Black Reel Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

The Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award given to the best television comedy series of the year. Atlanta became the first winner in this category. Atlanta and Insecure are both tied for most wins in this category with two each. Black-ish holds the record with the most nominations with 5.

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Black Reel Awards for Television
First award	2017
Currently held by	A Black Lady Sketch Show (2021)
Website	blackreelawards.com

2010s

Year	Program	Showrunners	Network
2017 1st [1][2][3]
	Atlanta (Season 1)	Stephen Glover, showrunner	FX
	black-ish (Season 3)	Kenya Barris & Jonathan Groff, showrunner	ABC
	Chewing Gum (season 2)	Michaela Coel, showrunner	Netflix/E4
	Ballers (season 2)	Peter Berg & Evan T. Reilly, showrunner	HBO
	Insecure (Season 1)	Prentice Penny, showrunner	HBO
2018 (2nd) [4][5]
	Atlanta (Season 2)	Stephen Glover, showrunner	FX
	Insecure (Season 2)	Prentice Penny, showrunner	HBO
	black-ish (Season 4)	Kenya Barris & Jonathan Groff, showrunner	ABC
	grown-ish (Season 1)	Kenya Barris, showrunner	Freeform
	Dear White People (Season 1)	Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner	Netflix
2019 3rd [6][7]
	Insecure (Season 3)	Prentice Penny, showrunner	HBO
	grown-ish (Season 2)	Jenifer Rice-Genzuk, showrunner	Freeform
	black-ish (Season 5)	Kenny Smith Jr. & Jonathan Groff, showrunner	ABC
	She's Gotta Have It (Season 2)	Spike Lee, showrunner	Netflix
	On My Block (Season 2)	Lauren Iungerich, showrunner	Netflix

2020s

Year	Program	Showrunners	Network
2020 4th [8][9][10]
	Insecure (Season 4)	Prentice Penny, showrunner	HBO
	black-ish (Season 6)	Kenny Smith Jr. & Jonathan Groff, showrunner	ABC
	Ballers (season 5)	Peter Berg & Evan T. Reilly, showrunner	HBO
	Dear White People (Season 3)	Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner	Netflix
	High Fidelity (Season 1)	Sarah Kucserka & Veronica West	HULU
2021 5th [11][12]
	A Black Lady Sketch Show (Season 2)	Robin Thede, showrunner	HBO
	That Damn Michael Che (Season 1)	Michael Che, showrunner	HBO Max
	black-ish (Season 7)	Courtney Lily, showrunner	ABC
	Run the World (Season 1)	Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner	Starz
	grown-ish (Season 3)	Julie Bean, showrunner	Freeform
2022 6th	Abbott Elementary	Quinta Brunson, showrunner	ABC
	Atlanta	Donald Glover, showrunner	FX
	Black-ish	Courtney Lilly, showrunner	ABC
	Insecure	Prentice Penny, showrunner	HBO
	South Side	Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle, showrunners	HBO Max
2023 7th	Abbott Elementary	Quinta Brunson, showrunner	ABC
	Atlanta	Donald Glover, showrunner	FX
	Harlem	Tracy Oliver, showrunner	Prime Video
	Unprisoned	Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner	Hulu
	The Upshaws	Regina Y. Hicks, showrunner	Netflix

Programs with multiple awards

2 awards Abbott Elementary (consecutive) Atlanta (consecutive) Insecure (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

5 nominations black-ish 4 nominations Insecure 3 nominations grown-ish 2 nominations Atlanta Ballers Dear White People

Total awards by network

• HBO - 3
• FX - 2