2010 Emmy Awards: What do Americans Find Funny?

Starting back in 1949, the budding television enterprise began to acknowledge "best" products on it's fledgling airwaves. In 1952, these awards formed their first genre based categories: Comedy, Drama, and Variety. Lead Actors and Actresses where also awarded prizes (although the first lead awards in comedy were given in 1951).

So what did we find leading the way of funny shows beginning in 1952? Here's the roster.
1952 ~ The Red Skelton Show (1)
1953 ~ I Love Lucy (1)
1954 ~ I Love Lucy (2)
1955 ~ Make Room For Daddy (1)
1956 ~ The Phil Silvers Show (1)
1957 ~ The Phil Silvers Show (2)
1958 ~ The Phil Silvers Show (3)
1959 ~ The Jack Benny Show (1)
1960 ~ Art Carney Special (1)
1961 ~ The Jack Benny Show (2)
1962 ~ The Bob Newhart Show (1)
1963 ~ The Dick Van Dyke Show (1)
1964 ~ The Dick Van Dyke Show (2)
1965 ~ The Dick Van Dyke Show (3)
1966 ~ The Dick Van Dyke Show (4)
1967 ~ The Monkeys (1)
1968 ~ Get Smart (1)
1969 ~ Get Smart (2)
1970 ~ My World And Welcome To It (1)
1971 ~ All In The Family (1)
1972 ~ All In The Family (2)
1973 ~ All In The Family (3)
1974 ~ M*A*S*H (1)
1975 ~ The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1)
1976 ~ The Mary Tyler Moore Show (2)
1977 ~ The Mary Tyler Moore Show (3)
1978 ~ All In The Family (4)
1979 ~ Taxi (1)
1980 ~ Taxi (2)
1981 ~ Taxi (3)
1982 ~ Barney Miller (1)
1983 ~ Cheers (1)
1984 ~ Cheers (2)
1985 ~ The Cosby Show (1)
1986 ~ The Golden Girls (1)
1987 ~ The Golden Girls (2)
1988 ~ The Wonder Years (1)
1989 ~ Cheers (3)
1990 ~ Murphy Brown (1)
1991 ~ Cheers (4)
1992 ~ Murphy Brown (2)
1993 ~ Seinfeld (1)
1994 ~ Frasier (1)
1995 ~ Frasier (2)
1996 ~ Frasier (3)
1997 ~ Frasier (4)
1998 ~ Frasier (5)
1999 ~ Ally McBeal (1)
2000 ~ Will & Grace (1)
2001 ~ Sex In The City (1)
2002 ~ Friends (1)
2003 ~ Everybody Love Raymond (1)
2004 ~ Arrested Development (1)
2005 ~ Everybody Loves Raymond (2)
2006 ~ The Office (1)
2007 ~ 30 Rock (1)
2008 ~ 30 Rock (2)
2009 ~ 30 Rock (3)
2010 ~ Modern Family