Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Total awards by network==

• CBS – 15 • ABC – 14 • NBC – 14 • Amazon – 4 • Fox – 4 • HBO – 4 • FX – 3 • Apple TV+ - 1 • HBO Max — 1 • Pop TV – 1 ==Programs with multiple awards==

;4 awards • M*A*S*H (consecutive) • Modern Family (consecutive) ;3 awards • Frasier (2 consecutive) ;2 awards • All in the Family • The Bear (consecutive) • Cheers • The Cosby Show (consecutive) • The Dick Van Dyke Show (consecutive) • Malcolm in the Middle (consecutive) • The Mary Tyler Moore Show • Taxi (consecutive) • Transparent (consecutive) • The Wonder Years (consecutive) ==Programs with multiple nominations==

;26 nominations • M*A*S*H ;11 nominations • Cheers ;10 nominations • Curb Your Enthusiasm ;9 nominations • Modern Family ;8 nominations • The Mary Tyler Moore Show • 30 Rock ;7 nominations • The Larry Sanders Show • Seinfeld • Silicon Valley • Veep • Will & Grace ;6 nominations • All in the Family • Entourage • The Golden Girls • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • Murphy Brown ;5 nominations • Barry • Ted Lasso • The Wonder Years ;4 nominations • Ally McBeal • Atlanta • The Bear • The Dick Van Dyke Show • Friends • Glee • Hacks • Louie • Malcolm in the Middle • The Office • Sex and the City ;3 nominations • Buffalo Bill • The Cosby Show • The Danny Thomas Show • Everybody Loves Raymond • Frasier • Kate & Allie • The Ms. Pat Show • The Red Skelton Show • Taxi ;2 nominations • Barney Miller • The Beverly Hillbillies • Bewitched • The Big Bang Theory • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd • Designing Women • Dream On • Flight of the Conchords • The Garry Moore Show • Get Smart • Girls • Happy Days • The Jack Benny Show • Mad About You • Maude • The Monkees • Only Murders in the Building • Scrubs • Soap • Sports Night • 3rd Rock from the Sun • Transparent ==Individuals with multiple awards==

;5 awards • James Burrows (2 consecutive) ;4 awards • Jay Sandrich (2 consecutive) ;3 awards • Todd Holland (2 consecutive) ;2 awards • David Lee • Gail Mancuso (consecutive) • Gene Reynolds (consecutive) • John Rich • Joey Soloway (consecutive) • Christopher Storer (consecutive) ==Individuals with multiple nominations==

;27 nominations • James Burrows ;10 nominations • Jay Sandrich ;9 nominations • Alan Alda ;8 nominations • Todd Holland ;6 nominations • Terry Hughes ;5 nominations • Seymour Berns • Mike Judge • Burt Metcalfe • John Rich • Robert B. Weide ;4 nominations • Lucia Aniello • Paul Bogart • Louis C.K. • James Frawley • Bill Hader • Barnet Kellman • Will Mackenzie • Gail Mancuso • Jerry Paris • Gene Reynolds • Amy Sherman-Palladino ;3 nominations • Andy Ackerman • Hy Averback • Peter Baldwin • Paris Barclay • Mary Lou Belli • Tom Cherones • Charles S. Dubin • Julian Farino • Michael Lembeck • Sheldon Leonard • Beth McCarthy-Miller • Bill Persky • Lee Shallat-Chemel ;2 nominations • William Asher • Daniel Attias • Jamie Babbit • Alec Berg • James Bobin • Marc Buckland • Mark Cendrowski • Larry Charles • Hal Cooper • Joan Darling • MJ Delaney • Michael Dinner • Jim Drake • Lena Dunham • Michael Engler • Dave Geisel • Donald Glover • Bryan Gordon • Michael Patrick King • David Lee • Steven Levitan • Declan Lowney • David Mandel • Charles McDougall • Hiro Murai • Daniel Palladino • Noam Pitlik • Jeffrey Melman • William D. Russell • Thomas Schlamme • Jack Shea • Joey Soloway • David Steinberg • Dale Stern • Christopher Storer • Jay Tarses • Peter Tewksbury • Richard Whorf • Jason Winer • Bud Yorkin • Ramy Youssef ==See also==