Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

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

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2010s

2020s

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

• M*A*S*H (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

• M*A*S*H

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

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

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