Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
- Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman for the pilot episode of Ed (NBC)
- Paul Feig for Freaks and Geeks: "Discos and Dragons" (NBC)
- Jeff Greenstein for Will & Grace: "Low in the Mid-Eighties" (NBC)
- Michael Patrick King for Sex and the City: "Easy Come, Easy Go" (HBO)
- Alex Reid for Malcolm in the Middle: "Bowling" (FOX)
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