Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

=Award winners and nominees=

This is a list of winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

1950s

1960s

1970s

{| class="wikitable" width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1970 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "My World and Welcome to It" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"The Bill Cosby Show" || NBC
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"The Courtship of Eddie's Father" || ABC
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"Love, American Style" || ABC
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"Room 222" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1971 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "All in the Family" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"Arnie|| CBS
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"Love, American Style" || ABC
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show||" CBS
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"The Odd Couple" || ABC
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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 1972 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "All in the Family" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" || CBS
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"The Odd Couple" || ABC
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"Sanford and Son" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1973 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "All in the Family" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"M*A*S*H|| CBS
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show|| CBS
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"Maude" || CBS
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"Sanford and Son" || NBC
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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 1974 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "M*A*S*H" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"All in the Family" || CBS
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" || CBS
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"The Odd Couple" || ABC
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rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| 1975 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"All in the Family" || CBS
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Rhoda" || CBS
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1976 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"All in the Family" || CBS
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"Barney Miller" || ABC
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Welcome Back, Kotter" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1977 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"All in the Family" || CBS
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"Barney Miller" || ABC
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"The Bob Newhart Show" || CBS
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1978 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "All in the Family" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"Barney Miller|| ABC
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Soap" || ABC
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"Three's Company" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1979 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Taxi" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ABC
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"All in the Family" || CBS
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"Barney Miller" || ABC
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Mork & Mindy" || ABC
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1980s

{| class="wikitable" width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
-! width=6% | Year! width=38% | Show! width=30% | Network
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1980 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Taxi" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ABC
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"Barney Miller" || ABC
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Soap" || ABC
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"WKRP in Cincinnati" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1981 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Taxi" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ABC
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"Barney Miller" || ABC
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Soap" || ABC
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"WKRP in Cincinnati" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1982 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Barney Miller" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ABC
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"Love, Sidney" || NBC
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Taxi" || ABC
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"WKRP in Cincinnati" ||CBS
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1983 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Cheers" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Buffalo Bill" || NBC
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"M*A*S*H" || CBS
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"Newhart" || CBS
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"Taxi" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1984 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Cheers" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Buffalo Bill" || NBC
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"Family Ties" || NBC
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"Kate & Allie" || CBS
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"Newhart" || CBS
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1985 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Cosby Show" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Cheers" || NBC
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"Family Ties" || HBO
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"Kate & Allie" || NBC
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"Night Court" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1986 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Golden Girls" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Cheers" || NBC
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"The Cosby Show" || NBC
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"Family Ties" || NBC
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"Kate & Allie" || CBS
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1987 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Golden Girls" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Cheers" || NBC
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"The Cosby Show" || NBC
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"Family Ties" || NBC
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"Night Court" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1988 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Wonder Years" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ABC
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"Cheers" || NBC
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"Frank's Place" || CBS
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"The Golden Girls" || NBC
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"Night Court" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1989 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Cheers" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Designing Women" || CBS
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"The Golden Girls" || NBC
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"Murphy Brown" || CBS
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"The Wonder Years" || ABC
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1990s

{| class="wikitable" width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1990 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Murphy Brown" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"Cheers" || NBC
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"Designing Women" || CBS
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"The Golden Girls" || NBC
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"The Wonder Years" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1991 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Cheers" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Designing Women" || CBS
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"The Golden Girls" || NBC
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"Murphy Brown||" CBS
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"The Wonder Years" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1992 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Murphy Brown" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"Brooklyn Bridge" || CBS
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"Cheers" || NBC
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"Home Improvement" || ABC
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"Seinfeld" ||NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1993 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Seinfeld" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Cheers" || NBC
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"Home Improvement" || ABC
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"The Larry Sanders Show" || HBO
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"Murphy Brown" || CBS
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1994 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Frasier" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Home Improvement" || ABC
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"The Larry Sanders Show" || HBO
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"Mad About You" || NBC
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"Seinfeld" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1995 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Frasier" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Friends" || NBC
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"The Larry Sanders Show" || HBO
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"Mad About You" || NBC
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"Seinfeld" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1996 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Frasier" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Friends" || NBC
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"The Larry Sanders Show" || HBO
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"Mad About You" || NBC
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"Seinfeld" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1997 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Frasier" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"The Larry Sanders Show" || HBO
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"Mad About You" || NBC
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"Seinfeld" || NBC
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"3rd Rock from the Sun" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1998 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Frasier" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Ally McBeal" || FOX
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"The Larry Sanders Show" || HBO
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"Seinfeld" || NBC
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"3rd Rock from the Sun" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1999 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Ally McBeal" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | FOX
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"Everybody Loves Raymond" || CBS
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"Frasier" || NBC
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"Friends" || NBC
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"Sex and the City" || HBO
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2000s

{| class="wikitable" width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2000 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Will & Grace" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Everybody Loves Raymond" || CBS
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"Frasier" || NBC
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"Friends" || NBC
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"Sex and the City" || HBO
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2001 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Sex and the City" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | HBO
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"Everybody Loves Raymond" || CBS
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"Frasier" || NBC
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"Malcolm in the Middle||" FOX
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"Will & Grace" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2002 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Friends" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" || HBO
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"Everybody Loves Raymond" || CBS
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"Sex and the City" || HBO
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"Will & Grace" ||NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2003 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Everybody Loves Raymond" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" || HBO
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"Friends" || NBC
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"Sex and the City" || HBO
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"Will & Grace" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2004 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Arrested Development" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | FOX
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" || HBO
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"Everybody Loves Raymond" || CBS
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"Sex and the City" || HBO
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"Will & Grace" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2005 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "Everybody Loves Raymond" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | CBS
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"Arrested Development" || FOX
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"Desperate Housewives" || ABC
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"Scrubs" || NBC
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"Will & Grace" || NBC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2006 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "The Office" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Arrested Development" || FOX
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" || HBO
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"Scrubs" || NBC
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"Two and a Half Men" || CBS
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2007 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "30 Rock" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Entourage" || HBO
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"The Office" || NBC
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"Two and a Half Men" || CBS
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"Ugly Betty" || ABC
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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2008 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | "30 Rock" || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | NBC
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" || HBO
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"Entourage" || HBO
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"The Office" || NBC
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"Two and a Half Men" || CBS
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Award records

eries

;5 awards
*"Frasier" (5 consecutive)

;4 awards
*"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (4 consecutive)
*"All in the Family" (3 consecutive)
*"Cheers" (2 consecutive)

;3 awards
*"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (consecutive)
*"The Phil Silvers Show" (consecutive)
*"Taxi" (consecutive)

;2 awards
*"Get Smart" (consecutive)
*"The Golden Girls" (consecutive)
*"I Love Lucy "(consecutive)
*"30 Rock" (consecutive)
*"Everybody Loves Raymond"
*"The Jack Benny Program"
*"Murphy Brown"

Networks

*CBS - 23 (consecutive: 8 - 1971-1978)
*NBC - 23 (consecutive: 6 - 1993-1998)
*ABC - 6 (consecutive: 4 - 1979-1982)
*FOX - 2
*HBO - 1

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