Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program is awarded to one program each year. This category and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program were created in 2016, replacing Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming. Prior to 2006, reality programs competed alongside nonfiction programs in Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

2000s
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program

2010s
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program

Programs with multiple wins

 * 5 wins
 * Deadliest Catch


 * 2 wins
 * Life Below Zero
 * United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell

Programs with multiple nominations
Totals include nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.


 * 18 nominations
 * Deadliest Catch


 * 7 nominations
 * Born This Way
 * Life Below Zero


 * 6 nominations
 * RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked


 * 2 nominations
 * Cheer
 * United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell
 * Welcome to Wrexham