Here is the list of winners of Best Comedy and Best Drama throughout the ’80s:
1980
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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Taxi (ABC)![]() |
Lou Grant (CBS) |
1981
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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Taxi (ABC)![]() |
Hill Street Blues (NBC)![]() |
1982
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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Barney Miller (ABC)![]() |
Hill Street Blues (NBC)![]() |
1983
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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Cheers (NBC)![]() |
Hill Street Blues (NBC)![]() |
1984
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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Cheers (NBC)![]() |
Hill Street Blues (NBC)![]() |
1985
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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The Cosby Show (NBC)![]() |
Cagney & Lacey (CBS)![]() |
1986
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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The Golden Girls (NBC)![]() |
Cagney & Lacey (CBS)![]() |
1987
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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The Golden Girls (NBC)![]() |
L.A. Law (NBC)![]() |
1988
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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The Wonder Years (ABC)![]() |
thirtysomething (ABC)![]() |
1989
Best Comedy | Best Drama |
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Cheers (NBC)![]() |
L.A. Law (NBC)![]() |