Primetime Emmy Award

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Primetime Emmy Award
64th Primetime Emmy Awards
Awarded for Excellence in primetime television
Country United States
Presented by ATAS
First awarded 1949
Official website http://www.emmys.com/
Television coverage
Network ABC (1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1993-1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012),
CBS (1966, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Fox (1987-1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)
NBC (1959-1965, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)

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 distinguish 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]

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Rules [edit]

Among the Primetime Emmy rules, a show must originally air on American television during the eligibility period between June 1 and May 31. In order to be considered a national primetime show, the program must air between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m., and to at least 50 percent of the country.[3] A show that enters into the Primetime Emmys cannot also be entered into the Daytime Emmy Awards or any other national Emmy competition. For shows in syndication, whose air times vary between media markets, they can either be entered in the Daytime or Primetime Emmys (provided they still reach the 50 percent national reach), but not in both.[3] For game shows that reach the 50 percent threshold, they can be entered into the Daytime Emmys if they normally air before 8 p.m (including the former "access hour" from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.); otherwise, they are only eligible for the Primetime Emmys.[4]

Entries must be submitted by the end of April, even if a show is not scheduled to originally air until the following month when the eligibility period ends in May. Most award categories also require entries to include DVDs or tape masters of the show. For most series categories, any six episodes that originally aired during the eligibility period must be submitted (programs that were cancelled before airing their sixth episode are thus ineligible). For most individual achievement categories, only one episode is required to be submitted; if an episode is a two-parter, both parts may be included on the submitted DVD.[3]

Ballots to select the nominations are sent to Academy members in June. For most categories, members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees only in their respective categories. All members can however vote for nominations in the best program categories. The final voting to determine the winners is held in August, and is done by judging panels. In June, the Academy solicits volunteers among its active members to serve on these panels. All active members may serve on the program panels; otherwise they are restricted to those categories within their own branch.[3]

Award categories [edit]

Primetime Emmys are currently awarded in the following categories:

Creative Arts Primetime Emmys [edit]

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):

Retired awards [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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
  • The West Wing: 9
Most Emmy wins for a series in a single season
  • The West Wing: 9
Most Emmy wins in the comedy series category
  • Frasier: 5
Most Emmy wins in the drama series category
Most Emmy wins for an animated series
Most Emmy wins in the variety series category
Most Emmy wins for a miniseries
Most Emmy wins for a television movie
Most Emmy wins in a single year for a network
  • CBS (1974): 44
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 [edit]

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See also [edit]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ BBC Learning English | Emmy awards
  2. ^ Emmys For Dame Helen/The Sopranos - Reality TV | Photos | News | Galleries
  3. ^ a b c d "63rd Primetime Emmys Rules and Procedures". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2012-02-29. 
  4. ^ "39th Daytime Emmys Rules and Procedures". National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2012-03-02. "Game Shows which air nationally between 2:00am and 8:00pm compete in the Daytime Emmy Awards contest. Game Shows initially broadcast in the standard definition of Primetime must enter the Primetime Emmy Awards contest" 
  5. ^ a b c d e Staff. "Best of the Decade: Emmy Winners". Retrieved August 17, 2011. 
  6. ^ http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2011/09/emmy-win-best-drama.php
  7. ^ Art Carney

External links [edit]

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