Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator explained
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator is awarded to one individual each year.
In 2014, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance was separated into two categories – Outstanding Narrator and Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.[1] Rules hold that the "submission must be performed/read as a traditional narration and may not be audio lifted from an on-camera performance or interview. If the narration is performed in the first person as a character rather than the narrator, even if credited as narrator, it should be submitted in the character voice-over category."[2]
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
Winners and nominations
1990s
2010s
2020s
Performers with multiple wins
Total include wins for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Performers with multiple nominations
Total include nominations for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.
- 8 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
Notes and References
- News: Andreeva. Nellie. EMMYS: TV Academy Splits Best Miniseries & TV Movie, Reality Program & Voice-Over Categories, Expands Combined Longform Fields To 6 Nominees, Sets Possibility For 7 Best Drama & Comedy Series Nominees. February 21, 2014. Deadline Hollywood. February 20, 2014.
- Web site: 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards 2019-2020 Rules and Procedures . . . April 18, 2020 .
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . April 18, 2020.
- Web site: Feinberg. Scott. TV Academy Rescinds Several of George Stevens Jr.'s Emmy Noms, Awards (Exclusive). . March 12, 2020 . March 12, 2020.
- This program was nominated as Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming. As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
- In 2020, the TV Academy rescinded a win in this category for the Disney Channel special George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin, narrated by George Stevens Jr. The program was a re-edit of the 1985 BBC documentary D-Day to Berlin, in violation of a rule that "a program that is a foreign acquisition without benefit of a domestic co-production cannot be re-introduced into eligibility in a current awards year, even though it may have been modified with new footage, sound track, musical score, etc."
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . May 27, 2017.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . May 27, 2017.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . May 27, 2017.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . July 13, 2017.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . July 15, 2018.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . July 16, 2019.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . September 15, 2020.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . July 14, 2021.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . July 12, 2022.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . July 13, 2023.
- Web site: Nominees/Winners | Television Academy . . July 18, 2024.