Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
Currently held by | How I Met Your Father (2022) |
Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series is 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.
Outstanding Videotape Editing for a Series
Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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1976 [1] | ||||
The Adams Chronicles | "John Adams, Diplomat" | Girish Bhargava, Manford Schorn | PBS | |
Barney Miller | "Happy New Year" | Homer Powell, Fred Golan, Paul Schatzkin | ABC | |
Sanford and Son | "Earthquake II" | Ken Denisoff, Robert Veatch | NBC | |
Welcome Back, Kotter | "The Telethon" | Susan Jenkins, Manuel Martínez | ABC | |
1977 [2] | ||||
Visions | "The War Widow" | Roy Stewart | PBS | |
C.P.O. Sharkey | "Sharkey Boogies on Down" | Ken Denisoff, 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 [3] | ||||
The Carol Burnett Show | "The Final Show" | Tucker Wiard | CBS | |
The Betty White Show | "Pilot" | Chip Brooks | CBS | |
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 Anderson | ABC | |
Three's Company | "Chrissy, Come Home" | Jerry Davis | ||
1979 [4] | ||||
Stockard Channing in Just Friends | "Pilot" | Andy Zall | CBS | |
All in the Family | "The 200th Episode Celebration" | Hal Collins, Harvey Berger | CBS | |
Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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1980 [5] | ||||
The Muppet Show | "Liza Minnelli" | John Hawkins | Syndicated | |
The Big Show | "Tony Randall and Hervé Villechaize" | Ken Denisoff, Kevin Muldoon, Andy Zall | NBC | |
Fridays | "Boz Scaggs" | Terry Pickford | ABC | |
A New Kind of Family | "I Do" | Marco Zappia | ||
1981 [6] | ||||
WKRP in Cincinnati | "Bah Humbug" | Andy Ackerman | CBS | |
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters | "Dolly Parton and John Schneider" | Andy Zall | NBC | |
"Ray Stevens" | Ken Denisoff | |||
The Muppet Show | "Brooke Shields" | John Hawkins | Syndicated | |
1982 [7] | ||||
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, Roderic G. Stephens | ABC | |
Report to Murphy | "High Noon" | Raymond M. Bush | CBS | |
WKRP in Cincinnati | "Fire" | Andy Ackerman | ||
1983 [8] | ||||
The Jeffersons | "Change of a Dollar" | Larry Harris | CBS | |
Alice | "Vera, the Torch" | Tucker Wiard | CBS | |
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, Joe Walsh | NBC | |
1984 [9] | ||||
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 [10] | ||||
Fame | "Reflections" | Jim McElroy | Syndicated | |
Night Court | "The Blizzard" | Jerry Davis | NBC | |
Outstanding Multi-Camera Editing for a Series
Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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1986 [11] | ||||
The Cosby Show | "Full House" | Henry Chan | NBC | |
Cheers | "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | |
"The Triangle" | Douglas Hines | |||
The Golden Girls | "Pilot" | Harold McKenzie | ||
Night Court | "Hurricane" | Jerry Davis | ||
1987 [12] | ||||
Night Court | "Her Honor, Part 1" | Jerry Davis | NBC | |
Cheers | "Cheers: The Motion Picture" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | |
The Cosby Show | "I Know That You Know" | Henry Chan | ||
Family Ties | "Band on the Run" | Gary Anderson, Jon Bellis | ||
The Golden Girls | "Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" | Harold McKenzie | ||
1988 [13] | ||||
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, M. Pam Blumenthal | Fox | |
1989 [14] | ||||
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, M. Pam Blumenthal | Fox | |
Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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1990 [15] | ||||
The Tracey Ullman Show | "...And God Created Tillman," "Rare Talent" | Douglas Hines, 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 Wiard | CBS | |
Newhart | "The Last Newhart" | Mike Wilcox | ||
1991 [16] | ||||
Murphy Brown | "On Another Plane" | Tucker Wiard | CBS | |
Cheers | "The Days of Wine and Neuroses" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | |
"Rat Girl" | Sheila Amos | |||
Coach | "The Break-Up" | Andrew Chulack | ABC | |
1992 [17] | ||||
Seinfeld | "The Subway" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC | |
Cheers | "An Old Fashioned Wedding" | Robert Bramwell, Peter Chakos | NBC | |
Coach | "A Real Guy's Guy" | Andrew Chulack | ABC | |
Home Improvement | "Stereo Typical" | Marco Zappia, Alex Gimenez | ||
Murphy Brown | "Send in the Clowns" | Tucker Wiard | CBS | |
1993 [18] | ||||
Cheers | "One for the Road" | Robert Bramwell | NBC | |
Coach | "Vows" | Andrew Chulack | ABC | |
Home Improvement | "To Build or Not to Build" | Marco Zappia, Alex Gimenez | ||
Murphy Brown | "The World According to Avery" | Tucker Wiard | CBS | |
Seinfeld | "The Pilot" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC | |
1994 [19] | ||||
Frasier | "The Show Where Lilith Comes Back" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
Seinfeld | "The Opposite" | Janet Ashikaga | ||
Coach | "The Luck Stops Here" | Andrew Chulack | ABC | |
Home Improvement | "It Was the Best of Tim's, It Was the Worst of Tim's" | Marco Zappia, Roger Ames Berger | ||
Murphy Brown | "Socks and the Single Woman" | Robert Souders, Tucker Wiard | CBS | |
1995 [20] | ||||
Seinfeld | "The Diplomat's Club" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC | |
Frasier | "The Matchmaker" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
Friends | "The One with Two Parts, Part 2" | Andy Zall | ||
Home Improvement | "Don't Tell Momma" | Marco Zappia, Roger Ames Berger | ABC | |
Mad About You | "The Ride Home" | Sheila Amos | NBC | |
1996 [21] | ||||
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, 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 |
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1997 [22] | ||||
Ellen | "The Puppy Episode" | Kris Trexler | ABC | |
Frasier | "To Kill a Mockingbird" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
The Larry Sanders Show | "Everybody Loves Larry" | Leslie Tolan, Sean K. Lambert | HBO | |
"My Name Is Asher Kingsley" | Leslie Tolan, Paul Anderson | |||
Seinfeld | "The Pothole" | Skip Collector | NBC | |
1998 [23] | ||||
Frasier | "Room Service" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
Frasier | "Roz and the Schnoz" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC | |
The Larry Sanders Show | "Flip" | Leslie Tolan, Paul Anderson, Sean K. Lambert | HBO | |
Murphy Brown | "Opus One" | Tucker Wiard | CBS | |
Seinfeld | "The Finale" | Skip Collector | NBC | |
1999 [24] | ||||
Sports Night | "Small Town" | Janet Ashikaga | ABC | |
Frasier | "Shutout in Seattle" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
Just Shoot Me! | "Two Girls for Every Boy" | Paul Anderson | ||
3rd Rock from the Sun | "Dick and Taxes" | Vince Humphrey | ||
Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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2000 [25] | ||||
Frasier | "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" | Ron Volk, Scott Maisano | NBC | |
Frasier | "Dark Side of the Moon" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
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 [26] | ||||
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 [27] | ||||
Frasier | "The Proposal" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
Everybody Loves Raymond | "Talk to Your Daughter" | Patricia Barnett | CBS | |
Friends | "The One with the Halloween Party" | Kenny Tintorri | NBC | |
"The One with the Rumor" | Stephen Prime | |||
Will & Grace | "A Chorus Lie" | Peter Chakos | ||
2003 [28] | ||||
Frasier | "Rooms with a View" | Ron Volk | NBC | |
Everybody Loves Raymond | "She's the One" | Patricia Barnett | CBS | |
Friends | "The One in Barbados" | Stephen Prime | NBC | |
"The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song" | Kenny Tintorri | |||
Will & Grace | "Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More" | Peter Chakos | ||
2004 [29] | ||||
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 [30] | ||||
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 [31] | ||||
Two and a Half Men | "That Special Tug" | Joe Bella | CBS | |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | "2198" | Katherine Babiak, Vic Fabilli, Liz Gross, Mark Jankeloff | NBC | |
Late Show with David Letterman | "2519" | James Alkins, Tom Catusi, Andrew Evangelista, Stephen Hostomsky, Mona Lu, Mark Spada | CBS | |
That '70s Show | "We Will Rock You" | Michael Karlich | Fox | |
Will & Grace | "The Finale" | Peter Chakos | NBC | |
2007 [32] | ||||
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, Ryan Tanner | Fox | |
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | "12043" | Tonya Dreher, Graham Frazier, Mark Paone, Daric Schlesselman, Einar Westerlund, Rob York | Comedy Central | |
Dancing with the Stars | "304" | Ned Kerwin, Pamela Malouf, David Timoner, 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).
Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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2012 (64th) [33] | How I Met Your Mother | "Trilogy Time" | Susan Federman | CBS |
The Big Bang Theory | "The Countdown Reflection" | Peter Chakos | CBS | |
Hot in Cleveland | "God and Football" | Mark Alan Dashnaw | TV Land | |
Two and a Half Men | "Why We Gave Up Women" | Joseph Bella | CBS | |
2 Broke Girls | "And the Kosher Cupcakes" | Darryl Bates | ||
2013 (65th) [34] | How I Met Your Mother | "P.S. I Love You" | Susan Federman | CBS |
The Big Bang Theory | "The Love Spell Potential" | Peter Chakos | CBS | |
The Colbert Report | "9082" | Christein Aromando, Andrew Matheson | Comedy Central | |
Conan | "Occupy Conan" | Robert James Ashe, Dan Dome, Dave Grecu, Chris Heller | TBS | |
Hot in Cleveland | "Magic Diet Candy" | Ronald A. Volk | TV Land | |
2014 (66th) [35] | The Big Bang Theory | "The Cooper Extraction" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
The Colbert Report | "9115" | Christein Aromando, Jason Baker | Comedy Central | |
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | "19006" | Robert York, Eric Davies, Graham Frazier, Daric Schlesselman | ||
How I Met Your Mother | "Gary Blauman" | Sue Federman | CBS | |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | "Behind the Scandelabra" | James Crowe, Jason Bielski, Brian Marsh, Kevin McCullough, Matt Williams | ABC | |
2015 (67th) [36] | The Big Bang Theory | "The Comic Book Store Regeneration" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
Hot in Cleveland | "I Hate Goodbyes" | Ronald A. Volk | TV Land | |
Mike & Molly | "Fight to the Finish" | Stephen Prime | CBS | |
2 Broke Girls | "And the Move-In Meltdown" | Darryl Bates, Ben Bosse | ||
2016 (68th) [37] | The Big Bang Theory | "The Opening Night Excitation" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
Horace and Pete | "103" | Gina Sansom | LouisCK.net | |
Last Man Standing | "The Road Less Driven" | Kris Trexler | ABC | |
Mike & Molly | "I See Love" | Stephen Prime | CBS | |
Mom | "Atticus Finch and the Downtrodden" | Ben Bosse, Joe Bella | ||
2 Broke Girls | "And the Sax Problems" | Darryl Bates | ||
2017 (69th) [38] | ||||
The Big Bang Theory | "The Holiday Summation" | Peter Chakos | CBS | |
Last Man Standing | "Trick or Treat" | Kris Trexler | ABC | |
Mom | "Bad Hand and British Royalty" | Joe Bella | CBS | |
One Day at a Time | "A Snowman's Tale" | Pat Barnett | Netflix | |
2 Broke Girls | "And the Planes, Fingers and Automobiles" | Chris Poulos | CBS | |
2018 (70th) [39] | ||||
Will & Grace | "Grandpa Jack" | Peter Beyt | NBC | |
The Big Bang Theory | "The Bow Tie Asymmetry" | Peter Chakos | CBS | |
Mom | "Crazy Snakes and a Clog to the Head" | Joe Bella | ||
One Day at a Time | "Not Yet" | Pat Barnett | Netflix | |
Roseanne | "Darlene v. David" | Brian Schnuckel | ABC | |
2019 (71st) [40] | ||||
One Day at a Time | "The Funeral" | Pat Barnett | Netflix | |
The Big Bang Theory | "The Stockholm Syndrome" | Peter Chakos | CBS | |
The Conners | "Keep on Truckin' " | Brian Schnuckel | ABC | |
Mom | "Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire" | Joe Bella | CBS | |
Will & Grace | "Family, Trip" | Peter Beyt | NBC |
Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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2020 (72nd) [41] | ||||
One Day at a Time | "Boundaries" | Cheryl Campsmith | Pop TV | |
The Conners | "Slappy Holidays" | Brian Schnuckel | ABC | |
Will & Grace | "We Love Lucy" | Peter Beyt | NBC | |
"What a Dump" | Joseph Fulton | |||
2021 (73rd) [42] | ||||
The Conners | "Jeopardé, Sobrieté And Infidelité" | Brian Schnuckel | ABC | |
Man with a Plan | "Driving Miss Katie" | Sue Federman | CBS | |
Mom | "Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak" | Joe Bella | ||
2022 (74th) [43] | ||||
How I Met Your Father | "Timing Is Everything" | Sue Federman | Hulu | |
Call Me Kat | "Call Me by My Middle Name" | Pam Marshall | Fox | |
Totals include wins for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera).
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