| YR | Comedy Emmy | Drama Emmy | Best Actor | Best Actress | Highest Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Alan Young Show | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Alan Young
|
Gertrude Berg | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts |
| 1952 | Red Skeleton Show | Studio One | Sid Caesar | Imogene Coca | I Love Lucy |
| 1953 | I Love Lucy | Robert Montgomery Presents | Thomas Mitchell | Helen Hayes | I Love Lucy |
| 1954 | I Love Lucy | US Steel Hour | Donald O'Connor | Eve Arden | I Love Lucy |
| 1955 | Make Room for Daddy | US Steel Hour | Danny Thomas | Loretta Young | $64,000 Question |
| 1956 | Phil Silvers Show | Producers' Showcase | Phil Silvers | Lucille Ball | I Love Lucy |
| 1957 | Phil Silvers Show | Caesar's Hour | Sid Caesar | Nanette Fabray | Gunsmoke |
| 1958 | Phil Silvers Show | Gunsmoke | Robert Young | Jane Wyatt | Gunsmoke |
| 1959 | Jack Benny Show | Playhouse 90 | Raymond Burr | Loretta Young | Gunsmoke |
| 1960 | Art Carney Special | Playhouse 90 | Robert Stack | Jane Wyatt | Gunsmoke |
| 1961 | Jack Benny Show | Macbeth | Raymond Burr | Barbara Stanwyck | Wagon Train |
| 1962 | Bob Newhart Show | The Defenders | E.G. Marshall | Shirley Booth | Beverly Hillbillies |
| 1963 | Dick Van Dyke Show | The Defenders | E.G. Marshall | Shirley Booth | Beverly Hillbillies |
| 1964 | Dick Van Dyke Show | The Defenders | Dick Van Dyke | Mary Tyler Moore | Bonanza |
| 1965 | Dick Van Dyke Show | Magnificent Yankee | Dick Van Dyke | Lynn Fontanne | Bonanza |
| 1966 | Dick Van Dyke Show | The Fugitive | Dick Van Dyke | Mary Tyler Moore | Bonanza |
| 1967 | The Monkees | Mission: Impossible | Bill Cosby | Lucille Ball | Andy Griffith Show |
| 1968 | Get Smart | Mission: Impossible | Don Adams | Barbara Bain | Laugh-In |
| 1969 | Get Smart | NET Playhouse | Carl Betz | Hope Lange | Laugh-In |
| 1970 | My World & Welcome To It | Marcus Welby, MD | Robert Young | Susan Hampshire | Marcus Welby, MD |
| 1971 | All in the Family | The Bold Ones | Jack Klugman | Jean Stapleton | All in the Family |
| 1972 | All in the Family | Elizabeth R | Carroll O'Connor | Jean Stapleton | All in the Family |
| 1973 | All in the Family | The Waltons | Richard Thomas | Michael Learned | All in the Family |
| 1974` | M*A*S*H* | Upstairs, Downstairs | Alan Alda | Mary Tyler Moore | All in the Family |
| 1975 | Mary Tyler Moore Show | Upstairs, Downstairs | Tony Randall | Valerie Harper | All in the Family |
| 1976 | Mary Tyler Moore Show | Police Story | Peter Falk | Mary Tyler Moore | Happy Days |
| 1977 | Mary Tyler Moore Show | Upstairs, Downstairs | James Garner | Beatrice Arthur | Laverne & Shirley |
| 1978 | All in the Family | Rockford Files | Ed Asner | Sada Thompson | Laverne & Shirley |
| 1979 | Taxi | Lou Grant | Carroll O'Connor | Mariette Hartley | 60 Minutes |
| 1980 | Taxi | Lou Grant | Richard Mulligan | Barbara Bel Geddes | Dallas |
| 1981 | Taxi | Hill Street Blues | Daniel J Travanti | Isabel Sanford | Dallas |
| 1982 | Barney Miller | Hill Street Blues | Alan Alda | Carol Kane | 60 Minutes |
| 1983 | Cheers | Hill Street Blues | Judd Hirsch | Shelley Long | Dallas |
| 1984 | Cheers | Hill Street Blues | John Ritter | Tyne Daly | Dynasty |
| 1985 | Cosby Show | Cagney & Lacey | Robert Guillaume | Jane Curtin | Cosby Show |
| 1986 | Golden Girls | Cagney & Lacey | Michael J. Fox | Betty White | Cosby Show |
| 1987 | Golden Girls | LA Law | Bruce Willis | Sharon Gless | Cosby Show |
| 1988 | Wonder Years | thirtysomething | Michael J. Fox | Beatrice Arthur | Cosby Show |
| 1989 | Cheers | LA Law | Richard Mulligan | Candice Bergen | Roseanne |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | LA Law | Ted Danson | Candice Bergen | Roseanne |
| 1991 | Cheers | LA Law | Kelsey Grammer | Kirstie Alley | Cheers |
| 1992 | Murphy Brown | Northern Exposure | Kelsey Grammer | Candice Bergen | 60 Minutes |
| 1993 | Seinfeld | Picket Fences | John Lithgow | Roseanne Arnold | 60 Minutes |
| 1994 | Frasier | Picket Fences | John Lithgow | Candice Bergen | Home Improvement |
| 1995 | Frasier | NYPD Blue | Kelsey Grammer | Candice Bergen | Seinfeld |
