The

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

for Outstanding Animated Program is a

Creative Arts Emmy Award The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. They are commonly awarded to behind-the-scenes personnel such as production designers, set ...

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 ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, ...

'', for instance, unsuccessfully submitted the episodes "

A Streetcar Named Marge "A Streetcar Named Marge" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 1, 1992. In the episode, Marge wins the role of B ...

" and "

Mr. Plow "Mr. Plow" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States on November 19, 1992. In the episode, Homer buys a snowplow and starts a ...

" in 1993 and 1994 while ''

Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...

'' 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

Programs with multiple wins

;11 wins * ''

'' (Fox) ;5 wins * ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...

'' (Comedy Central) ;4 wins * '' Garfield'' specials (CBS) ;2 wins * ''

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—who r ...

'' (Fox) * ''

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...

'' (Fox/Comedy Central) * ''

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'' (Adult Swim) * '' Star Wars: Clone Wars'' (Cartoon Network)

Programs with multiple nominations

;31 nominations * ''

'' (Fox) ;18 nominations * ''

'' (Comedy Central) ;12 nominations * '' Charlie Brown'' specials (CBS) * '' Garfield'' specials (CBS) ;11 nominations * ''

'' (Fox) ;8 nominations * ''

'' (Fox/Comedy Central) ;6 nominations * '' King of the Hill'' (Fox) ;5 nominations * ''

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...

'' (Nickelodeon) ;4 nominations * '' Archer'' (FX) * ''

Dexter's Laboratory ''Dexter's Laboratory'' is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It follows Dexter, a short, enthusiastic boy-genius with a hid ...

'' (Cartoon Network) * ''

'' (Fox) * '' The Powerpuff Girls'' (Cartoon Network) * ''

Robot Chicken ''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...

'' (Adult Swim) ;3 nominations * '' As Told by Ginger'' (Nickelodeon) * '' Big Mouth'' (Netflix) * '' Duckman'' (USA) * '' Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (Cartoon Network) * '' The Ren and Stimpy Show'' (Nickelodeon) * ''

'' (Adult Swim) * '' Samurai Jack'' (Cartoon Network) ;2 nominations * ''

American Dad! ''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Since 2014, the series has been airing new episodes on TBS. ''American Dad!'' is the first television ...

'' (Fox) * ''

BoJack Horseman ''BoJack Horseman'' is an American adult animation, adult animated Black comedy, black Comedy drama, comedy-drama streaming television series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F ...

'' (Netflix) * ''

Camp Lazlo ''Camp Lazlo'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Cartoon Network. The series follows Lazlo, an anthropomorphic spider monkey that goes to a camp called "Camp Kidney", a Boy Scout-like summer camp in Pimpleback M ...

'' (Cartoon Network) * '' Cow and Chicken'' (Cartoon Network) * '' Rugrats'' (Nickelodeon) * '' Star Wars: Clone Wars'' (Cartoon Network) * ''

Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation ...

'' (CBS/Fox)

Total awards by network

* FOX – 15 * CBS – 11 * Cartoon Network – 6 * Comedy Central – 6 * Discovery Channel – 5 * ABC – 3 * Adult Swim - 3 * FX – 1 * HBO – 1 * Netflix – 1 * Nickelodeon – 1 * PBS – 1 * The WB – 1

Notes

References

External links

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