Stranger Things has been nominated for 57 Primetime Emmy Awards and won 12. The American television industry's wide array of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical quality includes the Primetime Emmys, in which Stranger Things has received numerous award nominations. The show's narrative, acting, direction, production qualities, visual effects, and soundtrack have all won multiple awards and been praised by critics.
Stranger Things was created by the Duffer Brothers as a blend of supernatural and investigative drama, depicted with a sense of terror and childish sensitivity infused with references to 1980s pop culture. After a neighboring human research facility opens a gateway between Earth and the Upside Down, the residents of the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana, are subjugated by an evil alternative realm known as the Upside Down.
Stranger Things Nominations and Awards
Numerous awards, including 57 Primetime Emmy Award nominations (12 wins), four Golden Globe, four Grammys, four Critics' Choice Television Awards (one win), 13 Saturn Awards (four wins), two Producers Guild of America Awards (one win), three Writers Guild of America Awards, and two Peabody Awards (one win), have been achieved by Stranger Things. Additionally, it was chosen as one of the best 10 television shows of the year by the American Film Institute during the first two seasons of the series.
The main cast won in 2017 after receiving three nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. The cast member with the most nominations is Millie Bobby Brown.
For their roles in the series, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, and Brown have each been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In addition, Ryder and Harbour each received a Golden Globe nomination, and Brown and Harbour were nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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All Stranger Things Emmy Awards
Here is a list of all the Primetime Emmy Awards won by the Stranger Things show/cast:
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) |
| 2017 | Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein, and Chase Paris |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Michelle Dougherty, Peter Frankfurt, Arisu Kashiwagi, and Eric Demeusy | |
| Michelle Dougherty, Peter Frankfurt, Arisu Kashiwagi, and Eric Demeusy | Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon | |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Dean Zimmerman (for "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers") | |
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Bradley North, Craig Henighan, Jordan Wilby, Jonathan Golodner, Tiffany S. Griffth, Sam Munoz, David Klotz, Noel Vought, and Ginger Geary (for "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down") | |
| 2018 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Bradley North, Craig Henighan, Tiffany S. Griffith, Jordan B. Wilby, David Werntz, Antony Zeller, David Klotz, Zane Bruce, and Lindsay Pepper (for "Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer") |
| 2020 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Craig Henighan, William Files, Ryan Cole, Kerry Dean Williams, Angelo Palazzo, Katie Halliday, David Klotz, and Steve Baine (for "The Battle of Starcourt") |
| 2022 | Outstanding Music Supervision | Nora Felder (for "Chapter Four: Dear Billy") |
| Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup | Barrie Gower, Duncan Jarman, Mike Mekash, Eric Garcia, and Nix Herrera (for "Chapter Four: Dear Billy") | |
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Craig Henighan, William Files, Ryan Cole, Korey Pereira, Angelo Palazzo, Katie Halliday, Ken McGill, Steven Baine, David Klotz, and Lena Glikson-Nezhelskaya (for "Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab") | |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | William Files, Mark Paterson, Craig Henighan, and Michael P. Clark for ("Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab") | |
| Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie | Hiro Koda |
FAQs about Stranger Things awards
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Stranger Things had 256 nominations overall and 81 wins so far since its debut.
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No, Stranger Things has not been nominated for the Oscars as it is not a movie.
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Yes, Stranger Things has won several awards - 81 of them.
