Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Facts
Emmys are presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Louis McManus, a television engineer, created the Emmy statuette, using his wife’s image as a model.
Emmy Awards are named after „Immy,“ an abbreviation for the image orthicon tube, an early camera. It was later changed to „Emmy.“
The first Emmy Awards were presented on January 25,1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club and were for Los Angeles programming only. Six awards were given. Tickets to the event were $5.
The first award ever given was for outstanding personality and went to ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale, for the children’s show, „Judy Splinters.“
Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are tied for the most Emmys ever by a performer (8). Ed Asner has won the most Emmys ever by a male performer (7), as of 2020.
„The Handmaid’s Tale,“ which premiered on Hulu in 2017, was the first online streaming service series to win an Emmy for outstanding drama.
In 2018, the Amazon Prime Video series „The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel“ won an Emmy for outstanding comedy. It was the first time a streaming network show won the comedy award.
2020 Nominees (in selected categories):
Outstanding comedy series:
„Curb Your Enthusiasm“
„Dead to Me“
„The Good Place“
„Insecure“
„The Kominsky Method“
„The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel“
„Schitt’s Creek“
„What We Do in the Shadows“
Outstanding lead actor – comedy series:
Anthony Anderson, „Black-ish“
Don Cheadle, „Black Monday“
Ted Danson, „The Good Place“
Michael Douglas, „The Kominsky Method“
Eugene Levy, „Schitt’s Creek“
Ramy Youssef, „Ramy“
Outstanding lead actress – comedy series:
Christina Applegate, „Dead to Me“
Rachel Brosnahan, „The Marvelous Mrs.
