List of Primetime Emmy Award records

This list of Primetime Emmy and Creative Arts Emmy awards records are current as of 76th Primetime Emmy Awards and 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, with each ceremonies taking place on September 7–8 and 15, 2024.

Sheila Nevins (31) and Lorne Michaels (107) remain the records with the most wins and nominations, respectively, throughout their separate careers.

Largest sweep of main categories for a program/series

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Similar to Academy Awards' Big Five, the "so-called" seven main categories of Primetime Emmy Awards are those for Outstanding Series, Outstanding Lead Actor, Outstanding Lead Actress, Outstanding Supporting Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actress, Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing for each three divisions of format programs: Comedy, Drama, and Limited or Anthology.

There are only three television programs to sweep most categories below:

Aside from the sweep, there are only five television programs to won only six main categories below:

BOLD indicates the winner

Year Division Program Directing Writing L. Actor L. Actress S. Actor S. Actress
1972
(24th)
Comedy All in the Family John Rich Alan J. Levitt / Philip Mishkin / Norman Lear / Burt Styler Carroll O'Connor Jean Stapleton Rob Reiner Sally Struthers
1978
(30th)
Paul Bogart Barry Harman / Harve Brosten Rob Reiner Sally Struthers
1981
(33rd)
Drama Hill Street Blues Corey Allen / Georg Stanford Brown / Robert Butler Steven Bochco / Michael Kozoll / Anthony Yerkovich Daniel J. Travanti Barbara Babcock / Veronica Hamel Michael Conrad / Charles Haid / Bruce Weitz Barbara Bosson / Betty Thomas
2015
(67th)
Limited or Anthology Series Olive Kitteridge Lisa Cholodenko Jane Anderson Richard Jenkins Frances McDormand Bill Murray Zoe Kazan
2023
(75th)
Comedy The Bear Christopher Storer Christopher Storer Jeremy Allen White N/A Ebon Moss-Bachrach Ayo Edebiri
Drama Succession Mark Mylod / Andrij Parekh / Lorene Scafaria Jesse Armstrong Brian Cox / Kieran Culkin / Jeremy Strong Sarah Snook Nicholas Braun / Matthew Macfadyen / Alan Ruck / Alexander Skarsgård J. Smith-Cameron
  • All in the Family marks the only program to receive every of seven main categories and won only six twice in a row.

Overall wins for a person

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Overall wins for a program/series and network

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Overall nominations for a performer, program, etc.

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First wins for a performer, program/series, etc.

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First nominations for a performer, program/series, etc.

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See also

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References

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