Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy

The Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy, also known as the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy, is an annual award given by the Producers Guild of America since 2000.

Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy
Awarded for	Outstanding Production of Episodic Television, Comedy
Country	United States
Presented by	Producers Guild of America
First awarded	2000
Currently held by	The Bear (2023)

Previous PGA television awards

Prior to 2000, the award for outstanding producer of episodic television was not split into comedy and drama. Out of the eleven honored television programs, two were episodic comedies:^[1]

1. 1991: Brooklyn Bridge (CBS)
2. 1995: Frasier (NBC)

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Series	Network	Season	Ref.
2000 (12th)	Sex and the City	HBO	Season 3	[2][3]
	Ally McBeal	Fox	Seasons 3B and 4A
	Frasier	NBC	Seasons 7B and 8A
	Friends		Seasons 6B and 7A
	Will & Grace		Seasons 2B and 3A
2001 (13th)	Sex and the City	HBO	Season 4A	[4][5]
	Frasier	NBC	Seasons 8B and 9A
	Friends		Seasons 7B and 8A
	Malcolm in the Middle	Fox	Seasons 2B and 3A
	Will & Grace	NBC	Seasons 3B and 4A
2002 (14th)	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 3	[6]
	Everybody Loves Raymond	CBS	Seasons 6B and 7A
	Malcolm in the Middle	Fox	Seasons 3B and 4A
	Sex and the City	HBO	Seasons 4B and 5
	Will & Grace	NBC	Seasons 4B and 5A
2003 (15th)	Sex and the City	HBO	Season 6A	[7][8]
	Everybody Loves Raymond	CBS	Seasons 7B and 8A
	Malcolm in the Middle	Fox	Seasons 4B and 5A
	Scrubs	NBC	Seasons 2B and 3A
	Will & Grace		Seasons 5B and 6A
2004 (16th)	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 4	[9]
	Arrested Development	Fox	Season 1B
	Scrubs	NBC	Season 3B
	Sex and the City	HBO	Season 6B
	Will & Grace	NBC	Season 6B
2005 (17th)	Entourage	HBO	Season 2	[10][11]
	Arrested Development	Fox	Season 2
	Desperate Housewives	ABC	Season 1
	Scrubs	NBC	Season 4
	Two and a Half Men	CBS	Season 2
2006 (18th)	The Office	NBC	Season 2	[12]
	Arrested Development	Fox	Season 3
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 5
	My Name Is Earl	NBC	Season 1
	Weeds	Showtime	Season 1
2007 (19th)	30 Rock	NBC	Season 1	[13]
	Entourage	HBO	Season 3
	Extras		Season 2
	The Office	NBC	Season 3
	Ugly Betty	ABC	Season 1
2008 (20th)	30 Rock	NBC	Season 2	[14]
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 6
	Entourage		Season 4
	The Office	NBC	Season 4
	Weeds	Showtime	Season 3
2009 (21st)	30 Rock	NBC	Season 3	[15]
	Californication	Showtime	Season 2
	Entourage	HBO	Season 5
	The Office	NBC	Season 5
	Weeds	Showtime	Season 4

2010s

Year	Series	Network	Season	Ref.
2010 (22nd)	Modern Family	ABC	Season 1	[16]
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 7
	Glee	Fox	Season 1
	The Office	NBC	Season 6
	30 Rock		Season 4
2011 (23rd)	Modern Family	ABC	Season 2	[17]
	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	Season 4
	Glee	Fox	Season 2
	Parks and Recreation	NBC	Season 3
	30 Rock		Season 5
2012 (24th)	Modern Family	ABC	Season 3	[18]
	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	Season 5
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 8
	Louie	FX	Season 2
	30 Rock	NBC	Season 6
2013 (25th)	Modern Family	ABC	Season 4	[19]
	Arrested Development	Netflix	Season 4
	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	Season 6
	30 Rock	NBC	Season 7
	Veep	HBO	Season 2
2014 (26th)	Orange Is the New Black	Netflix	Season 1	[20]
	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	Season 7
	Louie	FX	Season 4
	Modern Family	ABC	Season 5
	Veep	HBO	Season 3
2015 (27th)	Transparent	Amazon Prime Video	Season 1	[21]
	Inside Amy Schumer	Comedy Central	Season 3
	Modern Family	ABC	Season 6
	Silicon Valley	HBO	Season 2
	Veep		Season 4
2016 (28th)	Atlanta	FX	Season 1	[22]
	Black-ish	ABC	Seasons 2 and 3A
	Modern Family		Seasons 7 and 8A
	Silicon Valley	HBO	Season 3
	Veep		Season 5
2017 (29th)	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Amazon Prime Video	Season 1	[23]
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 9
	Master of None	Netflix	Season 2
	Silicon Valley	HBO	Season 4
	Veep		Season 6
2018 (30th)	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Amazon Prime Video	Season 2	[24]
	Atlanta	FX	Season 2
	Barry	HBO	Season 1
	GLOW	Netflix	Season 2
	The Good Place	NBC	Seasons 2B and 3A
2019 (31st)	Fleabag	Amazon Prime Video	Season 2	[25]
	Barry	HBO	Season 2
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Amazon Prime Video	Season 3
	Schitt's Creek	Pop TV	Season 5
	Veep	HBO	Season 7

2020s

Year	Series	Network	Season	Ref.
2020 (32nd)	Schitt's Creek	Pop TV	Season 6	[26]
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 10
	The Flight Attendant	HBO Max	Season 1
	Ted Lasso	Apple TV+	Season 1
	What We Do in the Shadows	FX	Season 2
2021 (33rd)	Ted Lasso	Apple TV+	Season 2	[27][28]
	Cobra Kai	Netflix	Seasons 3 and 4
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	Season 11
	Hacks	HBO Max	Season 1
	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu	Season 1
2022 (34th)	The Bear	FX	Season 1	[29][30]
	Abbott Elementary	ABC	Seasons 1 and 2A
	Barry	HBO	Season 3
	Hacks	HBO Max	Season 2
	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu	Season 2
2023 (35th)	The Bear	FX	Season 2	[31][32]
	Barry	HBO	Season 4
	Jury Duty	Freevee	Season 1
	Only Murders in the Building	Hulu	Season 3
	Ted Lasso	Apple TV+	Season 3

Total awards by network

• HBO – 6
• ABC – 5
• NBC – 5
• Amazon – 4
• FX – 3
• Apple TV+ – 1
• CBS – 1
• Netflix – 1
• Pop TV – 1

Total nominations by network

• HBO – 32
• NBC – 27
• ABC – 11
• Fox – 9
• CBS – 7
• FX – 7
• Amazon – 5
• Netflix – 5
• Hulu – 3
• Showtime – 4
• Apple TV+ – 3
• HBO Max – 3
• Pop – 2
• Comedy Central – 1
• Freevee – 1

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards

• Modern Family (consecutive)

3 awards

• 30 Rock (consecutive)
• Sex and the City (2 consecutive)

2 awards

• The Bear (consecutive)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

9 nominations Curb Your Enthusiasm 7 nominations 30 Rock Modern Family 6 nominations Veep 5 nominations Sex and the City The Office Will & Grace

4 nominations Arrested Development Barry Entourage The Big Bang Theory 3 nominations Malcolm in the Middle The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Only Murders in the Building Scrubs Silicon Valley Ted Lasso Weeds

2 nominations Atlanta The Bear Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Friends Glee Hacks Louie Schitt's Creek

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