Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Awarded forOutstanding Original Music and Lyrics
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award1970
Currently held byOnly Murders in the Building, "Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" (2024)
Websiteemmys.com

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
[1] 		Love, American Style  
ABC
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
("Carol Channing") 		  Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) NBC
Spoon River  
CBS
1971
[2] 		The First Nine Months Are the Hardest   Ray Charles (music & lyrics) NBC
The Dean Martin Show   Lee Hale (music & lyrics) NBC
The Name of the Game  
Pure Goldie   Billy Barnes (music & lyrics)
1972
[3] 		The Funny Side
("The Funny Side of Marriage") 		  Ray Charles (music & lyrics) NBC
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
("Liza Minnelli") 		  Billy Barnes (music & lyrics) CBS
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour   Earl Brown (music & lyrics)
1973
[4] 		Liza with a Z  
NBC
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
(The CBS Thursday Night Movie) 		"Don't Give Me a Road I Can't Walk"
CBS
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
("Lyle Waggoner & Jean Stapleton") 		"The Gloria Majestic Story" Earl Brown (music & lyrics)
1974
[5] 		Ironside
("Once More For Joey") 		"Light My Way"
NBC
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman "The Love That Lights Our Way" Fred Karlin (music & lyrics) CBS
Kojak   Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics)
1975
[6] 		Queen of the Stardust Ballroom  
CBS
Cher
("Bette Midler, Flip Wilson & Elton John") 		 
  • Billy Barnes & Earl Brown (music & lyrics)
 CBS
Chico and the Man Theme
NBC
Police Woman Theme Morton Stevens (music & lyrics)
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now  
CBS
1976
[7] 		The Carol Burnett Show
("The Pointer Sisters") 		"Cinderella Gets It On!"
  • Artie Malvin, Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 CBS
Gypsy in My Soul  
CBS
1977
[8]
[note 1] 		America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music   Larry Grossman (music & lyrics) CBS
An Evening with Diana Ross  
NBC
How the West Was Won Theme Jerrold Immel (music & lyrics) ABC
Minstrel Man "Early in the Morning"
CBS
Police Woman
("Killer Cowboys") 		"Leave Me Tomorrow"
NBC
1978 Outstanding Achievement in Special Music Material[9]
The Carol Burnett Show
("Steve Lawrence") 		"Hi-Hat"
  • Stan Freeman & Arthur Malvin (music & lyrics)
 CBS
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots "See You Tomorrow in Class"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 ABC
Donny & Marie
("Ray Bolger") 		"Leading Lady" Earl Brown (music & lyrics) ABC
Poldark (Masterpiece Theatre) Theme Kenyon Emrys-Roberts (music & lyrics) PBS
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women "Until the Music Ends"
NBC
Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events - Individuals[10][note 2]
The 50th Annual Academy Awards "Look How Far We've Come"
ABC

1980s

Year Program Song Composer / Lyricist Network
1980 Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events[11][note 3]
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards "Dancin' on the Silver Screen"
ABC
1981
[12] 		Linda in Wonderland "This Is My Night"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 CBS
All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special "Truman Capote Jeans" Earl Brown (music & lyrics) NBC
Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land "The City of Tradition" Ray Charles (music & lyrics) ABC
Homeward Bound "Home"
CBS
The Way They Were "In the Beginning"
Syndicated
1982
[13] 		Shirley MacLaine... Illusions "On the Outside Looking In"
CBS
Advice to the Lovelorn "If This is Love"
NBC
The Gift of Life "Just a Little More Love"
CBS
The Greatest American Hero
("Dreams") 		"Dreams" Stephen Geyer (music & lyrics) ABC
Night of 100 Stars "What's Your Line?" Kohan (music & lyrics) ABC
Walt Disney... One Man's Dream "Marceline"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 CBS
1983
[14] 		Two of a Kind (GE Theater) "We'll Win This World"
CBS
The 55th Annual Academy Awards "And It All Comes Down to This"
ABC
Bare Essence "In Finding You, I Found Love"
CBS
Cheers
("Give Me a Ring Sometime") 		"Where Everybody Knows Your Name"
NBC
Happy Endings Theme Song
  • William Goldstein (music)
  • Molly-Ann Leikin (lyrics)
 CBS
Quincy, M.E.
("Quincy's Wedding, Part 2") 		"Quincy's Wedding Song"
NBC
Suzanne Somers... and 10,000 G.I.'s "We're Not So Dumb"
  • Earl Brown & Artie Butler (music & lyrics)
 CBS
1984
[15] 		Here's Television Entertainment "Gone Too Soon"
NBC
Burnett Discovers Domingo "No Time Now"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 CBS
Fame
("Break Dance") 		"I Still Believe In Me"
Syndicated
Fame
("Catch a Falling Star") 		"Whatever Happened to the Heroes?"
  • Earl Brown (music)
  • Brown & Jean-Pierre Philippe (lyrics)
Two Marriages "Home Here"
ABC
1985
[16] 		Love Lives On "Wildflower" & "Lullaby"
NBC
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration "Thank You (For Thirty Happy Years)"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 NBC
Moonlighting
("Pilot") 		"Moonlighting"
ABC
Motown Returns to the Apollo "Tall, Tan, and Teasing"
NBC
1986
[17] 		Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa "My Christmas Wish"
NBC
All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan "America Is Changing Back to What She Used to Be"
  • Earl Brown (music)
  • Brown & Toby Martin (lyrics)
 CBS
America Picks the #1 Song "Take It to the People" Ray Charles (music & lyrics) ABC
Growing Pains "As Long As We Got Each Other"
The Third Annual NBC All-Star Hour "One Big Happy Family"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 NBC
The 12th People's Choice Awards "The People's Choice" Brown (music & lyrics) CBS
1987
[18] 		Liberty Weekend: Opening Ceremonies "Welcome to Liberty"
ABC
The 59th Annual Academy Awards "Sing Me the Song, the Song from the Movie"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 ABC
Jack and Mike
("Fire and Ice") 		"This Love's for Real" Nan Schwartz (music & lyrics)
Liberty Weekend: Closing Ceremonies "Liberty! Remember, Rejoice, Renew" Earl Brown (music & lyrics)
1988
[19] 		Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas "The Sound of Christmas"
ABC
Growing Pains
("Aloha") 		"Swept Away"
ABC
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC "Comedy Ain't No Joke"
NBC
NBC Investigates Bob Hope "A Man Is Innocent/Until Proven Guilty"
  • Bob Alberti (music)
  • Martha Bolton & Gene Perret (lyrics)
1989
[20] 		Beauty and the Beast
("A Distant Shore") 		"The First Time I Loved Forever"
CBS
Dadah Is Death
("Part 1") 		"In The Light of Our Love"
CBS
Roseanne
("Radio Days") 		"I'll Never Change My Mind"
  • Dan Foliart & Howard Pearl (music)
  • Foliart (lyrics)
 ABC
Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting "Look Through the Window" Joe Raposo (music & lyrics) NBC
Shining Time Station
("A Place Unlike Any Other") 		"Start Where You Are"
PBS

1990s

Year Program Song Composer / Lyricist Network
1990
[21] 		From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival
NBC
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer ""I'll Be the One" Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) NBC
Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration "You Were There"
ABC
Twin Peaks
("Episode 5") 		"Into the Night"
1991
[22] 		Cop Rock
("Pilot") 		"He's Guilty!" Randy Newman (music & lyrics) ABC
Cop Rock
("Oil of Ol'Lay") 		"Nowhere to Go, Nothin' to Do"
ABC
Life Goes On
("Corky's Travels") 		"Bittersweet Waltz"
The Lost Capone "I Didn't Hear You"
TNT
Matlock
("The Critic") 		"Love and Justice" Dick DeBenedictis (music & lyrics) NBC
1992
[23] 		Cast a Deadly Spell "Why Do I Lie?"
HBO
The Carol Burnett Show
("404") 		"Rock Out of That Rockin' Chair"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 CBS
A Salute to America's Pets "Love Without Strings"
ABC
The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards "We Have Come to Learn"
Disney
1993
[24] 		Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall "Sorry I Asked"
NPT
Blind Spot "Good Things Grow"
CBS
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years "Where There's Life, There's Hope"
NBC
The Heights "How Do You Talk to an Angel"
Fox
I'll Fly Away "State Until You Come Home" Stephen James Taylor NBC
1994
[25] 		Trisha Yearwood: The Song Remembers When "The Song Remembers When" Hugh Prestwood (music & lyrics) Disney
Carol Burnett: The Special Years "One Lucky Lady"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 CBS
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face "Something Is Out There"
Murder, She Wrote
("A Death in Hong Kong") 		"The Game's Not the Same"
  • Bruce Babcock (music)
  • Tom Sawyer (lyrics)
The Simpsons
("Homer and Apu") 		"Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?"
Fox
The Tony Awards "Celebrate Broadway"
CBS
1995
[26] 		Barbra Streisand: The Concert "Ordinary Miracles"
HBO
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again "All the Days aka Rooftop Source" Nan Schwartz Mishkin (music & lyrics) CBS
Robbie Robertson: Going Home "Pray" Robbie Robertson (music & lyrics) Disney
A Season of Hope "For a Love Like You"
CBS
The Simpsons
("Homer the Great") 		"We Do (The Stonecutters Song)"
Fox
1996
[27] 		Bye Bye Birdie "Let's Settle Down"
ABC
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree "The Perfect Tree"
  • Michael & Patty Silversher (music & lyrics)
 CBS
People: A Musical Celebration "Children of the World"
Disney
The Simpsons
("Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part 2") 		"Señor Burns"
Fox
The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards "Come on In"
Disney
1997
[28] 		The Simpsons
("Bart After Dark") 		"We Put the Spring in Springfield"
Fox
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh "I Wanna Scare Myself"
  • Michael & Patty Silversher (music & lyrics)
 CBS
Centennial Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies "The Power of the Dream"
NBC
"Faster, Higher, Stronger"
Mrs. Santa Claus "Mrs. Santa Claus" Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) CBS
1998
[29] 		The Simpsons
("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson") 		"You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)"
Fox
The Closer
("Baby, It's Cold Outside") 		"You Don't Know Jack"
  • Ed Alton (music)
  • Ron Burch & David Kidd (lyrics)
 CBS
Mr. Show with Bob and David
("Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice") 		"How High the Mountain"
HBO
Xena: Warrior Princess
("The Bitter Suite") 		"Hearts Are Hurting"
Syndicated
"The Love of Your Love" LoDuca (music & lyrics)
1999
[30] 		AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies "A Ticket to Dream"
CBS
Home Improvement
("The Long and Winding Road (Part 2)") 		"We've Got It All" Dan Foliart (music & lyrics) ABC
Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular
("Episode 118") 		"Freedom Dot Com"
FX
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You "Places in the Heart"
  • Michael & Patty Silversher (music & lyrics)
 ABC
You Lucky Dog "Togetherness"
  • David Michael Frank (music)
  • Todd Smallwood (lyrics)
 Disney

2000s

Year Program Song Composer / Lyricist Network
2000
[31] 		Nickellennium "Up to You" John Kimbrough (music & lyrics) Nickelodeon
The 14th Annual American Comedy Awards "My Bill Gates"
ABC
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars "Without You"
CBS
Family Guy
("Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater") 		"We Only Live to Kiss Your Ass"
Fox
Freedom Song "Song of Freedom" Carole King (music & lyrics) TNT
2001
[32] 		Yesterday's Children "A Dream That Only I Can Know" Patrick Williams (music & lyrics) CBS
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand "On the Way to Becoming Me"
Fox
Dancing in September "Welcome Back (All My Soulmates)"
HBO
Gary & Mike
("New York, New York") 		"Mole Folks Song"
UPN
Robert Klein: Child in His 50s "Colonoscopy"
HBO
2002
[33] 		Family Guy
("Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows") 		"You've Got a Lot to See"
Fox
The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers "A Mackie Rag"

Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)

CBS
The Fairly OddParents
("Christmas Every Day") 		"I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas"
Nickelodeon
Judging Amy
("Beating the Bounds") 		"The Best Kind of Answer" Peter Himmelman (music & lyrics) CBS
The Simpsons
("The Old Man and the Key") 		"Ode to Branson"
Fox
2003
[34] 		The Concert for World Children's Day "Aren't They All Our Children"
ABC
The Fairly OddParents
("Love Struck!") 		"It's Great to Be a Guy"
Nickelodeon
"What Girls Love"
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie "Everyone Matters"
NBC
The Simpsons
("Dude, Where's My Ranch?") 		"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders"
Fox
2004
[35] 		Until the Violence Stops "Because You Are Beautiful"
Lifetime
The Fairly OddParents
("Abra-Catastrophe") 		"Wish Come True!"
Nickelodeon
Futurama
("The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings") 		"I Want My Hands Back" Ken Keeler (music & lyrics) Fox
Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On "The Street We Live On"
PBS
The Simpsons
("The President Wore Pearls") 		"A Vote for a Winner"
Fox
2005
[36] 		Reefer Madness "Mary Jane/Mary Lane"
Showtime
Malcolm in the Middle
("Dewey's Opera") 		"The Marriage Bed"
Fox
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz "When I'm with You"
  • Adam Cohen & Michael Giacchino (music)
  • Debra Frank, Steve L. Hayes & Jeannie Lurie (lyrics)
 ABC
The Simpsons
("A Star Is Torn") 		"Always My Dad"
Fox
Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America "The Tears of the Angels" Michael Bolton (music & lyrics) Lifetime
2006
[37] 		MADtv
("Episode 1111") 		"A Wonderfully Normal Day"
Fox
Gideon's Daughter "Natasha's Song"
BBC America
High School Musical "Breaking Free" Jamie Houston (music & lyrics) Disney
"Get'cha Head in the Game"
Once Upon a Mattress "That Baby of Mine"
  • Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics)
 ABC
2007
[38] 		Saturday Night Live
("Host: Justin Timberlake") 		"Dick in a Box"
NBC
Family Guy
("Peter's Two Dads") 		"My Drunken Irish Dad"
Fox
MADtv
("Episode 1209") 		"Merry Ex-Mas"
Scrubs
("My Musical") 		"Everything Comes Down to Poo"
NBC
"Guy Love"

Paul F. Perry (music)
Fordham & Perry (lyrics)

2008
[39] 		Jimmy Kimmel Live!
("The 5th Year Anniversary Show") 		"I'm Fucking Matt Damon"
ABC
Flight of the Conchords
("Bret Gives Up the Dream") 		"Inner City Pressure"
HBO
Flight of the Conchords
("Sally") 		"The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)"
  • Flight of the Conchords (music & lyrics)
MADtv
("Episode 1305") 		"Sad Fitty Cent"
Fox
Phineas and Ferb
("Dude, We're Gettin' the Band Back Together!") 		"I Ain't Got Rhythm"
Disney
2009
[40] 		The 81st Annual Academy Awards "Hugh Jackman Opening Number"
ABC
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In"
Comedy Central
The 2008 ESPY Awards "I Love Sports"
ESPN
Flight of the Conchords
("Unnatural Love") 		"Carol Brown"
HBO
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus" Paul Williams (music & lyrics) NBC
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Justin Timberlake") 		"Motherlover"
NBC

2010s

Year Program Song Composer / Lyricist Network
2010
[41] 		Monk
("Mr. Monk and the End, Part 2") 		"When I'm Gone" Randy Newman (music & lyrics) USA
Family Guy
("Extra Large Medium") 		"Down's Syndrome Girl"
Fox
How I Met Your Mother
("Girls Versus Suits") 		"Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit"
CBS
Rescue Me
("Disease") 		"How Lovely to Be a Vegetable"
FX
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Blake Lively") 		"Shy Ronnie"
NBC
Treme
("I'll Fly Away") 		"This City" Steve Earle (music & lyrics) HBO
2011
[42] 		Saturday Night Live
("Host: Justin Timberlake") 		"Justin Timberlake Monologue"
NBC
Family Guy
("Road to the North Pole") 		"Christmastime Is Killing Us"
Fox
Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced "An American Prayer – Hymn II?"
HBO
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Jeff Bridges") 		"I Just Had Sex"
NBC
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Tina Fey") 		"Jack Sparrow"
  • Mike Woods (music)
  • The Lonely Island (lyrics)
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Justin Timberlake") 		"3-Way (The Golden Rule)"
  • The Lonely Island & Timberlake (music & lyrics)
2012
[43] 		The 65th Annual Tony Awards "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore"
CBS
The Heart of Christmas "The Heart of Christmas" Matthew West (music & lyrics) GMC
Raising Hope
("Prodigy") 		"Welcome Back to Hope" Matthew W. Thompson (music & lyrics) Fox
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Jason Segel") 		"I Can't Believe I'm Hosting"
NBC
Smash
("Pilot") 		"Let Me Be Your Star"
NBC
2013
[44] 		The 66th Annual Tony Awards "If I Had Time"
CBS
30 Rock
("Last Lunch") 		"Rural Juror"
NBC
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
The Neighbors
("Sing Like a Larry Bird") 		"More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway"
Smash
("The Bells and Whistles") 		"I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" Andrew McMahon (music & lyrics) NBC
Smash
("The Parents") 		"Hang the Moon"
2014
[45] 		The 67th Annual Tony Awards "Bigger!"
CBS
A Christmas Carol – The Concert "No Trouble"
  • Bob Christenson (music)
  • Alisa Hauser (lyrics)
 PBS
Key & Peele
("Substitute Teacher #3") 		"Les Mis"
Comedy Central
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Jimmy Fallon") 		"Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)"
NBC
Sofia the First: The Floating Palace "Merroway Cove"
Disney
Sons of Anarchy
("A Mother's Work") 		"Day Is Gone"
FX
2015
[46] 		Inside Amy Schumer
("Cool with It") 		"Girl You Don't Need Make Up"
Comedy Central
The Comedians
("Celebrity Guest") 		"Kiss an Old Man"
FX
Glee
("Dreams Come True") 		"This Time"
Fox
How Murray Saved Christmas "You Gotta Believe"
NBC
The Oscars "Moving Pictures"
  • Anderson-Lopez & Lopez (music & lyrics)
 ABC
Sons of Anarchy
("Papa's Goods") 		"Come Join the Murder"
FX
2016
[47]
The Hunting Ground "Til It Happens to You"
CNN
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
("I'm Going on a Date with Josh's Friend!") 		"Settle for Me"
The CW
Empire
("A Rose by Any Other Name") 		"Good People"
Fox
Galavant
("A New Season aka Suck It Cancellation Bear") 		"A New Season"
ABC
Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special "Frozen Lullaby"
Vimeo
2017
[48]
13th "Letter to the Free"
Netflix
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
("When Will Josh And His Friend Leave Me Alone?") 		"We Tapped That Ass"
The CW
Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling"
Disney
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
("Jessica Chastain/Willie Nelson/Hunter Hayes") 		"The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)"
ABC
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Casey Affleck") 		"Last Christmas"
NBC
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
("Kimmy’s Roommate Lemonades!") 		"Hell No"
Netflix
2018
[49]
Saturday Night Live
("Host: Chance the Rapper") 		"Come Back Barack"
NBC
Big Mouth
("Am I Gay?") 		"Totally Gay"
  • Mark Rivers (music & lyrics)
 Netflix
A Christmas Story Live! "In the Market for a Miracle"
Fox
The Good Fight
("Day 450") 		"High Crimes and Misdemeanors"
CBS All Access
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast "Just Getting Started"
HBO
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life "The Buddy Song"
Netflix
2019
[50]
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
("I Have To Get Out") 		"Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal"
The CW
Documentary Now!
("Original Cast Album: Co-op") 		"Holiday Party (I Did a Little Cocaine Tonight)"
IFC
Flight of the Conchords: Live in London "Father & Son"
HBO
Saturday Night Live
("Host: James McAvoy") 		"The Upper East Side"
NBC
Song of Parkland "Beautiful Things Can Grow"
  • Mark Sonnenblick (music)
  • Ashley Paseltiner & Molly Reichard (lyrics)
 HBO
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards "This One's for You"
CBS

2020s

Year Program Song Composer / Lyricist Network
2020
[51]
Euphoria
("And Salt the Earth Behind You") 		"All for Us" Labrinth (music & lyrics) HBO
The Black Godfather "Letter to My Godfather" Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams (music & lyrics) Netflix
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
("Episode 629") 		"Eat Shit, Bob" David Dabbon (music)
Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss & Seena Vali (lyrics) 		HBO
Little Fires Everywhere
("Find a Way") 		"Build It Up" Ingrid Michaelson (music & lyrics) Hulu
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
("Strike Up the Band") 		"One Less Angel" Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) Prime Video
This Is Us
("Strangers") 		"Memorized" Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) NBC
Watchmen
("This Extraordinary Being") 		"The Way It Used to Be" Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (music & lyrics) HBO
2021
[52]
WandaVision
("Breaking the Fourth Wall") 		"Agatha All Along" Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) Disney+
Bo Burnham: Inside "Comedy" Bo Burnham (music & lyrics) Netflix
The Boys
("The Big Ride") 		"Never Truly Vanish" Christopher Lennertz (music)
Lennertz & Michael Saltzman (lyrics) 		Prime Video
The Queen's Gambit
("Adjournment") 		"I Can't Remember Love" Anna Hauss & Robert Weinröder (music)
William Horberg (lyrics) 		Netflix
Soundtrack of Our Lives "The End Titles" Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics) YouTube
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
("Zoey's Extraordinary Birthday") 		"Crimson Love" Andrew Hey & Harvey Mason Jr. (music)
Lindsey Rosin & Austin Winsberg (lyrics) 		NBC
2022
[53]
Schmigadoon!
("Schmigadoon!") 		"Corn Puddin'" Cinco Paul (music & lyrics) Apple TV+
Euphoria
("You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can") 		"I'm Tired" Labrinth (music)
Sam Levinson & Zendaya (lyrics) 		HBO
Euphoria
("All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name") 		"Elliot's Song" Labrinth (music)
Muz & Zendaya (lyrics)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
("How to Chew Quietly and Influence People") 		"Maybe Monica" Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) Prime Video
This Is Us
("Day of the Wedding") 		"The Forever Now" Taylor Goldsmith & Siddhartha Khosla (music & lyrics) NBC
2023
[54]
Ted Lasso
("So Long, Farewell") 		"A Beautiful Game" Max Martin, Ed Sheeran & Foy Vance (music & lyrics) Apple TV+
Ginny & Georgia
("Hark! Darkness Descends!") 		"Marriage Is a Dungeon" Ben Bromfield & Lili Haydn (music & lyrics) Netflix
The L Word: Generation Q
("Questions for the Universe") 		"All About Me" Heather McIntosh, Allyson Newman & Taura Stinson (music & lyrics) Showtime
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
("Susan") 		"Your Personal Trash Man Can" Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (music & lyrics) Prime Video
Ted Lasso
("Mom City") 		"Fought & Lost" Jamie Hartman, Tom Howe & Sam Ryder (music & lyrics) Apple TV+
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story "Now You Know" "Weird Al" Yankovic (music & lyrics) The Roku Channel
2024
[55]
Only Murders in the Building
("Sitzprobe") 		"Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrics) Hulu
Girls5eva
("New York") 		"The Medium Time" Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics) Netflix
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
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
("Episode 6") 		"Love Will Survive" Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer (music)
Charlie Midnight (lyrics) 		Peacock
True Detective: Night Country
("Part 5") 		"No Use" John Hawkes (music & lyrics) HBO
2025
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Agatha All Along
("Circle Sewn with Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate") 		"The Ballad of the Witches' Road" Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (music & lyrics) Disney+
Andor
("Who Are You?") 		"We Are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)" Nicholas Britell & Tony Gilroy (music & lyrics)
The Boys
("We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here") 		"Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" Christopher Lennertz (music & lyrics) Prime Video
SNL50: The Anniversary Special "Adam Sandler's Song: 50 Years" Adam Sandler & Dan Bulla (music & lyrics) NBC
Will & Harper "Harper and Will Go West" Sean Douglas & Kristen Wiig (music)
Douglas, Josh Greenbaum & Wiig (lyrics) 		Netflix

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

Programs with multiple awards

Programs with multiple nominations

Notes

  1. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The benchmark was not met and no award was given.
  2. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.
  3. ^ As a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given.

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