Humanitas Prize for 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television explained

The Humanitas Prize for 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television is an award presented to the best written 30-minute network or syndicated television program. The winners are indicated in bold.

1975 (1st)

• Good Times

• • "The Lunch Money Rip-Off" — John Baskin & Roger Schulman
  • "My Girl Henrietta" — Bob Peete
• Sunshine: "Angel of Doom" — M. Charles Cohen

1976 (2nd)

• Doc — Seth Freeman
• M*A*S*H

• • "The Interview" — Larry Gelbart
  • "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?" — Burt Prelutsky

1977 (3rd)

• All in the Family

"Archie's Brief Encounter - Part II" — Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin

• M*A*S*H: "Dear Sigmund" — Alan Alda
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Ted's Change of Heart" — Earl Pomerantz

1978 (4th)

• All in the Family: "The Brother" — Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin
• Barney Miller

"Goodbye, Mr. Fish - Part II" — Reinhold Weege

• The Jeffersons

"984 W. 124th St., Apt. 5C" — John Baskin & Roger Shulman

1979 (5th)

• All in the Family: "Edith Gets Fired" — Teleplay by Harriett Weiss & Patt Shea; Story by Mort Lachman
• M*A*S*H: "Point of View" — Ken Levine and David Isaacs
• Taxi

"Blind Date" — Michael Leeson

1980 (6th)

• M*A*S*H: "Dreams" — Teleplay by Alan Alda; Story by Alan Alda and James Jay Rubinfier
• United States

"Uncle Charlie" — Gary Markowitz

• WKRP in Cincinnati

"God Talks to Johnny" — Hugh Wilson

1981 (7th)

• Archie Bunker's Place

"Tough Love" — Patt Shea and Harriett Weiss

• M*A*S*H: "Blood Brothers" — Elias Davis & David Pollock
• WKRP in Cincinnati: "Venus Flytrap Explains" — Hugh Wilson

1982 (8th)

• Archie Bunker's Place: "Relapse" — Patt Shea & Harriett Weiss
• M*A*S*H: "Where There's a Will, There's a War" — Elias Davis & David Pollock
• One Day at a Time

"Mrs. O'Leary's Kid" — Paul Perlove

1983 (9th)

• Diff'rent Strokes

"Bicycle Man II" — Blake Hunter

• It Takes Two

"Death Penalty" — Susan Harris

• M*A*S*H: "Who Knew?" — Elias Davis & David Pollock

1984 (10th)

• Family Ties

• • "Not an Affair to Remember" — Gary David Goldberg & Ruth Bennett
  • "Say Uncle" — Ruth Bennett
• Gimme a Break!

"Herbie" — Arthur Julian

1985 (11th)

• The Cosby Show

• • "Theo and the Joint" — John Markus
• Family Ties:
  • "Hotline Fever" — Marc Lawrence
  • "Remembrance of Things Past - Part II" — Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger

1986 (12th)

• The Cosby Show:
  • "Denise's Friend" — John Markus
  • "An Early Spring" — Matt Williams
  • "Truth or Consequences" — John Markus & Carmen Finestra & Gary Kott
• Mr. Sunshine — David Lloyd

1987 (13th)

• The Cosby Show: "The March" — Gary Kott
• Family Ties: "My Back Pages" — Ruth Bennett
• Kate & Allie

"Jennie & Jason" — Bob Randall

1988 (14th)

• Frank's Place

"The Bridge" — Hugh Wilson

• Kate & Allie: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" — Teleplay Bob Randall & William Persky; Story by Anne Flett-Giordano (as Anne Flett) & Chuck Ranberg
• The Wonder Years

"Pilot" — Neal Marlens & Carol Black

1989 (15th)

• Baby Boom

"Guilt" — Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer

• The Wonder Years: "Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" — Matthew Carlson

1990 (16th)

• Why, Charlie Brown, Why? — Charles M. Schulz
• The Wonder Years:
  • "The Powers That Be" — David M. Stern
  • "Square Dance" — Todd W. Langen

1991 (17th)

• Doogie Howser, M.D.

"To Live and Die in Brentwood" — Nat Bernstein & Mitchel Lee Katlin

• The Wonder Years:
  • "Goodbye" — Bob Brush
  • "The Ties That Bind" — Mark B. Perry

1992 (18th)

• Brooklyn Bridge

"Boys of Summer" — John Masius

• Captain Planet and the Planeteers

"The Ark" — Doug Molitor

• A Different World

"Mammy Dearest" — Glenn Berenbeim

• Roseanne

"This Old House" — Teleplay by Chuck Lorre & Jeff Abugov; Story by Michael Poryes

• The Wonder Years: "Hardware Store" — Craig Hoffman

1993 (19th)

• Roseanne:
  • "Terms of Estrangement - Part II" — Rob Ulin
  • "Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home" — Amy Sherman-Palladino (as Amy Sherman)
• The Wonder Years: "Nose" — Sy Rosen

1994 (20th)

• — Jane Wagner
• Frasier

"The Good Son" — David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee

• The John Larroquette Show

"Amends" — Don Reo & Judith D. Allison

• Murphy Brown

"Reaper Madness" — Rob Bragin

1995 (21st)

• Blossom

"The Date" — Allan Katz

• Grace Under Fire

"Grace Under Water" — Marc Flanagan

• The John Larroquette Show: "Faith" — David Richardson
• Roseanne: "White Men Can't Kiss" — Rob Ulin & Kevin Abbott

1996 (22nd)

• Frasier: "Breaking the Ice" — Steve Levitan
• Grace Under Fire: "No Help Wanted" — Stevie Ray Fromstein
• Home Improvement

"The Longest Day" — Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims

1997 (23rd)

• Grace Under Fire: "Pills" — Stevie Ray Fromstein
• Roseanne: "The Miracle" — Written by Drew Ogier; Story by Roseanne Barr (as Roseanne)
• Something So Right

"Something About An Older Guy" — Bob Tischler

1998 (24th)

• Foto-Novelas: "The Fix" — Bennett Cohen and Edit Villareal
• Frasier: "The Kid" — Jeffrey Richman and Suzanne Martin
• Murphy Brown: "Turpis Capillis Annus (Bad Hair Year)" — Marilyn Suzanne Miller

1999 (25th)

• Everybody Loves Raymond

"Frank's Tribute" — Eric Cohen

• Sports Night

• • "The Quality of Mercy at 29K" — Bill Wrubel and Aaron Sorkin
  • "The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee" — Aaron Sorkin and Matt Tarses & David Walpert & Bill Wrubel

2000 (26th)

• 3rd Rock from the Sun

"Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner" — David Goetsch & Jason Venokur

• Frasier: "Something About Dr. Mary" — Jay Kogen
• Smart Guy

"Never Too Young" — Steven B. Young

2001 (27th)

• Everybody Loves Raymond: "Ray's Journal" — Jennifer Crittenden
• Frasier: "Frasier's Edge" — Jon Sherman & Dan O'Shannon
• Malcolm in the Middle

Larry Strawther

2002 (28th)

• Scrubs

"My Old Lady" — Matt Tarses^[1]

• State of Grace

• • "Looking for God in All the Right Places" — Steven Peterman & Gary Dontzig
  • "Love, Love, Me Do" — Brenda Lilly & Hollis Rich

2003 (29th)

• The Bernie Mac Show

• • "Sweet Home Chicago - Part I" — Teleplay by Warren Hutcherson and Kriss Turner; Story by Larry Wilmore
  • "Sweet Home Chicago - Part II" — Teleplay by Teri Schaffer and Steve Tompkins; Story by Larry Wilmore^[2]
• Frasier: "Rooms With A View" — Dan O'Shannon & Lori Kirkland & Bob Daily

2004 (30th)

• The Bernie Mac Show:
  • "Eye of the Tiger" — Richard Appel
  • "Saving Sergeant Tompkins" — Jacqueline R. Clay
• Scrubs: "My Screwup" — Garrett Donovan & Neil Goldman

2006 (32nd)

• George Lopez

"The Kidney Stays in the Picture" — Jim Hope

• My Name Is Earl

Pilot — Gregory Thomas Garcia (as Greg Garcia)

• Scrubs: "My Way Home" — Garrett Donovan & Neil Goldman

2007 (33rd)

• The New Adventures of Old Christine

"Oh God, Yes" — Jennifer Crittenden

• Scrubs: "My Fallen Idol" — Bill Callahan
• The War at Home

"Kenny Doesn't Live Here Anymore" — Rob Lotterstein

2008 (34th)

• The Bill Engvall Show

"Aloha, Raffles" — Kathy Ann Stumpe

• In Treatment

"Sophie - Week Two" — Sarah Treem

• Scrubs: "My Long Goodbye" — Dave Tennant

2009 (35th)

• 30 Rock

"Believe in the Stars" — Robert Carlock

• How I Met Your Mother

"Happily Ever After" — Jamie Rhonheimer

• Scrubs: "My Last Words" — Aseem Batra
• The Simpsons

"All About Lisa" — John Frink

2010 (36th)

• Meet the Browns

"Meet the Racist" — Myra J. Hughes (as Myra J)

• The Middle

"The Block Party" — Alex Reid

• Modern Family

Pilot — Steve Levitan & Christopher Lloyd

• Nurse Jackie

Pilot — Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky

• The Simpsons: "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" — Kevin Curran

2011 (37th)

• The Big C

"Taking the Plunge" — Darlene Hunt

• How I Met Your Mother: "Last Words" — Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
• Modern Family: "The Kiss" — Abraham Higginbotham
• Nurse Jackie: "Monkey Bits" — Liz Brixius

2012 (38th)

• The Big C: "A Little Death" — Jenny Bicks
• The Middle: "The Map" — DeAnn Heline & Eileen Heisler
• Modern Family: "Aunt Mommy" — Abraham Higginbotham & Dan O'Shannon

References

1. News: Carlson . Michael . 2012-06-04 . Kathryn Joosten obituary . 2024-02-07 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
2. Web site: Nason . Pat . 2003-07-11 . 'Antwone Fisher' wins top Humanitas Prize . 2024-02-07 . UPI . en.