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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material.

Award winners

1950s

• 1955: James Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter, Harry Winkler – The George Gobel Show
• 1956: Arnold Auerbach, Barry Blitser, Vincent Bogert, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Harvey Orkin, Arnold Rosen, Terry Ryan, Tony Webster – The Phil Silvers Show
• 1958: Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, A.J. Russell, Terry Ryan, Phil Sharp, Tony Webster, Sidney Zelinka – The Phil Silvers Show
• 1959: George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin – The Jack Benny Show

1960s

• 1960: George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin – The Jack Benny Show
• 1961: Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz, Red Skelton – The Red Skelton Show
• 1962: Carl Reiner – The Dick Van Dyke Show
• 1963: Carl Reiner – The Dick Van Dyke Show
• 1966: Sam Denoff, Bill Persky – The Dick Van Dyke Show
• 1967: Buck Henry, Leonard B. Stern – Get Smart
• 1968: Allan Burns, Chris Hayward – He and She

1970s

• 1971: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1972: Burt Styler – All In The Family
• 1973: Lee Kalcheim, Michael Ross, Bernard West – All In The Family
• 1974: Treva Silverman – The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren, George Yanok – Lily
• 1975: Stan Daniels, Ed. Weinberger – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1976: David Lloyd – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1977: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Stan Daniels, Bob Ellison, David Lloyd, Ed. Weinberger – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• 1978: Harve Brosten, Barry Michael Harman, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf – All In The Family

1980s

• 1980: R.J. Colleary – Barney Miller
• 1981: Michael J. Leeson – Taxi
• 1982: Ken Estin – Taxi
• 1983: Glen Charles, Les Charles – Cheers
• 1984: David Angell – Cheers
• 1985: Ed. Weinberger, Michael J. Leeson – The Cosby Show
• 1986: Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan – The Golden Girls
• 1987: Hugh Wilson – Frank's Place
• 1989: Diane English – Murphy Brown

1990s

• 1990: Bob Brush – The Wonder Years
• 1991: Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman – Murphy Brown
• 1992: Elaine Pope, Larry Charles – Seinfeld
• 1993: Larry David – Seinfeld
• 1994: Peter Casey, David Lee – Frasier
• 1995: Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano – Frasier
• 1996: Joe Keenan (writer), Christopher Lloyd , Rob Greenberg, Jack Burditt, Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano, Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo – Frasier
• 1997: Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Driscoll , Dava Savel, Tracy Newman, Jonathan Stark – Ellen
• 1998: Peter Tolan, Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• 1999: Jay Kogen – Fraiser

2000s

• 2000: Linwood Boomer – Malcolm in the Middle
• 2001: Alex Reid – Malcolm in the Middle
• 2002: Larry Wilmore – The Bernie Mac Show
• 2003: Tucker Cawley – Everybody Loves Raymond
• 2004: Mitchell Hurwitz – Arrested Development
• 2005: Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely – Arrested Development
• 2006: Greg Garcia – My Name is Earl

2007

• 30 Rock - Robert Carlock for "Jack-Tor"
• 30 Rock - Tina Fey for "Tracy Does Conan"
• Extras - Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for "Daniel Radcliffe"
• The Office - Greg Daniels for "Gay Witch Hunt"
• The Office - Michael Schur for "The Negotiation"

2008

• 30 Rock - Jack Burditt for "Rosemary's Baby"
• 30 Rock - Tina Fey for "Cooter"
• Flight of the Conchords - James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, and Bret McKenzie for "Yoko"
• Pushing Daisies - Bryan Fuller for "Pie-Lette"
• The Office - Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky for "Dinner Party"