List of awards and nominations received by Matt Groening explained

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator Matt Groening.

Annie Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1992	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
1993	Best Animated Television Production	Futurama
1994	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
1995	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
1996	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
1997	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
1998	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program	The Simpsons
1999	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program	The Simpsons
	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program	Futurama
2000	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program	The Simpsons
	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program	Futurama
2001	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program	The Simpsons
	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program	Futurama
2002	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production	Futurama
2003	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
	Best Animated Television Production	Futurama
2004	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
2008	Best Animated Feature	The Simpsons Movie
	Writing in a Feature Production	The Simpsons Movie
	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
	Best Animated Home Entertainment
2009	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
	Best Animated Home Entertainment
2010	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
	Best Animated Television Production	Futurama
	Best Animated Home Entertainment
2011	Best Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
	Best Animated Television Production	Futurama
	Winsor McCay Award
2012	Best General Audience Animated Television Production	The Simpsons
2013	Best Animated Short Subject	The Longest Daycare
2014	Best General Audience Animated Television Production^[1]	Futurama
2015	Best General Audience Animated Television Production^[2]	The Simpsons
2016	Best General Audience Animated Television Production^[3]	The Simpsons
2017	Best General Audience Animated Television Production^[4]	The Simpsons

Environmental Media Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1991	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
1992	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
1994	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "Bart Gets an Elephant"
1996	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "Lisa the Vegetarian"
1997	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "The Old Man and the Lisa"
2000	Best Television Episodic Comedy	Futurama for "The Problem with Popplers"
2002	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "Brawl in the Family"
2003	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for ''Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky"
2004	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "The Fat and the Furriest'
2005	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
	Turner Award	The Simpsons for "Goo Goo Gai Pan"
2006	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "Bonfire of the Manatees"
2007	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "The Wife Aquatic"
2008	Best Feature Film	The Simpsons Movie
2009	Best Television Episodic Comedy	The Simpsons for "The Burns and the Bees"
2011	Best Television Episodic Comedy	Futurama for "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"
2015	Best Television Episodic Comedy^[5]	The Simpsons for "Opposites A-Frack"
2016	Best Television Episodic Comedy^[6]	The Simpsons for "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles"
2017	Best Television Episodic Comedy^[7]	The Simpsons for "Trust but Clarify"

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Award/Category	Nominated Work	Result
2003	Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Simpsons
2008	Best Motion Picture – Animated	The Simpsons Movie

People's Choice Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1991	Favorite New TV Comedy Series	The Simpsons
1992	Favorite Series Among Young People	The Simpsons
2006	Favorite TV Comedy	The Simpsons
2007	Favorite Animated Comedy	The Simpsons
2008	Favorite Movie Comedy	The Simpsons Movie
	Favorite Animated Comedy	The Simpsons
2009	Favorite Animated Comedy	The Simpsons
2011	Favorite TV Family	The Simpsons for The Simpsons
2015	Favorite Animated TV Show^[8]	The Simpsons
2016	Favorite Animated TV Show^[9]	The Simpsons
2017	Favorite Animated TV Show^[10]	The Simpsons

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1987	Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program	The Tracey Ullman Show
1988
1989
1990	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)	The Simpsons for "Life on the Fast Lane"
		The Simpsons for "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
1991		The Simpsons for "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
1992		The Simpsons for "Radio Bart"
1995		The Simpsons for "Lisa's Wedding"
1996		The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror VI"
1997		The Simpsons for "Homer's Phobia"
1998		The Simpsons for "Trash of the Titans"
1999		Futurama for "A Big Piece of Garbage"
		The Simpsons for "Viva Ned Flanders"
2000	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming More than One Hour)	Olive, the Other Reindeer
	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)	The Simpsons for "Behind the Laughter"
2001		Futurama for "Amazon Women in the Mood"
		The Simpsons for "HOMR"
2002		Futurama for "Roswell That Ends Well"
		The Simpsons for "She of Little Faith"
2003		Futurama for "Jurassic Bark"
		The Simpsons for "Three Gays of the Condo"
2004		Futurama for "The Sting"
		The Simpsons for "The Way We Weren't"
2005		The Simpsons for "Future-Drama"
2006		The Simpsons for "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"
2007		The Simpsons for "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
2008		The Simpsons for "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"	^[11]
2009		The Simpsons for "Gone Maggie Gone"	^[12]
2010	Outstanding Animated Program	The Simpsons for "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"	^[13]
2011		Futurama for "The Late Philip J. Fry"
		The Simpsons for ""	^[14]
2012		Futurama for "The Tip of the Zoidberg"
		The Simpsons for "Holidays of Future Passed"
2013		The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"	^[15]
2014		Futurama for "Meanwhile"	^[16]
2015		The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror XXV"	^[17]
2016		The Simpsons for "Halloween of Horror"	^[18]
2017		The Simpsons for "The Town"	^[19]
	Original Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program	The Simpsons for Planet of the Couches
2018	Outstanding Animated Program	The Simpsons for "Gone Boy"	^[20]
2019		The Simpsons for "Mad About the Toy"	^[21]
2020		The Simpsons for "Thanksgiving of Horror"	^[22]
2021		The Simpsons for "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
	Outstanding Short Form Animated Program	The Simpsons for "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"
2022	Outstanding Animated Program	The Simpsons for "Pixelated and Afraid"
	Outstanding Short Form Animated Program	The Simpsons for "When Billie Met Lisa"
2023	Outstanding Animated Program	The Simpsons for "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"

TCA Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1990	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Simpsons
	Program of the Year	The Simpsons
1991	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Simpsons
1992	Program of the Year	The Simpsons
	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Simpsons
1993	Program of the Year	The Simpsons
	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Simpsons
1994	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Simpsons
1996	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy	The Simpsons
1999	Individual Achievement in Comedy	The Simpsons and Futurama
2002	Heritage Award	The Simpsons

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2000	Choice TV Show: Comedy	The Simpsons
2001	Choice TV Show: Comedy	The Simpsons
2002	Choice TV Show: Comedy	The Simpsons
2004	Choice TV Show: Comedy	The Simpsons
2005	Choice TV Show: Comedy	The Simpsons
2006	Choice Animated Series	The Simpsons
2007	Choice Animated Series	The Simpsons
	Choice Summer Movie - Comedy/Musical	The Simpsons Movie
2008	Choice Animated Series	The Simpsons
2009	Choice Animated Series	The Simpsons
2011	Choice Animated Series	The Simpsons
2012	Choice Animated Series	The Simpsons
2013	Choice Animated Series	The Simpsons
2014	Choice Animated Series^[23]	The Simpsons
2015	Choice Animated Series^[24]	The Simpsons
2016	Choice Animated Series^[25]	The Simpsons
2018	Choice Animated Series^[26]	The Simpsons

Other awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1991	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Show	The Simpsons
	MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects	"Do the Bartman"
1993	Genesis Award for Best Television Comedy Series	The Simpsons
	Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series	The Simpsons
1994	Genesis Award for Best Television Prime Time Animated Series	The Simpsons for "Whacking Day"
	Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series	The Simpsons
1995	Genesis Award for Best Television Comedy Series	The Simpsons for "Bart Gets an Elephant"
	Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series	The Simpsons
1996	Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
1997	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV - Individual Episode	The Simpsons for "Homer's Phobia"
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series	The Simpsons
	Peabody Award	The Simpsons
1998	British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series	The Simpsons
1999	British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
		The Simpsons
2000	British Comedy Award for Best International Comedy Show	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Simpsons
2001	American Comedy Award for Funniest Animated Series	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
2002	British Comedy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year	Life in Hell
	Young Artist Award for Best Family TV Comedy Series	The Simpsons
2003	AFI Award for TV Program of the Year	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
2004	British Comedy Award for Best International Comedy Show	The Simpsons
	British Comedy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy	The Simpsons
	Australian Kids' Choice Award for Fave Video Game	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Young Artist Award for Best Family TV Comedy Series	The Simpsons
	Australian Kids' Choice Awards for Fave TV show	The Simpsons
2005	British Comedy Award for Best International Comedy Show	The Simpsons
	DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)	The Simpsons
	Australian Kids' Choice Awards for Fave TV show	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Saturn Award for Best Television DVD Release	The Simpsons
2006	Australian Kids' Choice Awards for Fave TV show	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Satellite Award for Best DVD Release of a TV Show	The Simpsons
2007	British Comedy Award for Best International Comedy Show	The Simpsons
	Australian Kids' Choice Awards for Fave Toon	The Simpsons
	Genesis Award: Sid Caesar Comedy Award	The Simpsons
	UK Kids' Choice Award for Best Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film	The Simpsons Movie
	British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film	The Simpsons Movie
	MTV Movie Awards for Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet	The Simpsons Movie
	National Movie Award for Best Animation	The Simpsons Movie
	UK Kids' Choice Award for Best Movie	The Simpsons Movie
	Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature	The Simpsons Movie
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Spike Video Game Award for Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show	The Simpsons Game
2008	Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film	The Simpsons Movie
	Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature	The Simpsons Movie
	Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture	The Simpsons Movie
	BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film	The Simpsons Movie
	Saturn Award for Best Animated Film	The Simpsons Movie
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie	The Simpsons Movie
	Australian Kids' Choice Awards for Fave TV show	The Simpsons
	Satellite Award for Best DVD Release of a TV Show	The Simpsons
	Prism Award for Comedy Series Episode	The Simpsons for "Crook and Ladder"
2009	Genesis Award: Sid Caesar Comedy Award	The Simpsons
	Australian Kids' Choice Awards for Fave TV show	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Prism for Best Comedy Episode	The Simpsons for "Smoke on the Daughter"
2010	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon	The Simpsons
	Prism for Best Comedy Episode	The Simpsons for "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"
2011	The Comedy Award for Animated Comedy Series	The Simpsons
	The Comedy Award for Comedy Writing	The Simpsons
2012	The Comedy Award for Animated Comedy Series	The Simpsons
	Comic Con Icon Award^[27]
	Hollywood Walk of Fame^[28]
2013	Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award
	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series	The Simpsons
2014	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series^[29]	The Simpsons
2015	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series^[30]	The Simpsons
2016	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series^[31]	The Simpsons
	Prism for Best Comedy Episode^[32]	The Simpsons for "Puffless"
2017	Saturn Award for Best Animated Series or Film on Television^[33]	The Simpsons
2018	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series^[34]	The Simpsons
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon^[35]	The Simpsons
	Saturn Award for Best Animated Series or Film on Television^[36]	The Simpsons
2019	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series^[37]	The Simpsons
	Saturn Award for Best Animated Series or Film on Television^[38]	The Simpsons
2020	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series^[39]	The Simpsons

Notes and References

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5. Web site: Kenneally. Tim. Environmental Media Association Awards to Honor Shailene Woodley. TheWrap. September 9, 2015.
6. Web site: Terry. Joshua. John Oliver, 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Nominated for Environmental Media Awards. Variety. September 22, 2016.
7. Web site: Ress. Julianna. 2017 Environmental Media Association Awards Nominations Announced: See the Complete List of Nominees. E! News. 9 August 2017. August 9, 2017.
8. Web site: Jennifer Lawrence, Shailene Woodley and Robert Downey Jr. Among People's Choice Nominees, Plus Find Out Who's Hosting! . Toomey . Alyssa . November 4, 2014 . E! Online . November 8, 2014.
9. Web site: List: Who won People's Choice Awards? . . January 6, 2016 . January 6, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160108044754/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/01/06/peoples-choice-awards-winners/78391812/ . January 8, 2016 . live .
10. Web site: People's Choice Awards Nominees 2017 — Full List. November 15, 2016. Deadline. November 15, 2016.
11. News: "Simpson's" wins 10th best cartoon Emmy. 2008-09-13. 2008-09-13. Reuters.
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17. Web site: Game of Thrones set to dominate Emmys after netting 24 nominations. 16 July 2015. The Guardian. 17 July 2015.
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20. Web site: Emmys: Netflix Beats HBO With Most Nominations . The Hollywood Reporter . July 12, 2018 . July 12, 2018.
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