Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Prior to 1988 the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
The 2024 recipient: Jon Bernthal
Awarded for	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	1986
Currently held by	Jon Bernthal, The Bear (2024)
Website	emmys.com

Beginning with the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, performers are no longer eligible in guest acting categories if they were previously nominated for a lead or supporting award for playing the same character role in the same series.^[1]

Winners and nominations

  indicates the winner

1970s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Submitted episode(s)	Network
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series
1975 (27th) [2]
	Patrick McGoohan	Columbo	Col. Lyle C. Rumford	"By Dawn's Early Light"	NBC
	Lew Ayres	Kung Fu	Beaumont	"The Vanishing Image"	ABC
	Harold Gould	Police Story	Andrea Basic	"Fathers and Sons"	NBC
	Harry Morgan	M*A*S*H	Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele	"The General Flipped at Dawn"	CBS
1976 (28th)
	Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[3]
	Ed Asner	Rich Man, Poor Man	Axel Jordache	"Parts I"	ABC
	Bill Bixby	The Streets of San Francisco	Eric Doyle	"The Police Buff"	ABC
	Tony Musante	Medical Story	Dr. Paul Brandon	"The Quality of Mercy"	NBC
	Robert Reed	Medical Center	Dr. Pat Caddison	"John Quincy Adams, Diplomat"	CBS
	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[4]
	Gordon Jackson	Upstairs, Downstairs	Hudson	"The Beastly Hun"	PBS
	Bill Bixby	Rich Man, Poor Man	Willie Abbott	"Part VI"	ABC
	Roscoe Lee Browne	Barney Miller	Charlie Jeffers	"The Escape Artist"
	Norman Fell	Rich Man, Poor Man	Smitty	"Part V"
	Van Johnson		Marsh Goodwin	"Parts VII"
1977 (29th)
	Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[5]
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Roots	Fiddler	"Part IV"	ABC
	John Amos	Roots	Toby	"Part V"	ABC
	LeVar Burton		Kunta Kinte	"Part I"
	Ben Vereen		"Chicken" George Moore	"Part VI"
	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[6]
	Ed Asner	Roots	Capt. Davies	"Part 1"	ABC
	Charles Durning	Captains and the Kings	Billy Rice	"Chapter 2"	NBC
	Moses Gunn	Roots	Kintango	"Part I"	ABC
	Robert Reed		Dr. William Reynolds	"Part V"
	Ralph Waite		Third mate Slater	"Part I"
1978 (30th)
	Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[7]
	Barnard Hughes	Lou Grant	Judge Felix Rushman	"Judge"	CBS
	David Cassidy	Police Story	Officer Dan Shay	"A Chance to Live"	NBC
	Will Geer	The Love Boat	Franklyn Bootherstone	"The Old Man and the Runaway"	ABC
	Judd Hirsch	Rhoda	Mike Andretti	"Rhoda Likes Mike"	CBS
	John Rubinstein	Family	Jeff Maitland	"And Baby Makes Three"	ABC
	Keenan Wynn	Police Woman	Ben Fletcher	"Good Old Uncle Ben"	NBC
	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[8]
	Ricardo Montalbán	How the West Was Won	Satangkai	"Part I"	ABC
	Will Geer	Eight is Enough	Santa Claus	"Yes, Nicholas... There is a Santa Claus"	ABC
	Larry Gelman	Barney Miller	Edward Sellers	"Goodbye, Mr. Fish"
	Harold Gould	Rhoda	Martin Morgenstern	"Happy Anniversary"	CBS
	Abe Vigoda	Barney Miller	Det. Phil Fish	"Goodbye, Mr. Fish"	ABC

1980s

Year	Actor/Actress	Program	Role	Network
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series
1986 (38th)
	Roscoe Lee Browne	The Cosby Show	Dr. Barnabus Foster	NBC
	Earle Hyman	The Cosby Show	Russell Huxtable	NBC
	Danny Kaye		Dr. Burns
	Clarice Taylor		Anna Huxtable
	Stevie Wonder		Himself
1987 (39th)
	John Cleese	Cheers	Dr. Simon Finch-Royce	NBC
	Art Carney	The Cavanaughs	James "Weasel" Cavanaugh	CBS
	Herb Edelman	The Golden Girls	Stan Zbornak	NBC
	Lois Nettleton		Jean
	Nancy Walker		Angela
1988 (40th)
	Beah Richards	Frank's Place	Mrs. Varden	CBS
	Herb Edelman	The Golden Girls	Stan Zbornak	NBC
	Geraldine Fitzgerald		Anna
	Eileen Heckart	The Cosby Show	Mrs. Hickson
	Gilda Radner	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Herself	Showtime
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
1989 (41st)
	Cleavon Little	Dear John	Tony Larkin	NBC
	Sammy Davis Jr.	The Cosby Show	Ray Palomino	NBC
	Jack Gilford	The Golden Girls	Max Weinstock
	Leslie Nielsen	Day by Day	Jack Harper
	Robert Picardo	The Wonder Years	Mr. Cutlip	ABC

1990s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
1990 (42nd)
	Jay Thomas	Murphy Brown	Jerry Gold	CBS
	David Huddleston	The Wonder Years	Grandpa Arnold	ABC
	Darren McGavin	Murphy Brown	Bill Brown	CBS
	Jerry Orbach	The Golden Girls	Glenn O'Brien	NBC
	Dick Van Dyke		Ken Whittingham
1991 (43rd)
	Jay Thomas	Murphy Brown	Jerry Gold	CBS
	Sheldon Leonard	Cheers	Sid Nelson	NBC
	Alan Oppenheimer	Murphy Brown	Eugene Kinsella	CBS
	Tom Poston	Coach	Art Hibke	ABC
	Danny Thomas (posthumous)	Empty Nest	Dr. Leo Brewster	NBC
1992 (44th)	Harvey Fierstein[a]	Cheers	Mark Newberger
	Kelsey Grammer[b]	Wings	Dr. Frasier Crane
	Jay Thomas[c]	Murphy Brown	Jerry Gold	CBS
1993 (45th)
	David Clennon	Dream On	Peter Brewer	HBO
	Tom Berenger	Cheers	Don Santry	NBC
	Dana Carvey	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	HBO
	Bill Erwin	Seinfeld	Sid Fields	NBC
	Joel Grey	Brooklyn Bridge	Jacob Pressman	CBS
1994 (46th)
	Martin Sheen	Murphy Brown	Nick Brody	CBS
	Jason Alexander	Dream On	Randall Townsend	HBO
	Paul Dooley		Mickey Tupper
	John Glover	Frasier	Ned Miller	NBC
	Judge Reinhold	Seinfeld	Aaron
1995 (47th)
	Carl Reiner	Mad About You	Alan Brady	NBC
	Sid Caesar	Love & War	Stein	CBS
	Nathan Lane	Frasier	Phil	NBC
	Robert Pastorelli	Murphy Brown	Eldin Bernecky	CBS
	Paul Reubens		Andrew J. Lansing III
1996 (48th)
	Tim Conway	Coach	Kenny Montague	ABC
	Griffin Dunne	Frasier	Bob	NBC
	Mandy Patinkin	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	HBO
	Larry Thomas	Seinfeld	The Soup Nazi	NBC
	Harris Yulin	Frasier	Jerome Belasco	NBC
1997 (49th)
	Mel Brooks	Mad About You	Uncle Phil	NBC
	Sid Caesar	Mad About You	Uncle Harold	NBC
	David Duchovny	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	HBO
	James Earl Jones	Frasier	Norman	NBC
	Jerry Stiller	Seinfeld	Frank Costanza
1998 (50th)
	Mel Brooks	Mad About You	Uncle Phil	NBC
	Hank Azaria	Mad About You	Nat	NBC
	Lloyd Bridges (posthumous)	Seinfeld	Izzy Mandelbaum
	John Cleese	3rd Rock from the Sun	Dr. Liam Neesam
	Nathan Lane	Mad About You	Nathan Twilley
1999 (51st)
	Mel Brooks	Mad About You	Uncle Phil	NBC
	Woody Harrelson	Frasier	Woody Boyd	NBC
	Charles Nelson Reilly	The Drew Carey Show	Mr. Hathaway	ABC
	John Ritter	Ally McBeal	George Madison	Fox
	William Shatner	3rd Rock from the Sun: Dick's Big Giant Headache	Big Giant Head	NBC

1. Harvey Fierstein was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Cheers, but lost to Michael Jeter, who won for his role on Evening Shade.
2. Kelsey Grammer was nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Wings, but lost to Craig T. Nelson, who won for his role on Coach.
3. Jay Thomas was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Murphy Brown, but lost to Michael Jeter, who won for his role on Evening Shade.

2000s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
2000 (52nd)
	Bruce Willis	Friends	Paul Stevens	NBC
	Anthony LaPaglia	Frasier	Simon Moon	NBC
	William H. Macy[note 1][9]	Sports Night	Sam Donovan	ABC
	Carl Reiner	Beggars and Choosers	Sid Barry	Showtime
	Tom Selleck	Friends	Dr. Richard Burke	NBC
2001 (53rd)
	Derek Jacobi	Frasier	Jackson Hedley	NBC
	Robert Loggia	Malcolm in the Middle	Grandpa Victor	Fox
	Victor Garber	Frasier	Ferguson	NBC
	Gary Oldman	Friends	Richard Crosby
	Michael York	The Lot	Colin Rhome	AMC
2002 (54th)
	Anthony LaPaglia	Frasier	Simon Moon	NBC
	Adam Arkin	Frasier	Tom	NBC
	Brian Cox		Harry Moon
	Michael Douglas	Will & Grace	Det. Gavin Hatch
	Brad Pitt	Friends	Will Colbert
2003 (55th)
	Gene Wilder	Will & Grace	Mr. Stein	NBC
	Hank Azaria	Friends	David	NBC
	David Duchovny	Life with Bonnie	Johnny Volcano	ABC
	Fred Willard	Everybody Loves Raymond	Hank MacDougall	CBS
	Jonathan Winters	Life with Bonnie	Q.T. Marlens	ABC
2004 (56th)
	John Turturro	Monk	Ambrose Monk	USA
	John Cleese	Will & Grace	Lyle Finster	NBC
	Danny DeVito	Friends	Roy Goodbody
	Anthony LaPaglia	Frasier	Simon Moon
	Fred Willard	Everybody Loves Raymond	Hank MacDougall	CBS
2005 (57th)
	Bobby Cannavale	Will & Grace	Vince D'Angelo	NBC
	Alec Baldwin	Will & Grace	Malcolm	NBC
	Victor Garber		Peter Bovington
	Jeff Goldblum		Scott Woolley
	Fred Willard	Everybody Loves Raymond	Hank MacDougall	CBS
2006 (58th)
	Leslie Jordan	Will & Grace	Beverley Leslie	NBC
	Alec Baldwin	Will & Grace	Malcolm	NBC
	Martin Sheen	Two and a Half Men	Harvey	CBS
	Patrick Stewart	Extras	Himself	HBO
	Ben Stiller
2007 (59th)
	Stanley Tucci	Monk	David Ruskin	USA
	Beau Bridges	My Name Is Earl	Carl Hickey	NBC
	Martin Landau	Entourage	Bob Ryan	HBO
	Ian McKellen	Extras	Himself
	Giovanni Ribisi	My Name Is Earl	Ralph Mariano	NBC
2008 (60th)
	Tim Conway	30 Rock	Bucky Bright	NBC
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	NBC
	Shelley Berman	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Nat David	HBO
	Steve Buscemi	30 Rock	Lenny Wosniak	NBC
	Rip Torn		Don Geiss
2009 (61st)
	Justin Timberlake	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	NBC
	Alan Alda	30 Rock	Milton Greene	NBC
	Beau Bridges	Desperate Housewives	Eli Scruggs	ABC
	Jon Hamm	30 Rock	Dr. Drew Baird	NBC
	Steve Martin		Gavin Volure

2010s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2010 (62nd) [10]
	Neil Patrick Harris	Glee	Bryan Ryan	"Dream On"	Fox
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	"Into the Crevasse"	NBC
	Jon Hamm		Dr. Drew Baird	"Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land"
	Mike O'Malley	Glee	Burt Hummel	"Wheels"	Fox
	Eli Wallach	Nurse Jackie	Bernard Zimberg	"Chicken Soup"	Showtime
	Fred Willard	Modern Family	Frank Dunphy	"Travels with Scout"	ABC
2011 (63rd) [11]
	Justin Timberlake	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Justin Timberlake"	NBC
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	"Plan B"	NBC
	Matt Damon		Carol Burnett	"Double-Edged Sword"
	Idris Elba	The Big C	Lenny Charles	"Blue-Eyed Iris"	Showtime
	Zach Galifianakis	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Zach Galifianakis"	NBC
	Nathan Lane	Modern Family	Pepper Saltzman	"Boys' Night"	ABC
2012 (64th) [12]
	Jimmy Fallon	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Jimmy Fallon"	NBC
	Will Arnett	30 Rock	Devon Banks	"Idiots Are People Three!"	NBC
	Bobby Cannavale	Nurse Jackie	Dr. Mike Cruz	"Disneyland Sucks"	Showtime
	Michael J. Fox	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Michael J. Fox	"Larry vs. Michael J. Fox"	HBO
	Jon Hamm	30 Rock	Abner / David Brinkley	"Live from Studio 6H"	NBC
	Greg Kinnear	Modern Family	Tad Murray	"Me? Jealous?"	ABC
2013 (65th) [13]
	Bob Newhart	The Big Bang Theory	Arthur Jeffries	"The Proton Resurgence"	CBS
	Louis C.K.	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Louis C.K."	NBC
	Bobby Cannavale	Nurse Jackie	Dr. Mike Cruz	"Walk of Shame"	Showtime
	Will Forte	30 Rock	Paul L'astnamé	"My Whole Life Is Thunder"	NBC
	Nathan Lane	Modern Family	Pepper Saltzman	"A Slight at the Opera"	ABC
	Justin Timberlake	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Justin Timberlake"	NBC
2014 (66th) [14]
	Jimmy Fallon	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Jimmy Fallon"	NBC
	Steve Buscemi	Portlandia	Marty	"Celery"	IFC
	Louis C.K.	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Louis C.K."	NBC
	Gary Cole	Veep	Kent Davison	"Crate"	HBO
	Nathan Lane	Modern Family	Pepper Saltzman	"The Wedding" (Part 2)	ABC
	Bob Newhart	The Big Bang Theory	Arthur Jeffries	"The Proton Transmogrification"	CBS
2015 (67th) [15]
	Bradley Whitford	Transparent	Marcy May	"Best New Girl"	Amazon
	Mel Brooks	The Comedians	Mel Brooks	"Celebrity Guest"	FX
	Louis C.K.	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Louis C.K."	NBC
	Paul Giamatti	Inside Amy Schumer	Juror #10	"12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer"	Comedy Central
	Bill Hader	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Bill Hader"	NBC
	Jon Hamm	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Richard Wayne Gary Wayne	"Kimmy Makes Waffles!"	Netflix
2016 (68th) [16]
	Peter Scolari[note 2][17]	Girls	Tad Horvath	"Good Man"	HBO
	Larry David	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Larry David"	NBC
	Tracy Morgan			"Host: Tracy Morgan"
	Martin Mull	Veep	Bob Bradley	"The Eagle"	HBO
	Bob Newhart	The Big Bang Theory	Arthur Jeffries	"The Opening Night Excitation"	CBS
	Bradley Whitford	Transparent	Magnus Hirschfeld	"Oscillate"	Amazon
2017 (69th) [18]
	Dave Chappelle	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Dave Chappelle"	NBC
	Riz Ahmed	Girls	Paul-Louis	"All I Ever Wanted"	HBO
	Tom Hanks	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Tom Hanks"	NBC
	Hugh Laurie	Veep	Tom James	"Blurb"	HBO
	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Lin-Manuel Miranda"	NBC
	Matthew Rhys	Girls	Chuck Palmer	"American Bitch"	HBO
2018 (70th)
	Katt Williams	Atlanta	Uncle Willie	"Alligator Man"	FX
	Sterling K. Brown	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Philip Davidson	"The Box (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)"	Fox
	Bryan Cranston	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dr. Lionel Templeton	"Running with the Bulls"	HBO
	Donald Glover	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Donald Glover"	NBC
	Bill Hader			"Host: Bill Hader"
	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Lin-Manuel Miranda	"Fatwa!"	HBO
2019 (71st)
	Luke Kirby	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Lenny Bruce	"All Alone"	Amazon
	Matt Damon	Saturday Night Live	Brett Kavanaugh / Various roles	"Host: Matt Damon"	NBC
	Robert De Niro		Robert Mueller	"Host: Sandra Oh"
	Peter MacNicol	Veep	Jeff Kane	"Oslo"	HBO
	John Mulaney	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: John Mulaney"	NBC
	Adam Sandler			"Host: Adam Sandler"
	Rufus Sewell	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Declan Howell	"Look, She Made a Hat"	Amazon

2020s

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2020 (72nd)
	Eddie Murphy	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Eddie Murphy"	NBC
	Adam Driver	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Adam Driver"	NBC
	Luke Kirby	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Lenny Bruce	"It's Comedy or Cabbage"	Amazon
	Dev Patel	Modern Love	Joshua	"When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist"
	Brad Pitt	Saturday Night Live	Anthony Fauci	"SNL at Home #2"	NBC
	Fred Willard (posthumous)	Modern Family	Frank Dunphy	"Legacy"	ABC
2021 (73rd)
	Dave Chappelle	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Dave Chappelle"	NBC
	Alec Baldwin	Saturday Night Live	President Donald Trump	"Host: Dave Chappelle"	NBC
	Morgan Freeman	The Kominsky Method	Himself	"The Round Toes, Of The High Shoes"	Netflix
	Daniel Kaluuya	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Daniel Kaluuya"	NBC
	Dan Levy			"Host: Dan Levy"
2022 (74th)
	Nathan Lane	Only Murders in the Building	Teddy Dimas	"The Boy from 6B"	Hulu
	Jerrod Carmichael	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Jerrod Carmichael"	NBC
	Bill Hader	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Igor/Gregor/Timor	"Igor, Gregor, & Timor"	HBO
	James Lance	Ted Lasso	Trent Crimm	"Inverting the Pyramid of Success"	Apple TV+
	Christopher McDonald	Hacks	Marty Ghilain	"The One, the Only"	HBO Max
	Sam Richardson	Ted Lasso	Edwin Akufo	"Midnight Train to Royston"	Apple TV+
2023 (75th)
	Sam Richardson	Ted Lasso	Edwin Akufo	"International Break"	Apple TV+
	Jon Bernthal	The Bear	Michael Berzatto	"Braciole"	FX
	Luke Kirby	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Lenny Bruce	"Four Minutes"	Prime Video
	Nathan Lane	Only Murders in the Building	Teddy Dimas	"Here's Looking at You..."	Hulu
	Pedro Pascal	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Pedro Pascal"	NBC
	Oliver Platt	The Bear	Jimmy "Cicero" Kalinowski	"Dogs"	FX
2024 (76th)
	Jon Bernthal	The Bear	Michael Berzatto	"Fishes"	FX
	Matthew Broderick	Only Murders in the Building	Matthew Broderick	"CoBro"	Hulu
	Ryan Gosling	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters	"Host: Ryan Gosling"	NBC
	Christopher Lloyd	Hacks	Larry Arbuckle	"The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular"	Max
	Bob Odenkirk	The Bear	Uncle Lee	"Fishes"	FX
	Will Poulter		Luca	"Honeydew"

Individuals with multiple wins

3 wins Mel Brooks (consecutive)

2 wins Dave Chappelle Tim Conway Jimmy Fallon Jay Thomas (consecutive) Justin Timberlake

Programs with multiple awards

7 awards Saturday Night Live (2 consecutive) 4 awards Mad About You (3 consecutive)

3 awards Murphy Brown (2 consecutive) Will & Grace (2 consecutive) 2 awards Frasier (consecutive) Monk

Individuals with multiple nominations

7 nominations Nathan Lane 5 nominations Fred Willard 4 nominations Will Arnett Mel Brooks Jon Hamm 3 nominations Alec Baldwin Bobby Cannavale Louis C.K. John Cleese Bill Hader Luke Kirby Anthony LaPaglia Bob Newhart Justin Timberlake

2 nominations Hank Azaria Jon Bernthal Beau Bridges Roscoe Lee Browne Steve Buscemi Sid Caesar Dave Chappelle Tim Conway Matt Damon Danny DeVito David Duchovny Herb Edelman Jimmy Fallon Victor Garber Will Geer Lin-Manuel Miranda Brad Pitt Carl Reiner Sam Richardson Martin Sheen Jay Thomas Bradley Whitford

Programs with multiple nominations

31 nominations Saturday Night Live 14 nominations 30 Rock 13 nominations Frasier 9 nominations Will & Grace 8 nominations The Golden Girls 7 nominations The Cosby Show Mad About You Murphy Brown 6 nominations Friends Modern Family

5 nominations The Bear Curb Your Enthusiasm Seinfeld 4 nominations The Bear The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Veep 3 nominations The Big Bang Theory Cheers Dream On Everybody Loves Raymond Extras Girls The Larry Sanders Show Nurse Jackie Only Murders in the Building Ted Lasso

2 nominations 3rd Rock from the Sun Coach Glee Hacks Life with Bonnie Monk My Name Is Earl Transparent The Wonder Years

Notes

1. In 2000, Henry Winkler was nominated for the canceled NBC sitcom Battery Park. After the Television Academy learned that his episode aired in June — after the May 31 cut-off — Winkler was ruled ineligible and sixth place finisher William H. Macy received the nomination in his place.
2. In 2016, Peter MacNicol was nominated for the HBO series Veep. His nomination was rescinded after it was determined that MacNicol had appeared in five out of ten episodes in the fifth season of Veep, violating the TV Academy's rule that to be ruled eligible for a guest acting category, a performer must have appeared in "less than 50 percent" of a season's episodes. Seventh place finisher Peter Scolari received the nomination in his place, going on to win the category.