11:01 AM PDT, September 19, 2016
Click through to find out which shows have scored big over the years -- some might surprise you!
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Most Wins by a Television Program
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NBC
Saturday Night Live - 50
Most Wins by a Drama Series
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HBO
Game of Thrones - 38
Most Wins by a Comedy Series
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NBC
Fraiser - 37
Most Wins by Any Fictional Series
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HBO
Game of Thrones - 38
Most Wins by a Series in a Single Season
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'Game of Thrones' - 12 wins in 2015 and 2016 (season 5 and 6, respectively)
Most Wins by an Animated Program
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FOX
The Simpsons - 32
Most Wins by a Reality-Competition Program
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CBS
The Amazing Race and Dancing With the Stars - tied for 15
Most Wins by an Online-Streaming Original Program
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Amazon
Transparent - 8
Most Wins for Outstanding Drama Series
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AMC
Mad Men (2008-2001), The West Wing (2000-2003), L.A. Law (1987, 1989-1991), and Hill Street Blues (1981-1984) - 4 wins each
Most Wins for Outstanding Comedy Series
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ABC
Modern Family (2010-2014) and Frasier (1994-1998) - tied for 5 each
Most Wins for Outstanding Animated Program
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FOX
The Simpsons - 10 in 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998. 2001, 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2008
Most Wins for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
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Comedy Central
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 11 from 2003-2012 and in 2015
Most Wins for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
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The Kennedy Center Honors - 7 wins in 1994, 1996, and 2009-2013
Most Wins for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
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CBS
The Amazing Race - 10 wins from 2003-2009, 2011-2012, and in 2014
Most Wins for Acting in a Drama Series
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HBO
The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and The West Wing - all tied with 9
Most Wins for Acting in a Comedy Series
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CBS
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - 16
Most Wins for Acting in a Television Movie
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ABC
The Glass Menagerie - 4 in 1974
Most Wins for Acting in a Limited Series
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HBO
Angels in America - 4 in 2004
Most Wins by a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
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NBC
Saturday Night Live - 49
Most Wins by a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
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The Kennedy Center Honors - 15
Most Wins by a Television Movie
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HBO
Behind the Candelabra and Eleanor and Franklin - tied for 11, 2013 and 1977, respectively
Most Wins by a Single Episode
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HBO
Boardwalk Empire for "Boardwalk Empire (Pilot)" in 2011 and Game of Thrones for "Battle of the Bastards" in 2016 - tied for 6 each
Most Wins by an Animated Program in a Single Year
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FOX
The Simpson - 6 in 1992 (season 3)
Most Wins by a Program in All Major Categories
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HBO
Angels in America - 7 in 2004
Most Wins by a Drama Series in Its First Season
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NBC
West Wing - 9 in 2000
Most Wins by a Drama Series in Its Final Season
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AMC
Breaking Bad - 9 in 2013-2014
Most Wins by a Comedy Series in Its First Season
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ABC
Modern Family - 6 in 2010
Most Wins by a Comedy Series in Its Final Season
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NBC
Frasier - 6 in 2004
Most Wins by a Series in Its First Season
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NBC
West Wing - 9 in 2000
Most Wins by a Writer/Producer
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Jon Stewart - 22
Most Wins by a Network in a Single Year
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CBS
CBS - 44 in 1974
Most Wins for Outstanding Host for a Reality-Competition Program
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Jeff Probst - 4 wins from 2008-2011
Most Wins by a Performer for the Same Role in the Same Series
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HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer on Veep, Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown for Murphy Brown, and Don Knotts as Barney Fife for The Andy Griffith Show - tied for 5 each
Most Wins for an Individual Performance
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CBS
Harvey Korman - 4 in 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1974 for his work on The Carol Burnett Show
Most Wins by an Individual in a Single Year
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Moira Demos - 4 in 2016
Most Wins by an Individual
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Sheila Nevins - 32
Most Wins by a Performer
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Cloris Leachman - 8
Most Wins by a Limited Series
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HBO
John Adams - 13
Most Wins by a Network
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NBC - over 1,000
Oldest Emmy Winner
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Betty White was 88 when she won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live in 2010. She also holds the record for oldest nominee, as she was nominated in 2012 at age 90 for Outstanding Hose for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program for Betty White's Off Their Rockers.
Youngest Emmy Winner
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ABC
Roxana Zal was 14 years, 314 days old when she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for Something About Amelia in 1984.
Most Nominations for a Television Program
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NBC
Saturday Night Live - 209
SNL also scored the most nominations for a variety, music, or comedy series overall and in a single year, as well as the most nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series and most nominations for a variety, music, or comedy series in a single year with 16 nods in both 2011 and 2016.
SNL also scored the most nominations for a variety, music, or comedy series overall and in a single year, as well as the most nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series and most nominations for a variety, music, or comedy series in a single year with 16 nods in both 2011 and 2016.
Most Nominations for a Drama Series
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NBC
ER - 124
Most Nominations for a Comedy Series
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NBC
Cheers - 117
Most Nominations for a Drama Series in Its First Season
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ABC
NYPD Blue - 27 in 1994
Those 27 nods also earned the hit procedural the honor of having the most nominations for a drama series in a single year.
Those 27 nods also earned the hit procedural the honor of having the most nominations for a drama series in a single year.
Most Nominations for a Drama Series in Its Final Season
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AMC
Breaking Bad - 29 in 2013-2014
Most Nominations for a Comedy Series in its First Season
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FOX
Glee - 19 in 2010
Most Nominations for a Comedy Series in Its Final Season
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NBC
30 Rock - 13 in 2013
The NBC sitcom also received the most nominations for a comedy series in a single year, scoring 22 nods in 2009.
The NBC sitcom also received the most nominations for a comedy series in a single year, scoring 22 nods in 2009.
Most Nominations for Outstanding Host for a Reality-Competition Program
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ABC
Tom Bergeron - 9 (for Dancing With the Stars)
Most Nominations for Outstanding Drama Series
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NBC
Law & Order - 11
Most Nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series
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CBS
M*A*S*H and Cheers - tied at 11 each
Most Nominations for Outstanding Animated Program
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FOX
The Simpsons - 24
The animated juggernaut also scored the most nominations for an animated program in a single year, earning 9 nods in both 1990 and 2009.
The animated juggernaut also scored the most nominations for an animated program in a single year, earning 9 nods in both 1990 and 2009.
Most Nominations for a Reality-Competition Program
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ABC
Dancing With the Stars - 87
Most Nominations for a Reality-Competition Program in a Single Year
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NBC
The Voice (2014), American Idol (2011), and Dancing With the Stars (2009) - 10 each
Most Nominations for an Individual in a Single Year
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ETONLINE
Louis C.K. - 9 in 2013
Most Nominations for a Network in a Single Year
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HBO
HBO - 126 in 2015