List of television programs with the most Primetime Emmy Awards per ceremony

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This is a list of television programs that have won the most Primetime Emmy Awards at their respective ceremonies. Only major awards are counted.

YearProgram(s)NetworkNo. of awards
1949 Pantomime Quiz KTLA 1
1950 Crusade in Europe
The Ed Wynn Show
Texaco Star Theatre
Time for Beany
KTTV
KTTV
KNBH
KTLA
1951 The Alan Young Show
Campus Chorus and Orchestra
City at Night
KFI-TV University
KTLA Newsreel
Los Angeles Rams Football
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
Time for Beany
Truth or Consequences
KTTV
KTSL
KTLA
KFI
KTLA
KNBH
KECA
KTLA
KTTV
1952 The Red Skelton Show
Studio One
Your Show of Shows
NBC
CBS
NBC
1953 Dragnet
I Love Lucy
Robert Montgomery Presents
See It Now
Time for Beany
What's My Line?
Your Show of Shows
NBC
CBS
NBC
CBS
KTLA
CBS
NBC
1954 I Love Lucy
The United States Steel Hour
CBS
ABC
2
1955 Studio OneCBS3
1956 The Phil Silvers Show
Producers' Showcase
CBS
NBC
4
1957 Caesar's Hour
Playhouse 90
NBC
CBS
5
1958 Playhouse 90CBS4
1959 An Evening with Fred Astaire NBC5
1960 The Jack Benny Program#Television
The Moon and Sixpence
CBS
NBC
2
1961 Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC5
1962 The Defenders CBS4
1963
1964 The Dick Van Dyke Show 5
1965 Hallmark Hall of FameNBC3
1966 The Dick Van Dyke ShowCBS5
1967 Mission: Impossible 3
1968 CBS Playhouse
Get Smart
CBS
NBC
1969 CBS Playhouse
Get Smart
Male of the Species
CBS
NBC
NBC
2
1970 Marcus Welby, M.D.
Room 222
ABC
ABC
3
1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
NBC
NBC
CBS
4
1972 All in the Family CBS6
1973 The Waltons 5
1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
CBS
CBS
1975 The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCBS
1976
1977 Roots ABC6
1978 All in the Family
Holocaust
CBS
NBC
1979 All in the Family
Friendly Fire
The Jericho Mile
Lou Grant
Roots: The Next Generations
Taxi
CBS
ABC
ABC
CBS
ABC
ABC
2
1980 Lou GrantCBS5
1981 Hill Street Blues NBC6
1982 4
1983 Cheers
1984 Hill Street Blues
1985 Cagney & Lacey CBS
1986
1987 Promise 5
1988 Thirtysomething ABC4
1989 Cheers
Murphy Brown
NBC
CBS
3
1990 L.A. Law
Murphy Brown
1991 CheersNBC4
1992 Miss Rose White
Murphy Brown
Northern Exposure
NBC
CBS
CBS
3
1993 Picket Fences
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Seinfeld
CBS
HBO
NBC
1994 Frasier
Picket Fences
NBC
CBS
4
1995 FrasierNBC5
1996 Dennis Miller Live
Frasier
Gulliver's Travels
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
Picket Fences
Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
The X-Files
HBO
NBC
NBC
CBS
CBS
HBO
FOX
2
1997 NYPD Blue ABC4
1998 Frasier
George Wallace
NYPD Blue
The Practice
NBC
TNT
ABC
ABC
3
1999 The PracticeABC4
2000 The West Wing NBC5
2001 4
2002
2003 Door to Door
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Sopranos
TNT
CBS
HBO
2004 [1] Angels in America HBO7
2005 [2] Desperate Housewives ABC3
Everybody Loves RaymondCBS
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO
2006 [3] Elizabeth I HBO4
2007 [4] Broken Trail AMC 3
Prime Suspect: The Final Act PBS
The SopranosHBO
2008 [5] 30 Rock NBC5
John Adams HBO
2009 [6] 30 RockNBC3
Grey Gardens HBO
Little Dorrit PBS
2010 [7] Temple Grandin HBO5
2011 [8] Modern Family ABC5
2012 [9] Game Change HBO4
Homeland Showtime
Modern FamilyABC
2013 [10] Behind the Candelabra HBO3
2014 [11] Breaking Bad AMC5
2015 [12] Olive Kitteridge HBO6
2016 [13] The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX 5
2017 [14] Big Little Lies HBO5
The Handmaid's Tale Hulu
2018 [15] The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Amazon Video 5
2019 [16] Fleabag Amazon Video4
2020 [17] Schitt's Creek Pop TV 7
2021 [18] The Crown Netflix 7
2022 [19] The White Lotus HBO5
2023 The Bear Hulu6
Succession HBO

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