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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, ...
'' is an American
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that debuted on December 17, 1989, on the
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network. The show is the longest-running prime time scripted television series in the United States. It has won many different awards, including 36 Emmy awards, 34
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s, nine
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s, twelve
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s, six
Genesis Award The Genesis Awards are awarded annually by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to individuals in the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works which raise public awareness of animal issues. Presented by the HSUS ...
s, eight
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s, three
British Comedy Award The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The British Comedy Awards (1 ...
s, among other awards. Episodes of the show have won 12 Emmys in the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) 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 ...
category. However, ''The Simpsons'' has never been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, although the show was submitted in the category in 1993 and 1994.
James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. His television and film work includes ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Taxi'', ''The Simpsons'', '' Broadcast News'', ''As G ...
, an executive producer on the show, won twelve Emmys for ''The Simpsons'' as well as ten for other shows and holds the record for most Primetime Emmys won by a single person, with 22, ''The Simpsons'' was the first animated series to be given a
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, won a second Peabody in 2020, and in 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the
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. As of 2022, ''The Simpsons'' have received a total of 100 Emmy nominations. ''
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'', released in 2007, was nominated for several major awards, including a
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, while ''
The Longest Daycare ''Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"'' or simply ''The Longest Daycare'', is a 2012 American animated 3D comedy short film based on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. In the film, Maggie Simpson is enrolled at a new daycare fa ...
'', a short film released in 2012, became the franchise's first production to be nominated for an
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. ''The Simpsons'' also holds two world records from the
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: Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series and Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television Series.


Awards for ''The Simpsons''


Annie Awards

First awarded in 1972, the
Annie Award The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in cinema and television. Originally desi ...
s are given exclusively to animated programs. ''The Simpsons'' has won 34 Annies, including 12 straight in the Best Animated Television Production category and winning in 2015 and 2016 for Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production. * denotes nominated works with awards pending presentation and announcement


British Comedy Awards

''The Simpsons'' has won three
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.
Matt Groening Matthew Abram Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is the creator of the comic strip ''Life in Hell'' (1977–2012) and the television series ''The Simpsons'' (1989–present), ''Fut ...
also won a special award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy in 2004.


Primetime Emmy Awards

''The Simpsons'' has won 36
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s in four categories, but has been nominated for 78 awards in nine different categories. Two of these nominations were for "
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", which was nominated in 1990 as a separate cartoon because officially it is considered a TV special and not a part of the series, however it is included in these statistics. The show's best year was 1992, when it won six Emmys, all for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. Until 2009, the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Emmy was awarded by a committee, so there were no nominations. ''The Simpsons'' has been nominated for
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) 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 ...
every year except 1993, 1994 and 2014. 1993 marked the first year that the producers of ''The Simpsons'' did not submit episodes for the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) 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 ...
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. Prior to 1993, the series had only been allowed to compete in the animation category, but in early 1993 the rules were changed so that animated television shows would be able to submit nominations in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. The producers submitted "
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 ...
" but the Emmy voters were hesitant to pit cartoons against live action programs, and ''The Simpsons'' did not receive a nomination. Several critics saw the show's failure to gain a nomination as one of the biggest snubs for that year. The ''Simpsons''' crew again submitted episodes for "Outstanding Comedy Series" the next season, but these again were not nominated. Since then, the show has submitted episodes in the animation category.


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)


Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

In 2014, the award was split into two different categories, Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance and Outstanding Narrator. Nominations and wins in 2014 and after are in the Character Voice-Over category.


Outstanding Music and Lyrics


Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)


Outstanding Music Direction


Outstanding Main Title Theme Music


Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special


Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation


Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special


Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation


Environmental Media Awards

''The Simpsons'' has won nine
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. All of the wins and most of their nominations were in the Best Television Episodic Comedy category, including 2016 for "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" but the series received a nomination for the Turner Award in 2005, which is given to "the scripted, primetime television episode that best deals with the issue of population growth and responsibility".


Genesis Awards

The
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are given out annually by the
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"to the news and entertainment media for shining that spotlight into the darkest corners of animal abuse and exploitation."


Golden Reel Awards

The Golden Reel Awards are presented annually by the
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. ''The Simpsons'' has been nominated in the Best Sound Editing in Television Animation – Music category five times. In 1998, the show was nominated for Best Sound Editing – Television Animated Specials, and won.


People's Choice Awards


Writers Guild of America Awards

''The Simpsons'' has won thirteen
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s. The Animation category was introduced in 2003, and although the ''Futurama'' episode "
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" won it in 2003, ''The Simpsons'' began to dominate the category, winning the award from 2004 to 2010 and 2012 to 2015, receiving a total of 57 nominations in the category. In 2008, three of the series' writers received a nomination for Video game writing. In 2009, the writers received their first nomination in the comedy series category. In 2011, the show's writers received two nominations in the category, and lost the award to ''Futuramas "
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". In 2012 the show received four nominations, and Joel H. Cohen won his second WGA award for "Homer the Father". In 2013 the show received three nominations, and Jeff Westbrook won his third WGA award for "Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda". In 2014 the show received three nominations and Joel H. Cohen won his third WGA award for "A Test Before Trying". In 2015 Brian Kelley won for "Brick Like Me". In 2019 Stephanie Gillis won for "Bart’s Not Dead". In 2020 Dan Vebber won for "Thanksgiving of Horror". In 2005 Don Payne won the Paul Selvin Award for "Fraudcast News". In 2006, long time writers
Al Jean Alfred Ernest Jean III (born January 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer. Jean is well known for his work on ''The Simpsons''. He was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his wri ...
and
Mike Reiss Michael L. Reiss ( '; born ) is an American television comedy writer and author. He served as a show-runner, writer and producer for the animated series ''The Simpsons'' and co-created the animated series ''The Critic''. He created and wrote ...
were given the Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award which is given to writers that "advanced the literature of animation in film and/or television through the years and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the animation writer." In 2010 long-time writer Mike Scully received this award, and in 2012 series creator Matt Groening received the award. In 2013, series co-developer and long-time Executive Producer Sam Simon received this honor.


Animation


Comedy series


Paul Selvin award


Video game writing


Other awards

In 1997, ''The Simpsons'' became the first animated series to win a
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, and won it "for providing exceptional animation and stinging social satire, both commodities which are in extremely short supply in television today."''The Simpsons'' award profile on th
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. Retrieved on October 4, 2014.
In 2020 The Simpsons won a Peabody Institutional Award. In 2000, The Simpsons were given a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, Californ ...
. This applies to The Simpsons in person, not the series. The star is located at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. ''The Simpsons'' has never won a
Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
, but was nominated in 2002 in the Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy category, which it would lose to ''
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''. In 1998, the series was nominated for a
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in the Best International Programme Or Series category, but would lose to ''
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''. In 1996, the "Homer³" segment of "
Treehouse of Horror VI "Treehouse of Horror VI" is the sixth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the sixth episode in the ''Treehouse of Horror'' series. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on ...
" was awarded the
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grand prize.


Awards for ''The Simpsons Movie''

''
The Simpsons Movie ''The Simpsons Movie'' is a 2007 American Animation, animated comedy film based on the long-running animated sitcom ''The Simpsons''. The film was directed by the show's supervising director David Silverman (animator), David Silverman and star ...
'' was released on July 27, 2007, and has been a financial success, grossing over $500,000,000 worldwide.


Awards for ''The Longest Daycare''

''
The Longest Daycare ''Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"'' or simply ''The Longest Daycare'', is a 2012 American animated 3D comedy short film based on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. In the film, Maggie Simpson is enrolled at a new daycare fa ...
'' is a 3D, short film starring
Maggie Simpson Margaret Evelyn Lenny "Maggie" Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and a part of the Simpson family, notably the youngest member. She first appeared on television in the '' Tracey Ullman Show'' sh ...
, which was shown prior to screenings of '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'', on July 13, 2012, in the United States.


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