The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It recognizes writing excellence in regular comedic series, most of which can generally be described as

situation comedies A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new ...

.Though this category is the dominant one in which sitcom writing has been recognized, there were a few years in which sitcom series writers competed directly with writers of variety and music programs. It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material.

Winners and nominations

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Total awards by network

* CBS – 22 * NBC – 19 * ABC – 8 * Fox – 5 * FX – 2 * HBO – 2 * Netflix – 2 * Prime Video – 2 * HBO Max — 1 * Pop TV – 1

Individuals with multiple awards

;3 awards *

Allan Burns Allan Pennington Burns (May 18, 1935January 30, 2021) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was best known for co-creating and writing for the television sitcoms ''The Munsters'' and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Early life ...

Nat Hiken Nathan Hiken (June 23, 1914 – December 7, 1968) was an American radio and television writer, producer, and songwriter who rose to prominence in the 1950s. Early years Hiken was born on June 23, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jewish p ...

Coleman Jacoby Coleman Jacoby (April 16, 1915 October 20, 2010) was an American comedy writer for radio and television. Early life Born Coleman Jacobs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his father abandoned the family mother died when he was young. He was raise ...

Carl Reiner Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned seven decades. He was the recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, ...

* Arnold Rosen * Tony Webster * Ed. Weinberger ;2 awards *

David Angell David Lawrence Angell (April 10, 1946 – September 11, 2001) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He won multiple Emmy Awards as the creator and executive producer of the ''Cheers'' spin-off shows ''Wings'' and ''Frasier'' wit ...

Aziz Ansari Aziz Ismail Ansari (; born February 23, 1983) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for his role as Tom Haverford on the NBC series '' Parks and Recreation'' (2009–2015) and as creator and star of the Netflix series '' Mas ...

George Balzer George Balzer (September 1, 1915 - September 28, 2006) was an American screenwriter and television producer. Biography Balzer was born to a Roman Catholic family James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. His television and film work includes ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Taxi'', ''The Simpsons'', '' Broadcast News'', ''As G ...

Louis C.K. Louis Alfred Székely (; born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. C.K. won three Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and a ...

Stan Daniels Stanley Edwin Daniels (July 31, 1934 – April 6, 2007) was a Canadian-American screenwriter, producer and director, who won eight Emmy Awards for his work on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and ''Taxi''. Early life Born in Toronto to Jewish pa ...

Sam Denoff Samuel Denoff (July 1, 1928 – July 8, 2011) was an American screenwriter and television producer. Biography Denoff was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Esther (Rothbard) and Harry Denoff, a salesman. With his long-time ...

Tina Fey Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...

Anne Flett-Giordano Anne Flett-Giordano (née Flett; born 1965) is an American television producer and screenwriter, known for her work on ''Kate & Allie'', ''Frasier'', '' Desperate Housewives'', ''Hot in Cleveland'' and '' Mom.'' On ''Hot in Cleveland'', the fic ...

* Billy Friedberg *

Hal Goldman Harold "Hal" Goldman (December 5, 1919 – June 27, 2001) was an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a pr ...

Al Gordon Alan Gordon (born June 22, 1953) is an American comic book creator primarily known as an inker and writer. He is best known for his 1990s work on DC Comics' ''Legion of Super Heroes'' and the ''Justice League of America'', Marvel Comics' ''Fanta ...

* Mitchell Hurwitz *

Michael Leeson Michael Jon Leeson (died July 27, 2016) was an American screenwriter. Filmography *'' Love, American Style'' (1972–1973) (TV) *''All in the Family'' (1973) (TV) *''The Partridge Family'' (1973–1974) (TV) *'' The Odd Couple'' (1972–197 ...

Steven Levitan Steven E. Levitan (born April 6, 1962) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. He has created such television series as ''Just Shoot Me!'', '' Stark Raving Mad'', ''Stacked'', '' Back to You'', ''Modern Family'', and ''R ...

Christopher Lloyd Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and on television since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the ''Back to the Future'' tril ...

* David Lloyd *

Sam Perrin Sam Perrin (August 15, 1901 - January 8, 1998) was an American screenwriter. Biography Perrin was born to a Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israeli ...

* Bill Persky * Chuck Ranberg * Terry Ryan * Leonard Stern

Individuals with multiple nominations

;9 nominations * David Lloyd ;8 nominations *

Alec Berg Alec Berg is an American television writer, director and executive producer. He wrote for the sitcom '' Seinfeld'' and is co-creator and executive producer of ''Barry'' with Bill Hader. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films '' The Cat ...

;7 nominations *

George Balzer George Balzer (September 1, 1915 - September 28, 2006) was an American screenwriter and television producer. Biography Balzer was born to a Roman Catholic family Larry David Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom ''Seinfeld'', on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seve ...

Larry Gelbart Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series ''M*A*S*H'', and as co-writer of the B ...

* Garry Shandling ;6 nominations *

Glen Charles Glen Gerald Charles (born February 18, 1943) and Les Charles (born March 25, 1948) are American screenwriters and television producers, best known for ''Taxi'' and ''Cheers''. Early life and careers The Charles brothers attended University of ...

* Les Charles *

* Arnie Rosen *

Peter Tolan Peter James Tolan III (born July 5, 1958) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. Early life and career Tolan was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, where he was a perennial favorite in the high school's dramatic production ...

;5 nominations *

* David Crane *

David Isaacs David Isaacs may refer to: * David Isaacs (singer) (1946–2009), Jamaican reggae singer * David Isaacs (writer), American TV screenwriter and producer * David Isaacs (UFC Cofounder) David Isaacs is a media and technology entrepreneur and TV/liv ...

* Joe Keenan * Ken Levine *

Mel Tolkin Mel Tolkin ( Shmuel Tolchinsky; August 3, 1913 – November 26, 2007) was a television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series ''Your Show of Shows'' (NBC, 1950–1954) during the Golden Age of Television. Ther ...

* Tony Webster ;4 nominations *

Alan Alda Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war come ...

* Gary Belkin *

James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. His television and film work includes ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Taxi'', ''The Simpsons'', '' Broadcast News'', ''As G ...

Mel Brooks Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began ...

Jack Burditt Jack Burditt is an American producer and screenwriter who has worked on television shows like ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Frasier'', '' 30 Rock'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''Modern Family'', and ''The Mindy Project''. He won two Emmy award ...

Robert Carlock Robert Morgan Carlock (born September 21, 1972) is an American screenwriter and producer. He has worked as a writer for several NBC television comedies, and as a showrunner for ''30 Rock'', which was created by his recurring collaborator, comedia ...

Greg Daniels Gregory Martin Daniels (born June 13, 1963) is an American screenwriter, television producer, and director. He has worked on several television series, including writing for ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''The Simpsons'', adapting ''The Office (Am ...

Diane English Diane English (born May 18, 1948) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known for creating the television show '' Murphy Brown'' and writing and directing the 2008 feature film '' The Women''. Early life English was born in Bu ...

Sheldon Keller Sheldon Bernard "Shelly" Keller (August 20, 1923 – September 1, 2008) was an American screenwriter and composer. Life and career Keller was born in Chicago and attended University of Illinois, where he began writing comedy with his fraternity br ...

Michael Patrick King Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an American director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing and writing for ''Sex and the City'' and its film adaptations, and for co-creating the television comedies '' The Comeb ...

* Jeffrey Klarik *

* David Panich *

* Bob Schiller *

Michael Schur Michael Herbert Schur (born 1975) is an American television producer, writer, director and actor. He was a producer and writer for the comedy series ''The Office'', and co-created ''Parks and Recreation'' with ''Office'' producer Greg Daniels. ...

Jay Tarses Michael Jay Tarses (born July 3, 1939) is an American screenwriter, producer, actor. He created and produced ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' and ''The Slap Maxwell Story'', co-created ''Buffalo Bill'' (with Tom Patchett), and was an exec ...

* Ed. Weinberger *

Bob Weiskopf Bob Weiskopf (March 13, 1914 – February 20, 2001) was an American screenwriter and producer for television. He has credits for '' I Love Lucy'' which he and his writing partner Bob Schiller joined in the fifth season. They also wrote for ''The ...

;3 nominations *

Danny Arnold Danny Arnold (born Arnold Rothmann; January 23, 1925 – August 19, 1995) was an American producer, writer, comedian, actor and director known for producing '' Barney Miller'', '' That Girl'', and '' Bewitched''. Early life Born in New York ...

* Jim Carlson * Bob Carroll, Jr. *

Peter Casey Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

* Jack Douglas *

Bill Hader William Thomas Hader Jr.''Finding Your Roots'', January 26, 2016, PBS. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series ''Barry'' (201 ...

Buck Henry Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's ''The Graduate'' (1967) for which he r ...

Matt Hubbard Matt Hubbard is an American television writer and screenwriter who has worked on many television shows. He graduated from Beverly High School, in Beverly, Massachusetts in the class of 1996, where he excelled in the English Department. He la ...

* Mitchell Hurwitz * Coslough Johnson *

Milt Josefsberg Milt Josefsberg (June 29, 1911 – December 14, 1987) was an American screenwriter. Career Milt Josefsberg's first big break came in 1938, when he was hired as writer on Bob Hope's radio program.Josefsberg, Milt: ''The Jack Benny Show'' (Arlin ...

* Norman Lear * David Lee * Marc London *

David Mandel David Mandel (born ) is writer, actor, director, and producer. He was an executive producer and showrunner of '' Veep'', and was also an executive producer and director of '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and '' Seinfeld''. He is also a comedian, an ...

Allan Manings Allan Manings (March 28, 1924 – May 12, 2010) was an American television producer and comedy writer. He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, '' ...

* Thomas Meehan * Dave O'Brien * Bill Persky *

Madelyn Pugh Madelyn Pugh (March 15, 1921 – April 20, 2011), sometimes credited as Madelyn Pugh Davis, Madelyn Davis, or Madelyn Martin, was a television writer who became known in the 1950s for her work on the '' I Love Lucy'' television series. Earl ...

Martin Ragaway Martin Ragaway (January 29, 1923 – April 20, 1989) was an American comedy writer. Career Ragaway's early credits include the Abbott and Costello radio program in the late 1940s. Along with Leonard B. Stern, Leonard Stern, he created the "Sam S ...

* John Rappaport *

Stefani Robinson Stefani Robinson is an American screenwriter. She is best known for her work on FX (TV channel), FX's ''Atlanta (TV series), Atlanta'', for which she won two Writers Guild of America Awards, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outsta ...

* Roswell Rogers *

Philip Rosenthal Philip Rosenthal (born January 27, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005). In recent years, he has presented food and tr ...

* Terry Ryan * Herbert Sargent *

Paul Simms Paul Simms (born 1966) is an American television writer and producer. He is known for creating ''NewsRadio'' and contributing to ''The Larry Sanders Show'', '' Flight of the Conchords'' and ''Atlanta''. Early life and career Simms spent much ...

Red Skelton Richard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program '' The Red Skelton Show''. He has stars ...

Leonard B. Stern Leonard Bernard Stern (December 23, 1922 – June 7, 2011) was an American screenwriter, film and television producer, director, and one of the creators, with Roger Price, of the word game Mad Libs. Life and career Stern was born in New Yor ...

;2 nominations *

Lucia Aniello Lucia Aniello (born 1983) is an Italian-born American director, writer, and producer best known for her work on ''Hacks (TV series), Hacks'', for which she won multiple Emmy Awards, and ''Broad City.'' She has directed and written episodes of bot ...

Simon Blackwell Simon John Blackwell (born 27 May 1966) is an English comedy writer and producer. He is best known for his work on ''The Thick of It'', '' In The Loop'' and ''Veep'', and for his collaborations with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain on ''Peep Show'', ...

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Linda Joyce Bloodworth-Thomason (born April 15, 1947) is an American writer, director, and television producer. She is best known for creating, writing, and producing several television series, most successfully with the series ''Designing Women'' ...

James Bobin James Bobin is a British filmmaker. He worked as a director and writer on ''Da Ali G Show'' and helped create the characters of Ali G, Borat, and Brüno. With Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, he co-created '' Flight of the Conchords''. He ...

* John Carsey *

Tucker Cawley Tucker Cawley is an American television comedy writer and producer, best known for writing episodes for ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. He has also written for ''Men of a Certain Age'', ''Parks and Recreation'', '' Up All Night'', and the short-lived ...

* Ernest Chambers *

Larry Charles Larry Charles (born ) is an American comedian, screenwriter, director, actor, and producer. He was a staff writer for the sitcom '' Seinfeld'' for its first five seasons. He has also directed the documentary film ''Religulous'' and the mockumen ...

Cindy Chupack Cindy Chupack is a screenwriter and film director who has won three Golden Globes and two Emmys for her work as a writer/executive producer of HBO's ''Sex and the City'' and writer/co-executive producer of American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Mo ...

Jemaine Clement Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy series of th ...

* Richard Day *

Gary Dontzig Gary Dontzig is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. He worked as a writer/producer for television programs including ''Murphy Brown'', '' Suddenly Susan'' and '' Becker''. He and his writing partner Steven Peterman wrote f ...

Paul W. Downs Paul W. Downs (born November 21, 1982) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is the co-creator, co-showrunner and star of the critically-acclaimed HBO Max series ''Hacks'', for which he has received a Primetime Emmy, Golden G ...

* Robert Emmett * Maya Erskine * Ken Estin * Gene Farmer *

Paul Feig Paul Samuel Feig (; born September 17, 1962) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is known for directing films starring frequent collaborator Melissa McCarthy, including '' Bridesmaids'' (2011), '' The Heat'' (2013), '' Spy'' (20 ...

* Donald Glover *

Maya Forbes Maya Forbes (born July 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director with ''Infinitely Polar Bear'' (2014). Her other writing credits include the screenplay of '' The Rocker'' (2008) and many ...

Gerald Gardner Gerald Brosseau Gardner (13 June 1884 – 12 February 1964), also known by the craft name Scire, was an English Wiccan, as well as an author and an amateur anthropology, anthropologist and archaeology, archaeologist. He was instrumental in bri ...

* Ricky Gervais *

Everett Greenbaum Everett Greenbaum (December 20, 1919 – July 11, 1999) was an American television and film writer and actor who contributed to such shows as ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (24 Episodes), ''M*A*S*H'' (35 Episodes), '' Love American Style'', ''Th ...

Jeff Greenstein Jeff Greenstein is an American television writer, producer and director. Greenstein was the showrunner of ''Will & Grace'' and '' Dream On'', as well as on '' Partners'' and ''Getting Personal'', both of which he created. A member of the Write ...

* Alex Gregory *

Chris Hayward Christopher Robert Hayward (June 19, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American television writer and producer. He was the co-creator, with Allan Burns, of the television shows ''The Munsters'' (1964) and ''My Mother the Car'' (1965), and the cr ...

Paul Henning Paul William Henning (September 16, 1911 – March 25, 2005) was an American TV producer and screenwriter. Most famous for creating the television sitcom ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', he was also crucial in developing the "rural" comedies ''Pett ...

* Don Hinkley *

Brendan Hunt Brendan Hunt is an American actor and writer known for roles in the films ''We're the Millers'' (2013) and ''Horrible Bosses 2'' (2014) as well as voicing two characters in the video game ''Fallout 4'' (2015). He is a co-creator of the Apple TV+ ...

* Peter Huyck *

Armando Iannucci Armando Giovanni Iannucci (; born 28 November 1963) is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, producer, performer, and panellist. Born in Glasgow to Italian parents, Iannucci studied at the University of Glasgow followed by the University of ...

Hal Kanter Hal Kanter (December 18, 1918 – November 6, 2011) was a writer, producer and director, principally for comedy actors such as Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley (in '' Loving You'' and ''Blue Hawaii''), for both feature films and televis ...

* David E. Kelley * Joe Kelly * Paul Keyes * Ernie Kovacs * Jeremy Lloyd * John Markus * Mike Marmer * Bret McKenzie * Stephen Merchant * Lorne Michaels * Jim Mulligan * Lorenzo Music * Jess Oppenheimer * Tom Patchett * Steven Peterman * Arthur Phillips * Amy Poehler * Earl Pomerantz * Larry Rhine * Tony Roche (writer), Tony Roche * Ray Romano * Julie Rottenberg * Mike Royce * Al Schwartz (writer), Al Schwartz * Sherwood Schwartz * Phil Sharp (screenwriter), Phil Sharp * Tony Sheehan * Amy Sherman-Palladino * Rosie Shuster * Larry Siegel * Ed Simmons * Neil Simon * Stephen Spears * Jen Statsky * Michael Stewart * Jason Sudeikis * Burt Styler * Saul Turteltaub * Jim Vallely * Jon Vitti * Hugh Wedlock Jr. * Michael J. Weithorn * Hugh Wilson (director), Hugh Wilson * Harry Winkler (writer), Harry Winkler * Elisa Zuritsky * Alan Zweibel

Programs with multiple awards

;5 awards * ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (4 consecutive) ;4 awards * ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (3 consecutive) * ''Frasier'' (3 consecutive) ;3 awards * ''All in the Family'' (2 consecutive) * ''The Phil Silvers Show'' (2 consecutive) * ''30 Rock'' (2 consecutive) ;2 awards * ''Arrested Development (TV series), Arrested Development'' (consecutive) * ''Cheers'' (consecutive) * ''The Jack Benny Program'' (consecutive) * ''Louie (U.S. TV series), Louie'' * ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (consecutive) * ''Master of None'' (consecutive) * ''Modern Family'' (consecutive) * ''Murphy Brown'' * ''Seinfeld'' (consecutive) * ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

;13 nominations * ''Cheers'' * ''The Larry Sanders Show'' * ''30 Rock'' ;11 nominations * ''Seinfeld'' ;10 nominations * ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'' ;9 nominations * ''All in the Family'' * ''Frasier'' * ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' ;7 nominations * ''Murphy Brown'' * ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'' * ''Sex and the City'' * ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' * ''Veep'' ;6 nominations * ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' * ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' * ''The Jack Benny Program'' * ''Silicon Valley (TV series), Silicon Valley'' * ''The Wonder Years'' ;5 nominations * ''Arrested Development (TV series), Arrested Development'' * ''Barry (TV series), Barry'' * ''Louie (U.S. TV series), Louie'' * ''What We Do in the Shadows'' ;4 nominations * ''Atlanta (TV series), Atlanta'' * ''Barney Miller'' * ''The Cosby Show'' * ''Episodes (TV series), Episodes'' ;3 nominations * ''Buffalo Bill (TV series), Buffalo Bill'' * ''Father Knows Best'' * ''The Golden Girls'' * ''The Phil Silvers Show'' * ''The Red Skelton Show'' * ''Ted Lasso'' ;2 nominations * ''Ally McBeal'' * ''The Associates (U.S. TV series), The Associates'' * ''The Bernie Mac Show'' * ''Caesar's Hour'' * ''Car 54, Where Are You?'' * ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' * ''Ellen (TV series), Ellen'' * ''Extras (TV series), Extras'' * ''Family Ties'' * ''Flight of the Conchords (TV series), Flight of the Conchords'' * ''Freaks and Geeks'' * ''Friends'' * ''The George Gobel Show'' * ''Get Smart'' * ''The Good Place'' * ''Hacks (TV series), Hacks'' * ''He & She'' * ''I Love Lucy'' * ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' * ''Malcolm in the Middle'' * ''Master of None'' * ''Modern Family'' * ''Newhart'' * ''Parks and Recreation'' * ''PEN15'' * ''Schitt's Creek'' * ''Russian Doll (TV series), Russian Doll'' * ''That Was the Week That Was''

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References

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