Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First award | 1970 |
| Currently held by | The Boys, "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" (2025) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It is awarded to the best original song or score created specifically for a television program.
The award has gone by several names:
- Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material (1970–1973)
- Best Song or Theme (1974)
- Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material (1975–1978)
- Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1981–1991)
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1992–1995)
- Outstanding Music and Lyrics (1996–2005)
- Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (2006–present)
Winners and nominations
[edit]1970s
[edit]| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 [1] |
Love, American Style |
|
ABC | |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Carol Channing") |
Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||
| Spoon River |
|
CBS | ||
| 1971 [2] |
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| The Dean Martin Show | Lee Hale (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||
| The Name of the Game |
| |||
| Pure Goldie | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1972 [3] |
The Funny Side ("The Funny Side of Marriage") |
Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Liza Minnelli") |
Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | CBS | ||
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1973 [4] |
Liza with a Z |
|
NBC | |
| The Marcus-Nelson Murders (The CBS Thursday Night Movie) |
"Don't Give Me a Road I Can't Walk" |
|
CBS | |
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("Lyle Waggoner & Jean Stapleton") |
"The Gloria Majestic Story" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ||
| 1974 [5] |
Ironside ("Once More For Joey") |
"Light My Way" |
|
NBC |
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | "The Love That Lights Our Way" | Fred Karlin (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| Kojak | Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1975 [6] |
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom |
|
CBS | |
| Cher ("Bette Midler, Flip Wilson & Elton John") |
|
CBS | ||
| Chico and the Man | Theme |
|
NBC | |
| Police Woman | Theme | Morton Stevens (music & lyrics) | ||
| Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now |
|
CBS | ||
| 1976 [7] |
The Carol Burnett Show ("The Pointer Sisters") |
"Cinderella Gets It On!" |
|
CBS |
| Gypsy in My Soul |
|
CBS | ||
| 1977 [8] [note 1] |
America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | Larry Grossman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| An Evening with Diana Ross |
|
NBC | ||
| How the West Was Won | Theme | Jerrold Immel (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Minstrel Man | "Early in the Morning" |
|
CBS | |
| Police Woman ("Killer Cowboys") |
"Leave Me Tomorrow" |
|
NBC | |
| 1978 | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material[9] | |||
| The Carol Burnett Show ("Steve Lawrence") |
"Hi-Hat" |
|
CBS | |
| The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | "See You Tomorrow in Class" |
|
ABC | |
| Donny & Marie ("Ray Bolger") |
"Leading Lady" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Poldark (Masterpiece Theatre) | Theme | Kenyon Emrys-Roberts (music & lyrics) | PBS | |
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | "Until the Music Ends" |
|
NBC | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events - Individuals[10][note 2] | ||||
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | "Look How Far We've Come" |
|
ABC | |
1980s
[edit]| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events[11][note 3] | |||
| The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | "Dancin' on the Silver Screen" |
|
ABC | |
| 1981 [12] |
Linda in Wonderland | "This Is My Night" |
|
CBS |
| All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special | "Truman Capote Jeans" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land | "The City of Tradition" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Homeward Bound | "Home" |
|
CBS | |
| The Way They Were | "In the Beginning" |
|
Syndicated | |
| 1982 [13] |
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | "On the Outside Looking In" |
|
CBS |
| Advice to the Lovelorn | "If This is Love" |
|
NBC | |
| The Gift of Life | "Just a Little More Love" |
|
CBS | |
| The Greatest American Hero ("Dreams") |
"Dreams" | Stephen Geyer (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Night of 100 Stars | "What's Your Line?" | Kohan (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Walt Disney... One Man's Dream | "Marceline" |
|
CBS | |
| 1983 [14] |
Two of a Kind (GE Theater) | "We'll Win This World" |
|
CBS |
| The 55th Annual Academy Awards | "And It All Comes Down to This" |
|
ABC | |
| Bare Essence | "In Finding You, I Found Love" |
|
CBS | |
| Cheers ("Give Me a Ring Sometime") |
"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" |
|
NBC | |
| Happy Endings | Theme Song |
|
CBS | |
| Quincy, M.E. ("Quincy's Wedding, Part 2") |
"Quincy's Wedding Song" |
|
NBC | |
| Suzanne Somers... and 10,000 G.I.'s | "We're Not So Dumb" |
|
CBS | |
| 1984 [15] |
Here's Television Entertainment | "Gone Too Soon" |
|
NBC |
| Burnett Discovers Domingo | "No Time Now" |
|
CBS | |
| Fame ("Break Dance") |
"I Still Believe In Me" |
|
Syndicated | |
| Fame ("Catch a Falling Star") |
"Whatever Happened to the Heroes?" |
| ||
| Two Marriages | "Home Here" |
|
ABC | |
| 1985 [16] |
Love Lives On | "Wildflower" & "Lullaby" |
|
NBC |
| Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration | "Thank You (For Thirty Happy Years)" |
|
NBC | |
| Moonlighting ("Pilot") |
"Moonlighting" |
|
ABC | |
| Motown Returns to the Apollo | "Tall, Tan, and Teasing" |
|
NBC | |
| 1986 [17] |
Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa | "My Christmas Wish" |
|
NBC |
| All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan | "America Is Changing Back to What She Used to Be" |
|
CBS | |
| America Picks the #1 Song | "Take It to the People" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Growing Pains | "As Long As We Got Each Other" |
| ||
| The Third Annual NBC All-Star Hour | "One Big Happy Family" |
|
NBC | |
| The 12th People's Choice Awards | "The People's Choice" | Brown (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| 1987 [18] |
Liberty Weekend: Opening Ceremonies | "Welcome to Liberty" |
|
ABC |
| The 59th Annual Academy Awards | "Sing Me the Song, the Song from the Movie" |
|
ABC | |
| Jack and Mike ("Fire and Ice") |
"This Love's for Real" | Nan Schwartz (music & lyrics) | ||
| Liberty Weekend: Closing Ceremonies | "Liberty! Remember, Rejoice, Renew" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ||
| 1988 [19] |
Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas | "The Sound of Christmas" |
|
ABC |
| Growing Pains ("Aloha") |
"Swept Away" |
|
ABC | |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | "Comedy Ain't No Joke" |
|
NBC | |
| NBC Investigates Bob Hope | "A Man Is Innocent/Until Proven Guilty" |
| ||
| 1989 [20] |
Beauty and the Beast ("A Distant Shore") |
"The First Time I Loved Forever" |
|
CBS |
| Dadah Is Death ("Part 1") |
"In The Light of Our Love" |
|
CBS | |
| Roseanne ("Radio Days") |
"I'll Never Change My Mind" |
|
ABC | |
| Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting | "Look Through the Window" | Joe Raposo (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Shining Time Station ("A Place Unlike Any Other") |
"Start Where You Are" |
|
PBS | |
1990s
[edit]| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 [21] |
From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival |
|
NBC | |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | ""I'll Be the One" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration | "You Were There" |
|
ABC | |
| Twin Peaks ("Episode 5") |
"Into the Night" |
| ||
| 1991 [22] |
Cop Rock ("Pilot") |
"He's Guilty!" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| Cop Rock ("Oil of Ol'Lay") |
"Nowhere to Go, Nothin' to Do" |
|
ABC | |
| Life Goes On ("Corky's Travels") |
"Bittersweet Waltz" |
| ||
| The Lost Capone | "I Didn't Hear You" |
|
TNT | |
| Matlock ("The Critic") |
"Love and Justice" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| 1992 [23] |
Cast a Deadly Spell | "Why Do I Lie?" |
|
HBO |
| The Carol Burnett Show ("404") |
"Rock Out of That Rockin' Chair" |
|
CBS | |
| A Salute to America's Pets | "Love Without Strings" |
|
ABC | |
| The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards | "We Have Come to Learn" |
|
Disney | |
| 1993 [24] |
Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall | "Sorry I Asked" |
|
NPT |
| Blind Spot | "Good Things Grow" |
|
CBS | |
| Bob Hope: The First 90 Years | "Where There's Life, There's Hope" |
|
NBC | |
| The Heights | "How Do You Talk to an Angel" |
|
Fox | |
| I'll Fly Away | "State Until You Come Home" | Stephen James Taylor | NBC | |
| 1994 [25] |
Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When | "The Song Remembers When" | Hugh Prestwood (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| Carol Burnett: The Special Years | "One Lucky Lady" |
|
CBS | |
| The Corpse Had a Familiar Face | "Something Is Out There" |
| ||
| Murder, She Wrote ("A Death in Hong Kong") |
"The Game's Not the Same" |
| ||
| The Simpsons ("Homer and Apu") |
"Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" |
|
Fox | |
| The Tony Awards | "Celebrate Broadway" |
|
CBS | |
| 1995 [26] |
Barbra Streisand: The Concert | "Ordinary Miracles" |
|
HBO |
| Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | "All the Days aka Rooftop Source" | Nan Schwartz Mishkin (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| Robbie Robertson: Going Home | "Pray" | Robbie Robertson (music & lyrics) | Disney | |
| A Season of Hope | "For a Love Like You" |
|
CBS | |
| The Simpsons ("Homer the Great") |
"We Do (The Stonecutters Song)" |
|
Fox | |
| 1996 [27] |
Bye Bye Birdie | "Let's Settle Down" |
|
ABC |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | "The Perfect Tree" |
|
CBS | |
| People: A Musical Celebration | "Children of the World" |
|
Disney | |
| The Simpsons ("Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part 2") |
"Señor Burns" |
|
Fox | |
| The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | "Come on In" |
|
Disney | |
| 1997 [28] |
The Simpsons ("Bart After Dark") |
"We Put the Spring in Springfield" |
|
Fox |
| Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh | "I Wanna Scare Myself" |
|
CBS | |
| Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies | "The Power of the Dream" |
|
NBC | |
| "Faster, Higher, Stronger" |
| |||
| Mrs. Santa Claus | "Mrs. Santa Claus" | Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| 1998 [29] |
The Simpsons ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson") |
"You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)" |
|
Fox |
| The Closer ("Baby, It's Cold Outside") |
"You Don't Know Jack" |
|
CBS | |
| Mr. Show with Bob and David ("Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice") |
"How High the Mountain" |
|
HBO | |
| Xena: Warrior Princess ("The Bitter Suite") |
"Hearts Are Hurting" |
|
Syndicated | |
| "The Love of Your Love" | LoDuca (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1999 [30] |
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | "A Ticket to Dream" |
|
CBS |
| Home Improvement ("The Long and Winding Road (Part 2)") |
"We've Got It All" | Dan Foliart (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular ("Episode 118") |
"Freedom Dot Com" |
|
FX | |
| Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | "Places in the Heart" |
|
ABC | |
| You Lucky Dog | "Togetherness" |
|
Disney |
2000s
[edit]| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [31] |
Nickellennium | "Up to You" | John Kimbrough (music & lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards | "My Bill Gates" |
|
ABC | |
| AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars | "Without You" |
|
CBS | |
| Family Guy ("Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater") |
"We Only Live to Kiss Your Ass" |
|
Fox | |
| Freedom Song | "Song of Freedom" | Carole King (music & lyrics) | TNT | |
| 2001 [32] |
Yesterday's Children | "A Dream That Only I Can Know" | Patrick Williams (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | "On the Way to Becoming Me" |
|
Fox | |
| Dancing in September | "Welcome Back (All My Soulmates)" |
|
HBO | |
| Gary & Mike ("New York, New York") |
"Mole Folks Song" |
|
UPN | |
| Robert Klein: Child in His 50s | "Colonoscopy" |
|
HBO | |
| 2002 [33] |
Family Guy ("Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows") |
"You've Got a Lot to See" |
|
Fox |
| The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers | "A Mackie Rag" |
Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) |
CBS | |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Christmas Every Day") |
"I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas" |
|
Nickelodeon | |
| Judging Amy ("Beating the Bounds") |
"The Best Kind of Answer" | Peter Himmelman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| The Simpsons ("The Old Man and the Key") |
"Ode to Branson" |
|
Fox | |
| 2003 [34] |
The Concert for World Children's Day | "Aren't They All Our Children" |
|
ABC |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Love Struck!") |
"It's Great to Be a Guy" |
|
Nickelodeon | |
| "What Girls Love" |
| |||
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | "Everyone Matters" |
|
NBC | |
| The Simpsons ("Dude, Where's My Ranch?") |
"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" |
|
Fox | |
| 2004 [35] |
Until the Violence Stops | "Because You Are Beautiful" |
|
Lifetime |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Abra-Catastrophe") |
"Wish Come True!" |
|
Nickelodeon | |
| Futurama ("The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings") |
"I Want My Hands Back" | Ken Keeler (music & lyrics) | Fox | |
| Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On | "The Street We Live On" |
|
PBS | |
| The Simpsons ("The President Wore Pearls") |
"A Vote for a Winner" |
|
Fox | |
| 2005 [36] |
Reefer Madness | "Mary Jane/Mary Lane" |
|
Showtime |
| Malcolm in the Middle ("Dewey's Opera") |
"The Marriage Bed" |
|
Fox | |
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | "When I'm with You" |
|
ABC | |
| The Simpsons ("A Star Is Torn") |
"Always My Dad" |
|
Fox | |
| Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America | "The Tears of the Angels" | Michael Bolton (music & lyrics) | Lifetime | |
| 2006 [37] |
MADtv ("Episode 1111") |
"A Wonderfully Normal Day" |
|
Fox |
| Gideon's Daughter | "Natasha's Song" |
|
BBC America | |
| High School Musical | "Breaking Free" | Jamie Houston (music & lyrics) | Disney | |
| "Get'cha Head in the Game" |
| |||
| Once Upon a Mattress | "That Baby of Mine" |
|
ABC | |
| 2007 [38] |
Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") |
"Dick in a Box" |
|
NBC |
| Family Guy ("Peter's Two Dads") |
"My Drunken Irish Dad" |
|
Fox | |
| MADtv ("Episode 1209") |
"Merry Ex-Mas" |
| ||
| Scrubs ("My Musical") |
"Everything Comes Down to Poo" |
|
NBC | |
| "Guy Love" |
Paul F. Perry (music) | |||
| 2008 [39] |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("The 5th Year Anniversary Show") |
"I'm Fucking Matt Damon" |
|
ABC |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Bret Gives Up the Dream") |
"Inner City Pressure" |
|
HBO | |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Sally") |
"The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" |
| ||
| MADtv ("Episode 1305") |
"Sad Fitty Cent" |
|
Fox | |
| Phineas and Ferb ("Dude, We're Gettin' the Band Back Together!") |
"I Ain't Got Rhythm" |
|
Disney | |
| 2009 [40] |
The 81st Annual Academy Awards | "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" |
|
ABC |
| A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In" |
|
Comedy Central | |
| The 2008 ESPY Awards | "I Love Sports" |
|
ESPN | |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Unnatural Love") |
"Carol Brown" |
|
HBO | |
| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus" | Paul Williams (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") |
"Motherlover" |
|
NBC |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [41] |
Monk ("Mr. Monk and the End, Part 2") |
"When I'm Gone" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | USA |
| Family Guy ("Extra Large Medium") |
"Down's Syndrome Girl" |
|
Fox | |
| How I Met Your Mother ("Girls Versus Suits") |
"Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" |
|
CBS | |
| Rescue Me ("Disease") |
"How Lovely to Be a Vegetable" |
|
FX | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Blake Lively") |
"Shy Ronnie" |
|
NBC | |
| Treme ("I'll Fly Away") |
"This City" | Steve Earle (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| 2011 [42] |
Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") |
"Justin Timberlake Monologue" |
|
NBC |
| Family Guy ("Road to the North Pole") |
"Christmastime Is Killing Us" |
|
Fox | |
| Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced | "An American Prayer – Hymn II?" |
|
HBO | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jeff Bridges") |
"I Just Had Sex" |
|
NBC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Tina Fey") |
"Jack Sparrow" |
| ||
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") |
"3-Way (The Golden Rule)" |
| ||
| 2012 [43] |
The 65th Annual Tony Awards | "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" |
|
CBS |
| The Heart of Christmas | "The Heart of Christmas" | Matthew West (music & lyrics) | GMC | |
| Raising Hope ("Prodigy") |
"Welcome Back to Hope" | Matthew W. Thompson (music & lyrics) | Fox | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jason Segel") |
"I Can't Believe I'm Hosting" |
|
NBC | |
| Smash ("Pilot") |
"Let Me Be Your Star" |
|
NBC | |
| 2013 [44] |
The 66th Annual Tony Awards | "If I Had Time" |
|
CBS |
| 30 Rock ("Last Lunch") |
"Rural Juror" |
|
NBC | |
| Nashville ("I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive") |
"Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" |
|
ABC | |
| The Neighbors ("Sing Like a Larry Bird") |
"More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" |
| ||
| Smash ("The Bells and Whistles") |
"I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" | Andrew McMahon (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Smash ("The Parents") |
"Hang the Moon" |
| ||
| 2014 [45] |
The 67th Annual Tony Awards | "Bigger!" |
|
CBS |
| A Christmas Carol – The Concert | "No Trouble" |
|
PBS | |
| Key & Peele ("Substitute Teacher #3") |
"Les Mis" |
|
Comedy Central | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jimmy Fallon") |
"Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)" |
|
NBC | |
| Sofia the First: The Floating Palace | "Merroway Cove" |
|
Disney | |
| Sons of Anarchy ("A Mother's Work") |
"Day Is Gone" |
|
FX | |
| 2015 [46] |
Inside Amy Schumer ("Cool with It") |
"Girl You Don't Need Make Up" |
|
Comedy Central |
| The Comedians ("Celebrity Guest") |
"Kiss an Old Man" |
|
FX | |
| Glee ("Dreams Come True") |
"This Time" |
|
Fox | |
| How Murray Saved Christmas | "You Gotta Believe" |
|
NBC | |
| The Oscars | "Moving Pictures" |
|
ABC | |
| Sons of Anarchy ("Papa's Goods") |
"Come Join the Murder" |
|
FX | |
| 2016 [47] | ||||
| The Hunting Ground | "Til It Happens to You" |
|
CNN | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I'm Going on a Date with Josh's Friend!") |
"Settle for Me" |
|
The CW | |
| Empire ("A Rose by Any Other Name") |
"Good People" |
|
Fox | |
| Galavant ("A New Season aka Suck It Cancellation Bear") |
"A New Season" |
|
ABC | |
| Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special | "Frozen Lullaby" |
|
Vimeo | |
| 2017 [48] | ||||
| 13th | "Letter to the Free" |
|
Netflix | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("When Will Josh And His Friend Leave Me Alone?") |
"We Tapped That Ass" |
|
The CW | |
| Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special | "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling" |
|
Disney | |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("Jessica Chastain/Willie Nelson/Hunter Hayes") |
"The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)" |
|
ABC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Casey Affleck") |
"Last Christmas" |
|
NBC | |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ("Kimmy’s Roommate Lemonades!") |
"Hell No" |
|
Netflix | |
| 2018 [49] | ||||
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Chance the Rapper") |
"Come Back Barack" |
|
NBC | |
| Big Mouth ("Am I Gay?") |
"Totally Gay" |
|
Netflix | |
| A Christmas Story Live! | "In the Market for a Miracle" |
|
Fox | |
| The Good Fight ("Day 450") |
"High Crimes and Misdemeanors" |
|
CBS All Access | |
| If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | "Just Getting Started" |
|
HBO | |
| Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life | "The Buddy Song" |
|
Netflix | |
| 2019 [50] | ||||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I Have To Get Out") |
"Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" |
|
The CW | |
| Documentary Now! ("Original Cast Album: Co-op") |
"Holiday Party (I Did a Little Cocaine Tonight)" |
|
IFC | |
| Flight of the Conchords: Live in London | "Father & Son" |
|
HBO | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: James McAvoy") |
"The Upper East Side" |
|
NBC | |
| Song of Parkland | "Beautiful Things Can Grow" |
|
HBO | |
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | "This One's for You" |
|
CBS |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [51] | ||||
| Euphoria ("And Salt the Earth Behind You") |
"All for Us" | Labrinth (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| The Black Godfather | "Letter to My Godfather" | Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ("Episode 629") |
"Eat Shit, Bob" | David Dabbon (music) Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss & Seena Vali (lyrics) |
HBO | |
| Little Fires Everywhere ("Find a Way") |
"Build It Up" | Ingrid Michaelson (music & lyrics) | Hulu | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Strike Up the Band") |
"One Less Angel" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| This Is Us ("Strangers") |
"Memorized" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Watchmen ("This Extraordinary Being") |
"The Way It Used to Be" | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| 2021 [52] | ||||
| WandaVision ("Breaking the Fourth Wall") |
"Agatha All Along" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) | Disney+ | |
| Bo Burnham: Inside | "Comedy" | Bo Burnham (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| The Boys ("The Big Ride") |
"Never Truly Vanish" | Christopher Lennertz (music) Lennertz & Michael Saltzman (lyrics) |
Prime Video | |
| The Queen's Gambit ("Adjournment") |
"I Can't Remember Love" | Anna Hauss & Robert Weinröder (music) William Horberg (lyrics) |
Netflix | |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives | "The End Titles" | Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics) | YouTube | |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist ("Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday") |
"Crimson Love" | Andrew Hey & Harvey Mason Jr. (music) Lindsey Rosin & Austin Winsberg (lyrics) |
NBC | |
| 2022 [53] | ||||
| Schmigadoon! ("Schmigadoon!") |
"Corn Puddin'" | Cinco Paul (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Euphoria ("You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can") |
"I'm Tired" | Labrinth (music) Sam Levinson & Zendaya (lyrics) |
HBO | |
| Euphoria ("All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name") |
"Elliot's Song" | Labrinth (music) Muz & Zendaya (lyrics) | ||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("How to Chew Quietly and Influence People") |
"Maybe Monica" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| This Is Us ("Day of the Wedding") |
"The Forever Now" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| 2023 [54] | ||||
| Ted Lasso ("So Long, Farewell") |
"A Beautiful Game" | Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance & Max Martin (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Ginny & Georgia ("Hark! Darkness Descends!") |
"Marriage Is a Dungeon" | Lili Haydn & Ben Bromfield (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| The L Word: Generation Q ("Questions for the Universe") |
"All About Me" | Heather McIntosh, Taura Stinson & Allyson Newman (music & lyrics) | Showtime | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Susan") |
"Your Personal Trash Man Can" | Curtis Moore & Thomas Mizer (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| Ted Lasso ("Mom City") |
"Fought & Lost" | Tom Howe, Jamie Hartman & Sam Ryder (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | "Now You Know" | "Weird Al" Yankovic (music & lyrics) | The Roku Channel | |
| 2024 [55] | ||||
| Only Murders in the Building ("Sitzprobe") |
"Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrics) | Hulu | |
| Girls5eva ("New York") |
"The Medium Time" | Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Maya Rudolph") |
"Maya Rudolph Mother's Day Monologue" | Eli Brueggemann (music) Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind, Maya Rudolph & Auguste White (lyrics) |
NBC | |
| The Tattooist of Auschwitz ("Episode 6") |
"Love Will Survive" | Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer (music) Charlie Midnight (lyrics) |
Peacock | |
| True Detective: Night Country ("Part 5") |
"No Use" | John Hawkes (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| 2025 [56] | ||||
| The Boys ("We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here") |
"Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" | Christopher Lennertz (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| Agatha All Along ("Circle Sewn with Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate") |
"The Ballad of the Witches' Road" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) | Disney+ | |
| Andor ("Who Are You?") |
"We Are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)" | Nicholas Britell & Tony Gilroy (music & lyrics) | ||
| SNL50: The Anniversary Special | "Adam Sandler's Song: 50 Years" | Adam Sandler & Dan Bulla (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Will & Harper | "Harper and Will Go West" | Sean Douglas & Kristen Wiig (music) Douglas, Josh Greenbaum & Wiig (lyrics) |
Netflix |
Multiple wins
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Notes
[edit]- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The benchmark was not met and no award was given.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
- ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
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