# Black Reel Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

The Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award given to the best television comedy series of the year. Atlanta became the first winner in this category. Atlanta and Insecure are both tied for most wins in this category with two each. Black-ish holds the record with the most nominations with 5.

## 2010s

| Year | Program | Showrunners | Network |
| 2017 1st |
| 2017 1st | Atlanta (Season 1) | Stephen Glover, showrunner | FX |
| 2017 1st | black-ish (Season 3) | Kenya Barris & Jonathan Groff, showrunner | ABC |
| 2017 1st | Chewing Gum (season 2) | Michaela Coel, showrunner | Netflix/E4 |
| 2017 1st | Ballers (season 2) | Peter Berg & Evan T. Reilly, showrunner | HBO |
| 2017 1st | Insecure (Season 1) | Prentice Penny, showrunner | HBO |
| 2018 (2nd) |
| 2018 (2nd) | Atlanta (Season 2) | Stephen Glover, showrunner | FX |
| 2018 (2nd) | Insecure (Season 2) | Prentice Penny, showrunner | HBO |
| 2018 (2nd) | black-ish (Season 4) | Kenya Barris & Jonathan Groff, showrunner | ABC |
| 2018 (2nd) | grown-ish (Season 1) | Kenya Barris, showrunner | Freeform |
| 2018 (2nd) | Dear White People (Season 1) | Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner | Netflix |
| 2019 3rd |
| 2019 3rd | Insecure (Season 3) | Prentice Penny, showrunner | HBO |
| 2019 3rd | grown-ish (Season 2) | Jenifer Rice-Genzuk, showrunner | Freeform |
| 2019 3rd | black-ish (Season 5) | Kenny Smith Jr. & Jonathan Groff, showrunner | ABC |
| 2019 3rd | She's Gotta Have It (Season 2) | Spike Lee, showrunner | Netflix |
| 2019 3rd | On My Block (Season 2) | Lauren Iungerich, showrunner | Netflix |

## 2020s

| Year | Program | Showrunners | Network |
| 2020 4th |
| 2020 4th | Insecure (Season 4) | Prentice Penny, showrunner | HBO |
| 2020 4th | black-ish (Season 6) | Kenny Smith Jr. & Jonathan Groff, showrunner | ABC |
| 2020 4th | Ballers (season 5) | Peter Berg & Evan T. Reilly, showrunner | HBO |
| 2020 4th | Dear White People (Season 3) | Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner | Netflix |
| 2020 4th | High Fidelity (Season 1) | Sarah Kucserka & Veronica West | HULU |
| 2021 5th |
| 2021 5th | A Black Lady Sketch Show (Season 2) | Robin Thede, showrunner | HBO |
| 2021 5th | That Damn Michael Che (Season 1) | Michael Che, showrunner | HBO Max |
| 2021 5th | black-ish (Season 7) | Courtney Lily, showrunner | ABC |
| 2021 5th | Run the World (Season 1) | Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner | Starz |
| 2021 5th | grown-ish (Season 3) | Julie Bean, showrunner | Freeform |
| 2022 6th | Abbott Elementary | Quinta Brunson, showrunner | ABC |
| 2022 6th | Atlanta | Donald Glover, showrunner | FX |
| 2022 6th | Black-ish | Courtney Lilly, showrunner | ABC |
| 2022 6th | Insecure | Prentice Penny, showrunner | HBO |
| 2022 6th | South Side | Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle, showrunners | HBO Max |
| 2023 7th | Abbott Elementary | Quinta Brunson, showrunner | ABC |
| 2023 7th | Atlanta | Donald Glover, showrunner | FX |
| 2023 7th | Harlem | Tracy Oliver, showrunner | Prime Video |
| 2023 7th | Unprisoned | Yvette Lee Bowser, showrunner | Hulu |
| 2023 7th | The Upshaws | Regina Y. Hicks, showrunner | Netflix |

## Total awards by network

* HBO - 3
* FX - 2