‘Saturday Night Live’ extends record Emmy haul to 72 with Best Variety Sketch Series win

“Saturday Night Live” won Best Variety Sketch Series at Monday’s Primetime Emmy Awards, marking the first time the long-running show has defended a series award and extending its record haul to 72, the most of any program.

Though “SNL” has been on the air for 43 years, it has only won three series awards. It took home Best Variety Series in 1976 for its first season and again in 1993 for its 18th season. After the category was split into Best Variety Sketch Series and Best Variety Talk Series in 2015, “SNL” won the former last year for its buzzy, politically charged 42nd installment. It had leading 2/13 odds to repeat this year.

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“SNL”‘s 43rd season earned 21 nominations this year, including nine acting bids. It received seven statuettes at last weekend’s Creative Arts Awards, including Best Comedy Guest Actress for Tiffany Haddish.

“Portlandia” was in second with 16/1 odds. It was contending with its final season, so this would’ve been a goodbye hug to the Fred Armisen–Carrie Brownstein series.

“At Home with Amy Sedaris” was in third place with 33/1 odds. This is the show’s first and only nomination, so the nomination feels like the prize here. Tied in last place with 66/1 odds were “I Love You, America,” “Tracey Ullman’s Show” and “Drunk History.” “Drunk History” can take solace in the fact that Comedy Central has defeated “SNL” in this category before — “Inside Amy Schumer” and “Key & Peele” won in 2015 and 2016.

See all 72 of “SNL”‘s wins below.

BEST VARIETY SERIES
Lorne Michaels (1976)
Lorne Michaels, James Downey, and Al Franken (1993)
Lorne Michaels, Steve Higgins (2017)
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Steve Higgins and Erik Kenward (2018)

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Marci Klein, and Michael Shoemaker (2000)
Lorne Michaels, Ken Aymong, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Rhys Thomas, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward (2015)

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin (2017)

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate McKinnon (2016)
Kate McKinnon (2017)

BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Justin Timberlake (2009)
Justin Timberlake (2011)
Jimmy Fallon (2012)
Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Dave Chappelle (2017)

BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS 
Tina Fey (2009)
Betty White (2010)
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (2016)
Melissa McCarthy (2017)
Tiffany Haddish (2018)

BEST VARIETY INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE 
Chevy Chase (1976)
Gilda Radner (1978)
Dana Carvey (1993)

BEST VARIETY DIRECTING
Dave Wilson (1976)
Don Roy King (2010)
Don Roy King (2011)
Don Roy King (2012)
Don Roy King (2013)
Don Roy King (2014)
Don Roy King (2015 – special)
Don Roy King (2017)

BEST VARIETY WRITING
Writing Team including Chevy Chase (1976)
Writing Team including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Bill Murray (1977)
Writing Team including Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, and Conan O’Brien (1989)
Writing Team including Tina Fey (2002)

BEST ART DIRECTION or PRODUCTION DESIGN
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, and Keith Raywood (2013)
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Keith Raywood, and N. Joseph DeTullio (2017)
Eugene Lee, Akira Yoshimura, Keith Raywood, and N. Joseph DeTullio (2018)

BEST COSTUMES
Tom Broecker and Eric Justian (2014)

BEST GRAPHIC AND TITLE DESIGN
Charles Levi and Alex Weil (1985)

BEST HAIRSTYLING
Bobby H. Grayson (2000)
Bettie O. Rogers, Anne Michelle Radcliffe, and Jodi Mancuso (2008)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio Stauffer, Inga Thrasher, Christal Schanes, and Hannah Sullivan (2012)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio Stauffer, Inga Thrasher, and Hannah Sullivan (2013)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio Stauffer, Inga Thrasher, Hannah Sullivan, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2014)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio, Inga Thrasher, Hannah Sullivan, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2015)
Bettie O. Rogers, Jodi Mancuso, Jennifer Serio, Inga Thrasher, Hannah Sullivan, and Joseph Whitmeyer (2017)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Geoff Amoral, Phil Hymes, and Rick McGuinness (2018)

BEST MAKEUP
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, and Josh Turi (2010)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Josh Turi, and Daniela Zivkovic (2011)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Josh Turi, Melanie Demetri, and Daniela Zivkovic (2013)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Sarah Egan, Melanie Demetri, and Daniela Zivkovic (2014)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Sarah Egan, Melanie Demetri, and Daniela Zivkovic (2015)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Rachel Pagani, Andrew Sotomayor, and Daniela Zivkovic (2017)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Rachel Pagani, Sarah Egan, and Daniela Zivkovic (2017)

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
Justin Timberlake, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, and Andy Samberg (2007)
Seth Meyers, John Mulaney, and Justin Timberlake (2011)
Eli Brueggemann, Chris Redd, Will Stephen, and Kenan Thompson (2018)

BEST SOUND MIXING
Robert Palladino, Bill Taylor, Marty Brumbach, Ezra Matychak, Bob Selitto, Chris Costello, Devin Emke, Josiah Gluck, and Bob Clearmountain (2015)

BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTION
Heino Ripp, Michael Bennett, Al Camoin, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, and Maurey Verschoore (1983)
Terry Rohnke, Joe Debonis, Steve Jambeck, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Robert Reese, and Bruce Shapiro (1990)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Robert Reese, and William Vaccaro (1994)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Robert Reese, Gregory Aull, and William Vaccaro (1995)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Richard B. Fox, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2000)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Richard B. Fox, Jan Kasoff, John Pinto, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2002)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Brian Phraner, Richard B. Fox, John Pinto, Jimmy Mott, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2003)
Steven Cimino, Michael Bennett, Eric A. Eisenstein, Richard B. Fox, Brian Phraner, John Pinto, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2004)
Steven Cimino, Richard B. Fox, John Pinto, Brian Phraner, Barry Frischer, Eric A. Eisenstein, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2007)
Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Eric A. Eisenstein, Len Wechsler, Barry Frisher, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2012)
Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Eric A. Eisenstein, Len Wechsler, Frank Grisanti, Susan Noll, Michael Cimino, and Carl Eckett (2015)
Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Eric A. Eisenstein, Len Wechsler, Dave Driscoll, Jeff Latonero, Ann Bergstrom, Randy Bittle, Frank Grisanti, and Susan Noll (2017)
Dave Driscoll, Frank Grisanti, Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Len Wechsler, Eric Eisenstein, Joe DeBonis and Susan Noll (2017)

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