Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
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.[note 1] It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material.
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Currently held by | Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek (2020) |
| Website | emmys |
Winners and nominations
1950s
1960s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jack Benny Program | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin | CBS | ||
| 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 | NBC | ||
| Hennesey | Richard Baer | CBS | ||
| Make Room for Daddy | Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart | |||
| 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 | CBS | ||
| 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 Program | 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 | Sam Denoff, Bill Persky and Carl Reiner | 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 | ||
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The Defenders | "The 700 Year Old Gang" | David Karp | CBS |
| Danny Thomas Special | "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" | Sam Denoff and Bill Persky | CBS | |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Ugliest Dog in the World" | Sam Denoff and Bill Persky | CBS | |
| Get Smart | "Mr. Big" | Mel Brooks and Buck Henry | NBC | |
| Get Smart | "Ship of Spies" | Buck Henry and Leonard 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" | Allan Burns and Chris Hayward | 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 | |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
[note 1] |
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man | Gary Belkin, Peter Bellwood, Thomas Meehan, Herb Sargent and Judith Viorst | 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" | James L. Brooks and Allan Burns | 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 and Steve Zacharias | CBS | |
| All in the Family | "Mike's Problem" | Alan J. Levitt and Phil Mishkin | CBS | |
| "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" | Norman Lear and Burt Styler | |||
| All in the Family | "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | Lee Kalcheim, Norman Lear, Michael Ross and Bernard West | CBS | |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "The Good-Time News" | James L. Brooks and Allan Burns | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "M*A*S*H" | Larry Gelbart | ||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "The Lou and Edie Story" | Treva Silverman | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "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" | Norman Barasch, James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, David Davis, David Lloyd, Carroll Moore and Lorenzo Music | ||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | David Lloyd | CBS | |
| Barney Miller | "The Hero" | Danny Arnold and Chris Hayward | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "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, Stan Daniels, Bob Ellison, David Lloyd and Ed. Weinberger | CBS | |
| Barney Miller | "Quarantine, Part 2" | Danny Arnold and Tony Sheehan | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "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" | Harve Brosten, Barry Michael Harman, Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | CBS | |
| All in the Family | "Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part 2" | Larry Rhine, Erik Tarloff and Mel Tolkin | CBS | |
| "Edith's 50th Birthday" | Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf | |||
| M*A*S*H | "Fallen Idol" | Alan Alda | ||
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M*A*S*H | "Inga" | Alan Alda | CBS |
| All in the Family | "California, Here We Are, Part 2" | Milt Josefsberg, Bob Schiller, Phil Sharp and Bob Weiskopf | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Point of View" | David Isaacs and Ken Levine | ||
| 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 Leeson | ABC |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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| 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 |
Total awards by network
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Individuals with multiple awards
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Individuals with multiple nominations
Programs with multiple awards
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Programs with multiple nominations
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Notes
- Though this category is the dominant one in which sitcom writing has been recognized, there were a few years in which sitcom series writers competed directly with writers of variety and music programs.
- The 17th Primetime Emmy Awards did not have genre-specific categories.
See also
References
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
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