The Primetime
Emmy Awards started in 1949. Each award is determined by the Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences. In order to be considered, a show must originally air on an American TV station. There are many different categories, but the over-arching ones are: Programs, Directing,Writing, Lead Role, Supporting Role and Guest Role. Within each of these categories there are subcategories depending on the genre.
Here I list the best programs for each genre in order to show you who the Academy deems outstanding.
Outstanding Comedy Series: Modern Family
Premiering on
ABC in 2009 with an astounding 12.6 million viewers, this show has won the
hearts of any comedy buff. It tells the story of three different families and
the hilarious trials they face throughout their lives together. Entertainment Weekly called it
“immediately recognizable as the best new sitcom of the fall” in 2009.
Not only did it
win this award for the 64th Annual Emmy Awards, but it won the two
previous years as well. Along with this award, the show also won awards for Directing in a Comedy Series as well as Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor in a comedy series.
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: The Amazing Race
The competition
involves teams of two who race around the world against the other teams to win
the one million dollar prize. Each episode the team must arrive at a “pit
stop.” The team who arrives first wins a prize that will give them an advantage
over the rest. The team who arrives last either gets eliminated, or they get
seriously disadvantaged against the other teams.
The Amazing Race premiered in 2001 on CBS as a cutting
edge competition. It has won the Outstanding
Reality-Competition Program for every year from 2003-2012 except for 2010.
Outstanding Drama Series: Homeland
With only one
season, Homeland managed to bring
Showtime it’s first award in this category. Along with Best Drama Series, it also won Lead
Actor in a Drama Series and Lead
Actress in a Drama Series. The second season premiered on September 30,
2012.
The show is
about a CIA officer who is put on probation after she pulled an unauthorized operation.
With the help of her old mentor, the two work to prevent another terrorist
attack in America.
Outstanding Variety Series: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Craig Kilborn
originally hosted The Daily Show on Comedy
Central from its original airdate of July 21, 1996 until December of 1998. Jon
Stewart then took over the late night satirical program, making it more about
politics than pop culture. The show makes a comical satire out of the news of
that week.
With 1.45 to 1.6
million viewers each night, The Daily
Show is clearly very popular. The main audience is young adults and well-educated
individuals. All together, The Daily Show
With Jon Stewart has won 18 Emmy Awards.
Miniseries or Movie: Game Change
Game Change is a political drama about the 2008 presidential
election. The film follows Sarah Palin and John McCain through their race
against Barack Obama. This film was not played in theaters, but rather on HBO as
their original movie.
This film was
greatly received by critics and has earned awards such as: the Critics Choice
Award, Golden Nymph Award and five Emmy Awards.
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