TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

The TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy is an award given by the Television Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Other Nominees
1984-1985 (1st)	The Cosby Show (NBC)	Bill Cosby – The Cosby Show (NBC) Martin Short – Saturday Night Live (NBC) Brothers (Showtime) Cheers (NBC) Family Ties (NBC) Kate & Allie (CBS) Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) Newhart (CBS) Night Court (NBC) Not Necessarily the News (HBO)
1985-1986 (2nd)	The Cosby Show (NBC)	Cheers (NBC) The Golden Girls (NBC) Moonlighting (ABC) Newhart (CBS)
1986-1987 (3rd)	It's Garry Shandling's Show (Showtime)	n/a
1987-1988 (4th)	Frank's Place (NBC) and The Wonder Years (ABC)	n/a
1988-1989 (5th)	Murphy Brown (CBS)	Roseanne (ABC) The Wonder Years (ABC)
1989-1990 (6th)	The Simpsons (Fox)	Designing Women (CBS) Murphy Brown (CBS) Newhart (CBS) The Wonder Years (ABC)
1990-1991 (7th)	Murphy Brown (CBS)	Cheers (NBC) Northern Exposure (CBS) The Simpsons (Fox)
1991-1992 (8th)	Seinfeld (NBC)	Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) Murphy Brown (CBS) Northern Exposure (CBS) The Simpsons (Fox)
1992-1993 (9th)	Seinfeld (NBC)	Cheers (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Roseanne (ABC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1993-1994 (10th)	Frasier (NBC)	The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) Seinfeld (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1994-1995 (11th)	Frasier (NBC)	Friends (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Mad About You (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC)
1995-1996 (12th)	Frasier (NBC)	3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Seinfeld (NBC) The Simpsons (Fox)
1996-1997 (13th)	The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)	3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) Frasier (NBC) King of the Hill (Fox) Seinfeld (NBC)
1997-1998 (14th)	The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)	Ally McBeal (Fox) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Frasier (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC)
1998-1999 (15th)	Sports Night (ABC)	Ally McBeal (Fox) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Friends (NBC) Will & Grace (NBC)
1999-2000 (16th)	Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)	Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Frasier (NBC) Sex and the City (HBO) Will & Grace (NBC)
2000-2001 (17th)	Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)	Ed (NBC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) The Job (ABC) Sex and the City (HBO)
2001-2002 (18th)	The Bernie Mac Show (Fox)	Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Friends (NBC) The Osbournes (MTV) Scrubs (NBC)
2002-2003 (19th)	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)	Andy Richter Controls the Universe (Fox) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) The Office (BBC America)
2003-2004 (20th)	Arrested Development (Fox)	Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Office (BBC America) Sex and the City (HBO)
2004-2005 (21st)	Arrested Development (Fox)	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Gilmore Girls (The WB)
2005-2006 (22nd)	The Office (NBC)	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Everybody Hates Chris (UPN) My Name Is Earl (NBC) Scrubs (NBC)
2006-2007 (23rd)	The Office (NBC)	30 Rock (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Entourage (HBO) Ugly Betty (ABC)
2007-2008 (24th)	30 Rock (NBC)	The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Flight of the Conchords (HBO) The Office (NBC)
2008-2009 (25th)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	30 Rock (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) The Office (NBC)
2009-2010 (26th)	Modern Family (ABC)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Glee (Fox) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Party Down (Starz)
2010-2011 (27th)	Modern Family (ABC)	Community (NBC) Louie (FX) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Raising Hope (Fox)
2011-2012 (28th)	Louie (FX)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Community (NBC) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC)
2012-2013 (29th)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) and Parks and Recreation (NBC)	Louie (FX) New Girl (Fox) Veep (HBO)
2013-2014 (30th)	Louie (FX) and Veep (HBO)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) The Mindy Project (Fox)
2014-2015 (31st)	Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)	The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Jane the Virgin (The CW) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
2015-2016 (32nd)	Black-ish (ABC)	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) Master of None (Netflix) Silicon Valley (HBO) Veep (HBO) You're the Worst (FXX)
2016-2017 (33rd)	Atlanta (FX)	Black-ish (ABC) Fleabag (Amazon) The Good Place (NBC) Master of None (Netflix) Veep (HBO)
2017-2018 (34th)	The Good Place (NBC)	Atlanta (FX) Barry (HBO) GLOW (Netflix) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) One Day at a Time (Netflix)
2018-2019 (35th)	Fleabag (Amazon)	Barry (HBO) The Good Place (NBC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Russian Doll (Netflix) Schitt's Creek (Pop) Veep (HBO)
2019-2020 (36th)	Schitt's Creek (Pop)	Better Things (FX) Dead to Me (Netflix) The Good Place (NBC) Insecure (HBO) What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
2020-2021 (37th)	Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)	The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) Girls5eva (Peacock) Hacks (HBO Max) Mythic Quest (Apple TV+) PEN15 (Hulu) Superstore (NBC) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)

Multiple wins

3 wins

• Frasier (consecutive)

2 wins

• Arrested Development (consecutive)
• The Big Bang Theory
• The Cosby Show (consecutive)
• The Larry Sanders Show (consecutive)
• Louie
• Malcolm in the Middle (consecutive)
• Modern Family (consecutive)
• Murphy Brown
• The Office (US) (consecutive)
• Seinfeld (consecutive)

Multiple nominees

7 nominations

• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Seinfeld

6 nominations

• The Big Bang Theory
• Frasier
• The Larry Sanders Show
• The Simpsons

5 nominations

• Veep

4 nominations

• Cheers
• The Good Place
• Louie
• Murphy Brown
• The Office (U.S.)
• Parks and Recreation

3 nominations

• 30 Rock
• Friends
• Modern Family
• Newhart
• Sex and the City
• The Wonder Years

2 nominations

• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Ally McBeal
• Arrested Development
• Atlanta
• Barry
• Black-ish
• Community
• The Cosby Show
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Fleabag
• Malcolm in the Middle
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Master of None
• Northern Exposure
• The Office (U.K.)
• Roseanne
• Schitt's Creek
• Scrubs
• Will & Grace

Total awards by network

• NBC – 23
• Fox – 6
• ABC – 5
• CBS – 4
• FX – 3
• HBO – 3

• Comedy Central – 2
• Amazon – 1
• Apple TV+ - 1
• Pop – 1
• Showtime – 1

Total nominations by network

• NBC – 57
• CBS – 27
• HBO – 23
• Fox – 20
• ABC – 15
• FX – 8
• Comedy Central – 9
• Netflix - 7
• Amazon – 5
• BBC America - 2
• The CW - 2

• Pop – 2
• Showtime – 2
• HBO Max - 2
• Apple TV+ - 1
• FXX - 1
• Hulu - 1
• MTV - 1
• Peacock - 1
• Starz - 1
• UPN - 1
• The WB - 1

External links

• Official website