Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series was first awarded at the 63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2011 as Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. The award was divided in 2016 to recognize Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and Outstanding Short Form Variety Series. Starting in 2021, the categories were combined again and renamed Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.^[1]

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	2011
Currently held by	Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question (2024)
Website	emmys.com

Winners and nominations

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2010s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2011 (63rd) [2]
	The Daily Show: Correspondents Explain	Steve Grimes, executive producer; Rachel Maceiras, senior producer; Nick Poppy and Judi Stroh, producers	thedailyshow.com
	30 Rock: The Webisodes	Eric Gurian, Bill Sell and Clint Koltveit, producers	NBC.com
2012 (64th) [3]
	Childrens Hospital	Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, David Wain, Keith Crofford and Nick Weidenfeld, executive producers; Rich Rosenthal, co-executive producer	Cartoon Network
	The Daily Show: Correspondents Explain	Steve Grimes, executive producer; Rachel Maceiras, senior producer; Nick Poppy and Judi Stroh, producers	thedailyshow.com
	Parks and Recreation: April and Andy's Road Trip	Morgan Sackett, Michael Schur and Dean Holland, producers	NBC.com
	30 Rock: The Webisodes	Eric Gurian, Bill Sell and Clint Koltveit, producers
	Web Therapy	Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Kudrow, Diane Charles and Ron Qurashi, executive producers; Jodi Binstock and David Codron, co-executive producers	lstudio.com
2013 (65th) [4]
	Childrens Hospital	Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, David Wain, Keith Crofford and Nick Weidenfeld, executive producers; Rich Rosenthal, co-executive producer	Cartoon Network
	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis	Mike Farah, Scott Aukerman, Zach Galifianakis and B. J. Porter, executive producers; Anna Wenger and Betsy Koch, producers	FunnyOrDie.com
	Burning Love	Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, Mike Rosenstein, Ken Marino, Erica Oyama and Jonathan Stern, executive producers	Yahoo.com
	The Daily Show: Correspondents Explain	Steve Grimes, executive producer; Rachel Maceiras, senior producer; Courtney Powell, producer	thedailyshow.com
	Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show Starring Beyoncé	Ricky Kirshner and Steve Bornstein, executive producers; Mark Quenzel, supervising producer; Lawrence Randall, producer; Beyoncé, performer	CBS
	30 Rock: The Webisodes	Eric Gurian, Tina Fey, Bill Sell, Clint Koltveit and Nick Bernardone, producers	NBC.com
2014 (66th) [5]
	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama	Mike Farah, Scott Aukerman, Zach Galifianakis and B. J. Porter, executive producers; Sean Boyle and Rachel Goldenberg, producers	FunnyOrDie.com
	Childrens Hospital	Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, David Wain, Keith Crofford and Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Ken Marino, co-executive producer	Adult Swim
	Parks and Rec in Europe	Morgan Sackett, Michael Schur, Dean Holland and David Hyman, producers	NBC.com
	The Soup: True Detective	Edward Boyd and K.P. Anderson, executive producers; Joel McHale and Dominic DeLeo, co-executive producers; Hathaway Loftus, supervising producer; Dan Riesser, producer	E!
	Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show Starring Bruno Mars	Ricky Kirshner and Steve Bornstein, executive producers; Rob Paine, supervising producer; Bruno Mars, performer	Fox
2015 (67th) [6]
	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Brad Pitt	Mike Farah, Scott Aukerman, Zach Galifianakis and B. J. Porter, executive producers; Sean Boyle and Michelle Fox, producers	FunnyOrDie.com
	Billy on the Street with First Lady Michelle Obama	Billy Eichner, Mike Farah and Anna Wenger, executive producers; Doug Brady, co-executive producer; Elizabeth Baquet, producer	FunnyOrDie.com
	Childrens Hospital	Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, David Wain, Keith Crofford and Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Ken Marino, co-executive producer	Adult Swim
	Key & Peele Presents Van and Mike: The Ascension	Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Peter Atencio, Ian Roberts and Jay Martel, executive producers; Matt Enlow, producer	ComedyCentral.com
	Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show Starring Katy Perry	Ricky Kirshner, executive producer; Rob Paine, supervising producer; Katy Perry, performer	NBC

2020s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2021 (73rd) [7]
	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Ben Winston, James Corden and Eric Pankowski, executive producers; David Young, co-executive producer; Sheila Rogers, supervising producer; Diana Miller, producer	Apple TV
	Late Night with Seth Meyers: CORRECTIONS	Seth Meyers, host; Mike Shoemaker, produced by	YouTube
	The Randy Rainbow Show	Randy Rainbow, executive producer/performer; John Retsios, Jeff Romley and Victoria Varela, producers
	Reno 911! (Season 7: Part 2)	Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney-Silver, John Landgraf and Peter Principato, executive producers; David Lincoln, producer	Quibi
	Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News (Season 2: Part 1)	Stephen T. Colbert, Chris Licht, R.J. Fried and Tim Luecke, executive producers; Zach Smilovitz and Mike Leech, co-executive producers	Paramount+
2022 (74th) [8]
	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Ben Winston, James Corden and Eric Pankowski, executive producers; David Young, co-executive producer; Blake Webster, producer	Apple TV+
	I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Season 2)	Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, Akiva Schaffer, Ali Bell, Alex Bach and Alice Mathias, executive producers	Netflix
	Late Night with Seth Meyers: CORRECTIONS	Seth Meyers, executive producer/host; Mike Shoemaker, executive producer	YouTube
	The Randy Rainbow Show	Randy Rainbow, executive producer; Victoria Varela, Michael J. Moritz Jr. and Jesse Kissel, producers
	Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News' (Season 2: Part 2)	R.J. Fried, Tim Luecke, Chris Licht and Stephen T. Colbert, executive producers; Zach Smilovitz and Mike Leech, co-executive producers	Paramount+
2023 (75th) [9]
	I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Season 3)	Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin, Akiva Schaffer, Ali Bell, Alex Bach and Alice Mathias, executive producers	Netflix
	Awkwafina is Hangin' with Grandma	Nora Lum, Teresa Hsiao, Sean Fogel, Emily Moffatt and Harika Manne, executive producers; Minnie Bennett, supervising producer	Comedy Central
	Better Call Saul: Filmmaker Training	Dan Appel, Melissa Bernstein, Peter Gould and Ariel Levine, executive producers; Dan Marcus, producer	AMC
	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Ben Winston, James Corden and Eric Pankowski, executive producers; David Young, co-executive producer; Blake Webster, producer	Apple TV+
	Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question (Season 2)	Dave Roth, Janice C. Molinari, Zuriht Serna, Trisha Choate, Jillian Novak and Xavier Salas, executive producers	Hulu
2024 (76th) [10]
	Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question (Season 3)	Janice C. Molinari, Dave Roth, Zuriht Serna, Trisha Choate, Jillian Novak and Xavier Salas, executive producers	Hulu
	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Ben Winston, James Corden and Eric Pankowski, executive producers; David Young, co-executive producer; Blake Webster, producer	Apple TV+
	The Eric Andre Show (Season 6)	Eric André, Kitao Sakurai, Dan Curry, Dave Kneebone, Mike Rosenstein and Walter Newman, executive producers	Adult Swim
	Late Night with Seth Meyers: CORRECTIONS	Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, executive producers	NBC
	Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime	Bill Maher, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Billy Martin and Dean E. Johnsen, executive producers; Matt Wood, producer	HBO

Programs with multiple awards

5 wins Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple Music/Apple TV+) 3 wins Childrens Hospital (Adult Swim) 2 wins Between Two Ferns (FunnyOrDie)

Programs with multiple nominations

7 nominations Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple Music/Apple TV+) 5 nominations Childrens Hospital (Adult Swim) 4 nominations Honest Trailers (YouTube) The Randy Rainbow Show (YouTube) 3 nominations 30 Rock: The Webisodes (NBC.com) Between Two Ferns (Funny Or Die) The Daily Show: Correspondents Explain (thedailyshow.com) Gay of Thrones (Funny Or Die) Hack Into Broad City (Comedy Central) Late Night with Seth Meyers: CORRECTIONS (YouTube) Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (AOL)

2 nominations An Emmy for Megan (anemmyformegan.com) Billy on the Street (Funny Or Die) The Daily Show: Between the Scenes (thedailyshow.com) Epic Rap Battles of History (YouTube) I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question (Hulu) Reno 911! (Quibi) Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News (Paramount+)