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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Award for comedy series writing
Award for comedy series writing
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| year | 1955 |
| holder | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez |
| The Studio (2025) | |
| website |
The Studio (2025)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It recognizes writing excellence in regular comedic series, most of which can generally be described as situation comedies.In 1969 and 1970, the nominees for the comedy writing award were variety programs. It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material.
Winners and nominations
1950s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Best Written Comedy Material | Best Comedy Writing | Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy | Best Comedy Writing | Best Writing of a Single Program of a Comedy Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The George Gobel Show* | James B. Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter and Harry Winkler | NBC | |||||||
| I Love Lucy | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll Jr. | CBS | |||||||
| The Jack Benny Show | George Balzer, Milt Josefsberg, Sam Perrin and John Tackaberry | ||||||||
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Jackie Gleason and staff writers | ||||||||
| Make Room for Daddy | Danny Thomas and staff writers | ABC | |||||||
| Mister Peepers | Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum | NBC | |||||||
| *The Phil Silvers Show* | Arnold M. Auerbach, Barry Blitzer, Vincent Bogert, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Harvey Orkin, Arnold Rosen, Terry Ryan and Tony Webster | CBS | |||||||
| Caesar's Hour | Mel Brooks, Selma Diamond, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller and Mel Tolkin | NBC | |||||||
| The George Gobel Show | Everett Greenbaum, Hal Kanter, Howard Leeds and Harry Winkler | ||||||||
| I Love Lucy | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | CBS | |||||||
| The Jack Benny Show | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin | ||||||||
| *The Phil Silvers Show* | Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, Leonard B. Stern and Tony Webster | CBS | |||||||
| Caesar's Hour | Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Neil Simon and Michael Stewart and Mel Tolkin | NBC | |||||||
| The Ernie Kovacs Show | Louis M. Heyward, Ernie Kovacs, Rex Lardner and Mike Marmer | ||||||||
| The Jack Benny Show | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin | CBS | |||||||
| The Perry Como Show | Goodman Ace, Jay Burton, George Foster and Mort Green | NBC | |||||||
| *The Phil Silvers Show* | Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, A.J. Russell, Terry Ryan, Phil Sharp, Tony Webster and Sydney Zelinka | CBS | |||||||
| Caesar's Hour | Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Neil Simon and Michael Stewart and Mel Tolkin | NBC | |||||||
| The Ernie Kovacs Show | "No Dialogue Show" | Ernie Kovacs | |||||||
| Father Knows Best | Roswell Rogers and Paul West | ||||||||
| The Jack Benny Show | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin | CBS | |||||||
| *The Jack Benny Show* | "Ernie Kovacs" | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin | CBS | ||||||
| The Bob Cummings Show | "Grandpa Clobbers the Air Force" | Paul Henning and Dick Wesson | NBC | ||||||
| Father Knows Best | "Medal for Margaret" | Roswell Rogers | CBS | ||||||
| The Phil Silvers Show | "Bilko's Vampire" | Billy Friedberg, Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen | |||||||
| The Real McCoys | "Once There Was a Traveling Saleswoman" | Bill Manhoff | ABC |
1960s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy or Variety | Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment – Writers | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Jack Benny Show* | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin | CBS | |||||||
| The Ballad of Louie the Louse | Nat Hiken | CBS | |||||||
| Father Knows Best | Dorothy Cooper and Roswell Rogers | ||||||||
| *The Red Skelton Show* | Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Al Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz and Red Skelton | CBS | |||||||
| The Danny Thomas Show | Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart | CBS | |||||||
| Hennesey | Richard Baer | ||||||||
| *The Dick Van Dyke Show* | Carl Reiner | CBS | |||||||
| The Bob Newhart Show | Ernest Chambers, Dean Hargrove, Don Hinkley, Robert Kaufman, Roland Kibbee, Norm Liebman, Bob Newhart, Milt Rosen, Charles Sherman, Larry Siegel and Howard Snyder | NBC | |||||||
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Nat Hiken, Terry Ryan and Tony Webster | ||||||||
| Chun King Chow Mein Hour | Stan Freberg | ABC | |||||||
| The Red Skelton Show | Dave O'Brien, Arthur Phillips, Martin Ragaway, Al Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz, Ed Simmons and Red Skelton | CBS | |||||||
| *The Dick Van Dyke Show* | Carl Reiner | CBS | |||||||
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Paul Henning | CBS | |||||||
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Nat Hiken | NBC | |||||||
| The Jack Benny Show | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin | CBS | |||||||
| The Red Skelton Show | Mort Greene, Bruce Howard, Rick Mittleman, Dave O'Brien, Arthur Phillips, Martin A. Ragaway, Larry Rhine, Ed Simmons, Red Skelton and Hugh Wedlock | ||||||||
| *The Dick Van Dyke Show* | Carl Reiner, Bill Persky and Sam Denoff | CBS | |||||||
| The Danny Kaye Show | Herbert Baker, Gary Belkin, Ernest Chambers, Larry Gelbart, Saul Ilson, Sheldon Keller, Paul Mazursky, Mel Tolkin and Larry Tucker | CBS | |||||||
| The Farmer's Daughter | Steven Gethers, Jerry Davis, Lee Loeb and John McGreevey | ABC | |||||||
| That Was the Week That Was | Robert Emmett, Gerald Gardner, Thomas Meehan, David Panich, Ed Sherman, Saul Turteltaub and Tony Webster | NBC | |||||||
| *The Defenders* | "The 700 Year Old Gang" | David Karp | CBS | ||||||
| The Danny Thomas Hour | The Wonderful World of Burlesque | Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen | NBC | ||||||
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Never Bathe on Saturday" | Carl Reiner | CBS | ||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Magnificent Yankee" | Robert Hartung | NBC | ||||||
| That Was the Week That Was | William Boardman, Dee Caruso, Robert Emmett, David Frost, Gerald Gardner, Buck Henry, Joseph Hurley, Thomas Meehan, Herbert Sargent, Larry Siegel, Gloria Steinem, Jim Stevenson, Calvin Trillin and Saul Turteltaub | ||||||||
| *The Dick Van Dyke Show* | "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" | Bill Persky and Sam Denoff | CBS | ||||||
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Ugliest Dog in the World" | Bill Persky and Sam Denoff | CBS | ||||||
| Get Smart | "Mr. Big" | Mel Brooks and Buck Henry | NBC | ||||||
| *Get Smart* | "Ship of Spies" | Buck Henry and Leonard B. Stern | NBC | ||||||
| Family Affair | "Buffy" | Edmund Hartmann | CBS | ||||||
| I Dream of Jeannie | "The Lady in the Bottle" | Sidney Sheldon | NBC | ||||||
| *He & She* | "The Coming-Out Party" | Chris Hayward and Allan Burns | CBS | ||||||
| He & She | "The Old Man and the She" | Leonard Stern and Arne Sultan | CBS | ||||||
| The Lucy Show | "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account" | Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer | |||||||
| That Girl | "The Mailman Cometh" | Danny Arnold and Ruth Brooks Flippen | ABC | ||||||
| *The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour* | "February 16, 1969" | Allan Blye, Bob Einstein, Carl Gottlieb, Cy Howard, Steve Martin, Lorenzo Music, Murray Roman, Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne and Mason Williams | CBS | ||||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "November 11, 1968" | Bill Angelos, Stan Burns, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Don Hinkley, Buz Kohan, Mike Marmer, Gail Parent, Arnie Rosen and Kenny Solms | CBS | ||||||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | "February 3, 1969" | Chris Bearde, Jim Carlson, David M. Cox, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan, Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings, Jack Mendelsohn, Lorne Michaels, James Mulligan, Hart Pomerantz, David Panich and Hugh Wedlock Jr. | NBC |
1970s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy | Best Writing in Comedy | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man* | Thomas Meehan, Peter Bellwood, Herb Sargent, Judith Viorst and Gary Belkin | CBS | |||||||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | "November 3, 1969" | Jim Carlson, John Carsey, Jack Douglas, Gene Farmer, Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Jeremy Lloyd, Marc London, Allan Manings, Jim Mulligan, David Panich, John Rappaport and Stephen Spears | NBC | ||||||
| "December 20, 1969" | Jim Abell, Jim Carlson, John Carsey, Jack Douglas, Chet Dowling, Gene Farmer, Coslough Johnson, Jeremy Lloyd, Marc London, Allan Manings, Jim Mulligan, David Panich, John Rappaport, Stephen Spears and Barry Took | ||||||||
| *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | "Support Your Local Mother" | Allan Burns and James L. Brooks | CBS | ||||||
| All in the Family | "Meet the Bunkers" | Norman Lear | CBS | ||||||
| "Oh My Aching Back" | Stanley Ralph Ross | ||||||||
| Here's Lucy | "Lucy Meets the Burtons" | Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Pugh | |||||||
| *All in the Family* | "Edith's Problem" | Burt Styler | CBS | ||||||
| All in the Family | "Mike's Problem" | CBS | |||||||
| "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" | |||||||||
| *All in the Family* | "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | Michael Ross, Bernie West and Lee Kalcheim | CBS | ||||||
| MASH* | "Pilot" | Larry Gelbart | CBS | ||||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "The Good-Time News" | Allan Burns and James L. Brooks | |||||||
| *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | "The Lou and Edie Story" | Treva Silverman | CBS | ||||||
| MASH* | "Hot Lips and Empty Arms" | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Mary Kay Place | CBS | ||||||
| "The Trial of Henry Blake" | McLean Stevenson | ||||||||
| *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" | Stan Daniels and Ed. Weinberger | CBS | ||||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Lou and That Woman" | David Lloyd | CBS | ||||||
| Rhoda | "Rhoda's Wedding" | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, David Davis, Lorenzo Music, Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore and David Lloyd | |||||||
| *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | David Lloyd | CBS | ||||||
| Barney Miller | "The Hero" | Danny Arnold and Chris Hayward | ABC | ||||||
| MASH* | "Hawkeye" | Larry Gelbart and Simon Muntner | CBS | ||||||
| "The More I See You" | Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds | ||||||||
| Maude | "The Analyst" | Jay Folb | |||||||
| *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | "The Last Show" | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd and Bob Ellison | CBS | ||||||
| Barney Miller | "Quarantine, Part 2" | Tony Sheehan and Danny Arnold | ABC | ||||||
| MASH* | "Dear Sigmund" | Alan Alda | CBS | ||||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Mary Midwife" | David Lloyd | |||||||
| "Ted's Change of Heart" | Earl Pomerantz | ||||||||
| *All in the Family* | "Cousin Liz" | **** | CBS | ||||||
| All in the Family | "Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part 2" | CBS | |||||||
| "Edith's 50th Birthday" | Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | ||||||||
| MASH* | "Fallen Idol" | Alan Alda | |||||||
| MASH* | "Inga" | Alan Alda | CBS | ||||||
| All in the Family | "California, Here We Are, Part 2" | Milt Josefsberg, Phil Sharp, Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | CBS | ||||||
| MASH* | "Point of View" | Ken Levine and David Isaacs | |||||||
| Saturday Night Live | "Host: Richard Benjamin" | Dan Aykroyd, Anne Beatts, Tom Davis, James Downey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Al Franken, Brian McConnachie, Lorne Michaels, Don Novello, Herbert Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster, Walter Williams and Alan Zweibel | NBC | ||||||
| Taxi | "Blind Date" | Michael J. Leeson | ABC |
1980s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Barney Miller* | "The Photographer" | Bob Colleary | ABC | |
| The Associates | "The Censors" | Stan Daniels and Ed. Weinberger | ABC | |
| "The First Day" | ||||
| MASH* | "Goodbye Radar, Part 2" | Ken Levine and David Isaacs | CBS | |
| Taxi | "Honor Thy Father" | Glen and Les Charles | ABC | |
| *Taxi* | "Tony's Sister and Jim" | Michael J. Leeson | ABC | |
| The Greatest American Hero | "Pilot" | Stephen J. Cannell | ABC | |
| MASH* | "Death Takes a Holiday" | CBS | ||
| Taxi | "Going Home" | Glen and Les Charles | ABC | |
| "Elaine's Strange Triangle" | David Lloyd | |||
| *Taxi* | "Elegant Iggy" | Ken Estin | ABC | |
| Barney Miller | "Landmark, Part 3" | Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein and Tony Sheehan | ABC | |
| MASH* | "Follies of the Living, Concerns of the Dead" | Alan Alda | CBS | |
| Police Squad! | "A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)" | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker | ABC | |
| Taxi | "Jim the Psychic" | |||
| *Cheers* | "Give Me a Ring Sometime" | Glen and Les Charles | NBC | |
| Buffalo Bill | "Pilot" | Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses | NBC | |
| Cheers | "The Boys in the Bar" | Ken Levine and David Isaacs | ||
| "Diane's Perfect Date" | David Lloyd | |||
| Taxi | "Jim's Inheritance" | Ken Estin | ||
| *Cheers* | "Old Flames" | David Angell | NBC | |
| Buffalo Bill | "Wilkinson's Sword" | Tom Patchett | NBC | |
| "Jo-Jo's Problem, Part 2" | Jay Tarses | |||
| Cheers | "Homicidal Ham" | David Lloyd | ||
| "Power Play" | Glen and Les Charles | |||
| *The Cosby Show* | "Pilot" | Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson | NBC | |
| Cheers | "I Call Your Name" | Peter Casey and David Lee | NBC | |
| "Rebound, Part 2" | Glen and Les Charles | |||
| "Sam Turns the Other Cheek" | David Lloyd | |||
| The Cosby Show | "Goodbye Mr. Fish" | Earl Pomerantz | ||
| *The Golden Girls* | "A Little Romance" | Mort Nathan and Barry Fanaro | NBC | |
| Cheers | "2 Good 2 Be 4 Real" | Peter Casey and David Lee | NBC | |
| The Cosby Show | "Denise's Friend" | John Markus | ||
| "Theo's Holiday" | John Markus, Carmen Finestra and Matt Williams | |||
| Family Ties | "The Real Thing, Part 2" | Michael J. Weithorn | ||
| The Golden Girls | "Pilot" | Susan Harris | ||
| *Family Ties* | "A, My Name is Alex" | Gary David Goldberg and Alan Uger | NBC | |
| Cheers | "Abnormal Psychology" | Janet Leahy | NBC | |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | "Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles" | Jay Tarses | ||
| The Golden Girls | "Isn't it Romantic?" | Jeffrey Duteil | ||
| Newhart | "Co-Hostess Twinkie" | David Mirkin | CBS | |
| *Frank's Place* | "The Bridge" | Hugh Wilson | CBS | |
| Cheers | "Home Is the Sailor" | Glen and Les Charles | NBC | |
| Designing Women | "Killing All the Right People" | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | CBS | |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show | "It's Garry and Angelica's Show, Part 2" | Sam Simon, Tom Gammill and Max Pross | Showtime | |
| "No Baby, No Show" | Alan Zweibel and Garry Shandling | |||
| The Wonder Years | "Pilot" | Neal Marlens and Carol L. Black | ABC | |
| *Murphy Brown* | "Respect" | Diane English | CBS | |
| The Wonder Years | "Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" | Matthew Carlson | ABC | |
| "Coda" | Todd W. Langen | |||
| "Loosiers" | David M. Stern | |||
| "Our Miss White" | Michael J. Weithorn |
1990s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Wonder Years* | "Good-bye" | Bob Brush | ABC | |
| Cheers | "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice" | Ken Levine and David Isaacs | NBC | |
| The Famous Teddy Z | "Pilot" | Hugh Wilson | CBS | |
| Murphy Brown | "Brown Like Me" | Diane English | ||
| Newhart | "The Last Newhart" | Mark Egan, Mark Solomon and Bob Bendetson | ||
| *Murphy Brown* | "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" | Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman | CBS | |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | "Here's a Little Touch of Harry in the Night" | Jay Tarses | Lifetime | |
| Murphy Brown | "On Another Plane" | Diane English | CBS | |
| Seinfeld | "The Deal" | Larry David | NBC | |
| "The Pony Remark" | Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld | |||
| *Seinfeld* | "The Fix-Up" | Elaine Pope and Larry Charles | NBC | |
| Murphy Brown | "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are" | Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman | CBS | |
| "Uh-Oh, Part 2" | ||||
| Roseanne | "A Bitter Pill to Swallow" | Amy Sherman and Jennifer Heath | ABC | |
| Seinfeld | "The Parking Garage" | Larry David | NBC | |
| "The Tape" | Larry David, Bob Shaw and Don McEnery | |||
| *Seinfeld* | "The Contest" | Larry David | NBC | |
| Dream On | "For Peter's Sake" | David Crane and Marta Kauffman | HBO | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "The Hey Now Episode" | Garry Shandling and Dennis Klein | ||
| "The Spider Episode" | Garry Shandling, Rosie Shuster, Paul Simms and Peter Tolan | |||
| Seinfeld | "The Outing" | Larry Charles | NBC | |
| *Frasier* | "The Good Son" | David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee | NBC | |
| Frasier | "The Show Where Lilith Comes Back" | Ken Levine and David Isaacs | NBC | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Larry's Agent" | HBO | ||
| Seinfeld | "The Mango" | NBC | ||
| "The Puffy Shirt" | Larry David | |||
| *Frasier* | "An Affair to Forget" | Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano | NBC | |
| Frasier | "The Matchmaker" | Joe Keenan | NBC | |
| Friends | "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" | Jeff Greenstein and Jeff Strauss | ||
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank's Night in the Sun" | Peter Tolan | HBO | |
| "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" | Garry Shandling and Peter Tolan | |||
| *Frasier* | "Moon Dance" | Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd, Rob Greenberg, Jack Burditt, Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano, Linda Morris and Vic Rauseo | NBC | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur After Hours" | Peter Tolan | HBO | |
| "Hank's Sex Tape" | Jon Vitti | |||
| "Roseanne's Return" | ||||
| Seinfeld | "The Soup Nazi" | Spike Feresten | NBC | |
| *Ellen* | "The Puppy Episode" | **** | ABC | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Ellen, or Isn't She?" | HBO | ||
| "Everybody Loves Larry" | Jon Vitti | |||
| "My Name is Asher Kingsley" | Peter Tolan | |||
| Seinfeld | "The Yada Yada" | Peter Mehlman and Jill Franklyn | NBC | |
| *The Larry Sanders Show* | "Flip" | Peter Tolan and Garry Shandling | HBO | |
| Ally McBeal | "Theme of Life" | David E. Kelley | Fox | |
| Ellen | "Emma" | Lawrence Broch | ABC | |
| Frasier | "The Ski Lodge" | Joe Keenan | NBC | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Putting the ‘Gay’ Back in Litigation" | Richard Day, Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck | HBO | |
| *Frasier* | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" | Jay Kogen | NBC | |
| Ally McBeal | "Sideshow" | David E. Kelley | Fox | |
| Friends | "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" | Alexa Junge | NBC | |
| Just Shoot Me! | "Slow Donnie" | Steven Levitan | ||
| Sports Night | "The Apology" | Aaron Sorkin | ABC |
2000s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Malcolm in the Middle* | "Pilot" | Linwood Boomer | Fox | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | "Bad Moon Rising" | Ray Romano and Philip Rosenthal | CBS | |
| Frasier | "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" | Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan | NBC | |
| Freaks and Geeks | "Pilot" | Paul Feig | ||
| Sex and the City | "Evolution" | Cindy Chupack | HBO | |
| "Ex and the City" | Michael Patrick King | |||
| *Malcolm in the Middle* | "Bowling" | Alex Reid | Fox | |
| Ed | "Pilot" | Jon Beckerman and Rob Burnett | NBC | |
| Freaks and Geeks | "Discos and Dragons" | Paul Feig | ||
| Sex and the City | "Easy Come, Easy Go" | Michael Patrick King | HBO | |
| Will & Grace | "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" | Jeff Greenstein | NBC | |
| *The Bernie Mac Show* | "Pilot" | Larry Wilmore | Fox | |
| Andy Richter Controls the Universe | "Pilot" | Victor Fresco | Fox | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | "The Angry Family" | Philip Rosenthal | CBS | |
| "Marie's Sculpture" | Jennifer Crittenden | |||
| Sex and the City | "My Motherboard, My Self" | Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky | HBO | |
| *Everybody Loves Raymond* | "Baggage" | Tucker Cawley | CBS | |
| The Bernie Mac Show | "Goodbye Dolly" | Steve Tompkins | Fox | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | "Counseling" | Mike Royce | CBS | |
| Lucky | "Pilot" | Robb Cullen and Mark | FX | |
| Sex and the City | "I Love a Charade" | Cindy Chupack and Michael Patrick King | HBO | |
| *Arrested Development* | "Pilot" | Mitchell Hurwitz | Fox | |
| Frasier | "Goodnight, Seattle" | Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan | NBC | |
| Scrubs | "My Screw Up" | Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan | ||
| Sex and the City | "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux" | Michael Patrick King | HBO | |
| "The Ick Factor" | Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky | |||
| *Arrested Development* | "Righteous Brothers" | Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Vallely | Fox | |
| Arrested Development | "Sad Sack" | Barbie Adler | Fox | |
| "Sword of Destiny" | Brad Copeland | |||
| Desperate Housewives | "Pilot" | Marc Cherry | ABC | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | "The Finale" | Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider, Steve Skrovan, Jeremy Stevens, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Tom Caltabiano and Leslie Caveny | CBS | |
| *My Name Is Earl* | "Pilot" | Greg Garcia | NBC | |
| Arrested Development | "Development Arrested" | Fox | ||
| Entourage | "Exodus" | Doug Ellin | HBO | |
| Extras | "Kate Winslet" | Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant | ||
| The Office | "Christmas Party" | Michael Schur | NBC | |
| *The Office* | "Gay Witch Hunt" | Greg Daniels | NBC | |
| 30 Rock | "Jack-Tor" | Robert Carlock | NBC | |
| "Tracy Does Conan" | Tina Fey | |||
| Extras | "Daniel Radcliffe" | Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant | HBO | |
| The Office | "The Negotiation" | Michael Schur | NBC | |
| *30 Rock* | "Cooter" | Tina Fey | NBC | |
| 30 Rock | "Rosemary's Baby" | Jack Burditt | NBC | |
| Flight of the Conchords | "Yoko" | James Bobin, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie | HBO | |
| The Office | "Dinner Party" | Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg | NBC | |
| Pushing Daisies | "Pie-lette" | Bryan Fuller | ABC | |
| *30 Rock* | "Reunion" | Matt Hubbard | NBC | |
| 30 Rock | "Apollo, Apollo" | Robert Carlock | NBC | |
| "Kidney Now!" | Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock | |||
| "Mamma Mia" | Ron Weiner | |||
| Flight of the Conchords | "Prime Minister" | James Bobin, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie | HBO |
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Modern Family* | "Pilot" | Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd | ABC | |
| 30 Rock | "Anna Howard Shaw Day" | Matt Hubbard | NBC | |
| "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" | Kay Cannon and Tina Fey | |||
| Glee | "Pilot" | Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan | Fox | |
| The Office | "Niagara" | Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling | NBC | |
| *Modern Family* | "Caught in the Act" | Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman | ABC | |
| 30 Rock | "Reaganing" | Matt Hubbard | NBC | |
| Episodes | "Episode 107" | David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik | Showtime | |
| Louie | "Poker/Divorce" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| The Office | "Goodbye, Michael" | Greg Daniels | NBC | |
| *Louie* | "Pregnant" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| Community | "Remedial Chaos Theory" | Chris McKenna | NBC | |
| Girls | "Pilot" | Lena Dunham | HBO | |
| Parks and Recreation | "The Debate" | Amy Poehler | NBC | |
| "Win, Lose, or Draw" | Michael Schur | |||
| *30 Rock* | "Last Lunch" | Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield | NBC | |
| 30 Rock | "Hogcock!" | Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock | NBC | |
| Episodes | "Episode 209" | David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik | Showtime | |
| Louie | "Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1" | FX | ||
| The Office | "Finale" | Greg Daniels | NBC | |
| *Louie* | "So Did the Fat Lady" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| Episodes | "Episode 305" | David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik | Showtime | |
| Orange Is the New Black | "I Wasn't Ready" | Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan | Netflix | |
| Silicon Valley | "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency" | Alec Berg | HBO | |
| Veep | "Special Relationship" | |||
| *Veep* | "Election Night" | **** | HBO | |
| Episodes | "Episode 409" | David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik | Showtime | |
| The Last Man on Earth | "Alive in Tucson" | Will Forte | Fox | |
| Louie | "Bobby's House" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| Silicon Valley | "Two Days of the Condor" | Alec Berg | HBO | |
| Transparent | "Pilot" | Jill Soloway | Amazon | |
| *Master of None* | "Parents" | Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang | Netflix | |
| Catastrophe | "Episode 1" | Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan | Amazon | |
| Silicon Valley | "Founder Friendly" | Dan O'Keefe | HBO | |
| "The Uptick" | Alec Berg | |||
| Veep | "Morning After" | David Mandel | ||
| "Mother" | Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck | |||
| *Master of None* | "Thanksgiving" | Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe | Netflix | |
| Atlanta | "B.A.N." | Donald Glover | FX | |
| "Streets on Lock" | Stephen Glover | |||
| Silicon Valley | "Success Failure" | Alec Berg | HBO | |
| Veep | "Georgia" | Billy Kimball | ||
| "Groundbreaking" | David Mandel | |||
| *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* | "Pilot" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon | |
| Atlanta | "Alligator Man" | Donald Glover | FX | |
| "Barbershop" | Stefani Robinson | |||
| Barry | "Chapter One: Make Your Mark" | Alec Berg and Bill Hader | HBO | |
| "Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going" | Elizabeth Sarnoff | |||
| Silicon Valley | "Fifty-One Percent" | Alec Berg | ||
| *Fleabag* | "Episode 201" | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Amazon | |
| Barry | "ronny/lily" | Alec Berg and Bill Hader | HBO | |
| The Good Place | "Janet(s)" | Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan | NBC | |
| PEN15 | "Anna Ishii-Peters" | Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle and Stacy Osei-Kuffour | Hulu | |
| Russian Doll | "Nothing in This World Is Easy" | Netflix | ||
| "A Warm Body" | Allison Silverman | |||
| Veep | "Veep" | David Mandel | HBO |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Schitt's Creek* | "Happy Ending" | Daniel Levy | Pop TV | |
| The Good Place | "Whenever You're Ready" | Michael Schur | NBC | |
| The Great | "The Great" | Tony McNamara | Hulu | |
| Schitt's Creek | "The Presidential Suite" | David West Read | Pop TV | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Collaboration" | Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil | FX | |
| "Ghosts" | Paul Simms | |||
| "On the Run" | Stefani Robinson | |||
| *Hacks* | "There Is No Line" | Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky | HBO Max | |
| The Flight Attendant | "In Case of Emergency" | Steve Yockey | HBO Max | |
| Girls5eva | "Pilot" | Meredith Scardino | Peacock | |
| PEN15 | "Play" | Maya Erskine | Hulu | |
| Ted Lasso | "Make Rebecca Great Again" | Apple TV+ | ||
| "Pilot" | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| *Abbott Elementary* | "Pilot" | Quinta Brunson | ABC | |
| Barry | "710N" | Duffy Boudreau | HBO | |
| "starting now" | Alec Berg and Bill Hader | |||
| Hacks | "The One, the Only" | Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky | HBO Max | |
| Only Murders in the Building | "True Crime" | Steve Martin and John Hoffman | Hulu | |
| Ted Lasso | "No Weddings and a Funeral" | Jane Becker | Apple TV+ | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "The Casino" | Sarah Naftalis | FX | |
| "The Wellness Center" | Stefani Robinson | |||
| 2023 | ||||
| *The Bear* | "System" | Christopher Storer | FX | |
| Barry | "wow" | Bill Hader | HBO | |
| Jury Duty | "Ineffective Assistance" | Mekki Leeper | Amazon Freevee | |
| Only Murders in the Building | "I Know Who Did It" | John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese and Rob Turbovsky | Hulu | |
| The Other Two | "Cary & Brooke Go to an AIDS Play" | Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider | HBO Max | |
| Ted Lasso | "So Long, Farewell" | Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly and Jason Sudeikis | Apple TV+ | |
| 2024 | ||||
| *Hacks* | "Bulletproof" | Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky | Max | |
| Abbott Elementary | "Career Day" | Quinta Brunson | ABC | |
| The Bear | "Fishes" | Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo | FX | |
| Girls5eva | "Orlando" | Meredith Scardino and Sam Means | Netflix | |
| The Other Two | "Brooke Hosts a Night of Undeniable Good" | Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider | Max | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Pride Parade" | Jake Bender and Zach Dunn | FX | |
| 2025 | ||||
| *The Studio* | "The Promotion" | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez | Apple TV+ | |
| Abbott Elementary | "Back to School" | Quinta Brunson | ABC | |
| Hacks | "A Slippery Slope" | Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky | HBO Max | |
| The Rehearsal | "Pilot's Code" | Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola | HBO | |
| Somebody Somewhere | "AGG" | Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen and Bridget Everett | ||
| What We Do in the Shadows | "The Finale" | Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis and Paul Simms | FX |
Total awards by network
- CBS – 22
- NBC – 19
- ABC – 8
- Fox – 5
- FX – 2
- HBO – 2
- HBO Max — 2
- Netflix – 2
- Prime Video – 2
- Apple TV+ - 1
- Pop TV – 1
Individuals with multiple awards
;3 awards
- Allan Burns
- Nat Hiken
- Coleman Jacoby
- Carl Reiner
- Arnold Rosen
- Tony Webster
- Ed. Weinberger
;2 awards
- David Angell
- Lucia Aniello
- Aziz Ansari
- George Balzer
- James L. Brooks
- Louis C.K.
- Stan Daniels
- Sam Denoff
- Paul W. Downs
- Tina Fey
- Anne Flett-Giordano
- Billy Friedberg
- Hal Goldman
- Al Gordon
- Mitchell Hurwitz
- Michael Leeson
- Steven Levitan
- Christopher Lloyd
- David Lloyd
- Sam Perrin
- Bill Persky
- Chuck Ranberg
- Terry Ryan
- Jen Statsky
- Leonard Stern
Individuals with multiple nominations
;9 nominations
- David Lloyd
;8 nominations
- Alec Berg
;7 nominations
- George Balzer
- Larry David
- Larry Gelbart
- Hal Goldman
- Al Gordon
- Sam Perrin
- Garry Shandling
;6 nominations
- Glen Charles
- Les Charles
- Nat Hiken
- Arnie Rosen
- Peter Tolan
;5 nominations
-
Allan Burns
-
Louis C.K.
-
David Crane
-
David Isaacs
-
Coleman Jacoby
-
Joe Keenan
-
Ken Levine
-
Mel Tolkin
-
Tony Webster ;4 nominations
-
Alan Alda
-
Lucia Aniello
-
Gary Belkin
-
James L. Brooks
-
Mel Brooks
-
Jack Burditt
-
Robert Carlock
-
Greg Daniels
-
Paul W. Downs
-
Diane English
-
Tina Fey
-
Bill Hader
-
Sheldon Keller
-
Michael Patrick King
-
Jeffrey Klarik
-
Michael Leeson
-
Steven Levitan
-
Christopher Lloyd
-
David Panich
-
Carl Reiner
-
Bob Schiller
-
Michael Schur
-
Paul Simms
-
Jen Statsky
-
Jay Tarses
-
Ed. Weinberger
-
Bob Weiskopf ;3 nominations
-
Danny Arnold
-
Quinta Brunson
-
Jim Carlson
-
Bob Carroll, Jr.
-
Peter Casey
-
Stan Daniels
-
Sam Denoff
-
Jack Douglas
-
Alex Gregory
-
Buck Henry
-
Matt Hubbard
-
Brendan Hunt
-
Mitchell Hurwitz
-
Peter Huyck
-
Coslough Johnson
-
Milt Josefsberg
-
Joe Kelly
-
Norman Lear
-
David Lee
-
Marc London
-
David Mandel
-
Allan Manings
-
Thomas Meehan
-
Dave O'Brien
-
Bill Persky
-
Madelyn Pugh
-
Martin Ragaway
-
John Rappaport
-
Stefani Robinson
-
Roswell Rogers
-
Philip Rosenthal
-
Terry Ryan
-
Herbert Sargent
-
Red Skelton
-
Leonard B. Stern
-
Jason Sudeikis ;2 nominations
-
David Angell
-
Aziz Ansari
-
Simon Blackwell
-
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
-
James Bobin
-
John Carsey
-
Tucker Cawley
-
Ernest Chambers
-
Larry Charles
-
Cindy Chupack
-
Jemaine Clement
-
Richard Day
-
Gary Dontzig
-
Robert Emmett
-
Maya Erskine
-
Ken Estin
-
Gene Farmer
-
Paul Feig
-
Anne Flett-Giordano
-
Donald Glover
-
Maya Forbes
-
Gerald Gardner
-
Ricky Gervais
-
Everett Greenbaum
-
Jeff Greenstein
-
Chris Hayward
-
Paul Henning
-
Don Hinkley
-
John Hoffman
-
Peter Huyck
-
Armando Iannucci
-
Sam Johnson
-
Hal Kanter
-
Chris Kelly
-
David E. Kelley
-
Paul Keyes
-
Ernie Kovacs
-
Jeremy Lloyd
-
John Markus
-
Mike Marmer
-
Bret McKenzie
-
Stephen Merchant
-
Lorne Michaels
-
Jim Mulligan
-
Lorenzo Music
-
Sarah Naftalis
-
Jess Oppenheimer
-
Tom Patchett
-
Steven Peterman
-
Arthur Phillips
-
Amy Poehler
-
Earl Pomerantz
-
Larry Rhine
-
Tony Roche
-
Ray Romano
-
Julie Rottenberg
-
Mike Royce
-
Meredith Scardino
-
Sarah Schneider
-
Al Schwartz
-
Sherwood Schwartz
-
Phil Sharp
-
Tony Sheehan
-
Amy Sherman-Palladino
-
Rosie Shuster
-
Larry Siegel
-
Ed Simmons
-
Neil Simon
-
Stephen Spears
-
Michael Stewart
-
Christopher Storer
-
Burt Styler
-
Saul Turteltaub
-
Jim Vallely
-
Jon Vitti
-
Hugh Wedlock Jr.
-
Michael J. Weithorn
-
Hugh Wilson
-
Harry Winkler
-
Elisa Zuritsky
-
Alan Zweibel
Programs with multiple awards
;5 awards
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (4 consecutive)
;4 awards
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) (3 consecutive)
- Frasier (NBC) (3 consecutive)
;3 awards
- 30 Rock (NBC) (2 consecutive)
- All in the Family (CBS) (2 consecutive)
- The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) (consecutive)
;2 awards
- Arrested Development (Fox) (consecutive)
- Cheers (NBC) (consecutive)
- Hacks (HBO Max)
- The Jack Benny Show (CBS) (consecutive)
- Louie (FX)
- Malcolm in the Middle (Fox) (consecutive)
- Master of None (Netflix) (consecutive)
- Modern Family (ABC) (consecutive)
- Murphy Brown (CBS)
- Seinfeld (NBC) (consecutive)
- Taxi (ABC) (consecutive)
Programs with multiple nominations
;13 nominations
- 30 Rock (NBC)
- Cheers (NBC)
- The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
;12 nominations
- MASH* (CBS)
;11 nominations
- Seinfeld (NBC)
;10 nominations
- All in the Family (CBS)
;9 nominations
- Frasier (NBC)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
;8 nominations
- Taxi (ABC/NBC)
;7 nominations
- The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
- The Office (NBC)
- Sex and the City (HBO)
- Veep (HBO)
- What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
;6 nominations
- Barry (HBO)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
- Murphy Brown (CBS)
- Silicon Valley (HBO)
- The Wonder Years (ABC)
;5 nominations
- Arrested Development (Fox)
- Louie (FX)
;4 nominations
- Atlanta (FX)
- Barney Miller (ABC)
- The Cosby Show (NBC)
- Episodes (Showtime)
- Hacks (HBO Max)
- The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
- Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
;3 nominations
- Abbott Elementary (ABC)
- Buffalo Bill (NBC)
- Caesar's Hour (NBC)
- Father Knows Best (NBC/CBS)
- The Golden Girls (NBC)
- The Red Skelton Show (CBS)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)
;2 nominations
- Ally McBeal (Fox)
- The Associates (ABC)
- The Bear (FX)
- The Bernie Mac Show (Fox)
- Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC)
- The Danny Thomas Show (ABC/CBS) (originally known as Make Room for Daddy)
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (NBC/Lifetime)
- Ellen (ABC)
- Extras (HBO)
- Family Ties (NBC)
- Flight of the Conchords (HBO)
- Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
- Friends (NBC)
- The George Gobel Show (NBC)
- Get Smart (NBC)
- Girls5eva (Peacock / Netflix)
- The Good Place (NBC)
- He & She (CBS)
- I Love Lucy (CBS)
- It's Garry Shandling's Show (Showtime)
- Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)
- Master of None (Netflix)
- Modern Family (ABC)
- Newhart (CBS)
- Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
- The Other Two (Max)
- Parks and Recreation (NBC)
- PEN15 (Hulu)
- Russian Doll (Netflix)
- Schitt's Creek (Pop TV)
- That Was the Week That Was (NBC)
Notes
References
References
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- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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