The 2000s reshaped the Emmy best comedy winners by year list with mockumentary formats and writer-driven single-camera comedies that voters rewarded over traditional multi-cam sitcoms.

Modern Family won Outstanding Comedy Series five consecutive years from 2010 through 2014 — matching Frasier for the most trophies on the Emmy best comedy winners by year record books.

Ted Lasso won Outstanding Comedy Series in 2021 and 2022 — a feel-good Apple TV+ streak on the modern Emmy best comedy winners by year chart before The Bear broke the pattern.

The Bear claimed Outstanding Comedy Series at the 75th Emmy Awards — a kitchen dramedy breakthrough that proved half-hour hybrid storytelling could dominate the Emmy best comedy winners by year list.

The Studio claimed Outstanding Comedy Series at the 77th Emmy Awards on September 14, 2025 — the newest champion on the Emmy best comedy winners by year list and a meta Hollywood satire victory.