Emmy Winning Shows for Best Comedy (Part 3) Quiz

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Here the shows did win the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy series:

"30 Rock" actually won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series three years in a row: at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007, the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2008, and the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009. It was nominated for that Award in all 7 seasons of its run, from 2006 to 2013.

At the 56th Primetime Emmy Awards, "Arrested Development" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2004, which was its very first season. It won despite low ratings, prompting its creator, Georgetown graduate Mitchell Hurwitz to ask the audience to please watch the show as he accepted the statuette.

At the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (held in January 2024, honoring the 2022-2023 TV season):
"The Bear" won Outstanding Comedy Series in the show's first season. There have been many people who questioned its being considered a comedy series, since it has a more dramatic tone than most comedies and covers some heavier subject matter.

"Everybody Loves Raymond" won the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy twice - in 2003 and 2005. During its entire 9-season run from 1996 to 2004, the show collected 69 Emmy nominations and won 15 of them, including Ray Romano winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2002.

"Fleabag" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2019 at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. It was considered a surprise upset win in its first season as creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge also won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. It had only two seasons, and the show's second season received 11 total Emmy nominations and won 6, but not for Best Comedy Series.

"Frasier", a spin-off from the Emmy juggernaut "Cheers," won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series an unprecedented five times in a row, from 1994 to 1998, making it one of the most awarded comedy series in Emmy history. "Modern Family" would match that achievement, winning five times in a row (2010-2014).

Of its 10 seasons, "Friends" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series in all of them except the first season, which was in 1994. However, in all that time, it won the Best Comedy Award, only once, in 2002, its 8th season, at the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards. It collected 62 Emmy nominations over its entire run, including 31 acting nominations, but only Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston won of the main cast while Bruce Willis won a guest star acting Emmy.

"Get Smart" won the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy in 1968 and in 1969, and it also won three consecutive Best Actor Emmys for the star of the show, Don Adams playing the bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart. In its five seasons, "Get Smart" was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards, winning seven in all.

"The Golden Girls" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in two consecutive years: In 1986, at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards, and 1987 at the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards. It was nominated again in that category in 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 but didn't win. During its seven seasons, "The Golden Girls" received a total of 68 Emmy nominations while winning 11 awards overall.

"Make Room for Daddy", aka "The Danny Thomas Show," won the Emmy for best comedy series in the mid 1950s, when the category was called Best Situation Comedy Series-"Make Room for Daddy" won that Emmy Award in 1955. That same year, Danny Thomas won the Emmy for Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series. The show won five of the 21 Emmy nominations it received over its run.

"The Monkees" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series during the show's first season in 1967 at the 19th Primetime Emmy Awards. The win showed that the Emmys were willing to reward a more experimental type of comedy series, as opposed to the more traditional comedies. Though it ran only two seasons, its experimental comedy consisted of jump cuts in the editing, breaking the fourth wall, a more absurdist type of humor, and music video-style sequences.

"Schitt's Creek" won the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for its fifth and final season in 2020, particularly significant as it marked the first time a Canadian television series had ever won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy or Drama Series. It was also the first time a show ever swept the 7 major awards: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Catherine O'Hara), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Eugene Levy), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Annie Murphy), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Daniel Levy), Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Daniel Levy), Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy).

"The Studio" from Apple TV is a satire on Hollywood that, like a few other shows in this collection, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in its first season, at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2025. The series centers on a studio executive named Matt Remick (played by Seth Rogen) who is promoted to the head of Continental Studios just as it faces a major corporate shake-up and upcoming sale to a giant tech company.

"Will & Grace" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series just once, in the year 2000 (for its second season). It had been nominated for that award several other times: in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. It is one of the few shows that won Emmys in the four acting categories: Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally won Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress the same night the show won Best Comedy series, and Eric McCormack won for Lead Actor in 2001, and Debra Messing won for Lead Actress in 2003.

Here are the shows that have been Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, but alas, never won:

"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" aired for 14 seasons from 1952 to 1966, producing 435 episodes, making it one of the longest-running live-action sitcoms in American television history; it was nominated for
"Best Situation Comedy" in 1953, but never won.

"Barry" did win several Emmys (including two for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Bill Hader and one for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Henry Winkler), but it never took home the top comedy series award.

"Black-ish" never won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, though it was nominated multiple times for that top category.

"Designing Women" ran for seven seasons (1986-1993) and despite its popularity, it never took home the top comedy Emmy.

"Entourage" was nominated three times in a row for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (2007, 2008, 2009), but lost each time to "30 Rock."

"Father Knows Best" won Emmys for acting and writing, plus a 1960 Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor-but it never took home the "Best Comedy Series" award that later became Outstanding Comedy Series.

"Glee" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2010, 2011, and 2012 at the Primetime Emmy Awards, but it lost each time to "Modern Family."

"How I Met Your Mother" ran for nine seasons (2005-2014), and was nominated once for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2009, after its fourth season. It lost to "30 Rock".

"Kate and Allie" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1986 but lost; it did win several Emmys for individual performances and directing, including multiple wins for Jane Curtin as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

"Maude" never won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series; it received a nomination in the category once, in 1973 (for its first season), but it did not win.

"Newhart" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1983 and 1984, but it lost both those years to "Cheers".

"Nurse Jackie" received a nomination in the Outstanding Comedy Series category in 2010 (for its first season), but it did not win.

"Orange Is the New Black" never won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series (Best Comedy), even though it was nominated in 2014 (its first season) when it was classified as a comedy and received 12 Emmy nominations.

"Two and a Half Men" never won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, though it was nominated multiple times (notably from 2006-2010) at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

"Weeds" never won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, though it received a nomination in the category once, in 2009 (for its fourth season), but it didn't win.