The Humanitas Prize for 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television is an award presented to the best written 30-minute network or syndicated television program. The winners are indicated in bold.

• Good Times:
  • "The Lunch Money Rip-Off" — John Baskin & Roger Schulman
  • "My Girl Henrietta" — Bob Peete
• Sunshine: "Angel of Doom" — M. Charles Cohen

• Doc — Seth Freeman
• M*A*S*H:
  • "The Interview" — Larry Gelbart
  • "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?" — Burt Prelutsky

• All in the Family: "Archie's Brief Encounter - Part II" — Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin
• M*A*S*H: "Dear Sigmund" — Alan Alda
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Ted's Change of Heart" — Earl Pomerantz

• All in the Family: "The Brother" — Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin
• Barney Miller: "Goodbye, Mr. Fish - Part II" — Reinhold Weege
• The Jeffersons: "984 W. 124th St., Apt. 5C" — John Baskin & Roger Shulman

• All in the Family: "Edith Gets Fired" — Teleplay by Harriett Weiss & Patt Shea; Story by Mort Lachman
• M*A*S*H: "Point of View" — Ken Levine and David Isaacs
• Taxi: "Blind Date" — Michael Leeson

• M*A*S*H: "Dreams" — Teleplay by Alan Alda; Story by Alan Alda and James Jay Rubinfier
• United States: "Uncle Charlie" — Gary Markowitz
• WKRP in Cincinnati: "God Talks to Johnny" — Hugh Wilson

• Archie Bunker's Place: "Tough Love" — Patt Shea and Harriett Weiss
• M*A*S*H: "Blood Brothers" — Elias Davis & David Pollock
• WKRP in Cincinnati: "Venus Flytrap Explains" — Hugh Wilson

• Archie Bunker's Place: "Relapse" — Patt Shea & Harriett Weiss
• M*A*S*H: "Where There's a Will, There's a War" — Elias Davis & David Pollock
• One Day at a Time: "Mrs. O'Leary's Kid" — Paul Perlove

• Diff'rent Strokes: "Bicycle Man II" — Blake Hunter
• It Takes Two: "Death Penalty" — Susan Harris
• M*A*S*H: "Who Knew?" — Elias Davis & David Pollock

• Family Ties:
  • "Not an Affair to Remember" — Gary David Goldberg & Ruth Bennett
  • "Say Uncle" — Ruth Bennett
• Gimme a Break!: "Herbie" — Arthur Julian

• The Cosby Show:
  • "Theo and the Joint" — John Markus
• Family Ties:
  • "Hotline Fever" — Marc Lawrence
  • "Remembrance of Things Past - Part II" — Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger

• The Cosby Show:
  • "Denise's Friend" — John Markus
  • "An Early Spring" — Matt Williams
  • "Truth or Consequences" — John Markus & Carmen Finestra & Gary Kott
• Mr. Sunshine — David Lloyd

• The Cosby Show: "The March" — Gary Kott
• Family Ties: "My Back Pages" — Ruth Bennett
• Kate & Allie: "Jennie & Jason" — Bob Randall

• Frank's Place: "The Bridge" — Hugh Wilson
• Kate & Allie: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" — Teleplay Bob Randall & William Persky; Story by Anne Flett-Giordano (as Anne Flett) & Chuck Ranberg
• The Wonder Years: "Pilot" — Neal Marlens & Carol Black

• Baby Boom: "Guilt" — Nancy Meyers & Charles Shyer
• The Wonder Years: "Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" — Matthew Carlson

• Why, Charlie Brown, Why? — Charles M. Schulz
• The Wonder Years:
  • "The Powers That Be" — David M. Stern
  • "Square Dance" — Todd W. Langen

• Doogie Howser, M.D.: "To Live and Die in Brentwood" — Nat Bernstein & Mitchel Lee Katlin
• The Wonder Years:
  • "Goodbye" — Bob Brush
  • "The Ties That Bind" — Mark B. Perry

• Brooklyn Bridge: "Boys of Summer" — John Masius
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers: "The Ark" — Doug Molitor
• A Different World: "Mammy Dearest" — Glenn Berenbeim
• Roseanne: "This Old House" — Teleplay by Chuck Lorre & Jeff Abugov; Story by Michael Poryes
• The Wonder Years: "Hardware Store" — Craig Hoffman

• Roseanne:
  • "Terms of Estrangement - Part II" — Rob Ulin
  • "Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home" — Amy Sherman-Palladino (as Amy Sherman)
• The Wonder Years: "Nose" — Sy Rosen

• Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle — Jane Wagner
• Frasier: "The Good Son" — David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee
• The John Larroquette Show: "Amends" — Don Reo & Judith D. Allison
• Murphy Brown: "Reaper Madness" — Rob Bragin

• Blossom: "The Date" — Allan Katz
• Grace Under Fire: "Grace Under Water" — Marc Flanagan
• The John Larroquette Show: "Faith" — David Richardson
• Roseanne: "White Men Can't Kiss" — Rob Ulin & Kevin Abbott

• Frasier: "Breaking the Ice" — Steve Levitan
• Grace Under Fire: "No Help Wanted" — Stevie Ray Fromstein
• Home Improvement: "The Longest Day" — Elliot Shoenman & Marley Sims

• Grace Under Fire: "Pills" — Stevie Ray Fromstein
• Roseanne: "The Miracle" — Written by Drew Ogier; Story by Roseanne Barr (as Roseanne)
• Something So Right: "Something About An Older Guy" — Bob Tischler

• Foto-Novelas: "The Fix" — Bennett Cohen and Edit Villareal
• Frasier: "The Kid" — Jeffrey Richman and Suzanne Martin
• Murphy Brown: "Turpis Capillis Annus (Bad Hair Year)" — Marilyn Suzanne Miller

• Everybody Loves Raymond: "Frank's Tribute" — Eric Cohen
• Sports Night:
  • "The Quality of Mercy at 29K" — Bill Wrubel and Aaron Sorkin
  • "The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee" — Aaron Sorkin and Matt Tarses & David Walpert & Bill Wrubel

• 3rd Rock from the Sun: "Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner" — David Goetsch & Jason Venokur
• Frasier: "Something About Dr. Mary" — Jay Kogen
• Smart Guy: "Never Too Young" — Steven B. Young

• Everybody Loves Raymond: "Ray's Journal" — Jennifer Crittenden
• Frasier: "Frasier's Edge" — Jon Sherman & Dan O'Shannon
• Malcolm in the Middle: Larry Strawther

• Scrubs: "My Old Lady" — Matt Tarses^[1]
• State of Grace:
  • "Looking for God in All the Right Places" — Steven Peterman & Gary Dontzig
  • "Love, Love, Me Do" — Brenda Lilly & Hollis Rich

• The Bernie Mac Show:
  • "Sweet Home Chicago - Part I" — Teleplay by Warren Hutcherson and Kriss Turner; Story by Larry Wilmore
  • "Sweet Home Chicago - Part II" — Teleplay by Teri Schaffer and Steve Tompkins; Story by Larry Wilmore^[2]
• Frasier: "Rooms With A View" — Dan O'Shannon & Lori Kirkland & Bob Daily

• The Bernie Mac Show:
  • "Eye of the Tiger" — Richard Appel
  • "Saving Sergeant Tompkins" — Jacqueline R. Clay
• Scrubs: "My Screwup" — Garrett Donovan & Neil Goldman

• George Lopez: "The Kidney Stays in the Picture" — Jim Hope
• My Name Is Earl: Pilot — Gregory Thomas Garcia (as Greg Garcia)
• Scrubs: "My Way Home" — Garrett Donovan & Neil Goldman

• The New Adventures of Old Christine: "Oh God, Yes" — Jennifer Crittenden
• Scrubs: "My Fallen Idol" — Bill Callahan
• The War at Home: "Kenny Doesn't Live Here Anymore" — Rob Lotterstein

• The Bill Engvall Show: "Aloha, Raffles" — Kathy Ann Stumpe
• In Treatment: "Sophie - Week Two" — Sarah Treem
• Scrubs: "My Long Goodbye" — Dave Tennant

• 30 Rock: "Believe in the Stars" — Robert Carlock
• How I Met Your Mother: "Happily Ever After" — Jamie Rhonheimer
• Scrubs: "My Last Words" — Aseem Batra
• The Simpsons: "All About Lisa" — John Frink

• Meet the Browns: "Meet the Racist" — Myra J. Hughes (as Myra J)
• The Middle: "The Block Party" — Alex Reid
• Modern Family: Pilot — Steve Levitan & Christopher Lloyd
• Nurse Jackie: Pilot — Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky
• The Simpsons: "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" — Kevin Curran

• The Big C: "Taking the Plunge" — Darlene Hunt
• How I Met Your Mother: "Last Words" — Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
• Modern Family: "The Kiss" — Abraham Higginbotham
• Nurse Jackie: "Monkey Bits" — Liz Brixius

• The Big C: "A Little Death" — Jenny Bicks
• The Middle: "The Map" — DeAnn Heline & Eileen Heisler
• Modern Family: "Aunt Mommy" — Abraham Higginbotham & Dan O'Shannon