The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series is an Emmy presented to the best performance by a lead actor in a television comedy series. Beginning with the 18th Emmys, leading actors in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below.
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Award winners and nominations
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Total awards by network
- NBC – 26
- CBS – 19
- ABC – 11
- USA – 3
- HBO – 1
- Amazon – 1
Multiple winsMultiple nominations
- 11 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
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- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
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- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
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- Notes
See also
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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1976–2000 |
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2001–present |
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Programs |
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Performance |
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Directing |
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Writing |
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Animation |
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Casting |
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Choreography |
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Cinematography |
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Commercials |
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Costume Design |
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Hairstyling |
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Lighting |
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Main Title / Motion Design |
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Makeup |
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Music |
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Picture Editing |
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Production Design |
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Sound Editing |
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Sound Mixing |
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Special Effects |
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Stunts |
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Technical Direction |
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Engineering |
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Retired |
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