Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1959 |
Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program was an annual award given to performers in a variety/music series or specials. The award has been retired; it was last presented in 2008.
Winners and nominations[]
1950s[]
Year | Performer | Program | Network |
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1959 (11th) | |||
Perry Como | The Perry Como Show | NBC | |
Steve Allen | The Steve Allen Show | NBC | |
Jack Paar | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | ||
Dinah Shore | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | NBC | |
Patti Page | The Patti Page Show | ABC |
1960s[]
Year | Performer | Program | Network |
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1960 (12th) | |||
Harry Belafonte | The Revlon Revue: Tonight with Belafonte | CBS | |
Fred Astaire | Another Evening with Fred Astaire | NBC | |
Dinah Shore | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | ||
1961 (13th) | |||
Fred Astaire | Astaire Time | NBC | |
Harry Belafonte | Belafonte N.Y. | CBS | |
Dinah Shore | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | NBC | |
1962 (14th) | |||
Carol Burnett | The Garry Moore Show | CBS | |
Edie Adams | Here's Edie | ABC | |
Perry Como | The Kraft Music Hall | NBC | |
Judy Garland | The Judy Garland Show | CBS | |
Yves Montand | Yves Montand on Broadway | ABC | |
1963 (15th) | |||
Carol Burnett | Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall An Evening with Carol Burnett |
CBS | |
Edie Adams | Here's Edie | ABC | |
Merv Griffin | The Merv Griffin Show | NBC | |
Danny Kaye | The Danny Kaye Show | ||
Andy Williams | The Andy Williams Show | ||
1964 (16th) | |||
Danny Kaye | The Danny Kaye Show | CBS | |
Judy Garland | The Judy Garland Show | CBS | |
Barbra Streisand | |||
Burr Tillstrom | That Was the Week That Was | NBC | |
Andy Williams | The Andy Williams Show | ||
1967 (19th) [note 1] | |||
Art Carney | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | |
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1968 (20th) [note 2] | |||
Art Carney | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | |
Pat Paulsen | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | ||
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1969 (21st) [note 3] | |||
Arte Johnson | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC | |
Harvey Korman | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Ruth Buzzi | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC | |
Goldie Hawn |
1970s[]
Year | Performer | Program | Network |
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1971 (23rd) [note 4] | |||
Harvey Korman | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Arte Johnson | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC | |
Lily Tomlin | |||
1972 (24th) | |||
Harvey Korman | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Ruth Buzzi | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC | |
Lily Tomlin | |||
1973 (25th) | |||
Tim Conway | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Harvey Korman | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Liza Minnelli | A Royal Gala Variety Performance | ABC | |
Lily Tomlin | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC | |
1974 (26th) | |||
Harvey Korman | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Foster Brooks | The Dean Martin Show | NBC | |
Tim Conway | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Brenda Vaccaro | The Shape of Things | NBC | |
Ruth Buzzi | The Dean Martin Show | NBC | |
Lee Grant | The Shape of Things | ||
Vicki Lawrence | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
1975 (27th) | |||
Jack Albertson | Cher | CBS | |
Tim Conway | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
John Denver | Doris Day Today | ||
Cloris Leachman | Cher | CBS | |
Vicki Lawrence | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Rita Moreno | Out to Lunch | ABC | |
1976 (28th) | |||
Chevy Chase | NBC's Saturday Night | NBC | |
Tim Conway | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Harvey Korman | |||
Vicki Lawrence | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Cloris Leachman | Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? | CBS | |
1977 (29th) | |||
Tim Conway | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
John Belushi | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Chevy Chase | |||
Harvey Korman | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Ben Vereen | The Bell Telephone Jubilee | NBC | |
Rita Moreno | The Muppet Show | Syndicated | |
Vicki Lawrence | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Gilda Radner | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Helen O'Connell | Miss Universe Beauty Pageant | CBS | |
1978 (30th) | |||
Tim Conway | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |
Dan Aykroyd | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
John Belushi | |||
Louis Gossett Jr. | The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | ABC | |
Peter Sellers | The Muppet Show | Syndicated | |
Gilda Radner | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Beatrice Arthur | Laugh-In | NBC | |
Jane Curtin | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Dolly Parton | Cher... Special | ABC | |
Bernadette Peters | The Muppet Show | Syndicated | |
Mikhail Baryshnikov | The Nutcracker | CBS | |
1979 (31st) |
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Mikhail Baryshnikov | Baryshnikov at the White House | PBS |
1980s[]
Year | Performer | Program | Network |
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1980 (32nd) | |||
Donald O'Connor | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
1981 (33rd) | |||
Sarah Vaughan | Rhapsody and Song – A Tribute to George Gershwin (Great Performances) | PBS | |
1982 (34th) | |||
Nell Carter | Ain't Misbehavin' | NBC | |
André De Shields | |||
Gregory Hines | I Love Liberty | ABC | |
1983 (35th) | |||
Leontyne Price | Leontyne Price, Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic (Live from Lincoln Center) | PBS | |
Carol Burnett | Texaco Star Theater... Opening Night | NBC | |
Michael Jackson | Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | ||
Luciano Pavarotti | Luciano Pavarotti and the New York Philharmonic (Live from Lincoln Center) | PBS | |
Richard Pryor | Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | NBC | |
1984 (36th) | |||
Cloris Leachman | Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration | CBS | |
Debbie Allen | Live... And in Person | NBC | |
George Burns | George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business | ||
Eddie Murphy | Saturday Night Live | ||
Joe Piscopo | |||
Lily Tomlin | Live... And in Person | ||
James Levine | Live from the Met Centennial Gala | PBS | |
Leontyne Price | In Performance at the White House: An Evening of Spirituals and Gospel Music | ||
1985 (37th) | |||
George Hearn | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Billy Crystal | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Gregory Hines | Motown Returns to the Apollo | ||
Patti LaBelle | |||
Angela Lansbury | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Luciano Pavarotti | Rigoletto (Great Performances) | PBS | |
1986 (38th) | |||
Whitney Houston | The 28th Annual Grammy Awards | CBS | |
Debbie Allen | An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. | NBC | |
Patti LaBelle | Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Jon Lovitz | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Sarah Vaughan | The 28th Annual Grammy Awards | CBS | |
Stevie Wonder | An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. | NBC | |
Plácido Domingo | Cavalleria Rusticana (Great Performances) | PBS | |
1987 (39th) | |||
Robin Williams | A Carol Burnett Special: Carol, Carl, Whoopi & Robin | ABC | |
Billy Crystal | The 29th Annual Grammy Awards | CBS | |
Julie Kavner | The Tracey Ullman Show | Fox | |
Angela Lansbury | The 1987 Tony Awards | CBS | |
Jon Lovitz | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Leonard Bernstein | Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening | CBS | |
Isaac Stern | |||
1988 (40th) | |||
Robin Williams | ABC Presents a Royal Gala | ABC | |
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Celebrating Gershwin (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Ray Charles | Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | CBS | |
Billy Crystal | An All-Star Toast to the Improv | HBO | |
Julie Kavner | The Tracey Ullman Show | Fox | |
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Dance in America: David Gordon's Made in U.S.A. (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Plácido Domingo | Aida: From the Houston Grand Opera (Great Performances) | ||
Billy Crystal | The 30th Annual Grammy Awards | CBS | |
1989 (41st) | |||
Linda Ronstadt | Canciones de Mi Padre (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Dana Carvey | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Julie Kavner | The Tracey Ullman Show | Fox | |
Thom Fountain, Sandey Grinn, Maurice LaMarche, John Lovelady, Steve Sherman, Van Snowden, Fred Spencer, Allan Trautman and Todd Walcott | Sid and Marty Krofft's D.C. Follies (Episode 202) | Syndicated | |
Thom Fountain, Sandey Grinn, John Lovelady, John Roarke, Steve Sherman, Van Snowden, Fred Spencer, Allan Trautman and Todd Walcott | Sid and Marty Krofft's D.C. Follies (Episode 211) | ||
Mikhail Baryshnikov | Dance in America: Baryshnikov Dances Balanchine (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Billy Crystal | The 31st Annual Grammy Awards | CBS |
1990s[]
Year | Performer | Program | Network |
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1990 (42nd) | |||
Tracey Ullman | The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show | Fox | |
Dana Carvey | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Billy Crystal | Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow | HBO | |
Julie Kavner | The Tracey Ullman Show | Fox | |
Angela Lansbury | The 43rd Annual Tony Awards | CBS | |
1991 (43rd) | |||
Billy Crystal | The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
Dana Carvey | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Harry Connick Jr. | Swinging Out with Harry (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Damon Wayans | In Living Color | Fox | |
Keenen Ivory Wayans | |||
1992 (44th) | |||
Bette Midler | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | NBC | |
George Carlin | George Carlin Live at Paramount: Jammin' in New York | HBO | |
Dana Carvey | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Natalie Cole | Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole (Great Performances) | PBS | |
Billy Crystal | The 64th Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
1993 (45th) | |||
Dana Carvey | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Cirque du Soleil | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | NBC | |
Billy Crystal | The 65th Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
Liza Minnelli | Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall | PBS | |
Lily Tomlin | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Showtime | |
1994 (46th) | |||
Tracey Ullman | Tracey Ullman Takes On New York | HBO | |
Whoopi Goldberg | The 66th Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
Phil Hartman | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
Mike Myers | |||
Lily Tomlin | Growing Up Funny | Lifetime | |
1995 (47th) | |||
Barbra Streisand | Barbra Streisand: The Concert | HBO | |
Julie Andrews | The Sound of Julie Andrews | Disney | |
Carol Burnett | Men, Movies and Carol | CBS | |
Rosie O'Donnell[note 17][13] | Rosie O'Donnell Comedy Special | HBO | |
Tracey Ullman | Women of the Night | ||
1996 (48th) | |||
Tony Bennett | Tony Bennett Live by Request: A Valentine Special | A&E | |
Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams | Comic Relief VII | HBO | |
Ellen DeGeneres | The 38th Annual Grammy Awards | CBS | |
Whoopi Goldberg | The 68th Annual Academy Awards | NBC | |
Tracey Ullman | The Best of Tracey Takes On... | HBO | |
1997 (49th) | |||
Bette Midler | Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas | HBO | |
George Carlin | George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy | HBO | |
Billy Crystal | The 69th Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
Bill Maher | Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher | ||
Tracey Ullman | Tracey Takes On... | HBO | |
1998 (50th) | |||
Billy Crystal | The 70th Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
Garth Brooks | Garth: Live from Central Park | HBO | |
Michael Crawford | Michael Crawford in Concert | PBS | |
Jay Leno | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | NBC | |
David Letterman | Late Show with David Letterman | CBS | |
Tracey Ullman | Tracey Takes On... | HBO | |
1999 (51st) | |||
John Leguizamo | John Leguizamo's Freak | HBO | |
George Carlin | George Carlin: You Are All Diseased | HBO | |
Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller Live | ||
Chris Rock | The Chris Rock Show | ||
Tracey Ullman | Tracey Takes On... |
2000s[]
Year | Performer | Program | Network |
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2000 (52nd) | |||
Eddie Izzard | Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill | HBO | |
Cher | Cher: Live in Concert — From the MGM Grand in Las Vegas | HBO | |
Billy Crystal | The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
Chris Rock | Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker | HBO | |
Molly Shannon | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
2001 (53rd) | |||
Barbra Streisand | Barbra Streisand: Timeless | Fox | |
Wayne Brady | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ABC | |
Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | HBO | |
Will Ferrell | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
David Letterman | Late Show with David Letterman | CBS | |
Steve Martin | The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
2002 (54th) | |||
Sting | A&E in Concert: Sting In Tuscany... All This Time | A&E | |
Wayne Brady | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ABC | |
Billy Joel | Billy Joel: In His Own Words | A&E | |
Jon Stewart | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Comedy Central | |
Ryan Stiles | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ABC | |
2003 (55th) | |||
Wayne Brady | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | ABC | |
Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller: The Raw Feed | HBO | |
Martin Short | Primetime Glick | Comedy Central | |
Jon Stewart | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | ||
Robin Williams | Robin Williams: Live on Broadway | HBO | |
2004 (56th) | |||
Elaine Stritch | Elaine Stritch: At Liberty | HBO | |
Billy Crystal | The 76th Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | HBO | |
Bill Maher | Real Time with Bill Maher | ||
Tracey Ullman | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | ||
2005 (57th) | |||
Hugh Jackman | 58th Tony Awards | CBS | |
Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi: Back to Broadway — The 20th Anniversary | HBO | |
Jay Leno | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | NBC | |
Jon Stewart | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Comedy Central | |
Tracey Ullman | Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed | HBO | |
2006 (58th) | |||
Barry Manilow | Barry Manilow: Music and Passion | PBS | |
Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Comedy Central | |
Craig Ferguson | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | CBS | |
Hugh Jackman | The 59th Annual Tony Awards | ||
David Letterman | Late Show with David Letterman | ||
2007 (59th) | |||
Tony Bennett | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | NBC | |
Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Comedy Central | |
Ellen DeGeneres | The 79th Annual Academy Awards | ABC | |
David Letterman | Late Show with David Letterman | CBS | |
Jon Stewart | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Comedy Central | |
2008 (60th) | |||
Don Rickles | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | HBO | |
Stephen Colbert | The Colbert Report | Comedy Central | |
Tina Fey | Saturday Night Live | NBC | |
David Letterman | Late Show with David Letterman | CBS | |
Jon Stewart | The 80th Annual Academy Awards | ABC |
Total awards by network[]
- CBS – 25
- NBC – 12
- PBS – 10
- HBO – 7
- ABC – 5
- A&E – 2
- Fox – 2
- Syndicated – 1
Performers with multiple awards[]
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Performers with multiple nominations[]
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Notes[]
- ^ Awarded under the "Special Classification – Individuals" category
- ^ Awarded under the "Special Classification – Individuals" category
- ^ Awarded under the "Special Classification – Individuals" category
- ^ Awarded under the "Special Classification – Individuals" category
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
- ^ In 1995, Dennis Miller was nominated for his HBO talkshow Dennis Miller Live. His nomination was belatedly rescinded after the Academy said it discovered rules do not allow the host of a variety or music series to be nominated for the same program if the host's name is in the title. Sixth place finisher Rosie O'Donnell was named as the replacement nominee.
References[]
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Miller's Emmy nomination disqualification". The News. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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