Awards & Winners

Dan O'Shannon

Dan O'Shannon is an American television writer and producer who has worked on shows such as Newhart, Cheers, and Frasier. He is an executive producer of the ABC show Modern Family, but will be leaving the show at the conclusion of season five to accept a development deal at CBS TV Studios O'Shannon grew up in the Cleveland area, specifically in Euclid and Painesville, Ohio, graduating from Riverside High School in Painesville Township. In addition to writing television since 1985, O'Shannon is the author of a book about comedy theory: What Are You Laughing At? A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event, published by Continuum International Publishing Group. The book examines what comedy is and why we respond to it the way we do and has been adopted by universities across the country.

Awards by Dan O'Shannon

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dan O'Shannon.

2014


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Honored for : Modern Family
Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy
Honored for : Modern Family

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series Modern Family
Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy Modern Family
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Modern Family

2013


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Honored for : Modern Family
Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy
Honored for : Modern Family

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy Modern Family
WGA Award for Best Comedy Series - Television Modern Family
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Modern Family

2012


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Honored for : Modern Family
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series
Honored for : Modern Family
Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy
Honored for : Modern Family

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy Modern Family
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Modern Family
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series Modern Family
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy Mother's Day
From the TV Series \"Modern Family\"

2011


Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy
Honored for : Modern Family
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series
Honored for : Modern Family
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Honored for : Modern Family

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Comedy Modern Family
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Modern Family

2010


Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series
Honored for : Modern Family
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Honored for : Modern Family

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Modern Family
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series Modern Family

2003


Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy
Honored for : Rooms With a View (2)
(From the TV series Frasier)

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy Rooms With a View (2)
From the TV Series \"Frasier\"
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Star Trek: Enterprise
Episode: Carbon Creek

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Frasier

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Frasier

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) Redux Riding Hood

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Cheers

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Cheers

1991


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Honored for : Cheers
(Cheers 200th Anniversary Special)

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Cheers
Outstanding Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special Cheers
200th Anniversary Special