|  Year | 
 Comedy | 
 Drama | 
 Variety | 
 Lead Comedy Actor | 
 Lead Drama Actor | 
 Lead Comedy Actress | 
 Lead Drama Actress | 
|  1949 | 
 Pantomime Quiz (Most Popular Television Program) (KTLA) The Necklace (Best Film Made for Television) (Your Show Time series) | 
 Shirley Dinsdale (Most Outstanding Television Personality) (KTLA) | 
|  1950 | 
 Texaco Star Theatre (KNBH) | 
 The Ed Wynn Show (KTTV) | 
 Milton Berle (Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality) (KNBH) Ed Wynn (Most Outstanding Live Personality) (KTTV) | 
|  1951 | 
 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (ABC) | 
 The Alan Young Show (CBS) | 
 Alan Young (CBS) | 
 Gertrude Berg (CBS) | 
|  1952 | 
 The Red Skelton Show (CBS) | 
 Studio One (CBS) | 
 Your Show of Shows (NBC) | 
 Red Skelton (NBC) | 
 Sid Caesar (NBC) | 
 Imogene Coca (NBC) | 
|  1953 | 
 I Love Lucy (CBS) | 
 Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC) | 
 Jimmy Durante (NBC) | 
 Thomas Mitchell | 
 Lucille Ball (CBS) | 
 Helen Hayes | 
|  1954 | 
 The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC) Dragnet (NBC) | 
 Omnibus (CBS) | 
 Donald O'Connor Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC) | 
 Eve Arden Our Miss Brooks (CBS) | 
|  1955 | 
 Make Room for Daddy (ABC) | 
 The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC) Dragnet (NBC) Stories of the Century (Syndicated) | 
 Disneyland (ABC) | 
 Danny Thomas Make Room for Daddy (ABC) | 
 Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC) | 
|  1956 | 
 The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) | 
 Producers' Showcase (NBC) | 
 Toast of the Town (CBS) | 
 Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) | 
 Lucille Ball I Love Lucy (CBS) | 
|  1957 | 
 Playhouse 90 (CBS) | 
 no award given | 
 Sid Caesar Caesar's Hour (NBC) | 
 Robert Young Father Knows Best (CBS) | 
 Nanette Fabray Caesar's Hour (NBC) | 
 Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC) | 
|  1958 | 
 Gunsmoke (CBS) Playhouse 90 (CBS) | 
 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) | 
 Robert Young Father Knows Best (CBS) | 
 Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS) | 
|  1959 | 
 The Jack Benny Program (CBS) | 
 The Alcoa Hour/Goodyear Television Playhouse (NBC) Playhouse 90 (CBS) Maverick (ABC) | 
 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) | 
 Jack Benny The Jack Benny Program (CBS) | 
 Raymond Burr Perry Mason (CBS) | 
 Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS) | 
 Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC) | 
|  1960 | 
 Art Carney Special (NBC) | 
 Playhouse 90 (CBS) | 
 The Garry Moore Show (CBS) | 
 Robert Stack The Untouchables (ABC)  | 
 Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS) | 
|  1961 | 
 The Jack Benny Program (CBS) | 
 Macbeth (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (NBC) | 
 Astaire Time (NBC) | 
 Raymond Burr Perry Mason (CBS) | 
 Barbara Stanwyck The Barbara Stanwyck Show (NBC) | 
|  1962 | 
 The Bob Newhart Show (NBC) | 
 The Defenders (CBS) | 
 The Garry Moore Show (CBS) | 
 E. G. Marshall The Defenders (CBS) | 
 Shirley Booth Hazel (NBC) | 
|  1963 | 
 The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | 
 The Andy Williams Show (NBC) | 
 Jack Klugman The Defenders (CBS) | 
|  1964 | 
 The Danny Kaye Show (CBS) | 
 Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | 
 Mary Tyler Moore The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | 
|  1965 | 
 four winners (Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment) | 
 five winners (Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers) | 
|  1966 | 
 The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | 
 The Fugitive (ABC) | 
 The Andy Williams Show (NBC) | 
 Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | 
 Bill Cosby I Spy (NBC) | 
 Mary Tyler Moore The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | 
 Barbara Stanwyck The Big Valley (ABC)  | 
|  1967 | 
 The Monkees (NBC) | 
 Mission: Impossible (CBS) | 
 Don Adams Get Smart (NBC) | 
 Lucille Ball The Lucy Show (CBS)  | 
 Barbara Bain Mission: Impossible (CBS) | 
|  1968 | 
 Get Smart (NBC) | 
 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) | 
|  1969 | 
 NET Playhouse (NET)   | 
 Carl Betz Judd for the Defense (ABC)  | 
 Hope Lange The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (ABC) | 
|  1970 | 
 My World and Welcome to It (NBC) | 
 Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) | 
 The David Frost Show (Syndicated) | 
 William Windom My World and Welcome to It (NBC) | 
 Robert Young Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) | 
 Susan Hampshire The Forsyte Saga (NET) | 
|  1971 | 
 All in the Family (CBS) | 
 The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) | 
 Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (CBS) | 
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple (ABC) | 
 Hal Holbrook The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) | 
 Jean Stapleton All in the Family (CBS) | 
 Susan Hampshire The First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | 
|  1972 | 
 Elizabeth R (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | 
 The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) | 
 Carroll O'Connor All in the Family (CBS) | 
 Peter Falk Columbo (NBC) | 
 Glenda Jackson Elizabeth R (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | 
|  1973 | 
 The Waltons (CBS) | 
 The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC) | 
 Jack Klugman The Odd Couple (ABC) | 
 Richard Thomas The Waltons (CBS) | 
 Mary Tyler Moore The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) | 
 Michael Learned The Waltons (CBS) | 
|  1974 | 
 M*A*S*H (CBS) | 
 Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | 
 The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) | 
 Alan Alda M*A*S*H (CBS) | 
 Telly Savalas Kojak (CBS) | 
|  1975 | 
 The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) | 
 Tony Randall The Odd Couple (ABC) | 
 Robert Blake Baretta (ABC) | 
 Valerie Harper Rhoda (CBS) | 
 Jean Marsh Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | 
|  1976 | 
 Police Story (NBC) | 
 Saturday Night Live (NBC) | 
 Jack Albertson Chico and the Man (NBC)  | 
 Peter Falk Columbo (NBC) | 
 Mary Tyler Moore The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) | 
 Michael Learned The Waltons (CBS) | 
|  1977 | 
 Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | 
 Van Dyke and Company (NBC) | 
 Carroll O'Connor All in the Family (CBS) | 
 James Garner The Rockford Files (NBC) | 
 Bea Arthur Maude (CBS) | 
 Lindsay Wagner The Bionic Woman (ABC)  | 
|  1978 | 
 All in the Family (CBS) | 
 The Rockford Files (NBC) | 
 The Muppet Show (Syndicated) | 
 Edward Asner Lou Grant (CBS) | 
 Jean Stapleton All in the Family (CBS) | 
 Sada Thompson Family (ABC) | 
|  1979 | 
 Taxi (ABC) | 
 Lou Grant (CBS) | 
 Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin (NBC) | 
 Ron Leibman Kaz (CBS) | 
 Ruth Gordon Taxi (ABC) | 
 Mariette Hartley The Incredible Hulk (CBS) | 
|  1980 | 
 Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC) | 
 Richard Mulligan Soap (ABC) | 
 Edward Asner Lou Grant (CBS) | 
 Cathryn Damon Soap (ABC) | 
 Barbara Bel Geddes Dallas (CBS)  | 
|  1981 | 
 Hill Street Blues (NBC) | 
 Lily: Sold Out (CBS) | 
 Judd Hirsch Taxi (ABC) | 
 Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues (NBC) | 
 Isabel Sanford The Jeffersons (CBS)  | 
 Barbara Babcock Hill Street Blues (NBC) | 
|  1982 | 
 Barney Miller (ABC) | 
 Night of 100 Stars (ABC) | 
 Alan Alda M*A*S*H (CBS) | 
 Carol Kane Taxi (ABC) | 
 Michael Learned Nurse (CBS) | 
|  1983 | 
 Cheers (NBC) | 
 Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (NBC) | 
 Judd Hirsch Taxi (NBC) | 
 Ed Flanders St. Elsewhere (NBC)  | 
 Shelley Long Cheers (NBC) | 
 Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey (CBS)  | 
|  1984 | 
 Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) | 
 John Ritter Three's Company (ABC) | 
 Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. (CBS) | 
 Jane Curtin Kate & Allie (CBS) | 
|  1985 | 
 The Cosby Show (NBC) | 
 Cagney & Lacey (CBS) | 
 Motown Returns to the Apollo (NBC) | 
 Robert Guillaume Benson (ABC) | 
 William Daniels St. Elsewhere (NBC) | 
|  1986 | 
 The Golden Girls (NBC) | 
 Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) | 
 Michael J. Fox Family Ties (NBC) | 
 Betty White The Golden Girls (NBC) | 
 Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey (CBS)  | 
|  1987 | 
 L.A. Law (NBC) | 
 The 41st Annual Tony Awards (CBS) | 
 Bruce Willis Moonlighting (ABC)  | 
 Rue McClanahan The Golden Girls (NBC) | 
|  1988 | 
 The Wonder Years (ABC) | 
 thirtysomething (ABC) | 
 Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (CBS) | 
 Richard Kiley A Year in the Life (NBC)  | 
 Bea Arthur The Golden Girls (NBC) | 
 Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey (CBS)  | 
|  1989 | 
 Cheers (NBC) | 
 L.A. Law (NBC) | 
 The Tracey Ullman Show (Fox) | 
 Richard Mulligan Empty Nest (NBC)  | 
 Carroll O'Connor In the Heat of the Night (NBC) | 
 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS) | 
 Dana Delany China Beach (ABC) | 
|  1990 | 
 Murphy Brown (CBS) | 
 In Living Color (Fox) | 
 Ted Danson Cheers (NBC) | 
 Peter Falk Columbo (ABC) | 
 Patricia Wettig thirtysomething (ABC) | 
|  1991 | 
 Cheers (NBC) | 
 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (ABC) | 
 Burt Reynolds Evening Shade (CBS) | 
 James Earl Jones Gabriel's Fire (ABC) | 
 Kirstie Alley Cheers (NBC) | 
|  1992 | 
 Murphy Brown (CBS) | 
 Northern Exposure (CBS) | 
 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC) | 
 Craig T. Nelson Coach (ABC) | 
 Christopher Lloyd Avonlea (Disney) | 
 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS) | 
 Dana Delany China Beach (ABC) | 
|  1993 | 
 Seinfeld (NBC) | 
 Picket Fences (CBS) | 
 Saturday Night Live (NBC) | 
 Ted Danson Cheers (NBC) | 
 Tom Skerritt Picket Fences (CBS) | 
 Roseanne Barr Roseanne (ABC) | 
 Kathy Baker Picket Fences (CBS) | 
|  1994 | 
 Frasier (NBC) | 
 Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) | 
 Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC) | 
 Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC) | 
 Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS) | 
 Sela Ward Sisters (NBC) | 
|  1995 | 
 NYPD Blue (ABC) | 
 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) | 
 Mandy Patinkin Chicago Hope (CBS) | 
 Kathy Baker Picket Fences (CBS) | 
|  1996 | 
 ER (NBC) | 
 Dennis Miller Live (HBO) | 
 John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) | 
 Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC) | 
 Helen Hunt Mad About You (NBC) | 
|  1997 | 
 Law & Order (NBC) | 
 Tracey Takes On... (HBO) | 
 Gillian Anderson The X-Files (Fox) | 
|  1998 | 
 The Practice (ABC) | 
 Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) | 
 Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC) | 
 Andre Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) | 
 Christine Lahti Chicago Hope (CBS) | 
|  1999 | 
 Ally McBeal (Fox) | 
 John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) | 
 Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC) | 
 Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO) | 
|  2000 | 
 Will & Grace (NBC) | 
 The West Wing (NBC) | 
 Michael J. Fox Spin City (ABC) | 
 James Gandolfini The Sopranos (HBO) | 
 Patricia Heaton Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) | 
 Sela Ward Once and Again (ABC) | 
|  2001 | 
 Sex and the City (HBO) | 
 Eric McCormack Will & Grace (NBC)  | 
 Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO) | 
|  2002 | 
 Friends (NBC) | 
 Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)  | 
 Michael Chiklis The Shield (FX)  | 
 Jennifer Aniston Friends (NBC) | 
 Allison Janney The West Wing (NBC) | 
|  2003 | 
 Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) | 
 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) | 
 Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA) | 
 James Gandolfini The Sopranos (HBO) | 
 Debra Messing Will & Grace (NBC) | 
 Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO) | 
|  2004 | 
 Arrested Development (Fox) | 
 The Sopranos (HBO) | 
 Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC)  | 
 James Spader The Practice (ABC)  | 
 Sarah Jessica Parker Sex and the City (HBO) | 
 Allison Janney The West Wing (NBC) | 
|  2005 | 
 Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) | 
 Lost (ABC) | 
 Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA) | 
 James Spader Boston Legal (ABC)  | 
 Felicity Huffman Desperate Housewives (ABC)  | 
 Patricia Arquette Medium (NBC)  | 
|  2006 | 
 The Office (NBC) | 
 24 (Fox) | 
 Kiefer Sutherland 24 (Fox) | 
 Julia Louis-Dreyfus The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)  | 
 Mariska Hargitay Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)  | 
|  2007 | 
 30 Rock (NBC) | 
 The Sopranos (HBO) | 
 Ricky Gervais Extras (BBC/HBO) | 
 James Spader Boston Legal (ABC) | 
 America Ferrera Ugly Betty (ABC) | 
 Sally Field Brothers & Sisters (ABC)  | 
|  2008 | 
 Mad Men (AMC) | 
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock (NBC) | 
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC) | 
 Tina Fey 30 Rock (NBC) | 
Glenn Close Damages (FX) | 
|  2009 | 
 Toni Collette United States of Tara (Showtime) | 
|  2010 | 
Modern Family (ABC) | 
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 
 Edie Falco Nurse Jackie (Showtime) | 
 Kyra Sedgwick The Closer (TNT)  | 
|  2011 | 
 Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights (DirecTV) | 
 Melissa McCarthy Mike and Molly (CBS) | 
 Julianna Margulies The Good Wife (CBS)  | 
|  2012 | 
Homeland (Showtime) | 
 Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men (CBS) | 
 Damian Lewis Homeland (Showtime) | 
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Veep (HBO) | 
Claire Danes Homeland (Showtime)  | 
|  2013 | 
Breaking Bad (AMC) | 
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) | 
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 
Jeff Daniels The Newsroom (HBO) | 
|  2014 | 
 Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC) | 
 Julianna Margulies The Good Wife (CBS) | 
|  2015 | 
 Veep (HBO) | 
 Game of Thrones (HBO) | 
 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) | 
 Jeffrey Tambor Transparent (Amazon Video) | 
 Jon Hamm Mad Men (AMC) | 
 Viola Davis How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) |