# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series was a Primetime Emmy Award presented to the best new television series sporadically from 1954 to 1973.

## Winners and nominations
### 1950s

| Year | Program | Network | Nominee(s) |
| 1953 (6th) |
| 1953 (6th) | Make Room for Daddy | ABC | Louis F. Edelman, executive producer; Sheldon Leonard, Charles Stewart, producers |
| 1953 (6th) | The United States Steel Hour | ABC | George Kondolf, Carol Irwin, producers |
| 1953 (6th) | Adventure | CBS | Robert Northshield, producer |
| 1953 (6th) | Ding Dong School | NBC | Reinald Werrenrath, producer |
| 1953 (6th) | Letter to Loretta | NBC | Tom Lewis, Matthew Rapf, executive producers |
| 1953 (6th) | Person to Person | CBS | John Aaron, Jesse Zousmer, Charles Hill, Robert Sammon, Edward R. Murrow, producers |
| 1956 (9th) |
| 1956 (9th) | Playhouse 90 | CBS | Peter Kortner, executive producer; Julian Claman, Martin Manulis, Herbert Brodkin, producers |
| 1956 (9th) | Air Power | CBS | Perry Wolff, James B Faichney, producers |
| 1956 (9th) | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | NBC | Bob Banner, Robert Wells, producers |
| 1956 (9th) | The Ernie Kovacs Show | NBC | Louis Heyward, producer |
| 1956 (9th) | The Steve Allen Sunday Show | NBC | Nick Vanoff, producer |
| 1957 (10th) |
| 1957 (10th) | The Seven Lively Arts | CBS | John Houseman, executive producer; Robert Herridge, producer |
| 1957 (10th) | Leave it to Beaver | CBS | Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, producers |
| 1957 (10th) | Maverick | ABC | William T. Orr, executive producer; Roy Huggins, Coles Trapnell, producers |
| 1957 (10th) | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | NBC | Perry Cross, Paul Keyes, Bob Shanks, producers |
| 1957 (10th) | Wagon Train | NBC | Howard Christie, Richard Lewis, executive producers; Frederick Shorr, producer |

### 1970s

| Year | Program | Network | Nominee(s) |
| 1969–1970 (22nd) |
| 1969–1970 (22nd) | Room 222 | CBS | Gene Reynolds, producer |
| 1969–1970 (22nd) | The Bill Cosby Show | NBC | Bill Cosby, executive producer; Marvin Miller, producer |
| 1969–1970 (22nd) | The Forsyte Saga | PBS | Donald Wilson, producer |
| 1969–1970 (22nd) | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | David J. O'Connell, producer; David Victor, executive producer |
| 1969–1970 (22nd) | Sesame Street | NET | David D. Connell, executive producer; Sam Gibbon, producer; Lutrelle Horne, producer; Jon Stone, producer |
| 1970–1971 (23rd) |
| 1970–1971 (23rd) | All in the Family | CBS | Norman Lear, producer |
| 1970–1971 (23rd) | The Bold Ones: The Senator | NBC | David Levinson |
| 1970–1971 (23rd) | The Flip Wilson Show | NBC | Bob Henry, producer; Monte Kay, executive producer |
| 1970–1971 (23rd) | Mary Tyler Moore | CBS | James L. Brooks, executive producer; Allan Burns, executive producer; David Davis, producer |
| 1970–1971 (23rd) | The Odd Couple | ABC | Jerry Belson, executive producer; Jerry Davis, producer; Garry Marshall, executive producer |
| 1971–1972 (24th) |
| 1971–1972 (24th) | Elizabeth R | PBS | Roderick Graham, producer; Christopher Sarson, executive producer |
| 1971–1972 (24th) | Columbo | NBC | Everett Chambers, producer; Richard Levinson, executive producer; William Link, executive producer |
| 1971–1972 (24th) | Sanford and Son | NBC | Aaron Ruben, producer; Bud Yorkin, executive producer |
| 1971–1972 (24th) | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | PBS | Mark Shivas, producer; Ronald Travers, producer |
| 1971–1972 (24th) | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | CBS | Chris Bearde, producer; Allan Blye, producer |
| 1972–1973 (25th) |
| 1972–1973 (25th) | America: A Personal History of the United States | NBC | Michael Gill, producer |
| 1972–1973 (25th) | The Julie Andrews Hour | ABC | Julie Andrews, Star; Nick Vanoff, producer |
| 1972–1973 (25th) | Kung Fu | ABC | Jerry Thorpe, producer |
| 1972–1973 (25th) | M*A*S*H | CBS | Gene Reynolds, producer |
| 1972–1973 (25th) | Maude | CBS | Norman Lear, executive producer; Rod Parker, producer |
| 1972–1973 (25th) | The Waltons | CBS | Robert L. Jacks, producer; Lee Rich, executive producer |