Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series was a Primetime Emmy Award presented to the best new television series sporadically from 1954 to 1973.
Winners and nominations
=1950s=
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| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1953 (6th) |
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| rowspan=2|ABC | Louis F. Edelman, executive producer; Sheldon Leonard, Charles Stewart, producers |
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| The United States Steel Hour | George Kondolf, Carol Irwin, producers |
| Adventure
| CBS | Robert Northshield, producer |
| Ding Dong School
| rowspan=2|NBC | Reinald Werrenrath, producer |
| Letter to Loretta
| Tom Lewis, Matthew Rapf, executive producers |
| Person to Person
| CBS | John Aaron, Jesse Zousmer, Charles Hill, Robert Sammon, Edward R. Murrow, producers |
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1956 (9th) |
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| CBS |"|Peter Kortner, executive producer; Julian Claman, Martin Manulis, Herbert Brodkin, producers |
| Air Power
|CBS | Perry Wolff, James B Faichney, producers |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
| rowspan=3|NBC | Bob Banner, Robert Wells, producers |
| The Ernie Kovacs Show
| Louis Heyward, producer |
| The Steve Allen Sunday Show
| Nick Vanoff, producer |
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1957 (10th) |
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|CBS |"|John Houseman, executive producer; Robert Herridge, producer |
| Leave it to Beaver
| CBS | Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, producers |
| Maverick
| ABC | William T. Orr, executive producer; Roy Huggins, Coles Trapnell, producers |
| Tonight Starring Jack Paar
| rowspan=2|NBC | Perry Cross, Paul Keyes, Bob Shanks, producers |
| Wagon Train
| Howard Christie, Richard Lewis, executive producers; Frederick Shorr, producer |
=1970s=
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| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1969–1970 (22nd) | ||
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|CBS |"|Gene Reynolds, producer | ||
| The Bill Cosby Show
| NBC | Bill Cosby, executive producer; Marvin Miller, producer | ||
| The Forsyte Saga
| PBS | Donald Wilson, producer | ||
| Marcus Welby, M.D.
| ABC | David J. O'Connell, producer; David Victor, executive producer | ||
| Sesame Street
| NET | David D. Connell, executive producer; Sam Gibbon, producer; Lutrelle Horne, producer; Jon Stone, producer | ||
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1970–1971 (23rd) | ||
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|CBS | Norman Lear, producer | ||
| The Bold Ones: The Senator
| rowspan="2"|NBC | David Levinson | ||
| The Flip Wilson Show
| Bob Henry, producer; Monte Kay, executive producer | ||
| Mary Tyler Moore
| CBS | James L. Brooks, executive producer; Allan Burns, executive producer; David Davis, producer | ||
| The Odd Couple
| ABC | Jerry Belson, executive producer; Jerry Davis, producer; Garry Marshall, executive producer | ||
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1971–1972 (24th) | ||
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|PBS |Roderick Graham, producer; Christopher Sarson, executive producer | ||
| Columbo
| rowspan="2"|NBC | Everett Chambers, producer; Richard Levinson, executive producer; William Link, executive producer | ||
| Sanford and Son
| Aaron Ruben, producer; Bud Yorkin, executive producer | ||
| The Six Wives of Henry VIII
| PBS | Mark Shivas, producer; Ronald Travers, producer | ||
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | CBS | Chris Bearde, producer; Allan Blye, producer |
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1972–1973 (25th) | ||
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|America: A Personal History of the United States |NBC |Michael Gill, producer | ||
| The Julie Andrews Hour
| rowspan="2"|ABC | Julie Andrews, Star; Nick Vanoff, producer | ||
| Kung Fu
| Jerry Thorpe, producer | ||
| M*A*S*H
| rowspan="3"|CBS | Gene Reynolds, producer | |
| Maude
| Norman Lear, executive producer; Rod Parker, producer | ||
| The Waltons
| Robert L. Jacks, producer; Lee Rich, executive producer |
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