Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in an American comedy series.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category → television award →
administeredBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences →
alsoKnownAs	Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series →
awardedFor	outstanding performance by a male lead actor in a comedy series →
country	United States →
eligibleRoleType	lead actor →
eligibleWork	American television comedy series →
firstAwarded	1954 →
frequency	annual →
genderRestriction	male →
genre	comedy →
hasAudience	television industry →
hasAwardType	performance award →
hasBroadcast	televised awards ceremony →
hasCategoryType	acting category →
hasLanguage	English →
hasStatueName	Emmy →
inception	1954 →
locationOfCeremony	Los Angeles →
medium	television →
notableWinner	Alec Baldwin → Bill Hader → Carroll O’Connor → Don Adams → Donald Glover → Jason Sudeikis → Jim Parsons → John Lithgow → John Ritter → Kelsey Grammer → Lucille Ball’s co‑star Dick Van Dyke → Michael J. Fox → Ted Danson → Tony Shalhoub →
organizer	Television Academy →
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards →
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences →
relatedAward	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series →
requires	submission of episodes for consideration →
scope	primetime television →
selectionMethod	voting by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences →
timePeriodCovered	previous U.S. television season →
typicalCeremonyMonth	September →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bill Hader → Carroll O’Connor → Craig T. Nelson → Don Adams ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series") → Jason Sudeikis → Jim Parsons → John Ritter → Lee Pace ("Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series") → Ray Romano → Ted Danson →	awardReceived
Tony Shalhoub ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Monk") → Tony Shalhoub ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Monk") →	awardReceivedForWork
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ("Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series") →	alsoKnownAs
Nicholas Hoult →	awardNomination
Emmy Award →	hasSubaward
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series →	hasSubcategoryRelation
I Spy (1965 TV series) ("Bill Cosby won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for his role") →	leadActorAward
The Kominsky Method →	nominatedFor
Kelsey Grammer →	notableAward
Alec Baldwin ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock") →	notableAwardFor