Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series is a Primetime Emmy Award given out during the primetime Emmys telecast. The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. ...

Winners

Best Direction Of A Single Program Of A Comedy Series

• 1959: Peter Tewksbury for Father Knows Best (CBS)

Robert Young and Jean Vander Pyl on NBC Radios Father Knows Best Father Knows Best, a popular American TV and radio sitcom of the 1950s and 1960s, portrayed an idealized vision of middle-class American life of the era. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Comedy

• 1960: Ralph Levy; Bud Yorkin for Jack Benny Hour Specials (CBS)
• 1961: Sheldon Leonard for The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
• 1962: Nat Hiken for Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC)
• 1963: John Rich for The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• 1964: Jerry Paris for The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• 1966: William Asher for Bewitched (ABC)
• 1967: James Frawley for The Monkees (NBC)
• 1968: Bruce Bilson for Get Smart (NBC)
• 1971: Jay Sandrich for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
• 1972: John Rich for All In The Family (CBS)
• 1973: Jay Sandrich for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)

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Best Directing In Comedy

• 1974: Jackie Cooper for M*A*S*H (CBS)

Jackie Cooper (born John Cooper, Jr. ... M*A*S*H title screen from the television series M*A*S*H was a media franchise active, in various forms, from 1968 to 1986. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Outstanding Directing In A Comedy Series

• 1975: Gene Reynolds for M*A*S*H (CBS)
• 1976: Gene Reynolds for M*A*S*H (CBS)
• 1977: Alan Alda for M*A*S*H (CBS)
• 1978: Paul Bogart for All In The Family (CBS)

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Outstanding Directing In A Comedy-Variety Or Music Series

• 1975: Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
• 1976: Dave Wilson for NBC's Saturday Night (NBC)
• 1977: Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
• 1978: Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)

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Outstanding Directing In A Comedy Or Comedy-Variety Or Music Series

• 1979: Noam Pitlik for Barney Miller (ABC)

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Outstanding Directing In A Comedy Series

• 1980: James Burrows for Taxi (ABC)
• 1981: James Burrows for Taxi (ABC)
• 1982: Alan Rafkin for One Day At A Time (CBS)
• 1983: James Burrows for Cheers (NBC)
• 1984: Bill Persky for Kate & Allie (CBS)
• 1985: Jay Sandrich for The Cosby Show (NBC)
• 1986: Jay Sandrich for The Cosby Show (NBC)
• 1987: Terry Hughes for The Golden Girls (NBC)
• 1988: Gregory Hoblit for Hooperman (ABC)
• 1989: Peter Baldwin for The Wonder Years (ABC)
• 1990: Michael Dinner for The Wonder Years (ABC)
• 1991: James Burrows for Cheers (NBC)

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Outstanding Individual Achievement In Directing In A Comedy Series

• 1992: Barnet Kellman for Murphy Brown (CBS)
• 1993: Betty Thomas for Dream On (HBO)
• 1994: James Burrows for Frasier (NBC)
• 1995: David Lee for Frasier (NBC)

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Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

• 1996: Michael Lembeck for Friends (NBC)
• 1997: David Lee for Frasier (NBC)
• 1998: Todd Holland for The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• 1999: Thomas Schlamme for Sports Night (ABC)
• 2000: Todd Holland for Malcolm In The Middle (Fox)
• 2001: Todd Holland for Malcolm In The Middle (Fox)
• 2002: Michael Patrick King for Sex And The City (HBO)
• 2003: Robert B. Weide for Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
• 2004: Joe Russo and Anthony Russo for Arrested Development (Fox)
• 2005: Charles McDougall for Desperate Housewives (ABC)
• 2006: Marc Buckland for My Name Is Earl (NBC)