Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award given to the best television comedy series of the year. From 1960 to 1964, this category was combined with the Comedy Specials (one time programs) category so that both type of programs competed for the same award during those years. "The Flintstones" and "Family Guy" are the only animated series to be nominated for the award. Outside the Big Three networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), Fox has won this award twice, with "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development", cable network HBO has
The Larry Sanders Show afraid the network is trying to replace him. The show was nominated for 16 Emmy awards, breaking the record for most nominations for a Comedy Series for an individual Emmy year. The record was maintained for ten years, until "30 Rock" received 17 nominations for its second season in 2008 and then 22 nominations for its third season in 2009. The show was nominated for the fifth time for Outstanding Comedy Series, and was considered a front-runner for the award, but was defeated again by "Frasier." Shandling was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Torn and Tambor