American Comedy Award
The American Comedy Awards were initially awarded annually between 1987 and 2001 for special merits in the field of comedy . The last award ceremony was hosted by the US television station Comedy Central , but the station then decided to launch its own event. However, this so-called Commie Award was discontinued after only one ceremony in 2002.
NBC has been running the event again since 2014 .
Categories (extract)
The American Comedy Awards were awarded for the following categories, among others:
- Funniest Female Actor on a TV Show
- Funniest Male Actor on a TV Show
- Funniest female actor in a feature film
- Funniest male actor in a feature film
- Funniest TV series
- Funniest feature film
- Audience Award for Stand-Up Comedians - Female
- Audience Award for Stand-Up Comedians - Male
- Lifetime achievement award
Prize winners (extract)
The following awards were given as best actors :
- Robin Williams - 1987, 1988, 1994
- Woody Allen - 1987
- Bette Midler - 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996
- Lily Tomlin - 1987, 1992, 1994
- Tom Hanks - 1989, 1993, 1995
- Billy Crystal - 1990, 1992
- Meg Ryan - 1990, 1994
- Whoopie Goldberg - 1991, 1993
Creative Achievement Award
The award for special achievements in the field of comedy received:
- 1987 - Norman Lear
- 1988 - Blake Edwards
- 1989 - Neil Simon
- 1990 - Garry Marshall
- 1991 - Carl Reiner
- 1992 - Penny Marshall
- 1993 - Billy Crystal
- 1994 - Mike Nichols
- 1995 - Rodney Dangerfield
- 1996 - James Burrows
- 1997 - Rob Reiner
- 1998 - Frank Oz
- 1999 - Barry Levinson
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to:
- 1987 - Steve Allen , Woody Allen , Lucille Ball , Mel Brooks , Carol Burnett , Sid Caesar , Bette Midler , Mary Tyler Moore , Lily Tomlin
- 1988 - George Burns , Imogene Coca
- 1989 - Katharine Hepburn , Red Skelton
- 1990 - Art Carney , Betty White
- 1991 - Doris Day , Jack Lemmon
- 1992 - Johnny Carson , Phyllis Diller
- 1993 - Shirley MacLaine , Richard Pryor
- 1994 - Dick van Dyke , Elaine May
- 1995 - Bob Hope , Audrey Meadows
- 1996 - Anne Bancroft , Milton Berle
- 1997 - Walter Matthau , Debbie Reynolds
- 1998 - Jerry Lewis
- 2000 - Steve Martin
- 2001 - George Carlin
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ NBC Revives American Comedy Awards (Exclusive) at hollywoodreporter.com, accessed November 15, 2015