List of Primetime Emmy Award winners
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This list showcases the Primetime Emmy Award winners in the comedy program, drama program, variety program, and lead actors categories. In the early days of the Primetime Emmy Awards, categories awarded by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences changed year-to-year, causing irregularities in the continuity of the listed awards. For several years, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Academy did not differentiate between comedy and dramas in the individual performance categories, issuing only a catch-all "Best Continuing Performance" or "Outstanding (Actor/Actress) in a Series". During the mid-1950s, the Academy split Outstanding Drama into several categories, including "One Hour or More", "Half Hour or Less", and "Western or Adventure Series". Each winner is indicated below. In 1965, Academy President Rod Serling initiated "Area Awards" that narrowed the categories to a select few and allowed for multiple winners in an attempt to foster less competition in favor of more programs and individuals receiving credit for their work. The experiment lasted for only one awards season.
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1949
1949
Year
1949
Comedy
Pantomime Quiz (Most Popular Television Program) (KTLA) The Necklace (Best Film Made for Television) (Your Show Time series)
Drama
Shirley Dinsdale (Most Outstanding Television Personality) (KTLA)
1950
1950
Year
1950
Comedy
Texaco Star Theatre (KNBH)
Drama
The Ed Wynn Show (KTTV)
Variety
Milton Berle (Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality) (KNBH) Ed Wynn (Most Outstanding Live Personality) (KTTV)
1951
1951
Year
1951
Comedy
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (ABC)
Drama
The Alan Young Show (CBS)
Variety
Alan Young (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Gertrude Berg (CBS)
1952
1952
Year
1952
Comedy
The Red Skelton Show (CBS)
Drama
Studio One (CBS)
Variety
Your Show of Shows (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Red Skelton (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Sid Caesar (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Imogene Coca (NBC)
1953
1953
Year
1953
Comedy
I Love Lucy (CBS)
Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
Variety
Jimmy Durante (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Thomas Mitchell
Lead Drama Actor
Lucille Ball (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Helen Hayes
1954
1954
Year
1954
Comedy
The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC) Dragnet (NBC)
Drama
Omnibus (CBS)
Variety
Donald O'Connor The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Eve Arden Our Miss Brooks (CBS)
1955
1955
Year
1955
Comedy
Make Room for Daddy (ABC)
Drama
The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC) Dragnet (NBC) Stories of the Century (Syndicated)
Variety
Walt Disney's Disneyland (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Danny Thomas Make Room for Daddy (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC)
1956
1956
Year
1956
Comedy
The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
Drama
Producers' Showcase (NBC)
Variety
Toast of the Town (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Lucille Ball I Love Lucy (CBS)
1957
1957
Year
1957
Comedy
Playhouse 90 (CBS)
Drama
—
Variety
Sid Caesar Caesar's Hour (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Robert Young Father Knows Best (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Nanette Fabray Caesar's Hour (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC)
1958
1958
Year
1958
Comedy
Gunsmoke (CBS) Playhouse 90 (CBS)
Drama
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)
Variety
Robert Young Father Knows Best (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS)
1959
1959
Year
1959
Comedy
The Jack Benny Program (CBS)
Drama
The Alcoa Hour / Goodyear Television Playhouse (NBC) Playhouse 90 (CBS) Maverick (ABC)
Variety
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jack Benny The Jack Benny Program (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Raymond Burr Perry Mason (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS)
Lead Drama Actress
Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC)
1960
1960
Year
1960
Comedy
Art Carney Special (NBC)
Drama
Playhouse 90 (CBS)
Variety
The Garry Moore Show (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Robert Stack The Untouchables (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS)
1961
1961
Year
1961
Comedy
The Jack Benny Program (CBS)
Drama
Macbeth (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (NBC)
Variety
Astaire Time (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Raymond Burr Perry Mason (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Barbara Stanwyck The Barbara Stanwyck Show (NBC)
1962
1962
Year
1962
Comedy
The Bob Newhart Show (NBC)
Drama
The Defenders (CBS)
Variety
The Garry Moore Show (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
E. G. Marshall The Defenders (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Shirley Booth Hazel (NBC)
1963
1963
Year
1963
Comedy
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Drama
The Andy Williams Show (NBC)
1964
1964
Year
1964
Comedy
The Danny Kaye Show (CBS)
Drama
Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Variety
Mary Tyler Moore The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
1965
1965
Year
1965
Comedy
four winners (Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment)
Drama
five winners (Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment – Actors and Performers)
1966
1966
Year
1966
Comedy
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Drama
The Fugitive (ABC)
Variety
The Andy Williams Show (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Bill Cosby I Spy (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Mary Tyler Moore The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Lead Drama Actress
Barbara Stanwyck The Big Valley (ABC)
1967
1967
Year
1967
Comedy
The Monkees (NBC)
Drama
Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Variety
Don Adams Get Smart (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Lucille Ball The Lucy Show (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Barbara Bain Mission: Impossible (CBS)
1968
1968
Year
1968
Comedy
Get Smart (NBC)
Drama
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)
1969
1969
Year
1969
Comedy
NET Playhouse (NET)
Drama
Carl Betz Judd for the Defense (ABC)
Variety
Hope Lange The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (ABC)
1970
1970
Year
1970
Comedy
My World and Welcome to It (NBC)
Drama
Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)
Variety
The David Frost Show (Syndicated)
Lead Comedy Actor
William Windom My World and Welcome to It (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Robert Young Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Susan Hampshire The Forsyte Saga (NET)
1971
1971
Year
1971
Comedy
All in the Family (CBS)
Drama
The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
Variety
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Hal Holbrook The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Jean Stapleton All in the Family (CBS)
Lead Drama Actress
Susan Hampshire The First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
1972
1972
Year
1972
Comedy
Elizabeth R (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
Drama
The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
Variety
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Peter Falk Columbo (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Glenda Jackson Elizabeth R (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
1973
1973
Year
1973
Comedy
The Waltons (CBS)
Drama
The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC)
Variety
Jack Klugman The Odd Couple (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Richard Thomas The Waltons (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Mary Tyler Moore The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Michael Learned The Waltons (CBS)
1974
1974
Year
1974
Comedy
M*A*S*H (CBS)
Drama
Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
Variety
The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Alan Alda M*A*S*H (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Telly Savalas Kojak (CBS)
1975
1975
Year
1975
Comedy
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Drama
Tony Randall The Odd Couple (ABC)
Variety
Robert Blake Baretta (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Valerie Harper Rhoda (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Jean Marsh Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
1976
1976
Year
1976
Comedy
Police Story (NBC)
Drama
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Variety
Jack Albertson Chico and the Man (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Peter Falk Columbo (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Mary Tyler Moore The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Michael Learned The Waltons (CBS)
1977
1977
Year
1977
Comedy
Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
Drama
Van Dyke and Company (NBC)
Variety
Carroll O'Connor All in the Family (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
James Garner The Rockford Files (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Bea Arthur Maude (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Lindsay Wagner The Bionic Woman (ABC)
1978
1978
Year
1978
Comedy
All in the Family (CBS)
Drama
The Rockford Files (NBC)
Variety
The Muppet Show (Syndicated)
Lead Comedy Actor
Ed Asner Lou Grant (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Jean Stapleton All in the Family (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Sada Thompson Family (ABC)
1979
1979
Year
1979
Comedy
Taxi (ABC)
Drama
Lou Grant (CBS)
Variety
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Ron Leibman Kaz (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Ruth Gordon Taxi (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Mariette Hartley The Incredible Hulk (CBS)
1980
1980
Year
1980
Comedy
Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC)
Drama
Richard Mulligan Soap (ABC)
Variety
Ed Asner Lou Grant (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Cathryn Damon Soap (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Barbara Bel Geddes Dallas (CBS)
1981
1981
Year
1981
Comedy
Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Drama
Lily: Sold Out (CBS)
Variety
Judd Hirsch Taxi (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Isabel Sanford The Jeffersons (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Barbara Babcock Hill Street Blues (NBC)
1982
1982
Year
1982
Comedy
Barney Miller (ABC)
Drama
Night of 100 Stars (ABC)
Variety
Alan Alda M*A*S*H (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Carol Kane Taxi (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Michael Learned Nurse (CBS)
1983
1983
Year
1983
Comedy
Cheers (NBC)
Drama
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (NBC)
Variety
Judd Hirsch Taxi (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Ed Flanders St. Elsewhere (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Shelley Long Cheers (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
1984
1984
Year
1984
Comedy
Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Drama
John Ritter Three's Company (ABC)
Variety
Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jane Curtin Kate & Allie (CBS)
1985
1985
Year
1985
Comedy
The Cosby Show (NBC)
Drama
Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
Variety
Motown Returns to the Apollo (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Robert Guillaume Benson (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
William Daniels St. Elsewhere (NBC)
1986
1986
Year
1986
Comedy
The Golden Girls (NBC)
Drama
Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Variety
Michael J. Fox Family Ties (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Betty White The Golden Girls (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
1987
1987
Year
1987
Comedy
L.A. Law (NBC)
Drama
41st Tony Awards (CBS)
Variety
Bruce Willis Moonlighting (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Rue McClanahan The Golden Girls (NBC)
1988
1988
Year
1988
Comedy
The Wonder Years (ABC)
Drama
thirtysomething (ABC)
Variety
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Richard Kiley A Year in the Life (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Bea Arthur The Golden Girls (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
1989
1989
Year
1989
Comedy
Cheers (NBC)
Drama
L.A. Law (NBC)
Variety
The Tracey Ullman Show (Fox)
Lead Comedy Actor
Richard Mulligan Empty Nest (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Carroll O'Connor In the Heat of the Night (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS)
Lead Drama Actress
Dana Delany China Beach (ABC)
1990
1990
Year
1990
Comedy
Murphy Brown (CBS)
Drama
In Living Color (Fox)
Variety
Ted Danson Cheers (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Peter Falk Columbo (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Patricia Wettig thirtysomething (ABC)
1991
1991
Year
1991
Comedy
Cheers (NBC)
Drama
63rd Academy Awards (ABC)
Variety
Burt Reynolds Evening Shade (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
James Earl Jones Gabriel's Fire (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Kirstie Alley Cheers (NBC)
1992
1992
Year
1992
Comedy
Murphy Brown (CBS)
Drama
Northern Exposure (CBS)
Variety
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Craig T. Nelson Coach (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Christopher Lloyd Avonlea (Disney)
Lead Comedy Actress
Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS)
Lead Drama Actress
Dana Delany China Beach (ABC)
1993
1993
Year
1993
Comedy
Seinfeld (NBC)
Drama
Picket Fences (CBS)
Variety
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Ted Danson Cheers (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Tom Skerritt Picket Fences (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Roseanne Barr Roseanne (ABC)
Lead Drama Actress
Kathy Baker Picket Fences (CBS)
1994
1994
Year
1994
Comedy
Frasier (NBC)
Drama
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Variety
Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Sela Ward Sisters (NBC)
1995
1995
Year
1995
Comedy
NYPD Blue (ABC)
Drama
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)
Variety
Mandy Patinkin Chicago Hope (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Kathy Baker Picket Fences (CBS)
1996
1996
Year
1996
Comedy
ER (NBC)
Drama
Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
Variety
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Helen Hunt Mad About You (NBC)
1997
1997
Year
1997
Comedy
Law & Order (NBC)
Drama
Tracey Takes On... (HBO)
Variety
Gillian Anderson The X-Files (Fox)
1998
1998
Year
1998
Comedy
The Practice (ABC)
Drama
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Variety
Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Andre Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Christine Lahti Chicago Hope (CBS)
1999
1999
Year
1999
Comedy
Ally McBeal (Fox)
Drama
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
Variety
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO)
2000
2000
Year
2000
Comedy
Will & Grace (NBC)
Drama
The West Wing (NBC)
Variety
Michael J. Fox Spin City (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actor
James Gandolfini The Sopranos (HBO)
Lead Drama Actor
Patricia Heaton Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actress
Sela Ward Once and Again (ABC)
2001
2001
Year
2001
Comedy
Sex and the City (HBO)
Drama
Eric McCormack Will & Grace (NBC)
Variety
Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO)
2002
2002
Year
2002
Comedy
Friends (NBC)
Drama
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Variety
Michael Chiklis The Shield (FX)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jennifer Aniston Friends (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Allison Janney The West Wing (NBC)
2003
2003
Year
2003
Comedy
Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Drama
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Variety
Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA)
Lead Comedy Actor
James Gandolfini The Sopranos (HBO)
Lead Drama Actor
Debra Messing Will & Grace (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO)
2004
2004
Year
2004
Comedy
Arrested Development (Fox)
Drama
The Sopranos (HBO)
Variety
Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC)
Lead Comedy Actor
James Spader The Practice (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Sarah Jessica Parker Sex and the City (HBO)
Lead Comedy Actress
Allison Janney The West Wing (NBC)
2005
2005
Year
2005
Comedy
Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Drama
Lost (ABC)
Variety
Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA)
Lead Comedy Actor
James Spader Boston Legal (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
Felicity Huffman Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Patricia Arquette Medium (NBC)
2006
2006
Year
2006
Comedy
The Office (NBC)
Drama
24 (Fox)
Variety
Kiefer Sutherland 24 (Fox)
Lead Comedy Actor
Julia Louis-Dreyfus The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Lead Drama Actor
Mariska Hargitay Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
2007
2007
Year
2007
Comedy
30 Rock (NBC)
Drama
The Sopranos (HBO)
Variety
Ricky Gervais Extras (BBC / HBO)
Lead Comedy Actor
James Spader Boston Legal (ABC)
Lead Drama Actor
America Ferrera Ugly Betty (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Sally Field Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
2008
2008
Year
2008
Comedy
Mad Men (AMC)
Drama
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock (NBC)
Variety
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC)
Lead Comedy Actor
Tina Fey 30 Rock (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Glenn Close Damages (FX)
2009
2009
Year
2009
Comedy
Toni Collette United States of Tara (Showtime)
2010
2010
Year
2010
Comedy
Modern Family (ABC)
Drama
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Variety
Edie Falco Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Lead Comedy Actor
Kyra Sedgwick The Closer (TNT)
2011
2011
Year
2011
Comedy
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
Drama
Melissa McCarthy Mike & Molly (CBS)
Variety
Julianna Margulies The Good Wife (CBS)
2012
2012
Year
2012
Comedy
Homeland (Showtime)
Drama
Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Variety
Damian Lewis Homeland (Showtime)
Lead Comedy Actor
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Veep (HBO)
Lead Drama Actor
Claire Danes Homeland (Showtime)
2013
2013
Year
2013
Comedy
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Drama
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Variety
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jeff Daniels The Newsroom (HBO)
2014
2014
Year
2014
Comedy
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC)
Drama
Julianna Margulies The Good Wife (CBS)
2015
2015
Year
2015
Comedy
Veep (HBO)
Drama
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Variety
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) (Outstanding Variety Talk Series) Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) (Outstanding Variety Sketch Series)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jeffrey Tambor Transparent (Amazon)
Lead Drama Actor
Jon Hamm Mad Men (AMC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Viola Davis How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
2016
2016
Year
2016
Comedy
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (Outstanding Variety Talk Series) Key & Peele (Comedy Central) (Outstanding Variety Sketch Series)
Drama
Rami Malek Mr. Robot (USA)
Variety
Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black (BBC America)
2017
2017
Year
2017
Comedy
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Drama
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (Outstanding Variety Talk Series) Saturday Night Live (NBC) (Outstanding Variety Sketch Series)
Variety
Donald Glover Atlanta (FX)
Lead Comedy Actor
Sterling K. Brown This Is Us (NBC)
Lead Drama Actor
Elisabeth Moss The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
2018
2018
Year
2018
Comedy
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Drama
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Variety
Bill Hader Barry (HBO)
Lead Comedy Actor
Matthew Rhys The Americans (FX)
Lead Drama Actor
Rachel Brosnahan The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Lead Comedy Actress
Claire Foy The Crown (Netflix)
2019
2019
Year
2019
Comedy
Fleabag (Amazon)
Drama
Billy Porter Pose (FX)
Variety
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag (Amazon)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jodie Comer Killing Eve (BBC America)
2020
2020
Year
2020
Comedy
Schitt's Creek (Pop)
Drama
Succession (HBO)
Variety
Eugene Levy Schitt's Creek (Pop)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jeremy Strong Succession (HBO)
Lead Drama Actor
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek (Pop)
Lead Comedy Actress
Zendaya Euphoria (HBO)
2021
2021
Year
2021
Comedy
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Drama
The Crown (Netflix)
Variety
Jason Sudeikis Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Lead Comedy Actor
Josh O'Connor The Crown (Netflix)
Lead Drama Actor
Jean Smart Hacks (HBO)
Lead Comedy Actress
Olivia Colman The Crown (Netflix)
2022
2022
Year
2022
Comedy
Succession (HBO)
Drama
Lee Jung-jae Squid Game (Netflix)
Variety
Zendaya Euphoria (HBO)
2023
2023
Year
2023
Comedy
The Bear (FX)
Drama
The Daily Show (Comedy Central) (Outstanding Talk Series) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (Outstanding Scripted Variety Series)
Variety
Jeremy Allen White The Bear (FX)
Lead Comedy Actor
Kieran Culkin Succession (HBO)
Lead Drama Actor
Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Lead Comedy Actress
Sarah Snook Succession (HBO)
2024
2024
Year
2024
Comedy
Hacks (HBO Max)
Drama
Shōgun (FX)
Variety
Hiroyuki Sanada Shōgun (FX)
Lead Comedy Actor
Jean Smart Hacks (HBO Max)
Lead Drama Actor
Anna Sawai Shōgun (FX)
2025
2025
Year
2025
Comedy
The Studio (Apple TV+)
Drama
The Pitt (HBO Max)
Variety
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) (Outstanding Talk Series) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (Outstanding Scripted Variety Series)
Lead Comedy Actor
Seth Rogen The Studio (Apple TV+)
Lead Drama Actor
Noah Wyle The Pitt (HBO Max)
Lead Comedy Actress
Britt Lower Severance (Apple TV+)
| Year | Comedy | Drama | Variety | Lead Comedy Actor | Lead Drama Actor | Lead Comedy Actress | Lead Drama Actress |
| 1949 | Pantomime Quiz (Most Popular Television Program) (KTLA) The Necklace (Best Film Made for Television) (Your Show Time series) | Shirley Dinsdale (Most Outstanding Television Personality) (KTLA) | |||||
| 1950 | Texaco Star Theatre (KNBH) | The Ed Wynn Show (KTTV) | Milton Berle (Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality) (KNBH) Ed Wynn (Most Outstanding Live Personality) (KTTV) | ||||
| 1951 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (ABC) | The Alan Young Show (CBS) | Alan Young (CBS) | Gertrude Berg (CBS) | |||
| 1952 | The Red Skelton Show (CBS) | Studio One (CBS) | Your Show of Shows (NBC) | Red Skelton (NBC) | Sid Caesar (NBC) | Imogene Coca (NBC) | |
| 1953 | I Love Lucy (CBS) | Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC) | Jimmy Durante (NBC) | Thomas Mitchell | Lucille Ball (CBS) | Helen Hayes | |
| 1954 | The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC) Dragnet (NBC) | Omnibus (CBS) | Donald O'Connor The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC) | Eve Arden Our Miss Brooks (CBS) | |||
| 1955 | Make Room for Daddy (ABC) | The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC) Dragnet (NBC) Stories of the Century (Syndicated) | Walt Disney's Disneyland (ABC) | Danny Thomas Make Room for Daddy (ABC) | Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC) | ||
| 1956 | The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) | Producers' Showcase (NBC) | Toast of the Town (CBS) | Phil Silvers The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) | Lucille Ball I Love Lucy (CBS) | ||
| 1957 | Playhouse 90 (CBS) | — | Sid Caesar Caesar's Hour (NBC) | Robert Young Father Knows Best (CBS) | Nanette Fabray Caesar's Hour (NBC) | Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC) | |
| 1958 | Gunsmoke (CBS) Playhouse 90 (CBS) | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) | Robert Young Father Knows Best (CBS) | Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS) | |||
| 1959 | The Jack Benny Program (CBS) | The Alcoa Hour / Goodyear Television Playhouse (NBC) Playhouse 90 (CBS) Maverick (ABC) | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) | Jack Benny The Jack Benny Program (CBS) | Raymond Burr Perry Mason (CBS) | Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS) | Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show (NBC) |
| 1960 | Art Carney Special (NBC) | Playhouse 90 (CBS) | The Garry Moore Show (CBS) | Robert Stack The Untouchables (ABC) | Jane Wyatt Father Knows Best (CBS) | ||
| 1961 | The Jack Benny Program (CBS) | Macbeth (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (NBC) | Astaire Time (NBC) | Raymond Burr Perry Mason (CBS) | Barbara Stanwyck The Barbara Stanwyck Show (NBC) | ||
| 1962 | The Bob Newhart Show (NBC) | The Defenders (CBS) | The Garry Moore Show (CBS) | E. G. Marshall The Defenders (CBS) | Shirley Booth Hazel (NBC) | ||
| 1963 | The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | The Andy Williams Show (NBC) | |||||
| 1964 | The Danny Kaye Show (CBS) | Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | Mary Tyler Moore The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | ||||
| 1965 | four winners (Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment) | five winners (Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment – Actors and Performers) | |||||
| 1966 | The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | The Fugitive (ABC) | The Andy Williams Show (NBC) | Dick Van Dyke The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | Bill Cosby I Spy (NBC) | Mary Tyler Moore The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) | Barbara Stanwyck The Big Valley (ABC) |
| 1967 | The Monkees (NBC) | Mission: Impossible (CBS) | Don Adams Get Smart (NBC) | Lucille Ball The Lucy Show (CBS) | Barbara Bain Mission: Impossible (CBS) | ||
| 1968 | Get Smart (NBC) | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) | |||||
| 1969 | NET Playhouse (NET) | Carl Betz Judd for the Defense (ABC) | Hope Lange The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (ABC) | ||||
| 1970 | My World and Welcome to It (NBC) | Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) | The David Frost Show (Syndicated) | William Windom My World and Welcome to It (NBC) | Robert Young Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) | Susan Hampshire The Forsyte Saga (NET) | |
| 1971 | All in the Family (CBS) | The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) | Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (CBS) | Jack Klugman The Odd Couple (ABC) | Hal Holbrook The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) | Jean Stapleton All in the Family (CBS) | Susan Hampshire The First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) |
| 1972 | Elizabeth R (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) | Carroll O'Connor All in the Family (CBS) | Peter Falk Columbo (NBC) | Glenda Jackson Elizabeth R (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | ||
| 1973 | The Waltons (CBS) | The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC) | Jack Klugman The Odd Couple (ABC) | Richard Thomas The Waltons (CBS) | Mary Tyler Moore The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) | Michael Learned The Waltons (CBS) | |
| 1974 | M*A*S*H (CBS) | Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) | Alan Alda M*A*S*H (CBS) | Telly Savalas Kojak (CBS) | ||
| 1975 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) | Tony Randall The Odd Couple (ABC) | Robert Blake Baretta (ABC) | Valerie Harper Rhoda (CBS) | Jean Marsh Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | ||
| 1976 | Police Story (NBC) | Saturday Night Live (NBC) | Jack Albertson Chico and the Man (NBC) | Peter Falk Columbo (NBC) | Mary Tyler Moore The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) | Michael Learned The Waltons (CBS) | |
| 1977 | Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) | Van Dyke and Company (NBC) | Carroll O'Connor All in the Family (CBS) | James Garner The Rockford Files (NBC) | Bea Arthur Maude (CBS) | Lindsay Wagner The Bionic Woman (ABC) | |
| 1978 | All in the Family (CBS) | The Rockford Files (NBC) | The Muppet Show (Syndicated) | Ed Asner Lou Grant (CBS) | Jean Stapleton All in the Family (CBS) | Sada Thompson Family (ABC) | |
| 1979 | Taxi (ABC) | Lou Grant (CBS) | Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin (NBC) | Ron Leibman Kaz (CBS) | Ruth Gordon Taxi (ABC) | Mariette Hartley The Incredible Hulk (CBS) | |
| 1980 | Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC) | Richard Mulligan Soap (ABC) | Ed Asner Lou Grant (CBS) | Cathryn Damon Soap (ABC) | Barbara Bel Geddes Dallas (CBS) | ||
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (NBC) | Lily: Sold Out (CBS) | Judd Hirsch Taxi (ABC) | Daniel J. Travanti Hill Street Blues (NBC) | Isabel Sanford The Jeffersons (CBS) | Barbara Babcock Hill Street Blues (NBC) | |
| 1982 | Barney Miller (ABC) | Night of 100 Stars (ABC) | Alan Alda M*A*S*H (CBS) | Carol Kane Taxi (ABC) | Michael Learned Nurse (CBS) | ||
| 1983 | Cheers (NBC) | Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (NBC) | Judd Hirsch Taxi (NBC) | Ed Flanders St. Elsewhere (NBC) | Shelley Long Cheers (NBC) | Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey (CBS) | |
| 1984 | Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) | John Ritter Three's Company (ABC) | Tom Selleck Magnum, P.I. (CBS) | Jane Curtin Kate & Allie (CBS) | |||
| 1985 | The Cosby Show (NBC) | Cagney & Lacey (CBS) | Motown Returns to the Apollo (NBC) | Robert Guillaume Benson (ABC) | William Daniels St. Elsewhere (NBC) | ||
| 1986 | The Golden Girls (NBC) | Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) | Michael J. Fox Family Ties (NBC) | Betty White The Golden Girls (NBC) | Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey (CBS) | ||
| 1987 | Law (NBC) | 41st Tony Awards (CBS) | Bruce Willis Moonlighting (ABC) | Rue McClanahan The Golden Girls (NBC) | |||
| 1988 | The Wonder Years (ABC) | thirtysomething (ABC) | Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (CBS) | Richard Kiley A Year in the Life (NBC) | Bea Arthur The Golden Girls (NBC) | Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey (CBS) | |
| 1989 | Cheers (NBC) | Law (NBC) | The Tracey Ullman Show (Fox) | Richard Mulligan Empty Nest (NBC) | Carroll O'Connor In the Heat of the Night (NBC) | Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS) | Dana Delany China Beach (ABC) |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown (CBS) | In Living Color (Fox) | Ted Danson Cheers (NBC) | Peter Falk Columbo (ABC) | Patricia Wettig thirtysomething (ABC) | ||
| 1991 | Cheers (NBC) | 63rd Academy Awards (ABC) | Burt Reynolds Evening Shade (CBS) | James Earl Jones Gabriel's Fire (ABC) | Kirstie Alley Cheers (NBC) | ||
| 1992 | Murphy Brown (CBS) | Northern Exposure (CBS) | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC) | Craig T. Nelson Coach (ABC) | Christopher Lloyd Avonlea (Disney) | Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS) | Dana Delany China Beach (ABC) |
| 1993 | Seinfeld (NBC) | Picket Fences (CBS) | Saturday Night Live (NBC) | Ted Danson Cheers (NBC) | Tom Skerritt Picket Fences (CBS) | Roseanne Barr Roseanne (ABC) | Kathy Baker Picket Fences (CBS) |
| 1994 | Frasier (NBC) | Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) | Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC) | Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC) | Candice Bergen Murphy Brown (CBS) | Sela Ward Sisters (NBC) | |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue (ABC) | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) | Mandy Patinkin Chicago Hope (CBS) | Kathy Baker Picket Fences (CBS) | |||
| 1996 | ER (NBC) | Dennis Miller Live (HBO) | John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) | Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC) | Helen Hunt Mad About You (NBC) | ||
| 1997 | Law & Order (NBC) | Tracey Takes On... (HBO) | Gillian Anderson The X-Files (Fox) | ||||
References
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS), Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee" (NBC), My Name Is Barbra (CBS), New York P
- Leonard Bernstein – New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (CBS), Lynn Fontanne – Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Mag