Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)


The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was created as Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series, incorporating single and multi-camera programs, in 2008 alongside Outstanding Cinematography for a One-Hour Series. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were combined as Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. The categories were divided again between 2017 and 2022. In 2023, the category was renamed Outstanding Cinematography for a Series, combined with Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series. In 2024, they split again.

Winners and nominations

2010s

Between 2011-2016, half-hour and one-hour series were both eligible for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. No half-hour series were nominated during these years.

Programs with multiple wins

;5 winsWill & Grace
;3 winsAtlantaHow I Met Your MotherThe RanchTwo and a Half Men
;2 winsCalifornication

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series are combined, as this category was merged in 2023.
;9 nominationsWill & Grace
;8 nominationsTwo and a Half Men
;5 nominationsHow I Met Your MotherInsecure2 Broke Girls
;4 nominationsAccording to JimEverybody Loves RaymondHacksThe Mandalorian Mike & MollyThe Ranch
;3 nominationsAtlantaBarryFrasierFriends30 Rock
;2 nominationsBallersThe Big Bang TheoryCalifornicationThe End of the F***ing WorldEverybody Hates ChrisThe ExesGrown-ishHomecomingHow I Met Your FatherLast Man StandingMozart in the JunglePair of KingsRebaRules of EngagementRussian DollSpin CitySuperior Donuts

Cinematographers with multiple wins

;3 wins

Cinematographers with multiple nominations

;4 nominations
  • Mark Doering-Powell
;3 nominations
;2 nominations