Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Award for comedy series directing
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1959 |
Currently held by | Christopher Storer, The Bear (2023) |
Website | emmys |
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 |
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Best Direction | ||||
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 | ||
Best Director - Film Series | ||||
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 | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | |||
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
| CBS | |
Best Direction - One Hour or More | ||||
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 | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | |||
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 | ||
Best Direction - One Hour or More | ||||
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 | |||
Best Direction of a Single Program of a Comedy Series | ||||
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 |
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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy | ||||
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 | |||
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Directors | ||||
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 | ||
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy | ||||
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 | |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music | ||||
1969 [note 1] | 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 |
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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety, Comedy or Music | ||||
1970 [note 1] | 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 | |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy | ||||
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 | |
M*A*S*H | "Pilot" | Gene Reynolds | ||
Best Directing in Comedy | ||||
1974 | M*A*S*H | "Carry On, Hawkeye" | Jackie Cooper | CBS |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Lou's First Date" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | |
M*A*S*H | "Deal Me Out" | Gene Reynolds | ||
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | ||||
1975 | M*A*S*H | "O.R." | Gene Reynolds | CBS |
M*A*S*H | "Alcoholics Unanimous" | Hy Averback | CBS | |
"Bulletin Board" | Alan Alda | |||
1976 | M*A*S*H | "Welcome to Korea" | Gene Reynolds | CBS |
M*A*S*H | "The Kids" | Alan Alda | CBS | |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | Joan Darling | ||
Maude | "The Analyst" | Hal Cooper | ||
1977 | M*A*S*H | "Dear Sigmund" | Alan Alda | CBS |
All in the Family | "The Draft Dodger" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |
M*A*S*H | "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 | |
M*A*S*H | "Comrades in Arms" | Alan Alda and Burt Metcalfe | CBS | |
Maude | "Vivian's Decision" | Hal Cooper | ||
Soap | "Episode 24" | Jay Sandrich | ABC | |
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series | ||||
1979 | Barney Miller | "The Harris Incident" | Noam Pitlik | ABC |
All in the Family | "California, Here We Are, Part 2" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |
M*A*S*H | "Dear Sis" | Alan Alda | ||
"Point of View" | Charles S. Dubin | |||
Soap | "Episode 27" | Jay Sandrich | ABC |
1980s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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1980 | Taxi | "Louie and the Nice Girl" | James Burrows | ABC |
M*A*S*H | "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 | ||
M*A*S*H | "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 |
M*A*S*H | "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 | |
M*A*S*H | "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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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 |
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2010 [1] | 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 [2] | 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 [3] | 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 [4] | 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 [5] | 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 [6] | 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 [7] | ||||
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 [8] | ||||
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 [9] | ||||
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 [10] | ||||
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
Total awards by network
- CBS – 15
- ABC – 14
- NBC – 14
- Amazon – 4
- Fox – 4
- HBO – 4
- Apple TV+ - 1
- FX – 1
- HBO Max — 1
- Pop TV – 1
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See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Notes
- ^ a b In 1969 and 1970, the nominees for the comedy directing award were variety programs.
References
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- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
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- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Peter Tewksbury for "Medal for Margaret" (1959)
- Ralph Levy & Bud Yorkin for The Jack Benny Show (1960)
- Sheldon Leonard for The Danny Thomas Show (1961)
- Nat Hiken for Car 54, Where Are You? (1962)
- John Rich for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963)
- Jerry Paris for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964)
- No Award (1965)
- William Asher for Bewitched (1966)
- James Frawley for "Royal Flush" (1967)
- Bruce Bilson for "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" (1968)
- Greg Garrison for "October 17, 1968" (1969)
- Dwight Hemion for "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" (1970)
- Jay Sandrich for "Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" (1971)
- John Rich for "Sammy's Visit" (1972)
- Jay Sandrich for "It's Whether You Win or Lose" (1973)
- Jackie Cooper for "Carry On, Hawkeye" (1974)
- Gene Reynolds for "O.R." (1975)
- Gene Reynolds for "Welcome to Korea" (1976)
- Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1977)
- Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1978)
- Noam Pitlik for "The Harris Incident" (1979)
- James Burrows for "Louie and the Nice Girl" (1980)
- James Burrows for "Elaine's Strange Triangle" (1981)
- Alan Rafkin for "Barbara's Crisis" (1982)
- James Burrows for "Showdown: Part 2" (1983)
- Bill Persky for "A Very Loud Family" (1984)
- Jay Sandrich for "The Younger Woman" (1985)
- Jay Sandrich for "Denise's Friend" (1986)
- Terry Hughes for "Isn't It Romantic?" (1987)
- Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot (Hooperman)" (1988)
- Peter Baldwin for "Our Miss White" (1989)
- Michael Dinner for "Good-bye" (1990)
- James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1991)
- Barnet Kellman for "Birth 101" (1992)
- Betty Thomas for "For Peter's Sake" (1993)
- James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1994)
- David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1995)
- Michael Lembeck for "The One After the Superbowl" (1996)
- David Lee for "To Kill a Talking Bird" (1997)
- Todd Holland for "Flip" (1998)
- Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1999)
- Todd Holland for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000)
- Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001)
- Michael Patrick King for "The Real Me" (2002)
- Robert B. Weide for "Krazee-Eyez Killa" (2003)
- Anthony and Joe Russo for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004)
- Charles McDougall for "Pilot" (Desperate Housewives) (2005)
- Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006)
- Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2007)
- Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2008)
- Jeffrey Blitz for "Stress Relief" (2009)
- Ryan Murphy for "Pilot" (Glee) (2010)
- Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2011)
- Steven Levitan for "Baby on Board" (2012)
- Gail Mancuso for "Arrested" (2013)
- Gail Mancuso for "Las Vegas" (2014)
- Joey Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2015)
- Joey Soloway for "Man on the Land" (2016)
- Donald Glover for "B.A.N." (2017)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino for "Pilot" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) (2018)
- Harry Bradbeer for "Episode 1" (2019)
- Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy for "Happy Ending" (2020)
- Lucia Aniello for "There Is No Line" (2021)
- MJ Delaney for "No Weddings and a Funeral" (2022)
- Christopher Storer for "Review" (2023)