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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Award for comedy series directing
Award for comedy series directing
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| year | 1959 |
| holder | Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, |
| The Studio (2025) | |
| website |
The Studio (2025)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series is presented to the best directing of a television comedy series.
Winners and nominations
1950s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Best Direction | Best Director - Film Series | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | Best Direction - One Hour or More | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | Best Direction - One Hour or More | Best Direction of a Single Program of a Comedy Series | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | *Studio One* | "Twelve Angry Men" | Franklin Schaffner | CBS | ||||||||
| Four Star Playhouse | "The Answer" | Roy Kellino | CBS | |||||||||
| The Loretta Young Show | "The Clara Schumann Story" | Robert Florey | NBC | |||||||||
| The United States Steel Hour | "The Interview" | Alex Segal | ABC | |||||||||
| Waterfront | "Christmas in San Pedro" | Ted Post | Syndicated | |||||||||
| Your Hit Parade | Clark Jones | NBC | ||||||||||
| 1956 | *The Phil Silvers Show* | Nat Hiken | CBS | |||||||||
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | "The Case of Mr. Pelham" | Alfred Hitchcock | CBS | |||||||||
| The Bob Cummings Show | "Return of the Wolf" | Rod Amateau | ||||||||||
| Dragnet | Jack Webb | NBC | ||||||||||
| Make Room for Daddy | Sheldon Leonard | ABC | ||||||||||
| You Are There | "Grant & Lee at Appomattox" | Bernard Girard | CBS | |||||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||||||
| *The Danny Thomas Show* | "Danny's Comeback" | Sheldon Leonard | ABC | |||||||||
| Camera Three | "As I Lay Dying" | Clay Yurdin | CBS | |||||||||
| General Electric Theater | "The Road That Led Afar" | Herschel Daugherty | ||||||||||
| Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers | "The Traitor" | George Archainbaud | NBC | |||||||||
| You Are There | "First Moscow Purge Trial" | [William D. Russell (director) | William D. Russell | CBS | ||||||||
| *[Playhouse 90* | "Requiem for a Heavyweight" | Ralph Nelson | CBS | |||||||||
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | "October 5, 1956" | Bob Banner | NBC | |||||||||
| Kraft Television Theatre | "A Night to Remember" | George Roy Hill | ||||||||||
| NBC Opera Theatre | "La Boheme" | Kirk Browning | ||||||||||
| Playhouse 90 | "Forbidden Area" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |||||||||
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | "Child of the Regiment" | Lewis Allen | CBS | |||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* | "The Glass Eye" | Robert Stevens | CBS | |||||||||
| The Danny Thomas Show | Sheldon Leonard | ABC & CBS | ||||||||||
| Father Knows Best | Peter Tewksbury | NBC | ||||||||||
| The Patrice Munsel Show | Clark Jones | ABC | ||||||||||
| Your Hit Parade | Bill Hobin | NBC | ||||||||||
| *The Dinah Shore Chevy Show* | Bob Banner | NBC | ||||||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Green Pastures" | George Schaefer | NBC | |||||||||
| Playhouse 90 | "The Comedian" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |||||||||
| "The Helen Morgan Story" | George Roy Hill | |||||||||||
| "The Miracle Worker" | Arthur Penn | |||||||||||
| 1959 | *Father Knows Best* | "Medal for Margaret" | Peter Tewksbury | CBS | ||||||||
| The Danny Thomas Show | "Pardon My Accent" | Sheldon Leonard | CBS | |||||||||
| The Jack Benny Program | "Gary Cooper" | Seymour Berns | ||||||||||
| Mr. Adams and Eve | "The Interview" | Richard Kinon | ||||||||||
| The Real McCoys | "Kate's Career" | Hy Averback | ABC |
1960s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy | Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Directors | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | *The Jack Benny Program* | Ralph Levy and Bud Yorkin | CBS | |||||
| The Danny Thomas Show | Sheldon Leonard | CBS | ||||||
| The Red Skelton Show | Seymour Berns | |||||||
| 1961 | *The Danny Thomas Show* | Sheldon Leonard | CBS | |||||
| The Bob Hope Buick Show | Dick McDonough and Jack Shea | NBC | ||||||
| My Three Sons | Peter Tewksbury | ABC | ||||||
| 1962 | *Car 54, Where Are You?* | Nat Hiken | NBC | |||||
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | John Rich | CBS | ||||||
| The Garry Moore Show | Dave Geisel | |||||||
| Henry Fonda and the Family | Bud Yorkin | |||||||
| The Red Skelton Show | Seymour Berns | |||||||
| 1963 | *The Dick Van Dyke Show* | John Rich | CBS | |||||
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Richard Whorf | CBS | ||||||
| The Garry Moore Show | Dave Geisel | |||||||
| The Jack Benny Program | Frederick De Cordova | |||||||
| The Red Skelton Show | Seymour Berns | |||||||
| 1964 | *The Dick Van Dyke Show* | Jerry Paris | CBS | |||||
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Richard Whorf | CBS | ||||||
| The Farmer's Daughter | Paul Nickell, William D. Russell and Don Taylor | ABC | ||||||
| McHale's Navy | Sidney Lanfield | |||||||
| 1965 | *The Defenders* | "The 700 Year Old Gang" | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Magnificent Yankee" | George Schaefer | NBC | |||||
| My Name Is Barbra | Dwight Hemion | CBS | ||||||
| 1966 | *Bewitched* | William Asher | ABC | |||||
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Jerry Paris | CBS | ||||||
| Get Smart | "Diplomat's Daughter" | Paul Bogart | NBC | |||||
| 1967 | *The Monkees* | "Royal Flush" | James Frawley | NBC | ||||
| Bewitched | William Asher | ABC | ||||||
| Family Affair | William D. Russell | CBS | ||||||
| I Spy | "One of Our Bombs Is Missing" | Earl Bellamy | NBC | |||||
| The Lucy Show | Maury Thompson | CBS | ||||||
| 1968 | *Get Smart* | "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" | Bruce Bilson | NBC | ||||
| That Girl | "That Girl" | Danny Arnold | ABC | |||||
| The Monkees | "The Devil and Peter Tork" | James Frawley | NBC | |||||
| 1969 | ||||||||
| In 1969 and 1970, the nominees for the comedy directing award were variety programs. | *The Dean Martin Show* | "October 17, 1968" | Greg Garrison | NBC | ||||
| The Bill Cosby Special | Bill Hobin | NBC | ||||||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | "February 3, 1969" | Gordon Wiles |
1970s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety, Comedy or Music | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy | Best Directing in Comedy | Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Directing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | |||||||||
| *Kraft Music Hall* | "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" | Dwight Hemion | NBC | ||||||
| The Second Bill Cosby Special | Seymour Berns | NBC | |||||||
| Young People's Concerts | "Berlioz Takes a Trip" | Roger Englander | CBS | ||||||
| 1971 | *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | "Toulouse-Lautrec Is One of My Favorite Artists" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | |||||
| All in the Family | "Gloria's Pregnancy" | John Rich | CBS | ||||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Support Your Local Mother" | Alan Rafkin | |||||||
| 1972 | *All in the Family* | "Sammy's Visit" | John Rich | CBS | |||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | ||||||
| "Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda" | Peter Baldwin | ||||||||
| 1973 | *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | "It's Whether You Win or Lose" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | |||||
| All in the Family | "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | John Rich and Bob LaHendro | CBS | ||||||
| MASH* | "Pilot" | Gene Reynolds | |||||||
| 1974 | MASH* | "Carry On, Hawkeye" | Jackie Cooper | CBS | |||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Lou's First Date" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | ||||||
| MASH* | "Deal Me Out" | Gene Reynolds | |||||||
| 1975 | MASH* | "O.R." | Gene Reynolds | CBS | |||||
| MASH* | "Alcoholics Unanimous" | Hy Averback | CBS | ||||||
| "Bulletin Board" | Alan Alda | ||||||||
| 1976 | MASH* | "Welcome to Korea" | Gene Reynolds | CBS | |||||
| MASH* | "The Kids" | Alan Alda | CBS | ||||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | Joan Darling | |||||||
| Maude | "The Analyst" | Hal Cooper | |||||||
| 1977 | MASH* | "Dear Sigmund" | Alan Alda | CBS | |||||
| All in the Family | "The Draft Dodger" | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||||||
| MASH* | "Lt. Radar O'Reilly" | Alan Rafkin | |||||||
| "The Nurses" | Joan Darling | ||||||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "The Last Show" | Jay Sandrich | |||||||
| 1978 | *All in the Family* | "Edith's 50th Birthday" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |||||
| Happy Days | "Richie Almost Dies" | Jerry Paris | ABC | ||||||
| MASH* | "Comrades in Arms" | Alan Alda and Burt Metcalfe | CBS | ||||||
| Maude | "Vivian's Decision" | Hal Cooper | |||||||
| Soap | "Episode 24" | Jay Sandrich | ABC | ||||||
| 1979 | *Barney Miller* | "The Harris Incident" | Noam Pitlik | ABC | |||||
| All in the Family | "California, Here We Are, Part 2" | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||||||
| MASH* | "Dear Sis" | Alan Alda | |||||||
| "Point of View" | Charles S. Dubin | ||||||||
| Soap | "Episode 27" | Jay Sandrich | ABC |
1980s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | *Taxi* | "Louie and the Nice Girl" | James Burrows | ABC |
| MASH* | "Bottle Fatigue" | Burt Metcalfe | CBS | |
| "Dreams" | Alan Alda | |||
| "Period of Adjustment" | Charles S. Dubin | |||
| "Stars and Stripes" | Harry Morgan | |||
| 1981 | *Taxi* | "Elaine's Strange Triangle" | James Burrows | ABC |
| Archie Bunker's Place | "Tough Love" | Linda Day | CBS | |
| Barney Miller | "Liquidation" | Noam Pitlik | ABC | |
| Happy Days | "Hello Mrs. Arcola" | Jerry Paris | ||
| MASH* | "The Life You Save" | Alan Alda | CBS | |
| "No Laughing Matter" | Burt Metcalfe | |||
| WKRP in Cincinnati | "Venus Flytrap Explains The Atom" | Rod Daniel | ||
| 1982 | *One Day at a Time* | "Barbara's Crisis" | Alan Rafkin | CBS |
| MASH* | "Picture This" | Burt Metcalfe | CBS | |
| "Pressure Points" | Charles S. Dubin | |||
| "Sons and Bowlers" | Hy Averback | |||
| "Where There's a Will, There's a War" | Alan Alda | |||
| Taxi | "Jim the Psychic" | James Burrows | ABC | |
| 1983 | *Cheers* | "Showdown, Part 2" | James Burrows | NBC |
| Buffalo Bill | "Pilot" | Tom Patchett | NBC | |
| "Woody Quits" | Jim Drake | |||
| The Love Boat | "The Dog Show" | Bob Sweeney | ABC | |
| MASH* | "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" | Alan Alda | CBS | |
| "The Joker Is Wild" | Burt Metcalfe | |||
| 1984 | *Kate & Allie* | "The Very Loud Family" | Bill Persky | CBS |
| AfterMASH | "Fall Out" | Larry Gelbart | CBS | |
| Buffalo Bill | "Jo-Jo's Problem, Part 2" | Ellen Falcon | NBC | |
| Cheers | "Old Flames" | James Burrows | ||
| 1985 | *The Cosby Show* | "The Younger Woman" | Jay Sandrich | NBC |
| Alice | "Tommy's Lost Weekend" | Marc Daniels | CBS | |
| Cheers | "Cheerio, Cheers" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| Kate & Allie | "Landlady" | Bill Persky | CBS | |
| Moonlighting | "Pilot" | Robert Butler | ABC | |
| 1986 | *The Cosby Show* | "Denise's Friend" | Jay Sandrich | NBC |
| Cheers | "The Triangle" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| The Golden Girls | "A Little Romance" | Terry Hughes | ||
| "The Heart Attack" | Jim Drake | |||
| Kate & Allie | "Chip's Friend" | Bill Persky | CBS | |
| 1987 | *The Golden Girls* | "Isn't it Romantic?" | Terry Hughes | NBC |
| Cheers | "Chambers vs. Malone" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| The Cosby Show | "I Know that You Know" | Jay Sandrich | ||
| Designing Women | "The Beauty Contest" | Jack Shea | CBS | |
| Family Ties | "A, My Name is Alex" | Will Mackenzie | NBC | |
| 1988 | *Hooperman* | "Pilot" | Gregory Hoblit | ABC |
| Cheers | "Backseat Becky, Up Front" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | "Here Comes that Cold Wind off the River" | Jay Tarses | ||
| It's Garry Shandling's Show | "No Baby, No Show" | Alan Rafkin | Showtime | |
| The Golden Girls | "Old Friends" | Terry Hughes | NBC | |
| 1989 | *The Wonder Years* | "Our Miss White" | Peter Baldwin | ABC |
| Cheers | "The Visiting Leecher" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| The Golden Girls | "Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?" | Terry Hughes | ||
| Murphy Brown | "Pilot" | Barnet Kellman | CBS | |
| The Wonder Years | "Birthday Boy" | Steve Miner | ABC | |
| "How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation" | Michael Dinner |
1990s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | *The Wonder Years* | "Good-bye" | Michael Dinner | ABC |
| Cheers | "The Improbable Dream, Part 1" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| Designing Women | "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" | Harry Thomason | CBS | |
| The Famous Teddy Z | "Pilot" | Hugh Wilson | ||
| The Golden Girls | "Triple Play" | Terry Hughes | NBC | |
| Murphy Brown | "Brown Like Me" | Barnet Kellman | CBS | |
| 1991 | *Cheers* | "Woody Interruptus" | James Burrows | NBC |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | "Here's a Little Touch of Harry in the Night" | Jay Tarses | Lifetime | |
| Murphy Brown | "On Another Plane" | Barnet Kellman | CBS | |
| Seinfeld | "The Pony Remark" | Tom Cherones | NBC | |
| The Wonder Years | "The Ties That Bind" | Peter Baldwin | ABC | |
| 1992 | *Murphy Brown* | "Birth 101" | Barnet Kellman | CBS |
| Brooklyn Bridge | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | Sam Weisman | CBS | |
| Cheers | "An Old Fashioned Wedding" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| Murphy Brown | "Send in the Clowns" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | CBS | |
| Seinfeld | "The Tape" | David Steinberg | NBC | |
| 1993 | *Dream On* | "For Peter's Sake" | Betty Thomas | HBO |
| Cheers | "One for the Road" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| Dream On | "And Bimbo Was His Name-O" | Eric Laneuville | HBO | |
| Murphy Brown | "You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato" | Peter Bonerz | CBS | |
| Seinfeld | "The Contest" | Tom Cherones | NBC | |
| 1994 | *Frasier* | "The Good Son" | James Burrows | NBC |
| The John Larroquette Show | "Pilot" | John Whitesell | NBC | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Life Behind Larry" | Todd Holland | HBO | |
| Mad About You | "Love Letters" | Tom Moore | NBC | |
| "Paul is Dead" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | |||
| Seinfeld | "The Mango" | Tom Cherones | ||
| 1995 | *Frasier* | "The Matchmaker" | David Lee | NBC |
| Friends | "The One with the Blackout" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Hank's Night in the Sun" | Todd Holland | HBO | |
| The Nanny | "Canasta Master" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | CBS | |
| Seinfeld | "The Jimmy" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | |
| 1996 | *Friends* | "The One After the Superbowl" | Michael Lembeck | NBC |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur After Hours" | Todd Holland | HBO | |
| "I Was a Teenage Lesbian" | Michael Lehmann | |||
| Seinfeld | "The Soup Nazi" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | "Brains and Eggs" | James Burrows | ||
| 1997 | *Frasier* | "To Kill a Talking Bird" | David Lee | NBC |
| Ellen | "The Puppy Episode" | Gil Junger | ABC | |
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Everybody Loves Larry" | Todd Holland | HBO | |
| "Ellen, or Isn't She?" | Alan Myerson | |||
| Seinfeld | "The Pothole" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | |
| 1998 | *The Larry Sanders Show* | "Flip" | Todd Holland | HBO |
| Ally McBeal | "Cro-Magnon" | Allan Arkush | Fox | |
| "Pilot" | James Frawley | |||
| Dharma & Greg | "Pilot" | James Burrows | ABC | |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | "Dick and the Other Guy" | Terry Hughes | NBC | |
| 1999 | *Sports Night* | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | ABC |
| Ally McBeal | "Those Lips, That Hand" | Arlene Sanford | Fox | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | "Robert's Date" | Will Mackenzie | CBS | |
| Friends | "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" | Michael Lembeck | NBC | |
| Will & Grace | "Pilot" | James Burrows |
2000s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | *Malcolm in the Middle* | "Pilot" | Todd Holland | Fox |
| Ally McBeal | "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost" | Bill D'Elia | Fox | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | "The Christmas Picture" | Will Mackenzie | CBS | |
| Friends | "The One That Could Have Been" | Michael Lembeck | NBC | |
| Sports Night | "Quo Vadimus" | Thomas Schlamme | ABC | |
| Will & Grace | "Homo for the Holidays" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| 2001 | *Malcolm in the Middle* | "Bowling" | Todd Holland | Fox |
| Ed | "Pilot" | James Frawley | NBC | |
| Malcolm in the Middle | "Flashback" | Jeffrey Melman | Fox | |
| Sex and the City | "Easy Come, Easy Go" | Charles McDougall | HBO | |
| Will & Grace | "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| 2002 | *Sex and the City* | "The Real Me" | Michael Patrick King | HBO |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Doll" | Robert B. Weide | HBO | |
| Malcolm in the Middle | "Christmas" | Jeffrey Melman | Fox | |
| Scrubs | "My Old Lady" | Marc Buckland | NBC | |
| Will & Grace | "A Chorus Lie" | James Burrows | ||
| 2003 | *Curb Your Enthusiasm* | "Krazee-Eyez Killa" | Robert B. Weide | HBO |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Mary, Joseph, and Larry" | David Steinberg | HBO | |
| "The Nanny from Hell" | Larry Charles | |||
| "The Special Section" | Bryan Gordon | |||
| Sex and the City | "I Love a Charade" | Michael Engler | ||
| Will & Grace | "24" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| 2004 | *Arrested Development* | "Pilot" | Anthony and Joe Russo | Fox |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The 5 Wood" | Bryan Gordon | HBO | |
| "The Car Pool Lane" | Robert B. Weide | |||
| "The Survivor" | Larry Charles | |||
| Sex and the City | "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux" | Tim Van Patten | ||
| 2005 | *Desperate Housewives* | "Pilot" | Charles McDougall | ABC |
| Entourage | "Pilot" | David Frankel | HBO | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | "The Finale" | Gary Halvorson | CBS | |
| Monk | "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine" | Randall Zisk | USA | |
| Will & Grace | "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| 2006 | *My Name Is Earl* | "Pilot" | Marc Buckland | NBC |
| The Comeback | "Valerie Does Another Classic Leno" | Michael Patrick King | HBO | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Christ Nail" | Robert B. Weide | ||
| Entourage | "Oh, Mandy" | Daniel Attias | ||
| "Sundance Kids" | Julian Farino | |||
| Weeds | "Good Shit Lollipop" | Craig Zisk | Showtime | |
| 2007 | *Ugly Betty* | "Pilot" | Richard Shepard | ABC |
| Entourage | "One Day in the Valley" | Julian Farino | HBO | |
| Extras | "Orlando Bloom" | Stephen Merchant & Ricky Gervais | ||
| The Office | "Gay Witch Hunt" | Ken Kwapis | NBC | |
| Scrubs | "My Musical" | Will Mackenzie | ||
| 30 Rock | "The Break-Up" | Scott Ellis | ||
| 2008 | *Pushing Daisies* | "Pie-lette" | Barry Sonnenfeld | ABC |
| Entourage | "No Cannes Do" | Daniel Attias | HBO | |
| Flight of the Conchords | "Sally Returns" | James Bobin | ||
| The Office | "Goodbye, Toby" | Paul Feig | NBC | |
| "Money" | Paul Lieberstein | |||
| 30 Rock | "Rosemary's Baby" | Michael Engler | ||
| 2009 | *The Office* | "Stress Relief" | Jeffrey Blitz | NBC |
| Entourage | "Tree Trippers" | Julian Farino | HBO | |
| Flight of the Conchords | "The Tough Brets" | James Bobin | ||
| 30 Rock | "Apollo, Apollo" | Millicent Shelton | NBC | |
| "Generalissimo" | Todd Holland | |||
| "Reunion" | Beth McCarthy-Miller |
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||
| *Glee* | "Pilot" | Ryan Murphy | Fox | |
| Glee | "Wheels" | Paris Barclay | Fox | |
| Modern Family | "Pilot" | Jason Winer | ABC | |
| Nurse Jackie | "Pilot" | Allen Coulter | Showtime | |
| 30 Rock | "I Do Do" | Don Scardino | NBC | |
| 2011 | ||||
| *Modern Family* | "Halloween" | Michael Spiller | ABC | |
| How I Met Your Mother | "Subway Wars" | Pamela Fryman | CBS | |
| Modern Family | "See You Next Fall" | Steven Levitan | ABC | |
| "Slow Down Your Neighbors" | Gail Mancuso | |||
| 30 Rock | "Live Show" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | NBC | |
| 2012 | ||||
| *Modern Family* | "Baby on Board" | Steven Levitan | ABC | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Palestinian Chicken" | Robert B. Weide | HBO | |
| Girls | "She Did" | Lena Dunham | ||
| Louie | "Duckling" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| Modern Family | "Virgin Territory" | Jason Winer | ABC | |
| New Girl | "Pilot" | Jake Kasdan | Fox | |
| 2013 | ||||
| *Modern Family* | "Arrested" | Gail Mancuso | ABC | |
| Girls | "On All Fours" | Lena Dunham | HBO | |
| Glee | "Diva" | Paris Barclay | Fox | |
| Louie | "New Year's Eve" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| 30 Rock | "Hogcock!" & "Last Lunch" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | NBC | |
| 2014 | ||||
| *Modern Family* | "Las Vegas" | Gail Mancuso | ABC | |
| Episodes | "Episode 309" | Iain B. MacDonald | Showtime | |
| Glee | "100" | Paris Barclay | Fox | |
| Louie | "Elevator, Part 6" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| Orange Is the New Black | "Lesbian Request Denied" | Jodie Foster | Netflix | |
| Silicon Valley | "Minimum Viable Product" | Mike Judge | HBO | |
| 2015 | ||||
| *Transparent* | "Best New Girl" | Joey Soloway | Amazon | |
| The Last Man on Earth | "Alive in Tucson" | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Fox | |
| Louie | "Sleepover" | Louis C.K. | FX | |
| Silicon Valley | "Sand Hill Shuffle" | Mike Judge | HBO | |
| Veep | "Testimony" | Armando Iannucci | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| *Transparent* | "Man on the Land" | Joey Soloway | Amazon | |
| Master of None | "Parents" | Aziz Ansari | Netflix | |
| Silicon Valley | "Daily Active Users" | Alec Berg | HBO | |
| "Founder Friendly" | Mike Judge | |||
| Veep | "Kissing Your Sister" | David Mandel | ||
| "Morning After" | Chris Addison | |||
| "Mother" | Dale Stern | |||
| 2017 | ||||
| *Atlanta* | "B.A.N." | Donald Glover | FX | |
| Silicon Valley | "Intellectual Property" | Jamie Babbit | HBO | |
| "Server Error" | Mike Judge | |||
| Veep | "Blurb" | Morgan Sackett | ||
| "Groundbreaking" | David Mandel | |||
| "Justice" | Dale Stern | |||
| 2018 | ||||
| *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* | "Pilot" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon | |
| Atlanta | "FUBU" | Donald Glover | FX | |
| "Teddy Perkins" | Hiro Murai | |||
| Barry | "Chapter One: Make Your Mark" | Bill Hader | HBO | |
| The Big Bang Theory | "The Bow Tie Asymmetry" | Mark Cendrowski | CBS | |
| GLOW | "Pilot" | Jesse Peretz | Netflix | |
| Silicon Valley | "Initial Coin Offering" | Mike Judge | HBO | |
| 2019 | ||||
| *Fleabag* | "Episode 201" | Harry Bradbeer | Amazon | |
| Barry | "The Audition" | Alec Berg | HBO | |
| "ronny/lily" | Bill Hader | |||
| The Big Bang Theory | "The Stockholm Syndrome" | Mark Cendrowski | CBS | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "All Alone" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon | |
| "We're Going to the Catskills!" | Daniel Palladino |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||
| *Schitt's Creek* | "Happy Ending" | Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy | Pop TV | |
| The Great | "The Great" | Matt Shakman | Hulu | |
| Ramy | "Miakhalifa.mov" | Ramy Youssef | ||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "It's Comedy or Cabbage" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Prime Video | |
| "Marvelous Radio" | Daniel Palladino | |||
| Modern Family | "Finale, Part 2" | Gail Mancuso | ABC | |
| Will & Grace | "We Love Lucy" | James Burrows | NBC | |
| 2021 | ||||
| *Hacks* | "There Is No Line" | Lucia Aniello | HBO Max | |
| B Positive | "Pilot" | James Burrows | CBS | |
| Mom | "Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak" | James Widdoes | ||
| The Flight Attendant | "In Case of Emergency" | Susanna Fogel | HBO Max | |
| Ted Lasso | "Biscuits" | Zach Braff | Apple TV+ | |
| "The Hope That Kills You" | MJ Delaney | |||
| "Make Rebecca Great Again" | Declan Lowney | |||
| 2022 | ||||
| *Ted Lasso* | "No Weddings and a Funeral" | MJ Delaney | Apple TV+ | |
| Atlanta | "New Jazz" | Hiro Murai | FX | |
| Barry | "710N" | Bill Hader | HBO | |
| Hacks | "There Will Be Blood" | Lucia Aniello | HBO Max | |
| The Ms. Pat Show | "Baby Daddy Groundhog Day" | Mary Lou Belli | BET+ | |
| Only Murders in the Building | "The Boy from 6B" | Cherien Dabis | Hulu | |
| "True Crime" | Jamie Babbit | |||
| 2023 | ||||
| *The Bear* | "Review" | Christopher Storer | FX | |
| Barry | "wow" | Bill Hader | HBO | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Four Minutes" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Prime Video | |
| The Ms. Pat Show | "Don't Touch My Hair" | Mary Lou Belli | BET+ | |
| Ted Lasso | "So Long, Farewell" | Declan Lowney | Apple TV+ | |
| Wednesday | "Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe" | Tim Burton | Netflix | |
| 2024 | ||||
| *The Bear* | "Fishes" | Christopher Storer | FX | |
| Abbott Elementary | "Party" | Randall Einhorn | ABC | |
| The Bear | "Honeydew" | Ramy Youssef | FX | |
| The Gentlemen | "Refined Aggression" | Guy Ritchie | Netflix | |
| Hacks | "Bulletproof" | Lucia Aniello | Max | |
| The Ms. Pat Show | "I'm the Pappy" | Mary Lou Belli | BET+ | |
| 2025 | ||||
| *The Studio* | "The Oner" | Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg | Apple TV+ | |
| The Bear | "Napkins" | Ayo Edebiri | FX | |
| Hacks | "A Slippery Slope" | Lucia Aniello | HBO Max | |
| Mid-Century Modern | "Here's to You, Mrs. Schneiderman" | James Burrows | Hulu | |
| The Rehearsal | "Pilot's Code" | Nathan Fielder | HBO |
Total awards by network
- CBS – 15
- ABC – 14
- NBC – 14
- Amazon – 4
- Fox – 4
- HBO – 4
- FX – 3
- Apple TV+ - 1
- HBO Max — 1
- Pop TV – 1
Programs with multiple awards
;4 awards
- MASH* (consecutive)
- Modern Family (consecutive)
;3 awards
- Frasier (2 consecutive)
;2 awards
- All in the Family
- The Bear (consecutive)
- Cheers
- The Cosby Show (consecutive)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (consecutive)
- Malcolm in the Middle (consecutive)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Taxi (consecutive)
- Transparent (consecutive)
- The Wonder Years (consecutive)
Programs with multiple nominations
;26 nominations
- MASH*
;11 nominations
- Cheers
;10 nominations
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
;9 nominations
- Modern Family
;8 nominations
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- 30 Rock
;7 nominations
- The Larry Sanders Show
- Seinfeld
- Silicon Valley
- Veep
- Will & Grace
;6 nominations
- All in the Family
- Entourage
- The Golden Girls
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Murphy Brown
;5 nominations
- Barry
- Ted Lasso
- The Wonder Years
;4 nominations
- Ally McBeal
- Atlanta
- The Bear
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Friends
- Glee
- Hacks
- Louie
- Malcolm in the Middle
- The Office
- Sex and the City
;3 nominations
- Buffalo Bill
- The Cosby Show
- The Danny Thomas Show
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Frasier
- Kate & Allie
- The Ms. Pat Show
- The Red Skelton Show
- Taxi
;2 nominations
- Barney Miller
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Bewitched
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
- Designing Women
- Dream On
- Flight of the Conchords
- The Garry Moore Show
- Get Smart
- Girls
- Happy Days
- The Jack Benny Show
- Mad About You
- Maude
- The Monkees
- Only Murders in the Building
- Scrubs
- Soap
- Sports Night
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Transparent
Individuals with multiple awards
;5 awards
- James Burrows (2 consecutive)
;4 awards
- Jay Sandrich (2 consecutive)
;3 awards
- Todd Holland (2 consecutive) ;2 awards
- David Lee
- Gail Mancuso (consecutive)
- Gene Reynolds (consecutive)
- John Rich
- Joey Soloway (consecutive)
- Christopher Storer (consecutive)
Individuals with multiple nominations
;27 nominations
- James Burrows
;10 nominations
- Jay Sandrich
;9 nominations
- Alan Alda
;8 nominations
- Todd Holland
;6 nominations
- Terry Hughes
;5 nominations
- Seymour Berns
- Mike Judge
- Burt Metcalfe
- John Rich
- Robert B. Weide
;4 nominations
- Lucia Aniello
- Paul Bogart
- Louis C.K.
- James Frawley
- Bill Hader
- Barnet Kellman
- Will Mackenzie
- Gail Mancuso
- Jerry Paris
- Gene Reynolds
- Amy Sherman-Palladino ;3 nominations
- Andy Ackerman
- Hy Averback
- Peter Baldwin
- Paris Barclay
- Mary Lou Belli
- Tom Cherones
- Charles S. Dubin
- Julian Farino
- Michael Lembeck
- Sheldon Leonard
- Beth McCarthy-Miller
- Bill Persky
- Lee Shallat-Chemel ;2 nominations
- William Asher
- Daniel Attias
- Jamie Babbit
- Alec Berg
- James Bobin
- Marc Buckland
- Mark Cendrowski
- Larry Charles
- Hal Cooper
- Joan Darling
- MJ Delaney
- Michael Dinner
- Jim Drake
- Lena Dunham
- Michael Engler
- Dave Geisel
- Donald Glover
- Bryan Gordon
- Michael Patrick King
- David Lee
- Steven Levitan
- Declan Lowney
- David Mandel
- Charles McDougall
- Hiro Murai
- Daniel Palladino
- Noam Pitlik
- Jeffrey Melman
- William D. Russell
- Thomas Schlamme
- Jack Shea
- Joey Soloway
- David Steinberg
- Dale Stern
- Christopher Storer
- Jay Tarses
- Peter Tewksbury
- Richard Whorf
- Jason Winer
- Bud Yorkin
- Ramy Youssef
Notes
References
References
- "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]].
- "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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