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Most wins for a performer - Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the late Cloris Leachman are tied for the most Emmy wins by a performer, at eight a piece. Additionally, Louis-Dreyfus has the most wins for playing the same character: six for her role as Selina Meyer on 'Veep.'

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Husband and wife duos -

Fifteen married couples have won Emmys: Carrie Preston and Michael Emerson; Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman; Lynn Whitfield and Brian Gibson; Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue; Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn; Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy (pictured); Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt; Colleen Dewhurst and George C. Scott; Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels; Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond; Jane Wagner and Lily Tomlin; Thomas Schlamme and Christine Lahti; James Brolin and Barbra Streisand; Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor; and Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks.

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Most nominations by a series in a single year - In 1977, 'Roots' picked up 37 nominations.

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Time to create a statuette - It takes five and a half hours to create each Emmy statuette. The statuettes are handled with white gloves to prevent any fingerprints from showing up on the awards.

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Youngest Emmy winner - At 14, Roxana Zal became the youngest winner in 1984, when she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special for 'Something About Amelia.'

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Most wins by at drama series - Five dramas have won four Outstanding Drama Series Emmys: 'Hill Street Blues,' 'L.A. Law,' 'The West Wing,' 'Mad Men' (pictured), and 'Game of Thrones.'

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Cost - It costs US$400 to create one Emmy, as the statuette is only dipped in gold.

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Weight -

The statuette weighs in at 6 lbs 12 oz (3 kg).

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George C. Scott - In 1977, the actor rejected his Oscar win for 'Patton,' but accepted an Emmy Award for his work in Hallmark’s 'The Price.'

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‘Seinfeld’ -

The popular sitcom was nominated 68 times, but only won 10 Emmys. Of its stars, only Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards won, in the supporting acting categories.

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Concept behind the statuette - A television engineer named Louis McManus created the Emmy statuette, using his wife's image as a model.

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Original name: 'Immy' - The Emmy Awards were originally named "Immy," an abbreviation for the image orthicon tube, an early camera. It was later changed to "Emmy" to sound more feminine.

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First Emmy Awards - Six awards were given at the first Emmys on January 25, 1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club, which was for Los Angeles programming only. Tickets to the event were US$5.

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First winner - Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale was the recipient of the first award ever given, which was for outstanding personality. She won it for the children's show 'Judy Splinters.'

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Record - HBO's 'Game of Thrones' holds the record for the most wins by a fictional series with 59 wins.

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'Game of Thrones' - In total, the show was nominated 159 times, making it the most nominated drama series in Emmys history.

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Oldest Emmy nominee/winner -

The late Carl Reiner (pictured) was 96 years and 114 days old when he was nominated for an Emmy. His good pal Norman Lear just broke his own record and became the oldest Emmy winner at the age of 98.

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Oldest Emmy nominee/winner -

Norman Lear broke his own record (97) and became the oldest Emmy winner again at the age of 98 for 'Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times,’ in the category of Outstanding Variety Special (Live).

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First streaming series win - 'The Handmaid's Tale,' which was released by Hulu in 2017, became the first online streaming service series to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama.

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Netflix - In 2018, the streaming service racked up more nominations than HBO, breaking the cable channel's winning streak.

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HBO - Between 2001 and 2017, HBO topped the list for most Emmy nominations every year.

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Some winners have to purchase the statuette - Some Emmy winners are required to purchase the statuette if they’d actually like to keep the award.

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Emmy-winning video game controllers - Sony's DualShock analog controller and Nintendo's NES/Famicon controller won in 2007 at the 58th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards.

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The Oscars win Emmys - The Academy Awards ceremony is considered a TV program, and thus qualifies for the Emmys. Interestingly, a new rule introduced in 2020 states that "programs that have been nominated for an Oscar will no longer be eligible for the Emmys competition.”

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Governor Earl Warren - When Earl Warren was Governor of California in 1951, he hosted the Emmy Awards. He would later become the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and preside over landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education.

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Dr. Frasier Crane - Dr. Frasier Crane is the only character to be nominated for three different shows: 'Cheers,' 'Wings,' and 'Frasier.'

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'Scrubs' irony -

'Scrubs' won an Emmy for Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing for a Series for an episode about making fun of multi-camera sitcoms. The episode was titled 'My Life in Four Cameras.'

See also: The most interesting facts about the Oscars

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