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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)
Television award category
Television award category
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| holder | The Studio (2025) |
| website |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was created as Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series, incorporating single and multi-camera programs, in 2008 alongside Outstanding Cinematography for a One-Hour Series. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were combined as Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. The categories were divided again between 2017 and 2022. In 2023, the category was renamed Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour), combined with Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series. In 2024, they split again.
Winners and nominations
2000s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network | Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Californication | "Pilot" | Peter Levy | Showtime | ||
| According to Jim | "The Chaperone" | George Mooradian | ABC | ||
| In Treatment | "Week 6: Sophie" | Frank Murphy | HBO | ||
| My Name Is Earl | "Stole a Motorcycle" | Michael Goi | NBC | ||
| Scrubs | "My Princess" | John Inwood | |||
| 30 Rock | "Rosemary's Baby" | Vanja Cernjul | |||
| Californication | "In Utero" | Michael Weaver | Showtime | ||
| According to Jim | "Heaven Opposed to Hell" | George Mooradian | ABC | ||
| Everybody Hates Chris | "Everybody Hates Back Talk" | Mark Doering-Powell | The CW | ||
| 30 Rock | "Apollo, Apollo" | Matthew Clark | NBC | ||
| Weeds | "No Man Is Pudding" | Michael Trim | Showtime |
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeds | "A Modest Proposal" | Michael Trim | Showtime | |
| Gary Unmarried | "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel" | Gary Baum | CBS | |
| Hung | "Pilot" | Uta Briesewitz | HBO | |
| Nurse Jackie | "Apple Bong" | Vanja Cernjul | Showtime | |
| 30 Rock | "Season 4" | Matthew Clark | NBC | |
| Two and a Half Men | "Crude and Uncalled For" | Steven V. Silver | CBS |
Between 2011-2016, half-hour and one-hour series were both eligible for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. No half-hour series were nominated during these years.
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veep | "Qatar" | David Miller | HBO | ||
| Ballers | "Game Day" | Rodney Taylor | HBO | ||
| Divorce | "Pilot" | Reed Morano | |||
| Mozart in the Jungle | "Now I Will Sing" | Tobias Datum | Amazon | ||
| Silicon Valley | "Success Failure" | Tim Suhrstedt | HBO | ||
| Transparent | "If I Were a Bell" | Jim Frohna | Amazon | ||
| Atlanta | "Teddy Perkins" | Christian Sprenger | FX | ||
| Barry | "Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth" | Paula Huidobro | HBO | ||
| *The End of the F**ing World | "Episode 3" | Justin Brown | Netflix | ||
| GLOW | "Pilot" | Christian Sprenger | |||
| Insecure | "Hella LA" | Patrick Cady | HBO | ||
| Mozart in the Jungle | "Ichi Go Ichi E" | Tobias Datum | Prime Video | ||
| Russian Doll | "Ariadne" | Chris Teague | Netflix | ||
| Ballers | "Rough Ride" | Anthony Hardwick | HBO | ||
| Fleabag | "Episode 1" | Tony Miller | Prime Video | ||
| Homecoming | "Optics" | Tod Campbell | |||
| Insecure | "High-Like" | Ava Berkofsky | HBO | ||
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Manhattan Night Club" | D.J. Stipsen | FX |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mandalorian | "Chapter 7: The Reckoning" | Greig Fraser and Baz Idoine | Disney+ | ||||
| *The End of the F**ing World | "Episode 2" | Benedict Spence | Netflix | ||||
| Homecoming | "Giant" | Jas Shelton | Prime Video | ||||
| Insecure | "Lowkey Happy" | Kira Kelly | HBO | ||||
| "Lowkey Lost" | Ava Berkofsky | ||||||
| The Mandalorian | "Chapter 15: The Believer" | Matthew Jensen | Disney+ | ||||
| Grown-ish | "Know Yourself" | Mark Doering-Powell | Freeform | ||||
| Hacks | "Primm" | Adam Bricker | HBO Max | ||||
| Made for Love | "User One" | Nathaniel Goodman | |||||
| Servant | "2:00" | Marshall Adams | Apple TV+ | ||||
| Atlanta | "Three Slaps" | Christian Sprenger | FX | ||||
| Barry | "starting now" | Carl Herse | HBO | ||||
| Grown-ish | "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" | Mark Doering-Powell | Freeform | ||||
| Hacks | "The Click" | Adam Bricker | HBO Max | ||||
| Insecure | "Reunited, Okay?!" | Ava Berkofsky | HBO | ||||
| Russian Doll | "Nowhen" | Ula Pontikos | Netflix | ||||
| Atlanta | "Andrew Wyeth. Alfred's World." | Christian Sprenger | FX | ||||
| Barry | "tricky legacies" | Carl Herse | HBO | ||||
| How I Met Your Father | "Daddy" | Gary Baum | Hulu | ||||
| The Mandalorian | "Chapter 20: The Foundling" | Dean Cundey | Disney+ | ||||
| Only Murders in the Building | "I Know Who Did It" | Chris Teague | Hulu | ||||
| Schmigadoon! | "Something Real" | Jon Joffin | Apple TV+ | ||||
| The Bear | "Forks" | Andrew Wehde | FX | ||||
| Hacks | "Just for Laughs" | Adam Bricker | Max | ||||
| Physical | "Like a Rocket" | Jimmy Lindsey | Apple TV+ | ||||
| Reservation Dogs | "Deer Lady" | Mark Schwartzbard | FX | ||||
| Sugar | "Starry Eyed" | Richard Rutkowski | Apple TV+ | ||||
| The Studio | "The Oner" | Adam Newport-Berra | Apple TV+ | ||||
| Emily in Paris | "Masquerade" | Seamus Tierney | Netflix | ||||
| Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage | "The 6:10 to Lubbock" | Buzz Feitshans IV | CBS | ||||
| Hacks | "I Love L.A." | Adam Bricker | HBO Max | ||||
| The Righteous Gemstones | "Prelude" | Paul Daley | HBO |
Programs with multiple wins
;5 wins
- Will & Grace
;3 wins
- Atlanta
- How I Met Your Mother
- The Ranch
- Two and a Half Men
;2 wins
- Californication
- The Mandalorian
Programs with multiple nominations
Totals for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series are combined, as this category was merged in 2023.
;9 nominations
- Will & Grace
;8 nominations
- Two and a Half Men
;5 nominations
- How I Met Your Mother
- Insecure
- 2 Broke Girls
;4 nominations
- According to Jim
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Hacks
- The Mandalorian Total includes The Mandalorian’s nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour).
- Mike & Molly
- The Ranch
;3 nominations
- Atlanta
- Barry
- Frasier
- Friends
- 30 Rock
;2 nominations
- Ballers
- The Big Bang Theory
- Californication
- The End of the F*ing World
- Everybody Hates Chris
- The Exes
- Grown-ish
- Homecoming
- How I Met Your Father
- Last Man Standing
- Mozart in the Jungle
- Pair of Kings
- Reba
- Rules of Engagement
- Russian Doll
- Spin City
- Superior Donuts
- Weeds
Cinematographers with multiple wins
;3 wins
- Christian Sprenger
Cinematographers with multiple nominations
;4 nominations
- Mark Doering-Powell
;3 nominations
- Ava Berkofsky
- Christian Sprenger
;2 nominations
- Adam Bricker
- Vanja Cernjul
- Matthew Clark
- Tobias Datum
- Michael Trim
Notes
References
References
- [http://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/awards-170224 "Two New Categories and Rules Modifications"], [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]], February 24, 2017. Retrieved on March 30, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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