Primetime Emmy Awards
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.
Foreign produced TV shows can be submitted if they are the result of a financial and creative co-production with a U.S. partner with a plan to air in the United States.
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 an individual
- 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 a individual
- Most Emmy wins for a television program
- 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