O Emmy do Primetime de melhor roteiro em série de comédia é um dos prêmios entregues pela Academia de Artes & Ciências Televisivas como parte do Primetime Emmy Award pelas excelências em televisão.
Vencedores e indicados Década de 1950 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1955 The George Gobel Show – James B. AllardiceJack DouglasHal KanterHarry Winkler |- | The Honeymooners | | Jackie Gleason |- | I Love Lucy | | Bob Carroll, Jr.Jess OppenheimerMadelyn Pugh |- | Make Room for Daddy | | Danny Thomas |- | Mister Peepers | | James FritzellEverett Greenbaum |- | The Jack Benny Program | | George BalberMilt JosefsbergSam PerrinJohn Tackaberry |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1956|- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Phil Silvers Show| align=center| – | Arnold M. AuerbachBarry BlitzerVincent BogertNat HikenColeman JacobyHarvey OrkinArnold RosenTerry RyanTony Webster Caesar's Hour Mel BrooksSelma DiamondLarry GelbartSheldon Keller The Jack Benny Program George BalzerHal GoldmanAl GordonSam Perrin I Love Lucy Bob Carroll, Jr.Jess OppenheimerMadelyn PughBob SchillerBob Weiskopf The George Gabel Show Everett GreenbaumHal KanterHoward LeedsHarry Winkler 1958 The Phil Silvers Show – Billy FriedbergNat HikenColeman JacobyArnold RosenA. J. RussellTerry RyanPhil SharpTony WebsterSidney Zelinka Father Knows Best Roswell RogersPaul West Caesar's Hour Gary BelkinMel BrooksLarry GelbartSheldon KellerNeil SimonMike StewartMel Tolkin The Jack Benny Show George BalzerHal GoldmanAl GordonSam Perrin The Ernie Kovacs Show Ernie Kovacs 1959 The Jack Benny Show – George BalzerHal GoldmanAl GordonSam Perrin Father Knows Best "Medal for Margaret" Roswell Rogers The Bob Cummings Show "Grandpa Clobbers the Air Force" Paul HenningDick Wesson The Real McCoys "Once There Was a Traveling Saleswoman" Bill Manhoff The Phil Silvers Show "Bilko's Vampire" Billy FriedbergColeman JacobyArnie Rosen
Década de 1960 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1960 The Jack Benny Program – George BalzerHal GoldmanAl GordonSam Perrin Father Knows Best Dorothy CooperRoswell Rogers Ballad of Louie the Louse Nat Hiken 1961 The Red Skelton Show – Dave O'BrienMartin RagawaySherwood SchwartzAl SchwartzRed Skelton Hennesey Richard Baer The Danny Thomas Show Jack ElinsonCharles Stewart 1962 The Dick Van Dyke Show – Carl Reiner The Bob Newhart Show Ernest ChambersDean HargroveDon HinkleyRobert KaufmanRoland KibbeeNorm LiebmanBob NewhartMilt RosenCharles ShermanLarry SiegelHoward Snyder The Red Skelton Show Dave O'BrienArthur PhillipsMartin RagawayAl SchwartzSherwood SchwartzEd SimmonsRed Skelton Chun King Chow Mein Hour Stan Freberg Car 54, Where Are You? Nat HikenTerry RyanTony Webster 1963 The Dick Van Dyke Show – Carl Reiner The Red Skelton Show Mort GreeneBruce HowardRick MittlemanDave O'BrienArthur PhillipsMartin RagawayLarry RhineEd SimmonsRed SkeltonHugh Wedlock Car 54, Where Are You? Nat Hiken The Jack Benny Program George BalzerHal GoldmanAl GordonSam Perrin The Beverly Hillbillies Paul Henning 1966 The Dick Van Dyke Show "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" Sam DenoffBill Persky Get Smart "Mr. Big" Mel BrooksBuck Henry The Dick Van Dyke Show "The Ugliest Dog in the World" Sam DenoffBill Persky 1967 Get Smart "Ship of Spies, Parts I & II" Buck HenryLeonard Stern I Dream of Jeannie Sidney Sheldon Family Affair "Buffy" Edmund Hartmann 1968 He & She "The Coming Out Party" Allan BurnsChris Hayward He & She "The Old Man and the She" Leonard SternArne Sultan That Girl "The Mailman Cometh" Danny ArnoldRuth Brooks Flippen The Lucy Show "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account" Milt JosefsbergRay Singer
Década de 1970 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1971 The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Support Your Local Mother" | James L. BrooksAllan Burns |- | Here's Lucy| "Lucy Meets the Burtons" | Bob Carroll, Jr.Madelyn Pugh |- | rowspan=2| All in the Family| "Meet the Bunkers" | Norman Lear |- | "Oh, My Aching Back" | Stanley Ralph Ross |- | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1972 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | All in the Family| "Edith's Problem" | Burt Styler |- | rowspan=2| All in the Family| "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" | Norman LearBurt Styler |- | "Mike's Problem" | Alan J. LevittPhil Mishkin |- | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1973 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | All in the Family| "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | Lee KalcheimMichael RossBernie West |- | The Mary Tyler Moore Show| "The Good-Time News" | James L. BrooksAllan Burns |- | M*A*S*H| "M*A*S*H" | Larry Gelbart |- | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1974 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Mary Tyler Moore Show| "The Lou and Edie Story" | Treva Silverman |- | rowspan=2| M*A*S*H| "The Trial of Henry Blake" | McLean Stevenson |- | "Hot Lips and Empty Arms" | Linda Bloodworth-ThomasonMary Kay Place |- | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1975 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Mary Tyler Moore Show| "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" | Stan DanielsEd. Weinberger |- | Rhoda| "Rhoda's Wedding" | Norman BaraschJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsDavid DavisDavid LloydCarroll MooreLorenzo Music |- | The Mary Tyler Moore Show| "Lou and That Woman" | David Lloyd |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1976 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Mary Tyler Moore Show| "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | Daivd Lloyd |- | rowspan=2| M*A*S*H| "Hawkeye" | Larry GelbartSimon Muntner |- | "The More I See You" | Larry GelbartGene Reynolds |- | Maude| "The Analyst" | Jay Folb |- | Barney Miller| "The Hero" | Danny ArnoldChris Hayward |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1977 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Mary Tyler Moore Show| "The Last Show" | James L. BrooksAllan BurnsStan DanielsBob EllisonDavid LloydEd. Weinberger |- | Barney Miller| "Quarantine, Part II" | Danny ArnoldTony Sheehan |- | rowspan=2| The Mary Tyler Moore Show| "Mary Midwife" | Daivd Lloyd |- | "Ted's Change of Heart" | Earl Pomerantz |- | M*A*S*H| "Dear Sigmund" | Alan Alda |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1978 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | All in the Family| "Cousin Liz" | '''Harve Brosten Barry Harman Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf |- | rowspan=2| All in the Family| "Edith’s 50th Birthday" | Bob SchillerBob Weiskopf |- | "Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part II" | Larry Rhine Erik Tarloff Mel Tolkin |- | M*A*S*H'' "Fallen Idol" Alan Alda
Década de 1980 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1980 Barney Miller "Photograph" R. J. Colleary The Associates "The First Day" Charlie Hauck Michael J. Leeson "The Censors" Stan DanielsEd. Weinberger M*A*S*H "Goodbye Radar, Part II" David IsaacsKen Levine Taxi "Honor Thy Father" Glen CharlesLes Charles 1981 Taxi "Tony's Sister and Jim" Michael J. Leeson Taxi "Elaine's Strange Triangle" David Lloyd "Going Home" Glen CharlesLes Charles M*A*S*H "Death Takes a Holiday" Mike Farrell Dennis Koenig Burt Metcalfe Thad Mumford John Rappaport Dan Wilcox The Greatest American Hero "Pilot" Stephen J. Cannell 1982 Taxi "Elegant Iggy" Ken Estin Police Squad! "A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)" Jim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry Zucker Taxi "Jim the Psychic" Holly Holmberg Brooks Barry Kemp M*A*S*H "Follies of the Living, Concerns of the Dead" Alan Alda Barney Miller "Landmark, Part III" Frank DunganTony SheehanJeff Stein 1983 Cheers "Give Me a Ring Sometime" Glen CharlesLes Charles Buffalo Bill "Pilot" Tom PatchettJay Tarses Cheers "Diane's Perfect Date" David Lloyd "The Boys in the Bar" David IsaacsKen Levine Taxi "Jim's Inheritance" Ken Estin 1984 Cheers "Old Flames" David Angell Buffalo Bill "Wilkinson's Sword" Tom Patchett "Jo-Jo's Problem, Part II" Jay Tarses Cheers "Power Play" Glen CharlesLes Charles "Homicidal Ham" David Lloyd 1985 The Cosby Show "Pilot" Michael J. LeesonEd. Weinberger Cheers "Rebound, Part II" Glen CharlesLes Charles "Sam Turns the Other Cheek" David Lloyd "I Call Your Name" Peter CaseyDavid Lee The Cosby Show "Goodbye Mr. Fish" Earl Pomerantz 1986 The Golden Girls "A Little Romance" Barry FanaroMort Nathan Family Ties "The Real Thing, Part II" Michael J. Weithorn The Cosby Show "Theo's Holiday" Carmen FinestraJohn MarkusMatt Williams "Denise's Friend" John Markus Cheers "2 Good 2 Be 4 Real" Peter CaseyDavid Lee The Golden Girls "Pilot" Susan Harris 1987 Family Ties "'A', My Name Is Alex Gary David GoldbergAlan Uger The Golden Girls "Isn't It Romantic" Jeffrey Duteil Cheers "Abnormal Psychology" Janet Leahy Newhart "Co-Hostess Twinkie" David Mirkin The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd "Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles" Jay Tarses 1988 Frank's Place "The Bridge" Hugh Wilson It's Garry Shandling's Show "It's Garry and Angelica's Show" Tom GammillMax ProssSam Simon "No Baby, No Show" Garry ShandlingAlan Zweibel The Wonder Years "Pilot" Carol BlackNeal Marlens Designing Women "Killing All the Right People" Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Cheers "Home Is the Sailor" Glen CharlesLes Charles 1989 Murphy Brown "Pilot" Diane English The Wonder Years "Coda" Todd W. Lanen "Our Miss White" Michael J. Weithorn "Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" Matthew Carlson "Loosiers" David M. Stern
Década de 1990 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1990 The Wonder Years "Good-bye" Bob Brush Murphy Brown "Brown Like Me" Diane English The Famous Teddy Z "Pilot" Hugh Wilson Cheers "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice" David IsaacsKen Levine Newhart "The Last Newhart" Bob BendetsonMark EganMark Solomon 1991 Murphy Brown "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" Gary DontzigSteven Peterman Murphy Brown "On Another Plane" Diane English Seinfeld "The Pony Remark" Larry DavidJerry Seinfeld "The Deal" Larry David The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd "Here's a Little Touch of Harry in the Night" Jay Tarses 1992 Seinfeld "The Fix-Up" Larry CharlesElaine Pope Seinfeld "The Parking Garage" Larry David "The Tape" Larry DavidDon McEneryBob Shaw Murphy Brown "Uh-Oh, Part II" Diane EnglishKorby Siamis Roseanne "A Bitter Pill to Swallow" Jennifer HeathAmy Sherman-Palladino 1993 Seinfeld "The Contest" Larry David Dream On "For Peter's Sake" David CraneMarta Kauffman Seinfeld "The Outing" Larry Charles The Larry Sanders Show "The Spider Episode" Garry ShandlingRosie ShusterPaul SimmsPeter Tolan "The Garden Weasel" Dennis KleinGarry Shandling 1994 Frasier "The Good Son" David AngellPeter CaseyDavid Lee The Larry Sanders Show "Larry's Agent" Maya Forbes Victor Levin Drake Sather Garry Sandling Paul Simms Seinfeld "The Puffy Shirt" Larry David "The Mango" Larry David Lawrence H. Levy Frasier "The Show Where Lilith Comes Back" David IsaacsKen Levine 1995 Frasier "An Affair to Forget" Anne Flett-GiordanoChuck Ranberg Frasier "The Matchmaker" Joe Keenan "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" Jeff GreensteinJeff Strauss The Larry Sanders Show "Hank's Night in the Sun" Peter Tolan "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" Garry ShandlingPeter Tolan 1996 Frasier "Moon Dance" Jack BurdittAnne Flett-GiordanoRob GreenbergJoe KeenanChristopher LloydLonda MorrisChuck RanbergVic Rauseo |- | Seinfeld | "The Soup Nazi" | Spike Feresten |- | rowspan=3| The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank's Sex Tape" | Jon Vitti |- | "Roseanne's Return" | Maya Forbes Steven Levitan Garry Sandling |- | "Arthur After Hours" | Peter Tolan |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1997|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Ellen| "The Puppy Episode"| Ellen DeGeneres Mark Driscoll Tracy Newman Dava Savel Jonathan Stark |- | Seinfeld | "The Yada Yada" | Jill FranklynPeter Mehlman |- | rowspan=3| The Larry Sanders Show | "My Name is Asher Kingsley" | Peter Tolan |- | "Everybody Loves Larry" | Jon Vitti |- | "Ellen, or Isn't She?" | Judd Apatow John Markus Garry Shandling |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1998|- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Larry Sanders Show| "Flip"| Garry ShandlingPeter Tolan|- | The Larry Sanders Show | "Putting the 'Gay' Back in Litigation" | Richard DayAlex GregoryPeter Huyck |- | Frasier | "The Ski Lodge" | Joe Keenan |- | Ally McBeal | "Theme of Life" | David E. Kelley |- | Ellen | "Emma" | Lawrence Broch |-