Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series

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

 * 3 awards
 * Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Programs with multiple nominations
Totals include nominations for Outstanding Special Class — Short-Format Nonfiction Programs.


 * 4 nominations
 * Honest Trailers


 * 3 nominations
 * Carpool Karaoke: The Series
 * Gay of Thrones


 * 2 nominations
 * The Daily Show — Between the Scenes
 * Epic Rap Battles of History
 * Park Bench with Steve Buscemi
 * The Randy Rainbow Show