| Primetime Emmy Award for Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series |
| Presenter: | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Holder: | The Bear (2023) |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series. This award and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series replaced Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series in 2003.
As of 2015, no show has won this award more than once except for The Office, which has won twice (2007 and 2013).
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold and bold 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:
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (22nd) [1] | ||||
| Bracken's World | "Sweet Smell of Failure" | Bill Mosher | NBC | |
| The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | "The Great Power Failure" | Axel R. Hubert | ABC | |
| Mission: Impossible | Arthur David Hilton | CBS | ||
| 1971 (23rd) [2] | ||||
| "A Continual Roar of Musketry" | Michael Economou | NBC | ||
| "To Taste of Death But Once" | Douglas Stewart | NBC | ||
| Hawaii Five-O | Arthur David Hilton | CBS | ||
| 1972 (24th) [3] | ||||
| Columbo | "Death Lends a Hand" | Edward M. Abroms | NBC | |
| Richard Bracken, Gloryette Clark and J. Terry Williams | NBC | |||
| Longstreet | Joseph Dervin | ABC | ||
| 1973 (25th) [4] | ||||
| The Waltons | Gene Fowler, Marjorie Fowler and Anthony Wollner | CBS | ||
| M*A*S*H | Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler | CBS | ||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Douglas Hines | |||
| 1974 (26th) [5] | ||||
| The Blue Knight | Samuel E. Beetley, Gene Fowler and Marjorie Fowler | NBC | ||
| M*A*S*H | Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler | CBS | ||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Douglas Hines and Bud S. Isaacs | |||
Outstanding Film Editing for a Single Episode of a Comedy Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 (27th) [6] | ||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "An Affair to Forget" | Douglas Hines | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "The General Flipped at Dawn" | Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler | CBS | |
| 1976 (28th) [7] | ||||
| M*A*S*H | "Welcome to Korea" | Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler | CBS | |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | Douglas Hines | CBS | |
| 1977 (29th) [8] | ||||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | "Murray Can't Lose" | Douglas Hines | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Dear Sigmund" | Samuel E. Beetley and Stanford Tischler | CBS | |
| 1978 (30th) [9] | ||||
| Happy Days | "Richie Almost Dies" | Ed Cotter | ABC | |
| The Bob Newhart Show | "A Jackie Story" | M. Pam Blumenthal | CBS | |
| The Love Boat | "Masquerade/The Caper/Eyes of Love/Hollywood Royalty" | Norman Wallerstein and Robert Moore | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "Fade Out, Fade In" | Larry L. Mills and Stanford Tischler | CBS | |
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 (31st) [10] | ||||
| Taxi | "Paper Marriage" | M. Pam Blumenthal | ABC | |
| Dallas | "Reunion, Part 2" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Lou Grant | "Hooker" | James Galloway | ||
| M*A*S*H | "The Billfold Syndrome" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (32nd) [11] | ||||
| Taxi | "Louie and the Nice Girl" | M. Pam Blumenthal | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "The Yalu Brick Road" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | CBS | |
| Skag | "Pilot" | Sidney Katz | NBC | |
| "The Working Girl, Part 1" | Larry Strong | |||
| 1981 (33rd) [12] | ||||
| Taxi | "Elaine's Strange Triangle" | M. Pam Blumenthal and Jack Michon | ABC | |
| Dallas | "Ewing-Gate" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Dynasty | "The Dinner Party" | Dick Darling | ABC | |
| The Greatest American Hero | "Pilot" | Christopher Nelson | ||
| Hill Street Blues | "Hill Street Station" | Ray Daniels and A. David Marshall | NBC | |
| "Jungle Madness" | Clay Bartels | |||
| "Rites of Spring" | Tom Stevens | |||
| Lou Grant | "Strike" | James Galloway | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Death Takes a Holiday" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | ||
| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | "Crossroads" | Bernard Balmuth | ||
| The White Shadow | "A Day in the Life" | Tony de Zarraga | ||
| 1982 (34th) [13] | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Of Mouse and Man" | Andrew Chulack | NBC | |
| Dallas | "The Split" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Fame | "Musical Bridge" | Mark Melnick | NBC | |
| "Passing Grade" | Michael A. Hoey | |||
| Hill Street Blues | "The Second Oldest Profession" | Ray Daniels | ||
| Quincy, M.E. | "For Love of Joshua" | Jeanene Ambler | ||
| 1983 (35th) [14] | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Phantom of the Hill" | Ray Daniels | NBC | |
| Cheers | "Endless Slumper" | Andrew Chulack | NBC | |
| Dallas | "Ewing's Inferno" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Dynasty | "La Mirage" | Bob Blake | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | CBS | |
| Matt Houston | "The Showgirl Murders" | Bob Bring | ABC | |
| Quincy, M.E. | "Quincy's Wedding, Part 2" | Jeanene Ambler | NBC | |
| 1984 (36th) [15] | ||||
| Cheers | "Old Flames" | Andrew Chulack | NBC | |
| Cagney & Lacey | "The Baby Broker" | Millie Moore | CBS | |
| "Choices" | Geoffrey Rowland | |||
| Hill Street Blues | "Parting Is Such Sweep Sorrow" | Ray Daniels | NBC | |
| Simon & Simon | "Double Play" | Larry Heath | CBS | |
| 1985 (37th) [16] | ||||
| Cagney & Lacey | "Who Said It's Fair?, Part 2" | Jim Gross | CBS | |
| Crazy Like a Fox | "Pilot" | J. Terry Williams | CBS | |
| Miami Vice | "Evan" | Robert A. Daniels | NBC | |
| "Smuggler's Blues" | Michael B. Hoggan | |||
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" | Donald Douglas | CBS | |
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera)
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 (55th) [17] | Malcolm in the Middle | "If Boys Were Girls" | Mark Scheib and Steve Welch | Fox |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Corpse Sniffing Dog" | Steven Rasch | HBO | |
| "Krazee-Eyez Killa" | Jon Corn | |||
| Sex and the City | "Anchors Away" | Wendey Stanzler | ||
| "Luck Be an Old Lady" | Michael Berenbaum | |||
| 2004 (56th) [18] | Arrested Development | "Pilot" | Fox | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Opening Night" | Steven Rasch | HBO | |
| "The Survivor" | Jon Corn | |||
| Scrubs | "My Screw Up" | John Michel | NBC | |
| Sex and the City | "An American Girl in Paris" | HBO | ||
| 2005 (57th) [19] | Desperate Housewives | "Pilot" | Michael Berenbaum | ABC |
| Arrested Development | "Good Grief" | Richard Candib | Fox | |
| "Let 'Em Eat Cake" | Steven Sprung | |||
| "Motherboy XXX" | Robert Bramwell | |||
| Desperate Housewives | "Pretty Little Picture" | Jonathan Posell | ABC | |
| 2006 (58th) [20] | My Name Is Earl | "Ruined Joy's Wedding" | Lance Luckey | NBC |
| Arrested Development | "The Ocean Walker" | |||
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Ski Lift" | Steven Rasch | HBO | |
| Desperate Housewives | "That's Good, That's Bad" | Nancy Morrison | ABC | |
| The Office | "Booze Cruise" | NBC | ||
| "Christmas Party" | David Rogers | |||
| Weeds | "Good Shit Lollipop" | David Helfand | Showtime | |
| 2007 (59th) [21] | The Office | "The Job" | NBC | |
| My Name Is Earl | "Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy" | Lance Luckey | NBC | |
| "The Trial" | William Marrinson | |||
| Weeds | "Crush Girl Love Panic" | Bill Turro | Showtime | |
| "Ms. Botwin's Neighborhood" | David Helfand | |||
| 2008 (60th) [22] | Pushing Daisies | "Pie-lette" | Stuart Bass | ABC |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Bat Mitzvah" | Steven Rasch | HBO | |
| The Office | "Goodbye, Toby" | |||
| 30 Rock | "Cooter" | Ken Eluto | ||
| Weeds | "A Pool and His Money" | Bill Turro | Showtime | |
| 2009 (61st) [23] | 30 Rock | "Apollo, Apollo" | Ken Eluto | |
| How I Met Your Mother | "The Naked Man" | Susan Federman | ||
| The Office | "Dream Team" | Claire Scanlon | NBC | |
| "Stress Relief" | Dean Holland and David Rogers | |||
| "Two Weeks" | Stuart Bass |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (62nd) [24] | Modern Family | "Pilot" | Ryan Case | ABC |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Bare Midriff" | Steven Rasch | HBO | |
| "The Table Read" | Jonathan Corn and Roger Nygard | |||
| Modern Family | "Family Portrait" | Jonathan Schwartz | ABC | |
| 30 Rock | "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" | Ken Eluto | NBC | |
| 2011 (63rd) [25] | How I Met Your Mother | "Subway Wars" | Susan Federman | CBS |
| The Big Bang Theory | "The Agreement Dissection" | Peter Chakos | CBS | |
| Modern Family | "Halloween" | Ryan Case | ABC | |
| "Slow Down Your Neighbors" | Jonathan Schwartz | |||
| 30 Rock | "100" | Meg Reticker | NBC | |
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 (64th) [26] | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Palestinian Chicken" | Steven Rasch | HBO |
| Modern Family | "Election Day" | Steven Rasch | ABC | |
| "Leap Day" | Ryan Case | |||
| 30 Rock | "Leap Day" | Meg Reticker | NBC | |
| "The Tuxedo Begins" | Ken Eluto | |||
| 2013 (65th) [27] | The Office | "Finale" | David Rogers and Claire Scanlon | NBC |
| Arrested Development | "Flight of the Phoenix" | Kabir Akhtar and A.J. Dickerson | Netflix | |
| Louie | "Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 2" | FX | ||
| Modern Family | "Party Crasher" | Ryan Case | ABC | |
| 30 Rock | "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch" | Ken Eluto and Meg Reticker | NBC | |
| 2014 (66th) [28] | Orange Is the New Black | "Tit Punch" | William Turro | Netflix |
| Modern Family | "Las Vegas" | Ryan Case | ABC | |
| Orange Is the New Black | "Can't Fix Crazy" | Michael S. Stern | Netflix | |
| "Tall Men With Feelings" | Shannon Mitchell | |||
| Portlandia | "Getting Away" | Bill Benz and Daniel Gray Longino | IFC | |
| 2015 (67th) [29] | Silicon Valley | "Two Days of the Condor" | Brian Merken | HBO |
| Inside Amy Schumer | "Last Fuckable Day" | Jesse Gordon, Nick Paley, Billy Song and Laura Weinberg | Comedy Central | |
| The Last Man on Earth | "Alive in Tucson" | Stacey Schroeder | Fox | |
| Silicon Valley | "Sand Hill Shuffle" | Tim Roche | ||
| Transparent | "Pilot" | Catherine Haight | Amazon | |
| 2016 (68th) [30] | ||||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | "Josh Just Happens to Live Here | " | The CW | |
| Silicon Valley | "Daily Active Users" | Tim Roche | HBO | |
| "The Uptick" | Brian Merken | |||
| Veep | "Inauguration" | Steven Rasch | ||
| "Mother" | Shawn Paper | |||
| 2017 (69th) [31] | ||||
| Master of None | "The Thief" | Jennifer Lilly | Netflix | |
| Silicon Valley | "Server Error" | Brian Merken | HBO | |
| "Success Failure" | Tim Roche | |||
| Veep | "Chicklet" | Roger Nygard and Gennady Fridman | ||
| "Groundbreaking" | Eric Kissack | |||
| 2018 (70th) [32] | ||||
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Pilot" | Brian A. Kates | Amazon | |
| Atlanta | "Alligator Man" | Isaac Hagy | FX | |
| "Teddy Perkins" | Kyle Reiter | |||
| Barry | "" | Kyle Reiter | HBO | |
| "" | Jeff Buchanan | |||
| 2019 (71st) [33] | ||||
| Fleabag | "Episode 1" | Gary Dollner | Amazon | |
| Barry | "berkman ﹥ block" | Kyle Reiter | HBO | |
| "ronny/lily" | Jeff Buchanan | |||
| Russian Doll | "Ariadne" | Laura Weinberg | Netflix | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Simone" | Kate Sanford | Amazon | |
| "We're Going to the Catskills!" | Tim Streeto |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (72nd) [34] | ||||
| Insecure | "Lowkey Trying" | Nena Erb and Lynarion Hubbard | HBO | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Elizabeth, Margaret and Larry" | Steve Rasch | HBO | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo..." | Kate Sanford and Tim Streeto | Amazon | |
| Schitt's Creek | "Happy Ending" | Trevor Ambrose | Pop TV | |
| "Start Spreading the News" | Paul Winestock | |||
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Resurrection" | Yana Gorskaya and Dane McMaster | FX | |
| 2021 (73rd) [35] | ||||
| Ted Lasso | "The Hope That Kills You" | A.J. Catoline | Apple TV+ | |
| The Flight Attendant | "In Case of Emergency" | Heather Persons | HBO Max | |
| Hacks | "Primm" | Susan Vaill | ||
| "There Is No Line" | Jessica Brunetto | |||
| "Tunnel of Love" | Ali Greer | |||
| Ted Lasso | "Make Rebecca Great Again" | Melissa McCoy | Apple TV+ | |
| 2022 (74th) [36] | ||||
| Barry | "starting now" | Ali Greer | HBO | |
| Hacks | "There Will Be Blood" | Jessica Brunetto | HBO Max | |
| Insecure | "Choices, Okay? | " | Nena Erb | HBO |
| Only Murders in the Building | "Fan Fiction" | JoAnne Marie Yarrow | Hulu | |
| "Open and Shut" | Julie Monroe | |||
| Ted Lasso | "No Weddings and a Funeral" | A.J. Catoline | Apple TV+ | |
| "Rainbow" | Melissa McCoy | |||
| 2023 (75th) [37] | ||||
| The Bear | "System" | Joanna Naugle | FX | |
| Barry | "wow" | Franky Guttman and Ali Greer | HBO | |
| Only Murders in the Building | "The Last Day of Bunny Folger" | Peggy Tachdjian | Hulu | |
| Ted Lasso | "Mom City" | A.J. Catoline and Alex Szabo | Apple TV+ | |
| "So Long, Farewell" | Melissa McCoy and Francesca Castro | |||
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Go Flip Yourself" | Yana Gorskaya and Dane McMaster | FX | |
| 2024 (76th) [38] | ||||
| The Bear | "Fishes" | Joanna Naugle | FX | |
| Hacks | "The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular" | Jess Brunetto | Max | |
| Only Murders in the Building | "Sitzprobe" | Shelly Westerman and Payton Koch | Hulu | |
| "The White Room" | Peggy Tachdjian | |||
| Reservation Dogs | "Dig" | Patrick Tuck and Varun Viswanath | FX | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Pride Parade" | Liza Cardinale and A.J. Dickerson |