The Simpsons also holds two world records from the Guinness World Records: Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series and Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television Series.[1]
Awards for The Simpsons
Annie Awards
First awarded in 1972, the Annie Awards 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.
The Simpsons has won 36 Primetime Emmy Awards in four categories, but has been nominated for 78 awards in nine different categories. Two of these nominations were for "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", 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.[26]
In 2001, Yeardley Smith's character Lisa Simpson won an EMA Award.
The Simpsons has won nine Environmental Media Awards.[1] 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".[40]
"Lisa the Vegetarian", an episode produced by David Mirkin, won a Genesis Award in 1996
The Genesis Awards are given out annually by the Humane Society of the United States "to the news and entertainment media for shining that spotlight into the darkest corners of animal abuse and exploitation."[55]
The Golden Reel Awards are presented annually by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. 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.[63]
Year
Nominees
Episode
Result
1998
Robert Mackston, Travis Powers Norm MacLeod & Terry Greene
The Simpsons has won thirteen Writers Guild of America Awards. The Animation category was introduced in 2003, and although the Futurama episode "Godfellas" 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.[70] In 2009, the writers received their first nomination in the comedy series category.[71] In 2011, the show's writers received two nominations in the category, and lost the award to Futurama's "The Prisoner of Benda". 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 and Mike Reiss 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."[72] 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.
In 1997, The Simpsons became the first animated series to win a Peabody Award, and won it "for providing exceptional animation and stinging social satire, both commodities which are in extremely short supply in television today."[84] In 2020 The Simpsons won a Peabody Institutional Award. In 2000, The Simpsons were given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This applies to The Simpsons in person, not the series. The star is located at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.[85]
^ abcJean, Al (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Mr. Plow" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
^Holloway, Diane (February 2, 1993). "'Simpsons' get Emmy's respect – Academy lets series drop cartoon status to compete as sitcom". Austin American-Statesman. p. B4.
^Holloway, Diane (July 23, 1993). "CBS, 'Northern Exposure' lead Emmy nominations". Austin American-Statesman. p. B4.
^Ginny Holbert (July 23, 1993). "Some Hits – and Misses – Emmy List Has Notable Omissions". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 35.
^Ray Richmond (July 23, 1993). "Emmy selections go from horrible ('92) to terrible ('93)". Daily News of Los Angeles. p. L44.
^Walt Belcher (July 22, 1994). "Casting about for an Emmy – Bart Simpson and Tim Allen aren't in the running for TV's big awards". The Tampa Tribune. p. 1.
