| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First award | 1970 |
| Currently held by | Only Murders in the Building , "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" (2024) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It is awarded to the best original song or score created specifically for a television program.
The award has gone by several names:
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 [1] | Love, American Style |
| ABC | |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Carol Channing") | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||
| Spoon River |
| CBS | ||
| 1971 [2] | The First Nine Months Are the Hardest | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| The Dean Martin Show | Lee Hale (music & lyrics) | NBC | ||
| The Name of the Game |
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| Pure Goldie | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1972 [3] | The Funny Side ("The Funny Side of Marriage") | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Liza Minnelli") | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | CBS | ||
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1973 [4] | Liza with a Z |
| NBC | |
| The Marcus-Nelson Murders ( The CBS Thursday Night Movie ) | "Don't Give Me a Road I Can't Walk" |
| CBS | |
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("Lyle Waggoner & Jean Stapleton") | "The Gloria Majestic Story" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ||
| 1974 [5] | Ironside | "Light My Way" |
| NBC |
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | "The Love That Lights Our Way" | Fred Karlin (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| Kojak | Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1975 [6] | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom |
| CBS | |
| Cher ("Bette Midler, Flip Wilson & Elton John") |
| CBS | ||
| Chico and the Man | Theme |
| NBC | |
| Police Woman | Theme | Morton Stevens (music & lyrics) | ||
| Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now |
| CBS | ||
| 1976 [7] | The Carol Burnett Show ("The Pointer Sisters") | "Cinderella Gets It On!" |
| CBS |
| Gypsy in My Soul |
| CBS | ||
| 1977 [8] [note 1] | America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | Larry Grossman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| An Evening with Diana Ross |
| NBC | ||
| How the West Was Won | Theme | Jerrold Immel (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Minstrel Man | "Early in the Morning" |
| CBS | |
| Police Woman ("Killer Cowboys") | "Leave Me Tomorrow" |
| NBC | |
| 1978 | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material [9] | |||
| The Carol Burnett Show ("Steve Lawrence") | "Hi-Hat" |
| CBS | |
| The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | "See You Tomorrow in Class" |
| ABC | |
| Donny & Marie ("Ray Bolger") | "Leading Lady" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Poldark ( Masterpiece Theatre ) | Theme | Kenyon Emrys-Roberts (music & lyrics) | PBS | |
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | "Until the Music Ends" |
| NBC | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events - Individuals [10] [note 2] | ||||
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | "Look How Far We've Come" |
| ABC | |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events [11] [note 3] | |||
| The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | "Dancin' on the Silver Screen" |
| ABC | |
| 1981 [12] | Linda in Wonderland | "This Is My Night" |
| CBS |
| All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special | "Truman Capote Jeans" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land | "The City of Tradition" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Homeward Bound | "Home" |
| CBS | |
| The Way They Were | "In the Beginning" |
| Syndicated | |
| 1982 [13] | Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | "On the Outside Looking In" |
| CBS |
| Advice to the Lovelorn | "If This is Love" |
| NBC | |
| The Gift of Life | "Just a Little More Love" |
| CBS | |
| The Greatest American Hero ("Dreams") | "Dreams" | Stephen Geyer (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Night of 100 Stars | "What's Your Line?" | Kohan (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Walt Disney... One Man's Dream | "Marceline" |
| CBS | |
| 1983 [14] | Two of a Kind (GE Theater) | "We'll Win This World" |
| CBS |
| The 55th Annual Academy Awards | "And It All Comes Down to This" |
| ABC | |
| Bare Essence | "In Finding You, I Found Love" |
| CBS | |
| Cheers ("Give Me a Ring Sometime") | "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" |
| NBC | |
| Happy Endings | Theme Song |
| CBS | |
| Quincy, M.E. ("Quincy's Wedding, Part 2") | "Quincy's Wedding Song" |
| NBC | |
| Suzanne Somers... and 10,000 G.I.'s | "We're Not So Dumb" |
| CBS | |
| 1984 [15] | Here's Television Entertainment | "Gone Too Soon" |
| NBC |
| Burnett Discovers Domingo | "No Time Now" |
| CBS | |
| Fame ("Break Dance") | "I Still Believe In Me" |
| Syndicated | |
| Fame ("Catch a Falling Star") | "Whatever Happened to the Heroes?" |
| ||
| Two Marriages | "Home Here" |
| ABC | |
| 1985 [16] | Love Lives On | "Wildflower" & "Lullaby" |
| NBC |
| Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration | "Thank You (For Thirty Happy Years)" |
| NBC | |
| Moonlighting ("Pilot") | "Moonlighting" |
| ABC | |
| Motown Returns to the Apollo | "Tall, Tan, and Teasing" |
| NBC | |
| 1986 [17] | Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa | "My Christmas Wish" |
| NBC |
| All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan | "America Is Changing Back to What She Used to Be" |
| CBS | |
| America Picks the #1 Song | "Take It to the People" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Growing Pains | "As Long As We Got Each Other" |
| ||
| The Third Annual NBC All-Star Hour | "One Big Happy Family" |
| NBC | |
| The 12th People's Choice Awards | "The People's Choice" | Brown (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| 1987 [18] | Liberty Weekend: Opening Ceremonies | "Welcome to Liberty" |
| ABC |
| The 59th Annual Academy Awards | "Sing Me the Song, the Song from the Movie" |
| ABC | |
| Jack and Mike ("Fire and Ice") | "This Love's for Real" | Nan Schwartz (music & lyrics) | ||
| Liberty Weekend: Closing Ceremonies | "Liberty! Remember, Rejoice, Renew" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ||
| 1988 [19] | Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas | "The Sound of Christmas" |
| ABC |
| Growing Pains ("Aloha") | "Swept Away" |
| ABC | |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | "Comedy Ain't No Joke" |
| NBC | |
| NBC Investigates Bob Hope | "A Man Is Innocent/Until Proven Guilty" |
| ||
| 1989 [20] | Beauty and the Beast ("A Distant Shore") | "The First Time I Loved Forever" |
| CBS |
| Dadah Is Death ("Part 1") | "In The Light of Our Love" |
| CBS | |
| Roseanne ("Radio Days") | "I'll Never Change My Mind" |
| ABC | |
| Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting | "Look Through the Window" | Joe Raposo (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Shining Time Station ("A Place Unlike Any Other") | "Start Where You Are" |
| PBS | |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 [21] | From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival |
| NBC | |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | ""I'll Be the One" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration | "You Were There" |
| ABC | |
| Twin Peaks ("Episode 5") | "Into the Night" |
| ||
| 1991 [22] | Cop Rock ("Pilot") | "He's Guilty!" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| Cop Rock ("Oil of Ol'Lay") | "Nowhere to Go, Nothin' to Do" |
| ABC | |
| Life Goes On ("Corky's Travels") | "Bittersweet Waltz" |
| ||
| The Lost Capone | "I Didn't Hear You" |
| TNT | |
| Matlock ("The Critic") | "Love and Justice" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| 1992 [23] | Cast a Deadly Spell | "Why Do I Lie?" |
| HBO |
| The Carol Burnett Show ("404") | "Rock Out of That Rockin' Chair" |
| CBS | |
| A Salute to America's Pets | "Love Without Strings" |
| ABC | |
| The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards | "We Have Come to Learn" |
| Disney | |
| 1993 [24] | Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall | "Sorry I Asked" |
| NPT |
| Blind Spot | "Good Things Grow" |
| CBS | |
| Bob Hope: The First 90 Years | "Where There's Life, There's Hope" |
| NBC | |
| The Heights | "How Do You Talk to an Angel" |
| Fox | |
| I'll Fly Away | "State Until You Come Home" | Stephen James Taylor | NBC | |
| 1994 [25] | Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When | "The Song Remembers When" | Hugh Prestwood (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| Carol Burnett: The Special Years | "One Lucky Lady" |
| CBS | |
| The Corpse Had a Familiar Face | "Something Is Out There" |
| ||
| Murder, She Wrote ("A Death in Hong Kong") | "The Game's Not the Same" |
| ||
| The Simpsons ("Homer and Apu") | "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" |
| Fox | |
| The Tony Awards | "Celebrate Broadway" |
| CBS | |
| 1995 [26] | Barbra Streisand: The Concert | "Ordinary Miracles" |
| HBO |
| Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | "All the Days aka Rooftop Source" | Nan Schwartz Mishkin (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| Robbie Robertson: Going Home | "Pray" | Robbie Robertson (music & lyrics) | Disney | |
| A Season of Hope | "For a Love Like You" |
| CBS | |
| The Simpsons ("Homer the Great") | "We Do (The Stonecutters Song)" |
| Fox | |
| 1996 [27] | Bye Bye Birdie | "Let's Settle Down" |
| ABC |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | "The Perfect Tree" |
| CBS | |
| People: A Musical Celebration | "Children of the World" |
| Disney | |
| The Simpsons ("Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part 2") | "Señor Burns" |
| Fox | |
| The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | "Come on In" |
| Disney | |
| 1997 [28] | The Simpsons ("Bart After Dark") | "We Put the Spring in Springfield" |
| Fox |
| Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh | "I Wanna Scare Myself" |
| CBS | |
| Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies | "The Power of the Dream" |
| NBC | |
| "Faster, Higher, Stronger" |
| |||
| Mrs. Santa Claus | "Mrs. Santa Claus" | Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| 1998 [29] | The Simpsons ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson") | "You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)" |
| Fox |
| The Closer ("Baby, It's Cold Outside") | "You Don't Know Jack" |
| CBS | |
| Mr. Show with Bob and David ("Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice") | "How High the Mountain" |
| HBO | |
| Xena: Warrior Princess ("The Bitter Suite") | "Hearts Are Hurting" |
| Syndicated | |
| "The Love of Your Love" | LoDuca (music & lyrics) | |||
| 1999 [30] | AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | "A Ticket to Dream" |
| CBS |
| Home Improvement ("The Long and Winding Road (Part 2)") | "We've Got It All" | Dan Foliart (music & lyrics) | ABC | |
| Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular ("Episode 118") | "Freedom Dot Com" |
| FX | |
| Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | "Places in the Heart" |
| ABC | |
| You Lucky Dog | "Togetherness" |
| Disney |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [31] | Nickellennium | "Up to You" | John Kimbrough (music & lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards | "My Bill Gates" |
| ABC | |
| AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars | "Without You" |
| CBS | |
| Family Guy ("Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater") | "We Only Live to Kiss Your Ass" |
| Fox | |
| Freedom Song | "Song of Freedom" | Carole King (music & lyrics) | TNT | |
| 2001 [32] | Yesterday's Children | "A Dream That Only I Can Know" | Patrick Williams (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | "On the Way to Becoming Me" |
| Fox | |
| Dancing in September | "Welcome Back (All My Soulmates)" |
| HBO | |
| Gary & Mike ("New York, New York") | "Mole Folks Song" |
| UPN | |
| Robert Klein: Child in His 50s | "Colonoscopy" |
| HBO | |
| 2002 [33] | Family Guy ("Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows") | "You've Got a Lot to See" |
| Fox |
| The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers | "A Mackie Rag" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Christmas Every Day") | "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas" |
| Nickelodeon | |
| Judging Amy ("Beating the Bounds") | "The Best Kind of Answer" | Peter Himmelman (music & lyrics) | CBS | |
| The Simpsons ("The Old Man and the Key") | "Ode to Branson" |
| Fox | |
| 2003 [34] | The Concert for World Children's Day | "Aren't They All Our Children" |
| ABC |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Love Struck!") | "It's Great to Be a Guy" |
| Nickelodeon | |
| "What Girls Love" |
| |||
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | "Everyone Matters" |
| NBC | |
| The Simpsons ("Dude, Where's My Ranch?") | "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" |
| Fox | |
| 2004 [35] | Until the Violence Stops | "Because You Are Beautiful" |
| Lifetime |
| The Fairly OddParents ("Abra-Catastrophe") | "Wish Come True!" |
| Nickelodeon | |
| Futurama ("The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings") | "I Want My Hands Back" | Ken Keeler (music & lyrics) | Fox | |
| Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On | "The Street We Live On" |
| PBS | |
| The Simpsons ("The President Wore Pearls") | "A Vote for a Winner" |
| Fox | |
| 2005 [36] | Reefer Madness | "Mary Jane/Mary Lane" |
| Showtime |
| Malcolm in the Middle ("Dewey's Opera") | "The Marriage Bed" |
| Fox | |
| The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | "When I'm with You" |
| ABC | |
| The Simpsons ("A Star Is Torn") | "Always My Dad" |
| Fox | |
| Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America | "The Tears of the Angels" | Michael Bolton (music & lyrics) | Lifetime | |
| 2006 [37] | MADtv ("Episode 1111") | "A Wonderfully Normal Day" |
| Fox |
| Gideon's Daughter | "Natasha's Song" |
| BBC America | |
| High School Musical | "Breaking Free" | Jamie Houston (music & lyrics) | Disney | |
| "Get'cha Head in the Game" |
| |||
| Once Upon a Mattress | "That Baby of Mine" |
| ABC | |
| 2007 [38] | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Dick in a Box" |
| NBC |
| Family Guy ("Peter's Two Dads") | "My Drunken Irish Dad" |
| Fox | |
| MADtv ("Episode 1209") | "Merry Ex-Mas" |
| ||
| Scrubs ("My Musical") | "Everything Comes Down to Poo" |
| NBC | |
| "Guy Love" | Paul F. Perry (music) | |||
| 2008 [39] | Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("The 5th Year Anniversary Show") | "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" |
| ABC |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Bret Gives Up the Dream") | "Inner City Pressure" |
| HBO | |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Sally") | "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" |
| ||
| MADtv ("Episode 1305") | "Sad Fitty Cent" |
| Fox | |
| Phineas and Ferb ("Dude, We're Gettin' the Band Back Together!") | "I Ain't Got Rhythm" |
| Disney | |
| 2009 [40] | The 81st Annual Academy Awards | "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" |
| ABC |
| A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In" |
| Comedy Central | |
| The 2008 ESPY Awards | "I Love Sports" |
| ESPN | |
| Flight of the Conchords ("Unnatural Love") | "Carol Brown" |
| HBO | |
| A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus" | Paul Williams (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Motherlover" |
| NBC |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [41] | Monk ("Mr. Monk and the End, Part 2") | "When I'm Gone" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | USA |
| Family Guy ("Extra Large Medium") | "Down's Syndrome Girl" |
| Fox | |
| How I Met Your Mother ("Girls Versus Suits") | "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" |
| CBS | |
| Rescue Me ("Disease") | "How Lovely to Be a Vegetable" |
| FX | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Blake Lively") | "Shy Ronnie" |
| NBC | |
| Treme ("I'll Fly Away") | "This City" | Steve Earle (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| 2011 [42] | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Justin Timberlake Monologue" |
| NBC |
| Family Guy ("Road to the North Pole") | "Christmastime Is Killing Us" |
| Fox | |
| Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced | "An American Prayer – Hymn II?" |
| HBO | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jeff Bridges") | "I Just Had Sex" |
| NBC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Tina Fey") | "Jack Sparrow" |
| ||
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" |
| ||
| 2012 [43] | The 65th Annual Tony Awards | "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" |
| CBS |
| The Heart of Christmas | "The Heart of Christmas" | Matthew West (music & lyrics) | GMC | |
| Raising Hope ("Prodigy") | "Welcome Back to Hope" | Matthew W. Thompson (music & lyrics) | Fox | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jason Segel") | "I Can't Believe I'm Hosting" |
| NBC | |
| Smash ("Pilot") | "Let Me Be Your Star" |
| NBC | |
| 2013 [44] | The 66th Annual Tony Awards | "If I Had Time" |
| CBS |
| 30 Rock ("Last Lunch") | "Rural Juror" |
| NBC | |
| Nashville ("I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive") | "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" |
| ABC | |
| The Neighbors ("Sing Like a Larry Bird") | "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" |
| ||
| Smash ("The Bells and Whistles") | "I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" | Andrew McMahon (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Smash ("The Parents") | "Hang the Moon" |
| ||
| 2014 [45] | The 67th Annual Tony Awards | "Bigger!" |
| CBS |
| A Christmas Carol – The Concert | "No Trouble" |
| PBS | |
| Key & Peele ("Substitute Teacher #3") | "Les Mis" |
| Comedy Central | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jimmy Fallon") | "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)" |
| NBC | |
| Sofia the First: The Floating Palace | "Merroway Cove" |
| Disney | |
| Sons of Anarchy ("A Mother's Work") | "Day Is Gone" |
| FX | |
| 2015 [46] | Inside Amy Schumer ("Cool with It") | "Girl You Don't Need Make Up" |
| Comedy Central |
| The Comedians ("Celebrity Guest") | "Kiss an Old Man" |
| FX | |
| Glee ("Dreams Come True") | "This Time" |
| Fox | |
| How Murray Saved Christmas | "You Gotta Believe" |
| NBC | |
| The Oscars | "Moving Pictures" |
| ABC | |
| Sons of Anarchy ("Papa's Goods") | "Come Join the Murder" |
| FX | |
| 2016 [47] | ||||
| The Hunting Ground | "Til It Happens to You" |
| CNN | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I'm Going on a Date with Josh's Friend!") | "Settle for Me" |
| The CW | |
| Empire ("A Rose by Any Other Name") | "Good People" |
| Fox | |
| Galavant ("A New Season aka Suck It Cancellation Bear") | "A New Season" |
| ABC | |
| Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special | "Frozen Lullaby" |
| Vimeo | |
| 2017 [48] | ||||
| 13th | "Letter to the Free" |
| Netflix | |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("When Will Josh And His Friend Leave Me Alone?") | "We Tapped That Ass" |
| The CW | |
| Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special | "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling" |
| Disney | |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("Jessica Chastain/Willie Nelson/Hunter Hayes") | "The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)" |
| ABC | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Casey Affleck") | "Last Christmas" |
| NBC | |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ("Kimmy’s Roommate Lemonades!") | "Hell No" |
| Netflix | |
| 2018 [49] | ||||
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Chance the Rapper") | "Come Back Barack" |
| NBC | |
| Big Mouth ("Am I Gay?") | "Totally Gay" |
| Netflix | |
| A Christmas Story Live! | "In the Market for a Miracle" |
| Fox | |
| The Good Fight ("Day 450") | "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" |
| CBS All Access | |
| If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | "Just Getting Started" |
| HBO | |
| Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life | "The Buddy Song" |
| Netflix | |
| 2019 [50] | ||||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I Have To Get Out") | "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" |
| The CW | |
| Documentary Now! ("Original Cast Album: Co-op") | "Holiday Party (I Did a Little Cocaine Tonight)" |
| IFC | |
| Flight of the Conchords: Live in London | "Father & Son" |
| HBO | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: James McAvoy") | "The Upper East Side" |
| NBC | |
| Song of Parkland | "Beautiful Things Can Grow" |
| HBO | |
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | "This One's for You" |
| CBS | |
| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [51] | ||||
| Euphoria ("And Salt the Earth Behind You") | "All for Us" | Labrinth (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| The Black Godfather | "Letter to My Godfather" | Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ("Episode 629") | "Eat Shit, Bob" | David Dabbon (music) Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss & Seena Vali (lyrics) | HBO | |
| Little Fires Everywhere ("Find a Way") | "Build It Up" | Ingrid Michaelson (music & lyrics) | Hulu | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Strike Up the Band") | "One Less Angel" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| This Is Us ("Strangers") | "Memorized" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| Watchmen ("This Extraordinary Being") | "The Way It Used to Be" | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (music & lyrics) | HBO | |
| 2021 [52] | ||||
| WandaVision ("Breaking the Fourth Wall") | "Agatha All Along" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) | Disney+ | |
| Bo Burnham: Inside | "Comedy" | Bo Burnham (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| The Boys ("The Big Ride") | "Never Truly Vanish | Christopher Lennertz (music) Lennertz & Michael Saltzman (lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| The Queen's Gambit ("Adjournment") | "I Can't Remember Love" | Anna Hauss & Robert Weinröder (music) William Horberg (lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives | "The End Titles" | Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics) | YouTube | |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist ("Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday") | "Crimson Love" | Andrew Hey & Harvey Mason Jr. (music) Lindsey Rosin & Austin Winsberg (lyrics) | NBC | |
| 2022 [53] | ||||
| Schmigadoon! ("Schmigadoon!") | "Corn Puddin'" | Cinco Paul (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Euphoria ("You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can") | "I'm Tired" | Labrinth (music) Sam Levinson & Zendaya (lyrics) | HBO | |
| Euphoria ("All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name") | "Elliot's Song" | Labrinth (music) Muz & Zendaya (lyrics) | ||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("How to Chew Quietly and Influence People") | "Maybe Monica" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| This Is Us ("Day of the Wedding") | "The Forever Now" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC | |
| 2023 [54] | ||||
| Ted Lasso ("So Long, Farewell") | "A Beautiful Game" | Max Martin, Ed Sheeran & Foy Vance (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Ginny & Georgia ("Hark! Darkness Descends!") | "Marriage Is a Dungeon" | Ben Bromfield & Lili Haydn (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| The L Word: Generation Q ("Questions for the Universe") | "All About Me" | Heather McIntosh, Allyson Newman & Taura Stinson (music & lyrics) | Showtime | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Susan") | "Your Personal Trash Man Can" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video | |
| Ted Lasso ("Mom City") | "Fought & Lost" | Jamie Hartman, Tom Howe & Sam Ryder (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ | |
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | "Now You Know" | "Weird Al" Yankovic (music & lyrics) | The Roku Channel | |
| 2024 [55] | ||||
| Only Murders in the Building ("Sitzprobe") | "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrics) | Hulu | |
| Girls5eva ("New York") | "The Medium Time" | Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics) | Netflix | |
| Saturday Night Live ("Host: Maya Rudolph") | "Maya Rudolph Mother's Day Monologue" | Eli Brueggemann (music) Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind, Maya Rudolph & Auguste White (lyrics) | NBC | |
| The Tattooist of Auschwitz ("Episode 6") | "Love Will Survive" | Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer (music) Charlie Midnight (lyrics) | Peacock | |
| True Detective: Night Country ("Part 5") | "No Use" | John Hawkes (music & lyrics) | HBO |
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