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. It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material.

Total awards by network

 * CBS – 22
 * NBC – 19
 * ABC – 8
 * Fox – 5
 * FX – 2
 * HBO – 2
 * Netflix – 2
 * Prime Video – 2
 * HBO Max — 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
 * Aziz Ansari
 * George Balzer
 * James L. Brooks
 * Louis C.K.
 * Stan Daniels
 * Sam Denoff
 * 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
 * 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
 * Gary Belkin
 * James L. Brooks
 * Mel Brooks
 * Jack Burditt
 * Robert Carlock
 * Greg Daniels
 * 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
 * Jay Tarses
 * Ed. Weinberger
 * Bob Weiskopf


 * 3 nominations
 * Danny Arnold
 * Jim Carlson
 * Bob Carroll, Jr.
 * Peter Casey
 * Stan Daniels
 * Sam Denoff
 * Jack Douglas
 * Buck Henry
 * Matt Hubbard
 * Brendan Hunt
 * Mitchell Hurwitz
 * 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
 * Paul Simms
 * Red Skelton
 * Leonard B. Stern
 * Jason Sudeikis


 * 2 nominations
 * David Angell
 * Lucia Aniello
 * 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
 * Paul W. Downs
 * 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
 * Alex Gregory
 * Chris Hayward
 * Paul Henning
 * Don Hinkley
 * John Hoffman
 * Peter Huyck
 * Armando Iannucci
 * Hal Kanter
 * David E. Kelley
 * Paul Keyes
 * Ernie Kovacs
 * Jeremy Lloyd


 * John Markus
 * Mike Marmer
 * Bret McKenzie
 * Stephen Merchant
 * Lorne Michaels
 * Jim Mulligan
 * Lorenzo Music
 * Jess Oppenheimer
 * Tom Patchett
 * Steven Peterman
 * Arthur Phillips
 * Amy Poehler
 * Earl Pomerantz
 * Larry Rhine
 * Tony Roche
 * Ray Romano
 * Julie Rottenberg
 * Mike Royce
 * Al Schwartz
 * Sherwood Schwartz
 * Phil Sharp
 * Tony Sheehan
 * Amy Sherman-Palladino
 * Rosie Shuster
 * Larry Siegel
 * Ed Simmons
 * Neil Simon
 * Stephen Spears
 * Jen Statsky
 * Michael Stewart
 * 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)
 * 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
 * M*A*S*H (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)


 * 6 nominations
 * Barry (HBO)
 * The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
 * Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
 * Murphy Brown (CBS)
 * Silicon Valley (HBO)
 * What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
 * The Wonder Years (ABC)


 * 5 nominations
 * Arrested Development (Fox)
 * Louie (FX)


 * 4 nominations
 * Atlanta (FX)
 * Barney Miller (ABC)
 * The Cosby Show (NBC)
 * Episodes (Showtime)
 * The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
 * Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)


 * 3 nominations
 * Buffalo Bill (NBC)
 * Caesar's Hour (NBC)
 * Father Knows Best (NBC/CBS)
 * The Golden Girls (NBC)
 * Hacks (HBO Max)
 * The Red Skelton Show (CBS)
 * Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)


 * 2 nominations
 * Abbott Elementary (ABC)
 * 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)