and the word "primetime" was added to disambiguate between the two.
The Primetime Emmys generally air in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season. They are currently seen in rotation among the four major networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX). Because of NBC's coverage of Sunday Night NFL Football beginning in September, when NBC has had the rotation in 2006 and again in 2010, the Emmys move to late August for those years only.
Emmys are considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music), and Tony Awards (for stage).[1][2]
Award categories
Primetime Emmys are currently awarded in the following categories:
- Lead role
- Supporting role
- Guest role
- Outstanding Special Class Program
Creative Arts Primetime Emmys
The Creative Arts Emmy Award are awarded in the following categories (some of which separately recognize work based on whether a single-camera and multi-camera setup was used):
- Animation
- Art Direction
- Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
- Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
- Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
- Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program
- Casting
- Children's Program
- Choreography
- Cinematography
- Commercial
- Costumes
- Directing for Nonfiction Programming
- Hairstyling
- Hairstyling for a Series
- Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
- Interactive Television
- Interactive Television, Program-Specific
- Interactive Television, Non-Program-Specific
- Lighting Direction
- Main Title Design
- Makeup
- Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic)
- Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)
- Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
- Music
- Nonfiction
- Nonfiction Series
- Nonfiction Special
- Picture Editing
- Sound Editing
- Sound Editing for a Series
- Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
- Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming
- Sound Mixing
- Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series
- Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie
- Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special
- Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special
- Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming
- Stunt Coordination
- Technical Direction
- Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series
- Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
- Variety, Music or Comedy Special
- Visual Effects
- Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Retired awards
A number of awards have been retired throughout the years, including some that have been replaced by similar award categories in the Daytime Emmys, Sports Emmys, and other areas of recognition.
- † Replaced by a similar category in the Sports Emmy Awards
- ‡ Replaced by a similar category in the Daytime Emmy Awards
Leading nominees
- Most Emmy nominations for a television program
- Most Emmy nominations for a comedy series in a single year
- Most Emmy nominations for a drama series in a single year
- Most Emmy nominations for an animated series in a single year
- Most Emmy nominations for a miniseries
- Roots (1977): 37 nominations
- Most Emmy nominations for a television movie
- Most Emmy nominations for a variety series in a single year
- Most Emmy nominations for an individual without a win
Leading winners
- Most Emmy wins by an individual
- Most Emmy wins for a television program
- Most Emmy wins for a comedy series
- Most Emmy wins for a drama series
- Most Emmy wins for a series in its first season
- Most Emmy wins for a series in a single season
- Most Emmy wins in the comedy series category
- Most Emmy wins in the drama series category
- Most Emmy wins for an animated series
- Most Emmy wins for a miniseries
- Most Emmy wins for a television movie
- Most Emmy wins in a single year for a network
- Most performing Emmys wins
- Most Emmy wins for the same character in the same series
- Most Emmy wins for the same character in different series
Performers with the most Primetime Emmys
- Carl Reiner won a total of nine Primetime Emmy Awards, five of which were for his work on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Outstanding Comedy Series, Program Achievement, Writing in a Comedy series and Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series). He also won the award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his performance on Mad About You, and two Emmys for his performance on Caesar's Hour. In 1967, he won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series, for The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special.
- Cloris Leachman's eighth Emmy made her the "winningest" female performer in Emmy history. Previously, she had been tied with Mary Tyler Moore and Tracey Ullman (although not all of Ullman's Emmys are for performance categories).
- Edward Asner won five Emmys for the same character (Lou Grant) but in two different series and genres. Asner won three in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two more in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category for Lou Grant. Asner also has two additional Emmys, making him the most awarded male performer in Emmy history with 7 wins.
- Tyne Daly has won six performing Emmy Awards; four Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey in 1983–1985 and 1988. Also, two wins in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for Christy in 1996 and Judging Amy in 2003.
- Don Knotts and Candice Bergen share the distinction of being the only actors to have won five Emmy Awards for their respective performances on their respective series. Knotts won for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show (1961–1963, 1966–1967). Bergen won for her portrayal of Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown (1989–1990, 1992, 1994–1995).
- Kelsey Grammer has won five Emmy Awards: four for his portrayal of Frasier Crane on Frasier (1994–1995, 1998, 2004) and one for voicing the character Sideshow Bob on the series The Simpsons (2006). He has several other nominations as Frasier on that series as well as on Cheers and Wings (for a 1992 guest appearance). This makes him the only actor to earn Emmy nominations for portraying the same character on three different programs.
- John Larroquette also won five Emmy Awards; four (in a row) for his portrayal of Dan Fielding on Night Court and one for his guest role on The Practice.
- Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family, Nancy Marchand of Lou Grant, Rhea Perlman of Cheers, Dennis Franz of NYPD Blue, Helen Hunt of Mad About You, David Hyde Pierce of Frasier, Allison Janney of The West Wing, and Doris Roberts of Everybody Loves Raymond have all won four Emmys for playing their respective characters on their respective TV shows. Valerie Harper also has four Emmys for the same character, Rhoda, but on two different shows. Harper has three Emmys for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and one for Rhoda.
- Kathy Baker of Picket Fences, Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad, James Gandolfini of The Sopranos, Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond, John Lithgow of 3rd Rock from the Sun, Jeremy Piven of Entourage, Michael Richards of Seinfeld, Tony Shalhoub of Monk, James Spader of The Practice and Boston Legal, and Patricia Wettig of thirtysomething have all won three Emmys for playing their respective characters on their respective TV shows.
- Carroll O'Connor and Edie Falco are the only actors to have won the lead category in both the comedy and drama series category. O'Connor has four Emmys for his comedic turn in All in the Family and one dramatic Emmy for In the Heat of the Night. Falco has three Emmys for her dramatic turn in The Sopranos and one comedic Emmy for Nurse Jackie. Others have won in a variety of both the comedy and drama categories including lead, supporting, and guest performances such as Alan Alda for M*A*S*H and The West Wing, Bruce Willis for Moonlighting and Friends, John Lithgow for Amazing Stories, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Dexter, Doris Roberts for St. Elsewhere and Everybody Loves Raymond, Ed Asner for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant, John Larroquette for Night Court and The Practice, Christopher Lloyd for Taxi and Avonlea, Cynthia Nixon for Sex and the City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Elaine Stritch for 30 Rock and Law & Order, and Cloris Leachman for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Promised Land and Malcolm in the Middle.
- Alan Alda is the only person to have won Emmys in the comedy series categories for writing, directing, and acting in the same series, M*A*S*H. Alda has a total of six wins including his most recent Emmy for supporting actor in a drama series for The West Wing.
- Michael J. Fox has won five Emmy awards: four for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his shows Family Ties (1986–1988) and Spin City (2000), and one for Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Rescue Me (2009).
- Betty White is the only female to have an Emmy in all female performing comedic categories including two in Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Life with Elizabeth and The Golden Girls, two in Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and two for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for The John Larroquette Show and Saturday Night Live. White also holds the record for longest gap between performing Emmy nominations - her first was in 1951 and her most recent was in 2011, a gap of 60 years. White also holds the record for the oldest recipient of a competitive, non-honorary performing Emmy, winning in 2010 at the age of 88 - as well as holding the record for the oldest nominee, nominated in 2011 at the age of 89.
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