List of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies

This is a list of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies, the years which they were honoring, their hosts, and their ceremony dates.

#	Date	Year	Host(s)	Network	Site	U.S. viewers (millions)
1st	January 25, 1949	1948	Walter O'Keefe	KFI	Hollywood Athletic Club
2nd	January 27, 1950	1949	Bill Welsh		Ambassador Hotel
3rd	January 23, 1951	1950	Earl Warren	KLAC (DuMont)
4th	February 18, 1952	1951	Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz	KECA (ABC)	Cocoanut Grove
5th	February 5, 1953	1952	Art Linkletter	KLAC (DuMont)	Hotel Statler
6th	February 11, 1954	1953	Ed Sullivan	KHJ	Hollywood Palladium
7th	March 7, 1955	1954	Steve Allen Dave Garroway	NBC	Moulin Rogue Nightclub Nino's LaRue Restaurant
8th	March 17, 1956	1955	Art Linkletter Danny Thomas		Pan Pacific Auditorium Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
9th	March 16, 1957	1956	Desi Arnaz		Colonial Theatre NBC Studios
10th	April 15, 1958	1957	Phil Silvers Danny Thomas		Cocoanut Grove NBC Studios
11th	May 6, 1959	1958–59	Raymond Burr		Mayflower Hotel Moulin Rogue Nightclub Ziegfeld Theatre
12th	June 20, 1960	1959–60	Joey Bishop Arthur Godfrey Chet Huntley		NBC Studios Ziegfeld Theatre
13th	May 16, 1961	1960–61	Joey Bishop Dick Powell		Moulin Rogue Nightline Ziegfeld Theatre
14th	May 22, 1962	1961–62	David Brinkley Johnny Carson Bob Newhart		Astor Hotel Hollywood Palladium Sheraton-Park Hotel
15th	May 26, 1963	1962–63	Joey Bishop Arthur Godfrey Chet Huntley		Americana Hotel Hollywood Palladium Sheraton-Park Hotel
16th	May 25, 1964	1963–64	Joey Bishop E.G. Marshall		Hollywood Palladium Music Hall of the Texas Pavilion
17th	September 12, 1965	1964–65	Sammy Davis Jr. Danny Thomas		Hilton Hotel Hollywood Palladium
18th	May 22, 1966	1965–66	Bill Cosby Danny Kaye	CBS	Americana Hotel Hollywood Palladium
19th	June 4, 1967	1966–67	Joey Bishop Hugh Downs	ABC	Century Plaza Hotel Americana Hotel
20th	May 19, 1968	1967–68	Frank Sinatra Dick Van Dyke	NBC	Hollywood Palladium Americana Hotel
21st	June 8, 1969	1968–69	Bill Cosby Merv Griffin	CBS	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Carnegie Hall
22nd	June 7, 1970	1969–70	Bill Cosby Dick Cavett	ABC	Century Plaza Hotel Carnegie Hall
23rd	May 9, 1971	1970–71	Johnny Carson	NBC	Pantages Theatre
24th	May 14, 1972	1971–72		CBS
25th	May 20, 1973	1972–73		ABC	Shubert Theatre
26th	May 28, 1974	1973–74		NBC	Pantages Theater
27th	May 19, 1975	1974–75	no host	CBS	Hollywood Palladium
28th	May 17, 1976	1975–76	John Denver Mary Tyler Moore	ABC	Shubert Theatre
29th	September 11, 1977	1976–77	Robert Blake Angie Dickinson	NBC	Pasadena Civic Auditorium
30th	September 17, 1978	1977–78	Alan Alda	CBS
31st	September 9, 1979	1978–79	Cheryl Ladd Henry Winkler	ABC
32nd	September 7, 1980	1979–80	Steve Allen Dick Clark	NBC
33rd	September 13, 1981	1980–81	Ed Asner Shirley MacLaine	CBS
34th	September 19, 1982	1981–82	John Forsythe Marlo Thomas	ABC
35th	September 25, 1983	1982–83	Eddie Murphy Joan Rivers	NBC
36th	September 23, 1984	1983–84	Tom Selleck	CBS
37th	September 22, 1985	1984–85	John Forsythe	ABC
38th	September 21, 1986	1985–86	David Letterman Shelley Long	NBC
39th	September 20, 1987	1986–87	Bruce Willis	Fox
40th	August 28, 1988	1987–88	John Forsythe
41st	September 17, 1989	1988–89	John Larroquette
42nd	September 16, 1990	1989–90	Candice Bergen Jay Leno Jane Pauley			12.3[1]
43rd	August 25, 1991	1990–91	Dennis Miller
44th	August 30, 1992	1991–92	Tim Allen Kirstie Alley Dennis Miller
45th	September 19, 1993	1992–93	Angela Lansbury	ABC		18.9[2]
46th	September 11, 1994	1993–94	Ellen DeGeneres Patricia Richardson			21.3[3]
47th	September 10, 1995	1994–95	Jason Alexander Cybill Shepherd	Fox
48th	September 8, 1996	1995–96	Michael J. Fox Paul Reiser Oprah Winfrey	ABC
49th	September 14, 1997	1996–97	Bryant Gumbel	CBS
50th	September 13, 1998	1997–98	no host	NBC	Shrine Auditorium
51st	September 12, 1999	1998–99	Jenna Elfman David Hyde Pierce	Fox		17.5[4]
52nd	September 10, 2000	1999–00	Garry Shandling	ABC		21.8[5]
53rd	November 4, 2001[lower-alpha 1]	2000–01	Ellen DeGeneres	CBS	Shubert Theatre[lower-alpha 2]	17.1[6]
54th	September 22, 2002	2001–02	Conan O'Brien	NBC	Shrine Auditorium	20.0[7]
55th	September 21, 2003	2002–03	Ellen DeGeneres Brad Garrett Darrell Hammond George Lopez Conan O'Brien Bernie Mac Dennis Miller Garry Shandling Martin Short Jon Stewart Wanda Sykes	Fox		17.7[8]
56th	September 19, 2004	2003–04	Garry Shandling	ABC		13.8[9]
57th	September 18, 2005	2004–05	Ellen DeGeneres	CBS		18.7[9]
58th	August 27, 2006	2005–06	Conan O'Brien	NBC		16.1[9]
59th	September 16, 2007	2006–07	Ryan Seacrest	Fox		13.06[10]
60th	September 21, 2008	2007–08	Tom Bergeron Heidi Klum Howie Mandel Jeff Probst Ryan Seacrest	ABC	Nokia Theatre L.A. Live (then name of the Microsoft Theater)	12.2[1]
61st	September 20, 2009	2008–09	Neil Patrick Harris	CBS		13.47[11]
62nd	August 29, 2010	2009–10	Jimmy Fallon	NBC		13.50[11]
63rd	September 18, 2011	2010–11	Jane Lynch	Fox		12.44[12]
64th	September 23, 2012	2011–12	Jimmy Kimmel	ABC		13.26[13]
65th	September 22, 2013	2012–13	Neil Patrick Harris	CBS		17.63[14]
66th	August 25, 2014	2013–14	Seth Meyers	NBC		15.59[15]
67th	September 20, 2015[16]	2014–15	Andy Samberg	Fox	Microsoft Theater	11.87[17]
68th	September 18, 2016	2015–16	Jimmy Kimmel	ABC		11.30[18]
69th	September 2017	2016-17		CBS

Notes

1. The ceremony was originally scheduled for September 16, 2001, however it was postponed due to the September 11 attacks. The ceremony was then re-scheduled for October 7, 2001, but was delayed again due to the start of the Afghan War.
2. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at the Shrine Auditorium, but the venue was changed after the original postponement of the event.

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External links

• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 57 years of Emmy List of Emmy Awards ceremonies and highlights
• Emmy Awards on IMDb.com
• Washington Post's article on Emmy hosts