# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

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:
* Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material (1970–1973)
* Best Song or Theme (1974)
* Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material (1975–1978)
* Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1981–1991)
* Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1992–1995)
* Outstanding Music and Lyrics (1996–2005)
* Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (2006–present)

## Winners and nominations
### 1970s

| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
| 1970 | Love, American Style | | Charles Fox & Arnold Margolin (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1970 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Carol Channing") | | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1970 | Spoon River | | Charles Aidman & Naomi C. Hirshhorn (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1971 | The First Nine Months Are the Hardest | | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1971 | The Dean Martin Show | | Lee Hale (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1971 | The Name of the Game | | Billy Goldenberg & David Wilson (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1971 | Pure Goldie | | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1972 | The Funny Side ("The Funny Side of Marriage") | | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1972 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ("Liza Minnelli") | | Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1972 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1973 | Liza with a Z | | Fred Ebb & John Kander (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1973 | The Marcus-Nelson Murders (The CBS Thursday Night Movie) | "Don't Give Me a Road I Can't Walk" | Billy Goldenberg & Bobby Russell (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1973 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("Lyle Waggoner & Jean Stapleton") | "The Gloria Majestic Story" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1974 | Ironside | "Light My Way" | David & Marty Paich (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1974 | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | "The Love That Lights Our Way" | Fred Karlin (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1974 | Kojak | | Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1975 | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | | Alan & Marilyn Bergman & Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1975 | Cher ("Bette Midler, Flip Wilson & Elton John") | | Billy Barnes & Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1975 | Chico and the Man | Theme | Janna Merlyn & José Feliciano (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1975 | Police Woman | Theme | Morton Stevens (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1975 | Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | | Cy Coleman & Bob Wells (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1976 | The Carol Burnett Show ("The Pointer Sisters") | "Cinderella Gets It On!" | Artie Malvin, Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1976 | Gypsy in My Soul | | Cy Coleman & Fred Ebb (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1977 | America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | | Larry Grossman (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1977 | An Evening with Diana Ross | | Bill Dyer & Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1977 | How the West Was Won | Theme | Jerrold Immel (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1977 | Minstrel Man | "Early in the Morning" | Fred Karlin (music) Meg Karlin (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1977 | Police Woman ("Killer Cowboys") | "Leave Me Tomorrow" | Morton Stevens (music) Hermine Hilton (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1978 | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material | Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material |
| 1978 | The Carol Burnett Show ("Steve Lawrence") | "Hi-Hat" | Stan Freeman & Arthur Malvin (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1978 | The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | "See You Tomorrow in Class" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1978 | Donny & Marie ("Ray Bolger") | "Leading Lady" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1978 | Poldark (Masterpiece Theatre) | Theme | Kenyon Emrys-Roberts (music & lyrics) | PBS |
| 1978 | Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | "Until the Music Ends" | Dick DeBenedictis (music) Bill Dyer (lyrics) | NBC |
| Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events - Individuals ||||
| 1978 | The 50th Annual Academy Awards | "Look How Far We've Come" | Buz Kohan (music & lyrics) | ABC |

### 1980s

| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
| 1980 | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events |
| 1980 | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards | "Dancin' on the Silver Screen" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1981 | Linda in Wonderland | "This Is My Night" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1981 | All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special | "Truman Capote Jeans" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1981 | Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land | "The City of Tradition" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1981 | Homeward Bound | "Home" | Fred Karlin (music) David Pomeranz (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1981 | The Way They Were | "In the Beginning" | Larry Grossman (music) Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) | Syndicated |
| 1982 | Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | "On the Outside Looking In" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1982 | Advice to the Lovelorn | "If This is Love" | James Di Pasquale (music) Carol Connors (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1982 | The Gift of Life | "Just a Little More Love" | Billy Goldenberg (music) Harry Shannon (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1982 | The Greatest American Hero ("Dreams") | "Dreams" | Stephen Geyer (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | "What's Your Line?" | Kohan (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1982 | Walt Disney... One Man's Dream | "Marceline" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind (GE Theater) | "We'll Win This World" | James Di Pasquale (music) Dory Previn (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1983 | The 55th Annual Academy Awards | "And It All Comes Down to This" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1983 | Bare Essence | "In Finding You, I Found Love" | Carol Connors & Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1983 | Cheers ("Give Me a Ring Sometime") | "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" | Judy Hart-Angelo & Gary Portnoy (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1983 | Happy Endings | Theme Song | William Goldstein (music) Molly-Ann Leikin (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1983 | Quincy, M.E. ("Quincy's Wedding, Part 2") | "Quincy's Wedding Song" | Bruce Broughton (music) Mark Mueller (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1983 | Suzanne Somers... and 10,000 G.I.'s | "We're Not So Dumb" | Earl Brown & Artie Butler (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1984 | Here's Television Entertainment | "Gone Too Soon" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1984 | Burnett Discovers Domingo | "No Time Now" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1984 | Fame ("Break Dance") | "I Still Believe In Me" | Gary Portnoy & Susan Sheridan (music & lyrics) | Syndicated |
| 1984 | Fame ("Catch a Falling Star") | "Whatever Happened to the Heroes?" | Earl Brown (music) Brown & Jean-Pierre Philippe (lyrics) | Syndicated |
| 1984 | Two Marriages | "Home Here" | Bruce Broughton (music) Dory Previn (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1985 | Love Lives On | "Wildflower" & "Lullaby" | James Di Pasquale (music) Douglas Brayfield (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1985 | Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration | "Thank You (For Thirty Happy Years)" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1985 | Moonlighting ("Pilot") | "Moonlighting" | Lee Holdridge (music) Al Jarreau (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1985 | Motown Returns to the Apollo | "Tall, Tan, and Teasing" | Earl Brown (music) Brown & Debbie Allen (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1986 | Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa | "My Christmas Wish" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1986 | All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan | "America Is Changing Back to What She Used to Be" | Earl Brown (music) Brown & Toby Martin (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1986 | America Picks the #1 Song | "Take It to the People" | Ray Charles (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1986 | Growing Pains | "As Long As We Got Each Other" | Steve Dorff (music) John Bettis (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1986 | The Third Annual NBC All-Star Hour | "One Big Happy Family" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1986 | The 12th People's Choice Awards | "The People's Choice" | Brown (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1987 | Liberty Weekend: Opening Ceremonies | "Welcome to Liberty" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards | "Sing Me the Song, the Song from the Movie" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1987 | Jack and Mike ("Fire and Ice") | "This Love's for Real" | Nan Schwartz (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1987 | Liberty Weekend: Closing Ceremonies | "Liberty! Remember, Rejoice, Renew" | Earl Brown (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1988 | Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas | "The Sound of Christmas" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1988 | Growing Pains ("Aloha") | "Swept Away" | Steve Dorff (music) John Bettis & Christopher Cross (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | "Comedy Ain't No Joke" | Cy Coleman & James Lipton (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1988 | NBC Investigates Bob Hope | "A Man Is Innocent/Until Proven Guilty" | Bob Alberti (music) Martha Bolton & Gene Perret (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1989 | Beauty and the Beast ("A Distant Shore") | "The First Time I Loved Forever" | Lee Holdridge (music) Melanie (lyricist) | CBS |
| 1989 | Dadah Is Death ("Part 1") | "In The Light of Our Love" | Fred Karlin (music) John Milligan (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1989 | Roseanne ("Radio Days") | "I'll Never Change My Mind" | Dan Foliart & Howard Pearl (music) Foliart (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1989 | Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting | "Look Through the Window" | Joe Raposo (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1989 | Shining Time Station ("A Place Unlike Any Other") | "Start Where You Are" | Larry Grossman (music) Ellen Fitzhugh (lyrics) | PBS |

### 1990s

| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
| 1990 | From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival | | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | ""I'll Be the One" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1990 | Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration | "You Were There" | Kohan & Michael Jackson (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks ("Episode 5") | "Into the Night" | Angelo Badalamenti (music) David Lynch (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1991 | Cop Rock ("Pilot") | "He's Guilty!" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1991 | Cop Rock ("Oil of Ol'Lay") | "Nowhere to Go, Nothin' to Do" | Ron Boustead & Greg Edmonson (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1991 | Life Goes On ("Corky's Travels") | "Bittersweet Waltz" | Craig Safan (music) Mark Mueller (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1991 | The Lost Capone | "I Didn't Hear You" | Mark Snow (music) Glynn Snow (lyrics) | TNT |
| 1991 | Matlock ("The Critic") | "Love and Justice" | Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 1992 | Cast a Deadly Spell | "Why Do I Lie?" | Curt Sobel (music) Dennis Spiegel (lyrics) | HBO |
| 1992 | The Carol Burnett Show ("404") | "Rock Out of That Rockin' Chair" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1992 | A Salute to America's Pets | "Love Without Strings" | Carol Connors & Jimmie Haskell (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1992 | The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards | "We Have Come to Learn" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | Disney |
| 1993 | Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall | "Sorry I Asked" | John Kander (music) Fred Ebb (lyrics) | NPT |
| 1993 | Blind Spot | "Good Things Grow" | Patrick Williams (music) Arthur Hamilton (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1993 | Bob Hope: The First 90 Years | "Where There's Life, There's Hope" | Ray Charles (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1993 | The Heights | "How Do You Talk to an Angel" | Barry Coffing & Steve Tyrell (music) Stephanie Tyrell (lyrics) | Fox |
| 1993 | I'll Fly Away | "State Until You Come Home" | Stephen James Taylor | NBC |
| 1994 | Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When | "The Song Remembers When" | Hugh Prestwood (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| 1994 | Carol Burnett: The Special Years | "One Lucky Lady" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1994 | The Corpse Had a Familiar Face | "Something Is Out There" | Patrick Williams (music) Arthur Hamilton (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote ("A Death in Hong Kong") | "The Game's Not the Same" | Bruce Babcock (music) Tom Sawyer (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1994 | The Simpsons ("Homer and Apu") | "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" | Alf Clausen (music) Greg Daniels (lyrics) | Fox |
| 1994 | The Tony Awards | "Celebrate Broadway" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1995 | Barbra Streisand: The Concert | "Ordinary Miracles" | Marvin Hamlisch (music) Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | HBO |
| 1995 | Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | "All the Days aka Rooftop Source" | Nan Schwartz Mishkin (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1995 | Robbie Robertson: Going Home | "Pray" | Robbie Robertson (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| 1995 | A Season of Hope | "For a Love Like You" | Ken Thorne (music) Dennis Spiegel (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1995 | The Simpsons ("Homer the Great") | "We Do (The Stonecutters Song)" | Alf Clausen (music) John Swartzwelder (lyrics) | Fox |
| 1996 | Bye Bye Birdie | "Let's Settle Down" | Charles Strouse (music) Lee Adams (lyrics) | ABC |
| 1996 | Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree | "The Perfect Tree" | Michael & Patty Silversher (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1996 | People: A Musical Celebration | "Children of the World" | Nona Hendryx & Jason Miles (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| 1996 | The Simpsons ("Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part 2") | "Señor Burns" | Alf Clausen (music) Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein (lyrics) | Fox |
| 1996 | The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | "Come on In" | Larry Grossman (music) Buz Kohan (lyrics) | Disney |
| 1997 | The Simpsons ("Bart After Dark") | "We Put the Spring in Springfield" | Alf Clausen (music) Ken Keeler (lyrics) | Fox |
| 1997 | Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh | "I Wanna Scare Myself" | Michael & Patty Silversher (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1997 | Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies | "The Power of the Dream" | Babyface & David Foster (music) Linda Thompson (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1997 | Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies | "Faster, Higher, Stronger" | Mark Watters (music) Lorraine Feather (lyrics) | NBC |
| 1997 | Mrs. Santa Claus | "Mrs. Santa Claus" | Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 1998 | The Simpsons ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson") | "You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)" | Alf Clausen (music) Ken Keeler (lyrics) | Fox |
| 1998 | The Closer ("Baby, It's Cold Outside") | "You Don't Know Jack" | Ed Alton (music) Ron Burch & David Kidd (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1998 | Mr. Show with Bob and David ("Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice") | "How High the Mountain" | David Cross, Eban Schletter & Dino Stamatopoulos (music) Cross, Bill, Bob Odenkirk & Stamatopoulos (lyrics) | HBO |
| 1998 | Xena: Warrior Princess ("The Bitter Suite") | "Hearts Are Hurting" | Joseph LoDuca (music) Dennis Spiegel (lyrics) | Syndicated |
| 1998 | Xena: Warrior Princess ("The Bitter Suite") | "The Love of Your Love" | LoDuca (music & lyrics) | Syndicated |
| 1999 | AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | "A Ticket to Dream" | Marvin Hamlisch (music) Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | CBS |
| 1999 | Home Improvement ("The Long and Winding Road (Part 2)") | "We've Got It All" | Dan Foliart (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1999 | Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular ("Episode 118") | "Freedom Dot Com" | Gary Stockdale (music) Colman deKay, Penn & Teller (lyrics) | FX |
| 1999 | Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | "Places in the Heart" | Michael & Patty Silversher (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 1999 | You Lucky Dog | "Togetherness" | David Michael Frank (music) Todd Smallwood (lyrics) | Disney |

### 2000s

| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
| 2000 | Nickellennium | "Up to You" | John Kimbrough (music & lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| 2000 | The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards | "My Bill Gates" | Glen Roven & Bruce Vilanch (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 2000 | AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars | "Without You" | Carole Bayer Sager (music) Marvin Hamlisch (lyrics) | CBS |
| 2000 | Family Guy ("Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater") | "We Only Live to Kiss Your Ass" | Ron Jones (music) Chris Sheridan (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2000 | Freedom Song | "Song of Freedom" | Carole King (music & lyrics) | TNT |
| 2001 | Yesterday's Children | "A Dream That Only I Can Know" | Patrick Williams (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 2001 | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | "On the Way to Becoming Me" | Marvin Hamlisch (music) Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2001 | Dancing in September | "Welcome Back (All My Soulmates)" | Mark Sparks (music) Sy Smith (lyrics) | HBO |
| 2001 | Gary & Mike ("New York, New York") | "Mole Folks Song" | Greg O'Connor (music) Fax Bahr, Howard Gewirtz & Adam Small (lyrics) | UPN |
| 2001 | Robert Klein: Child in His 50s | "Colonoscopy" | Robert Klein & Bob Stein (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2002 | Family Guy ("Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows") | "You've Got a Lot to See" | Walter Murphy (music) Seth MacFarlane (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2002 | The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers | "A Mackie Rag" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 2002 | The Fairly OddParents ("Christmas Every Day") | "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas" | Butch Hartman, Steve Marmel & Guy Moon (music & lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| 2002 | Judging Amy ("Beating the Bounds") | "The Best Kind of Answer" | Peter Himmelman (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 2002 | The Simpsons ("The Old Man and the Key") | "Ode to Branson" | Alf Clausen (music) Jon Vitti (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2003 | The Concert for World Children's Day | "Aren't They All Our Children" | David Foster (music) Linda Thompson (lyrics) | ABC |
| 2003 | The Fairly OddParents ("Love Struck!") | "It's Great to Be a Guy" | Guy Moon (music) Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel (lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| 2003 | The Fairly OddParents ("Love Struck!") | "What Girls Love" | Moon (music) Scott Fellows, Hartman & Marmel (lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| 2003 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | "Everyone Matters" | Desmond Child & Davitt Sigerson (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2003 | The Simpsons ("Dude, Where's My Ranch?") | "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" | Alf Clausen (music) Ken Keeler & Ian Maxtone-Graham (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2004 | Until the Violence Stops | "Because You Are Beautiful" | Toni Childs, Eddy Free & David Ricketts (music) Childs (lyrics) | Lifetime |
| 2004 | The Fairly OddParents ("Abra-Catastrophe") | "Wish Come True!" | Guy Moon (music) Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel (lyrics) | Nickelodeon |
| 2004 | Futurama ("The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings") | "I Want My Hands Back" | Ken Keeler (music & lyrics) | Fox |
| 2004 | Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On | "The Street We Live On" | Mike Renzi (music) Lou Berger (lyrics) | PBS |
| 2004 | The Simpsons ("The President Wore Pearls") | "A Vote for a Winner" | Alf Clausen (music) Dana Gould (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2005 | Reefer Madness | "Mary Jane/Mary Lane" | Dan Studney (music) Kevin Murphy (lyrics) | Showtime |
| 2005 | Malcolm in the Middle ("Dewey's Opera") | "The Marriage Bed" | Charles Sydnor (music) Eric Kaplan (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2005 | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | "When I'm with You" | Adam Cohen & Michael Giacchino (music) Debra Frank, Steve L. Hayes & Jeannie Lurie (lyrics) | ABC |
| 2005 | The Simpsons ("A Star Is Torn") | "Always My Dad" | Alf Clausen (music) Carolyn Omine (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2005 | Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America | "The Tears of the Angels" | Michael Bolton (music & lyrics) | Lifetime |
| 2006 | MADtv ("Episode 1111") | "A Wonderfully Normal Day" | Greg O'Connor (composer) Jim Wise (lyricist) | Fox |
| 2006 | Gideon's Daughter | "Natasha's Song" | Adrian Johnston (music) Stephen Poliakoff (lyrics) | BBC America |
| 2006 | High School Musical | "Breaking Free" | Jamie Houston (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| 2006 | High School Musical | "Get'cha Head in the Game" | Greg Cham, Ray Cham & Drew Seeley (music & lyrics) | Disney |
| 2006 | Once Upon a Mattress | "That Baby of Mine" | Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 2007 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Dick in a Box" | Katreese Barnes, Asa Taccone, Jorma Taccone & Justin Timberlake (music) Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, J. Taccone & Timberlake (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2007 | Family Guy ("Peter's Two Dads") | "My Drunken Irish Dad" | Walter Murphy (music) Danny Smith (lyric) | Fox |
| 2007 | MADtv ("Episode 1209") | "Merry Ex-Mas" | Greg O'Connor & Jim Wise (music) Bruce McCoy & Wise (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2007 | Scrubs ("My Musical") | "Everything Comes Down to Poo" | Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx (music) Debra Fordham, Lopez & Marx (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2007 | Scrubs ("My Musical") | "Guy Love" | Paul F. Perry (music) Fordham & Perry (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2008 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("The 5th Year Anniversary Show") | "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" | Tony Barbieri, Sal Iacono, Wayne McClammy, Sarah Silverman & Dan Warner (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 2008 | Flight of the Conchords ("Bret Gives Up the Dream") | "Inner City Pressure" | Flight of the Conchords (music) James Bobin & Flight of the Conchords (lyrics) | HBO |
| 2008 | Flight of the Conchords ("Sally") | "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" | Flight of the Conchords (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2008 | MADtv ("Episode 1305") | "Sad Fitty Cent" | Greg O'Connor, Jordan Peele & Jim Wise (music) Peele (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2008 | Phineas and Ferb ("Dude, We're Gettin' the Band Back Together!") | "I Ain't Got Rhythm" | Danny Jacob (music) Robert F. Hughes, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Martin Olson & Dan Povenmire (lyrics) | Disney |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards | "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" | John Kimbrough, William Ross & Rob Schrab (music) Dan Harmon & Ben Schwartz (lyrics) | ABC |
| 2009 | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In" | Adam Schlesinger (music) David Javerbaum (lyrics) | Comedy Central |
| 2009 | The 2008 ESPY Awards | "I Love Sports" | Katreese Barnes (music) Alex Baze, Dave Drabik, Jonathan Drubner, Rachel Hamilton, Steve Higgins, Kevin Miller, Justin Timberlake (lyrics) | ESPN |
| 2009 | Flight of the Conchords ("Unnatural Love") | "Carol Brown" | James Bobin & Flight of the Conchords (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2009 | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus" | Paul Williams (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Motherlover" | Drew Campbell & Asa Taccone (music) The Lonely Island & Timberlake (lyrics) | NBC |

### 2010s

| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
| 2010 | Monk ("Mr. Monk and the End, Part 2") | "When I'm Gone" | Randy Newman (music & lyrics) | USA |
| 2010 | Family Guy ("Extra Large Medium") | "Down's Syndrome Girl" | Seth MacFarlane & Walter Murphy (music) MacFarlane (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2010 | How I Met Your Mother ("Girls Versus Suits") | "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" | Carter Bays & Craig Thomas (music & lyrics) | CBS |
| 2010 | Rescue Me ("Disease") | "How Lovely to Be a Vegetable" | Brad Hatfield & Peter Tolan (music) Tolan (lyrics) | FX |
| 2010 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Blake Lively") | "Shy Ronnie" | Rick tha Rular (music) The Lonely Island (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2010 | Treme ("I'll Fly Away") | "This City" | Steve Earle (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "Justin Timberlake Monologue" | Katreese Barnes (music) Seth Meyers, John Mulaney & Justin Timberlake (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2011 | Family Guy ("Road to the North Pole") | "Christmastime Is Killing Us" | Ron Jones & Seth MacFarlane (music) MacFarlane & Danny Smith (lyrics) | Fox |
| 2011 | Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced | "An American Prayer – Hymn II?" | Robert Klein & Bob Stein (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jeff Bridges") | "I Just Had Sex" | Jerrod Bettis & DJ Frank E (music) The Lonely Island (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Tina Fey") | "Jack Sparrow" | Mike Woods (music) The Lonely Island (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Justin Timberlake") | "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" | The Lonely Island & Timberlake (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2012 | The 65th Annual Tony Awards | "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" | Adam Schlesinger (music) David Javerbaum (lyrics) | CBS |
| 2012 | The Heart of Christmas | "The Heart of Christmas" | Matthew West (music & lyrics) | GMC |
| 2012 | Raising Hope ("Prodigy") | "Welcome Back to Hope" | Matthew W. Thompson (music & lyrics) | Fox |
| 2012 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jason Segel") | "I Can't Believe I'm Hosting" | Eli Brueggemann (music) Seth Meyers & John Mulaney (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2012 | Smash ("Pilot") | "Let Me Be Your Star" | Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2013 | The 66th Annual Tony Awards | "If I Had Time" | Adam Schlesinger (music) David Javerbaum (lyrics) | CBS |
| 2013 | 30 Rock ("Last Lunch") | "Rural Juror" | Jeff Richmond (music) Tina Fey, Richmond & Tracey Wigfield (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2013 | Nashville ("I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive") | "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" | Sarah Jane Buxton & Kate York (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 2013 | The Neighbors ("Sing Like a Larry Bird") | "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" | Alan Menken (music) Glenn Slater (lyrics) | ABC |
| 2013 | Smash ("The Bells and Whistles") | "I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" | Andrew McMahon (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2013 | Smash ("The Parents") | "Hang the Moon" | Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2014 | The 67th Annual Tony Awards | "Bigger!" | Tom Kitt (music) Lin-Manuel Miranda (lyrics) | CBS |
| 2014 | A Christmas Carol – The Concert | "No Trouble" | Bob Christenson (music) Alisa Hauser (lyrics) | PBS |
| 2014 | Key & Peele ("Substitute Teacher #3") | "Les Mis" | Joshua Funk (music) Rebecca Drysdale (lyrics) | Comedy Central |
| 2014 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Jimmy Fallon") | "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)" | Eli Bruggemann (music) Aidy Bryant, Chris Kelly, Kate McKinnon & Sarah Schneider (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2014 | Sofia the First: The Floating Palace | "Merroway Cove" | John William Kavanaugh (music) Craig Gerber (lyrics) | Disney |
| 2014 | Sons of Anarchy ("A Mother's Work") | "Day Is Gone" | Noah Gundersen, Kurt Sutter & Bob Thiele (music & lyrics) | FX |
| 2015 | Inside Amy Schumer ("Cool with It") | "Girl You Don't Need Make Up" | Kyle Dunnigan & Jim Roach (music) Dunnigan (lyrics) | Comedy Central |
| 2015 | The Comedians ("Celebrity Guest") | "Kiss an Old Man" | Robert Lopez (music) Kristen Anderson-Lopez (lyrics) | FX |
| 2015 | Glee ("Dreams Come True") | "This Time" | Darren Criss (music & lyrics) | Fox |
| 2015 | How Murray Saved Christmas | "You Gotta Believe" | Walter Murphy (music) Mike Reiss (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2015 | The Oscars | "Moving Pictures" | Anderson-Lopez & Lopez (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 2015 | Sons of Anarchy ("Papa's Goods") | "Come Join the Murder" | Bob Thiele, Kurt Sutter & The White Buffalo (music & lyrics) | FX |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | The Hunting Ground | "Til It Happens to You" | Diane Warren (music & lyrics) | CNN |
| 2016 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I'm Going on a Date with Josh's Friend!") | "Settle for Me" | Adam Schlesinger (music) Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen & Schlesinger (lyrics) | The CW |
| 2016 | Empire ("A Rose by Any Other Name") | "Good People" | Jim Beanz (music & lyrics) | Fox |
| 2016 | Galavant ("A New Season aka Suck It Cancellation Bear") | "A New Season" | Alan Menken (music) Glenn Slater (lyrics) | ABC |
| 2016 | Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special | "Frozen Lullaby" | Garfunkel & Oates (music & lyrics) | Vimeo |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | 13th | "Letter to the Free" | Common, Robert Glasper & Karriem Riggins (music) Common (lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2017 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("When Will Josh And His Friend Leave Me Alone?") | "We Tapped That Ass" | Adam Schlesinger (music) Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen & Schlesinger (lyrics) | The CW |
| 2017 | Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special | "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling" | Christopher Willis (music) Darrick Bachman, Paul Rudish & Willis (lyrics) | Disney |
| 2017 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! ("Jessica Chastain/Willie Nelson/Hunter Hayes") | "The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)" | Gary Greenberg & Jonathan Kimmel (music & lyrics) | ABC |
| 2017 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Casey Affleck") | "Last Christmas" | Eli Brueggemann (music) Chance the Rapper, Will Stephen & Kenan Thompson (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2017 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ("Kimmy’s Roommate Lemonades!") | "Hell No" | Jeff Richmond (music) Tina Fey & Sam Means (lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: Chance the Rapper") | "Come Back Barack" | Eli Brueggemann (music) Chris Redd, Will Stephen & Kenan Thompson (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2018 | Big Mouth ("Am I Gay?") | "Totally Gay" | Mark Rivers (music & lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2018 | A Christmas Story Live! | "In the Market for a Miracle" | Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (music & lyrics) | Fox |
| 2018 | The Good Fight ("Day 450") | "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" | Jonathan Coulton (music & lyrics) | CBS All Access |
| 2018 | If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | "Just Getting Started" | Dave Grusin (music) Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) | HBO |
| 2018 | Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life | "The Buddy Song" | Steve Martin (music & lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ("I Have To Get Out") | "Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal" | Rachel Bloom & Adam Schlesinger (music) Bloom, Jack Dolgen & Schlesinger (lyrics) | The CW |
| 2019 | Documentary Now! ("Original Cast Album: Co-op") | "Holiday Party (I Did a Little Cocaine Tonight)" | Eli Bolin (music) Seth Meyers & John Mulaney (lyrics) | IFC |
| 2019 | Flight of the Conchords: Live in London | "Father & Son" | Flight of the Conchords (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2019 | Saturday Night Live ("Host: James McAvoy") | "The Upper East Side" | Eli Brueggemann (music) Leslie Jones & Bryan Tucker (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2019 | Song of Parkland | "Beautiful Things Can Grow" | Mark Sonnenblick (music) Ashley Paseltiner & Molly Reichard (lyrics) | HBO |
| 2019 | The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | "This One's for You" | Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban & Shaina Taub (music & lyrics) | CBS |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Song | Composer / Lyricist | Network |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Euphoria ("And Salt the Earth Behind You") | "All for Us" | Labrinth (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2020 | The Black Godfather | "Letter to My Godfather" | Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams (music & lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2020 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ("Episode 629") | "Eat Shit, Bob" | David Dabbon (music) Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss & Seena Vali (lyrics) | HBO |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere ("Find a Way") | "Build It Up" | Ingrid Michaelson (music & lyrics) | Hulu |
| 2020 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Strike Up the Band") | "One Less Angel" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video |
| 2020 | This Is Us ("Strangers") | "Memorized" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2020 | Watchmen ("This Extraordinary Being") | "The Way It Used to Be" | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (music & lyrics) | HBO |
| 2021 |
| 2021 | WandaVision ("Breaking the Fourth Wall") | "Agatha All Along" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) | Disney+ |
| 2021 | Bo Burnham: Inside | "Comedy" | Bo Burnham (music & lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2021 | The Boys ("The Big Ride") | "Never Truly Vanish | Christopher Lennertz (music) Lennertz & Michael Saltzman (lyrics) | Prime Video |
| 2021 | The Queen's Gambit ("Adjournment") | "I Can't Remember Love" | Anna Hauss & Robert Weinröder (music) William Horberg (lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2021 | Soundtrack of Our Lives | "The End Titles" | Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics) | YouTube |
| 2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist ("Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday") | "Crimson Love" | Andrew Hey & Harvey Mason Jr. (music) Lindsey Rosin & Austin Winsberg (lyrics) | NBC |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Schmigadoon! ("Schmigadoon!") | "Corn Puddin'" | Cinco Paul (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ |
| 2022 | Euphoria ("You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can") | "I'm Tired" | Labrinth (music) Sam Levinson & Zendaya (lyrics) | HBO |
| 2022 | Euphoria ("All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name") | "Elliot's Song" | Labrinth (music) Muz & Zendaya (lyrics) | HBO |
| 2022 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("How to Chew Quietly and Influence People") | "Maybe Monica" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video |
| 2022 | This Is Us ("Day of the Wedding") | "The Forever Now" | Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) | NBC |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Ted Lasso ("So Long, Farewell") | "A Beautiful Game" | Max Martin, Ed Sheeran & Foy Vance (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ |
| 2023 | Ginny & Georgia ("Hark! Darkness Descends!") | "Marriage Is a Dungeon" | Ben Bromfield & Lili Haydn (music & lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2023 | The L Word: Generation Q ("Questions for the Universe") | "All About Me" | Heather McIntosh, Allyson Newman & Taura Stinson (music & lyrics) | Showtime |
| 2023 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ("Susan") | "Your Personal Trash Man Can" | Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) | Prime Video |
| 2023 | Ted Lasso ("Mom City") | "Fought & Lost" | Jamie Hartman, Tom Howe & Sam Ryder (music & lyrics) | Apple TV+ |
| 2023 | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | "Now You Know" | "Weird Al" Yankovic (music & lyrics) | The Roku Channel |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | Only Murders in the Building ("Sitzprobe") | "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrics) | Hulu |
| 2024 | Girls5eva ("New York") | "The Medium Time" | Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics) | Netflix |
| 2024 | 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 |
| 2024 | The Tattooist of Auschwitz ("Episode 6") | "Love Will Survive" | Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer (music) Charlie Midnight (lyrics) | Peacock |
| 2024 | True Detective: Night Country ("Part 5") | "No Use" | John Hawkes (music & lyrics) | HBO |