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 was 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.
Winners and nominations
2010s Year Program Producers Network 2016(68th) Childrens Hospital Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, David Wain, Keith Crofford and Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Krister Johnson, co-executive producer Adult Swim Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462Troy Miller, Dave Erickson and David Wiener, executive producers; Tally Barr, producer AMC Hack Into Broad CityAbbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns, executive producers; Ryan McCormick, producer ComedyCentral.com Her StoryKatherine Reed Fisher, executive producer/producer; Eve Ensler, executive producer; Jen Richards and Laura Zak, co-executive producers YouTube UnREAL: The AuditionsTamara Kaiser and Christian Martin, executive producers Lifetime 2017(69th) Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training Dan Appel, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine and Melissa Bernstein, executive producers; Rob Knox, producer AMC Brown Girls Sam Bailey and Fatimah Asghar, producers OpenTV Fear the Walking Dead: Passage Dave Erickson, Frank Scherma and Justin Wilkes, executive producers; Andrew Bernstein, producer AMC.com Hack Into Broad CityAbbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns, executive producers; Kelsie Kiley, producer ComedyCentral.com Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot Geoffrey Colo, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell, Jeph Loeb and Joe Quesada, executive producers ABCd / ABC.com 2018(70th) James Corden's Next James CordenBen Winston, Rob Crabbe, James Corden, Adam Abramson, Ryan McKee, executive producers; David Lamattina, producer CBS on Snapchat aka Wyatt Cenac Wyatt Cenac, executive producer; Chris Marsh and Daniel Goldberg, producers Topic.com An Emmy for Megan Megan Amram, Dave Kneebone and Janel Kranking, executive producers; Joseph Carnegie, producer anemmyformegan.com Grey's Anatomy: B Team Abby Chambers, executive producer; Val Cheung, producer; Produced by Mohamed Saad Mansoor abc.go.com The Walking Dead: Red Machete Alex Coley Brown, Noam Dromi, Jay Williams, executive producers; Nick Bernardone and Avi Youabian, producers AMC.com 2019(71st) State of the Union In 2019, the AMC series Better Call Saul Employee Training: Madrigal Electromotive Security was nominated. The nomination was rescinded after it was determined that several episodes were shorter than two minutes, violating the TV Academy's rule that six episodes air during the eligibility period with a runtime of at least two minutes. Sixth place finisher State of the Union became the fifth nominee, going on to win the category. Nick Hornby, Stephen Frears, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, executive producers Sundance An Emmy for Megan Megan Amram, Janel Kranking and Dave Kneebone, executive producers; Joseph Carnegie, producer anemmyformegan.com Hack Into Broad City Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, executive producers; Kelsie Kiley, co-executive producer; Nick Paley, producer ComedyCentral.com It's Bruno! Solvan "Slick" Naim, executive producer; Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers and Vincent Morano, producers Netflix Special Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Eric Norsoph, Ryan O'Connell and Anna Dokoza, executive producers
2020s Year Program Producers Network 2020(72nd) Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler Dan Appel, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine and Melissa Bernstein, executive producers; James Heth, producer AMC.com The Good Place Presents: The Selection Michael Schur, Morgan Sackett and David Hyman, executive producers; Eric Kissack, Matt Quezada and Doug Smith, producers NBC Most Dangerous Game Nick 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 Treks Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa and John Weber, executive producers; Aaron Baiers, co-executive producer CBS All Access
Programs with multiple awards Totals include wins for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.
3 awards Childrens Hospital
2 awards Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Programs with multiple nominations Totals include nominations for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.
5 nominations Childrens Hospital
3 nominations Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Hack Into Broad City The Daily Show: Correspondents Explain 30 Rock: The Webisodes
2 nominations An Emmy for Megan
Total awards by network AMC – 2 Adult Swim – 1 CBS on Snapchat – 1 Sundance – 1
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