Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show

Last updated July 24, 2025

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show
Awarded for	Outstanding Host for a Game Show
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	2023
Currently held by	Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune (2024)
Website	emmys.com
Related	Replaced the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show is an award that was first presented in 2023.^[1]

History
Winners and nominations
2020s
Multiple nominations
References

History

Before the creation of the category, game show hosts competed in Host for a Reality or Competition Program or the Daytime Emmy category of Outstanding Game Show Host.^[2]

Winners and nominations

2020s

Year	Host	Program	Network
2023 (75th) ^[3]
	Keke Palmer	Password	NBC
	Mayim Bialik	Jeopardy!	Syndicated
	Steve Harvey	Family Feud
	Ken Jennings	Jeopardy!
	Pat Sajak	Wheel of Fortune
2024 (76th) ^[4]
	Pat Sajak	Wheel of Fortune	ABC/Syndicated
	Steve Harvey	Celebrity Family Feud	ABC
	Ken Jennings	Jeopardy!	ABC/Syndicated
	Keke Palmer	Password	NBC
	Jane Lynch	Weakest Link	NBC
2025 (77th) ^[5]
	Elizabeth Banks	Press Your Luck	ABC
	Steve Harvey	Celebrity Family Feud	ABC
	Ken Jennings	Jeopardy!	ABC/Syndicated
	Colin Jost	Pop Culture Jeopardy!	Prime Video
	Jimmy Kimmel	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	ABC

Multiple nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

↑ "Emmy Awards Update: Game Show Categories". Television Academy. August 10, 2022.
↑ Emmys nominate both Jeopardy hosts Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings in new host category|Entertainment Weekly
↑ "Nominees/Winners; Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 13, 2023.
↑ "Nominees/Winners; Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 19, 2024.
↑ "Nominees/Winners; Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 23, 2025.

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show
Keke Palmer (2023) Pat Sajak (2024)
The category was moved from the Daytime Emmy Awards under Outstanding Game Show Host.

v t e Primetime Emmy Award categories
Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited or Anthology Series Television Movie Reality Competition Program Talk Series Scripted Variety Series Animated Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Game Show Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special (Live) Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Game Show Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program Narrator
Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Directing for a Reality Program
Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Animation	Individual Achievement in Animation
Casting	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Casting for a Reality Program
Choreography	Choreography for Scripted Programming Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming
Cinematography	Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
Commercials	Commercial
Costume Design	Contemporary Costumes Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Period Costumes Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Hairstyling	Contemporary Hairstyling Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
Lighting	Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Main Title / Motion Design	Main Title Design Motion Design
Makeup	Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Prosthetic Makeup
Music	Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Music Direction Music Supervision Original Main Title Theme Music Original Music and Lyrics
Picture Editing	Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Drama Series Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming
Production Design	Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series Production Design for a Variety Special
Sound Editing	Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Sound Mixing	Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program Sound Mixing for a Reality Program Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Special Effects	Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie / Special and Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Stunts	Stunt Coordination Stunt Performance
Technical Direction	Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special
Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award
Retired	Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Children's Program Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Interactive Program Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) New Series Program of the Year Short Form Animated Program Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Variety Series Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance
Emmy categories Primetime Daytime International Sports Children's and Family

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