Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show
Awarded for	Outstanding Game Show
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2023
Currently held by	Jeopardy! (2024)
Website	emmys.com
Related	Replaced the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show is an award that was first bestowed in 2023.^[1] Before the creation of the category, game shows competed in Outstanding Reality Competition Program or the Daytime Emmy category of Outstanding Game Show.

In the following list, the first titles listed are winners; the others are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

2020s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2023 (75th) ^[2]
	Jeopardy!	Michael Davies, executive producer; Lisa Broffman, co-executive producer; Rocky Schmidt, supervising producer; Sarah Whitcomb Foss, producer; Billy Wisse, Michele Loud, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Robert McClenaghan and Jim Rhine, writers	ABC / Syndicated
	Family Feud	Gaby Johnston, executive producer; Kristin Bjorklund, Sara Dansby and Brian Hawley, co-executive producers; Michele Roth, senior producer; Mary Lou Browne, Stephen Dukes, Dennis Galligan and Hugh Wright, producers	ABC / Syndicated
	The Price Is Right	Evelyn Warfel, executive producer; Adam Sandler and Darren Belitsky, co-executive producers; Justin Rae Barnes, supervising producer; Brandi Bryce and Chris Donnan, senior producers; Whitney Kieser, producer	CBS
	That's My Jam	Jimmy Fallon and Jim Juvonen, executive producers; Mike Yurchuk, executive producer/writer; Jessie Binkow, May Johnson and Mike Deffina, co-executive producers; Josh Knapp, supervising producer/head writer; Stad St. Fleur, Kevin McCarthy and Alexx Wells, senior producers; Matt Barker and Eli Braden, producers; Dave Ferguson, supervising writer; N.A. Smolenski, Evan Williams and Eudora Peterson, writers	NBC
	Wheel of Fortune	Bellamie Blackstone, executive producer; Steve Schwartz, co-executive producer; Amanda Stern, supervising producer; Rob Roman and Brooke Eaton, producers	Syndicated
2024 (76th) ^[3]
	Jeopardy!	Michael Davies, executive producer; Lisa Broffman, co-executive producer; Sarah Whitcomb Foss, producer; Billy Wisse, Michele Loud, Marcus Brown, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine and Steve Tamerius, writers	ABC / Syndicated
	Celebrity Family Feud	Gaby Johnston and Jim Roush, executive producers; Kristin Bjorklund, Sara Dansby and Brian Hawley, co-executive producers; Stephanie Yoshimura, supervising producer; Michele Roth, senior producer; Mary Lou Browne, Stephen Dukes, Dennis Galligan and Hugh Wright, producers	ABC
	Password	Jimmy Fallon, John Quinn and Jim Juvonen, executive producers; Jennifer Ryan, co-executive producer; Chana Shwadlenak, supervising producer; Kevin Cook, Chyna Dumas, Rylee Newton and Matthew Timmons, content producers	NBC
	The Price Is Right at Night	Evelyn Warfel, executive producer; Adam Sandler and Darren Belitsky, co-executive producers; Taline Kevoian, supervising producer; Chris Donnan, Brandi Bryce and Whitney Kieser, senior producers; Kimberly Lowry, producer	CBS
	Wheel of Fortune	Bellamie Blackstone, executive producer; Steve Schwartz and Genna Gintzig, co-executive producers; Amanda Stern, supervising producer; Robert Roman, Brooke Eaton and Randy Berke, producers	ABC / Syndicated

Programs with multiple nominations

2 nominations

Programs with multiple wins

2 wins

Jeopardy!

References

^ "Emmy Awards Update: Game Show Categories". Television Academy. August 10, 2022.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[1] "Emmy Awards Update: Game Show Categories". Television Academy. August 10, 2022.

[2] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2023.

[3] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

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v t e Primetime Emmy Award categories
Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited or Anthology Series Television Movie Reality Competition Program Talk Series Scripted Variety Series Animated Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Game Show Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special (Live) Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Game Show Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program Narrator
Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Directing for a Reality Program
Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Animation	Individual Achievement in Animation
Casting	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Casting for a Reality Program
Choreography	Choreography for Scripted Programming Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming
Cinematography	Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
Commercials	Commercial
Costume Design	Contemporary Costumes Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Period Costumes Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Hairstyling	Contemporary Hairstyling Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
Lighting	Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Main Title / Motion Design	Main Title Design Motion Design
Makeup	Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Prosthetic Makeup
Music	Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Music Direction Music Supervision Original Main Title Theme Music Original Music and Lyrics
Picture Editing	Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Drama Series Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming
Production Design	Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series Production Design for a Variety Special
Sound Editing	Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Sound Mixing	Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program Sound Mixing for a Reality Program Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Special Effects	Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie / Special and Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Stunts	Stunt Coordination Stunt Performance
Technical Direction	Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special
Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award
Retired	Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Children's Program Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Interactive Program Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) New Series Program of the Year Short Form Animated Program Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Variety Series Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance
Emmy categories Primetime Daytime International Sports Children's and Family