List of awards

The Simpson family with an Emmy Award.

This is a list of the awards won by the The Simpsons.

Annie Awards

Year Category Nominee Result 1992 Best Animated Television Program Won 1993 Best Animated Television Program 1994 Best Animated Television Program Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation David Silverman Nominated 1995 Best Animated Television Program Won Voice Acting in the Field of Animation Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson 1996 Best Animated Television Program 1997 Best Animated Television Program Best Directing in a TV Production Mike B. Anderson for "Homer's Phobia" Best Music in a TV Production Alf Clausen Best Producing in a TV Production Al Jean & Mike Reiss for "The Springfield Files" Best Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production Maggie Roswell for "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" Nominated 1998 Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime Program Won Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production Alf Clausen & Ken Keeler for "Checkin' In" "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production Jim Reardon for "Trash of the Titans" 1999 Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production Tim Long, Larry Doyle, and Matt Selman for "Simpsons Bible Stories" 2000 Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime Animated Television Program Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production Alf Clausen for "Behind the Laughter" 2001 Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime Animated Television Program Won Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production Al Jean for "HOMЯ" Nominated 2002 Best Animated Television Production Won 2003 Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production Best Directing in an Animated Television Production Steven Dean Moore for "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" Best Music in an Animated Television Production Alf Clausen, Ken Keeler and Ian Maxtone-Graham for "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Matt Warburton for "Three Gays of the Condo" 2006 Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Ian Maxtone-Graham for "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" 2007 Best Music in an Animated Television Production Alf Clausen & Michael Price for "Yokel Chords" Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball for "24 Minutes" 2008 Best Animated Television Production Nominated Best Directing in an Animated Television Production Bob Anderson for "Treehouse of Horror XIX" Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Joel H. Cohen for "The Debarted" 2009 Best Animated Television Production Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Daniel Chun for "Treehouse of Horror XX" Won Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Valentina L. Garza for "Four Great Women and a Manicure" Nominated Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball for "Gone Maggie Gone" 2012 Writing in a Television Production Carolyn Omine for "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Won Directing in a Television Production Matthew Nastuk Best General Audience Animated TV Production

BAFTA Awards

Best International Program or Series

• 1999 - Nominated

British Comedy Awards

Best International Comedy Show

• 2005 - Won
• 2004 - Won (Matt Groening was also given a life time achievement award)
• 2002 - Nominated
• 2000 - Won

Primetime Emmy Awards

• Nominated for: 66 Emmys over eight categories (Includes Awards that resulted in a Win)
• Won: 27 Emmys in four categories (As of 2010)
  • Outstanding Animated Series: Won 10, Nominated for 20
  • Outstanding Voice-Over: Won 14, Nominated for 18
  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics: Won 2, Nominated for 9
  • Outstanding Music Composition: Won 0, Nominated for 11
  • Outstanding Music Direction: Won 0, Nominated for 2
  • Outstanding Main Title Theme: Won 0, Nominated for 1
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing: Won 0, Nominated for 6
  • Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special: Won 0, Nominated for 1
  • Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Won 1

Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less)

Year Result Nominated episode Winning show 1990 Won "Life on the Fast Lane" Nominated "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" The Simpsons 1991 Won "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" 1992 Nominated "Radio Bart" Claymation Easter 1995 Won "Lisa's Wedding" 1996 Nominated "Treehouse of Horror VI" Pinky and the Brain 1997 Won "Homer's Phobia" 1998 "Trash of the Titans" 1999 Nominated "Viva Ned Flanders" King of the Hill 2000 Won "Behind the Laughter" 2001 "HOMЯ" 2002 Nominated "She of Little Faith" Futurama 2003 Won "Three Gays of the Condo" 2004 Nominated "The Way We Weren't" Samurai Jack 2005 "Future-Drama" South Park 2006 Won "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" 2007 Nominated "The Haw-Hawed Couple" South Park 2008 Won "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" 2009 Nominated "Gone Maggie Gone" South Park 2010 "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" Prep & Landing 2011 "Angry Dad - The Movie" Futurama

For the 1990 Emmy Awards, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire was nominated as a separate cartoon because officially it is considered a TV special and not a part of the series. For this list, it is not a part of the overall count of Simpsons emmy nominations.
According to DVD commentary, no episodes were nominated in this category in 1993 and 1994 because the producers had instead submitted episodes into the Outstanding Comedy Series category. However, The Simpsons was not nominated in that category, so in 1995 the producers gave up and went back to submitting episodes in the Animation category.

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

NOTE - Prior to 2009, this award was given out by a committee, so there were no nominations.

Year Result Winner Character Episode 1992 Won Nancy Cartwright Bart Simpson "Separate Vocations" Dan Castellaneta Homer Simpson "Lisa's Pony" Julie Kavner Marge Simpson "I Married Marge" Jackie Mason Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky "Like Father, Like Clown" Yeardley Smith Lisa Simpson "Lisa the Greek" Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel "Bart the Lover" 1993 Dan Castellaneta Homer Simpson "Mr. Plow" 1998 Hank Azaria Apu 2001 Hank Azaria Various Characters "Worst Episode Ever" 2003 Hank Azaria Various Characters "Moe Baby Blues" 2004 Dan Castellaneta Various Characters "Today I am A Clown" 2006 Kelsey Grammer Sideshow Bob "The Italian Bob" 2009 Dan Castellaneta Homer Simpson "Father Knows Worst" Nominated Hank Azaria Moe Syzlak "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" Harry Shearer Mr. Burns, Smithers, others "The Burns and the Bees" 2010 Won Anne Hathaway Princess Penelope "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" Nominated Dan Castellaneta Homer, Abraham Simpson "Thursdays with Abie" Hank Azaria Moe, Apu "Moe Letter Blues" 2011 Dan Castellaneta Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Barney Gumble, Louie "Donnie Fatso"

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics

Year Result Song Episode Music by Lyrics by 1994 Nominated "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" "Homer and Apu" Alf Clausen Greg Daniels 1995 "We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)" "Homer the Great" John Swartzwelder 1996 "Sẽnor Burns" "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein 1997 Won "We Put the Spring in Springfield" "Bart After Dark" Ken Keeler 1998 "You're Checkin' In" "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" 2002 Nominated "Ode to Branson" "The Old Man and the Key" Jon Vitti 2003 "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" Ian Maxtone-Graham and Ken Keeler 2004 "Vote for a Winner" "The President Wore Pearls" Dana Gould 2005 '"Always my Dad" "A Star is Torn" Carolyn Omine

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

Year Result Episode Composer 1992 Nominated "Treehouse of Horror II" Alf Clausen 1993 "Treehouse of Horror III" 1994 "Cape Feare" 1995 "Treehouse of Horror V" 1998 "Treehouse of Horror VIII" 1999 "Treehouse of Horror IX" 2001 "Simpson Safari" 2004 "Treehouse of Horror XIV" 2005 "Treehouse of Horror XV" 2008 "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" 2009 "Gone Maggie Gone" 2011 "Treehouse of Horror XXI"

Outstanding Music Direction

Year Result Episode Music Director 1997 Nominated "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" Alf Clausen 1998 "All Singing, All Dancing"

Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music

Year Result Song Composer 1990 Nominated Main Title Theme Danny Elfman

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special

Year Result Episode Nominees 1990 Nominated "The Call of the Simpsons" Brad Brock, Gary Montgomery, Jim Fitzpatrick 1991 "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Brad Brock, Gary Montgomery, Jim Fitzpatrick, Brad Sherman 1992 "Treehouse of Horror II" Brad Brock, Anthony D'Amico, Peter Cole, Gary Gegan 1993 "Treehouse of Horror III" Brad Brock, R. Russell Smith, Greg Orloff, Anthony D'Amico 1995 "Bart vs. Australia" Ronny Cox, Greg Orloff, R. Russell Smith, Anthony D'Amico 1997 "Brother from Another Series" Ronny Cox, Greg Orloff, R. Russell Smith

Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special

Year Result Episode Nominees 1990 Nominated "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Brian K. Roberts, Ric Eisman

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

Year Result Episode Animator 2010 Won "Postcards from the Wedge" Charles Ragins

Environmental Media Awards

Year Category Episode/Character Result 1991 Won Best Television Episodic Comedy "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" 1992 Nominated "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" 1994 Won "Bart Gets an Elephant" 1996 "Lisa the Vegetarian" 1997 Unknown 2001 Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award Lisa Simpson 2002 Nominated Best Television Episodic Comedy "Brawl in the Family" 2003 "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" 2004 Won "The Fat and the Furriest" 2005 Nominated "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" Turner Award "Goo Goo Gai Pan" 2006 Won Best Television Episodic Comedy "Bonfire of the Manatees" 2007 Nominated "The Wife Aquatic" 2009 "The Burns and the Bees" 2010 "The Squirt and the Whale"

Genesis Awards

Year Result Category Episode 1993 Won Best Television Comedy Series 1994 Best Television Prime Time Animated Series "Whacking Day" 1995 Best Television Comedy Series "Bart Gets an Elephant" 1996 Best Television Comedy Series, Ongoing Commitment "Lisa the Vegetarian" 2007 Sid Caesar Comedy Award "Million Dollar Abie" 2009 Sid Caesar Comedy Award "Apocalypse Cow"

Golden Globe Awards

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

• 2003 - Nominated (Lost to Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Hollywood Walk of Fame

• 2000 - Given a Star at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. which applies to the Simpsons in person, not the series

Kid's Choice Awards

Favourite Cartoon

• 2002 - Won
• Nominated every year between 1996 and 2006

Peabody Awards

• 1997
  • Won For providing exceptional animation and stinging social satire, both commodities which are in extremely short supply in television today.

Teen Choice Awards

Choice TV Show - Comedy

• Nominated every year between 2000 and 2005
• 2011 - Won

Choice TV Parental Units

• 2005 - Nominated for Marge and Homer

Choice Animated TV Show

• 2006 - Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

Animation

• 2003
  • Nominated - Bob Bendetson for "Blame it on Lisa"
  • Nominated - John Frink and Don Payne for "The Bart Wants What It Wants"
  • Nominated - Matt Selman for "Jaws Wired Shut"

• 2004
  • Won - Matt Selman for "The Dad Who Knew Too Little"
  • Nominated - J. Stewart Burns for "Moe Baby Blues"
  • Nominated - Michael Price for "My Mother the Carjacker"

• 2005
  • Won - Ian Maxtone-Graham for "Catch 'em If You Can"
  • Nominated - Julie Chambers and David Chambers for "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
  • Nominated - Joel H. Cohen for "Today I am A Clown"
  • Nominated - Don Payne for "Fraudcast News"

• 2006
  • Won - Michael Price for "Mommie Beerest"
  • Nominated - J. Stewart Burns for "There's Something About Marrying"
  • Nominated - John Frink for "The Girl Who Slept Too Little"
  • Nominated - Stephanie Gillis for "See Homer Run"
  • Nominated - Don Payne for "Thank God It's Doomsday"
  • Nominated - Matt Warburton for "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star"

• 2007
  • Won - John Frink for "The Italian Bob"
  • Nominated - Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta for "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore"
  • Nominated - Don Payne - "Simpsons Christmas Stories"
  • Nominated - Matt Selman - "Girls Just Want to Have Sums"

• 2008
  • Won - Jeff Westbrook for "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2"
  • Nominated - Matt Selman for "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
  • Nominated - Carolyn Omine for "The Homer of Seville"
  • Nominated - John Frink for "Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!"

• 2009
  • Won - Jeff Westbrook for "Apocalypse Cow"
  • Nominated - Joel H. Cohen for "The Debarted"
  • Nominated - Michael Price for "E Pluribus Wiggum"
  • Nominated - Tim Long for "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"

• 2010
  • Won - Joel H. Cohen for "Wedding for Disaster"
  • Nominated - Stephanie Gillis for "The Burns and the Bees"
  • Nominated - John Frink for "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe"
  • Nominated - Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham for "Gone Maggie Gone"
  • Nominated - Don Payne for "Take My Life, Please"

Comedy series

• 2009
  • Nominated - J. Stewart Burns, Daniel Chun, Joel H. Cohen, Kevin Curran, John Frink, Tom Gammill, Stephanie Gillis, Dan Greaney, Reid Harrison, Al Jean, Billy Kimball, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Bill Odenkirk, Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Michael Price, Max Pross, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, Matt Warburton, Jeff Westbrook, Marc Wilmore and William Wright

Trivia

• Harry Shearer is the only member of the Main Cast to never win an Emmy for Voice Over Performance. Other notable Simpsons regulars who have not won include Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Tress MacNeille and guest stars Albert Brooks, Jon Lovitz, Joe Mantegna and Phil Hartman.
• The Simpsons, which has been called the best and funniest TV show of the 1990s, has never been nominated for an Emmy in the comedy category. In 1993 and 1994, the producers did try to submit the show in the category (According to DVD commentary, the episodes that were submitted in 1993 were "Mr. Plow" and "A Streetcar Named Marge") with less than encouraging results. It became apparent that the Emmy voters were not ready to accept an animated show into the Outstanding Comedy show category, and the producers gave up. In 2003, the show was surprisingly nominated for a Golden Globe for Outstanding Comedy Series. The producers felt this was long overdue, but the show lost the award to Curb your Enthusiasm.
• The Simpsons has frequently made fun of the Emmys (as well as other major awards such as the Oscars and especially the Grammys). Some examples:
  • In "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?", Homer wins the First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence. At the show, Bart and Lisa have the following exchange:
    • Lisa: "This award show is the biggest farce I ever saw!"
    • Bart: "What about the Emmys?"
    • Lisa: "I stand corrected."
  • In "The Front", Grampa won an award that looks suspiciously like an Emmy for writing an episode of Itchy & Scratchy (the show is actually called the Annual Cartoon Awards). His competition includes such shows as "Strondar, Master of Vacom": the wedding episode; "Action Figure Man": the how to buy action figure man episode; and "Ren and Stimpy": season premiere (clip not done yet), a knock at the questionable and forgettable competition that The Simpsons faced in the animation category during the early years of the show.
• After winning the Emmy in 2006, James L. Brooks set a new record for most Primetime Emmys won with 19. He has won nine for The Simpsons, five for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, three for Taxi, and two for The Tracey Ullman Show. Of those, sixteen were for producing, and three were for writing (two for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and one for The Tracey Ullman Show).

References

• Emmy Awards and Nominations for The Simpsons
• The Simpsons Archive: Awards & Honours