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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Annual TV award
Annual TV award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| awarded_for | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| holder | The Boys, "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" (2025) |
| year | 1970 |
| website |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It is awarded to the best original song or score created specifically for a television program.
The award has gone by several names:
- Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material (1970–1973)
- Best Song or Theme (1974)
- Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material (1975–1978)
- Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1981–1991)
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1992–1995)
- Outstanding Music and Lyrics (1996–2005)
- Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (2006–present)
Winners and nominations
1970s
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material | Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events - IndividualsAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | |||||||
| Love, American Style | {{plainlist | ABC | |||||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | |||||||
| Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||||||
| Spoon River | {{plainlist | CBS | |||||
| 1971 | |||||||
| The First Nine Months Are the Hardest | Ray Charles | NBC | |||||
| The Dean Martin Show | Lee Hale | NBC | |||||
| The Name of the Game | {{plainlist | ||||||
| Pure Goldie | Billy Barnes | ||||||
| 1972 | |||||||
| The Funny Side | |||||||
| Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||||||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | |||||||
| Billy Barnes | CBS | ||||||
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Earl Brown | ||||||
| 1973 | |||||||
| Liza with a Z | {{plainlist | NBC | |||||
| The Marcus-Nelson Murders | |||||||
| "Don't Give Me a Road I Can't Walk" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||||
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | |||||||
| "The Gloria Majestic Story" | Earl Brown | ||||||
| 1974 | |||||||
| Ironside | |||||||
| "Light My Way" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||||
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | "The Love That Lights Our Way" | Fred Karlin | CBS | ||||
| Kojak | Billy Goldenberg | ||||||
| 1975 | |||||||
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | {{plainlist | CBS | |||||
| Cher | |||||||
| {{plainlist | CBS | ||||||
| Chico and the Man | Theme | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Police Woman | Theme | Morton Stevens | |||||
| Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | {{plainlist | CBS | |||||
| 1976 | |||||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | |||||||
| "Cinderella Gets It On!" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||||
| Gypsy in My Soul | {{plainlist | CBS | |||||
| 1977 | |||||||
| As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The benchmark was not met and no award was given. | America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | Larry Grossman | CBS | ||||
| An Evening with Diana Ross | {{plainlist | NBC | |||||
| How the West Was Won | Theme | Jerrold Immel | ABC | ||||
| Minstrel Man | "Early in the Morning" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||||
| Police Woman | |||||||
| "Leave Me Tomorrow" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||||
| 1978 | |||||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | |||||||
| "Hi-Hat" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||||
| The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | "See You Tomorrow in Class" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||||
| Donny & Marie | |||||||
| "Leading Lady" | Earl Brown | ABC | |||||
| Poldark (Masterpiece Theatre) | Theme | Kenyon Emrys-Roberts | PBS | ||||
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | "Until the Music Ends" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | "Look How Far We've Come" | {{plainlist | ABC |
1980s
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special EventsAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | "Dancin' on the Silver Screen" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| 1981 | ||||||
| Linda in Wonderland | "This Is My Night" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special | "Truman Capote Jeans" | Earl Brown | NBC | |||
| Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land | "The City of Tradition" | Ray Charles | ABC | |||
| Homeward Bound | "Home" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| The Way They Were | "In the Beginning" | {{plainlist | Syndicated | |||
| 1982 | ||||||
| Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | "On the Outside Looking In" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| Advice to the Lovelorn | "If This is Love" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| The Gift of Life | "Just a Little More Love" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| The Greatest American Hero | ||||||
| "Dreams" | Stephen Geyer | ABC | ||||
| Night of 100 Stars | "What's Your Line?" | Kohan | ABC | |||
| Walt Disney... One Man's Dream | "Marceline" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| 1983 | ||||||
| Two of a Kind (GE Theater) | "We'll Win This World" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| The 55th Annual Academy Awards | "And It All Comes Down to This" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| Bare Essence | "In Finding You, I Found Love" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| Cheers | ||||||
| "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Happy Endings | Theme Song | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| Quincy, M.E. | ||||||
| "Quincy's Wedding Song" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Suzanne Somers... and 10,000 G.I.'s | "We're Not So Dumb" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Here's Television Entertainment | "Gone Too Soon" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| Burnett Discovers Domingo | "No Time Now" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| Fame | ||||||
| "I Still Believe In Me" | {{plainlist | Syndicated | ||||
| Fame | ||||||
| "Whatever Happened to the Heroes?" | {{plainlist | |||||
| Two Marriages | "Home Here" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| 1985 | ||||||
| Love Lives On | "Wildflower" & "Lullaby" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration | "Thank You (For Thirty Happy Years)" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| Moonlighting | ||||||
| "Moonlighting" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||||
| Motown Returns to the Apollo | "Tall, Tan, and Teasing" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa | "My Christmas Wish" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan | "America Is Changing Back to What She Used to Be" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| America Picks the #1 Song | "Take It to the People" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC | |||
| Growing Pains | "As Long As We Got Each Other" | {{plainlist | ||||
| The Third Annual NBC All-Star Hour | "One Big Happy Family" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| The 12th People's Choice Awards | "The People's Choice" | Brown | CBS | |||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Liberty Weekend: Opening Ceremonies | "Welcome to Liberty" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| The 59th Annual Academy Awards | "Sing Me the Song, the Song from the Movie" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| Jack and Mike | ||||||
| "This Love's for Real" | Nan Schwartz | |||||
| Liberty Weekend: Closing Ceremonies | "Liberty! Remember, Rejoice, Renew" | Earl Brown | ||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas | "The Sound of Christmas" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| Growing Pains | ||||||
| "Swept Away" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||||
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | "Comedy Ain't No Joke" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| NBC Investigates Bob Hope | "A Man Is Innocent/Until Proven Guilty" | {{plainlist | ||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| Beauty and the Beast | ||||||
| "The First Time I Loved Forever" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||||
| Dadah Is Death | ||||||
| "In The Light of Our Love" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||||
| Roseanne | ||||||
| "I'll Never Change My Mind" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||||
| Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting | "Look Through the Window" | Joe Raposo | NBC | |||
| Shining Time Station | ||||||
| "Start Where You Are" | {{plainlist | PBS |
1990s
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | |||||
| From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | ""I'll Be the One" | Dick DeBenedictis | NBC | ||
| Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration | "You Were There" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| Twin Peaks | |||||
| "Into the Night" | {{plainlist | ||||
| 1991 | |||||
| Cop Rock | |||||
| "He's Guilty!" | Randy Newman | ABC | |||
| Cop Rock | |||||
| "Nowhere to Go, Nothin' to Do" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| Life Goes On | |||||
| "Bittersweet Waltz" | {{plainlist | ||||
| The Lost Capone | "I Didn't Hear You" | {{plainlist | TNT | ||
| Matlock | |||||
| "Love and Justice" | Dick DeBenedictis | NBC | |||
| 1992 | |||||
| Cast a Deadly Spell | "Why Do I Lie?" | {{plainlist | HBO | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | |||||
| "Rock Out of That Rockin' Chair" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| A Salute to America's Pets | "Love Without Strings" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards | "We Have Come to Learn" | {{plainlist | Disney | ||
| 1993 | |||||
| Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall | "Sorry I Asked" | {{plainlist | NPT | ||
| Blind Spot | "Good Things Grow" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| Bob Hope: The First 90 Years | "Where There's Life, There's Hope" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||
| The Heights | "How Do You Talk to an Angel" | {{plainlist | Fox | ||
| I'll Fly Away | "State Until You Come Home" | Stephen James Taylor | NBC | ||
| 1994 | |||||
| Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When | "The Song Remembers When" | Hugh Prestwood | Disney | ||
| Carol Burnett: The Special Years | "One Lucky Lady" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| The Corpse Had a Familiar Face | "Something Is Out There" | {{plainlist | |||
| Murder, She Wrote | |||||
| "The Game's Not the Same" | {{plainlist | ||||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| The Tony Awards | "Celebrate Broadway" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| 1995 | |||||
| Barbra Streisand: The Concert | "Ordinary Miracles" | {{plainlist | HBO | ||
| Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | "All the Days aka Rooftop Source" | Nan Schwartz Mishkin | CBS | ||
| Robbie Robertson: Going Home | "Pray" | Robbie Robertson | Disney | ||
| A Season of Hope | "For a Love Like You" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "We Do (The Stonecutters Song)" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| 1996 | |||||
| Bye Bye Birdie | "Let's Settle Down" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | "The Perfect Tree" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| People: A Musical Celebration | "Children of the World" | {{plainlist | Disney | ||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "Señor Burns" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | "Come on In" | {{plainlist | Disney | ||
| 1997 | |||||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "We Put the Spring in Springfield" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh | "I Wanna Scare Myself" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies | "The Power of the Dream" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||
| "Faster, Higher, Stronger" | {{plainlist | ||||
| Mrs. Santa Claus | "Mrs. Santa Claus" | Jerry Herman | CBS | ||
| 1998 | |||||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| The Closer | |||||
| "You Don't Know Jack" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| Mr. Show with Bob and David | |||||
| "How High the Mountain" | {{plainlist | HBO | |||
| Xena: Warrior Princess | |||||
| "Hearts Are Hurting" | {{plainlist | Syndicated | |||
| "The Love of Your Love" | LoDuca | ||||
| 1999 | |||||
| AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | "A Ticket to Dream" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| Home Improvement | |||||
| "We've Got It All" | Dan Foliart (music & lyrics) | ABC | |||
| Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular | |||||
| "Freedom Dot Com" | {{plainlist | FX | |||
| Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | "Places in the Heart" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| You Lucky Dog | "Togetherness" | {{plainlist | Disney |
2000s
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | |||||
| Nickellennium | "Up to You" | John Kimbrough | Nickelodeon | ||
| The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards | "My Bill Gates" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars | "Without You" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| Family Guy | |||||
| "We Only Live to Kiss Your Ass" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| Freedom Song | "Song of Freedom" | Carole King | TNT | ||
| 2001 | |||||
| Yesterday's Children | "A Dream That Only I Can Know" | Patrick Williams | CBS | ||
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | "On the Way to Becoming Me" | {{plainlist | Fox | ||
| Dancing in September | "Welcome Back (All My Soulmates)" | {{plainlist | HBO | ||
| Gary & Mike | |||||
| "Mole Folks Song" | {{plainlist | UPN | |||
| Robert Klein: Child in His 50s | "Colonoscopy" | {{plainlist | HBO | ||
| 2002 | |||||
| Family Guy | |||||
| "You've Got a Lot to See" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers | "A Mackie Rag" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||
| The Fairly OddParents | |||||
| "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas" | {{plainlist | Nickelodeon | |||
| Judging Amy | |||||
| "The Best Kind of Answer" | Peter Himmelman | CBS | |||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "Ode to Branson" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| 2003 | |||||
| The Concert for World Children's Day | "Aren't They All Our Children" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| The Fairly OddParents | |||||
| "It's Great to Be a Guy" | {{plainlist | Nickelodeon | |||
| "What Girls Love" | {{plainlist | ||||
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | "Everyone Matters" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| 2004 | |||||
| Until the Violence Stops | "Because You Are Beautiful" | {{plainlist | Lifetime | ||
| The Fairly OddParents | |||||
| "Wish Come True!" | {{plainlist | Nickelodeon | |||
| Futurama | |||||
| "I Want My Hands Back" | Ken Keeler | Fox | |||
| Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On | "The Street We Live On" | {{plainlist | PBS | ||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "A Vote for a Winner" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| 2005 | |||||
| Reefer Madness | "Mary Jane/Mary Lane" | {{plainlist | Showtime | ||
| Malcolm in the Middle | |||||
| "The Marriage Bed" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | "When I'm with You" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| The Simpsons | |||||
| "Always My Dad" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America | "The Tears of the Angels" | Michael Bolton | Lifetime | ||
| 2006 | |||||
| MADtv | |||||
| "A Wonderfully Normal Day" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| Gideon's Daughter | "Natasha's Song" | {{plainlist | BBC America | ||
| High School Musical | "Breaking Free" | Jamie Houston | Disney | ||
| "Get'cha Head in the Game" | {{plainlist | ||||
| Once Upon a Mattress | "That Baby of Mine" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| 2007 | |||||
| Saturday Night Live | |||||
| "Dick in a Box" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| Family Guy | |||||
| "My Drunken Irish Dad" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| MADtv | |||||
| "Merry Ex-Mas" | {{plainlist | ||||
| Scrubs | |||||
| "Everything Comes Down to Poo" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| "Guy Love" | {{plainlist | ||||
| 2008 | |||||
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |||||
| "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| Flight of the Conchords | |||||
| "Inner City Pressure" | {{plainlist | HBO | |||
| Flight of the Conchords | |||||
| "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" | {{plainlist | ||||
| MADtv | |||||
| "Sad Fitty Cent" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| Phineas and Ferb | |||||
| "I Ain't Got Rhythm" | {{plainlist | Disney | |||
| 2009 | |||||
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||
| A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In" | {{plainlist | Comedy Central | ||
| The 2008 ESPY Awards | "I Love Sports" | {{plainlist | ESPN | ||
| Flight of the Conchords | |||||
| "Carol Brown" | {{plainlist | HBO | |||
| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus" | Paul Williams | NBC | ||
| Saturday Night Live | |||||
| "Motherlover" | {{plainlist | NBC |
2010s
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| Monk | ||||||
| "When I'm Gone" | Randy Newman | USA | ||||
| Family Guy | ||||||
| "Down's Syndrome Girl" | {{plainlist | Fox | ||||
| How I Met Your Mother | ||||||
| "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" | {{plainlist | CBS | ||||
| Rescue Me | ||||||
| "How Lovely to Be a Vegetable" | {{plainlist | FX | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "Shy Ronnie" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Treme | ||||||
| "This City" | Steve Earle | HBO | ||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "Justin Timberlake Monologue" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Family Guy | ||||||
| "Christmastime Is Killing Us" | {{plainlist | Fox | ||||
| Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced | "An American Prayer – Hymn II?" | {{plainlist | HBO | |||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "I Just Had Sex" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "Jack Sparrow" | {{plainlist | |||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" | {{plainlist | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| The 65th Annual Tony Awards | "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| The Heart of Christmas | "The Heart of Christmas" | Matthew West | GMC | |||
| Raising Hope | ||||||
| "Welcome Back to Hope" | Matthew W. Thompson | Fox | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "I Can't Believe I'm Hosting" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Smash | ||||||
| "Let Me Be Your Star" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| 2013 | ||||||
| The 66th Annual Tony Awards | "If I Had Time" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| 30 Rock | ||||||
| "Rural Juror" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Nashville | ||||||
| "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||||
| The Neighbors | ||||||
| "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" | {{plainlist | |||||
| Smash | ||||||
| "I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" | Andrew McMahon | NBC | ||||
| Smash | ||||||
| "Hang the Moon" | {{plainlist | |||||
| 2014 | ||||||
| The 67th Annual Tony Awards | "Bigger!" | {{plainlist | CBS | |||
| A Christmas Carol – The Concert | "No Trouble" | {{plainlist | PBS | |||
| Key & Peele | ||||||
| "Les Mis" | {{plainlist | Comedy Central | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Sofia the First: The Floating Palace | "Merroway Cove" | {{plainlist | Disney | |||
| Sons of Anarchy | ||||||
| "Day Is Gone" | {{plainlist | FX | ||||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Inside Amy Schumer | ||||||
| "Girl You Don't Need Make Up" | {{plainlist | Comedy Central | ||||
| The Comedians | ||||||
| "Kiss an Old Man" | {{plainlist | FX | ||||
| Glee | ||||||
| "This Time" | {{plainlist | Fox | ||||
| How Murray Saved Christmas | "You Gotta Believe" | {{plainlist | NBC | |||
| The Oscars | "Moving Pictures" | {{plainlist | ABC | |||
| Sons of Anarchy | ||||||
| "Come Join the Murder" | {{plainlist | FX | ||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| The Hunting Ground | "Til It Happens to You" | {{plainlist | CNN | |||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | ||||||
| "Settle for Me" | {{plainlist | The CW | ||||
| Empire | ||||||
| "Good People" | {{plainlist | Fox | ||||
| Galavant | ||||||
| "A New Season" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||||
| Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special | "Frozen Lullaby" | {{plainlist | Vimeo | |||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 13th | "Letter to the Free" | {{plainlist | Netflix | |||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | ||||||
| "We Tapped That Ass" | {{plainlist | The CW | ||||
| Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special | "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling" | {{plainlist | Disney | |||
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | ||||||
| "The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)" | {{plainlist | ABC | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "Last Christmas" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | ||||||
| "Hell No" | {{plainlist | Netflix | ||||
| 2018 | ||||||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "Come Back Barack" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Big Mouth | ||||||
| "Totally Gay" | {{plainlist | Netflix | ||||
| A Christmas Story Live! | "In the Market for a Miracle" | {{plainlist | Fox | |||
| The Good Fight | ||||||
| "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" | {{plainlist | CBS All Access | ||||
| If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | "Just Getting Started" | {{plainlist | HBO | |||
| Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life | "The Buddy Song" | {{plainlist | Netflix | |||
| 2019 | ||||||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | ||||||
| "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" | {{plainlist | The CW | ||||
| Documentary Now! | ||||||
| "Holiday Party (I Did a Little Cocaine Tonight)" | {{plainlist | IFC | ||||
| Flight of the Conchords: Live in London | "Father & Son" | {{plainlist | HBO | |||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||||
| "The Upper East Side" | {{plainlist | NBC | ||||
| Song of Parkland | "Beautiful Things Can Grow" | {{plainlist | HBO | |||
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | "This One's for You" | {{plainlist | CBS |
2020s
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||
| Euphoria | ||||
| "All for Us" | Labrinth | HBO | ||
| The Black Godfather | "Letter to My Godfather" | Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams | Netflix | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | ||||
| "Eat Shit, Bob" | David Dabbon | |||
| Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss & Seena Vali | HBO | |||
| Little Fires Everywhere | ||||
| "Build It Up" | Ingrid Michaelson | Hulu | ||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | ||||
| "One Less Angel" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore | Prime Video | ||
| This Is Us | ||||
| "Memorized" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla | NBC | ||
| Watchmen | ||||
| "The Way It Used to Be" | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | HBO | ||
| 2021 | ||||
| WandaVision | ||||
| "Agatha All Along" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | Disney+ | ||
| Bo Burnham: Inside | "Comedy" | Bo Burnham | Netflix | |
| The Boys | ||||
| "Never Truly Vanish" | Christopher Lennertz | |||
| Lennertz & Michael Saltzman | Prime Video | |||
| The Queen's Gambit | ||||
| "I Can't Remember Love" | Anna Hauss & Robert Weinröder | |||
| William Horberg | Netflix | |||
| Soundtrack of Our Lives | "The End Titles" | Marc Shaiman | YouTube | |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | ||||
| "Crimson Love" | Andrew Hey & Harvey Mason Jr. | |||
| Lindsey Rosin & Austin Winsberg | NBC | |||
| 2022 | ||||
| Schmigadoon! | ||||
| "Corn Puddin'" | Cinco Paul | Apple TV+ | ||
| Euphoria | ||||
| "I'm Tired" | Labrinth | |||
| Sam Levinson & Zendaya | HBO | |||
| Euphoria | ||||
| "Elliot's Song" | Labrinth | |||
| Muz & Zendaya | ||||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | ||||
| "Maybe Monica" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore | Prime Video | ||
| This Is Us | ||||
| "The Forever Now" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla | NBC | ||
| 2023 | ||||
| Ted Lasso | ||||
| "A Beautiful Game" | Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance & Max Martin | Apple TV+ | ||
| Ginny & Georgia | ||||
| "Marriage Is a Dungeon" | Lili Haydn & Ben Bromfield | Netflix | ||
| The L Word: Generation Q | ||||
| "All About Me" | Heather McIntosh, Taura Stinson & Allyson Newman | Showtime | ||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | ||||
| "Your Personal Trash Man Can" | Curtis Moore & Thomas Mizer | Prime Video | ||
| Ted Lasso | ||||
| "Fought & Lost" | Tom Howe, Jamie Hartman & Sam Ryder | Apple TV+ | ||
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | "Now You Know" | "Weird Al" Yankovic | The Roku Channel | |
| 2024 | ||||
| Only Murders in the Building | ||||
| "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman | Hulu | ||
| Girls5eva | ||||
| "The Medium Time" | Sara Bareilles | Netflix | ||
| Saturday Night Live | ||||
| "Maya Rudolph Mother's Day Monologue" | Eli Brueggemann | |||
| Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind, Maya Rudolph & Auguste White | NBC | |||
| The Tattooist of Auschwitz | ||||
| "Love Will Survive" | Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer | |||
| Charlie Midnight | Peacock | |||
| True Detective: Night Country | ||||
| "No Use" | John Hawkes | HBO | ||
| 2025 | ||||
| The Boys | ||||
| "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" | Christopher Lennertz | Prime Video | ||
| Agatha All Along | ||||
| "The Ballad of the Witches' Road" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | Disney+ | ||
| Andor | ||||
| "We Are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)" | Nicholas Britell & Tony Gilroy | |||
| SNL50: The Anniversary Special | "Adam Sandler's Song: 50 Years" | Adam Sandler & Dan Bulla | NBC | |
| Will & Harper | "Harper and Will Go West" | Sean Douglas & Kristen Wiig | ||
| Douglas, Josh Greenbaum & Wiig | Netflix |
Multiple wins
6 wins
- Larry Grossman
- Buz Kohan
3 wins
- Alan & Marilyn Bergman
- Adam Schlesinger
- Ken Welch
- Mitzie Welch
2 wins
- Katreese Barnes
- Ray Charles
- Alf Clausen
- James Di Pasquale
- Fred Ebb
- Marvin Hamlisch
- David Javerbaum
- John Kander
- Ken Keeler
- John Kimbrough
- Artie Malvin
- Randy Newman
- Justin Timberlake
Multiple nominations
15 nominations
- Buz Kohan
12 nominations
- Earl Brown
- Larry Grossman
- Ken Welch
- Mitzie Welch
9 nominations
- Alf Clausen
7 nominations
- Billy Goldenberg
6 nominations
- Eli Brueggemann
- The Lonely Island
- Adam Schlesinger
5 nominations
- Alan & Marilyn Bergman
- Ray Charles
- Robert Lopez
- Justin Timberlake
4 nominations
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez
- Billy Barnes
- Flight of the Conchords
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Butch Hartman
- Fred Karlin
- Ken Keeler
- Steve Marmel
- Guy Moon
- Walter Murphy
- Greg O'Connor
- Marc Shaiman
3 nominations
- Katreese Barnes
- Rachel Bloom
- Cy Coleman
- Carol Connors
- Dick DeBenedictis
- James Di Pasquale
- Jack Dolgen
- Fred Ebb
- David Javerbaum
- Labrinth
- Seth MacFarlane
- Seth Meyers
- Thomas Mizer
- Curtis Moore
- John Mulaney
- Michael Silversher
- Patty Silversher
- Dennis Spiegel
- Patrick Williams
- Jim Wise
- Scott Wittman
2 nominations
- Sara Bareilles
- John Bettis
- James Bobin
- Bruce Broughton
- Steve Dorff
- Bill Dyer
- Tina Fey
- Debra Fordham
- David Foster
- Taylor Goldsmith
- Arthur Hamilton
- Ron Jones
- John Kander
- Siddhartha Khosla
- John Kimbrough
- Robert Klein
- Christopher Lennertz
- Joseph LoDuca
- Artie Malvin
- Alan Menken
- Nan Schwartz Mishkin
- Mark Mueller
- Randy Newman
- Benj Pasek
- Justin Paul
- Gary Portnoy
- Dory Previn
- Jeff Richmond
- Glenn Slater
- Danny Smith
- Bob Stein
- Will Stephen
- Morton Stevens
- Kurt Sutter
- Asa Taccone
- Bob Thiele
- Kenan Thompson
- Linda Thompson
- Zendaya
Programs with multiple awards
;3 wins
- Saturday Night Live
;2 wins
- The Carol Burnett Show
- The Simpsons
Programs with multiple nominations
;12 nominations
- Saturday Night Live
;9 nominations
- The Simpsons
;5 nominations
- Family Guy
;4 nominations
- The Fairly OddParents
;3 nominations
- The Carol Burnett Show
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Euphoria
- Flight of the Conchords
- MADtv
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Smash
;2 nominations
- The Boys
- Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies
- Cop Rock
- Fame
- Growing Pains
- High School Musical
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Kojak
- Police Woman
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Scrubs
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- Sons of Anarchy
- Ted Lasso
- This Is Us
- Xena: Warrior Princess
Notes
References
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