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class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer, producer, director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1954–2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Work as creator/executive producer of the NBC-TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Julia_(1968_TV_series)" title="Julia (1968 TV series)">Julia</a></i> as well as writer for numerous <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> broadcasts</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Doris Kanter (1941-2011) (his death, 3 children)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hal Kanter</b> (December 18, 1918 – November 6, 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American writer, producer and director, principally for comedy actors such as <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> (in <i><a href="/wiki/Loving_You_(1957_film)" title="Loving You (1957 film)">Loving You</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Hawaii" title="Blue Hawaii">Blue Hawaii</a></i>), for both feature films and television. Kanter helped <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> turn the play by Williams into the film version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_Tattoo" title="The Rose Tattoo">The Rose Tattoo</a></i>. He was regularly credited as a writer for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> broadcasts. Kanter was also the creator and executive producer of the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Julia_(1968_TV_series)" title="Julia (1968 TV series)">Julia</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hal_Kanter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kanter was born to a <a href="/wiki/American_Jews" title="American Jews">Jewish</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JTAObit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JTAObit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started his career peddling jokes to <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cantor" title="Eddie Cantor">Eddie Cantor</a> for his radio program. Kanter recalls, "I'd listen to his show and say, 'I can write jokes as funny as that,' so I walked from my rooming house to his show, and told the guard, 'Mr. Kanter is here to see Mr. Cantor, figuring he'd see me because of our names, although his real name was Iskowitch. I was seventeen years old and had the nerve of a burglar."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Kanter was not hired by Cantor, one of his writers, Hugh Wedlock Jr., paid Kanter $10 per week to write jokes. Wedlock would then resell Kanter's jokes to Cantor. Kanter stated, "So I became a ghostwriter to a ghostwriter."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>March 1941 joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> serving till the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in 1945. Kanter wrote, produced, and acted in <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Radio_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Forces Radio Service">Armed Forces Radio Service</a> shows aired over stations <a href="/wiki/KOA_(AM)" title="KOA (AM)">KOA (AM)</a>, <a href="/wiki/KLZ" title="KLZ">KLZ</a>, and other local stations in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. He built and ran radio stations in <a href="/wiki/Naval_Base_Eniwetok" title="Naval Base Eniwetok">Naval Base Eniwetok</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Base_Guam" title="Naval Base Guam">Naval Base Guam</a>; and served as a combat correspondent on <a href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>. </p><p>Kanter's autobiography, <i>So Far, So Funny: My Life in Show Business</i>, was published in 1999 by McFarland & Company, Inc., of Jefferson, North Carolina. The book chronicles his early life, his struggles in Hollywood during his early years, and his eventual success in show business in general and as a comedy writer in particular. </p><p>Kanter died at his home in Encino, California on November 6, 2011, at the age of 92. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hal_Kanter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Center_for_Film_and_Theater_Research" title="Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research">Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hal_Kanter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/la-me-hal-kanter-20111108,0,5700175.story">the original</a> on November 11, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Hal+Kanter+dies+at+92%3B+Emmy-winning+comedy+writer%2C+director&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftheenvelope.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fla-me-hal-kanter-20111108%2C0%2C5700175.story&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHal+Kanter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JTAObit-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JTAObit_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAbbey2011" class="citation web cs1">Abbey, Alan D. (November 17, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jta.org/2011/11/17/jewish-holidays/hanukkah/hollywood-writer-and-director-hal-kanter-dies-at-92">"Hollywood writer and director Hal Kanter dies at 92"</a>. <i>Jewish Telegraphic Agency</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Jewish+Telegraphic+Agency&rft.atitle=Hollywood+writer+and+director+Hal+Kanter+dies+at+92&rft.date=2011-11-17&rft.aulast=Abbey&rft.aufirst=Alan+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jta.org%2F2011%2F11%2F17%2Fjewish-holidays%2Fhanukkah%2Fhollywood-writer-and-director-hal-kanter-dies-at-92&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHal+Kanter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nachman, Gerald (1998). Raised on Radio, p. 41. Pantheon Books, New York. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/037540287X" title="Special:BookSources/037540287X">037540287X</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hal_Kanter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Young, Jordan R. (1999) <i>The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio & TV's Golden Age.</i> Beverly Hills: Past Times Publishing <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-940410-37-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-940410-37-0">0-940410-37-0</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hal_Kanter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437900/">Hal Kanter</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Allardice">James Allardice</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jack_Douglas_(writer)" title="Jack Douglas (writer)">Jack Douglas</a> & <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hal Kanter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Harry_Winkler_(writer)" title="Harry Winkler (writer)">Harry Winkler</a> for <i>The George Gobel Show</i> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Arnold_M._Auerbach" title="Arnold M. Auerbach">Arnold M. Auerbach</a> & <a href="/wiki/Barry_Blitzer" title="Barry Blitzer">Barry Blitzer</a> & Vincent Bogert & <a href="/wiki/Nat_Hiken" title="Nat Hiken">Nat Hiken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Jacoby" title="Coleman Jacoby">Coleman Jacoby</a> & Harvey Orkin & Arnold Rosen & <a href="/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(screenwriter)" title="Terry Ryan (screenwriter)">Terry Ryan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tony_Webster_(screenwriter)" title="Tony Webster (screenwriter)">Tony Webster</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phil_Silvers_Show" title="The Phil Silvers Show">The Phil Silvers Show</a></i></span> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap">Billy Friedberg & <a href="/wiki/Nat_Hiken" title="Nat Hiken">Nat Hiken</a> & <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Jacoby" title="Coleman Jacoby">Coleman Jacoby</a> & Arnold Rosen & A.J. Russell & <a href="/wiki/Terry_Ryan_(screenwriter)" title="Terry Ryan (screenwriter)">Terry Ryan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Phil_Sharp_(screenwriter)" title="Phil Sharp (screenwriter)">Phil Sharp</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tony_Webster_(screenwriter)" title="Tony Webster (screenwriter)">Tony Webster</a> & Sydney Zelinka for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Phil_Silvers_Show" title="The Phil Silvers Show">The Phil Silvers Show</a></i></span> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Balzer" title="George Balzer">George Balzer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Hal_Goldman" title="Hal Goldman">Hal Goldman</a> & Al Gordon & <a href="/wiki/Sam_Perrin" title="Sam Perrin">Sam Perrin</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jack_Benny_Program" title="The Jack Benny Program">The Jack Benny Show</a></i> (1959)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Balzer" title="George Balzer">George Balzer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Hal_Goldman" title="Hal Goldman">Hal Goldman</a> & Al Gordon & <a href="/wiki/Sam_Perrin" title="Sam Perrin">Sam Perrin</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jack_Benny_Program" title="The Jack Benny Program">The Jack Benny Show</a></i> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_O%27Brien_(actor)" title="Dave O'Brien (actor)">Dave O'Brien</a> & <a href="/wiki/Martin_Ragaway" title="Martin Ragaway">Martin Ragaway</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Schwartz" title="Sherwood Schwartz">Sherwood Schwartz</a> & <a href="/wiki/Al_Schwartz_(writer)" title="Al Schwartz (writer)">Al Schwartz</a> & <a href="/wiki/Red_Skelton" title="Red Skelton">Red Skelton</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Skelton_Show" title="The Red Skelton Show">The Red Skelton Show</a></i> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show" title="The Dick Van Dyke Show">The Dick Van Dyke Show</a></i> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show" title="The Dick Van Dyke Show">The Dick Van Dyke Show</a></i> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Denoff" title="Sam Denoff">Sam Denoff</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Persky" title="Bill Persky">Bill Persky</a> for "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Buck_Henry" title="Buck Henry">Buck Henry</a> & <a href="/wiki/Leonard_B._Stern" title="Leonard B. Stern">Leonard B. Stern</a> for "Ship of Spies: Parts 1 and 2" (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hayward" title="Chris Hayward">Chris Hayward</a> for "The Coming Out Party" (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> for "Support Your Local Mother" (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burt_Styler" title="Burt Styler">Burt Styler</a> for "Edith's Problem" (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kalcheim" title="Lee Kalcheim">Lee Kalcheim</a> & <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ross_(screenwriter)" title="Michael Ross (screenwriter)">Michael Ross</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bernie_West" title="Bernie West">Bernie West</a> for "The Bunkers and the Swingers" (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Treva_Silverman" title="Treva Silverman">Treva Silverman</a> for "The Lou and Edie Story" (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Daniels" title="Stan Daniels">Stan Daniels</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ed._Weinberger" title="Ed. Weinberger">Ed. Weinberger</a> for "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(writer)" title="David Lloyd (writer)">David Lloyd</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Chuckles_Bites_the_Dust" title="Chuckles Bites the Dust">Chuckles Bites the Dust</a>" (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> & <a href="/wiki/Stan_Daniels" title="Stan Daniels">Stan Daniels</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ellison" title="Bob Ellison">Bob Ellison</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(writer)" title="David Lloyd (writer)">David Lloyd</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ed._Weinberger" title="Ed. Weinberger">Ed. Weinberger</a> for "<a href="/wiki/The_Last_Show_(The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show)" title="The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)">The Last Show</a>"</span> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harve_Brosten" title="Harve Brosten">Harve Brosten</a> & <a href="/wiki/Barry_Harman" title="Barry Harman">Barry Harman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Schiller" title="Bob Schiller">Bob Schiller</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Weiskopf" title="Bob Weiskopf">Bob Weiskopf</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Cousin_Liz" title="Cousin Liz">Cousin Liz</a>" (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/R.J._Colleary" title="R.J. Colleary">R.J. Colleary</a> for "The Photographer" (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Leeson" title="Michael J. Leeson">Michael J. Leeson</a> for "Tony's Sister and Jim" (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Estin" title="Ken Estin">Ken Estin</a> for "Elegant Iggy" (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Glen_and_Les_Charles" title="Glen and Les Charles">Glen Charles and Les Charles</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Give_Me_a_Ring_Sometime" title="Give Me a Ring Sometime">Give Me a Ring Sometime</a>" (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Angell" title="David Angell">David Angell</a> for "Old Flames" (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed._Weinberger" title="Ed. Weinberger">Ed. Weinberger</a> & <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Leeson" title="Michael J. Leeson">Michael J. Leeson</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(The_Cosby_Show)" title="Pilot (The Cosby Show)">"Pilot" (<i>The Cosby Show</i>)</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Fanaro" title="Barry Fanaro">Barry Fanaro</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mort_Nathan" title="Mort Nathan">Mort Nathan</a> for "A Little Romance" (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_David_Goldberg" title="Gary David Goldberg">Gary David Goldberg</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alan_Uger" title="Alan Uger">Alan Uger</a> for "<a href="/wiki/A,_My_Name_is_Alex" title="A, My Name is Alex">A, My Name is Alex</a>" (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wilson_(director)" title="Hugh Wilson (director)">Hugh Wilson</a> for "The Bridge" (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Diane_English" title="Diane English">Diane English</a> for "Pilot" (<i>Murphy Brown</i>) (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brush" title="Bob Brush">Bob Brush</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Good-bye_(The_Wonder_Years)" title="Good-bye (The Wonder Years)">Good-bye</a>" (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Dontzig" title="Gary Dontzig">Gary Dontzig</a> & <a href="/wiki/Steven_Peterman" title="Steven Peterman">Steven Peterman</a> for "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Pope" title="Elaine Pope">Elaine Pope</a> & <a href="/wiki/Larry_Charles" title="Larry Charles">Larry Charles</a> for "<a href="/wiki/The_Fix-Up" title="The Fix-Up">The Fix-Up</a>" (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_David" title="Larry David">Larry David</a> for "<a href="/wiki/The_Contest" title="The Contest">The Contest</a>" (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Angell" title="David Angell">David Angell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Peter_Casey_(screenwriter)" title="Peter Casey (screenwriter)">Peter Casey</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Lee_(screenwriter)" title="David Lee (screenwriter)">David Lee</a> for "<a href="/wiki/The_Good_Son_(Frasier)" title="The Good Son (Frasier)">The Good Son</a>" (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Ranberg" title="Chuck Ranberg">Chuck Ranberg</a> & <a href="/wiki/Anne_Flett-Giordano" title="Anne Flett-Giordano">Anne Flett-Giordano</a> for "An Affair to Forget" (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Keenan_(writer)" title="Joe Keenan (writer)">Joe Keenan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd_(TV_producer)" title="Christopher Lloyd (TV producer)">Christopher Lloyd</a> & <a href="/wiki/Rob_Greenberg" title="Rob Greenberg">Rob Greenberg</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jack_Burditt" title="Jack Burditt">Jack Burditt</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Ranberg" title="Chuck Ranberg">Chuck Ranberg</a> & <a href="/wiki/Anne_Flett-Giordano" title="Anne Flett-Giordano">Anne Flett-Giordano</a> & <a href="/wiki/Linda_Morris" title="Linda Morris">Linda Morris</a> & <a href="/wiki/Vic_Rauseo" title="Vic Rauseo">Vic Rauseo</a> for "Moon Dance"</span> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mark_Driscoll_(screenwriter)" title="Mark Driscoll (screenwriter)">Mark Driscoll</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dava_Savel" title="Dava Savel">Dava Savel</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Newman" title="Tracy Newman">Tracy Newman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Stark_(actor)" title="Jonathan Stark (actor)">Jonathan Stark</a> for "<a href="/wiki/The_Puppy_Episode" title="The Puppy Episode">The Puppy Episode</a>"</span> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Tolan" title="Peter Tolan">Peter Tolan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Garry_Shandling" title="Garry Shandling">Garry Shandling</a> for "Flip" (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Kogen" title="Jay Kogen">Jay Kogen</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas,_Mrs._Moskowitz" title="Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz">Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz</a>" (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Linwood_Boomer" title="Linwood Boomer">Linwood Boomer</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(Malcolm_in_the_Middle)" title="Pilot (Malcolm in the Middle)">"Pilot" (<i>Malcolm in the Middle</i>)</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Reid_(screenwriter)" title="Alex Reid (screenwriter)">Alex Reid</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Bowling_(Malcolm_in_the_Middle)" title="Bowling (Malcolm in the Middle)">Bowling</a>" (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wilmore" title="Larry Wilmore">Larry Wilmore</a> for "Pilot" (<i>The Bernie Mac Show</i>) (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tucker_Cawley" title="Tucker Cawley">Tucker Cawley</a> for "Baggage" (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Hurwitz" title="Mitchell Hurwitz">Mitchell Hurwitz</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(Arrested_Development)" title="Pilot (Arrested Development)">"Pilot" (<i>Arrested Development</i>)</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Hurwitz" title="Mitchell Hurwitz">Mitchell Hurwitz</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jim_Vallely" title="Jim Vallely">Jim Vallely</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Righteous_Brothers_(Arrested_Development)" title="Righteous Brothers (Arrested Development)">Righteous Brothers</a>" (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Garcia_(producer)" title="Greg Garcia (producer)">Greg Garcia</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(My_Name_Is_Earl)" title="Pilot (My Name Is Earl)">"Pilot" (<i>My Name Is Earl</i>)</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Daniels" title="Greg Daniels">Greg Daniels</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Gay_Witch_Hunt" title="Gay Witch Hunt">Gay Witch Hunt</a>" (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tina_Fey" title="Tina Fey">Tina Fey</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Cooter_(30_Rock)" title="Cooter (30 Rock)">Cooter</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hubbard" title="Matt Hubbard">Matt Hubbard</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Reunion_(30_Rock)" title="Reunion (30 Rock)">Reunion</a>" (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Levitan" title="Steven Levitan">Steven Levitan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd_(TV_producer)" title="Christopher Lloyd (TV producer)">Christopher Lloyd</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(Modern_Family)" title="Pilot (Modern Family)">"Pilot" (<i>Modern Family</i>)</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Levitan" title="Steven Levitan">Steven Levitan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Richman" title="Jeffrey Richman">Jeffrey Richman</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Caught_in_the_Act_(Modern_Family)" title="Caught in the Act (Modern Family)">Caught in the Act</a>" (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Pregnant_(Louie)" title="Pregnant (Louie)">Pregnant</a>" (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tina_Fey" title="Tina Fey">Tina Fey</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Wigfield" title="Tracey Wigfield">Tracey Wigfield</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Last_Lunch" title="Last Lunch">Last Lunch</a>" (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> for "<a href="/wiki/So_Did_the_Fat_Lady" title="So Did the Fat Lady">So Did the Fat Lady</a>" (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Blackwell" title="Simon Blackwell">Simon Blackwell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Armando_Iannucci" title="Armando Iannucci">Armando Iannucci</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tony_Roche_(writer)" title="Tony Roche (writer)">Tony Roche</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Election_Night_(Veep)" title="Election Night (Veep)">Election Night</a>" (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Ansari" title="Aziz Ansari">Aziz Ansari</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alan_Yang" title="Alan Yang">Alan Yang</a> for "Parents" (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Ansari" title="Aziz Ansari">Aziz Ansari</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lena_Waithe" title="Lena Waithe">Lena Waithe</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Master_of_None)" title="Thanksgiving (Master of None)">Thanksgiving</a>" (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amy_Sherman-Palladino" title="Amy Sherman-Palladino">Amy Sherman-Palladino</a> for "Pilot" (<i>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</i>) (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Waller-Bridge" title="Phoebe Waller-Bridge">Phoebe Waller-Bridge</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Episode_1_(Fleabag_series_2)" title="Episode 1 (Fleabag series 2)">Episode 1</a>" (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Levy_(Canadian_actor)" title="Dan Levy (Canadian actor)">Dan Levy</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Happy_Ending_(Schitt%27s_Creek)" title="Happy Ending (Schitt's Creek)">Happy Ending</a>" (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Aniello" title="Lucia Aniello">Lucia Aniello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_W._Downs" title="Paul W. Downs">Paul W. Downs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jen_Statsky" title="Jen Statsky">Jen Statsky</a> for "<a href="/wiki/There_Is_No_Line" title="There Is No Line">There Is No Line</a>" (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Quinta_Brunson" title="Quinta Brunson">Quinta Brunson</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(Abbott_Elementary)" title="Pilot (Abbott Elementary)">"Pilot" (<i>Abbott Elementary</i>)</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Storer" title="Christopher Storer">Christopher Storer</a> for "System" (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Aniello" title="Lucia Aniello">Lucia Aniello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_W._Downs" title="Paul W. Downs">Paul W. Downs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jen_Statsky" title="Jen Statsky">Jen Statsky</a> for "Bulletproof" (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Variety_Series_(1990–1999)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #F9EFAA;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:EmmyAward_ComedyVarietyMusicWriting_1990s" title="Template:EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting 1990s"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:EmmyAward_ComedyVarietyMusicWriting_1990s" title="Template talk:EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting 1990s"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:EmmyAward_ComedyVarietyMusicWriting_1990s" title="Special:EditPage/Template:EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting 1990s"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Variety_Series_(1990–1999)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Variety_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series</a> (1990–1999)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Belson" title="Jerry Belson">Jerry Belson</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Flanagan" title="Marc Flanagan">Marc Flanagan</a>, Dinah Kirgo, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Kogen" title="Jay Kogen">Jay Kogen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Suzanne_Miller" title="Marilyn Suzanne Miller">Marilyn Suzanne Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heide_Perlman" title="Heide Perlman">Heide Perlman</a>, Ian Praiser, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Ullman" title="Tracey Ullman">Tracey Ullman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Wolodarsky" title="Wallace Wolodarsky">Wallace Wolodarsky</a> (1990, tie)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hal Kanter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buz_Kohan" title="Buz Kohan">Buz Kohan</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Steinberg" title="David Steinberg">David Steinberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Vilanch" title="Bruce Vilanch">Bruce Vilanch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wuhl" title="Robert Wuhl">Robert Wuhl</a> (1991)</li> <li>No award (1992)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judd_Apatow" title="Judd Apatow">Judd Apatow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cohen_(writer)" title="Robert Cohen (writer)">Robert Cohen</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Cross" title="David Cross">David Cross</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brent_Forrester" title="Brent Forrester">Brent Forrester</a>, Jeff Kahn, Bruce Kirschbaum, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Odenkirk" title="Bob Odenkirk">Bob Odenkirk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Pepper" title="Sultan Pepper">Sultan Pepper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dino_Stamatopoulos" title="Dino Stamatopoulos">Dino Stamatopoulos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Stiller" title="Ben Stiller">Ben Stiller</a> (1993)</li> <li>No award (1994)</li> <li>No award (1995) <br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Feldman_(comedian)" title="David Feldman (comedian)">David Feldman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Feldmann" title="Eddie Feldmann">Eddie Feldmann</a>, Mike Gandolfi, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hertz" title="Tom Hertz">Tom Hertz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leah_Krinsky" title="Leah Krinsky">Leah Krinsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Miller" title="Dennis Miller">Dennis Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Overton" title="Rick Overton">Rick Overton</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (1997) <br /></li> <li>Jose Arroyo, <a href="/wiki/David_Feldman_(comedian)" title="David Feldman (comedian)">David Feldman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Feldmann" title="Eddie Feldmann">Eddie Feldmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hanna_(writer)" title="Jim Hanna (writer)">Jim Hanna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leah_Krinsky" title="Leah Krinsky">Leah Krinsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Miller" title="Dennis Miller">Dennis Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_S._Weiss" title="David S. Weiss">David Weiss</a> (1998) <br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Agna" title="Tom Agna">Tom Agna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Chatman" title="Vernon Chatman">Vernon Chatman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lance_Crouther" title="Lance Crouther">Lance Crouther</a>, Gregory Greenberg, <a href="/wiki/Ali_LeRoi" title="Ali LeRoi">Ali LeRoi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_O%27Donnell_(writer)" title="Steve O'Donnell (writer)">Steve O'Donnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a>, Frank Sebastiano, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Sklar" title="Chuck Sklar">Chuck Sklar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Stilson" title="Jeff Stilson">Jeff Stilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes">Wanda Sykes</a> and Mike Upchurch (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #F9EFAA;;background: transparent; box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #F9EFAA;"><div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a 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title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_McGreevey" title="John McGreevey">John McGreevey</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Baker_(screenwriter)" title="Herbert Baker (screenwriter)">Herbert Baker</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Gay_(screenwriter)" title="John Gay (screenwriter)">John Gay</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Arnold" title="Danny Arnold">Danny Arnold</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Levinson" title="Richard Levinson">Richard Levinson</a> & <a href="/wiki/William_Link" title="William Link">William Link</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Rose" title="Reginald Rose">Reginald Rose</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Schiller" title="Bob Schiller">Bob Schiller</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Weiskopf" title="Bob Weiskopf">Bob Weiskopf</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hal Kanter</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Shaw_(writer)" title="David Shaw (writer)">David Shaw</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carol_Sobieski" title="Carol Sobieski">Carol Sobieski</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Madelyn_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Madelyn Davis">Madelyn Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Carroll,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Carroll, Jr.">Bob Carroll, Jr.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jess_Oppenheimer" title="Jess Oppenheimer">Jess Oppenheimer</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Henning" title="Paul Henning">Paul Henning</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">David W. Rintels (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Milch" title="David Milch">David Milch</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Monash" title="Paul Monash">Paul Monash</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(writer)" title="David Lloyd (writer)">David Lloyd</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Glen_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Glen Charles">Glen Charles</a> & <a href="/wiki/Les_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Charles">Les Charles</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_E._Kelley" title="David E. Kelley">David E. Kelley</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Loring_Mandel" title="Loring Mandel">Loring Mandel</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Harris" title="Susan Harris">Susan Harris</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_J._Cannell" title="Stephen J. Cannell">Stephen J. Cannell</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wells_(TV_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wells (TV producer)">John Wells</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Chase" title="David Chase">David Chase</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Blinn" title="William Blinn">William Blinn</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_David" title="Larry David">Larry David</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Diane_English" title="Diane English">Diane English</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Herskovitz" title="Marshall Herskovitz">Marshall Herskovitz</a> & <a href="/wiki/Edward_Zwick" title="Edward Zwick">Edward Zwick</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Brand" title="Joshua Brand">Joshua Brand</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Falsey" title="John Falsey">John Falsey</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall">Garry Marshall</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shonda_Rhimes" title="Shonda Rhimes">Shonda Rhimes</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marta_Kauffman" title="Marta Kauffman">Marta Kauffman</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Crane_(producer)" title="David Crane (producer)">David Crane</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin" title="Aaron Sorkin">Aaron Sorkin</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Alison Cross (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jenji_Kohan" title="Jenji Kohan">Jenji Kohan</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Merrill_Markoe" title="Merrill Markoe">Merrill Markoe</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Lee_Bowser" title="Yvette Lee Bowser">Yvette Lee Bowser</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Valentine_Davies_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #ABCDEF"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Template:Valentine Davies Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Template talk:Valentine Davies Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Valentine Davies Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Valentine_Davies_Award" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Valentine Davies Award">Valentine Davies Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary_C._McCall_Jr." title="Mary C. McCall Jr.">Mary C. McCall Jr.</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Allen Rivkin (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Morgan Cox (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_R._Webb_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James R. Webb (writer)">James R. Webb</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Spigelgass" title="Leonard Spigelgass">Leonard Spigelgass</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_H._North" title="Edmund H. North">Edmund H. North</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Seaton" title="George Seaton">George Seaton</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dore_Schary" title="Dore Schary">Dore Schary</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Murphy_(screenwriter)" title="Richard Murphy (screenwriter)">Richard Murphy</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Taradash" title="Daniel Taradash">Dan Taradash</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Blankfort" title="Michael Blankfort">Michael Blankfort</a> & <a href="/wiki/Norman_Corwin" title="Norman Corwin">Norman Corwin</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Ludwig_(screenwriter)" title="William Ludwig (screenwriter)">William Ludwig</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a> & <a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunne_(writer)" title="Philip Dunne (writer)">Philip Dunne</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fay_Kanin" title="Fay Kanin">Fay Kanin</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Miller" title="Winston Miller">Winston Miller</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Foreman" title="Carl Foreman">Carl Foreman</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">David W. Rintels (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Arthur Orloff (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Mort R. Lewis (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hal Kanter</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Lawrence" title="Jerome Lawrence">Jerome Lawrence</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert E. Lee (writer)">Robert E. Lee</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Champlin" title="Charles Champlin">Charles Champlin</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ronald Austin (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Froug" title="William Froug">William Froug</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Lois Peyser (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kanin" title="Michael Kanin">Michael Kanin</a> & <a href="/wiki/Garson_Kanin" title="Garson Kanin">Garson Kanin</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Furia_Jr." title="John Furia Jr.">John Furia Jr.</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">Frank Pierson</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/True_Boardman" title="True Boardman">True Boardman</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Alden_Robinson" title="Phil Alden Robinson">Phil Alden Robinson</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall">Garry Marshall</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Farrell" title="Mike Farrell">Mike Farrell</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Jonathan Estrin & Shelley List (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_David_Goldberg" title="Gary David Goldberg">Gary David Goldberg</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Kemp_(TV_producer)" title="Barry Kemp (TV producer)">Barry Kemp</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Schulman" title="Tom Schulman">Tom Schulman</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Riskin" title="Victoria Riskin">Victoria Riskin</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Not presented (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Seth Freeman & <a href="/wiki/Susannah_Grant" title="Susannah Grant">Susannah Grant</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Rosenthal" title="Philip Rosenthal">Philip Rosenthal</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Not presented (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_August" title="John August">John August</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Curtis" title="Richard Curtis">Richard Curtis</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Lance_Black" title="Dustin Lance Black">Dustin Lance Black</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Not presented (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Falchuk" title="Brad Falchuk">Brad Falchuk</a> (2020)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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