Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award given to the best television comedy series of the year. From 1960 to 1964, this category was combined with the Comedy Specials (one time programs) category so that both type of programs competed for the same award during those years. The award goes to the producers of the series.

Milestones
The Flintstones and Family Guy are the only animated sitcoms to be nominated for the award. As of 2020, Fleabag (United Kingdom) and Schitt's Creek (Canada) are the only shows from outside the United States to win this award.

The Big Three networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) have dominated the category. Only seven other networks have won the award: HBO (once with Sex and the City and three times with Veep) four times, Fox (with Ally McBeal and Arrested Development) and Apple TV+ (with Ted Lasso) twice, and Amazon Prime Video (with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), the BBC (with Fleabag; although seen later on Prime Video), Pop TV (with Schitt's Creek; originally seen on CBC Television), and FX (with The Bear) once.

Winners and nominations
The following tables, divided by decade, show the winners listed first in colored row, followed by the other nominees of the "Comedy Series" award, according to the Primetime Emmy Awards database:

Programs with multiple wins

 * 5 wins
 * Frasier (NBC) (consecutive)
 * Modern Family (ABC) (consecutive)


 * 4 wins
 * All in the Family (CBS) (3 consecutive)
 * Cheers (NBC) (2 consecutive)
 * The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) (consecutive)


 * 3 wins
 * 30 Rock (NBC) (consecutive)
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (consecutive)
 * The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) (consecutive)
 * Taxi (ABC) (consecutive)
 * Veep (HBO) (consecutive)


 * 2 wins
 * Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
 * Get Smart (NBC) (consecutive)
 * The Golden Girls (NBC) (consecutive)
 * I Love Lucy (CBS) (consecutive)
 * The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
 * Murphy Brown (CBS)
 * Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 11 nominations
 * Cheers (NBC)
 * Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
 * M*A*S*H (CBS)


 * 9 nominations
 * All in the Family (CBS)


 * 8 nominations
 * Frasier (NBC)
 * Modern Family (ABC)


 * 7 nominations
 * 30 Rock (NBC)
 * Barney Miller (ABC)
 * Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
 * Seinfeld (NBC)
 * Veep (HBO)


 * 6 nominations
 * Friends (NBC)
 * The Golden Girls (NBC)
 * The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
 * The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
 * The Office (NBC)
 * Sex and the City (HBO)
 * Will & Grace (NBC)


 * 5 nominations
 * The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
 * Murphy Brown (CBS)
 * Silicon Valley (HBO)
 * Taxi (ABC/NBC)


 * 4 nominations
 * Barry (HBO)
 * Bewitched (ABC)
 * The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
 * Black-ish (ABC)
 * The Danny Thomas Show (ABC/CBS) (originally known as Make Room for Daddy)
 * The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
 * Family Ties (NBC)
 * Father Knows Best (NBC/CBS)
 * The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (CBS)
 * Get Smart (NBC)
 * I Love Lucy (CBS)
 * Mad About You (NBC)
 * The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
 * The Red Skelton Show (NBC/CBS)
 * Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
 * The Wonder Years (ABC)


 * 3 nominations
 * Abbott Elementary (ABC)
 * The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
 * Arrested Development (Fox)
 * The Bob Cummings Show (NBC)
 * Caesar's Hour (NBC)
 * The Cosby Show (NBC)
 * Designing Women (CBS)
 * Entourage (HBO)
 * Hacks (Max)
 * Hogan's Heroes (CBS)
 * Home Improvement (ABC)
 * Kate & Allie (CBS)
 * Louie (FX)
 * Mister Peepers (NBC)
 * Night Court (NBC)
 * The Odd Couple (ABC)
 * Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
 * Our Miss Brooks (CBS)
 * Soap (ABC)
 * Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
 * Two and a Half Men (CBS)
 * What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
 * WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS)


 * 2 nominations
 * 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
 * Ally McBeal (Fox)
 * Atlanta (FX)
 * The Bear (FX)
 * Buffalo Bill (NBC)
 * Family Affair (CBS)
 * Girls (HBO)
 * Glee (Fox)
 * The Good Place (NBC)
 * The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
 * Love, American Style (ABC)
 * Master of None (Netflix)
 * McHale's Navy (ABC)
 * Newhart (CBS)
 * Parks and Recreation (NBC)
 * Sanford and Son (NBC)
 * Schitt's Creek (Pop TV)
 * Scrubs (NBC)
 * Transparent (Amazon)

Total awards by network

 * NBC – 26
 * CBS – 22
 * ABC – 11
 * HBO – 4


 * Apple TV+ – 2
 * Fox – 2
 * Prime Video – 2
 * FX – 1
 * Pop TV – 1