The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series (Half-Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was created in 2000, alongside the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. In 2023, it was combined with Single-Camera Series to form Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour). In 2024, it was reverted.
Winners and nominations
2000s Year Program Episode Nominees Network Spin City "Goodbye" Richard Quinlan ABC Sports Night "Cut Man" Peter Smokler ABC 3rd Rock from the Sun "Dick and Harry Fall Down a Hole" Ronald W. Browne NBC Everybody Loves Raymond "Robert's Rodeo" Mike Berlin CBS Will & Grace "Acting Out" Tony Askins NBC Will & Grace "Sons and Lovers" Tony Askins NBC 100 Centre Street "Things Change" Ron Fortunato A&E Everybody Loves Raymond "Italy" Mike Berlin CBS Frasier "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" Ken Lamkin NBC Spin City "Hello, Charlie" Mikel Neiers ABC Will & Grace "A Chorus Lie" Tony Askins NBC American Family "The Forgotten War" Brian J. Reynolds PBS Frasier "Deathtrap" Ken Lamkin NBC Friends "The One with the Rumor" Nick McLean Will & Grace "Sex, Losers, & Videotape" Tony Askins NBC Everybody Loves Raymond "Just a Formality" Mike Berlin CBS Frasier "Rooms with a View" Ken Lamkin NBC Friends "The One in Barbados" Nick McLean Girlfriends "Where Everyone Knows My Name" Donald A. Morgan UPN My Big Fat Greek Life "The Big Night" Gil Hubbs CBS 8 Simple Rules "Goodbye" Bruce L. Finn ABC Friends "The One with Phoebe's Wedding" Nick McLean NBC George Lopez "Bringing Home the Bacon" Peter Smokler ABC Two and a Half Men "Camel Filters and Pheromones" Steven V. Silver CBS Will & Grace "Ice Cream Balls" Tony Askins NBC Will & Grace "Friends with Benefits" Tony Askins NBC Everybody Loves Raymond "Pat's Secret" Mike Berlin CBS Hope & Faith "Carmen Get It" Richard Quinlan ABC Reba "Flowers for Van" Bryan Hays The WB Two and a Half Men "Back Off, Mary Poppins" Steven V. Silver CBS How I Met Your Mother "The Limo" Chris La Fountaine CBS According to Jim "Mr. Right" George Mooradian ABC The New Adventures of Old Christine "Open Water" Gregg Heschong CBS Reba "The Goodbye Guy" Bryan Hays The WB Two and a Half Men "Carpet Burns and a Bite Mark" Steven V. Silver CBS Two and a Half Men "Release the Dogs" Steven V. Silver CBS According to Jim "Hoosier Daddy" George Mooradian ABC Rules of Engagement "Jeff's Wooby" Wayne Kennan CBS
2010s Year Program Episode Nominees Network Two and a Half Men "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" Steven V. Silver CBSHow I Met Your Mother "Hopeless" Chris La Fountaine CBS Pair of Kings "Return of the Kings" John Simmons Disney Retired at 35 "Rocket Man" Donald A. Morgan TV Land Rules of Engagement "Uh Oh, It's Magic" Wayne Kennan CBS Wizards of Waverly Place "Dancing with Angels" Rick F. Gunter Disney Two and a Half Men "Sips, Sonnets, and Sodomy" Steven V. Silver CBS How I Met Your Mother "46 Minutes" Chris La Fountaine CBS Mike & Molly "Victoria Can't Drive" Gary Baum Pair of Kings "The Evil King, Part 2" John Simmons Disney 2 Broke Girls "Pilot" Gary Baum CBS How I Met Your Mother "The Final Page, Part 2" Chris La Fountaine CBS The Exes "Pirates of the Care of Eden" George Mooradian TV Land Mike & Molly "Molly's Birthday" Gary Baum CBS Two and a Half Men "Grab a Feather and Get in Line" Steven V. Silver 2 Broke Girls "And the Psychic Shakedown" Chris La Fountaine How I Met Your Mother "Daisy" Christian La Fountaine CBS The Exes "When Haskell Met Sammy" George Mooradian TV Land Last Man Standing "Eve's Boyfriend" Donald A. Morgan ABC Mike & Molly "Weekend at Peggy's" Gary Baum CBS 2 Broke Girls "And the Near Death Experience" Christian La Fountaine Mike & Molly "Checkpoint Joyce" Gary Baum CBS The Big Bang Theory "The Expedition Approximation" Steven V. Silver CBS The Millers "Con-Troversy" Gary Baum 2 Broke Girls "And the Old Bike Yarn" Christian La Fountaine Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn "Go Hollywood" John Simmons Nickelodeon The Big Bang Theory "The Convergence Convergence" Steven V. Silver CBS Mom "Sticky Hands and a Walk on the Wild Side" The Soul Man "White Trash" George Mooradian TV Land The Ranch "Easy Come, Easy Go" Donald A. Morgan Netflix K.C. Undercover "The Legend of Bad, Bad Cleo Brown" Joseph Wilmond Calloway Disney Superior Donuts "Crime Time" Gary Baum CBS 2 Broke Girls "And the Planes, Fingers and Automobiles" Christian La Fountaine Will & Grace "A Gay Olde Christmas" Gary Baum NBC The Ranch "Do What You Gotta Do" Donald A. Morgan Netflix Superior Donuts "Grades of Wrath" Patti Lee CBS The Ranch "Reckless" Donald A. Morgan Netflix Rel "Halloween" George Mooradian Fox Will & Grace "Family, Trip" Gary Baum NBC
2020s Year Program Episode Nominees Network The Ranch "It Ain't My Fault" Donald A. Morgan Netflix Bob Hearts Abishola "Ice Cream for Breakfast" Patti Lee CBS Family Reunion "Remember Black Elvis?" John Simmons Netflix Will & Grace "Accidentally on Porpoise" Gary Baum NBC Country Comfort "Crazy" George Mooradian Netflix Call Me Kat "Plus One" Patti Lee Fox The Conners "A Stomach Ache, a Heart Break and a Grave Mistake" Donald A. Morgan ABC Last Man Standing "Time Flies" Fox The Upshaws "Big Plans" Netflix How I Met Your Father "Pilot" Gary Baum Hulu B Positive "Dagobah, A Room and a Chimney Sweep" Steven V. Silver CBS The Conners "The Wedding of Dan and Louise" Donald A. Morgan ABC How I Met Your Father "Okay Fine, It's a Hurricane" Gary Baum Hulu Bob Hearts Abishola "These Giants Are Flexible" Patti Lee CBS The Conners "Fire and Vice" Donald A. Morgan ABC Frasier "Reindeer Games" Gary Baum Paramount+ Night Court "A Night Court Before Christmas" Wayne Kennan NBC The Upshaws "Forbidden Fruit" Chuck Ozeas Netflix
Programs with multiple awards
5 wins Will & Grace
3 wins How I Met Your Mother The Ranch Two and a Half Men
2 wins How I Met Your Father
Cinematographers with multiple awards
4 wins Tony Askins Gary Baum
3 wins Chris La Fountaine Donald A. Morgan Steven V. Silver
Programs with multiple nominations Totals include nominations for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour).
9 nominations Will & Grace
8 nominations Two and a Half Men
5 nominations How I Met Your Mother 2 Broke Girls
4 nominations According to Jim Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Mike & Molly The Ranch
3 nominations The Conners Friends
2 nominations The Big Bang Theory Bob Hearts Abishola The Exes How I Met Your Father Last Man Standing Pair of Kings Reba Rules of Engagement Spin City Superior Donuts The Upshaws
Cinematographers with multiple nominations
12 nominations Gary Baum
11 nominations Donald A. Morgan Steven V. Silver
9 nominations Chris La Fountaine George Mooradian
6 nominations Tony Askins
4 nominations Mike Berlin John Simmons
3 nominations Ken Lamkin Patti Lee Nick McLean
2 nominations Bryan Hays Wayne Kennan Richard Quinlan Peter Smokler
References