| Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series |
| Presenter: | Directors Guild of America |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Holder: | Christopher Storer for The Bear (2023) |
The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first presented at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The current eligibility period is the calendar year.
| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 (24th) | All in the Family | "Meet the Bunkers" | John Rich | CBS | [1] |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "Baby Sit-Com" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | ||
| The Odd Couple | "Being Divorced is Never Having to Say I Do" | Bruce Bilson | ABC | ||
| 1972 (25th) | M*A*S*H | "Pilot" | Gene Reynolds | CBS | [2] |
| All in the Family | "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | John Rich | CBS | ||
| Maude | "Maude's Dilemma" | Bill Hobin | |||
| 1973 (26th) | M*A*S*H | "Deal Me Out" | Gene Reynolds | CBS | [3] |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "Lou's First Date" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | ||
| Maude | Hal Cooper | ||||
| 1974 (27th) | M*A*S*H | "Alcoholics Unanimous" | Hy Averback | CBS | [4] |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | ||
| Rhoda | "Rhoda's Wedding" | Robert Moore | |||
| 1975 (28th) | M*A*S*H | "Bombed" | Hy Averback | CBS | [5] |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | Joan Darling | CBS | ||
| Maude | Hal Cooper | ||||
| 1976 (29th) | M*A*S*H | "Dear Sigmund" | Alan Alda | CBS | [6] |
| Mary Tyler Moore | "Murray Can't Lose" | Jay Sandrich | CBS | ||
| Maude | "Vivian's First Funeral" | Hal Cooper | |||
| 1977 (30th) | All in the Family | "Edith's 50th Birthday" | Paul Bogart | CBS | [7] |
| M*A*S*H | "Comrades in Arms" | Alan Alda & Burt Metcalfe | CBS | ||
| Soap | "Episode 7" | Jay Sandrich | ABC | ||
| 1978 (31st) | All in the Family | "California, Here We Are" | Paul Bogart | CBS | [8] |
| M*A*S*H | "Point of View" | Charles S. Dubin | CBS | ||
| Soap | "Episode 32" | Jay Sandrich | ABC | ||
| 1979 (32nd) | M*A*S*H | "Period of Adjustment" | Charles S. Dubin | CBS | [9] |
| All in the Family | "Too Good Edith" | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||
| Barney Miller | "The Judge" | Noam Pitlik | ABC |
| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (33rd) | Barney Miller | "Fog" | Noam Pitlik | ABC | [10] |
| M*A*S*H | "Death Takes a Holiday" | Mike Farrell | CBS | ||
| "A War for All Seasons" | Burt Metcalfe | ||||
| 1981 (34th) | M*A*S*H | "The Life You Save" | Alan Alda | CBS | [11] |
| M*A*S*H | "Blood Brothers" | Harry Morgan | CBS | ||
| Taxi | "Jim the Psychic" | James Burrows | ABC | ||
| 1982 (35th) | M*A*S*H | "Where There's a Will, There's a War" | Alan Alda | CBS | [12] |
| Cheers | "Sam at Eleven" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| Taxi | "Jim's Inheritance" | Noam Pitlik | |||
| 1983 (36th) | Cheers | "Showdown" (Part II) | James Burrows | NBC | [13] |
| Buffalo Bill | "Woody Quits" | Jim Drake | NBC | ||
| Taxi | "Louie and the Blind Girl" | Noam Pitlik | |||
| 1984 (37th) | The Cosby Show | "Pilot" | Jay Sandrich | NBC | [14] |
| Cheers | "I Call Your Name" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| Kate & Allie | "Landlady" | Bill Persky | CBS | ||
| 1985 (38th) | The Golden Girls | "Pilot" | Jay Sandrich | NBC | [15] |
| Cheers | "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Peter Werner | ABC | ||
| 1986 (39th) | The Golden Girls | "Isn't It Romantic?" | Terry Hughes | NBC | [16] |
| Cheers | "Tan 'N' Wash" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| Moonlighting | "Symphony in Knocked Flat" | Paul Lynch | ABC | ||
| 1987 (40th) | Family Ties | "A, My Name is Alex" | Will Mackenzie | NBC | [17] |
| Cheers | "Home Is the Sailor" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| The Golden Girls | "Old Friends" | Terry Hughes | |||
| 1988 (41st) | The Wonder Years | "Pilot" | Steve Miner | ABC | [18] |
| Murphy Brown | "Pilot" | Barnet Kellman | CBS | ||
| Roseanne | Ellen Falcon | ABC | |||
| 1989 (42nd) | Murphy Brown | "Brown Like Me" | Barnet Kellman | CBS | [19] |
| Cheers | "Sisterly Love" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| Designing Women | "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" | Harry Thomason | CBS |
| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (43rd) | Cheers | "Woody Interruptus" | James Burrows | NBC | [20] |
| Murphy Brown | "Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery" | Barnet Kellman | CBS | ||
| The Wonder Years | "The Ties That Bind" | Peter Baldwin | ABC | ||
| 1991 (44th) | Murphy Brown | "Uh-Oh: Part 2" | Peter Bonerz | CBS | [21] |
| Cheers | "Days of Wine & Neurosis" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| Seinfeld | "The Tape" | David Steinberg | |||
| 1992 (45th) | Seinfeld | "The Contest" | Tom Cherones | NBC | [22] |
| Cheers | "An Old-Fashioned Wedding" | James Burrows | NBC | ||
| Seinfeld | "The Good Samaritan" | Jason Alexander | |||
| 1993 (46th) | Frasier | "The Good Son" | James Burrows | NBC | [23] |
| Dream On | "Silent Night, Holy Cow" | Betty Thomas | HBO | ||
| Murphy Brown | "Angst for the Memory" | Peter Bonerz | CBS | ||
| Northern Exposure | "Kaddish for Uncle Manny" | Michael Lange | |||
| Seinfeld | "The Mango" | Tom Cherones | NBC | ||
| 1994 (47th) | Frasier | "The Matchmaker" | David Lee | NBC | [24] |
| Frasier | "The Unkindest Cut of All" | Rick Beren | NBC | ||
| The Larry Sanders Show | "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" | Todd Holland | HBO | ||
| Seinfeld | "The Opposite" | Tom Cherones | NBC | ||
| "The Race" | Andy Ackerman | ||||
| 1995 (48th) | Mad About You | "The Alan Brady Show" | Gordon Hunt | NBC | [25] |
| Frasier | "Daphne's Room" | David Lee | NBC | ||
| Friends | "The One with the Birth" | James Burrows | |||
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur After Hours" | Todd Holland | HBO | ||
| Seinfeld | "The Gum" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | ||
| 1996 (49th) | Seinfeld | "The Rye" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | [26] |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | "See Dick Continue to Run" | Robert Berlinger | NBC | ||
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Ellen, or Isn't She" | Alan Myerson | HBO | ||
| "Everybody Loves Larry" | Todd Holland | ||||
| Mad About You | "The Finale" | David Steinberg | NBC | ||
| 1997 (50th) | Seinfeld | "The Betrayal" | Andy Ackerman | NBC | [27] |
| Dharma & Greg | "Pilot" | James Burrows | ABC | ||
| Ellen | "The Puppy Episode" | Gil Junger | |||
| Frasier | "Halloween" (Part I) | Pamela Fryman | NBC | ||
| Mad About You | "The Birth" | Gordon Hunt | |||
| 1998 (51st) | Sports Night | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | ABC | [28] |
| Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" | Kelsey Grammer | NBC | ||
| The Larry Sanders Show | "Flip" | Todd Holland | HBO | ||
| Just Shoot Me! | "Two Girls for Every Boy" | Pamela Fryman | NBC | ||
| Will & Grace | "Pilot" | James Burrows | |||
| 1999 (52nd) | Sports Night | "Small Town" | Thomas Schlamme | ABC | [29] |
| Frasier | "Dr. Nora" | Katy Garretson | NBC | ||
| "The Fight Before Christmas" | Pamela Fryman | ||||
| Sex and the City | "The Man, the Myth, the Viagra" | Victoria Hochberg | HBO | ||
| Will & Grace | "Yours, Mine or Ours" | James Burrows | NBC |
| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (73rd) | The Flight Attendant | "In Case of Emergency" | Susanna Fogel | HBO Max | [52] [53] |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Surprise Party" | Erin O'Malley | HBO | ||
| "The Spite Store" | Jeff Schaffer | ||||
| Ted Lasso | "Biscuits" | Zach Braff | Apple TV+ | ||
| "The Hope that Kills You" | MJ Delaney | ||||
| 2021 (74th) | Hacks | "There Is No Line" | Lucia Aniello | HBO Max | [54] [55] |
| Ted Lasso | "No Weddings and a Funeral" | MJ Delaney | Apple TV+ | ||
| "Rainbow" | Erica Dunton | ||||
| "Beard After Hours" | Sam Jones | ||||
| The White Lotus | "Mysterious Monkeys" | Mike White | HBO | ||
| 2022 (75th) | Barry | "710N" | Bill Hader | HBO | [56] [57] |
| The Bear | "Review" | Christopher Storer | Hulu | ||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon | ||
| The White Lotus | "Arrivederci" | Mike White | HBO | ||
| Wednesday | "Wednesday's Child is Full of Woe" | Tim Burton | Netflix | ||
| 2023 (76th) | The Bear | "Fishes" | Christopher Storer | FX | [58] [59] |
| Barry | "wow" | Bill Hader | HBO | ||
| The Bear | "Honeydew" | Ramy Youssef | FX | ||
| Ted Lasso | "So Long, Farewell" | Declan Lowney | Apple TV+ | ||
| "La Locker Room Aux Folles" | Erica Dunton | ||||