The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming is presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. To be eligible, the costumes must have been designed specifically for television.

Winners and nominations

1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1986 Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III (Great Performances) Bill Hargate PBS Alice in Wonderland "Part 1" Paul Zastupnevich CBS NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration Alvin Colt NBC Neil Diamond... Hello Again Bob Mackie, Ret Turner and Bill Whitten CBS 1987 Diana Ross... Red Hot Rhythm and Blues Ray Aghayan and Ret Turner ABC Happy Birthday, Hollywood Alvin Colt and Ron TalskyABC Liberty Weekend: Closing Ceremonies Pete Menefee Solid Gold: Countdown '86 Rickie Hansen Syndicated 1988 Outstanding Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program Las Vegas: An All-Star 75th Anniversary Pete Menefee and Ret Turner ABC Opryland Celebrates 200 Years of American Music Bill Hargate Syndicated The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour "Harry Belafonte, Jack Lemmon and Pat Paulsen" Madeline Ann Graneto CBS Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special EventsAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. The 60th Annual Academy Awards Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie ABC 1989 The Magic of David Copperfield XI: Explosive Encounter Daniel Orlandi CBS The Jim Henson Hour "Dog City" Polly Smith, James Hammer, Connie Peterson and Lizzie Harding-Wilkins NBC Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse Max Robert and Robert TurturiceCBS The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour "Kenny Rogers, Maureen McGovern and Geoffrey Lewis" Madeline Ann Kozlowski

1990s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Patricia Field Disney Julie & Carol: Together Again Bob Mackie ABC Show Boat (Great Performances) Gregory A. Poplyk and Bradford Wood PBS The Tracey Ullman Show "Creative Differences" Jane Ruhm Fox 1991 Carol & Company "That Little Extra Something" Bob Mackie and Ret Turner NBC Cher... At the Mirage Bob Mackie, Michael Schmidt and Ret Turner CBS In Living Color "Episode 220" Michelle Cole Fox 1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards Ray Aghayan ABC The Carol Burnett Show "Episode 403" Bob Mackie and Ret Turner CBS In Living Color "Episode 302" Michelle Cole Fox Louise Duart: The Secret Life of Barry's Wife Garland W. Riddle Showtime 1993 Oedipus Rex Emi Wada and Julie Taymor PBS The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion Bob Mackie and Ret TurnerCBS Christmas Fantasy on Ice Ret Turner In Living Color "Episode 417" Michelle Cole Fox Liza Minnelli: Live from Radio City Music Hall Julie Weiss and Isaac Mizrahi NPT 1994 Tracey Ullman Takes on New York Jane Ruhm HBO Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories Warden NeilNBC David Foster's Christmas Album Bill Hargate In Living Color "Episode 507" Michelle Cole Fox Porgy & Bess (American Playhouse / Great Performances) Sue Blane and Janet Tharby PBS 1995 Men, Movies and Carol Bob Mackie CBS The 67th Annual Academy Awards Ray Aghayan ABC Disney's Nancy Kerrigan Special: Dreams on Ice Jef Billings CBS She TV Ret Turner ABC 1996 The Best of Tracey Takes On... Jane Ruhm HBO Barbara Mandrell: Steppin' Out Bill Hargate TNN Muppets Tonight "Garth Brooks" Polly Smith ABC 1997 Tracey Takes On... "1976" Jane Ruhm HBO The 69th Annual Academy Awards Ray Aghayan ABC Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas Bob DeMora HBO John F. Kennedy Center 25th Anniversary Celebration Bob MackiePBS Robert Altman's Jazz '34: Remembrances of Kansas City (Great Performances) Dona Granata 1998 Tracey Takes On... "Sports" Jane Ruhm HBO Blue Suede Shoes — Ballet Rocks! Bob Mackie PBS Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Ellen Mirojnick ABC 1999 The Snowden, Raggedy Ann and Andy Holiday Show Jef Billings CBS MADtv "Episode 402" Wendy Benbrook Fox Saturday Night Live "Host: Vince Vaughn" Tom Broecker NBC Tracey Takes On... "America" Jane Ruhm HBO

2000s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2000 Cher: Live in Concert — From the MGM Grand in Las Vegas David Cardona, Helen Hiatt and Bob Mackie HBO The Hollywood Fashion Machine Bruce Anthony Marshall AMC MADtv "MADtv's Movie Show" Wendy Benbrook and Frances Hays Fox Saturday Night Live "Host: Christopher Walken" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC Target Stars on Ice Jef Billings and Regina Winters CBS 2001 Cirque Du Soleil's Dralion François Barbeau Bravo MADtv "Episode 615" Wendy Benbrook and Wanda Leavey Fox Peter Pan Starring Cathy Rigby Shigeru Yaji A&E Saturday Night Live "Host: Lara Flynn Boyle" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC Target Presents: Scott Hamilton's Farewell to Stars on Ice Jef Billings and Regina Winters CBS 2002 Opening Ceremony: Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games Michael Curry, Pete Menefee, Peter Minshall, David Profeta and Tim Wonsik NBC Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour Rob Saduski HBO MADtv "MadTV's Holiday Spectacular" Wendy Benbrook and Wanda Leavey Fox Saturday Night Live "Host: Ian McKellen" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC Target Stars on Ice Jef Billings A&E 2003 Cher: The Farewell Tour Bob Mackie and Hugh Durrant NBC The First Annual Miss Dog Beauty Pageant Sharon Day and Kristin GalloFox MADtv "Episode 809" Wendy Benbrook, Wanda Leavey Saturday Night Live "Host: Robert De Niro" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC 2004 Smucker's Stars on Ice 2004 Jef Billings and Regina Winters A&E 2005 MADtv "Episode 1017" Wendy Benbrook and Wanda Leavey Fox 2006 Benise: Nights of Fire! Erin Lareau PBS Dancing with the Stars "Episode 208A" Dana Campbell and Randall Christensen ABC MADtv "Episode 1109" Wendy Benbrook and Wanda Leavey Fox 2007 Tony Bennett: An American Classic Colleen Atwood and Kendall Errair NBC 2008 Frank TV "Ballpark Frank" Shanna Knecht and Elizabeth Tagg TBS 2009 So You Think You Can Dance "Episode 415/416A" Soyon An Fox

2010s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! "Episode 09-1266" Rodney Munoz ABC So You Think You Can Dance "Top 12 Perform" Soyon An and Grainne O'Sullivan Fox Titan Maximum "Went to Party, Got Crabs" Jeanette Diane Moffat Cartoon Network 2011 Gettysburg Kate Carin and Abigail Metcalfe History Portlandia "Farm" Amanda Needham and Niki Dimitras IFC 2012 Opening Ceremony of the XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 Maria Rosario Mendoza and Grainne O'Sullivan ESPN The X Factor "Pepsi Challenge - Top 9 Elimination" Marina Toybina and Grainne O'Sullivan Fox 2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards Marina Toybina CBS The Men Who Built America "Bloody Battles" Sarah Beers History Portlandia "Blackout" Amanda Needham IFC 2014 Saturday Night Live "Host: Jimmy Fallon" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC So You Think You Can Dance "Episode 1008" Marina Toybina and Grainne O'Sullivan Fox 2015 Drunk History "Hollywood" Christina Mongini Comedy Central Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show Starring Katy Perry Marina Toybina and Courtney Webster NBC 2016 The Wiz Live! Paul Tazewell, Rachel Attridge and Rory Powers NBC Dancing with the Stars "Disney Night" Daniela Gschwendtner, Steven Lee, Polina Roytman, Karina Torrico and Howard Sussman ABC Grease: Live William Ivey Long, Paul Spadone, Nanrose Buchman, Gail Fitzgibbons and Tom Beall Fox RuPaul's Drag Race "Keeping It 100!" Zaldy Goco Logo Saturday Night Live "Host: Ryan Gosling" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC 2017 RuPaul's Drag Race "Oh. My. Gaga!" Zaldy Goco and Perry Meek VH1 Dancing with the Stars "Halloween Night" Daniela Gschwendtner, Steven Lee, Polina Roytman, Karina Torrico and Howard Sussman ABC Hairspray Live! Mary Vogt and Carolyn Dessert-Lauterio NBC Portlandia "Carrie Dates a Hunk" Amanda Needham, Jayme Hansen and Jordan Hamilton IFC Saturday Night Live "Host: Emily Blunt" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC 2018 RuPaul's Drag Race "10s Across the Board" Zaldy Goco VH1 Dancing with the Stars "Disney Night" Daniela Gschwendtner, Steven Lee, Polina Roytman, Candice Rainwater and Howard Sussman ABC Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Paul Tazewell, Laaleh Mizani, Heather Lockard and Rory Powers NBC Saturday Night Live "Host: Natalie Portman" Tom Broecker and Eric Justian Tracey Ullman's Show "Episode 1" Helen Woolfenden, Emma Burnand and Claudia Bassi HBO 2019 RuPaul's Drag Race "Trump: The Rusical" Zaldy Goco and Art Conn VH1 Dancing with the Stars "The Premiere" Daniela Gschwendtner, Steven Lee, Polina Roytman, Candice Rainwater and Howard Sussman ABCHomecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Marni Senofonte, Olivier Rousteing and Timothy White Netflix The Masked Singer "Finale" Marina Toybina and Grainne O'Sullivan Fox Saturday Night Live "Host: Sandra Oh" Tom Broecker, Eric Justian, Cristina Natividad, Karena Sanchez and Ashley Dudek NBC

2020s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2020 The Masked Singer "The Season Kick-Off Mask-Off: Group A" Marina Toybina, Grainne O'Sullivan, Gabrielle Letamendi and Candice Rainwater Fox Dancing with the Stars "Halloween Night" Daniela Gschwendtner, Steven Lee, Howard Sussman, Polina Roytman and Karina Torrico ABC Drunk History "Fame" Christina Mongini, Annalisa Adams and Cassandra Connor Comedy Central RuPaul's Drag Race "I'm That Bitch" Zaldy Goco VH1 Saturday Night Live "Host: Eddie Murphy" Tom Broecker, Eric Justian, Cristina Natividad, Ashley Dudek, Karena Sanchez and Dale Richards NBC 2021 Black Is King Zerina Akers and Timothy White Disney+ The Masked Singer "Super 8 – The Plot Chickens! Part 2" Marina Toybina, Grainne O'Sullivan, Gabrielle Letamendi and Lucia Maldonado Fox Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular Ariyela Wald-Cohain, Patty Malkin and Erica Schwartz IFC 2022 We're Here "Evansville, Indiana" Casey Caldwell, Diego Montoya, Joshua "Domino" Schwartz, Marco Marco and Patryq Howell HBO 2023 Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration Marina Toybina, Grainne O'Sullivan, Gabrielle Letamendi, Courtney Webster, Arleen Flores and Danae McQueen ABC We're Here "St. George, Utah" Diego Montoya, Marco Morante, Joshua "Domino" Schwartz, Blake Danford, Sharon Malka and Ricky Reynoso HBO 2024 Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music Machine Dazzle HBO 2025 Beyoncé Bowl Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Shiona Turini, Erica Rice, Molly Peters, Chelsea Staebell and Timothy White Netflix 2026 The Masked Singer "Premiere Part 1" Grainne O'Sullivan, Luke D'Alessandro, Steven Lee, Arleen Flores, Alice Garland and Maro Isakulyan Fox The Traitors "The Black Banquet" Sam Spector and Rikki Finlay Peacock

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards The Masked Singer

3 awards RuPaul's Drag Race So You Think You Can Dance Tracey Takes On...

2 awards MADtv Portlandia We're Here

Programs with multiple nominations

11 nominations Saturday Night Live

7 nominations MADtv

6 nominations Dancing with the Stars

5 nominations The Masked Singer RuPaul's Drag Race

4 nominations In Living Color Tracey Takes On...

3 nominations Portlandia

2 nominations Drunk History The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour We're Here

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