Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Total awards by network==

• CBS – 22 • NBC – 19 • ABC – 8 • Fox – 5 • FX – 2 • HBO – 2 • HBO Max — 2 • Netflix – 2 • Prime Video – 2 • Apple TV+ - 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 • Lucia Aniello • Aziz Ansari • George Balzer • James L. Brooks • Louis C.K. • Stan Daniels • Sam Denoff • Paul W. Downs • 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 • Jen Statsky • 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 • Lucia Aniello • Gary Belkin • James L. Brooks • Mel Brooks • Jack Burditt • Robert Carlock • Greg Daniels • Paul W. Downs • 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 • Paul Simms • Jen Statsky • Jay Tarses • Ed. Weinberger • Bob Weiskopf ;3 nominations • Danny Arnold • Quinta Brunson • Jim Carlson • Bob Carroll, Jr. • Peter Casey • Stan Daniels • Sam Denoff • Jack Douglas • Alex Gregory • Buck Henry • Matt Hubbard • Brendan Hunt • Mitchell Hurwitz • Peter Huyck • 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 • Red Skelton • Leonard B. Stern • Jason Sudeikis ;2 nominations • David Angell • 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 • 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 • Chris Hayward • Paul Henning • Don Hinkley • John Hoffman • Peter Huyck • Armando Iannucci • Sam Johnson • Hal Kanter • Chris Kelly • David E. Kelley • Paul Keyes • Ernie Kovacs • Jeremy Lloyd • John Markus • Mike Marmer • Bret McKenzie • Stephen Merchant • Lorne Michaels • Jim Mulligan • Lorenzo Music • Sarah Naftalis • Jess Oppenheimer • Tom Patchett • Steven Peterman • Arthur Phillips • Amy Poehler • Earl Pomerantz • Larry Rhine • Tony Roche • Ray Romano • Julie Rottenberg • Mike Royce • Meredith Scardino • Sarah Schneider • Al Schwartz • Sherwood Schwartz • Phil Sharp • Tony Sheehan • Amy Sherman-Palladino • Rosie Shuster • Larry Siegel • Ed Simmons • Neil Simon • Stephen Spears • Michael Stewart • Christopher Storer • 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) • Hacks (HBO Max) • 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) • What We Do in the Shadows (FX) ;6 nominations • Barry (HBO) • The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) • Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) • Murphy Brown (CBS) • Silicon Valley (HBO) • The Wonder Years (ABC) ;5 nominations • Arrested Development (Fox) • Louie (FX) ;4 nominations • Atlanta (FX) • Barney Miller (ABC) • The Cosby Show (NBC) • Episodes (Showtime) • Hacks (HBO Max) • The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) • Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) ;3 nominations • Abbott Elementary (ABC) • Buffalo Bill (NBC) • ''Caesar's Hour'' (NBC) • Father Knows Best (NBC/CBS) • The Golden Girls (NBC) • The Red Skelton Show (CBS) • ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC) ;2 nominations • 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) ==See also==