Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program is a Creative Arts Emmy Award which is given annually to an animated series.

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

Rules

Animated programs have the option to compete in broader program categories such as Outstanding Comedy Series, but cannot also submit for Outstanding Animation Program in the same year. ''The Simpsons'', for instance, unsuccessfully submitted the episodes " A Streetcar Named Marge" and " Mr. Plow" in 1993 and 1994 while ''Family Guy'' was successfully nominated in 2009. Several animated programs won Outstanding Children's Program prior to 1979 and, in the years since, ''Rugrats'', ''Winnie the Pooh'' specials and ''Star Wars Rebels'' have been nominated for that award.

Prior to 1989, all of the nominated programs were specials produced outside the confines of a running series. The category was divided into programs "one hour or less" and "more than one hour" from 1989 to 2009, with episodes of running series becoming eligible. Programs that are 15 minutes or less were given their own category, Outstanding Short Form Animated Program, in 2008.

Winners and nominations

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Records

Programs with multiple wins

;12 wins
* ''The Simpsons''

;5 wins
* ''South Park''

;4 wins
* ''Garfield'' television specials

;2 wins
* ''Bob's Burgers''
* ''Futurama''
* ''Rick and Morty''
* '' Star Wars: Clone Wars''

Programs with multiple nominations

;33 nominations
* ''The Simpsons''

;18 nominations
* ''South Park''

;13 nominations
* ''Bob's Burgers''

;12 nominations
* ''Charlie Brown'' specials
* ''Garfield'' television specials

;8 nominations
* ''Futurama''

;6 nominations
* ''King of the Hill''

;5 nominations
* ''SpongeBob SquarePants''

;4 nominations
* '' Archer''
* '' Dexter's Laboratory''
* ''Family Guy''
* '' The Powerpuff Girls''
* ''Rick and Morty''
* ''Robot Chicken''

;3 nominations
* '' As Told by Ginger''
* '' Big Mouth''
* ''Duckman''
* ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends''
* ''The Ren and Stimpy Show''
* '' Samurai Jack''

;2 nominations
* ''American Dad!''
* ''BoJack Horseman''
* ''Camp Lazlo''
* '' Cow and Chicken''
* '' Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal''
* ''Rugrats''
* '' Star Wars: Clone Wars''
* ''Tiny Toon Adventures''

Total awards by network

* FOX – 16
* CBS – 11
* Cartoon Network – 6
* Comedy Central – 6
* Discovery Channel – 5
* ABC – 3
* Adult Swim - 3
* Netflix – 2
* FX – 1
* HBO – 1
* Nickelodeon – 1
* PBS – 1
* The WB – 1

Notes

See also

* List of animation awards
* Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production
* Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series
* Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program

References

External links

Primetime Emmy® Awards

Emmy Awards coverage
on DigitalHit.com

Primetime Emmy® Awards Historical Database

Emmy Awards Online
with Emmy news, nominees and winners

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