The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program was a Creative Arts Emmy Award which is given annually beginning in 2008 to an animated series or special of 15 minutes or shorter in length. In 2008 and 2009, the category was called "Outstanding Special Class Short-Format Animated Program", and was an "area" award which could have one, more than one, or no, winners; starting in 2010, the name was changed, and it was made a "category" award which (unless there is a tie) must have one winner. Note that a show whose episodes mainly consist of multiple stories, each 15 minutes or shorter, can either enter one story in this category, or a full episode in the Outstanding Animated Program category.
Beginning in 2024, the category will be consolidated with Outstanding Animated Program.
Winners and nominations 2000s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2008(60th) Camp Lazlo "Lazlo's First Crush" Joe Murray and Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Mark O'Hare and Jennifer Pelphrey, supervising producers; Janet Dimon, producer; Brian Sheesley, supervising director/directed by; Won Dong Kun, animation director; John Infantino and Piero Piluso, written by; Merriwether Williams, Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis and Steve Little, story by; Doug Gallery, timer Cartoon Network Chowder "Burple Nurples" C. H. Greenblatt, executive producer/story by; Brian A. Miller, executive producer; Jennifer Pelphrey, supervising producer; Louis Cuck, producer; Juli Hashiguchi, director; William Reiss, story by; Eddy Houchins, supervising director Cartoon Network 2009(61st)As an area award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. None of the nominees met the benchmark, and no award was given. Phineas and Ferb "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" Dan Povenmire, executive producer; Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, co-executive producer; Jon Colton Barry, written by/story by; Michael Diederich, written by; Martin Olson, story by; Zac Moncrief, director; Robert Hughes, animation director; Herb Moore and Frank Weiss, timing directors Disney SpongeBob SquarePants "Dear Vikings" Stephen Hillenburg, executive producer; Paul Tibbitt, executive producer/supervising producer; Dina Buteyn, animation producer; Aaron Springer, written by/storyboard director; Dani Michaeli, written by; Tom Yasumi, animation director; Alan Smart, supervising director Nickelodeon
2010s