| Drama Series |
- The Americans (FX) – Peter Ackerman, Tanya Barfield, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson
- Better Call Saul (AMC) – Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Bradley Paul, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith
- Game of Thrones (HBO) – David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, D. B. Weiss
- Stranger Things (Netflix) – Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock
- Westworld (HBO) – Ed Brubaker, Bridget Carpenter, Dan Dietz, Halley Gross, Lisa Joy, Katherine Lingenfelter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu
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| Comedy Series |
- Atlanta (FX) – Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms
- Silicon Valley (HBO) – Megan Amram, Alec Berg, Donick Cary, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, John Levenstein, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O'Keefe, Clay Tarver, Ron Weiner
- Transparent (Amazon Studios) – Arabella Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Jessi Klein, Stephanie Kornick, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) – Emily Altman, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Marlena Rodriguez, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Josh Siegal, Allison Silverman, Leila Strachan
- Veep (HBO) – Rachel Axler, Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Eric Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Jim Margolis, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Alexis Wilkinson
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| New Series |
- Atlanta (FX) – Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms
- Better Things (FX) – Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., Cindy Chupack, Gina Fattore
- Stranger Things (Netflix) – Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock
- This Is Us (NBC) – Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Fogelman, Vera Herbert, Joe Lawson, Kay Oyegun, Aurin Squire, K.J. Steinberg, Donald Todd
- Westworld (HBO) – Ed Brubaker, Bridget Carpenter, Dan Dietz, Halley Gross, Lisa Joy, Katherine Lingenfelter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu
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| Long Form – Adapted |
- The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) – Scott Alexander, Joe Robert Cole, D.V. DeVincentis, Maya Forbes, Larry Karaszewski, Wally Wolodarsky, Based on the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin
- 11.22.63 (Hulu) – Bridget Carpenter, Brigitte Hales, Joe Henderson, Brian Nelson, Quinton Peeple, Based on the book 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Madoff (ABC) – Ben Robbins, Based on the book The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth by Brian Ross
- The Night Of (HBO) – Richard Price and Steven Zaillian, Based on the TV show Criminal Justice created by Peter Moffat
- Roots (HBO) – Lawrence Konner, Alison McDonald, Charles Murray, Mark Rosenthal, Based on the book Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
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| Short Form New Media – Original |
- "The Party" – The Commute (YouTube.com) – Linsey Stewart & Dane Clark
- "Episode 101" – Now We're Talking (go90.com) – Tug Coker & Tommy Dewey
- "Escape the Room" – Life Ends at 30 (vimeo.com) – Michael Field
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider" Episode 1 – Thug Passion (vimeo.com) – Motrya Tomycz
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| Short Form New Media – Adapted |
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| Comedy/Variety – Talk Series |
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) – Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Lauren Sarver Means, Trevor Noah, Joe Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parson, Daniel Radosh, Michelle Wolf
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) – Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, Andrew Law, John Lutz, Aparna Nancherla, Chioke Nassor, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Conner O'Malley, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Michelle Wolf
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) – Mike Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack
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| Comedy/Variety – Sketch Series |
- Saturday Night Live (NBC) – Head Writers: Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker; Writers: James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Tina Fey, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Tim Herlihy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Dave Sirus, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette
- Documentary Now! (IFC) – Bill Hader, John Mulaney, Seth Meyers
- Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) – Kim Caramele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jessi Klein, Michael Lawrence, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Claudia O'Doherty, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer
- Maya & Marty (NBC) – Head Writers: Mikey Day, Matt Roberts, Bryan Tucker; Writers: Eli Bauman, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Hallie Cantor, David Feldman, R. J. Fried, Melissa Hunter, Paul Masella, Tim McAuliffe, John Mulaney, Diallo Riddle, Maya Rudolph, Bashir Salahuddin, Marika Sawyer, Streeter Seidell, Martin Short, Emily Spivey, Steve Young
- Nathan for You (Comedy Central) – Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola
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| Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials |
- Triumph's Election Special (Hulu) – Andy Breckman, Josh Comers, Rajan Desai, David Feldman, R. J. Fried, Jarrett Grode, Ben Joseph, Matthew Kirsch, Michael Koman, Mike Lawrence, Brian Reich, Craig Rowin, Robert Smigel, Zach Smilovitz, David Taylor, Andrew Weinberg; Additional Materials by Ray James, Jesse Joyce, Jason Reich, Alex Scordelis
- 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (ABC) – Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Robert Cohen, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Jon Macks, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Jeff Stilson, Joe Strazzullo, Alexis Wilkinson
- 73rd Golden Globe Awards (NBC) – Barry Adelman; Special Material by Dave Boone, Ricky Gervais, Jon Macks, Matthew Robinson
- 88th Academy Awards (ABC) – Dave Boone, Billy Kimball; Special Material by Scott Aukerman, Rodney Barnes, Neil Campbell, Matthew Claybrooks, Lance Crouther, Mike Ferrucci, Langston Kerman, Jon Macks, Steve O’Donnell, Nimesh Patel, Vanessa Ramos, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Michelle Wolf
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| Quiz and Audience Participation |
- Hollywood Game Night (NBC) – Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter and Dwight D. Smith
- Jeopardy! (ABC) – John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Deborah Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse
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| Daytime Drama |
- General Hospital (ABC) – Shelly Altman, Anna Theresa Cascio, Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Janet Iacobuzio, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Jean Passanante, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten, Christopher Whitesell
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| Children's Long Form |
- Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (HBO) – Geri Cole & Ken Scarborough
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