Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series was a Primetime Emmy Award presented to the best new television series sporadically from 1954 to 1973.

Winners and nominations

1950s

Year	Program	Network	Nominee(s)	Ref.
1953 (6th)
	Make Room for Daddy	ABC	Louis F. Edelman, executive producer; Sheldon Leonard, Charles Stewart, producers	[1]
	The United States Steel Hour		George Kondolf, Carol Irwin, producers
	Adventure	CBS	Robert Northshield, producer
	Ding Dong School	NBC	Reinald Werrenrath, producer
	Letter to Loretta		Tom Lewis, Matthew Rapf, executive producers
	Person to Person	CBS	John Aaron, Jesse Zousmer, Charles Hill, Robert Sammon, Edward R. Murrow, producers
1956 (9th)
	Playhouse 90	CBS	Peter Kortner, executive producer; Julian Claman, Martin Manulis, Herbert Brodkin, producers	[2]
	Air Power	CBS	Perry Wolff, James B Faichney, producers
	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	NBC	Bob Banner, Robert Wells, producers
	The Ernie Kovacs Show		Louis Heyward, producer
	The Steve Allen Sunday Show		Nick Vanoff, producer
1957 (10th)
	The Seven Lively Arts	CBS	John Houseman, executive producer; Robert Herridge, producer	[3]
	Leave it to Beaver	CBS	Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, producers
	Maverick	ABC	William T. Orr, executive producer; Roy Huggins, Coles Trapnell, producers
	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	NBC	Perry Cross, Paul Keyes, Bob Shanks, producers
	Wagon Train		Howard Christie, Richard Lewis, executive producers; Frederick Shorr, producer

1970s

Year	Program	Network	Nominee(s)	Ref.
1969–1970 (22nd)
	Room 222	CBS	Gene Reynolds, producer	[4]
	The Bill Cosby Show	NBC	Bill Cosby, executive producer; Marvin Miller, producer
	The Forsyte Saga	PBS	Donald Wilson, producer
	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC	David J. O'Connell, producer; David Victor, executive producer
	Sesame Street	NET	David D. Connell, executive producer; Sam Gibbon, producer; Lutrelle Horne, producer; Jon Stone, producer
1970–1971 (23rd)
	All in the Family	CBS	Norman Lear, producer	[5]
	The Bold Ones: The Senator	NBC	David Levinson
	The Flip Wilson Show		Bob Henry, producer; Monte Kay, executive producer
	Mary Tyler Moore	CBS	James L. Brooks, executive producer; Allan Burns, executive producer; David Davis, producer
	The Odd Couple	ABC	Jerry Belson, executive producer; Jerry Davis, producer; Garry Marshall, executive producer
1971–1972 (24th)
	Elizabeth R	PBS	Roderick Graham, producer; Christopher Sarson, executive producer	[6]
	Columbo	NBC	Everett Chambers, producer; Richard Levinson, executive producer; William Link, executive producer
	Sanford and Son		Aaron Ruben, producer; Bud Yorkin, executive producer
	The Six Wives of Henry VIII	PBS	Mark Shivas, producer; Ronald Travers, producer
	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour	CBS	Chris Bearde, producer; Allan Blye, producer
1972–1973 (25th)
	America: A Personal History of the United States	NBC	Michael Gill, producer	[7]
	The Julie Andrews Hour	ABC	Julie Andrews, Star; Nick Vanoff, producer
	Kung Fu		Jerry Thorpe, producer
	M*A*S*H	CBS	Gene Reynolds, producer
	Maude		Norman Lear, executive producer; Rod Parker, producer
	The Waltons		Robert L. Jacks, producer; Lee Rich, executive producer