The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series (Half-Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was created in 2000, alongside the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. In 2023, it was combined with Single-Camera Series to form Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour). In 2024, it was reverted back.
Winners and nominations
2000s
2010s
Year
|
Program
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Episode
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Nominees
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Network
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Two and a Half Men |
"Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" |
Steven V. Silver |
CBS
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How I Met Your Mother |
"Hopeless" |
Chris La Fountaine |
CBS
|
Pair of Kings |
"Return of the Kings" |
John Simmons |
Disney
|
Retired at 35 |
"Rocket Man" |
Donald A. Morgan |
TV Land
|
Rules of Engagement |
"Uh Oh, It's Magic" |
Wayne Kennan |
CBS
|
Wizards of Waverly Place |
"Dancing with Angels" |
Rick F. Gunter |
Disney
|
|
Two and a Half Men |
"Sips, Sonnets, and Sodomy" |
Steven V. Silver |
CBS
|
How I Met Your Mother |
"46 Minutes" |
Chris La Fountaine |
CBS
|
Mike & Molly |
"Victoria Can't Drive" |
Gary Baum
|
Pair of Kings |
"The Evil King, Part 2" |
John Simmons |
Disney
|
2 Broke Girls |
"Pilot" |
Gary Baum |
CBS
|
|
How I Met Your Mother |
"The Final Page, Part 2" |
Chris La Fountaine |
CBS
|
The Exes |
"Pirates of the Care of Eden" |
George Mooradian |
TV Land
|
Mike & Molly |
"Molly's Birthday" |
Gary Baum |
CBS
|
Two and a Half Men |
"Grab a Feather and Get in Line" |
Steven V. Silver
|
2 Broke Girls |
"And the Psychic Shakedown" |
Chris La Fountaine
|
|
How I Met Your Mother |
"Daisy" |
Christian La Fountaine |
CBS
|
The Exes |
"When Haskell Met Sammy" |
George Mooradian |
TV Land
|
Last Man Standing |
"Eve's Boyfriend" |
Donald A. Morgan |
ABC
|
Mike & Molly |
"Weekend at Peggy's" |
Gary Baum |
CBS
|
2 Broke Girls |
"And the Near Death Experience" |
Christian La Fountaine
|
|
Mike & Molly |
"Checkpoint Joyce" |
Gary Baum |
CBS
|
The Big Bang Theory |
"The Expedition Approximation" |
Steven V. Silver |
CBS
|
The Millers |
"Con-Troversy" |
Gary Baum
|
2 Broke Girls |
"And the Old Bike Yarn" |
Christian La Fountaine
|
|
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn |
"Go Hollywood" |
John Simmons |
Nickelodeon
|
The Big Bang Theory |
"The Convergence Convergence" |
Steven V. Silver |
CBS
|
Mom |
"Sticky Hands and a Walk on the Wild Side"
|
The Soul Man |
"White Trash" |
George Mooradian |
TV Land
|
|
The Ranch
|
"Easy Come, Easy Go"
|
Donald A. Morgan
|
Netflix
|
K.C. Undercover
|
"The Legend of Bad, Bad Cleo Brown"
|
Joseph Wilmond Calloway
|
Disney
|
Superior Donuts
|
"Crime Time"
|
Gary Baum
|
CBS
|
2 Broke Girls
|
"And the Planes, Fingers and Automobiles"
|
Christian La Fountaine
|
|
Will & Grace
|
"A Gay Olde Christmas"
|
Gary Baum
|
NBC
|
The Ranch
|
"Do What You Gotta Do"
|
Donald A. Morgan
|
Netflix
|
Superior Donuts
|
"Grades of Wrath"
|
Patti Lee
|
CBS
|
|
The Ranch
|
"Reckless"
|
Donald A. Morgan
|
Netflix
|
Rel
|
"Halloween"
|
George Mooradian
|
Fox
|
Will & Grace
|
"Family, Trip"
|
Gary Baum
|
NBC
|
2020s
Programs with multiple awards
Cinematographers with multiple awards
- 4 wins
|
- 3 wins
- Chris La Fountaine
- Donald A. Morgan
- Steven V. Silver
|
Programs with multiple nominations
Totals include nominations for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour).
- 9 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 5 nominations
|
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
|
- 2 nominations
|
Cinematographers with multiple nominations
- 12 nominations
- 11 nominations
- Donald A. Morgan
- Steven V. Silver
- 9 nominations
- Chris La Fountaine
- George Mooradian
|
- 6 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Ken Lamkin
- Patti Lee
- Nick McLean
|
- 2 nominations
- Bryan Hays
- Wayne Kennan
- Richard Quinlan
- Peter Smokler
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Choreography | |
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Cinematography | |
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Costume Design | |
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Hairstyling | |
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Lighting | |
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Main Title / Motion Design | |
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Music | |
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Picture Editing | |
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Production Design | |
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Sound Editing | |
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Sound Mixing | |
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Stunts | |
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Technical Direction | |
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