Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. The category was initiated in 2016 alongside Outstanding Short Form Variety Series and Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series. The awards replaced the now-retired category for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. In 2021, this award will be merged Short Form Variety Series to form the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series. These awards were not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but at the Creative Arts Emmy Award show.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Awarded forOutstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded2016 (awarded to Childrens Hospital)
Last awarded2020 (awarded to Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler)
Websiteemmys.com

Winners and nominations

  indicates the winner

2010s

YearProgramProducersNetwork
2016
(68th)
[1]
Childrens HospitalRob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, David Wain, Keith Crofford and Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Krister Johnson, co-executive producerAdult Swim
Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462Troy Miller, Dave Erickson and David Wiener, executive producers; Tally Barr, producerAMC
Hack Into Broad CityAbbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns, executive producers; Ryan McCormick, producerComedyCentral.com
Her StoryKatherine Reed Fisher, executive producer/producer; Eve Ensler, executive producer; Jen Richards and Laura Zak, co-executive producersYouTube
UnREAL: The AuditionsTamara Kaiser and Christian Martin, executive producersLifetime
2017
(69th)
[2]
Los Pollos Hermanos Employee TrainingDan Appel, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine and Melissa Bernstein, executive producers; Rob Knox, producerAMC
Brown GirlsSam Bailey and Fatimah Asghar, producersOpenTV
Fear the Walking Dead: PassageDave Erickson, Frank Scherma and Justin Wilkes, executive producers; Andrew Bernstein, producerAMC.com
Hack Into Broad CityAbbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns, executive producers; Kelsie Kiley, producerComedyCentral.com
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: SlingshotGeoffrey Colo, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell, Jeph Loeb and Joe Quesada, executive producersABCd / ABC.com
2018
(70th)
[3]
James Corden's Next James CordenBen Winston, Rob Crabbe, James Corden, Adam Abramson, Ryan McKee, executive producers; David Lamattina, producerCBS on Snapchat
aka Wyatt CenacWyatt Cenac, executive producer; Chris Marsh and Daniel Goldberg, producersTopic.com
An Emmy for MeganMegan Amram, Dave Kneebone and Janel Kranking, executive producers; Joseph Carnegie, produceranemmyformegan.com
Grey's Anatomy: B TeamAbby Chambers, executive producer; Val Cheung, producer; Produced by Mohamed Saad Mansoorabc.go.com
The Walking Dead: Red MacheteAlex Coley Brown, Noam Dromi, Jay Williams, executive producers; Nick Bernardone and Avi Youabian, producersAMC.com
2019
(71st)
[4]
State of the Union [note 1][5]Nick Hornby, Stephen Frears, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, executive producersSundance
An Emmy for MeganMegan Amram, Janel Kranking and Dave Kneebone, executive producers; Joseph Carnegie, produceranemmyformegan.com
Hack Into Broad CityTony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, executive producers; Kelsie Kiley, co-executive producer; Nick Paley, producerComedyCentral.com
It's Bruno!Solvan "Slick" Naim, executive producer; Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers and Vincent Morano, producersNetflix
SpecialJim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Eric Norsoph, Ryan O'Connell and Anna Dokoza, executive producers

2020s

YearProgramProducersNetwork
2020
(72nd)
[6]
Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim WexlerDan Appel, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine and Melissa Bernstein, executive producers; James Heth, producerAMC.com
The Good Place Presents: The SelectionMichael Schur, Morgan Sackett and David Hyman, executive producers; Eric Kissack, Matt Quezada and Doug Smith, producersNBC
Most Dangerous GameNick Santora, Gero Bauknecht, Gerd Schepers, Gordon Gray, Liam Hemsworth and Phil Abraham, executive producersQuibi
Reno 911!Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney-Silver, John Landgraf and Peter Principato, executive producers; David Lincoln, producer
Star Trek: Short TreksAlex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa and John Weber, executive producers; Aaron Baiers, co-executive producerCBS All Access

Programs with multiple awards

Totals include wins for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals include nominations for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.

Total awards by network

  • AMC – 2
  • Adult Swim – 1
  • CBS on Snapchat – 1
  • Sundance – 1

Notes

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