"the simpsons" has won 34 primetime emmy awards in four categories, but has been nominated for 78 awards in nine different categories. two of these nominations were for "simpsons roasting on an open fire", which was nominated in 1990 as a separate cartoon because officially it is considered a tv special and not a part of the series, however it is included in these statistics. the show's best year was 1992, when it won six emmys, all for outstanding voice-over performance. until 2009, the outstanding voice-over performance emmy was awarded by a committee, so there were no nominations.