Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series was awarded to one television series each year. Between 2003 and 2012, the category was consolidated to include both multi-camera and single-camera comedy series. In 2023, the category will be combined with Single-Camera Comedy Series to form Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series.

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold 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.

## Winners and nominations

Outstanding Videotape Editing for a Series

### 1970s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1976 |
| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles | "John Adams, Diplomat" | Girish Bhargava, Manford Schorn | PBS |
| 1976 | Barney Miller | "Happy New Year" | Homer Powell, Fred Golan, Paul Schatzkin | ABC |
| 1976 | Sanford and Son | "Earthquake II" | Ken Denisoff, Robert Veatch | NBC |
| 1976 | Welcome Back, Kotter | "The Telethon" | Susan Jenkins, Manuel Martínez | ABC |
| 1977 |
| 1977 | Visions | "The War Widow" | Roy Stewart | PBS |
| 1977 | C.P.O. Sharkey | "Sharkey Boogies on Down" | Ken Denisoff, Stowell Werden | NBC |
| 1977 | Meeting of Minds | "Marie Antoinette / Sir Thomas More / Karl Marx / Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1" | Terry Pickford | PBS |
| 1977 | Police Story | "Ice Time" | Jimmy B. Frazier | NBC |
| 1978 |
| 1978 | The Carol Burnett Show | "The Final Show" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1978 | The Betty White Show | "Pilot" | Chip Brooks | CBS |
| 1978 | Husbands, Wives & Lovers | "The One Where Everybody Is Looking for a Little Action" | Marco Zappia | CBS |
| 1978 | Laugh-In | "Tina Turner" | Ed J. Brennan | NBC |
| 1978 | Soap | "102" | Gary Anderson | ABC |
| 1978 | Three's Company | "Chrissy, Come Home" | Jerry Davis | ABC |
| 1979 |
| 1979 | Stockard Channing in Just Friends | "Pilot" | Andy Zall | CBS |
| 1979 | All in the Family | "The 200th Episode Celebration" | Hal Collins, Harvey Berger | CBS |

### 1980s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1980 |
| 1980 | The Muppet Show | "Liza Minnelli" | John Hawkins | Syndicated |
| 1980 | The Big Show | "Tony Randall and Hervé Villechaize" | Ken Denisoff, Kevin Muldoon, Andy Zall | NBC |
| 1980 | Fridays | "Boz Scaggs" | Terry Pickford | ABC |
| 1980 | A New Kind of Family | "I Do" | Marco Zappia | ABC |
| 1981 |
| 1981 | WKRP in Cincinnati | "Bah Humbug" | Andy Ackerman | CBS |
| 1981 | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters | "Dolly Parton and John Schneider" | Andy Zall | NBC |
| 1981 | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters | "Ray Stevens" | Ken Denisoff | NBC |
| 1981 | The Muppet Show | "Brooke Shields" | John Hawkins | Syndicated |
| 1982 |
| 1982 | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters | "Brenda Lee and Paul Williams" | Ken Denisoff | NBC |
| 1982 | The Greatest American Hero | "The Lost Diablo" | John Carrol, Mario DiMambro, Dave Goldson, Art Schneider, Roderic G. Stephens | ABC |
| 1982 | Report to Murphy | "High Noon" | Raymond M. Bush | CBS |
| 1982 | WKRP in Cincinnati | "Fire" | Andy Ackerman | CBS |
| 1983 |
| 1983 | The Jeffersons | "Change of a Dollar" | Larry Harris | CBS |
| 1983 | Alice | "Vera, the Torch" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1983 | Archie Bunker's Place | "Three Women" | Marco Zappia | CBS |
| 1983 | Newhart | "Grandma, What a Big Mouth You Have" | Andy Ackerman | CBS |
| 1983 | Real People | "502" | Diane Block, Tee Bosustow, Cary Gries, Michael Kelly, Doug Loviska, Bruce Motyer, Bill Paulsen, Nicholas Stein, Cynthia Vaughn, Joe Walsh | NBC |
| 1984 |
| 1984 | Fame | "Gonna Learn How to Fly, Part 2" | Howard Brock | Syndicated |
| 1984 | Benson | "Down the Drain" | Michael Riolo | ABC |
| 1984 | Fame | "Break Dance" | Jim McElroy | Syndicated |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | "Dear Diary" | Marco Zippia | CBS |
| 1985 |
| 1985 | Fame | "Reflections" | Jim McElroy | Syndicated |
| 1985 | Night Court | "The Blizzard" | Jerry Davis | NBC |

Outstanding Multi-Camera Editing for a Series

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 |
| 1986 | The Cosby Show | "Full House" | Henry Chan | NBC |
| 1986 | Cheers | "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1986 | Cheers | "The Triangle" | Douglas Hines | NBC |
| 1986 | The Golden Girls | "Pilot" | Harold McKenzie | NBC |
| 1986 | Night Court | "Hurricane" | Jerry Davis | NBC |
| 1987 |
| 1987 | Night Court | "Her Honor, Part 1" | Jerry Davis | NBC |
| 1987 | Cheers | "Cheers: The Motion Picture" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1987 | The Cosby Show | "I Know That You Know" | Henry Chan | NBC |
| 1987 | Family Ties | "Band on the Run" | Gary Anderson, Jon Bellis | NBC |
| 1987 | The Golden Girls | "Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" | Harold McKenzie | NBC |
| 1988 |
| 1988 | Cheers | "The Big Kiss-Off" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1988 | Designing Women | "Killing All the Right People" | Roger Bondelli | CBS |
| 1988 | The Golden Girls | "Old Friends" | Jim McElroy | NBC |
| 1988 | Newhart | "A Midseason Night's Dream" | Mike Wilcox | CBS |
| 1988 | The Tracey Ullman Show | "Ginny Redux," "Fear," "Real Lace" | Douglas Hines, M. Pam Blumenthal | Fox |
| 1989 |
| 1989 | Murphy Brown | "Respect" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1989 | Married... with Children | "Requiem for a Dead Barber" | Larry Harris | Fox |
| 1989 | Murphy Brown | "It's How You Play the Game" | Jerry Davis | CBS |
| 1989 | Roseanne | "Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore" | Marco Zappia | ABC |
| 1989 | The Tracey Ullman Show | "To Masseur with Love," "Conjugal Visit" | Douglas Hines, M. Pam Blumenthal | Fox |

### 1990s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 |
| 1990 | The Tracey Ullman Show | "...And God Created Tillman," "Rare Talent" | Douglas Hines, M. Pam Blumenthal | Fox |
| 1990 | Designing Women | "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire 20th Century" | Judy Burke | CBS |
| 1990 | Married... with Children | "Who'll Stop the Rain" | Larry Harris | Fox |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | "The Strike" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1990 | Newhart | "The Last Newhart" | Mike Wilcox | CBS |
| 1991 |
| 1991 | Murphy Brown | "On Another Plane" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1991 | Cheers | "The Days of Wine and Neuroses" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1991 | Cheers | "Rat Girl" | Sheila Amos | NBC |
| 1991 | Coach | "The Break-Up" | Andrew Chulack | ABC |
| 1992 |
| 1992 | Seinfeld | "The Subway" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |
| 1992 | Cheers | "An Old Fashioned Wedding" | Robert Bramwell, Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 1992 | Coach | "A Real Guy's Guy" | Andrew Chulack | ABC |
| 1992 | Home Improvement | "Stereo Typical" | Marco Zappia, Alex Gimenez | ABC |
| 1992 | Murphy Brown | "Send in the Clowns" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1993 |
| 1993 | Cheers | "One for the Road" | Robert Bramwell | NBC |
| 1993 | Coach | "Vows" | Andrew Chulack | ABC |
| 1993 | Home Improvement | "To Build or Not to Build" | Marco Zappia, Alex Gimenez | ABC |
| 1993 | Murphy Brown | "The World According to Avery" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1993 | Seinfeld | "The Pilot" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | Frasier | "The Show Where Lilith Comes Back" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 1994 | Seinfeld | "The Opposite" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |
| 1994 | Coach | "The Luck Stops Here" | Andrew Chulack | ABC |
| 1994 | Home Improvement | "It Was the Best of Tim's, It Was the Worst of Tim's" | Marco Zappia, Roger Ames Berger | ABC |
| 1994 | Murphy Brown | "Socks and the Single Woman" | Robert Souders, Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | Seinfeld | "The Diplomat's Club" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |
| 1995 | Frasier | "The Matchmaker" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 1995 | Friends | "The One with Two Parts, Part 2" | Andy Zall | NBC |
| 1995 | Home Improvement | "Don't Tell Momma" | Marco Zappia, Roger Ames Berger | ABC |
| 1995 | Mad About You | "The Ride Home" | Sheila Amos | NBC |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | Frasier | "The Show Where Diane Comes Back" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 1996 | Frasier | "The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl" | Timothy Mozer | NBC |
| 1996 | Home Improvement | "The Longest Day" | Marco Zappia, Roger Ames Berger | ABC |
| 1996 | Murphy Brown | "Up in Smoke" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1996 | Seinfeld | "The Rye" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | Ellen | "The Puppy Episode" | Kris Trexler | ABC |
| 1997 | Frasier | "To Kill a Mockingbird" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | "Everybody Loves Larry" | Leslie Tolan, Sean K. Lambert | HBO |
| 1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | "My Name Is Asher Kingsley" | Leslie Tolan, Paul Anderson | HBO |
| 1997 | Seinfeld | "The Pothole" | Skip Collector | NBC |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Frasier | "Room Service" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 1998 | Frasier | "Roz and the Schnoz" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |
| 1998 | The Larry Sanders Show | "Flip" | Leslie Tolan, Paul Anderson, Sean K. Lambert | HBO |
| 1998 | Murphy Brown | "Opus One" | Tucker Wiard | CBS |
| 1998 | Seinfeld | "The Finale" | Skip Collector | NBC |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | Sports Night | "Small Town" | Janet Ashikaga | ABC |
| 1999 | Frasier | "Shutout in Seattle" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 1999 | Just Shoot Me! | "Two Girls for Every Boy" | Paul Anderson | NBC |
| 1999 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | "Dick and Taxes" | Vince Humphrey | NBC |

### 2000s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Frasier | "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" | Ron Volk, Scott Maisano | NBC |
| 2000 | Frasier | "Dark Side of the Moon" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 2000 | Friends | "The One with the Proposal" | Stephen Prime | NBC |
| 2000 | Sports Night | "The Cut Man Cometh" | Janet Ashikaga | ABC |
| 2000 | Will & Grace | "Ben? Her?" | Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | Frasier | "Daphne Returns" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 2001 | The Drew Carey Show | "Drew's in a Coma" | John Fuller | ABC |
| 2001 | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Italy" | Patricia Barnett | CBS |
| 2001 | Spin City | "Minor League" | Noel Rogers | ABC |
| 2001 | Will & Grace | "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" | Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 2002 |
| 2002 | Frasier | "The Proposal" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 2002 | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Talk to Your Daughter" | Patricia Barnett | CBS |
| 2002 | Friends | "The One with the Halloween Party" | Kenny Tintorri | NBC |
| 2002 | Friends | "The One with the Rumor" | Stephen Prime | NBC |
| 2002 | Will & Grace | "A Chorus Lie" | Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 2003 |
| 2003 | Frasier | "Rooms with a View" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 2003 | Everybody Loves Raymond | "She's the One" | Patricia Barnett | CBS |
| 2003 | Friends | "The One in Barbados" | Stephen Prime | NBC |
| 2003 | Friends | "The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song" | Kenny Tintorri | NBC |
| 2003 | Will & Grace | "Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More" | Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | Frasier | "Goodnight, Seattle" | Ron Volk | NBC |
| 2004 | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Golf for It" | Patricia Barnett | CBS |
| 2004 | Friends | "The Last One" | Stephen Prime | NBC |
| 2004 | That '70s Show | "Sparks" | David Helfand | Fox |
| 2004 | Will & Grace | "Last Ex to Brooklyn" | Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Scrubs | "My Life in Four Cameras" | John Michel | NBC |
| 2005 | Everybody Loves Raymond | "The Faux Pas" | Patricia Barnett | CBS |
| 2005 | That '70s Show | "Angie" | Michael Karlich | Fox |
| 2005 | Two and a Half Men | "It Was Mame, Mom" | Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2005 | Will & Grace | "The Newlydreads" | Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Two and a Half Men | "That Special Tug" | Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2006 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | "2198" | Katherine Babiak, Vic Fabilli, Liz Gross, Mark Jankeloff | NBC |
| 2006 | Late Show with David Letterman | "2519" | James Alkins, Tom Catusi, Andrew Evangelista, Stephen Hostomsky, Mona Lu, Mark Spada | CBS |
| 2006 | That '70s Show | "We Will Rock You" | Michael Karlich | Fox |
| 2006 | Will & Grace | "The Finale" | Peter Chakos | NBC |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Two and a Half Men | "Release the Dogs" | Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2007 | American Idol | "Idol Gives Back" | Bill DeRonde, Oren Castro, Gus Comegys, John Cox, Patrick Franks, Narumi Inatsugu, Peter Tim Perniciaro, Jeff Roe, Ryan Tanner | Fox |
| 2007 | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | "12043" | Tonya Dreher, Graham Frazier, Mark Paone, Daric Schlesselman, Einar Westerlund, Rob York | Comedy Central |
| 2007 | Dancing with the Stars | "304" | Ned Kerwin, Pamela Malouf, David Timoner, Hans van Riet | ABC |
| 2007 | How I Met Your Mother | "Robin Sparkles" | Sue Federman | CBS |

Between 2008 and 2011, multi-camera sitcoms competed alongside single-camera sitcoms for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera).

### 2010s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 (64th) | How I Met Your Mother | "Trilogy Time" | Susan Federman | CBS |
| 2012 (64th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Countdown Reflection" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2012 (64th) | Hot in Cleveland | "God and Football" | Mark Alan Dashnaw | TV Land |
| 2012 (64th) | Two and a Half Men | "Why We Gave Up Women" | Joseph Bella | CBS |
| 2012 (64th) | 2 Broke Girls | "And the Kosher Cupcakes" | Darryl Bates | CBS |
| 2013 (65th) | How I Met Your Mother | "P.S. I Love You" | Susan Federman | CBS |
| 2013 (65th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Love Spell Potential" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2013 (65th) | The Colbert Report | "9082" | Christein Aromando, Andrew Matheson | Comedy Central |
| 2013 (65th) | Conan | "Occupy Conan" | Robert James Ashe, Dan Dome, Dave Grecu, Chris Heller | TBS |
| 2013 (65th) | Hot in Cleveland | "Magic Diet Candy" | Ronald A. Volk | TV Land |
| 2014 (66th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Cooper Extraction" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2014 (66th) | The Colbert Report | "9115" | Christein Aromando, Jason Baker | Comedy Central |
| 2014 (66th) | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | "19006" | Robert York, Eric Davies, Graham Frazier, Daric Schlesselman | Comedy Central |
| 2014 (66th) | How I Met Your Mother | "Gary Blauman" | Sue Federman | CBS |
| 2014 (66th) | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | "Behind the Scandelabra" | James Crowe, Jason Bielski, Brian Marsh, Kevin McCullough, Matt Williams | ABC |
| 2015 (67th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Comic Book Store Regeneration" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2015 (67th) | Hot in Cleveland | "I Hate Goodbyes" | Ronald A. Volk | TV Land |
| 2015 (67th) | Mike & Molly | "Fight to the Finish" | Stephen Prime | CBS |
| 2015 (67th) | 2 Broke Girls | "And the Move-In Meltdown" | Darryl Bates, Ben Bosse | CBS |
| 2016 (68th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Opening Night Excitation" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2016 (68th) | Horace and Pete | "103" | Gina Sansom | LouisCK.net |
| 2016 (68th) | Last Man Standing | "The Road Less Driven" | Kris Trexler | ABC |
| 2016 (68th) | Mike & Molly | "I See Love" | Stephen Prime | CBS |
| 2016 (68th) | Mom | "Atticus Finch and the Downtrodden" | Ben Bosse, Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2016 (68th) | 2 Broke Girls | "And the Sax Problems" | Darryl Bates | CBS |
| 2017 (69th) |
| 2017 (69th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Holiday Summation" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2017 (69th) | Last Man Standing | "Trick or Treat" | Kris Trexler | ABC |
| 2017 (69th) | Mom | "Bad Hand and British Royalty" | Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2017 (69th) | One Day at a Time | "A Snowman's Tale" | Pat Barnett | Netflix |
| 2017 (69th) | 2 Broke Girls | "And the Planes, Fingers and Automobiles" | Chris Poulos | CBS |
| 2018 (70th) |
| 2018 (70th) | Will & Grace | "Grandpa Jack" | Peter Beyt | NBC |
| 2018 (70th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Bow Tie Asymmetry" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2018 (70th) | Mom | "Crazy Snakes and a Clog to the Head" | Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2018 (70th) | One Day at a Time | "Not Yet" | Pat Barnett | Netflix |
| 2018 (70th) | Roseanne | "Darlene v. David" | Brian Schnuckel | ABC |
| 2019 (71st) |
| 2019 (71st) | One Day at a Time | "The Funeral" | Pat Barnett | Netflix |
| 2019 (71st) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Stockholm Syndrome" | Peter Chakos | CBS |
| 2019 (71st) | The Conners | "Keep on Truckin'" | Brian Schnuckel | ABC |
| 2019 (71st) | Mom | "Big Floor Pillows and a Ball of Fire" | Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2019 (71st) | Will & Grace | "Family, Trip" | Peter Beyt | NBC |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 (72nd) |
| 2020 (72nd) | One Day at a Time | "Boundaries" | Cheryl Campsmith | Pop TV |
| 2020 (72nd) | The Conners | "Slappy Holidays" | Brian Schnuckel | ABC |
| 2020 (72nd) | Will & Grace | "We Love Lucy" | Peter Beyt | NBC |
| 2020 (72nd) | Will & Grace | "What a Dump" | Joseph Fulton | NBC |
| 2021 (73rd) |
| 2021 (73rd) | The Conners | "Jeopardé, Sobrieté And Infidelité" | Brian Schnuckel | ABC |
| 2021 (73rd) | Man with a Plan | "Driving Miss Katie" | Sue Federman | CBS |
| 2021 (73rd) | Mom | "Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak" | Joe Bella | CBS |
| 2022 (74th) |
| 2022 (74th) | How I Met Your Father | "Timing Is Everything" | Sue Federman | Hulu |
| 2022 (74th) | Call Me Kat | "Call Me by My Middle Name" | Pam Marshall | Fox |

## Programs with multiple awards

Totals include wins for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera).

## Programs with multiple nominations

Totals include nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera).

