Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series. The category was initiated in 2016 alongside Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama 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 was merged with Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama 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 Variety Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	2016 (awarded to Park Bench with Steve Buscemi)
Final award	2020 (awarded to Carpool Karaoke: The Series)
Website	emmys.com

Winners and nominations

  indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2016 (68th) [1]
	Park Bench with Steve Buscemi	Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Wren Arthur, Justin Wilkes, Joe Killian and Jon Doran, executive producers	AOL
	Epic Rap Battles of History	Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist, executive producers	YouTube
	Gay of Thrones	Erin Gibson, executive producer; Matt Mazany and Ross Buran, producers	funnyordie.com
	Honest Trailers	Andy Signore and Barry Blumberg, executive producers; Dan Murrell and Spencer Gilbert, producers	YouTube
	Making a Scene with James Franco	Vince Jolivette, Eric Day, Jen Heftler, Jay Davis and Mark Koops, executive producers; James Franco, host/principal performer	AOL
2017 (69th) [2]
	The Daily Show — Between the Scenes	Trevor Noah, executive producer/host; Jennifer Flanz and Steve Bodow, executive producers; Ramin Hedayati, supervising producer; Jocelyn Conn, produced by	thedailyshow.com
	Behind The Voice	Chad Hines, executive producer; Amanda Horning, supervising producer; Suzanne Lee, producer	YouTube
	Epic Rap Battles of History	Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist, executive producers
	Honest Trailers	Andy Signore, executive producer; Dan Murrell, Spencer Gilbert, Michael Bolton and Christina Kline, producers
	The Star Wars Show	Mickey Capoferri, executive producer; Scott Bromley and John Harper, producers; Andi Gutierrez, host
2018 (70th) [3]
	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Ben Winston, James Corden and Eric Pankowski, executive producer; Sheila Rogers, supervising producer	Apple Music
	Creating Saturday Night Live	Lorne Michaels, executive producer; Oz Rodriguez, Chris Voss and Matt Yonks, co-executive producers; Michael Scogin, supervising producer; and Erin Doyle, producer	nbc.com
	The Daily Show — Between the Scenes	Trevor Noah, executive producer/host; Jennifer Flanz and Steve Bodow, executive producers; Ramin Hedayati, supervising producer; Matt Negrin, producer; Jocelyn Conn, produced by	thedailyshow.com
	Gay of Thrones	Erin Gibson, Jonathan Van Ness, Kate Lilly and Matt Mazany, executive producers; Ross Buran, producer	Funny or Die
	Honest Trailers	Dan Murrell, Spencer Gilbert and Joe Starr, producers	YouTube
	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Cover Room	Jimmy Fallon, executive producer; Chris Tartaro, Chad Wollett, and Julie Gurovitsch, producers; Gerard Bradford and Mike DiCenzo, produced by	nbc.com
2019 (71st) [4]
	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Ben Winston, James Corden and Eric Pankowski, executive producers; David Young and Sheila Rogers, supervising producers; Diana Miller, producer	Apple Music
	Billy on the Street	Billy Eichner, executive producer/host; Mike Farah, Doug Brady and Bill Parker, executive producers; Elizabeth Baquet and Ciara Pavia, producers	Funny or Die
	Gay of Thrones	Erin Gibson, Jonathan Van Ness and Mike Farah, executive producers; Matt Mazany, co-executive producer; Ross Buran, supervising producer; Whitney Hodack, produced by	Funny or Die
	Honest Trailers	Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell and Joe Starr, producers	YouTube
	The Randy Rainbow Show	Randy Rainbow, executive producer; Tanase Popa, John Retsios, Rich Super and Jeff Romley, producers

2020s

Year	Program	Producers	Network
2020 (72nd) [5]
	Carpool Karaoke: The Series	Ben Winston and James Corden, executive producers; David Young, co-executive producer; Sheila Rogers, supervising producer; Diana Miller and Blake Webster, producers	Apple TV
	Being at Home with Samantha Bee	Samantha Bee, executive producer/host; Jason Jones, executive producer; Allana Harkin, co-executive producer; Elisa Kreisinger, Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett, producers	TBS
	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews	Scott Aukerman, Zach Galifianakis, Mike Farah and Caitlin Daley, executive producers; Corinne Eckart, producer	Netflix
	Jimmy Kimmel's Quarantine Minilogues	Jimmy Kimmel and Jill Leiderman, executive producers; Molly McNearney, co-executive producer; Tony Romero and Seth Weidner, supervising producers; Danny Ricker, producer	ABC
	The Randy Rainbow Show	Randy Rainbow, executive producer; John Retsios, Jeff Romley and Victoria Varela, producers	YouTube

Programs with multiple awards

3 awards

• Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals include nominations for Outstanding Special Class — Short-Format Nonfiction Programs.

4 nominations Honest Trailers 3 nominations Carpool Karaoke: The Series Gay of Thrones

2 nominations The Daily Show — Between the Scenes Epic Rap Battles of History Park Bench with Steve Buscemi The Randy Rainbow Show