Primetime Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First awarded in 1949, they were originally referred to as just the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in the 1970s, and the word "primetime" was added to disambiguate between the two.
Award categories.
Primetime Emmys are currently awarded in the following categories:
Creative Arts Primetime Emmys.
The Creative Arts Emmy Award are awarded in the following categories (some of which separately recognize work based on whether a single-camera and multi-camera setup was used):
Retired awards.
A number of awards have been retired throughout the years, including some that have been replaced by similar award categories in the Daytime Emmys, Sports Emmys, and other areas of recognition.