List of awards
This is a list of the awards won by the The Simpsons.
Contents
- 1 Annie Awards
- 2 BAFTA Awards
- 3 British Comedy Awards
- 4 Primetime Emmy Awards
- 4.1 Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less)
- 4.2 Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
- 4.3 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics
- 4.4 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
- 4.5 Outstanding Music Direction
- 4.6 Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music
- 4.7 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
- 4.8 Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special
- 4.9 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
- 5 Environmental Media Awards
- 6 Genesis Awards
- 7 Golden Globe Awards
- 8 Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 9 Kid's Choice Awards
- 10 Peabody Awards
- 11 Teen Choice Awards
- 12 Writers Guild of America Awards
- 13 Trivia
- 14 References
Annie Awards
Year | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1992 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
1993 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
1994 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
1994 | Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation | David Silverman | Nominated |
1995 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
1995 | Voice Acting in the Field of Animation | Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson |
Won |
1996 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
1997 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
1997 | Best Directing in a TV Production | Mike B. Anderson for "Homer's Phobia" |
Won |
1997 | Best Music in a TV Production | Alf Clausen | Won |
1997 | Best Producing in a TV Production | Al Jean & Mike Reiss for "The Springfield Files" |
Won |
1997 | 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 | |
1998 | Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen & Ken Keeler for "Checkin' In" "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" |
Won |
1998 | Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production | Jim Reardon for "Trash of the Titans" |
Won |
1999 | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program | Won | |
1999 | Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production | Tim Long, Larry Doyle, and Matt Selman for "Simpsons Bible Stories" |
Won |
2000 | Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime Animated Television Program | Won | |
2000 | Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen for "Behind the Laughter" |
Won |
2001 | Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime Animated Television Program | Won | |
2001 | Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production | Al Jean for "HOMR" |
Nominated |
2002 | Best Animated Television Production | Won | |
2003 | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production | Won | |
2003 | Best Directing in an Animated Television Production | Steven Dean Moore for "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" |
Won |
2003 | Best Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen, Ken Keeler and Ian Maxtone-Graham for "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" |
Won |
2003 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Matt Warburton for "Three Gays of the Condo" |
Won |
2006 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham for "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" |
Won |
2007 | Best Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen & Michael Price for "Yokel Chords" |
Won |
2007 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball for "24 Minutes" |
Won |
2008 | Best Animated Television Production | Nominated | |
2008 | Best Directing in an Animated Television Production | Bob Anderson for "Treehouse of Horror XIX" |
Nominated |
2008 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Joel H. Cohen for "The Debarted" |
Nominated |
2009 | Best Animated Television Production | Nominated | |
2009 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Daniel Chun for "Treehouse of Horror XX" |
Won |
2009 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Valentina L. Garza for "Four Great Women and a Manicure" |
Nominated |
2009 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball for "Gone Maggie Gone" |
Nominated |
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 |
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1990 | Won | Life on the Fast Lane | |
1990 | Nominated | Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire 1 | The Simpsons |
1991 | Won | Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment | |
1992 | Nominated | Radio Bart | Claymation Easter |
1993 | Not Nominated | See Note Below | Batman: The Animated Series |
1994 | Not Nominated | See Note Below | The Roman City |
1995 | Won | Lisa's Wedding | |
1996 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror VI | Pinky and the Brain |
1997 | Won | Homer's Phobia | |
1998 | Won | Trash of the Titans | |
1999 | Nominated | Viva Ned Flanders | King of the Hill |
2000 | Won | Behind the Laughter | |
2001 | Won | HOMR | |
2002 | Nominated | She of Little Faith | Futurama |
2003 | Won | Three Gays of the Condo | |
2004 | Nominated | The Way We Weren't | Samurai Jack |
2005 | Nominated | 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 | Nominated | Once Upon a Time in Springfield | Prep & Landing |
2011 | Angry Dad - The Movie |
Template:FnbFor 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. Template:FnbAccording 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 |
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1992 | Won | Nancy Cartwright | Bart Simpson | Separate Vocations |
1992 | Won | Dan Castellaneta | Homer Simpson | Lisa's Pony |
1992 | Won | Julie Kavner | Marge Simpson | I Married Marge |
1992 | Won | Jackie Mason | Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky | Like Father, Like Clown |
1992 | Won | Yeardley Smith | Lisa Simpson | Lisa the Greek |
1992 | Won | Marcia Wallace | Edna Krabappel | Bart the Lover |
1993 | Won | Dan Castellaneta | Homer Simpson | Mr. Plow |
1998 | Won | Hank Azaria | Apu | |
2001 | Won | Hank Azaria | Various Characters | Worst Episode Ever |
2003 | Won | Hank Azaria | Various Characters | Moe Baby Blues |
2004 | Won | Dan Castellaneta | Various Characters | Today I am A Clown |
2006 | Won | Kelsey Grammer | Sideshow Bob | The Italian Bob |
2009 | Won | Dan Castellaneta | Homer Simpson | Father Knows Worst |
2009 | Nominated | Hank Azaria | Moe Syzlak | Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe |
2009 | Nominated | Harry Shearer | Mr. Burns, Smithers, others | The Burns and the Bees |
2010 | Won | Anne Hathaway | Princess Penelope | Once Upon a Time in Springfield |
2010 | Nominated | Dan Castellaneta | Homer, Grampa | Thursdays with Abie |
2010 | Nominated | Hank Azaria | Moe, Apu | Moe Letter Blues |
2011 | Dan Castellaneta | Barney, Homer, Krusty, Louie | Donnie Fatso |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics
Year | Result | Song | Episode | Music by | Lyrics by |
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1994 | Nominated | "Who Needs The Kwik-E-Mart?" | Homer and Apu | Alf Clausen | Greg Daniels |
1995 | Nominated | "We Do (The Stonecutters Song)" | Homer the Great | Alf Clausen | John Swartzwelder |
1996 | Nominated | "Sẽnor Burns" | Who Shot Mr. Burns? | Alf Clausen | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein |
1997 | Won | "We Put The Spring In Springfield" | Bart After Dark | Alf Clausen | Ken Keeler |
1998 | Won | "You're Checkin' In" | The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson | Alf Clausen | Ken Keeler |
2002 | Nominated | "Ode to Branson" | The Old Man and the Key | Alf Clausen | Jon Vitti |
2003 | Nominated | "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" | "Dude, Where's My Ranch? | Alf Clausen | Ian Maxtone-Graham and Ken Keeler |
2004 | Nominated | "Vote for a Winner" | The President Wore Pearls | Alf Clausen | Dana Gould |
2005 | Nominated | "Always my Dad" | A Star is Torn | Alf Clausen | Carolyn Omine |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
Year | Result | Episode | Composer |
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1992 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror II | Alf Clausen |
1993 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror III | Alf Clausen |
1994 | Nominated | Cape Feare | Alf Clausen |
1995 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror V | Alf Clausen |
1998 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror VIII | Alf Clausen |
1999 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror IX | Alf Clausen |
2001 | Nominated | Simpson Safari | Alf Clausen |
2004 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror XIV | Alf Clausen |
2005 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror XV | Alf Clausen |
2008 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror XVIII | Alf Clausen |
2009 | Nominated | Gone Maggie Gone | Alf Clausen |
2011 | Treehouse of Horror XXI | Alf Clausen |
Outstanding Music Direction
Year | Result | Episode | Music Director |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Nominated | Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious | Alf Clausen |
1998 | Nominated | All Singing, All Dancing | Alf Clausen |
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 | Nominated | Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment | Brad Brock, Gary Montgomery, Jim Fitzpatrick, Brad Sherman |
1992 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror II | Brad Brock, Anthony D'Amico, Peter Cole, Gary Gegan |
1993 | Nominated | Treehouse of Horror III | Brad Brock, R. Russell Smith, Greg Orloff, Anthony D'Amico |
1995 | Nominated | Bart vs. Australia | Ronny Cox, Greg Orloff, R. Russell Smith, Anthony D'Amico |
1997 | Nominated | 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 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington |
1994 | Won | Best Television Episodic Comedy | Bart Gets an Elephant |
1996 | Won | Best Television Episodic Comedy | Lisa the Vegetarian |
1997 | Won | Best Television Episodic Comedy | Unknown |
2001 | Won | Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award | Lisa Simpson |
2002 | Nominated | Best Television Episodic Comedy | Brawl in the Family |
2003 | Nominated | Best Television Episodic Comedy | 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky |
2004 | Won | Best Television Episodic Comedy | The Fat and the Furriest |
2005 | Nominated | Best Television Episodic Comedy | On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister |
2005 | Nominated | Turner Award | Goo Goo Gai Pan |
2006 | Won | Best Television Episodic Comedy | Bonfire of the Manatees |
2007 | Nominated | Best Television Episodic Comedy | The Wife Aquatic |
2009 | Nominated | Best Television Episodic Comedy | The Burns and the Bees |
Genesis Awards
Year | Category | Episode | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | Won | Best Television Comedy Series | |
1994 | Won | Best Television Prime Time Animated Series | Whacking Day |
1995 | Won | Best Television Comedy Series | Bart Gets an Elephant |
1996 | Won | Best Television Comedy Series, Ongoing Commitment | Lisa the Vegetarian |
2007 | Won | Sid Caesar Comedy Award | Million Dollar Abie |
2009 | Won | 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
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.
- 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:
- 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).