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A visual history · Emmys

The winners who defined Writing (Comedy).

69 ceremonies, 1955–2025. 65 different winners. The longest run belongs to George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon & Sam Perrin, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory & Frida Perez in 2025 for The Studio.
Who has won the most?
Carl Reiner, George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon & Sam Perrin, Louis C.K. and Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky, tied on 2 wins each.
  1. The StudioSeth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory & Frida Perez
  2. HacksLucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky
  3. The BearChristopher Storer
  4. Abbott ElementaryQuinta Brunson
  5. HacksLucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky
  6. Schitt's CreekDaniel Levy
Years explored
1955–2025
Different winners
65
Category leader
Carl Reiner · 2
About this record

Writing for a Comedy Series was first awarded in 1955, so it does not run the full 1951–2025 window.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19552025

01 / The reigns

24 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network.

  1. 01
    Louis C.K.2 wins
  2. 02
    Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky2 wins
One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network; scroll sideways for the full run.
Linwood Boomer'00
Alex Reid'01
Larry Wilmore'02
Tucker Cawley'03
Mitchell Hurwitz'04
Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely'05
Greg Garcia'06
Greg Daniels'07
Tina Fey'08
Matt Hubbard'09
Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd'10
Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman'11
Louis C.K.'12
Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield'13
Louis C.K.'14
Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche'15
Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang'16
Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe'17
Amy Sherman-Palladino'18
Phoebe Waller-Bridge'19
Daniel Levy'20
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky'21
Quinta Brunson'22
Christopher Storer'23
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky'24
The Studio'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

20th Century leads the recorded network credits with 5 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

20th Century5 wins
NBC5 wins
ABC3 wins
FX3 wins
HBO3 wins
Amazon2 wins
Wins by network
  1. 20th Century519%
  2. NBC519%
  3. ABC312%
  4. FX312%
  5. HBO312%
  6. Amazon28%
  7. Other519%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Alec Berg
    5 noms
  2. 02
    David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik
    4 noms
  3. 03
    Michael Schur
    4 noms
  4. 04
    Alec Berg & Bill Hader
    3 noms
  5. 05
    David Mandel
    3 noms
  6. 06
    Michael Patrick King
    3 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Alec Berg
    5L · 0W
  2. 02
    David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik
    4L · 0W
  3. 03
    Michael Schur
    4L · 0W
  4. 04
    Alec Berg & Bill Hader
    3L · 0W
  5. 05
    David Mandel
    3L · 0W
  6. 06
    Michael Patrick King
    3L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerNetwork
2025Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory & Frida Perez (The Studio)
beat 5 others
  • Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
  • Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky (Hacks)
  • Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton & Eric Notarnicola (The Rehearsal)
  • Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen & Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere)
  • Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis & Paul Simms (What We Do in the Shadows)
Apple TV+
2024Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky (Hacks)
beat 5 others
  • Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
  • Christopher Storer & Joanna Calo (The Bear)
  • Meredith Scardino & Sam Means (Girls5eva)
  • Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider (The Other Two)
  • Jake Bender & Zach Dunn (What We Do in the Shadows)
Max
2023Christopher Storer (The Bear)
beat 5 others
  • Bill Hader (Barry)
  • Mekki Leeper (Jury Duty)
  • John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky (Only Murders in the Building)
  • Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider (The Other Two)
  • Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly & Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
FX
2022Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
beat 7 others
  • Duffy Boudreau (Barry)
  • Alec Berg & Bill Hader (Barry)
  • Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky (Hacks)
  • Steve Martin & John Hoffman (Only Murders in the Building)
  • Jane Becker (Ted Lasso)
  • Sarah Naftalis (What We Do in the Shadows)
  • Stefani Robinson (What We Do in the Shadows)
ABC
2021Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky (Hacks)
beat 5 others
  • Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant)
  • Meredith Scardino (Girls5eva)
  • Maya Erskine (PEN15)
  • Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly & Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
  • Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt & Joe Kelly (Ted Lasso)
HBO Max
2020Daniel Levy (Schitt's Creek)
beat 6 others
  • Michael Schur (The Good Place)
  • Tony McNamara (The Great)
  • David West Read (Schitt's Creek)
  • Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil (What We Do in the Shadows)
  • Paul Simms (What We Do in the Shadows)
  • Stefani Robinson (What We Do in the Shadows)
Pop TV
2019Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)
beat 6 others
  • Alec Berg & Bill Hader (Barry)
  • Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan (The Good Place)
  • Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle & Stacy Osei-Kuffour (PEN15)
  • Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland & Amy Poehler (Russian Doll)
  • Allison Silverman (Russian Doll)
  • David Mandel (Veep)
Amazon
2018Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
beat 5 others
  • Donald Glover (Atlanta)
  • Stefani Robinson (Atlanta)
  • Alec Berg & Bill Hader (Barry)
  • Elizabeth Sarnoff (Barry)
  • Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
Amazon
2017Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe (Master of None)
beat 5 others
  • Donald Glover (Atlanta)
  • Stephen Glover (Atlanta)
  • Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
  • Billy Kimball (Veep)
  • David Mandel (Veep)
Netflix
2016Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang (Master of None)
beat 5 others
  • Rob Delaney & Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe)
  • Dan O'Keefe (Silicon Valley)
  • Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
  • David Mandel (Veep)
  • Alex Gregory & Peter Huyck (Veep)
Netflix
2015Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche (Veep)
beat 5 others
  • David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik (Episodes)
  • Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth)
  • Louis C.K. (Louie)
  • Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
  • Jill Soloway (Transparent)
HBO
2014Louis C.K. (Louie)
beat 4 others
  • David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik (Episodes)
  • Liz Friedman & Jenji Kohan (Orange Is the New Black)
  • Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
  • Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche (Veep)
FX
2013Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock)
beat 4 others
  • Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock (30 Rock)
  • David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik (Episodes)
  • Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K. (Louie)
  • Greg Daniels (The Office)
NBC
2012Louis C.K. (Louie)
beat 4 others
  • Chris McKenna (Community)
  • Lena Dunham (Girls)
  • Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
  • Michael Schur (Parks and Recreation)
FX
2011Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman (Modern Family)
beat 4 others
  • Matt Hubbard (30 Rock)
  • David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik (Episodes)
  • Louis C.K. (Louie)
  • Greg Daniels (The Office)
ABC
2010Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd (Modern Family)
beat 4 others
  • Matt Hubbard (30 Rock)
  • Kay Cannon & Tina Fey (30 Rock)
  • Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan (Glee)
  • Greg Daniels & Mindy Kaling (The Office)
ABC
2009Matt Hubbard (30 Rock)
beat 4 others
  • Robert Carlock (30 Rock)
  • Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock (30 Rock)
  • Ron Weiner (30 Rock)
  • James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords)
NBC
2008Tina Fey (30 Rock)
beat 4 others
  • Jack Burditt (30 Rock)
  • James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords)
  • Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg (The Office)
  • Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies)
NBC
2007Greg Daniels (The Office)
beat 4 others
  • Robert Carlock (30 Rock)
  • Tina Fey (30 Rock)
  • Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant (Extras)
  • Michael Schur (The Office)
NBC
2006Greg Garcia (My Name Is Earl)
beat 4 others
  • Richard Day, Mitchell Hurwitz, Chuck Tatham & Jim Vallely (Arrested Development)
  • Doug Ellin (Entourage)
  • Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant (Extras)
  • Michael Schur (The Office)
NBC
2005Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely (Arrested Development)
beat 4 others
  • Barbie Adler (Arrested Development)
  • Brad Copeland (Arrested Development)
  • Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives)
  • Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider, Steve Skrovan, Jeremy Stevens, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Tom Caltabiano & Leslie Caveny (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Fox
2004Mitchell Hurwitz (Arrested Development)
beat 4 others
  • Christopher Lloyd & Joe Keenan (Frasier)
  • Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan (Scrubs)
  • Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City)
  • Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky (Sex and the City)
Fox
2003Tucker Cawley (Everybody Loves Raymond)
beat 4 others
  • Steve Tompkins (The Bernie Mac Show)
  • Mike Royce (Everybody Loves Raymond)
  • Robb Cullen & Mark Cullen (Lucky)
  • Cindy Chupack & Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City)
CBS
2002Larry Wilmore (The Bernie Mac Show)
beat 4 others
  • Victor Fresco (Andy Richter Controls the Universe)
  • Philip Rosenthal (Everybody Loves Raymond)
  • Jennifer Crittenden (Everybody Loves Raymond)
  • Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky (Sex and the City)
Fox
2001Alex Reid (Malcolm in the Middle)
beat 4 others
  • Jon Beckerman & Rob Burnett (Ed)
  • Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks)
  • Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City)
  • Jeff Greenstein (Will & Grace)
Fox
2000Linwood Boomer (Malcolm in the Middle)
beat 5 others
  • Ray Romano & Philip Rosenthal (Everybody Loves Raymond)
  • Christopher Lloyd & Joe Keenan (Frasier)
  • Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks)
  • Cindy Chupack (Sex and the City)
  • Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City)
Fox