Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program - 2008

- Mike Sweeney, Head Writer
- Chris Albers, Written By
- Jose Arroyo, Written By
- Dan Cronin, Written By
- Kevin Dorff, Written By
- Daniel J. Goor
- Michael Gordon, Written By
- Berkley Johnson, Written By
- Brian Kiley, Written By
- Michael Koman, Written By
- Brian McCann, Written By
- Guy Nicolucci, Written By
- Conan O'Brien, Written By
- Matt O'Brien, Written By
- Brian Stack, Written By
- Andrew Weinberg, Written By

- Eric Stangel, Head Writer
- Justin Stangel, Head Writer
- Jim Mulholland, Written By
- Michael Barrie, Written By
- Steve Young, Written By
- Tom Ruprecht, Written By
- Lee Ellenberg, Written By
- Matt Roberts, Written By
- Jeremy Weiner, Written By
- Joe Grossman, Written By
- Bill Scheft, Written By
- Bob Borden, Written By
- Frank Sebastiano, Written By
- David Letterman, Written By

- Seth Meyers, Head Writer
- Andrew Steele, Head Writer
- Paula Pell, Head Writer
- Doug Abeles, Written By
- James Anderson, Written By
- Alex Baze, Written By
- James Downey, Written By
- Charlie Grandy, Written By
- Steve Higgins, Written By
- Colin Jost, Written By
- Erik Kenward, Written By
- Rob Klein, Written By
- John Lutz, Written By
- Lorne Michaels, Written By
- Simon Rich, Written By
- Marika Sawyer, Written By
- Akiva Schaffer, Written By
- Robert Smigel, Written By
- John Solomon, Written By
- Emily Spivey, Written By
- Kent Sublette, Written By
- Bryan Tucker, Written By
- Robert Carlock, Additional Sketch By
- Lauren Pomerantz, Additional Sketch By

The Colbert Report
Comedy Central
- Tom Purcell, Head Writer
- Stephen Colbert, Written By
- Allison Silverman, Written By
- Richard Dahm, Written By
- Michael Brumm, Written By
- Rob Dubbin, Written By
- Eric Drysdale, Written By
- Peter Gwinn, Written By
- Jay Katsir, Written By
- Laura Krafft, Written By
- Frank Lesser, Written By
- Glenn Eichler, Written By
- Peter Grosz, Written By
- Bryan Adams, Written By
- Barry Julien, Written By
- Meredith Scardino, Written By

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
- Steve Bodow, Head Writer
- Rory Albanese, Written By
- Rachel Axler, Written By
- Kevin Bleyer, Written By
- Rich Blomquist, Written By
- Tim Carvell, Written By
- J.R. Havlan
- Scott Jacobson, Written By
- David Javerbaum, Written By
- Rob Kutner, Written By
- Josh Lieb, Written By
- Sam Means, Written By
- John Oliver, Written By
- Jason Ross, Written By
- Jon Stewart, Written By