When Ted Lasso won the 2021 Emmy for outstanding comedy series, a large group of people stood on stage to accept the award. This kind of parade is the norm when a series scores an award, but does each and every person on stage actually take home an Emmy?
According to the 2021 Emmy Awards General Rules & Procedures booklet, “each winning entry receives one (1) gratis statue. All individuals with an Emmy Award-eligible credit vetted by NATAS Administration will be able to order a Recipient statue. One name may be engraved per statue. The name approved in credits is the name that will be engraved on the statue.” Commemorative Emmy Awards can be ordered and paid for, but only by “a network, studio, or production company that was principally involved with the winning program or achievement” and not by individuals.
So, no Emmys for individual actors? Nope, but they can probably get a contributor certificate or plaque. The rules state these “are available for all individuals who contributed to the honored project but are otherwise ineligible for the Emmy Award statue.”
