The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series was awarded to one television series each year. Between 2003 and 2012, the category was consolidated to include both multi-camera and single-camera comedy series.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
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Winners and nominations
Outstanding Videotape Editing for a Series 1970s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1976 The Adams Chronicles "John Adams, Diplomat" Girish Bhargava and Manford Schorn PBS Barney Miller "Happy New Year" Homer Powell, Fred Golan and Paul Schatzkin ABC Sanford and Son "Earthquake II" Ken Denisoff and Robert Veatch NBC Welcome Back, Kotter "The Telethon" Susan Jenkins and Manuel Martínez ABC 1977 Visions "The War Widow" Roy Stewart PBS C.P.O. Sharkey "Sharkey Boogies on Down" Ken Denisoff and Stowell Werden NBC Meeting of Minds "Marie Antoinette / Sir Thomas More / Karl Marx / Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1" Terry Pickford PBS Police Story "Ice Time" Jimmy B. Frazier NBC 1978 The Carol Burnett Show "The Final Show" Tucker Wiard CBS The Betty White Show "Pilot" Chip BrooksCBS Husbands, Wives & Lovers "The One Where Everybody Is Looking for a Little Action" Marco Zappia Laugh-In "Tina Turner" Ed J. Brennan NBC Soap "102" Gary AndersonABC Three's Company "Chrissy, Come Home" Jerry Davis 1979 Stockard Channing in Just Friends "Pilot" Andy Zall CBS All in the Family "The 200th Episode Celebration" Hal Collins and Harvey Berger CBS
1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1980 The Muppet Show "Liza Minnelli" John Hawkins Syndicated The Big Show "Tony Randall and Hervé Villechaize" Ken Denisoff, Kevin Muldoon and Andy Zall NBC Fridays "Boz Scaggs" Terry PickfordABC A New Kind of Family "I Do" Marco Zappia 1981 WKRP in Cincinnati "Bah Humbug" Andy Ackerman CBSBarbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters "Dolly Parton and John Schneider" Andy ZallNBC "Ray Stevens" Ken Denisoff The Muppet Show "Brooke Shields" John Hawkins Syndicated 1982 Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters "Brenda Lee and Paul Williams" Ken Denisoff NBC The Greatest American Hero "The Lost Diablo" John Carrol, Mario DiMambro, Dave Goldson, Art Schneider and Roderic G. Stephens ABC Report to Murphy "High Noon" Raymond M. BushCBS WKRP in Cincinnati "Fire" Andy Ackerman 1983 The Jeffersons "Change of a Dollar" Larry Harris CBS Alice "Vera, the Torch" Tucker WiardCBS Archie Bunker's Place "Three Women" Marco Zappia Newhart "Grandma, What a Big Mouth You Have" Andy Ackerman Real People "502" Diane Block, Tee Bosustow, Cary Gries, Michael Kelly, Doug Loviska, Bruce Motyer, Bill Paulsen, Nicholas Stein, Cynthia Vaughn and Joe Walsh NBC 1984 Fame "Gonna Learn How to Fly, Part 2" Howard Brock Syndicated Benson "Down the Drain" Michael Riolo ABC Fame "Break Dance" Jim McElroy Syndicated Kate & Allie "Dear Diary" Marco Zippia CBS 1985 Fame "Reflections" Jim McElroy Syndicated Night Court "The Blizzard" Jerry Davis NBC
Outstanding Multi-Camera Editing for a Series Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1986 The Cosby Show "Full House" Henry Chan NBCCheers "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" Andy AckermanNBC "The Triangle" Douglas Hines The Golden Girls "Pilot" Harold McKenzie Night Court "Hurricane" Jerry Davis 1987 Night Court "Her Honor, Part 1" Jerry Davis NBC Cheers "Cheers: The Motion Picture" Andy AckermanNBC The Cosby Show "I Know That You Know" Henry Chan Family Ties "Band on the Run" Gary Anderson and Jon Bellis The Golden Girls "Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" Harold McKenzie 1988 Cheers "The Big Kiss-Off" Andy Ackerman NBC Designing Women "Killing All the Right People" Roger Bondelli CBS The Golden Girls "Old Friends" Jim McElroy NBC Newhart "A Midseason Night's Dream" Mike Wilcox CBS The Tracey Ullman Show "Ginny Redux," "Fear," "Real Lace" Douglas Hines and M. Pam Blumenthal Fox 1989 Murphy Brown "Respect" Tucker Wiard CBS Married... with Children "Requiem for a Dead Barber" Larry Harris Fox Murphy Brown "It's How You Play the Game" Jerry Davis CBS Roseanne "Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore" Marco Zappia ABC The Tracey Ullman Show "To Masseur with Love," "Conjugal Visit" Douglas Hines and M. Pam Blumenthal Fox
1990s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1990 The Tracey Ullman Show "...And God Created Tillman," "Rare Talent" Douglas Hines and M. Pam Blumenthal Fox Designing Women "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire 20th Century" Judy Burke CBS Married... with Children "Who'll Stop the Rain" Larry Harris Fox Murphy Brown "The Strike" Tucker WiardCBS Newhart "The Last Newhart" Mike Wilcox 1991 Murphy Brown "On Another Plane" Tucker Wiard CBSCheers "The Days of Wine and Neuroses" Andy AckermanNBC "Rat Girl" Sheila Amos Coach "The Break-Up" Andrew Chulack ABC 1992 Seinfeld "The Subway" Janet Ashikaga NBC Cheers "An Old Fashioned Wedding" Robert Bramwell and Peter Chakos NBC Coach "A Real Guy's Guy" Andrew ChulackABC Home Improvement "Stereo Typical" Marco Zappia and Alex Gimenez Murphy Brown "Send in the Clowns" Tucker Wiard CBS 1993 Cheers "One for the Road" Robert Bramwell NBC Coach "Vows" Andrew ChulackABC Home Improvement "To Build or Not to Build" Marco Zappia and Alex Gimenez Murphy Brown "The World According to Avery" Tucker Wiard CBS Seinfeld "The Pilot" Janet Ashikaga NBC 1994 Frasier "The Show Where Lilith Comes Back" Ron VolkNBC Seinfeld "The Opposite" Janet Ashikaga Coach "The Luck Stops Here" Andrew ChulackABC Home Improvement "It Was the Best of Tim's, It Was the Worst of Tim's" Marco Zappia and Roger Ames Berger Murphy Brown "Socks and the Single Woman" Robert Souders and Tucker Wiard CBS 1995 Seinfeld "The Diplomat's Club" Janet Ashikaga NBC Frasier "The Matchmaker" Ron VolkNBC Friends "The One with Two Parts, Part 2" Andy Zall Home Improvement "Don't Tell Momma" Marco Zappia and Roger Ames Berger ABC Mad About You "The Ride Home" Sheila Amos NBC 1996 Frasier "The Show Where Diane Comes Back" Ron Volk NBC Frasier "The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl" Timothy Mozer NBC Home Improvement "The Longest Day" Marco Zappia and Roger Ames Berger ABC Murphy Brown "Up in Smoke" Tucker Wiard CBS Seinfeld "The Rye" Janet Ashikaga NBC
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1997 Ellen "The Puppy Episode" Kris Trexler ABC Frasier "To Kill a Talking Bird" Ron Volk NBCThe Larry Sanders Show "Everybody Loves Larry" Leslie Tolan and Sean K. LambertHBO "My Name Is Asher Kingsley" Leslie Tolan and Paul Anderson Seinfeld "The Pothole" Skip Collector NBC 1998 Frasier "Room Service" Ron Volk NBC Frasier "Roz and the Schnoz" Janet Ashikaga NBC The Larry Sanders Show "Flip" Leslie Tolan, Paul Anderson and Sean K. Lambert HBO Murphy Brown "Opus One" Tucker Wiard CBS Seinfeld "The Finale" Skip Collector NBC 1999 Sports Night "Small Town" Janet Ashikaga ABC Frasier "Shutout in Seattle" Ron VolkNBC Just Shoot Me! "Two Girls for Every Boy" Paul Anderson 3rd Rock from the Sun "Dick and Taxes" Vince Humphrey
2000s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2000 Frasier "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" Ron Volk and Scott Maisano NBC Frasier "Dark Side of the Moon" Ron VolkNBC Friends "The One with the Proposal" Stephen Prime Sports Night "The Cut Man Cometh" Janet Ashikaga ABC Will & Grace "Ben? Her?" Peter Chakos NBC 2001 Frasier "Daphne Returns" Ron Volk NBC The Drew Carey Show "Drew's in a Coma" John Fuller ABC Everybody Loves Raymond "Italy" Patricia Barnett CBS Spin City "Minor League" Noel Rogers ABC Will & Grace "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" Peter Chakos NBC 2002 Frasier "The Proposal" Ron Volk NBC Everybody Loves Raymond "Talk to Your Daughter" Patricia Barnett CBSFriends "The One with the Halloween Party" Kenny TintorriNBC "The One with the Rumor" Stephen Prime Will & Grace "A Chorus Lie" Peter Chakos 2003 Frasier "Rooms with a View" Ron Volk NBC Everybody Loves Raymond "She's the One" Patricia Barnett CBSFriends "The One in Barbados" Stephen PrimeNBC "The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song" Kenny Tintorri Will & Grace "Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More" Peter Chakos 2004 Frasier "Goodnight, Seattle" Ron Volk NBC Everybody Loves Raymond "Golf for It" Patricia Barnett CBS Friends "The Last One" Stephen Prime NBC That '70s Show "Sparks" David Helfand Fox Will & Grace "Last Ex to Brooklyn" Peter Chakos NBC 2005 Scrubs "My Life in Four Cameras" John Michel NBC Everybody Loves Raymond "The Faux Pas" Patricia Barnett CBS That '70s Show "Angie" Michael Karlich Fox Two and a Half Men "It Was Mame, Mom" Joe Bella CBS Will & Grace "The Newlydreads" Peter Chakos NBC 2006 Two and a Half Men "That Special Tug" Joe Bella CBS Late Night with Conan O'Brien "2198" Katherine Babiak, Vic Fabilli, Liz Gross and Mark Jankeloff NBC Late Show with David Letterman "2519" James Alkins, Tom Catusi, Andrew Evangelista, Stephen Hostomsky, Mona Lu and Mark Spada CBS That '70s Show "We Will Rock You" Michael Karlich Fox Will & Grace "The Finale" Peter Chakos NBC 2007 Two and a Half Men "Release the Dogs" Joe Bella CBS American Idol "Idol Gives Back" Bill DeRonde, Oren Castro, Gus Comegys, John Cox, Patrick Franks, Narumi Inatsugu, Peter Tim Perniciaro, Jeff Roe and Ryan Tanner Fox The Daily Show with Jon Stewart "12043" Tonya Dreher, Graham Frazier, Mark Paone, Daric Schlesselman, Einar Westerlund and Rob York Comedy Central Dancing with the Stars "304" Ned Kerwin, Pamela Malouf, David Timoner and Hans van Riet ABC How I Met Your Mother "Robin Sparkles" Sue Federman CBS
Between 2008 and 2011, multi-camera sitcoms competed alongside single-camera sitcoms for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera).
2010s