| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Choreography |
| Presenter: | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1955 |
| Holder: | Blindspotting (2023) |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Choreography |
| Presenter: | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1955 |
| Holder: | Dancing with the Stars (2023) |
This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography. With the exception of 2013, the award is given at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony.[1]
Starting in 2019, separate awards are given for scripted programs and reality or variety programs.[2]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 [3] | ||||
| The Jackie Gleason Show | June Taylor | CBS | ||
| Max Liebman Spectaculars | Rod Alexander | NBC | ||
| Texaco Star Theatre | "Here Comes Donald" | Louis DaPron | ||
| Your Hit Parade | Tony Charmoli and Bob Herget | |||
| 1956 [4] | ||||
| Your Hit Parade | "Show Biz" | Tony Charmoli | NBC | |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | June Taylor | CBS | ||
| Max Liebman Presents Shower of Stars with Ethel Merman | James Starbuck | NBC CBS | ||
| Max Liebman Spectaculars | Rod Alexander | NBC | ||
| Producers' Showcase | "Peter Pan" | Jerome Robbins | ||
| 1959 [5] | ||||
| An Evening with Fred Astaire | Hermes Pan | NBC | ||
| Omnibus | "Dancing: A Man's Game" | Gene Kelly | NBC | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 [6] | ||||
| This Is Tom Jones | "Mary Hopkins, Jose Feliciano and Shelley Berman" | Norman Maen | ABC | |
| Ann-Margret — From Hollywood with Love | David Winters | CBS | ||
| The Red Skelton Hour | Tom Hansen | |||
| 1971 [7] | ||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Nanette Fabray and Ken Berry" | Ernie Flatt | CBS | |
| George M! | Alan Johnson | NBC | ||
| Hamlet | Claude Chagrin | |||
| 1972 [8] | ||||
| Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Alan Johnson | NBC | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Mel Tormé and Nanette Fabray" | Ernie Flatt | CBS | |
| The Fabulous Fordies | Tom Hansen | NBC | ||
| 1973 [9] | ||||
| Liza with a Z | Bob Fosse | NBC | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Family Show" | Ernie Flatt | CBS | |
| The Julie Andrews Hour | "Robert Goulet and Joel Grey" | Tony Charmoli | ABC | |
| 1974 [10] | ||||
| Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife | Tony Charmoli | CBS | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "The Australia Show" | Ernie Flatt | CBS | |
| Sammy Davis Starring in NBC Follies | Carl Jablonski | NBC | ||
| 1975 [11] | ||||
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Marge Champion | CBS | ||
| Cher | "Freddie Prinze and the Pointer Sisters" | Dee Dee Wood | CBS | |
| Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Alan Johnson | |||
| 1976 [12] | ||||
| Gypsy in My Soul | Tony Charmoli | CBS | ||
| Ann-Margret Smith | Rob Iscove | NBC | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Roddy McDowall and Bernadette Peters" | Ernie Flatt | CBS | |
| Lola | Lester Wilson | ABC | ||
| Mary's Incredible Dream | Tony Charmoli | CBS | ||
| 1977 [13] | ||||
| America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | Ron Field | CBS | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "The Pointer Sisters" | Ernie Flatt | CBS | |
| Minstrel Man | Donald McKayle | |||
| The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? | Alan Johnson | |||
| Swan Lake (Live from Lincoln Center) | David Blair | PBS | ||
| 1978 [14] | ||||
| The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | Ron Field | ABC | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "The Final Show" | Ernie Flatt | CBS | |
| Mitzi... Zings Into Spring | Tony Charmoli | |||
| New York City Ballet: Coppelia (Live from Lincoln Center) | George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova | PBS | ||
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Miriam Nelson | NBC | ||
| 1979 [15] | ||||
| The 3rd Barry Manilow Special | Kevin Carlisle | ABC | ||
| The Martha Graham Dance Company: Clytemnestra (Great Performances) | Martha Graham | PBS | ||
| The Muppets Go Hollywood | Anita Mann | CBS | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Outstanding Achievement in Choreography[16] | |||
| Shirley MacLaine... Every Little Moment | Alan Johnson | CBS | ||
| Baryshnikov on Broadway | Ron Field | ABC | ||
| Uptown — A Musical Comedy History of Harlem's Apollo | Lester Wilson | NBC | ||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events[17] [18] | ||||
| The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | "Dancin' on the Silver Screen" | Walter Painter | ABC | |
| 1981 [19] | ||||
| Lynda Carter's Celebration | Walter Painter | CBS | ||
| Lily: Sold Out | Tony Charmoli | CBS | ||
| Sixty Years of Seduction | Lester Wilson | ABC | ||
| The Tempest Live with the San Francisco Ballet (Great Performances) | Michael Smuin | PBS | ||
| The Tim Conway Show | "219" | Don Crichton | CBS | |
| 1982 [20] | ||||
| Fame | "Come One, Come All" | Debbie Allen | NBC | |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | Walter Painter | ABC | ||
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Arthur Faria | NBC | ||
| Baryshnikov in Hollywood | Peter Anastos and Michael Kidd | CBS | ||
| Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | Alan Johnson | |||
| 1983 [21] | ||||
| Fame | "Class Act" | Debbie Allen | NBC | |
| The 55th Annual Academy Awards | Walter Painter | ABC | ||
| The Catherine Wheel | Twyla Tharp | PBS | ||
| Lester Wilson | NBC | |||
| 1984 [22] | ||||
| Dance in America: A Song for Dead Warriors — San Francisco Ballet (Great Performances) | Michael Smuin | PBS | ||
| Dance in America: Choreographer's Notebook — Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins (Great Performances) | Peter Martins | PBS | ||
| Fame | "Fame Takes a Look at Music '83" | Debbie Allen | Syndicated | |
| The 1984 Tony Awards | Albert Stephenson | CBS | ||
| 1985 [23] | ||||
| Dance in America: Baryshnikov by Tharp with the American Ballet Theatre (Great Performances) | Twyla Tharp | PBS | ||
| The 57th Annual Academy Awards | Scott Salmon | ABC | ||
| Fame | "The Rivalry" | Debbie Allen | Syndicated | |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Albert Stephenson | ABC | ||
| A Solid Gold Christmas | Anita Mann | Syndicated | ||
| 1986 [24] | ||||
| Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III (Great Performances) | Walter Painter | PBS | ||
| Copacabana | Grover Dale | CBS | ||
| Solid Gold | "Salute to Frank Sinatra" | Anita Mann | Syndicated | |
| 1987 [25] | ||||
| Liberty Weekend 1986 — Closing Ceremonies | Michael Peters and Dee Dee Wood | ABC | ||
| Happy Birthday, Hollywood | Walter Painter | ABC | ||
| Moonlighting | "Big Man on Mulberry Street" | Bill Landrum and Jacqui Landrum | ||
| 1988 [26] | ||||
| Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Alan Johnson | CBS | ||
| Celebrating Gershwin (Great Performances) | Patricia Birch | PBS | ||
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | "Four Swans" | Toni Basil | CBS | |
| The Tracey Ullman Show | "The Pits" | Paula Abdul | Fox | |
| 1989 [27] | ||||
| The Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening | Walter Painter | NBC | ||
| The Tracey Ullman Show | "The Wave Girls", "D.U.I.", "The Cure", "Maggie in Peril, Part 1" | Paula Abdul | Fox | |
| The Debbie Allen Special | Debbie Allen | ABC | ||
| Year | Program | Routine(s) | Nominees | Network | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (62nd) [48] | ||||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Gravity", "Addiction/Koop Island Blues/One" | Mia Michaels | Fox | |||
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | "Opening Number", "No One Wants to Do It Alone/Score Suite" | Adam Shankman | ABC | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Living on Video", "Anything Goes" | Derek Hough | ||||
| "Malaquena" | Chelsie Hightower and Derek Hough | |||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Fear" | Stacey Tookey | Fox | |||
| 2011 (63rd) [49] | ||||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Scars", "Fallin, "Outta Your Mind" | Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo | Fox | |||
| "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "When We Dance", "This Bitter Earth – On the Nature of Daylight" | Mia Michaels | |||||
| Dancing with the Stars | "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", "Hedwig's Theme", "My Love" | Mark Ballas | ABC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Oh Yeah", "Boogie Shoes", "I Surrender" | Mandy Moore | Fox | |||
| "Mad World", "Sundrenched World", "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | Stacey Tookey | |||||
| "Collide", "How It Ends", "Fix You" | Travis Wall | |||||
| 2012 (64th) [50] | ||||||
| Smash | "National Pastime", "Let's Be Bad", "Never Met a Wolf" | Joshua Bergasse | NBC | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Without You" | Travis Wall, Teddy Forance and Nick Lazzarini | ABC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Whatever Lola Wants", "Please Mr. Jailor", "Where Do I Begin" | Spencer Liff | Fox | |||
| "Misty Blue", "Velocity" | Christopher Scott | |||||
| "In This Shirt", "Turning Tables", "Heart Asks for Pleasure First" | Stacey Tookey | |||||
| 2013 (65th) [51] | ||||||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Hey Pachuco", "Para Los Rumberos", "Walking on Air" | Derek Hough | ABC | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Heart Cry", "Stars" | Derek Hough and Allison Holker | ABC | |||
| Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (Live from Lincoln Center) | Warren Carlyle | PBS | ||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Call of the Wild (Circle of Life)", "Love Cats", "Beautiful People" | Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo | Fox | |||
| "The Power of Love", "Wild Horses" | Mandy Moore | |||||
| "Possibly Maybe", "Turning Page", "Sail" | Sonya Tayeh | |||||
| "Where the Light Gets In", "Without You", "Unchained Melody" | Travis Wall | |||||
| 2014 (66th) [52] | ||||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Gold Rush", "Run the World" | Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo | Fox | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Human", "Ameksa", "Too Darn Hot" | Derek Hough | ABC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "The Edge of Glory", "Feelin' Good", "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Mandy Moore | Fox | |||
| "Trigger", "Sand", "The Gravel Road" | Christopher Scott | |||||
| "Hanging by a Thread", "Wicked Game", "Medicine" | Travis Wall | |||||
| 2015 (67th) [53] | ||||||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Elastic Heart" | Derek Hough, Julianne Hough and Tessandra Chavez | ABC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Wave", "When I Go", "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Travis Wall | Fox | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "369", "It's Not Unusual", "Sing with a Swing-Apache" | Witney Carson | ABC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Hernando's Hideaway", "World on a String", "Maybe This Time" | Spencer Liff | Fox | |||
| "Vow", "So Broken", "Europe, After the Rain" | Sonya Tayeh | |||||
| 2016 (68th) [54] | ||||||
| America's Best Dance Crew | "Runaway Baby", "Take U There", "Summer Thing" | Quest Crew | MTV | |||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | "I'm So Good at Yoga", "A Boy Band Made Up of Four Joshes", "Settle for Me" | Kathryn Burns | The CW | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Footprints in the Sand", "Grace Kelly", "Cry Little Sister" | Derek Hough | ABC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Beautiful Friends", "November", "Gimme All Your Love" | Travis Wall | Fox | |||
| "Dibidy Dop" | Anthony Morigerato | |||||
| 2017 (69th) [55] | ||||||
| Dancing with the Stars | "On Top of the World", "Carol of the Bells" | Mandy Moore | ABC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "The Mirror", "Send in the Clowns", "She Used to Be Mine" | Travis Wall | Fox | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Kairos" | Derek Hough | ABC | |||
| The Real O'Neals | "Born This Way", "West Side Story", "Boyfriend" | Fred Tallaksen | ||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Unsteady", "This Is Not the End" | Mandy Moore | Fox | |||
| 2018 (70th) [56] | ||||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Brand New", "To Make You Feel My Love" | Mandy Moore | Fox | |||
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | "The Greatest Showman", "Crosswalk the Musical on Broadway" | Chloe Arnold | CBS | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Change Is Everything", "Strange Fruit" | Travis Wall | Fox | |||
| "The Man That Got Away", "L-O-V-E" | Al Blackstone | |||||
| "Prism", "Say You Won't Let Go" | Christopher Scott | |||||
| 2019 (71st) | ||||||
| Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming | ||||||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | "Don’t Be a Lawyer", "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" | Kathryn Burns | The CW | |||
| Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming[57] | ||||||
| World of Dance | "Piece by Piece", "Don't Wanna Think", "Fix You" | Tessandra Chavez | NBC | |||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "It Takes a Lot to Know a Man", "Glass Heart Concerto" | Travis Wall | Fox | |||
| "Juice", "Bump", "Yummy" | Luther Brown | |||||
| World of Dance | "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Headband", "DNA" | Melvin "Timtim" Rogador | NBC | |||
| "Malhari", "Yeh Raat", "O Fortuna" | Suresh Mukund | |||||
| "Pegate", "La Malanga", "Caminare" | Karen Forcano and Ricardo Vega | |||||
| Year | Program | Routine(s) | Nominees | Network | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (72nd) | Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming[58] | |||||
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | "All I Do Is Win", "I've Got the Music in Me", "Crazy" | Mandy Moore | NBC | |||
| Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming[59] | ||||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "I'll Be Seeing You", "Mambo Italiano", "The Girl from Ipanema" | Al Blackstone | Fox | |||
| The Oscars | "Come Alive (Opening Sequence)" | Jemel McWilliams | ||||
| Savage X Fenty Show | "Statues", "Benches", "Window" | Prime Video | ||||
| So You Think You Can Dance | "Enough Is Enough", "Sign of the Times" | Fox | ||||
| World of Dance | "Dos Jueyes", "El Ray Timbal" | Jefferson Benjumea and Adrianita Avila | NBC | |||
| 2021 (73rd) | Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming[60] | |||||
| Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square | "Christmas Is the Time", "Dance Studio", "High School Dance", "Christmas on the Square Finale" | Debbie Allen | Netflix | |||
| Genius: Aretha | "Jump", "Satisfaction", "See Saw" | Dondraico Johnson | Nat Geo | |||
| Lucifer | "Another One Bites the Dust", "Hell", "Bad to the Bone" | Brooke Lipton | Netflix | |||
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | "Black Man in a White World", "Tightrope" | Mandy Moore and Luther Brown | NBC | |||
| "Hello Dolly", "Starships", "Let's Get Loud" | Mandy Moore | |||||
| Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming[61] | ||||||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Paso Doble - Uccen", "Tap Dance - Let's Fall in Love for the Night" | |||||
| Christmas in Rockefeller Center | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" | Sergio Trujillo | NBC | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Argentine Tango - Toxic", "Freestyle - Sparkling Diamonds" | Artem Chigvintsev | ||||
| The Disney Holiday Singalong | "Jingle Bells" | |||||
| Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 | "Garden Scene" | Prime Video | ||||
| World of Dance | "Come Thru", "Superbad, Superslick", "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Marie Haince Lebel | NBC | |||
| 2022 (74th) | Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming[62] | |||||
| Euphoria | "Call Me Irresponsible", "Holding Out for a Hero", "Cheerleader" | Ryan Heffington | HBO | |||
| Goliath | "The Pain Killer" | Fred Tallaksen | Prime Video | |||
| The Porter | "Opening Stardust Dance Number", "Willie Johnson Dance Number", "Lucy's Featured Performance", "Songbird" | Christian Vincent | BET+ | |||
| Schmigadoon! | "Corn Puddin'", "Tribulation", "With All of Your Heart" | Christopher Gattelli | Apple TV+ | |||
| Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas | "Hello Dolly", "Starships", "Let's Get Loud" | Mandy Moore and Jillian Meyers | The Roku Channel | |||
| Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming[63] | ||||||
| Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 | "Opening" | Parris Goebel | Prime Video | |||
| Annie Live! | "Hard Knock Life", "We Got Annie", "NYC" | Sergio Trujillo | NBC | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | "I Got 5 on It", "Dark Fantasy" | Daniella Karagach | ABC | |||
| The Oscars | "Be Alive" | Fatima Robinson | ||||
| Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough | "Moulin Rouge - Roxanne" | Tessandra Chavez and Derek Hough | ||||
| 2023 (75th) | Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming[64] | |||||
| Blindspotting | "The History", "San Quentin Blues" | Jon Boogz | Starz | |||
| "New Cool", "Hand Jive", "The Boom" | Jamal Sims | Paramount+ | ||||
| "Pulling Strings", "Hit Me Again", "High Rollin'" | Jeffrey Mortensen and Louise Hradsky | |||||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Trash Man", "Dream Kitchen" | Marguerite Derricks | Prime Video | |||
| Schmigadoon! | "Bells and Whistles", "Good Enough to Eat", "Bustin' Out" | Christopher Gattelli | Apple TV+ | |||
| Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming[65] | ||||||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Higher" | Derek Hough | Disney+ | |||
| "Be Our Guest" | Jamal Sims, Phillip Chbeeb and Makenzie Dustman | ABC | ||||
| "Rose Petal Suite Pt. I" | Phillip Chbeeb and Makenzie Dustman | |||||
| Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl | "The Family Madrigal", "Surface Pressure" | Jamal Sims | Disney+ | |||
| Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | "Chameleon", "Pride Rock" | Parris Goebel | Prime Video | |||
| 2024 (76th) | Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming[66] | |||||
| The Idol | "Rehearsal", "Music Video Shoot", "Dollhouse" | Nina McNeely | HBO | |||
| Only Murders in the Building | "Oliver's Dream Sequence", "Creatures of the Night" | John Carrafa | Hulu | |||
| Palm Royale | "The Rhumba", "Maxine's Entrance" | Brooke Lipton | Apple TV+ | |||
| Physical | "Jean Franc's Advanced Aerobics Class", "Figure 8's Commercial", "Xanadu & Dreams" | Jennifer Hamilton | ||||
| Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming[67] | ||||||
| Dancing with the Stars | "Moon River", "La Vie en rose" | Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson | ABC | |||
| Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic | "Step in Time" | Alison Faulk and Kiki Nyemchek | CBS | |||
| The Oscars | "I'm Just Ken", "In Memoriam" | Mandy Moore | ABC | |||
| RuPaul's Drag Race | "Dance | ", "Queen of Wind", "Power" | Jamal Sims | MTV | ||
| 76th Annual Tony Awards | "Opening Number", "Lifetime Achievement" | Karla Puno Garcia | CBS | |||