The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy is an award presented by the

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to the best written comedy episodes of television series. It was first presented at the 13th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1961 and has been presented annually since the 17th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1965. The years denote when the episode first aired. Though, due to the eligibility period, some nominees could have aired in a different year. The current eligibility period is December 1 to November 30. The winners are highlighted in gold.

Winners and nominees

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Total awards

* NBC – 25 * CBS – 20 * ABC – 11 * Fox – 2 * Showtime – 2 * HBO – 2 * FX – 1 * Netflix – 1

Writers with multiple awards

;4 awards * Robert Carlock ;3 awards * Larry Gelbart ;2 awards * Sam Bobrick * Bob Daily * Larry David * Diane English * Jim Fritzell * Gary David Goldberg * Everett Greenbaum * Bill Idelson * David Isaacs * Joe Keenan * Ken Levine * Steven Levitan * Christopher Lloyd

Programs with multiple awards

;7 awards *''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) ;6 awards *''Frasier'' (NBC) ;4 awards *''30 Rock'' (NBC) *''Seinfeld'' (NBC) ;3 awards *''Cheers'' (NBC)''Cheers'' double win in 1983 is counted as only one win. *''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (CBS) *''Modern Family'' (ABC) ;2 awards *''Barney Miller'' (ABC) *''Murphy Brown'' (CBS) *''The Office'' (NBC) *''The Wonder Years'' (ABC)

Writers with multiple nominations

;7 nominations * David Isaacs * Ken Levine ;6 nominations * Robert Carlock * Cindy Chupack * Larry David * Larry Gelbart * Gary David Goldberg ;5 nominations * Allan Burns * Ken Estin * Everett Greenbaum * Steven Levitan * David Lloyd * Laurence Marks * Reinhold Weege ;4 nominations * Bob Ellison * Diane English * Matt Hubbard * Jenji Kohan * Thad Mumford * John Rappaport * Arne Sultan * Ed. Weinberger * Dan Wilcox ;3 nominations * Jerry Belson * Jenny Bicks * James L. Brooks * Glen Charles * Les Charles * Stan Daniels * Elias Davis * Jim Fritzell * Chris Hayward * Joe Keenan * Paul Lieberstein * David Mandel * Garry Marshall * Heidi Perlman * David Pollock * Jeffrey Richman * Julie Rottenberg * Jay Tarses * Neil Thompson * Elisa Zuritsky ;2 nominations * Alan Alda * Jenna Bans * Earl Barret * Ruth Bennett * Alec Berg * James Berg * Carol Black * Linda Bloodworth-Thomason * Sam Bobrick * Jack Burditt * Paul Corrigan * Bob Daily * Greg Daniels * Jack Elinson * Barry Fanaro * Liz Feldman * Tina Fey * Maya Forbes * Bryan Fuller * Greg Garcia * Lila Garrett * Howard Gewirtz * Charlie Grandy * Rob Greenberg * Terry Grossman * Karen Hall * Bill Idelson * Milt Josefsberg * Bernie Kahn * Barry Kemp * Michael Patrick King * Jon Kinnally * Carl Kleinschmitt * Elaine Ko * Mort Lachman * Bill Larkin * Bill Lawrence * Charles Lee * Michael Leeson * Alan J. Levitt * Christopher Lloyd * Chuck Lorre * Mitch Markowitz * Neal Marlens * John Markus * Tony McNamara * Dale McRaven * Peter Mehlman * Rick Mittleman * Gary Murphy * Kevin Murphy * Mort Nathan * B. J. Novak * Dan O'Shannon * Rod Parker * Tracy Poust * Ian Praiser * John Rapp * Carl Reiner * Gene Reynolds * Larry Rhine * John Riggi * Aaron Ruben * Bob Schiller * Jerry Seinfeld * Michael Schur * Garry Shandling * Tony Sheehan * Amy Sherman-Palladino * Kathy Speer * Leonard B. Stern * Charles Stewart * Walter Stone * Tom Straw * Norman Sullivan * George Tibbles * Peter Tolan * Mel Tolkin * Rob Ulin * Brad Walsh * Bob Weiskopf * Lester A. White * Jack Winter * Alan Yang * Stan Zimmerman

Programs with multiple nominations

;26 nominations *''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) ;14 nominations *''Seinfeld'' (NBC) ;13 nominations *''Cheers'' (NBC) *''Modern Family'' (ABC) ;12 nominations *''The Office'' (NBC) *''Sex and the City'' (HBO) *''Taxi'' (ABC), (NBC) ;11 nominations *''30 Rock'' (NBC) *''All in the Family'' (CBS) ;10 nominations *''Frasier'' (NBC) *''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS) ;9 nominations *''Barney Miller'' (ABC) ;8 nominations *''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (CBS) ;7 nominations *''Malcolm in the Middle'' (Fox) *''The Wonder Years'' (ABC) ;6 nominations *''The Larry Sanders Show'' (HBO) ;5 nominations *''Get Smart'' (NBC), (CBS) *''The Golden Girls'' (NBC) *''Orange is the New Black'' (Netflix) ;4 nominations *''Family Ties'' (NBC) *''Murphy Brown'' (CBS) *''Night Court'' (NBC) *''Rhoda'' (CBS) *''Roseanne'' (ABC) ;3 nominations *''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' (NBC), (Lifetime) *''Desperate Housewives'' (ABC) *''Grace and Frankie'' (Netflix) *''He & She'' (CBS) *''Mork & Mindy'' (ABC) *''My Name Is Earl'' (NBC) *''Room 222'' (ABC) *''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (Netflix) *''Veep'' (HBO) ;2 nominations *''The Bob Newhart Show'' (CBS) *''The Cosby Show'' (NBC) *''The Danny Thomas Show'' (CBS) *''Dead to Me'' (Netflix) *''Dharma & Greg'' (ABC) *''Ellen'' (ABC) *''Friends'' (NBC) *''The Great'' (Hulu) *''The Jackie Gleason Show'' (CBS) *''Mad About You'' (NBC) *''Maude'' (CBS) *''My World and Welcome to It'' (NBC) *''Parks and Recreation'' (NBC) *''Reservation Dogs'' (FX on Hulu) *''Weeds'' (Showtime) *''Will & Grace'' (NBC)

Footnotes

References

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