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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material. The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. ...

Award winners

1950s

• 1955: James Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter, Harry Winkler – The George Gobel Show
• 1956: Arnold Auerbach, Barry Blitser, Vincent Bogert, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Harvey Orkin, Arnold Rosen, Terry Ryan, Tony Webster – The Phil Silvers Show
• 1958: Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, A.J. Russell, Terry Ryan, Phil Sharp, Tony Webster, Sidney Zelinka – The Phil Silvers Show
• 1959: George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin – The Jack Benny Show

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1960s

• 1960: George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin – The Jack Benny Show
• 1961: Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz, Red Skelton – The Red Skelton Show
• 1962: Carl Reiner – The Dick Van Dyke Show
• 1963: Carl Reiner – The Dick Van Dyke Show
• 1966: Sam Denoff, Bill Persky – The Dick Van Dyke Show
• 1967: Buck Henry, Leonard B. Stern – Get Smart
• 1968: Allan Burns, Chris Hayward – He and She

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1970s

• 1971: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1972: Burt Styler – All In The Family
• 1973: Lee Kalcheim, Michael Ross, Bernard West – All In The Family
• 1974: Treva Silverman – The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren, George Yanok – Lily
• 1975: Stan Daniels, Ed. Weinberger – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1976: David Lloyd – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1977: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Stan Daniels, Bob Ellison, David Lloyd, Ed. Weinberger – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1978: Harve Brosten, Barry Michael Harman, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf – All In The Family

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1980s

• 1980: R.J. Colleary – Barney Miller
• 1981: Michael J. Leeson – Taxi
• 1982: Ken Estin – Taxi
• 1983: Glen Charles, Les Charles – Cheers
• 1984: David Angell – Cheers
• 1985: Ed. Weinberger, Michael J. Leeson – The Cosby Show
• 1986: Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan – The Golden Girls
• 1987: Hugh Wilson – Frank's Place
• 1989: Diane English – Murphy Brown

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1990s

• 1990: Bob Brush – The Wonder Years
• 1991: Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman – Murphy Brown
• 1992: Elaine Pope, Larry Charles – Seinfeld
• 1993: Larry David – Seinfeld
• 1994: Peter Casey, David Lee – Frasier
• 1995: Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano – Frasier
• 1996: Joe Keenan (writer), Christopher Lloyd , Rob Greenberg, Jack Burditt, Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano, Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo – Frasier
• 1997: Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Driscoll , Dava Savel, Tracy Newman, Jonathan Stark – Ellen
• 1998: Peter Tolan, Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• 1999: Jay Kogen – Fraiser

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2000s

• 2000: Linwood Boomer – Malcolm in the Middle
• 2001: Alex Reid – Malcolm in the Middle
• 2002: Larry Wilmore – The Bernie Mac Show
• 2003: Tucker Cawley – Everybody Loves Raymond
• 2004: Mitchell Hurwitz – Arrested Development
• 2005: Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely – Arrested Development
• 2006: Greg Garcia – My Name is Earl
• 2007: Greg Daniels – The Office