The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best written comedy episodes of television series. It was first presented at the 13th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1961 and has been presented annually since the 17th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1965.
The years denote when the episode first aired. Though, due to the eligibility period, some nominees could have aired in a different year. The current eligibility period is December 1 to November 30. The winners are highlighted in gold.
Winners and nominees
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Total awards
NBC – 25
CBS – 20
ABC – 11
Fox – 2
Showtime – 2
HBO – 2
FX – 1
Netflix – 1
Writers with multiple awards
4 awards
Robert Carlock
3 awards
Larry Gelbart
2 awards
Sam Bobrick
Bob Daily
Larry David
Diane English
Jim Fritzell
Gary David Goldberg
Everett Greenbaum
Bill Idelson
David Isaacs
Joe Keenan
Ken Levine
Steven Levitan
Christopher Lloyd
Programs with multiple awards
7 awards
M*A*S*H (CBS)
6 awards
Frasier (NBC)
4 awards
30 Rock (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC)
3 awards
Cheers (NBC)<ref group=fn>Cheers''' double win in 1983 is counted as only one win.</ref>The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)Modern Family (ABC)
2 awardsBarney Miller (ABC)Murphy Brown (CBS)The Office (NBC)The Wonder Years (ABC)
Writers with multiple nominations
7 nominations
David Isaacs
Ken Levine
6 nominations
Robert Carlock
Cindy Chupack
Larry David
Larry Gelbart
Gary David Goldberg
5 nominations
Allan Burns
Ken Estin
Everett Greenbaum
Steven Levitan
David Lloyd
Laurence Marks
Reinhold Weege
4 nominations
Bob Ellison
Diane English
Matt Hubbard
Jenji Kohan
Thad Mumford
John Rappaport
Arne Sultan
Ed. Weinberger
Dan Wilcox
3 nominations
Jerry Belson
Jenny Bicks
James L. Brooks
Glen Charles
Les Charles
Stan Daniels
Elias Davis
Jim Fritzell
Chris Hayward
Joe Keenan
Paul Lieberstein
David Mandel
Garry Marshall
Heidi Perlman
David Pollock
Jeffrey Richman
Julie Rottenberg
Jay Tarses
Neil Thompson
Elisa Zuritsky
2 nominations
Alan Alda
Jenna Bans
Earl Barret
Ruth Bennett
Alec Berg
James Berg
Carol Black
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Sam Bobrick
Jack Burditt
Paul Corrigan
Bob Daily
Greg Daniels
Jack Elinson
Barry Fanaro
Liz Feldman
Tina Fey
Maya Forbes
Bryan Fuller
Greg Garcia
Lila Garrett
Howard Gewirtz
Charlie Grandy
Rob Greenberg
Terry Grossman
Karen Hall
Bill Idelson
Milt Josefsberg
Bernie Kahn
Barry Kemp
Michael Patrick King
Jon Kinnally
Carl Kleinschmitt
Elaine Ko
Mort Lachman
Bill Larkin
Bill Lawrence
Charles Lee
Michael Leeson
Alan J. Levitt
Christopher Lloyd
Chuck Lorre
Mitch Markowitz
Neal Marlens
John Markus
Tony McNamara
Dale McRaven
Peter Mehlman
Rick Mittleman
Gary Murphy
Kevin Murphy
Mort Nathan
B. J. Novak
Dan O'Shannon
Rod Parker
Tracy Poust
Ian Praiser
John Rapp
Carl Reiner
Gene Reynolds
Larry Rhine
John Riggi
Aaron Ruben
Bob Schiller
Jerry Seinfeld
Michael Schur
Garry Shandling
Tony Sheehan
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Kathy Speer
Leonard B. Stern
Charles Stewart
Walter Stone
Tom Straw
Norman Sullivan
George Tibbles
Peter Tolan
Mel Tolkin
Rob Ulin
Brad Walsh
Bob Weiskopf
Lester A. White
Jack Winter
Alan Yang
Stan Zimmerman
Programs with multiple nominations
26 nominationsM*A*S*H (CBS)
14 nominationsSeinfeld (NBC)