List of awards and nominations received by The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom that debuted on December 17, 1989, on the Fox network. The show is the longest-running prime time scripted television series in the United States. It has won many different awards, including 36
Emmy awards, 34 Annie Awards, nine Environmental Media Awards, twelve Writers Guild of America Awards, six Genesis Awards, eight People's Choice Awards, three British Comedy Awards, among other awards. Episodes of the show have won 12 Emmys in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) category. However, The Simpsons has never been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, although the show was submitted in the category in 1993 and 1994. James L. Brooks, an executive producer on the show, won twelve Emmys for The Simpsons as well as ten for other shows and holds the record for most Primetime Emmys won by a single person, with 22, The Simpsons was the first animated series to be given a Peabody Award, won a second Peabody in 2020, and in 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As of 2022, The Simpsons have received a total of 100 Emmy nominations.
The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007, was nominated for several major awards, including a Golden Globe Award, while The Longest Daycare, a short film released in 2012, became the franchise's first production to be nominated for an Academy Award.
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.
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.| Year | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 1992 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 1993 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 1994 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 1994 | Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation | David Silverman | Nomitated |
| 1995 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 1995 | Voice Acting in the Field of Animation | Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson | Won |
| 1996 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 1997 | Best Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 1997 | Best Directing in a TV Production | Mike B. Anderson for "Homer's Phobia" | Won |
| 1997 | Best Music in a TV Production | Alf Clausen | Won |
| 1997 | Best Producing in a TV Production | Al Jean & Mike Reiss for "The Springfield Files" | Won |
| 1997 | Best Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production | Maggie Roswell for "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" | Nomitated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime Program | Won | |
| 1998 | Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen & Ken Keeler for "You're Checkin' In" "The City of New York Vs. Homer Simpson" | Won |
| 1998 | Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production | Jim Reardon for "Trash of the Titans" | Won |
| 1999 | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 1999 | Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production | Tim Long, Larry Doyle and Matt Selman for "Simpsons Bible Stories" | Won |
| 2000 | Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 2000 | Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen for "Behind the Laughter" | Won |
| 2001 | Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime Animated Television Program | Won | |
| 2001 | Outstanding Writing in an Animated Television Production | Al Jean for "HOMR" | Nomitated |
| 2002 | Best Animated Television Production | Won | |
| 2003 | Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production | Won | |
| 2003 | Best Directing in an Animated Television Production | Steven Dean Moore for | Won |
| 2003 | Best Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen, Ken Keeler and Ian Maxtone-Graham for "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" | Won |
| 2003 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Matt Warburton for "Three Gays of the Condo" | Won |
| 2006 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham for "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" | Won |
| 2007 | Best Music in an Animated Television Production | Alf Clausen & Michael Price for "Yokel Chords" | Won |
| 2007 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball for "24 Minutes" | Won |
| 2008 | Best Animated Television Production | Nomitated | |
| 2008 | Best Directing in an Animated Television Production | Bob Anderson for "Treehouse of Horror XIX" | Nomitated |
| 2008 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Joel H. Cohen for "The Debarted" | Nomitated |
| 2009 | Best Animated Television Production | Nomitated | |
| 2009 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Daniel Chun for "Treehouse of Horror XX" | Won |
| 2009 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Valentina L. Garza for "Four Great Women and a Manicure" | Nomitated |
| 2009 | Best Writing in an Animated Television Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball for "Gone Maggie Gone" | Nomitated |
| 2010 | Best Animated Television Production | Nomitated | |
| 2010 | Directing in a Television Production | Bob Anderson | Nomitated |
| 2010 | Music in a Television Production | Tim Long, Alf Clausen, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement for "Elementary School Musical" | Nomitated |
| 2010 | Writing in a Television Production | John Frink for "Stealing First Base" | Nomitated |
| 2011 | Best General Audience Animated TV Production | Won | |
| 2011 | Directing in a Television Production | Matthew Nastuk | Won |
| 2011 | Writing in a Television Production | Carolyn Omine for "Treehouse of Horror XXII" | Won |
| 2012 | Best Animated Short Subject | Bill Plympton Couch Gag in "Beware My Cheating Bart" | Nomitated |
| 2012 | Music in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production | Alf Clausen for "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" | Nomitated |
| 2012 | Production Design in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production | Lynna Blankenship, Sean Coons, Hugh Macdonald, Debbie Peterson, Charles Ragins, Lance Wilder, Darrel Bowen, John Krause, Kevin Moore, Brent M. Bowen, Brice Mallier, Steven Fahey, Dima Malanitchev, Karen Bauer, Eli Balser and Anne Legge for "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" | Nomitated |
| 2012 | Writing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham and Billy Kimball for "How I Wet Your Mother" | Nomitated |
| 2012 | Writing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production | Stephanie Gillis for "A Tree Grows in Springfield" | Nomitated |
| 2013 | Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Lynna Blankenship, Dima Malanitchev, Debbie Peterson, Charles Ragins, Jefferson R. Weekley for "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" | Nomitated |
| 2013 | Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Guillermo del Toro, Guy Davis, Ralph Sosa for "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" | Nomitated |
| 2013 | Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball | Nomitated |
| 2013 | Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Michael Price | Nomitated |
| 2014 | Best Animated Short Subject | "Michal Socha Couch Gag" in "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" | Nomitated |
| 2014 | General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Won | |
| 2014 | Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Matthew Nastuk | Nomitated |
| 2014 | Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Brad Ableson, Matthew Faughnan & Stephen Reis | Nomitated |
| 2014 | Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Tim Long for "Married to the Blob" | Nomitated |
| 2014 | Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Rob LaZebnik for "The War of Art" | Nomitated |
| 2015 | Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production | "Halloween of Horror" | Won |
| 2015 | Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Al Jean | Nomitated |
| 2016 | Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production | "Barthood" | Nomitated |
| 2016 | Writing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production | Dan Greaney for "Barthood" | Nomitated |
| 2016 | Writing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production | Rob LaZebnik for "The Burns Cage" | Nomitated |
| 2017 | Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Timothy Bailey for "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" | Nomitated |
| 2022 | Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production | "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" | Nomitated |
| 2024 | Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Jessica Conrad for "Bart's Birthday" | Nomitated |
| 2025 | Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Nik Ranieri for various episodes |
British Comedy Awards
The Simpsons has won three British Comedy Awards. Matt Groening also won a special award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy in 2004.| Year | Category | Result |
| 2000 | Best International Comedy Show | Won |
| 2004 | Best International Comedy Show | Won |
| 2005 | Best International Comedy Show | Won |
| 2007 | Best International Comedy | Nomitated |
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Simpsons has won 36 Primetime Emmy Awards in four categories, but has been nominated for 79 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.Prior to 1993, the series had only been allowed to compete in the animation category, but in early 1993 the rules were changed so that animated television shows would be able to submit nominations in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. The producers submitted "A Streetcar Named Marge" and "Mr. Plow" but the Emmy voters were hesitant to pit cartoons against live action programs, and The Simpsons did not receive a nomination. Several critics saw the show's failure to gain a nomination as one of the biggest snubs for that year. The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)
The Simpsons won twelve out of thirty-three nominations, held the distinction as the highest wins and nominations of any animated series in the same category. It has been nominated for every year except 1993, 1994 and 2014; 1993 marked the first year that the producers of The Simpsons did not submit episodes for that category.Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
In 2014, the award was split into two different categories, Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance and Outstanding Narrator. Nominations and wins in 2014 and after are in the Character Voice-Over category.Outstanding Music and Lyrics
| Year | Song | Episode | Music by | Lyrics by | Result |
| 1994 | "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" | "Homer and Apu" | Alf Clausen | Greg Daniels | Nomitated |
| 1995 | "We Do " | "Homer the Great" | Alf Clausen | John Swartzwelder | Nomitated |
| 1996 | "Señor Burns" | "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" | Alf Clausen | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | Nomitated |
| 1997 | "We Put the Spring in Springfield" | "Bart After Dark" | Alf Clausen | Ken Keeler | Won |
| 1998 | "You're Checkin' In" | "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" | Alf Clausen | Ken Keeler | Won |
| 2002 | "Ode to Branson" | "The Old Man and the Key" | Alf Clausen | Jon Vitti | Nomitated |
| 2003 | "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" | "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" | Alf Clausen | Ian Maxtone-Graham and Ken Keeler | Nomitated |
| 2004 | "Vote for a Winner" | "The President Wore Pearls" | Alf Clausen | Dana Gould | Nomitated |
| 2005 | "Always My Dad" | "A Star Is Torn" | Alf Clausen | Carolyn Omine | Nomitated |
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
| Year | Episode | Composer | Result |
| 1992 | "Treehouse of Horror II" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 1993 | "Treehouse of Horror III" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 1994 | "Cape Feare" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 1995 | "Treehouse of Horror V" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 1998 | "Treehouse of Horror VIII" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 1999 | "Treehouse of Horror IX" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 2001 | "Simpson Safari" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 2004 | "Treehouse of Horror XIV" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 2005 | "Treehouse of Horror XV" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 2008 | "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 2009 | "Gone Maggie Gone" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 2011 | "Treehouse of Horror XXI" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
Outstanding Music Direction
| Year | Episode | Music director | Result |
| 1997 | "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
| 1998 | "All Singing, All Dancing" | Alf Clausen | Nomitated |
Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
| Year | Song | Composer | Result |
| 1990 | Main Title Theme | Danny Elfman | Nomitated |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
| Year | Episode | Result |
| 1990 | "Call of the Simpsons" | Nomitated |
| 1991 | "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" | Nomitated |
| 1992 | "Treehouse of Horror II" | Nomitated |
| 1993 | "Treehouse of Horror III" | Nomitated |
| 1995 | "Bart vs. Australia" | Nomitated |
| 1997 | "Brother from Another Series" | Nomitated |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
| Year | Episode | Result |
| 2014 | "Married To The Blob" | Nomitated |
| 2015 | "Simpsorama" | Nomitated |
| 2016 | "Halloween of Horror" | Nomitated |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
| Year | Episode | Animator | Result |
| 2010 | "Postcards from the Wedge" | Charles Ragins | Won |
| 2013 | "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" | Paul Wee | Won |
| 2014 | "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" | Dmitry Malanitchev | Won |
| 2014 | "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" | Charles Ragins | Won |
| 2018 | "Springfield Splendor" | Caroline Cruikshank | Won |
| 2021 | "Wad Goals" | Nik Ranieri | Won |
| 2023 | "Lisa the Boy Scout" | Nik Ranieri | Won |
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
| Year | Episode | Result |
| 2021 | The Force Awakens from Its Nap | Nomitated |
| 2022 | When Billie Met Lisa | Nomitated |
Environmental Media Awards
The Simpsons has won nine Environmental Media Awards. 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".| Year | Category | Episode/Character | Result |
| 1991 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" | Won |
| 1992 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" | Nomitated |
| 1994 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "Bart Gets an Elephant" | Won |
| 1996 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "Lisa the Vegetarian" | Won |
| 1997 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "The Old Man and the Lisa" | Won |
| 2001 | board of directors Ongoing Commitment Award | Lisa Simpson | Won |
| 2002 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "Brawl in the Family" | Nomitated |
| 2003 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" | Nomitated |
| 2004 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "The Fat and the Furriest" | Won |
| 2005 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" | Nomitated |
| 2005 | Turner Award | "Goo Goo Gai Pan" | Nomitated |
| 2006 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "Bonfire of the Manatees" | Won |
| 2007 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "The Wife Aquatic" | Nomitated |
| 2009 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "The Burns and the Bees" | Nomitated |
| 2015 | Best Television Episodic Comedy | "Opposites A-Frack" | Won |
Genesis Awards
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."| Year | Category | Episode | Result |
| 1993 | Best Television Comedy Series | Won | |
| 1994 | Best Television Prime Time Animated Series | "Whacking Day" | Won |
| 1995 | Best Television Comedy Series | "Bart Gets an Elephant" | Won |
| 1996 | Best Television Comedy Series, Ongoing Commitment | "Lisa the Vegetarian" | Won |
| 2007 | Sid Caesar Comedy Award | "Million Dollar Abie" | Won |
| 2009 | Sid Caesar Comedy Award | "Apocalypse Cow" | Won |
Golden Reel Awards
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.Writers Guild of America Awards
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. In 2009, the writers received their first nomination in the comedy series category. 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." 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.
Animation
Comedy series
| Year | Writer | Result |
| 2009 | J. Stewart Burns, Daniel Chun, Joel H. Cohen, Kevin Curran, John Frink Tom Gammill, Stephanie Gillis, Dan Greaney, Reid Harrison, Al Jean Billy Kimball, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Bill Odenkirk, Carolyn Omine Don Payne, Michael Price, Max Pross, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully Matt Selman, Matt Warburton, Jeff Westbrook, Marc Wilmore and William Wright | Nomitated |
Paul Selvin award
| Year | Episode | Writer | Result |
| 2005 | "Fraudcast News" | Don Payne | Won |
Other awards
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." 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.The Simpsons has never won a Golden Globe Award, but was nominated in 2002 in the Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy category, which it would lose to Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 1998, the series was nominated for a British Academy Television Awards in the Best International Programme Or Series category, but would lose to The Larry Sanders Show. In 1996, the "Homer³" segment of "Treehouse of Horror VI" was awarded the Ottawa International Animation Festival grand prize.
Awards for ''The Simpsons Movie''
The Simpsons Movie was released on July 27, 2007, and has been a financial success, grossing over $500,000,000 worldwide.Awards for ''The Longest Daycare''
The Longest Daycare is a 3D, short film starring Maggie Simpson, which was shown prior to screenings of Ice Age: Continental Drift, on July 13, 2012, in the United States.| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2013 | Annie Awards | Best Animated Short Subject | Nomitated | |
| 2013 | Academy Awards | Best Animated Short Film | David Silverman | Nomitated |