The Emmy best comedy winners by year list starts in 1952 with live multi-cam sitcoms and evolves into Norman Lear satire and ensemble workplace classics that defined television comedy for decades.

I Love Lucy won back-to-back Outstanding Comedy Series trophies in 1953 and 1954 — an early dynasty on the Emmy best comedy winners by year roll call before The Phil Silvers Show three-peated.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show won Outstanding Comedy Series three straight years from 1975 through 1977 — workplace perfection on the Emmy best comedy winners by year timeline after All in the Family changed sitcoms.

Taxi claimed Outstanding Comedy Series in 1979, 1980, and 1981 — ensemble mastery that bridged the 1970s Norman Lear era and the Cheers dynasty on the Emmy best comedy winners by year chart.

Frasier won Outstanding Comedy Series five consecutive times from 1994 through 1998 — the category record Frasier later shared with Modern Family on the Emmy best comedy winners by year roll call.