Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program is a major American television accolade honoring excellence in animated series or specials broadcast during primetime.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program canonical	17
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Longer)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (as producer on South Park, nominated/associated)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Bob's Burgers, not individual performance)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (nominated)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (won)	1
Primetime Emmy Awards for animation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1276908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program
Context triple: [Annie Award, relatedTo, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program]

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is a major American television honor presented annually to recognize the best overall comedy series of the year.
B. Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards are annual honors recognizing outstanding artistic and technical achievements in American television production, including areas such as cinematography, editing, sound, and guest acting.
C. Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards are prestigious annual honors recognizing outstanding achievements in American primetime television programming.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series is a major television honor recognizing excellence in regularly scheduled variety programs that blend comedy, music, and other entertainment elements.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music is a television industry honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional original theme music composed specifically for a TV program’s main title sequence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program
Target entity description: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program is a major American television accolade honoring excellence in animated series or specials broadcast during primetime.

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is a major American television honor presented annually to recognize the best overall comedy series of the year.
B. Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards are annual honors recognizing outstanding artistic and technical achievements in American television production, including areas such as cinematography, editing, sound, and guest acting.
C. Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards are prestigious annual honors recognizing outstanding achievements in American primetime television programming.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series is a major television honor recognizing excellence in regularly scheduled variety programs that blend comedy, music, and other entertainment elements.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music is a television industry honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional original theme music composed specifically for a TV program’s main title sequence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in animated series or specials broadcast during primetime ⓘ outstanding achievement in animated television programming ⓘ
awardShow	Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony ⓘ linked to: Primetime Emmy Awards
broadcastTimeRequirement	primetime ⓘ
categoryType	program award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	animated anthology series ⓘ animated television series ⓘ animated television specials ⓘ
field	animation ⓘ television production ⓘ
firstAwarded	1979 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	animation ⓘ
hasFormat	half-hour animated series ⓘ one-hour animated specials ⓘ
hasSubcategory	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program ⓘ linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
inception	1979 ⓘ
industry	television ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
notableNetworkOfWinners	Adult Swim ⓘ Cartoon Network ⓘ Comedy Central ⓘ Fox ⓘ
notableWinner	Archer ⓘ Bob's Burgers ⓘ Futurama ⓘ Over the Garden Wall ⓘ Rick and Morty ⓘ South Park ⓘ The Simpsons ⓘ
organizer	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
originalName	Outstanding Animated Program ⓘ
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ Television Academy ⓘ linked to: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
recognizes	creative teams of animated programs ⓘ producers of animated programs ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
relatedAward	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program ⓘ linked to: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by members of the Television Academy ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	previous U.S. television season ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Annie Award → relatedTo → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program ⓘ

Walking with Dinosaurs → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Longer) ⓘ

subject linked to: BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs