Between 1989 and 1995, "Murphy Brown" star Candice Bergen won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series five times.
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"Saturday Night Live," which was nominated for 22 Primetime Emmys for the 2016-2017 season, has received 243 nominations since its debut in October 1975. The venerable late-night comedy show has won a record 64 Primetime Emmys.
The "M*A*S*H" television series, which ran on CBS from 1972 to 1983, earned 14 Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Comedy Series for the 1973-1974 season.
Mary Tyler Moore has won seven Primetime Emmys, but only two were for her role as a sitcom mom. She won statuettes in 1964 and 1966 for her performances as New Rochelle, N.Y. housewife Laura Petrie in the CBS comedy series "The Dick Van Dyke Show. But she won her next four Emmys (one in 1973, two in 1974 and one in 1976) as single career woman Mary Richards on CBS' "Mary Tyler Moore" sitcom. Her seventh Emmy was for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for "Stolen Babies" in 1993.
Kelsey Grammer has won five Primetime Emmys. He received four of the awards for his performances as Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcom "Frasier." He also won a 2005-2006 Emmy for providing the voice of the character Sideshow Bob in "The Simpsons."
Primetime Emmys are presented annually in August or September. But there also are presentations for Emmys in the categories of Daytime, News and Sports.
The HBO drama series "Boardwalk Empire" won eight 2010-2011 Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Martin Scorsese).
The West Wing, which won 9 Emmys for its first season.
Cloris Leachman has won eight Primetime Emmys and one Daytime Emmy. Julia Louis-Dreyfus tied her record for Primetime Emmys at the 2017 Emmy Awards.
"Saturday Night Live," which will begin its 43rd season in October 2017, has been nominated for a record 243 Primetime Emmy Awards. The late-night NBC show has won 64 times. "The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special," which aired in February 2015, received four Primetime Emmys.
David Letterman has never won an Oscar, although he has been nominated for many Emmys. He has won two Daytime Emmys and five Primetime Emmys.