History and achievements
In 2013, originals like House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black received critical acclaim from critics and viewers. As a result, programs produced or streamed by Netflix earned fourteen Primetime Emmy nominations for original online-only web television programs.[2] House of Cards' pilot episode "Chapter 1" was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, becoming the first webisode of a television series to win an Emmy.[3][4] Other nominations included Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Kevin Spacey) and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Robin Wright). On December 11, 2013, Kevin Spacey (House of Cards) and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) were the leading actors nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Spacey for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and Bateman for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series The day after, House of cards and Orange is the new black both earned six Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Television Series – Drama. On January 12, 2014, Robin Wright (House of Cards) won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for her portrayal of Claire Underwood.[5] With the accolade, Wright became the first actress to win a Golden Globe for an online-only web television series.[6] It was also the first award in an acting category for a Netflix's production.[7] Programs streamed and produced by the company also received nominations for the Writers Guild of America Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards and Grammy Awards.
On January 12, 2014, The Square was nominated for an Academy Award. Netflix became the first high-profile streaming service to stream a new film that went on to be nominated for an Academy Award. On February, Orange Is the New Black dominated the Satellite Awards winning Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (Taylor Schilling), Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (Laura Prepon) and Best Cast – Television Series. On the drama side, Robin Wright won Best Actress – Television Series Drama.[8] Later that year, House of Cards earned a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best International Programme and a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series (Robin Wright). On July 10, 2014, nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, with programs produced or streamed by Netflix scoring a total of thirty-one.[9] Orange Is the New Black earned a total of twelve nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Taylor Schilling), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Kate Mulgrew), Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Jodie Foster
At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, Kevin Spacey won in the category Best Actor – Television Series Drama and became the first actor to win the award for a program produced by Netflix. On January 15, 2015, Virunga got an Academy Award nomination in the Documentary Feature category, being the second time Netflix streamed a film nominated for an Academy Award.[10] Days later, Kevin Spacey and Uzo Aduba won at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, respectively. Also Orange Is the New Black won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. At the Producers Guild Awards, Orange Is the New Black won for Best Episodic Comedy and House of Cards was nominated for the second time. For the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards, the company received thirty-four nominations, with House of Cards and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt leading. Despite the critical acclaim of Season 2, Orange Is the New Black decreased in nominations, from twelve to four, as a result of switching from comedy to drama categories. Tina Fey's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt debuted with seven entries, Bloodline with two and Grace and Frankie with one. Uzo Aduba won her second consecutive Emmy, this time in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for the episode: "Hugs Can Be Deceiving".[11]
On January 10, 2016, Narcos was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Television Series – Drama and Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Wagner Moura. Days later, Master of None made its debut winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Series. Uzo Aduba and the cast of Orange Is the New Black won a Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, for a second consecutive time. Kevin Spacey repeated as the winner of the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. For the 88th Academy Awards, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom and What Happened, Miss Simone? were nominated. What Happened, Miss Simone? was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. For the third season of Orange Is the New Black, Taylor Schilling won for the second time the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. For the 2016 Primetime Emmys, programs streamed by Netflix reached the third place in number of nominations with fifty-four. Nominations led by House of Cards, Making a Murderer, What Happened, Miss Simone? and Master of None. Making a Murderer won Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming. Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, from Master of None won the Emmy for writing the episode "Parents".
At the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards, John Lithgow (The Crown Season 1) won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2) won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. On January 8, 2017, at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, The Crown won two awards: Best Television Series – Drama and Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Claire Foy. Later that month, at the 28th Producers Guild of America Awards, Stranger Things Season 1 won for Best Episodic Drama while Making a Murderer won for Best Non-Fiction Television. Moreover, Netflix saw further success at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards with four major wins, with The Crown Season 1 winning Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (John Lithgow) and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (Claire Foy), while Stranger Things Season 1 won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Orange Is the New Black Season 4 won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Later that year, at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, programs produced or streamed by Netflix scored a total of twenty-seven nominations and four wins, Black Mirror: San Junipero winning Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Charlie Brooker. John Lithgow (The Crown Season 1) won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, while Master of None secured its second consecutive win for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, with Aziz Ansari
