Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. The category was initiated in 2016 alongside Outstanding Short Form Variety Series and Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series. The awards replaced the now-retired category for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. In 2021, this award will be merged Short Form Variety Series to form the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series. These awards were not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but at the Creative Arts Emmy Award show.
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 2016 (awarded to Childrens Hospital) |
| Last awarded | 2020 (awarded to Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler) |
| Website | emmys |
Winners and nominations
2020s
| Year | Program | Producers | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (72nd) | |||
| Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler | Dan Appel, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine and Melissa Bernstein, executive producers; James Heth, producer | AMC.com | |
| The Good Place Presents: The Selection | Michael Schur, Morgan Sackett and David Hyman, executive producers; Eric Kissack, Matt Quezada and Doug Smith, producers | NBC | |
| Most Dangerous Game | Nick Santora, Gero Bauknecht, Gerd Schepers, Gordon Gray, Liam Hemsworth and Phil Abraham, executive producers | Quibi | |
| Reno 911! | Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney-Silver, John Landgraf and Peter Principato, executive producers; David Lincoln, producer | ||
| Star Trek: Short Treks | Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa and John Weber, executive producers; Aaron Baiers, co-executive producer | CBS All Access |
Programs with multiple awards
Totals include wins for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.
Programs with multiple nominations
Totals include nominations for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.
Total awards by network
- AMC – 2
- Adult Swim – 1
- CBS on Snapchat – 1
- Sundance – 1