The Emmys of All-Time: Leading Actors and Actresses in a Comedy Potential Candidates

And we're back. Today, the wide selection of actors and actresses will come to an end. While the preliminary aspect will continue on, the acting will not. Today we discuss one of the finest arts the world could ever know. The art of leading in a comedy. It's a tough task. An under-appreciated one at that. Let's take a look at the sixty candidates (which will, of course, need to be whittled down to thirty-five) we have representing comedy today!

Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy Series

Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy), Gracie Allen (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), Donna Reed (The Donna Reed Show), Lucille Ball (The Lucy Show), Mary Tyler Moore (The Dick Van Dyke Show), Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched), Barbara Stanwyck (The Barbara Stanwyck Show), Shirley Booth (Hazel), Jean Stapleton (All in the Family), Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Bea Arthur (Maude), Valerie Harper (Rhoda), Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons), Cathryn Damon (Soap), Bonnie Franklin (One Day at a Time), Charlotte Rae (The Facts of Life), Shelley Long (Cheers), Jane Curtin (Kate & Allie), Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show), Betty White (The Golden Girls), Bea Arthur (The Golden Girls), Rue McLanahan (The Golden Girls), Kirstie Alley (Cheers), Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown), Tyne Daly (Wings), Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), Helen Hunt (Mad About You), Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen), Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg), Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal), Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Jennifer Aniston (Friends), Courtney Cox (Friends), Lisa Kudrow (Friends), Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Sarah Chalke (Scrubs), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), Lena Dunham (Girls), Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black), Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia), Tiffani Thiessen (Saved by the Bell), Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project), Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), Hope Lange (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir), Jane Wyatt (Father Knows Best), Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Pam Dawber (Mork & Mindy), Ruth Gordon (Taxi)

Outstanding Leading Actor in a Comedy Series

Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy), Jackie Gleason (The Honeymooners), Bob Denver (Gilligan's Island), Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show), Don Adams (Get Smart), Brian Keith (Family Affair), Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple), Carroll O'Connor (All in the Family), Tony Randall (The Odd Couple), Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man), Hal Linden (Barney Miller), Henry Winkler (Happy Days), Ron Howard (Happy Days), Andy Griffith (The Andy Griffith Show), John Ritter (Three's Company), Robin Williams (Mork & Mindy), Judd Hirsch (Taxi), Richard Mulligan (Soap), Robert Guillaume (Benson), Leslie Nielsen (Police Squad!), Ted Danson (Cheers), Sherman Hemsley (The Jeffersons), Harry Anderson (Night Court), Bob Newhart (The Bob Newhart Show), Michael J. Fox (Family Ties), Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld), Matthew Perry (Friends), David Schwimmer (Friends), Matt LeBlanc (Friends), Tim Allen (Home Improvement), Garry Shandling (The Larry Sanders Show), Paul Reiser (Mad About You), John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun), Michael J. Fox (Spin City), Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Zach Braff (Scrubs), Steve Carell (The Office U.S.), Ricky Gervais (The Office U.K.), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Josh Peck (Drake & Josh), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), James Roday (Psych), Dule Hill (Psych), Louis C.K. (Louie), Joel McHale (Community), Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Oliver Hudson (Rules of Engagement), Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Elijah Wood (Wilfred), Jason Gann (Wilfred), Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Topher Grace (That 70's Show), Zachary Levi (Chuck), Michael J. Fox (The Michael J. Fox Show)

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