| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Variety Series | |
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Directing for Variety Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Currently held by | Bridget Stokes A Black Lady Sketch Show (2022) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Variety Series is awarded to one television series each year. After being grouped together for decades as Outstanding Directing for Variety or Music Program, categories were divided for series and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special in 2009.
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:
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety, Comedy or Music | ||||
| 1970 | ||||
| Kraft Music Hall | "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" | Dwight A. Hemion | NBC | |
| New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts | "Berlioz Takes a Trip" | Roger Englander | CBS | |
| The Second Bill Cosby Special | Seymour Berns | NBC | ||
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | ||||
| 1971 [1] | ||||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | "Orson Welles" | Mark Warren | NBC | |
| The Andy Williams Show | "Christmas Show" | Art Fisher | NBC | |
| The Flip Wilson Show | "David Frost, James Brown and The Muppets" | Tim Kiley | ||
| 1972 [2] | ||||
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | "Tony Randall" | Art Fisher | CBS | |
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Carol Channing and Steve Lawrence" | Dave Powers | CBS | |
| The Flip Wilson Show | "Petula Clark and Redd Foxx" | Tim Kiley | NBC | |
| 1973 | ||||
| The Julie Andrews Hour | "Lisa Doolittle and Mary Poppins" | Bill Davis | ABC | |
| The Flip Wilson Show | "Roberta Flack and Burt Reynolds" | Tim Kiley | NBC | |
| The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | "Mike Connors" | Art Fisher | CBS | |
| 1974 [3] | ||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "The Australia Show" | Dave Powers | CBS | |
| In Concert | "Cat Stevens" | Joshua White | ABC | |
| The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | "Ken Berry and George Foreman" | Art Fisher | CBS | |
| 1975 [4] | ||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Alan Alda" | Dave Powers | CBS | |
| Cher | "Bette Midler, Flip Wilson and Elton John" | Art Fisher | CBS | |
| 1976 [5] | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | "Paul Simon" | Dave Wilson | NBC | |
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Maggie Smith" | Dave Powers | CBS | |
| The Sonny and Cher Show | "Premiere" | Tim Kiley | ||
| 1977 [6] | ||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Eydie Gormé" | Dave Powers | CBS | |
| Saturday Night Live | "Paul Simon" | Dave Wilson | NBC | |
| Van Dyke and Company | "John Denver" | John Moffitt | ||
| 1978 [7] | ||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Steve Martin and Betty White" | Dave Powers | CBS | |
| The Muppet Show | "Elton John" | Peter Harris | Syndicated | |
| The Richard Pryor Show | "Paula Kelly" | John Moffitt | NBC | |
| Saturday Night Live | "Steve Martin" | Dave Wilson | ||
| Shields and Yarnell | "John Aylesworth" | Steve Binder | CBS | |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series | ||||
| 1979 [note 1] | ||||
| Barney Miller | "The Harris Incident" | Noam Pitlik | ABC | |
| All in the Family | "California, Here We Are, Part 2" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Dear Sis" | Alan Alda | ||
| "Point of View" | Charles S. Dubin | |||
| Soap | "Episode 27" | Jay Sandrich | ABC | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [48] | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | "Host: Eddie Murphy" | Don Roy King | NBC | |
| A Black Lady Sketch Show | "Born at Night, But Not Last Night" | Dime Davis | HBO | |
| The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | "Dr. Fauci Answers Trevor's Questions About Coronavirus" | David Paul Meyer | Comedy Central | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | "Episode 629" | Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner | HBO | |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | "Live Show; Chris Christie; Nathaniel Rateliff" | Jim Hoskinson | CBS | |
| Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready | "Flame Monroe" | Linda Mendoza | Netflix | |
| 2021 [49] | ||||
| Saturday Night Live | "Host: Dave Chappelle" | Don Roy King | NBC | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020" | Christopher Werner | HBO | |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | "Episode 1085a" | Alexander J. Vietmeier | NBC | |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | "Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection; Senator Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Performance By Jamila Woods" | Jim Hoskinson | CBS | |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | "Episode 1835" | Paul G. Casey | HBO | |
| 2022 [50] | ||||
| A Black Lady Sketch Show | "Save My Edges, I'm a Donor!" | Bridget Stokes | HBO | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | "Union Busting" | Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner | HBO | |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | "Episode 1252" | Alexander J. Vietmeier | NBC | |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | "Artistic Musical Performance by Chance The Rapper; Monologue: Ukraine & Russian War, January 6 Committee Evidence on Trump & Donald Jr.; Guest Beanie Feldstein" | Jim Hoskinson | CBS | |
| Saturday Night Live | "Host: Billie Eilish" | Don Roy King and Liz Patrick | NBC | |
| 2023 [51] | ||||
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | "20th Anniversary Special" | Andy Fisher | ABC | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | "Afghanistan" | Paul Pennolino | HBO | |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | "John Oliver; Broadway Cast of the Lion King" | Jim Hoskinson | CBS | |
| The Problem with Jon Stewart | "Chaos, Law, and Order" | André Allen | Apple TV+ | |
| Saturday Night Live | "Co-Hosts: Steve Martin & Martin Short" | Liz Patrick | NBC |
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Totals include nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming.
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