Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series.

History
The category was initiated in 2016 alongside Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and Outstanding Short Form Variety Series. The awards replaced the now-retired category for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. These awards are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but at the Creative Arts Emmy Award show.

Winners and nominations
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2010s
Outstanding Special Class — Short-Format Nonfiction Programs

Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 7 nominations
 * Jay Leno's Garage


 * 5 nominations
 * Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen


 * 3 nominations
 * Pose: Identity, Family, Community


 * 2 nominations
 * Between the Scenes — The Daily Show
 * Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
 * Creating Saturday Night Live
 * Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Pandemic Video Diaries
 * National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts
 * RuPaul's Drag Race: Out of the Closet
 * 30 for 30 Shorts