Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. The category was initiated in 2016 alongside Outstanding Short Form Variety 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 will be merged Short Form Variety 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.

Winners and nominations
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Programs with multiple awards
Totals include wins for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.


 * 3 awards
 * Childrens Hospital


 * 2 awards
 * Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

Programs with multiple nominations
Totals include nominations for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.


 * 5 nominations
 * Childrens Hospital


 * 3 nominations
 * Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
 * Hack Into Broad City
 * The Daily Show: Correspondents Explain
 * 30 Rock: The Webisodes


 * 2 nominations
 * An Emmy for Megan

Total awards by network

 * AMC – 2
 * Adult Swim – 1
 * CBS on Snapchat – 1
 * Sundance – 1