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 Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) collaborations with HBO include the co-production of the Gervais/Merchant series "Extras" together with the BBC, as well as Gervais's "Out of England" stand-up comedy special. The first preview clip of the series was shown on "Late Show with David Letterman", in November 2009. The episode "Knob at Night" was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Each season of "The Ricky Gervais Show" consists of 13 episodes. The series premiered in the United States on 19 February 2010 on HBO. The second season started on