Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series - 2017
- Jo Miller, Head Writer
- Samantha Bee, Writer
- Ashley Nicole Black, Writer
- Pat Cassels, Writer
- Eric Drysdale, Writer
- Mathan Erhardt, Writer
- Travon Free, Writer
- Joe Grossman, Writer
- Miles Kahn, Writer
- Melinda Taub, Writer
- Jason Reich, Writer
- Kevin Avery, Written by
- Tim Carvell, Written by
- Josh Gondelman, Written by
- Dan Gurewitch, Written by
- Geoff Haggerty, Written by
- Jeff Maurer, Written by
- John Oliver, Written by
- Scott Sherman, Written by
- Will Tracy, Written by
- Jill Twiss, Written by
- Juli Weiner, Written by
- Jermaine Affonso, Written by
- Alex Baze, Written by
- Bryan Donaldson, Written by
- Sal Gentile, Written by
- Matt Goldich, Written by
- Dina Gusovsky, Written by
- Jenny Hagel, Written by
- Allison Hord, Written by
- Mike Karnell, Written by
- John Lutz, Written by
- Seth Meyers, Written by
- Ian Morgan, Written by
- Conner O'Malley, Written by
- Seth Reiss, Written by
- Amber Ruffin, Written by
- Mike Shoemaker, Written by
- Mike Scollins, Written by
- Ben Warheit, Written by
- Chris Kelly, Head Writer
- Sarah Schneider, Head Writer
- Kent Sublette, Head Writer
- Bryan Tucker, Head Writer
- Pete Schultz, Weekend Update Head Writer
- James Anderson, Written by
- Kristen Bartlett, Written by
- Jeremy Beiler, Written by
- Zack Bornstein, Written by
- Joanna Bradley, Written by
- Megan Callahan, Written by
- Michael Che, Written by
- Anna Drezen, Written by
- Fran Gillespie, Written by
- Sudi Green, Written by
- Steve Higgins, Written by
- Colin Jost, Written by
- Erik Kenward, Written by
- Rob Klein, Written by
- Nick Kocher, Written by
- Dave McCary, Written by
- Brian McElhaney, Written by
- Dennis McNicholas, Written by
- Drew Michael, Written by
- Lorne Michaels, Written by
- Josh Patten, Written by
- Katie Rich, Written by
- Streeter Seidell, Written by
- Will Stephen, Written by
- Julio Torres, Written by
- Jay Katsir, Head Writer
- Opus Moreschi, Head Writer
- Stephen Colbert, Written by
- Tom Purcell, Written by
- Barry Julien, Written by
- Matt Lappin, Written by
- Michael Brumm, Written by
- Nate Charny, Written by
- Aaron Cohen, Written by
- Cullen Crawford, Written by
- Paul Dinello, Written by
- Ariel Dumas, Written by
- Glenn Eichler, Written by
- Django Gold, Written by
- Gabe Gronli, Written by
- Daniel Kibblesmith, Written by
- Michael Pielocik, Written by
- Kate Sidley, Written by
- Jen Spyra, Written by
- Brian Stack, Written by
- John Thibodeaux, Written by