| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1970 |
| Currently held by | Only Murders in the Building , "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" (2024) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It is awarded to the best original song or score created specifically for a television program. The award was first presented in 2000 and has since become a prestigious honor in the television industry. The nominees are judged based on their creativity, originality, and contribution to the overall quality of the program. The award recognizes the importance of music and lyrics in television, and the impact they have on the audience's emotional connection to the show.
The award has gone by several names:
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 [1] | Love, American Style |
| ABC | |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Carol Channing") | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||
| Spoon River |
| CBS | ||
| 1971 [2] | The First Nine Months Are the Hardest | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| The Dean Martin Show | Lee Hale (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||
| The Name of the Game |
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| Pure Goldie | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1972 [3] | The Funny Side ("The Funny Side of Marriage") | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Liza Minnelli") | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | CBS | ||
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1973 [4] | Liza with a Z |
| NBC | |
| The Marcus-Nelson Murders ( The CBS Thursday Night Movie ) | "Don't Give Me a Road I Can't Walk" |
| CBS | |
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("Lyle Waggoner & Jean Stapleton") | "The Gloria Majestic Story" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ||
| 1974 [5] | Ironside | "Light My Way" |
| NBC |
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | "The Love That Lights Our Way" | Fred Karlin (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| Kojak | Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1975 [6] | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom |
| CBS | |
| Cher ("Bette Midler, Flip Wilson & Elton John") |
| CBS | ||
| Chico and the Man | Theme |
| NBC | |
| Police Woman | Theme | Morton Stevens (music & lyrics) | ||
| Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now |
| CBS | ||
| 1976 [7] | The Carol Burnett Show ("The Pointer Sisters") | "Cinderella Gets It On!" |
| CBS |
| Gypsy in My Soul |
| CBS | ||
| 1977 [8] [note 1] | America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | Larry Grossman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| An Evening with Diana Ross |
| NBC | ||
| How the West Was Won | Theme | Jerrold Immel (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Minstrel Man | "Early in the Morning" |
| CBS | |
| Police Woman ("Killer Cowboys") | "Leave Me Tomorrow" |
| NBC | |
| 1978 | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material [9] | |||
| The Carol Burnett Show ("Steve Lawrence") | "Hi-Hat" |
| CBS | |
| The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | "See You Tomorrow in Class" |
| ABC | |
| Donny & Marie ("Ray Bolger") | "Leading Lady" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Poldark ( Masterpiece Theatre ) | Theme | Kenyon Emrys-Roberts (music & lyrics) | PBS | |
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | "Until the Music Ends" |
| NBC | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events - Individuals [10] [note 2] | ||||
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | "Look How Far We've Come" |
| ABC | |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events [11] [note 3] | |||
| The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | "Dancin' on the Silver Screen" |
| ABC | |
| 1981 [12] | Linda in Wonderland | "This Is My Night" |
| CBS |
| All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special | "Truman Capote Jeans" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land | "The City of Tradition" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Homeward Bound | "Home" |
| CBS | |
| The Way They Were | "In the Beginning" |
| Syndicated | |
| 1982 [13] | Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | "On the Outside Looking In" |
| CBS |
| Advice to the Lovelorn | "If This is Love" |
| NBC | |
| The Gift of Life | "Just a Little More Love" |
| CBS | |
| The Greatest American Hero ("Dreams") | "Dreams" | Stephen Geyer (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Night of 100 Stars | "What's Your Line?" | Kohan (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Walt Disney... One Man's Dream | "Marceline" |
| CBS | |
| 1983 [14] | Two of a Kind (GE Theater) | "We'll Win This World" |
| CBS |
| The 55th Annual Academy Awards | "And It All Comes Down to This" |
| ABC | |
| Bare Essence | "In Finding You, I Found Love" |
| CBS | |
| Cheers ("Give Me a Ring Sometime") | "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" |
| NBC | |
| Happy Endings | Theme Song |
| CBS | |
| Quincy, M.E. ("Quincy's Wedding, Part 2") | "Quincy's Wedding Song" |
| NBC | |
| Suzanne Somers... and 10,000 G.I.'s | "We're Not So Dumb" |
| CBS | |
| 1984 [15] | Here's Television Entertainment | "Gone Too Soon" |
| NBC |
| Burnett Discovers Domingo | "No Time Now" |
| CBS | |
| Fame ("Break Dance") | "I Still Believe In Me" |
| Syndicated | |
| Fame ("Catch a Falling Star") | "Whatever Happened to the Heroes?" |
| ||
| Two Marriages | "Home Here" |
| ABC | |
| 1985 [16] | Love Lives On | "Wildflower" & "Lullaby" |
| NBC |
| Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration | "Thank You (For Thirty Happy Years)" |
| NBC | |
| Moonlighting ("Pilot") | "Moonlighting" |
| ABC | |
| Motown Returns to the Apollo | "Tall, Tan, and Teasing" |
| NBC | |
| 1986 [17] | Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa | "My Christmas Wish" |
| NBC |
| All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan | "America Is Changing Back to What She Used to Be" |
| CBS | |
| America Picks the #1 Song | "Take It to the People" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Growing Pains | "As Long As We Got Each Other" |
| ||
| The Third Annual NBC All-Star Hour | "One Big Happy Family" |
| NBC | |
| The 12th People's Choice Awards | "The People's Choice" | Brown (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| 1987 [18] | Liberty Weekend: Opening Ceremonies | "Welcome to Liberty" |
| ABC |
| The 59th Annual Academy Awards | "Sing Me the Song, the Song from the Movie" |
| ABC | |
| Jack and Mike ("Fire and Ice") | "This Love's for Real" | Nan Schwartz (music & lyrics) | ||
| Liberty Weekend: Closing Ceremonies | "Liberty! Remember, Rejoice, Renew" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ||
| 1988 [19] | Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas | "The Sound of Christmas" |
| ABC |
| Growing Pains ("Aloha") | "Swept Away" |
| ABC | |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | "Comedy Ain't No Joke" |
| NBC | |
| NBC Investigates Bob Hope | "A Man Is Innocent/Until Proven Guilty" |
| ||
| 1989 [20] | Beauty and the Beast ("A Distant Shore") | "The First Time I Loved Forever" |
| CBS |
| Dadah Is Death ("Part 1") | "In The Light of Our Love" |
| CBS | |
| Roseanne ("Radio Days") | "I'll Never Change My Mind" |
| ABC | |
| Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting | "Look Through the Window" | Joe Raposo (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Shining Time Station ("A Place Unlike Any Other") | "Start Where You Are" |
| PBS | |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 [21] | From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival |
| NBC | |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | ""I'll Be the One" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration | "You Were There" |
| ABC | |
| Twin Peaks ("Episode 5") | "Into the Night" |
| ||
| 1991 [22] | Cop Rock ("Pilot") | "He's Guilty!" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| Cop Rock ("Oil of Ol'Lay") | "Nowhere to Go, Nothin' to Do" |
| ABC | |
| Life Goes On ("Corky's Travels") | "Bittersweet Waltz" |
| ||
| The Lost Capone | "I Didn't Hear You" |
| TNT | |
| Matlock ("The Critic") | "Love and Justice" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| 1992 [23] | Cast a Deadly Spell | "Why Do I Lie?" |
| HBO |
| The Carol Burnett Show ("404") | "Rock Out of That Rockin' Chair" |
| CBS | |
| A Salute to America's Pets | "Love Without Strings" |
| ABC | |
| The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards | "We Have Come to Learn" |
| Disney | |
| 1993 [24] | Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall | "Sorry I Asked" |
| NPT |
| Blind Spot | "Good Things Grow" |
| CBS | |
| Bob Hope: The First 90 Years | "Where There's Life, There's Hope" |
| NBC | |
| The Heights | "How Do You Talk to an Angel" |
| Fox | |
| I'll Fly Away | "State Until You Come Home" | Stephen James Taylor | NBC | |
| 1994 [25] | Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When | "The Song Remembers When" | Hugh Prestwood (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| Carol Burnett: The Special Years | "One Lucky Lady" |
| CBS | |
| The Corpse Had a Familiar Face | "Something Is Out There" |
| ||
| Murder, She Wrote ("A Death in Hong Kong") | "The Game's Not the Same" |
| ||
| The Simpsons ("Homer and Apu") | "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" |
| Fox | |
| The Tony Awards | "Celebrate Broadway" |
| CBS | |
| 1995 [26] | Barbra Streisand: The Concert | "Ordinary Miracles" |
| HBO |
| Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | "All the Days aka Rooftop Source" | Nan Schwartz Mishkin (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| Robbie Robertson: Going Home | "Pray" | Robbie Robertson (music & lyrics) | Disney | |
| A Season of Hope | "For a Love Like You" |
| CBS | |
| The Simpsons ("Homer the Great") | "We Do (The Stonecutters Song)" |
| Fox | |
| 1996 [27] | Bye Bye Birdie | "Let's Settle Down" |
| ABC |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | "The Perfect Tree" |
| CBS | |
| People: A Musical Celebration | "Children of the World" |
| Disney | |
| The Simpsons ("Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part 2") | "Señor Burns" |
| Fox | |
| The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | "Come on In" |
| Disney | |
| 1997 [28] | The Simpsons ("Bart After Dark") | "We Put the Spring in Springfield" |
| Fox |
| Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh | "I Wanna Scare Myself" |
| CBS | |
| Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies | "The Power of the Dream" |
| NBC | |
| "Faster, Higher, Stronger" |
| |||
| Mrs. Santa Claus | "Mrs. Santa Claus" | Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| 1998 [29] | The Simpsons ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson") | "You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)" |
| Fox |
| The Closer ("Baby, It's Cold Outside") | "You Don't Know Jack" |
| CBS | |
| Mr. Show with Bob and David ("Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice") | "How High the Mountain" |
| HBO | |
| Xena: Warrior Princess ("The Bitter Suite") | "Hearts Are Hurting" |
| Syndicated | |
| "The Love of Your Love" | LoDuca (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1999 [30] | AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | "A Ticket to Dream" |
| CBS |
| Home Improvement ("The Long and Winding Road (Part 2)") | "We've Got It All" | Dan Foliart (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular ("Episode 118") | "Freedom Dot Com" |
| FX | |
| Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | "Places in the Heart" |
| ABC | |
| You Lucky Dog | "Togetherness" |
| Disney |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [31] | Nickellennium | "Up to You" | John Kimbrough (music & lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards | "My Bill Gates" |
| ABC | |
| AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars | "Without You" |
| CBS | |
| Family Guy ("Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater") | "We Only Live to Kiss Your Ass" |
| Fox | |
| Freedom Song | "Song of Freedom" | Carole King (music & lyrics) | TNT | |
| 2001 [32] | Yesterday's Children | "A Dream That Only I Can Know" | Patrick Williams (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | "On the Way to Becoming Me" |
| Fox | |
| Dancing in September | "Welcome Back (All My Soulmates)" |
| HBO | |
| Gary & Mike ("New York, New York") | "Mole Folks Song" |
| UPN | |
| Robert Klein: Child in His 50s | "Colonoscopy" |
| HBO | |
| 2002 [33] | Family Guy ("Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows") | "You've Got a Lot to See" |
| Fox |
| The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers | "A Mackie Rag" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Christmas Every Day") | "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas" |
| Nickelodeon | |
| Judging Amy ("Beating the Bounds") | "The Best Kind of Answer" | Peter Himmelman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| The Simpsons ("The Old Man and the Key") | "Ode to Branson" |
| Fox | |
| 2003 [34] | The Concert for World Children's Day | "Aren't They All Our Children" |
| ABC |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Love Struck!") | "It's Great to Be a Guy" |
| Nickelodeon | |
| "What Girls Love" |
| |||
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | "Everyone Matters" |
| NBC | |
| The Simpsons ("Dude, Where's My Ranch?") | "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" |
| Fox | |
| 2004 [35] | Until the Violence Stops | "Because You Are Beautiful" |
| Lifetime |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Abra-Catastrophe") | "Wish Come True!" |
| Nickelodeon | |
| Futurama ("The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings") | "I Want My Hands Back" | Ken Keeler (music & lyrics) | Fox | |
| Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On | "The Street We Live On" |
| PBS | |
| The Simpsons ("The President Wore Pearls") | "A Vote for a Winner" |
| Fox | |
| 2005 [36] | Reefer Madness | "Mary Jane/Mary Lane" |
| Showtime |
| Malcolm in the Middle ("Dewey's Opera") | "The Marriage Bed" |
| Fox | |
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | "When I'm with You" |
| ABC | |
| The Simpsons ("A Star Is Torn") | "Always My Dad" |
| Fox | |
| Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America | "The Tears of the Angels" | Michael Bolton (music & lyrics) | Lifetime | |
| 2006 [37] | MADtv ("Episode 1111") | "A Wonderfully Normal Day" |
| Fox |
| Gideon's Daughter | "Natasha's Song" |
| BBC America | |
| High School Musical | "Breaking Free" | Jamie Houston (music & lyrics) | Disney | |
| "Get'cha Head in the Game" |
| |||
| Once Upon a Mattress | "That Baby of Mine" |
| ABC | |
| 2007 [38] | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Dick in a Box" |
| NBC |
| Family Guy ("Peter's Two Dads") | "My Drunken Irish Dad" |
| Fox | |
| MADtv ("Episode 1209") | "Merry Ex-Mas" |
| ||
| Scrubs ("My Musical") | "Everything Comes Down to Poo" |
| NBC | |
| "Guy Love" | Paul F. Perry (music) | |||
| 2008 [39] | Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("The 5th Year Anniversary Show") | "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" |
| ABC |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Bret Gives Up the Dream") | "Inner City Pressure" |
| HBO | |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Sally") | "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" |
| ||
| MADtv ("Episode 1305") | "Sad Fitty Cent" |
| Fox | |
| Phineas and Ferb ("Dude, We're Gettin' the Band Back Together!") | "I Ain't Got Rhythm" |
| Disney | |
| 2009 [40] | The 81st Annual Academy Awards | "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" |
| ABC |
| A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In" |
| Comedy Central | |
| The 2008 ESPY Awards | "I Love Sports" |
| ESPN | |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Unnatural Love") | "Carol Brown" |
| HBO | |
| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus" | Paul Williams (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Motherlover" |
| NBC |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [41] | Monk ("Mr. Monk and the End, Part 2") | "When I'm Gone" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | USA |
| Family Guy ("Extra Large Medium") | "Down's Syndrome Girl" |
| Fox | |
| How I Met Your Mother ("Girls Versus Suits") | "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" |
| CBS | |
| Rescue Me ("Disease") | "How Lovely to Be a Vegetable" |
| FX | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Blake Lively") | "Shy Ronnie" |
| NBC | |
| Treme ("I'll Fly Away") | "This City" | Steve Earle (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| 2011 [42] | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Justin Timberlake Monologue" |
| NBC |
| Family Guy ("Road to the North Pole") | "Christmastime Is Killing Us" |
| Fox | |
| Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced | "An American Prayer – Hymn II?" |
| HBO | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jeff Bridges") | "I Just Had Sex" |
| NBC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Tina Fey") | "Jack Sparrow" |
| ||
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" |
| ||
| 2012 [43] | The 65th Annual Tony Awards | "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" |
| CBS |
| The Heart of Christmas | "The Heart of Christmas" | Matthew West (music & lyrics) | GMC | |
| Raising Hope ("Prodigy") | "Welcome Back to Hope" | Matthew W. Thompson (music & lyrics) | Fox | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jason Segel") | "I Can't Believe I'm Hosting" |
| NBC | |
| Smash ("Pilot") | "Let Me Be Your Star" |
| NBC | |
| 2013 [44] | The 66th Annual Tony Awards | "If I Had Time" |
| CBS |
| 30 Rock ("Last Lunch") | "Rural Juror" |
| NBC | |
| Nashville ("I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive") | "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" |
| ABC | |
| The Neighbors ("Sing Like a Larry Bird") | "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" |
| ||
| Smash ("The Bells and Whistles") | "I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" | Andrew McMahon (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Smash ("The Parents") | "Hang the Moon" |
| ||
| 2014 [45] | The 67th Annual Tony Awards | "Bigger!" |
| CBS |
| A Christmas Carol – The Concert | "No Trouble" |
| PBS | |
| Key & Peele ("Substitute Teacher #3") | "Les Mis" |
| Comedy Central | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jimmy Fallon") | "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)" |
| NBC | |
| Sofia the First: The Floating Palace | "Merroway Cove" |
| Disney | |
| Sons of Anarchy ("A Mother's Work") | "Day Is Gone" |
| FX | |
| 2015 [46] | Inside Amy Schumer ("Cool with It") | "Girl You Don't Need Make Up" |
| Comedy Central |
| The Comedians ("Celebrity Guest") | "Kiss an Old Man" |
| FX | |
| Glee ("Dreams Come True") | "This Time" |
| Fox | |
| How Murray Saved Christmas | "You Gotta Believe" |
| NBC | |
| The Oscars | "Moving Pictures" |
| ABC | |
| Sons of Anarchy ("Papa's Goods") | "Come Join the Murder" |
| FX | |
| 2016 [47] | ||||
| The Hunting Ground | "Til It Happens to You" |
| CNN | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I'm Going on a Date with Josh's Friend!") | "Settle for Me" |
| The CW | |
| Empire ("A Rose by Any Other Name") | "Good People" |
| Fox | |
| Galavant ("A New Season aka Suck It Cancellation Bear") | "A New Season" |
| ABC | |
| Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special | "Frozen Lullaby" |
| Vimeo | |
| 2017 [48] | ||||
| 13th | "Letter to the Free" |
| Netflix | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("When Will Josh And His Friend Leave Me Alone?") | "We Tapped That Ass" |
| The CW | |
| Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special | "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling" |
| Disney | |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("Jessica Chastain/Willie Nelson/Hunter Hayes") | "The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)" |
| ABC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Casey Affleck") | "Last Christmas" |
| NBC | |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ("Kimmy’s Roommate Lemonades!") | "Hell No" |
| Netflix | |
| 2018 [49] | ||||
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Chance the Rapper") | "Come Back Barack" |
| NBC | |
| Big Mouth ("Am I Gay?") | "Totally Gay" |
| Netflix | |
| A Christmas Story Live! | "In the Market for a Miracle" |
| Fox | |
| The Good Fight ("Day 450") | "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" |
| CBS All Access | |
| If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | "Just Getting Started" |
| HBO | |
| Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life | "The Buddy Song" |
| Netflix | |
| 2019 [50] | ||||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I Have To Get Out") | "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" |
| The CW | |
| Documentary Now! ("Original Cast Album: Co-op") | "Holiday Party (I Did a Little Cocaine Tonight)" |
| IFC | |
| Flight of the Conchords: Live in London | "Father & Son" |
| HBO | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: James McAvoy") | "The Upper East Side" |
| NBC | |
| Song of Parkland | "Beautiful Things Can Grow" |
| HBO | |
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | "This One's for You" |
| CBS | |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [51] | ||||
| Euphoria ("And Salt the Earth Behind You") | "All for Us" | Labrinth (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| The Black Godfather | "Letter to My Godfather" | Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ("Episode 629") | "Eat Shit, Bob" | David Dabbon (music) Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss & Seena Vali (lyrics) | HBO | |
| Little Fires Everywhere ("Find a Way") | "Build It Up" | Ingrid Michaelson (music & lyrics) | Hulu | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Strike Up the Band") | "One Less Angel" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| This Is Us ("Strangers") | "Memorized" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Watchmen ("This Extraordinary Being") | "The Way It Used to Be" | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| 2021 [52] | ||||
| WandaVision ("Breaking the Fourth Wall") | "Agatha All Along" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) | Disney+ | |
| Bo Burnham: Inside | "Comedy" | Bo Burnham (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| The Boys ("The Big Ride") | "Never Truly Vanish | Christopher Lennertz (music) Lennertz & Michael Saltzman (lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| The Queen's Gambit ("Adjournment") | "I Can't Remember Love" | Anna Hauss & Robert Weinröder (music) William Horberg (lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives | "The End Titles" | Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics) | YouTube | |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist ("Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday") | "Crimson Love" | Andrew Hey & Harvey Mason Jr. (music) Lindsey Rosin & Austin Winsberg (lyrics) | NBC | |
| 2022 [53] | ||||
| Schmigadoon! ("Schmigadoon!") | "Corn Puddin'" | Cinco Paul (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Euphoria ("You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can") | "I'm Tired" | Labrinth (music) Sam Levinson & Zendaya (lyrics) | HBO | |
| Euphoria ("All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name") | "Elliot's Song" | Labrinth (music) Muz & Zendaya (lyrics) | ||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("How to Chew Quietly and Influence People") | "Maybe Monica" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| This Is Us ("Day of the Wedding") | "The Forever Now" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| 2023 [54] | ||||
| Ted Lasso ("So Long, Farewell") | "A Beautiful Game" | Max Martin, Ed Sheeran & Foy Vance (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Ginny & Georgia ("Hark! Darkness Descends!") | "Marriage Is a Dungeon" | Ben Bromfield & Lili Haydn (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| The L Word: Generation Q ("Questions for the Universe") | "All About Me" | Heather McIntosh, Allyson Newman & Taura Stinson (music & lyrics) | Showtime | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Susan") | "Your Personal Trash Man Can" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| Ted Lasso ("Mom City") | "Fought & Lost" | Jamie Hartman, Tom Howe & Sam Ryder (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | "Now You Know" | "Weird Al" Yankovic (music & lyrics) | The Roku Channel | |
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| Only Murders in the Building ("Sitzprobe") | "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrics) | Hulu | |
| Girls5eva ("New York") | "The Medium Time" | Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Maya Rudolph") | "Maya Rudolph Mother's Day Monologue" | Eli Brueggemann (music) Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind, Maya Rudolph & Auguste White (lyrics) | NBC | |
| The Tattooist of Auschwitz ("Episode 6") | "Love Will Survive" | Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer (music) Charlie Midnight (lyrics) | Peacock | |
| True Detective: Night Country ("Part 5") | "No Use" | John Hawkes (music & lyrics) | HBO |
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This is a list of the winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design presented for the best main title sequence in television programming. Prior to 1997, the award was presented for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences or Outstanding Graphic Design and Title Sequences. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the award was presented with the "possibility of one, more than one, or no award given," resulting in years where there were nominees without any winner or multiple winners.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program was an annual award given to performers in a variety/music series or specials. The award has been retired; it was last presented in 2008.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special is a retired award that was presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. Until 1999, the category was divided to award costume designers and costume supervisors separately.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) is an award handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Prior to 1976 and between 1979 and 1983, regular series competed with limited series and movies for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing. In 2018, the category was split to separately recognize one-hour and half-hour series.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special is an annual award presented as part of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Prior to 1976 and between 1979 and 1983, limited series and movies competed for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing.
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony. The award was called Outstanding Informational Series or Special from 2013 until 2019, and was also presented from 1978 to 1998. From 1998 until 2012, informational series competed in Outstanding Nonfiction Series.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program is awarded to one program each year. The category was split in 2018 to separately recognize documentary/nonfiction and reality programs.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Variety Special is awarded to one television special each year. After being grouped together, the category was initiated alongside Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series in 2009. From the 1980s to 2000s, specials competed alongside series for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program is awarded to one television documentary, nonfiction or reality series each year.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special is awarded to one television series or special each year. Before 1986, limited series and television movies shot on videotape competed alongside variety series and specials. They would later compete separately for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie. Beginning in 2019, nominations are divided between variety series and specials, proportional to the number of submissions of each.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year. From 2019 until 2022, nominations were divided between documentary/nonfiction programs and reality programs, proportional to the number of submissions of each. They were split in 2023 with Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program becoming its own category.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series is awarded to one television series each year. Prior to 2016, specials and series competed together. Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special now separately recognizes specials.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for Variety Special is awarded to one television special each year. Prior to the category's creation in 2016, specials and regular series competed together as Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Programming. The two had also been divided in 1977 and 1978.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special is awarded to one television special each year. Prior to 2011, the award was bestowed as Outstanding Lighting Direction for Variety, Music or Comedy Programming and included both series and specials.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special is awarded to one television special each year.
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling and Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling. Prior to 2020, awards were split between miniseries or movies and ongoing series.