emmy awards, 34 annie awards, nine environmental media awards, twelve writers guild of america awards, six genesis awards, eight people's choice awards, three british comedy awards, among other awards. episodes of the show have won 11 emmys in the primetime emmy award for outstanding animated program (for programming less than one hour) category. however, "the simpsons" has never been nominated for outstanding comedy series, although the show was submitted in the category in 1993 and 1994. james l. brooks, an executive producer on the show, won eleven emmys for "the simpsons" as well as ten for other shows and holds the record for most primetime emmys won by a single person, with 21, "the simpsons" was the first animated series to be given a peabody award, and in 2000 the simpson family was awarded a star on the hollywood walk of fame. as of 2016, "the simpsons" have received a total of 85 emmy nominations.