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 Bob Newhart Show (1961 TV series) The Bob Newhart Show (1961 TV series) The Bob Newhart Show is an American comedy variety show starring comedian Bob Newhart. It originally ran from October 1961 through June 1962 on NBC, airing on Wednesday nights at 10pm Eastern time, immediately following "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall". The variety show was sponsored by Kraft Foods's Sealtest Dairy division. The show was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor (now known as the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series) in 1962. It was also nominated for the Writing Achievement in Comedy Award for Roland Kibbee,