Emmy record shattered again! ‘Saturday Night Live’ wins 101st to remain all-time trophy leader

Chris Beachum
·7 min read

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” has now won an astonishing 101 Emmy Awards, breaking its own massive record from the 1976 ceremony through 2024. As it now heads into a 50th season in a few weeks, the variety series took six trophies at Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmys and has three more nominations at Sunday’s event (guest actress for Maya Rudolph, guest actress for Kristen Wiig, guest actor for Ryan Gosling and music and lyrics). It also has two more opportunities at next week’s Primetime event (Bowen Yang for supporting actor and Variety Scripted Series). The next closest show in second place is “Game of Thrones” with 59 overall.

At Saturday’s ceremony, it triumphed for hairstyling, makeup, production design and lighting design. Technically, it was technical direction category that was the 100th victory. Liz Patrick then won the 101st Emmy for Best Variety Series Directing.

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Over the past 15 years, “SNL” guest actor winners have included Jimmy Fallon, Eddie Murphy, Justin Timberlake and Dave Chappelle. Best Comedy Guest Actress winners have included Tina Fey, Fey and Amy Poehler, Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy, Betty White and Rudolph (see full list below).

SEE2024 Creative Arts Emmys: Complete list of winners

Check out the complete list of all “SNL” wins below:

BEST VARIETY SERIES
Lorne Michaels (1976)
Lorne Michaels, James Downey, and Al Franken (1993)
Lorne Michaels, Steve Higgins (2017)
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Steve Higgins and Erik Kenward (2018)
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Steve Higgins and Erik Kenward (2019)
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward (2020)
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Caroline Maroney (2021)
Lorne Michaels, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Caroline Maroney, Javier Winnik, Caroline Maroney (2022)

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Marci Klein, and Michael Shoemaker (2000)
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Rhys Thomas, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward (2015)

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin (2017)

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate McKinnon (2016)
Kate McKinnon (2017)

BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Justin Timberlake (2009)
Justin Timberlake (2011)
Jimmy Fallon (2012)
Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Dave Chappelle (2017)
Eddie Murphy (2020)
Dave Chappelle (2021)

BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS 
Tina Fey (2009)
Betty White (2010)
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (2016)
Melissa McCarthy (2017)
Tiffany Haddish (2018)
Maya Rudolph (2020)
Maya Rudolph (2021)

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BEST VARIETY INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE 
Chevy Chase (1976)
Gilda Radner (1978)
Dana Carvey (1993)

BEST VARIETY DIRECTING
Dave Wilson (1976)
Don Roy King (2010)
Don Roy King (2011)
Don Roy King (2012)
Don Roy King (2013)
Don Roy King (2014)
Don Roy King (2015 – special)
Don Roy King (2017)
Don Roy King (2018)
Don Roy King (2019)
Don Roy King (2020)
Don Roy King (2021)
Liz Patrick (2023)
Liz Patrick (2024)

BEST VARIETY WRITING
Writing Team including Chevy Chase (1976)
Writing Team including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Bill Murray (1977)
Writing Team including Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, and Conan O’Brien (1989)
Writing Team including Tina Fey (2002)

BEST ART DIRECTION or PRODUCTION DESIGN
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, and Keith Raywood (2013)
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Keith Raywood, and N. Joseph DeTullio (2017)
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Keith Raywood, and N. Joseph DeTullio (2018)
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura and Keith Raywood (2019)
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Keith Raywood and N. Joseph DeTullio (2020)
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Keith Raywood, Melissa Shakun and N. Joseph DeTullio (2021)
Akira Yoshimura, Keith Raywood, Danielle Webb and Andrea Purcigliotti (2023)
N. Joseph DeTullio, Ken MacLeod, Melissa Shakun and Kimberly kachougian (2024)

BEST COSTUMES
Tom Broecker and Eric Justian (2014)

BEST GRAPHIC AND TITLE DESIGN
Charles Levi and Alex Weil (1985)

BEST HAIRSTYLING
Bobby H. Grayson (2000)
Bettie O. Rogers, Anne Michelle Radcliffe, and Jodi Mancuso (2008)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio Stauffer, Inga Thrasher, Christal Schanes, and Hannah Sullivan (2012)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio Stauffer, Inga Thrasher, and Hannah Sullivan (2013)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio Stauffer, Inga Thrasher, Hannah Sullivan, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2014)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio, Inga Thrasher, Hannah Sullivan, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2015)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio, Inga Thrasher, Hannah Sullivan, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2017)
Jodi Mancuso, Inga Thrasher, Hannah Sullivan, Cara Hannah, Gina Ferrucci, Amanda Duffy Evans, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2021)
Jodi Mancuso, Inga Thrasher, Cara Hannah, Gina Ferrucci, Amanda Duffy Evans, Chad Harlow, Elliot Simpson, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2024)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Geoff Amoral, Phil Hymes, and Rick McGuinness (2018)
Geoff Amoral, Trevor Brown, Rick McGuinness, William McGuinness and Tim Stasse (2019)
Geoff Amoral, Trevor Brown, Rick McGuinness, William McGuinness and Tim Stasse (2020)
Geoff Amoral, Trevor Brown, Rick McGuinness, William McGuinness and Tim Stasse (2021)
Geoff Amoral, Trevor Brown, Rick McGuinness, William McGuinness, Tim Stasse and Frank Grisanti (2024)

BEST MAKEUP
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, and Josh Turi (2010)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Josh Turi, and Daniela Zivkovic (2011)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Josh Turi, Melanie Demetri, and Daniela Zivkovic (2013)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Sarah Egan, Melanie Demetri, and Daniela Zivkovic (2014)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Sarah Egan, Melanie Demetri, and Daniela Zivkovic (2015)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Rachel Pagani, Andrew Sotomayor, and Daniela Zivkovic (2017)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Rachel Pagani, Sarah Egan, and Daniela Zivkovic (2017)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Rachel Pagani, Sarah Egan, and Young Beck (2019)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Joanna Pisani, Chris Milone, Kim Weber, and Young Bek (2021)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Joanna Pisani, Rachel Pagani, Brandon Grether, and Young Bek (2024)

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
Justin Timberlake, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, and Andy Samberg (2007)
Seth Meyers, John Mulaney, and Justin Timberlake (2011)
Eli Brueggemann, Chris Redd, Will Stephen, and Kenan Thompson (2018)

BEST SHORT-FORM NONFICTION/REALITY SERIES
Oz Rodriguez (“Creating Saturday Night Live”) (2019)

BEST SOUND MIXING
Robert Palladino, Bill Taylor, Marty Brumbach, Ezra Matychak, Bob Selitto, Chris Costello, Devin Emke, Josiah Gluck, and Bob Clearmountain (2015)

BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTION
Heino Ripp, Michael Bennett, Al Camoin, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, and Maurey Verschoore (1983)
Terry Rohnke, Joe Debonis, Steve Jambeck, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Robert Reese, and Bruce Shapiro (1990)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Robert Reese, and William Vaccaro (1994)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Robert Reese, Gregory Aull, and William Vaccaro (1995)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Richard B. Fox, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2000)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Richard B. Fox, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2002)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Brian Phraner, Richard B. Fox, John Pinto, Jimmy Mott, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2003)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Eric A. Eisenstein, Richard B. Fox, Brian Phraner, John Pinto, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2004)
Steven Cimino, Richard B. Fox, John Pinto, Brian Phraner, Barry Frischer, Eric A. Eisenstein, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2007)
Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Eric A. Eisenstein, Len Wechsler, Barry Frisher, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2012)
Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Eric A. Eisenstein, Len Wechsler, Frank Grisanti, Susan Noll, Michael Cimino, and Carl Eckett (2015)
Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Eric A. Eisenstein, Len Wechsler, Dave Driscoll, Jeff Latonero, Ann Bergstrom, Randy Bittle, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2017)
Dave Driscoll, Frank Grisanti, Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Len Wechsler, Eric Eisenstein, Joe DeBonis and Susan Noll (2018)
Dave Driscoll, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Bill DiGiovanni, Anthony Tarantino, Brian Phraner, Daniel Erbeck (2024)

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