| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| Primetime Emmy Award |
|---|
| 1980 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Taxi : "Louie and the Nice Girl" | Won | [1] |
| 1981 | Taxi: "Elaine's Strange Triangle" | Won | [2] |
| 1982 | Taxi: "Jim the Psychic" | Nominated | [3] |
| 1983 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Won | [4] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "Showdown, Part 2" | Won |
| 1984 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Won | [5] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "Old Flames" | Nominated |
| 1985 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Nominated | [6] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "Cheerio, Cheers" | Nominated |
| 1986 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Nominated | [7] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "The Triangle" | Nominated |
| 1987 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Nominated | [8] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "Chambers vs. Malone" | Nominated |
| 1988 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Nominated | [9] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "Backseat Becky, Up Front" | Nominated |
| 1989 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Won | [10] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "The Visiting Leecher" | Nominated |
| 1990 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Nominated | [11] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "The Improbable Dream, Part 1" | Nominated |
| 1991 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Won | [12] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "Woody Interruptus" | Won |
| Outstanding Informational Series | Cheers: The 200th Anniversary Special | Nominated |
| 1992 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Nominated | [13] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "An Old Fashioned Wedding" | Nominated |
| 1993 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers | Nominated | [14] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Cheers: "One for the Road" | Nominated |
| 1994 | Frasier : "The Good Son" | Won | [15] |
| 1995 | Friends : "The One with the Blackout" | Nominated | [16] |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun : "Brains and Eggs" | Nominated | [17] |
| 1998 | Dharma & Greg : "Pilot" | Nominated | [18] |
| 1999 | Will & Grace : "Pilot" | Nominated | [19] |
| 2000 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Won | [20] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Will & Grace: "Homo for the Holidays" | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Nominated | [21] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Will & Grace: "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Nominated | [22] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Will & Grace: "A Chorus Lie" | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Nominated | [23] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Will & Grace: "24" | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Will & Grace | Nominated | [24] |
| 2005 | Nominated | [25] |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Will & Grace: "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World" | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | Nominated | [26] |
| 2020 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Will & Grace: "We Love Lucy" | Nominated | [27] |
| Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Won |
| 2021 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | B Positive : "Pilot" | Nominated | [28] |
| 2022 | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes" | Nominated | [29] |
| 2025 | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Mid-Century Modern : "Here's to You, Mrs. Schneiderman" | Pending | [30] |