Fave Fight
Ranking

Best Emmy-Winning Comedy Series

0 plays so far

Play this bracket
#PreviewCandidateWin rateMatch win rate
—The Red Skelton ShowWon the very first comedy Emmy in 1952, back when sketch shows and sitcoms shared one category— win— match wins
—I Love LucyBack-to-back wins in 1953 and 1954, and the template that everything after it is arguing with— win— match wins
—Make Room for Daddy1955. The oldest winner here that most people have never actually seen an episode of— win— match wins
—The Phil Silvers ShowThree straight, 1956 to 1958. Bilko was running scams on television before the sitcom had rules— win— match wins
—The Jack Benny ShowWon in 1959 and 1961. Benny's whole act was the pause, and it still lands seventy years later— win— match wins
—The Dick Van Dyke ShowFour wins from 1963 to 1966. The workplace half and the home half were both good, which was rare— win— match wins
—The Monkees1967. A band that was invented for a sitcom and then went and became an actual band— win— match wins
—Get Smart1968 and 1969. The shoe phone did more for spy parody than most spy parodies manage— win— match wins
—All in the FamilyFour wins, including a late one in 1978. Nothing since has argued with its own audience this hard— win— match wins
—M*A*S*H1974. A comedy set inside a war, which sounds like a pitch that gets shown the door— win— match wins
—TaxiThree straight from 1979. A garage full of people who all wanted to be somewhere else— win— match wins
—Barney Miller1982. Cops sitting around a squad room talking, which turned out to be more than enough— win— match wins
—CheersFour wins across nine years, 1983 to 1991. Still the bar everyone means when they say bar— win— match wins
—The Cosby Show1985. Won once, and remains the hardest entry on this list to think about— win— match wins
—The Golden Girls1986 and 1987. Four women, one lanai, and a joke rate most modern shows cannot hit— win— match wins
—Seinfeld1993. One win in nine seasons, which people still bring up as evidence of something— win— match wins
—FrasierFive in a row from 1994, tied with Modern Family for the longest run. A spin-off that outgrew the bar— win— match wins
—Will & Grace2000. One win, and the whole show is in the two people who were not the leads— win— match wins
—Sex and the City2001. Brunch as a plot engine, and a win that still splits a room down the middle— win— match wins
—Friends2002. Ten seasons, one win, and a theme song you can hear just from reading this— win— match wins
—Everybody Loves Raymond2003 and 2005. Two wins for a show about a man who cannot get off his parents' street— win— match wins
—Arrested Development2004. Won, then got cancelled, which is the most Arrested Development outcome available— win— match wins
—The Office2006. The US version won once, on its second season, long before it became the comfort rewatch— win— match wins
—30 RockThree straight from 2007. Jokes stacked so densely that the show outruns its own plot— win— match wins
—Modern FamilyFive in a row, 2010 to 2014, tied with Frasier for the longest unbroken run this award has seen— win— match wins
—VeepThree straight from 2015. Profanity treated as a craft discipline rather than a garnish— win— match wins
—The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2018. Period costume, stand-up sets, and a talking speed that never once lets up— win— match wins
—Fleabag2019. Six episodes to a season, and it still walked off with the whole category— win— match wins
—Schitt's Creek2020. Won on its final season, after most of its audience had found it years late— win— match wins
—Ted Lasso2021 and 2022. A comedy about being kind that somehow did not curdle in its first season— win— match wins
—The Bear2023. Whether this is a comedy at all is the fight, and the fight is half the fun— win— match wins
—Hacks2024. Two comedians a generation apart, neither of them willing to lose an argument— win— match wins
—The Studio2025. The most recent winner, so it has had the least time to be argued about— win— match wins

Play this bracket