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Netflix is an American over-the-top content platform and production company.
In 2013, Netflix became the first streaming platform whose TV production won a Primetime Emmy Award with House of Cards becoming the first online-only streaming television series to receive major nominations for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.[1] House of Cards scored nine nominations overall, including Outstanding Drama Series.[1] Meanwhile, its first episode, "Chapter 1", received four nominations, becoming the first webisode (online-only episode) of a television series to receive a major Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Laray Mayfield and Julie Schubert won Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series while Eigil Bryld won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour);[2] meanwhile, David Fincher won for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.[3] Both Bryld and Fincher won for the episode "Chapter 1", making it the first Emmy-winning webisode;[4] Jeff Beal was also nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for the same episode. The series was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series four more times, receiving nominations for its first five seasons; however, it wasn't nominated for its sixth and final season.
In 2014, Orange Is the New Black's first season was submitted and nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series[5] while the second season received a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, becoming the first series to be nominated for both categories.[6] The first season also earned nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, for the episodes "I Wasn't Ready" and "Lesbian Request Denied", respectively.
In 2020, programs produced by Netflix set an all-time record by receiving 160 nominations, the most nominations produced by a single network in a single year.[7] In total, programs produced by the streaming service received over 600 nominations and won 112; 3 wins of 14 nominations in 2013, 7 wins of 31 nominations in 2014, 2 wins of 34 nominations in 2015, 9 wins of 54 nominations in 2016, 20 wins of 91 nominations in 2017, 23 wins of 112 nominations in 2018, 27 wins of 118 nominations in 2019, and 21 wins of 160 nominations in 2020.[8]