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Whoa, mama, The Simpsons have a lot of Emmys!

The animated Fox comedy returns next month for its record 29th season, but there’s something even greater than the number of years the show has been on the air: the number of Emmys they’ve won. Matt Groening’s series, which debuted in 1989, boasts 87 total nominations over the years, plus a whopping 32 victories, the most ever by an animated program.

Since first becoming eligible in 1990, The Simpsons has scored at least one nomination every year (they went winless in their two nominated categories at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys). While a regular nominee for many of the various music awards, the series has dominated two particular categories: Outstanding Animated Program and Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. The show has been nominated each season, besides 1993 and 1994, for Outstanding Animated Program, with a record 10 wins. In Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, 11 different Simpsons alums have taken home the trophy, including Kelsey Grammer, Hank Azaria, and Anne Hathaway.

Below, see a list of every single nomination The Simpsons ever received, with Emmy Award wins in bold:

1990

  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
  • Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

1991

  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

1992

  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Jackie Mason (Rabbi Krustofsky)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Julie Cavner (Marge Simpson)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Marcia Wallace (Mrs. Krabappel)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson)

1993

  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson)
  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

1994

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics

1995

  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

1996

  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

1997

  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special
  • Outstanding Music Direction
  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

1998

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Music Direction
  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon)

1999

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2000

  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2001

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria (various characters)
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2002

  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2003

  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria (various characters)
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2004

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Dan Castellaneta (various characters)

2005

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Music and Lyrics
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2006

  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Kelsey Grammar (Sideshow Bob)

2007

  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2008

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2009

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria (Moe Syzlak)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Harry Shearer (various characters)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson)
  • Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

2010

  • Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for “Postcards From the Wedge”
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon/Moe Syzlak)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson)
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Anne Hathaway (Princess Penelope)
  • Outstanding Animated Program

2011

  • Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Outstanding Animated Program
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Dan Castellaneta (various characters)

2012

  • Outstanding Animated Program
  • Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria (various characters)

2013

  • Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for “Treehouse of Horror XXIII”
  • Outstanding Animated Program

2014

  • Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for “Treehouse of Horror XXIV”
  • Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for “Treehouse of Horror XXIV”
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
  • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Harry Shearer (various characters)

2015

  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
  • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson)
  • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Hank Azaria (various characters)
  • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Tress MacNeille (various characters)
  • Outstanding Animated Program

2016

  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
  • Outstanding Animated Program

2017

  • Outstanding Animated Program
  • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson)
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