From The Red Skelton Show and I Love Lucy to Get Smart and All in the Family through Taxi, Cheers and Murphy Brown to Frasier, Seinfeld and 30 Rock to Modern Family, Veep and Ted Lasso, the Emmy Awards have been laughing at TV best comedies for more than 70 years. Here is a gallery of all the shows to win the…

Six of the eight nominees in this category have been previously nominated, but only two, Ted Lasso and Hacks, were among the nominees last year. The shows dominated the comedy categories with Lasso picking up seven Emmys including the top one, and Hacks emerging triumphant in the all-important writing, directing…

In the past, Emmy voters tended to like one show and then let it repeat for several seasons as the champ in the Comedy Series category. Until very recently, just three series enjoyed multiple runs at the gold: there were three wins in a row for 30 Rock, followed by five wins in a row for Modern Family, then three…

In a category that largely reflects some fresh blood in this key race, the real attention seems to be on the two past winners going head-to-head for the first time. That is because past three–time winner here, Veep, was not on the air in the last Emmy season and thus ineligible to compete, opening the door for The…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on contenders in the key categories for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the category of Outstanding Comedy Series. The largest group of nominees in any program category this year proves that there's likely some…

For five consecutive years, ABC's Modern Family ruled the roost, and for the past two years it has been HBO's Veep. Emmy voters definitely like consistency in their comedy series and both these shows are back in the hunt again. In fact, other than FX's first season hit, Atlanta, the lineup is identical to last…

In a collaboration between Gold Derby—recently acquired by Deadline's owner PMC—and AwardsLine, we are excited to share GD‘s odds rankings of six major Emmy categories: Best Comedy Series, Comedy Actor, Comedy Actress; Best Drama Series, Drama Actor and Drama Actress. These rankings are perfect companion pieces…

Only two series have achieved the dizzying honor of winning the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series a total of five times: Frasier and Modern Family. Showrunner Christopher Lloyd can claim to have helped shepherd them both. Co-created by Steven Levitan, Modern Family has picked up the award for each of its five…

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's 2011 Emmy coverage. Here's his scorecard assessing the Outstanding Comedy Series race. Glee (Fox) Ryan Murphy Prods w/ 20th Century Fox TV Why It Was Nominated: Well, of course they had to nominate it. Love it or hate it, Glee remains the rare broadcast comedy that…

Christopher Lloyd is co-creator and co-showrunner with Steven Levitan (his Q&A here) of last year's Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series, Modern Family. But Lloyd didn't go onstage to accept the accolade. This recipient of eight Emmys for his work on comedy series including Frasier and The Golden Girls…

Competition for Emmy nominations among this year's Outstanding Comedy Series contestants is no laughing matter. The showdown between two 20th Century TV hits is more intense than ever, with Modern Family showrunners Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd trying to score their second consecutive Emmy win, while Glee…