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) |
no award given |
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[a] (Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment) |
five winners[b] (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 |
L.A. 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) |
L.A. 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) |
1998 |
The Practice (ABC) |
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) |
Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC) |
Andre Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) |
Christine Lahti Chicago Hope (CBS) |
1999 |
Ally McBeal (Fox) |
John Lithgow 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) |
Dennis Franz NYPD Blue (ABC) |
Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO) |
2000 |
Will & Grace (NBC) |
The West Wing (NBC) |
Michael J. Fox Spin City (ABC) |
James Gandolfini The Sopranos (HBO) |
Patricia Heaton Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) |
Sela Ward Once and Again (ABC) |
2001 |
Sex and the City (HBO) |
Eric McCormack Will & Grace (NBC) |
Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO) |
2002 |
Friends (NBC) |
Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) |
Michael Chiklis The Shield (FX) |
Jennifer Aniston Friends (NBC) |
Allison Janney The West Wing (NBC) |
2003 |
Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) |
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) |
Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA) |
James Gandolfini The Sopranos (HBO) |
Debra Messing Will & Grace (NBC) |
Edie Falco The Sopranos (HBO) |
2004 |
Arrested Development (Fox) |
The Sopranos (HBO) |
Kelsey Grammer Frasier (NBC) |
James Spader The Practice (ABC) |
Sarah Jessica Parker Sex and the City (HBO) |
Allison Janney The West Wing (NBC) |
2005 |
Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) |
Lost (ABC) |
Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA) |
James Spader Boston Legal (ABC) |
Felicity Huffman Desperate Housewives (ABC) |
Patricia Arquette Medium (NBC) |
2006 |
The Office (NBC) |
24 (Fox) |
Kiefer Sutherland 24 (Fox) |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) |
Mariska Hargitay Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) |
2007 |
30 Rock (NBC) |
The Sopranos (HBO) |
Ricky Gervais Extras (BBC / HBO) |
James Spader Boston Legal (ABC) |
America Ferrera Ugly Betty (ABC) |
Sally Field Brothers & Sisters (ABC) |
2008 |
Mad Men (AMC) |
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock (NBC) |
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC) |
Tina Fey 30 Rock (NBC) |
Glenn Close Damages (FX) |
2009 |
Toni Collette United States of Tara (Showtime) |
2010 |
Modern Family (ABC) |
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (CBS) |
Edie Falco Nurse Jackie (Showtime) |
Kyra Sedgwick The Closer (TNT) |
2011 |
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights (The 101 Network / NBC) |
Melissa McCarthy Mike & Molly (CBS) |
Julianna Margulies The Good Wife (CBS) |
2012 |
Homeland (Showtime) |
Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men (CBS) |
Damian Lewis Homeland (Showtime) |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Veep (HBO) |
Claire Danes Homeland (Showtime) |
2013 |
Breaking Bad (AMC) |
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) |
Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory (CBS) |
Jeff Daniels The Newsroom (HBO) |
2014 |
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC) |
Julianna Margulies The Good Wife (CBS) |
2015 |
Veep (HBO) |
Game of Thrones (HBO) |
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) |
Jeffrey Tambor Transparent (Amazon) |
Jon Hamm Mad Men (AMC) |
Viola Davis How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) |
2016 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) |
Rami Malek Mr. Robot (USA) |
Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black (BBC America) |
2017 |
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) |
Donald Glover Atlanta (FX) |
Sterling K. Brown This Is Us (NBC) |
Elisabeth Moss The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) |
2018 |
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) |
Game of Thrones (HBO) |
Bill Hader Barry (HBO) |
Matthew Rhys The Americans (FX) |
Rachel Brosnahan The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) |
Claire Foy The Crown (Netflix) |
2019 |
Fleabag (Amazon) |
Billy Porter Pose (FX) |
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Fleabag (Amazon) |
Jodie Comer Killing Eve (BBC America) |
2020 |
Schitt's Creek (Pop) |
Succession (HBO) |
Eugene Levy Schitt's Creek (Pop) |
Jeremy Strong Succession (HBO) |
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek (Pop) |
Zendaya Euphoria (HBO) |
2021 |
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) |
The Crown (Netflix) |
Jason Sudeikis Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) |
Josh O'Connor The Crown (Netflix) |
Jean Smart Hacks (HBO) |
Olivia Colman The Crown (Netflix) |
2022 |
Succession (HBO) |
Lee Jung-jae Squid Game (Netflix) |
Zendaya Euphoria (HBO) |
2023 |
The Bear (FX) |
Jeremy Allen White The Bear (FX) |
Kieran Culkin Succession (HBO) |
Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary (ABC) |
Sarah Snook Succession (HBO) |
2024 |
Hacks (Max) |
Shōgun (FX) |
Hiroyuki Sanada Shōgun (FX) |
Jean Smart Hacks (Max) |
Anna Sawai Shōgun (FX) |