Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series is presented to the best directing of a television comedy series.

Total awards by network

 * CBS – 15
 * ABC – 14
 * NBC – 14
 * Amazon – 4
 * Fox – 4
 * HBO – 4
 * Apple TV+ - 1
 * FX – 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
 * 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 Dick Van Dyke Show
 * Friends
 * Glee
 * Louie
 * Malcolm in the Middle
 * The Office
 * Sex and the City


 * 3 nominations
 * The Bear
 * Buffalo Bill
 * The Cosby Show
 * The Danny Thomas Show
 * Everybody Loves Raymond
 * Frasier
 * Hacks
 * 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)

Individuals with multiple nominations

 * 26 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
 * 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
 * Lucia Aniello
 * 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