List of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies

This is a list of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies, the years which they were honoring, their hosts, and their ceremony dates.[1]

List of ceremonies

# Date Year Host(s) Network Site Most-awarded program(s) U.S. viewers (millions) Ref.
1st January 25, 1949 1948 Walter O'Keefe KTSL Hollywood Athletic Club
— [2][3][4]
2nd January 27, 1950 1949
KFI Ambassador Hotel
[5][6][7]
3rd January 23, 1951 1950 Syd Cassyd KLAC The Alan Young Show [8][9]
4th February 18, 1952 1951
KECA Cocoanut Grove Your Show of Shows
5th February 3, 1953 1952 Art Linkletter KLAC Hotel Statler I Love Lucy
6th February 11, 1954 1953 Ed Sullivan KHJ Hollywood Palladium
7th March 7, 1955 1954
NBC
Studio One
8th March 17, 1956 1955
9th March 16, 1957 1956 Desi Arnaz NBC Studios (LA & NY)
10th April 15, 1958 1957
Playhouse 90
11th May 6, 1959 1958–59 Raymond Burr
An Evening with Fred Astaire
12th June 20, 1960 1959–60
13th May 16, 1961 1960–61
Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Macbeth"
14th May 22, 1962 1961–62
The Defenders
15th May 26, 1963 1962–63
16th May 25, 1964 1963–64
The Dick Van Dyke Show
17th September 12, 1965 1964–65
Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"
18th May 22, 1966 1965–66
CBS
The Dick Van Dyke Show
19th June 4, 1967 1966–67
ABC
Mission: Impossible
20th May 19, 1968 1967–68
NBC
Get Smart
21st June 8, 1969 1968–69
CBS
CBS Playhouse: "The People Next Door" [10][11]
22nd June 7, 1970 1969–70
ABC
[12][13]
23rd May 9, 1971 1970–71 Johnny Carson NBC Hollywood Palladium
24th May 14, 1972 1971–72 CBS All in the Family
25th May 20, 1973 1972–73 ABC Shubert Theatre The Waltons
26th May 28, 1974 1973–74 NBC Pantages Theatre
27th May 19, 1975 1974–75 — CBS Hollywood Palladium The Mary Tyler Moore Show 30.83[14]
28th May 17, 1976 1975–76
ABC Shubert Theatre 31.38[14]
29th September 11, 1977 1976–77
NBC Pasadena Civic Auditorium Roots —
30th September 17, 1978 1977–78 Alan Alda CBS
31st September 9, 1979 1978–79
ABC
32nd September 7, 1980 1979–80
NBC Lou Grant
33rd September 13, 1981 1980–81
CBS Hill Street Blues
34th September 19, 1982 1981–82
ABC 33.01[14]
35th September 25, 1983 1982–83
NBC Cheers 24.50[14]
36th September 23, 1984 1983–84 Tom Selleck CBS Hill Street Blues 20.28[14]
37th September 22, 1985 1984–85 John Forsythe ABC Cagney & Lacey —
38th September 21, 1986 1985–86
NBC 35.79[14]
39th September 20, 1987 1986–87 Bruce Willis Fox Promise 14.38[14]
40th August 28, 1988 1987–88 — Thirtysomething 15.43[14]
41st September 17, 1989 1988–89 John Larroquette Cheers 17.23[14]
42nd September 16, 1990 1989–90
L.A. Law 12.3[15]
43rd August 25, 1991 1990–91
Cheers 18.51[14]
44th August 30, 1992 1991–92
20.41[14]
45th September 19, 1993 1992–93 Angela Lansbury ABC
18.9[citation needed]
46th September 11, 1994 1993–94
Frasier 21.3[citation needed]
47th September 10, 1995 1994–95
Fox 18.04[14]
48th September 8, 1996 1995–96
ABC
20.58[14]
49th September 14, 1997 1996–97 Bryant Gumbel CBS NYPD Blue 18.77[14]
50th September 13, 1998 1997–98 — NBC Shrine Auditorium
19.36[14]
51st September 12, 1999 1998–99
Fox The Practice 17.5[16]
52nd September 10, 2000 1999–2000 Garry Shandling ABC The West Wing 21.8[17]
53rd November 4, 2001[a] 2000–01 Ellen DeGeneres CBS Shubert Theatre[b] 17.1[21]
54th September 22, 2002 2001–02 Conan O'Brien NBC Shrine Auditorium 20.0[22]
55th September 21, 2003 2002–03 — Fox
17.7[23]
56th September 19, 2004 2003–04 Garry Shandling ABC Angels in America 13.8[24]
57th September 18, 2005 2004–05 Ellen DeGeneres CBS
18.7[24]
58th August 27, 2006 2005–06 Conan O'Brien NBC Elizabeth I 16.1[24]
59th September 16, 2007 2006–07 Ryan Seacrest Fox
13.06[25]
60th September 21, 2008 2007–08
ABC Peacock Theater[c] John Adams 12.2[15]
61st September 20, 2009 2008–09 Neil Patrick Harris CBS
13.47[28]
62nd August 29, 2010 2009–10 Jimmy Fallon NBC Temple Grandin 13.50[28]
63rd September 18, 2011 2010–11 Jane Lynch Fox Modern Family 12.44[29]
64th September 23, 2012 2011–12 Jimmy Kimmel ABC
13.26[30]
65th September 22, 2013 2012–13 Neil Patrick Harris CBS Behind the Candelabra 17.63[31]
66th August 25, 2014 2013–14 Seth Meyers NBC Breaking Bad 15.59[32]
67th September 20, 2015 2014–15 Andy Samberg Fox Olive Kitteridge 11.87[33]
68th September 18, 2016 2015–16 Jimmy Kimmel ABC The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story 11.30[34]
69th September 17, 2017 2016–17 Stephen Colbert CBS
11.38[35]
70th September 17, 2018 2017–18
NBC The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 10.17[36]
71st September 22, 2019 2018–19 — Fox Fleabag 6.98[37] [38]
72nd September 20, 2020 2019–20 Jimmy Kimmel ABC Staples Center[d] Schitt's Creek 6.36[40] [41]
73rd September 19, 2021 2020–21 Cedric the Entertainer CBS The Event Deck at L.A. Live[e] The Crown 7.83[43] [44]
74th September 12, 2022 2021–22 Kenan Thompson NBC Peacock Theater[c] The White Lotus 5.92[45] [46]
75th January 15, 2024[f] 2022–23 Anthony Anderson Fox
4.46[50] [51]
76th September 15, 2024 2023–24
ABC
TBA [52]

Notes

  1. ^ The ceremony was originally scheduled for September 16, 2001, but was postponed due to the September 11 attacks.[18] The ceremony was then rescheduled for October 7, 2001, but was delayed again due to the start of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.[19]
  2. ^ The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at the Shrine Auditorium, but the venue was changed due to the postponements.[20]
  3. ^ a b Known as the Nokia Theatre until June 2015,[26] then as the Microsoft Theater until July 2023.[27]
  4. ^ The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at the Microsoft Theater, but the venue was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; nominees attended virtually from their homes or other locations.[39]
  5. ^ The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at the Microsoft Theater, but the venue was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[42]
  6. ^ The ceremony was originally scheduled for September 18, 2023,[47] but was postponed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.[48][49]

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