The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series is presented to the best directing of a television comedy series. Winners and nominations 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Total awards by network CBS – 15 ABC – 14 NBC – 14 Amazon – 4 Fox – 4 HBO – 4 Apple TV+ - 1 FX – 1 HBO Max — 1 Pop TV – 1 Programs with multiple awards 4 awards M*A*S*H (consecutive) Modern Family (consecutive) 3 awards Frasier (2 consecutive) 2 awards All in the Family Cheers The Cosby Show (consecutive) The Dick Van Dyke Show (consecutive) Malcolm in the Middle (consecutive) The Mary Tyler Moore Show Taxi (consecutive) Transparent (consecutive) The Wonder Years (consecutive) Programs with multiple nominations 26 nominations M*A*S*H 11 nominations Cheers 10 nominations Curb Your Enthusiasm 9 nominations Modern Family 8 nominations The Mary Tyler Moore Show 30 Rock 7 nominations The Larry Sanders Show Seinfeld Silicon Valley Veep Will & Grace 6 nominations All in the Family Entourage The Golden Girls Murphy Brown 5 nominations The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel The Wonder Years 4 nominations Ally McBeal Atlanta Barry The Dick Van Dyke Show Friends Glee Louie Malcolm in the Middle The Office Sex and the City Ted Lasso 3 nominations Buffalo Bill The Cosby Show The Danny Thomas Show Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Kate & Allie The Red Skelton Show Taxi 2 nominations Barney Miller The Beverly Hillbillies Bewitched The Big Bang Theory The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Designing Women Dream On Flight of the Conchords The Garry Moore Show Get Smart Girls Hacks Happy Days The Jack Benny Show Mad About You Maude The Monkees Only Murders in the Building Scrubs Soap Sports Night 3rd Rock from the Sun Transparent Individuals with multiple awards 5 awards James Burrows (2 consecutive) 4 awards Jay Sandrich (2 consecutive) 3 awards Todd Holland (2 consecutive) 2 awards David Lee Gail Mancuso (consecutive) Gene Reynolds (consecutive) John Rich Joey Soloway (consecutive) Individuals with multiple nominations 26 nominations James Burrows 10 nominations Jay Sandrich 9 nominations Alan Alda 8 nominations Todd Holland 6 nominations Terry Hughes 5 nominations Seymour Berns Mike Judge Burt Metcalfe John Rich Robert B. Weide 4 nominations Paul Bogart Louis C.K. James Frawley Barnet Kellman Will Mackenzie Gail Mancuso Jerry Paris Gene Reynolds 3 nominations Andy Ackerman Hy Averback Peter Baldwin Paris Barclay Tom Cherones Charles S.