Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | |
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Currently held by |
Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche Veep (2015) |
| Official website | http://www.emmys.com/ |
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.
Award winners and nominations
1950s
1960s
| Year | Show | Episode | Writer(s) | Network |
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| 1959–60 | The Jack Benny Program | George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin | CBS | |
| Ballad of Louie the Louse | Nat Hiken | CBS | ||
| Father Knows Best | Dorothy Cooper & Roswell Rogers | |||
| 1960–61 | The Red Skelton Show | Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz, Red Skelton | NBC | |
| Hennesey | Richard Baer | CBS | ||
| Make Room For Daddy | Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson | |||
| 1961–62 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Carl Reiner | CBS | |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Roland Kibbee, Bob Newhart, Don Hinkley, Milt Rosen, Ernest Chambers, Dean Hargrove, Robert Kaufman, Norm Liebman, Charles Sherman, Howard Snyder, Larry Siegel | NBC | ||
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Nat Hiken, Tony Webster, Terry Ryan | CBS | ||
| Chun King Chow Mein Hour | Stan Freberg | ABC | ||
| The Red Skelton Show | Ed Simmons, Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Arthur Phillips, Al Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz, Red Skelton | CBS | ||
| 1962–63 | 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, Sam Perrin | CBS | ||
| The Red Skelton Show | Ed Simmons, Dave O'Brien, Martin A. Ragaway, Arthur Phillips, Larry Rhine, Mort Greene, Hugh Wedlock, Red Skelton, Bruce Howard, Rick Mittleman | |||
| 1963–64 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Plots Thicken" | Carl Reiner, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky | CBS |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Herbert Baker, Mel Tolkin, Ernest Chambers, Saul Ilson, Sheldon Keller, Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker, Gary Belkin, Larry Gelbart | CBS | ||
| The Farmer's Daughter | Steven Gethers, Jerry Davis, Lee Loeb, John McGreevey | ABC | ||
| That Was the Week That Was | Robert Emmett, Gerald Gardner, Saul Turteltaub, David Panich, Tony Webster, Thomas Meehan, Ed Sherman | NBC | ||
| 1964–65 |
The Defenders | "The 700 Year Old Gang" | David Karp | CBS |
| Danny Thomas Special | "The Wonderful World of Burlesque" | Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby | NBC | |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Never Bathe on Sunday" | Carl Reiner | CBS | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Magnificent Yankee" | Robert Hartung | NBC | |
| That Was the Week That Was | Gerald Gardner, Larry Siegel, Buck Henry, Gloria Steinem, Robert Emmett, Calvin Trillin, Dee Caruso, William Boardman, Joseph Hurley, Herbert Sargent, David Frost, Jim Stevenson, Thomas Meehan, Saul Turteltaub | |||
| 1965–66 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" | Sam Denoff, Bill Persky | CBS |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | "The Ugliest Dog in the World" | Sam Denoff & Bill Persky | CBS | |
| Get Smart | "Mr. Big" | Buck Henry & Mel Brooks | NBC | |
| 1966–67 | Get Smart | "Ship of Spies" (Part I, Part II) | Buck Henry, Leonard Stern | NBC |
| Family Affair | "Buffy" | Edmund Hartmann | CBS | |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Sidney Sheldon | NBC | ||
| 1967–68 | He & She | "The Coming-Out Party" | Allan Burns, Chris Hayward | CBS |
| He & She | "The Old Man and the She" | Leonard Stern & Arne Sultan | CBS | |
| The Lucy Show | "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account" | Milt Josefsberg & Ray Singer | ||
| That Girl | "The Mailman Cometh" | Danny Arnold and Ruth Brooks Flippen | ABC | |
| 1968–69 |
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Allan Blye, Bob Einstein, Murray Roman, Carl Gottlieb, Lorenzo Music, Steve Martin, Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne, Cy Howard, Mason Williams | CBS | |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Arnie Rosen, Stan Burns, Mike Marmer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Don Hinkley, Gail Parent, Kenny Solms, Bill Angelos, Buz Kohan | CBS | ||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | "February 3, 1969" | Paul Keyes, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Allan Manings, Chris Bearde, David Panich, Coslough Johnson, Marc London, David M. Cox, Jim Carlson, Jack Mendelsohn, James Mulligan Lorne Michaels, Hart Pomerantz, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan | NBC | |
1970s
| Year | Show | Episode | Writer(s) | Network |
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| 1969–70 |
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man | Peter Bellwood, Gary Belkin, Herbert Sargent, Thomas Meehan, Judith Viorst | CBS | |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | "November 3, 1969" | Paul Keyes, David Panich, Marc London, Coslough Johnson, Jim Carlson, Jim Mulligan, John Carsey, Gene Farmer, Jeremy Lloyd, John Rappaport, Stephen Spears, Jack Douglas, Allan Manings | NBC | |
| "December 20, 1969" | Allan Manings, David Panich, Coslough Johnson, John Carsey, Stephen Spears, John Rappaport, Jim Carlson, Marc London, Chet Dowling, Jim Abell, Barry Took, Jack Douglas, Jim Mulligan, Gene Farmer, Jeremy Lloyd | |||
| 1970–71 | Mary Tyler Moore | "Support Your Local Mother" | James L. Brooks, 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" | Madelyn Pugh Davis & Bob Carroll, Jr. | ||
| 1971–72 | 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 & Burt Styler | |||
| 1972–73 | All in the Family | "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | Lee Kalcheim, Michael Ross, Bernard West, Norman Lear | CBS |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "The Good-Time News" | Allan Burns & James L. Brooks | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "M*A*S*H" | Larry Gelbart | ||
| 1973–74 | Mary Tyler Moore | "The Lou and Edie Story" | Treva Silverman | CBS |
| M*A*S*H | "Hot Lips and Empty Arms" | Linda Bloodworth-Thomason & Mary Kay Place | CBS | |
| "The Trial of Henry Blake" | McLean Stevenson | |||
| 1974–75 | Mary Tyler Moore | "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" | Stan Daniels, Ed. Weinberger | CBS |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "Lou and That Woman" | David Lloyd | CBS | |
| Rhoda | "Rhoda's Wedding" | Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore, David Davis, Lorenzo Music, James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, David Lloyd | ||
| 1975–76 | Mary Tyler Moore | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | David Lloyd | CBS |
| Barney Miller | "The Hero" | Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "Hawkeye" | Larry Gelbart & Simon Muntner | CBS | |
| "The More I See You" | Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds | |||
| Maude | "The Analyst" | Jay Folb | ||
| 1976–77 | Mary Tyler Moore | "The Last Show" | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Stan Daniels, Bob Ellison, David Lloyd, Ed. Weinberger | CBS |
| Barney Miller | "Quarantine" (Part II) | Tony Sheehan & Danny Arnold | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "Dear Sigmund" | Alan Alda | CBS | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "Mary Midwife" | David Lloyd | ||
| "Ted's Change of Heart" | Earl Pomerantz | |||
| 1977–78 | All in the Family | "Cousin Liz" | Harve Brosten, Barry Michael Harman, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf | CBS |
| All in the Family | "Edith's Crisis of Faith" (Part II) | Erik Tarloff and Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin | CBS | |
| "Edith's 50th Birthday" | Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf | |||
| M*A*S*H | "Fallen Idol" | Alan Alda | ||
| 1978–79 |
M*A*S*H | "Inga" | Alan Alda | CBS |
| All in the Family | "California, Here We Are" (Part II) | Milt Josefsberg, Phil Sharp, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Point of View" | Ken Levine, David Isaacs | ||
| Saturday Night Live | "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, Alan Zweibel | NBC | |
| Taxi | "Blind Date" | Michael Leeson | ABC | |
1980s
| Year | Show | Episode | Writer(s) | Network |
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| 1979–80 | Barney Miller | "The Photographer" | R.J. Colleary | ABC |
| The Associates | "The Censors" | Stan Daniels and Ed Weinberger | ABC | |
| "The First Day" | Michael Leeson and Charlie Hauck | |||
| M*A*S*H | "Goodbye Radar" (Part II) | David Isaacs and Ken Levine | CBS | |
| Taxi | "Honor Thy Father" | Glen and Les Charles | ABC | |
| 1980–81 | Taxi | "Tony's Sister and Jim" | Michael Leeson | ABC |
| The Greatest American Hero | "Pilot" | Stephen J. Cannell | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "Death Takes a Holiday" | Mike Farrell, Dennis Koenig, Burt Metcalfe, Thad Mumford, John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox | CBS | |
| Taxi | "Going Home" | Glen and Les Charles | ABC | |
| "Elaine's Strange Triangle" | David Lloyd | |||
| 1981–82 | Taxi | "Elegant Iggy" | Ken Estin | ABC |
| Barney Miller | "Landmark" (Part III) | Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein and Tony Sheehan | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "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" | Holly Holmberg Brooks and Barry Kemp | ||
| 1982–83 | 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" | David Isaacs and Ken Levine | ||
| "Diane's Perfect Date" | David Lloyd | |||
| Taxi | "Jim's Inheritance" | Ken Estin | ||
| 1983–84 | Cheers | "Old Flames" | David Angell | NBC |
| Buffalo Bill | "Wilkinson's Sword" | Tom Patchett | NBC | |
| "Jo-Jo's Problem" (Part II) | Jay Tarses | |||
| Cheers | "Power Play" | Glen and Les Charles | ||
| "Homicidal Ham" | David Lloyd | |||
| 1984–85 | The Cosby Show | "Pilot" | Ed. Weinberger and Michael Leeson | NBC |
| Cheers | "I Call Your Name" | Peter Casey and David Lee | NBC | |
| "Rebound" (Part II) | Glen and Les Charles | |||
| "Sam Turns the Other Cheek" | David Lloyd | |||
| The Cosby Show | "Goodbye Mr. Fish" | Earl Pomerantz | ||
| 1985–86 | The Golden Girls | "A Little Romance" | Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan | 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" | Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra and John Markus | |||
| Family Ties | "The Real Thing" (Part II) | Michael J. Weithorn | ||
| The Golden Girls | "Pilot" | Susan Harris | ||
| 1986–87 | Family Ties | "A, My Name Is Alex" (Part I, Part II) | 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 | |
| 1987–88 | 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 II) | Tom Gamill, Max Pross and Sam Simon | Showtime | |
| "No Baby, No Show" | Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel | |||
| The Wonder Years | "Pilot" | Carol Black and Neal Marlens | ABC | |
| 1988–89 | Murphy Brown | "Pilot" | 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
2000s
2010s
Total awards by network
- CBS – 22
- NBC – 19
- ABC – 7
- Fox – 5
- HBO – 2
- FX – 2
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