The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program was first awarded at the 63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2011. The award was divided in 2016 to recognize Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and Outstanding Short Form Variety Series.
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