# Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first presented at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The current eligibility period is the calendar year.

## Winners and nominees
### 1970s

| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 1971 (24th) | All in the Family | "Meet the Bunkers" | John Rich | CBS |
| 1971 (24th) | Mary Tyler Moore | "Baby Sit-Com" | Jay Sandrich | CBS |
| 1971 (24th) | The Odd Couple | "Being Divorced is Never Having to Say I Do" | Bruce Bilson | ABC |
| 1972 (25th) | M*A*S*H | "Pilot" | Gene Reynolds | CBS |
| 1972 (25th) | All in the Family | "The Bunkers and the Swingers" | John Rich | CBS |
| 1972 (25th) | Maude | "Maude's Dilemma" | Bill Hobin | CBS |
| 1973 (26th) | M*A*S*H | "Deal Me Out" | Gene Reynolds | CBS |
| 1973 (26th) | Mary Tyler Moore | "Lou's First Date" | Jay Sandrich | CBS |
| 1973 (26th) | Maude | | Hal Cooper | CBS |
| 1974 (27th) | M*A*S*H | "Alcoholics Unanimous" | Hy Averback | CBS |
| 1974 (27th) | Mary Tyler Moore | "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" | Jay Sandrich | CBS |
| 1974 (27th) | Rhoda | "Rhoda's Wedding" | Robert Moore | CBS |
| 1975 (28th) | M*A*S*H | "Bombed" | Hy Averback | CBS |
| 1975 (28th) | Mary Tyler Moore | "Chuckles Bites the Dust" | Joan Darling | CBS |
| 1975 (28th) | Maude | | Hal Cooper | CBS |
| 1976 (29th) | M*A*S*H | "Dear Sigmund" | Alan Alda | CBS |
| 1976 (29th) | Mary Tyler Moore | "Murray Can't Lose" | Jay Sandrich | CBS |
| 1976 (29th) | Maude | "Vivian's First Funeral" | Hal Cooper | CBS |
| 1977 (30th) | All in the Family | "Edith's 50th Birthday" | Paul Bogart | CBS |
| 1977 (30th) | M*A*S*H | "Comrades in Arms" | Alan Alda & Burt Metcalfe | CBS |
| 1977 (30th) | Soap | "Episode 7" | Jay Sandrich | ABC |
| 1978 (31st) | All in the Family | "California, Here We Are" | Paul Bogart | CBS |
| 1978 (31st) | M*A*S*H | "Point of View" | Charles S. Dubin | CBS |
| 1978 (31st) | Soap | "Episode 32" | Jay Sandrich | ABC |
| 1979 (32nd) | M*A*S*H | "Period of Adjustment" | Charles S. Dubin | CBS |
| 1979 (32nd) | All in the Family | "Too Good Edith" | Paul Bogart | CBS |
| 1979 (32nd) | Barney Miller | "The Judge" | Noam Pitlik | ABC |

### 1980s

| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 1980 (33rd) | Barney Miller | "Fog" | Noam Pitlik | ABC |
| 1980 (33rd) | M*A*S*H | "Death Takes a Holiday" | Mike Farrell | CBS |
| 1980 (33rd) | M*A*S*H | "A War for All Seasons" | Burt Metcalfe | CBS |
| 1981 (34th) | M*A*S*H | "The Life You Save" | Alan Alda | CBS |
| 1981 (34th) | M*A*S*H | "Blood Brothers" | Harry Morgan | CBS |
| 1981 (34th) | Taxi | "Jim the Psychic" | James Burrows | ABC |
| 1982 (35th) | M*A*S*H | "Where There's a Will, There's a War" | Alan Alda | CBS |
| 1982 (35th) | Cheers | "Sam at Eleven" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1982 (35th) | Taxi | "Jim's Inheritance" | Noam Pitlik | NBC |
| 1983 (36th) | Cheers | "Showdown" (Part II) | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1983 (36th) | Buffalo Bill | "Woody Quits" | Jim Drake | NBC |
| 1983 (36th) | Taxi | "Louie and the Blind Girl" | Noam Pitlik | NBC |
| 1984 (37th) | The Cosby Show | "Pilot" | Jay Sandrich | NBC |
| 1984 (37th) | Cheers | "I Call Your Name" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1984 (37th) | Kate & Allie | "Landlady" | Bill Persky | CBS |
| 1985 (38th) | The Golden Girls | "Pilot" | Jay Sandrich | NBC |
| 1985 (38th) | Cheers | "Birth, Death, Love and Rice" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1985 (38th) | Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Peter Werner | ABC |
| 1986 (39th) | The Golden Girls | "Isn't It Romantic?" | Terry Hughes | NBC |
| 1986 (39th) | Cheers | "Tan 'N' Wash" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1986 (39th) | Moonlighting | "Symphony in Knocked Flat" | Paul Lynch | ABC |
| 1987 (40th) | Family Ties | "A, My Name is Alex" | Will Mackenzie | NBC |
| 1987 (40th) | Cheers | "Home Is the Sailor" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1987 (40th) | The Golden Girls | "Old Friends" | Terry Hughes | NBC |
| 1988 (41st) | The Wonder Years | "Pilot" | Steve Miner | ABC |
| 1988 (41st) | Murphy Brown | "Pilot" | Barnet Kellman | CBS |
| 1988 (41st) | Roseanne | "Pilot" | Ellen Falcon | ABC |
| 1989 (42nd) | Murphy Brown | "Brown Like Me" | Barnet Kellman | CBS |
| 1989 (42nd) | Cheers | "Sisterly Love" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1989 (42nd) | Designing Women | "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" | Harry Thomason | CBS |

### 1990s

| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 1990 (43rd) | Cheers | "Woody Interruptus" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1990 (43rd) | Murphy Brown | "Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery" | Barnet Kellman | CBS |
| 1990 (43rd) | The Wonder Years | "The Ties That Bind" | Peter Baldwin | ABC |
| 1991 (44th) | Murphy Brown | "Uh-Oh: Part 2" | Peter Bonerz | CBS |
| 1991 (44th) | Cheers | "Days of Wine & Neurosis" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1991 (44th) | Seinfeld | "The Tape" | David Steinberg | NBC |
| 1992 (45th) | Seinfeld | "The Contest" | Tom Cherones | NBC |
| 1992 (45th) | Cheers | "An Old-Fashioned Wedding" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1992 (45th) | Seinfeld | "The Good Samaritan" | Jason Alexander | NBC |
| 1993 (46th) | Frasier | "The Good Son" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1993 (46th) | Dream On | "Silent Night, Holy Cow" | Betty Thomas | HBO |
| 1993 (46th) | Murphy Brown | "Angst for the Memory" | Peter Bonerz | CBS |
| 1993 (46th) | Northern Exposure | "Kaddish for Uncle Manny" | Michael Lange | CBS |
| 1993 (46th) | Seinfeld | "The Mango" | Tom Cherones | NBC |
| 1994 (47th) | Frasier | "The Matchmaker" | David Lee | NBC |
| 1994 (47th) | Frasier | "The Unkindest Cut of All" | Rick Beren | NBC |
| 1994 (47th) | The Larry Sanders Show | "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" | Todd Holland | HBO |
| 1994 (47th) | Seinfeld | "The Opposite" | Tom Cherones | NBC |
| 1994 (47th) | Seinfeld | "The Race" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1995 (48th) | Mad About You | "The Alan Brady Show" | Gordon Hunt | NBC |
| 1995 (48th) | Frasier | "Daphne's Room" | David Lee | NBC |
| 1995 (48th) | Friends | "The One with the Birth" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1995 (48th) | The Larry Sanders Show | "Arthur After Hours" | Todd Holland | HBO |
| 1995 (48th) | Seinfeld | "The Gum" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1996 (49th) | Seinfeld | "The Rye" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1996 (49th) | 3rd Rock from the Sun | "See Dick Continue to Run" | Robert Berlinger | NBC |
| 1996 (49th) | The Larry Sanders Show | "Ellen, or Isn't She" | Alan Myerson | HBO |
| 1996 (49th) | The Larry Sanders Show | "Everybody Loves Larry" | Todd Holland | HBO |
| 1996 (49th) | Mad About You | "The Finale" | David Steinberg | NBC |
| 1997 (50th) | Seinfeld | "The Betrayal" | Andy Ackerman | NBC |
| 1997 (50th) | Dharma & Greg | "Pilot" | James Burrows | ABC |
| 1997 (50th) | Ellen | "The Puppy Episode" | Gil Junger | ABC |
| 1997 (50th) | Frasier | "Halloween" (Part I) | Pamela Fryman | NBC |
| 1997 (50th) | Mad About You | "The Birth" | Gordon Hunt | NBC |
| 1998 (51st) | Sports Night | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | ABC |
| 1998 (51st) | Frasier | "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" | Kelsey Grammer | NBC |
| 1998 (51st) | The Larry Sanders Show | "Flip" | Todd Holland | HBO |
| 1998 (51st) | Just Shoot Me! | "Two Girls for Every Boy" | Pamela Fryman | NBC |
| 1998 (51st) | Will & Grace | "Pilot" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 1999 (52nd) | Sports Night | "Small Town" | Thomas Schlamme | ABC |
| 1999 (52nd) | Frasier | "Dr. Nora" | Katy Garretson | NBC |
| 1999 (52nd) | Frasier | "The Fight Before Christmas" | Pamela Fryman | NBC |
| 1999 (52nd) | Sex and the City | "The Man, the Myth, the Viagra" | Victoria Hochberg | HBO |
| 1999 (52nd) | Will & Grace | "Yours, Mine or Ours" | James Burrows | NBC |

### 2000s

| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 2000 (53rd) | Will & Grace | "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 2000 (53rd) | Ally McBeal | "The Last Virgin" | Bill D'Elia | Fox |
| 2000 (53rd) | Frasier | "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" | Pamela Fryman | NBC |
| 2000 (53rd) | Malcolm in the Middle | "Pilot" | Todd Holland | Fox |
| 2000 (53rd) | Sex and the City | "Cock-a-Doodle-Do" | Allen Coulter | HBO |
| 2001 (54th) | Malcolm in the Middle | "Bowling" | Todd Holland | Fox |
| 2001 (54th) | Sex and the City | "Defining Moments" | Allen Coulter | HBO |
| 2001 (54th) | Sex and the City | "My Motherboard, Myself" | Michael Engler | HBO |
| 2001 (54th) | Sex and the City | "The Real Me" | Michael Patrick King | HBO |
| 2001 (54th) | Will & Grace | "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 2002 (55th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Special Section" | Bryan Gordon | HBO |
| 2002 (55th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Mary, Joseph, and Larry" | David Steinberg | HBO |
| 2002 (55th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Nanny from Hell" | Larry Charles | HBO |
| 2002 (55th) | Sex and the City | "Plus One is the Loneliest Number" | Michael Patrick King | HBO |
| 2002 (55th) | Will & Grace | "Marry Me a Little" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 2003 (56th) | Sex and the City | "Boy, Interrupted" | Tim Van Patten | HBO |
| 2003 (56th) | 8 Simple Rules | "Goodbye" | James Widdoes | ABC |
| 2003 (56th) | Sex and the City | "Great Sexpectations" | Michael Patrick King | HBO |
| 2003 (56th) | Sex and the City | "Hop, Skip, and a Week" | Michael Engler | HBO |
| 2003 (56th) | Will & Grace | "Last Ex to Brooklyn" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 2004 (57th) | Sex and the City | "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux" | Tim Van Patten | HBO |
| 2004 (57th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The 5 Wood" | Bryan Gordon | HBO |
| 2004 (57th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Car Pool Lane" | Robert B. Weide | HBO |
| 2004 (57th) | Desperate Housewives | "Pilot" | Charles McDougall | ABC |
| 2004 (57th) | Desperate Housewives | "Pretty Little Picture" | Arlene Sanford | ABC |
| 2005 (58th) | My Name Is Earl | "Pilot" | Marc Buckland | NBC |
| 2005 (58th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The End" | Larry Charles | HBO |
| 2005 (58th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Korean Bookie" | Bryan Gordon | HBO |
| 2005 (58th) | Entourage | "Exodus" | Julian Farino | HBO |
| 2005 (58th) | Will & Grace | "Alive and Schticking" | James Burrows | NBC |
| 2006 (59th) | Ugly Betty | "Pilot" | Richard Shepard | ABC |
| 2006 (59th) | 30 Rock | "Pilot" | Adam Bernstein | NBC |
| 2006 (59th) | Boston Legal | "Breast in Show" | Arlene Sanford | ABC |
| 2006 (59th) | Entourage | "One Day in the Valley" | Julian Farino | HBO |
| 2006 (59th) | Grey's Anatomy | "The Name of the Game" | Seith Mann | ABC |
| 2007 (60th) | Pushing Daisies | "Pie-lette" | Barry Sonnenfeld | ABC |
| 2007 (60th) | 30 Rock | "Rosemary's Baby" | Michael Engler | NBC |
| 2007 (60th) | 30 Rock | "Somebody to Love" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | NBC |
| 2007 (60th) | Desperate Housewives | "Something's Coming" | David Grossman | ABC |
| 2007 (60th) | Entourage | "The Resurrection" | David Nutter | HBO |
| 2008 (61st) | The Office | "Dinner Party" | Paul Feig | NBC |
| 2008 (61st) | 30 Rock | "Do-Over" | Don Scardino | NBC |
| 2008 (61st) | 30 Rock | "Reunion" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | NBC |
| 2008 (61st) | Entourage | "Tree Trippers" | Julian Farino | HBO |
| 2008 (61st) | Weeds | "The Three Coolers" | Paris Barclay | Showtime |
| 2009 (62nd) | Modern Family | "Pilot" | Jason Winer | ABC |
| 2009 (62nd) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Seinfeld" | Jeff Schaffer | HBO |
| 2009 (62nd) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Table Read" | Larry Charles | HBO |
| 2009 (62nd) | Glee | "Pilot" | Ryan Murphy | Fox |
| 2009 (62nd) | Glee | "Wheels" | Paris Barclay | Fox |

### 2010s

| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 2010 (63rd) | Modern Family | "Halloween" | Michael Spiller | ABC |
| 2010 (63rd) | 30 Rock | "Live Show" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | NBC |
| 2010 (63rd) | Entourage | "Lose Yourself" | David Nutter | HBO |
| 2010 (63rd) | Glee | "The Power of Madonna" | Ryan Murphy | Fox |
| 2010 (63rd) | Modern Family | "Hawaii" | Steven Levitan | ABC |
| 2011 (64th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "Palestinian Chicken" | Robert B. Weide | HBO |
| 2011 (64th) | 30 Rock | "Double-Edged Sword" | Don Scardino | NBC |
| 2011 (64th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Divorce" | David Steinberg | HBO |
| 2011 (64th) | Modern Family | "After the Fire" | Fred Savage | ABC |
| 2011 (64th) | Modern Family | "Express Christmas" | Michael Spiller | ABC |
| 2012 (65th) | Girls | "Pilot" | Lena Dunham | HBO |
| 2012 (65th) | 30 Rock | "Live from Studio 6H" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | NBC |
| 2012 (65th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Date Night Variable" | Mark Cendrowski | CBS |
| 2012 (65th) | Louie | "New Year's Eve" | Louis C.K. | FX |
| 2012 (65th) | Modern Family | "Election Day" | Bryan Cranston | ABC |
| 2013 (66th) | 30 Rock | "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | NBC |
| 2013 (66th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Hofstadter Insufficiency" | Mark Cendrowski | CBS |
| 2013 (66th) | The Big Bang Theory | "The Love Spell Potential" | Anthony Rich | CBS |
| 2013 (66th) | Modern Family | "My Hero" | Gail Mancuso | ABC |
| 2013 (66th) | Modern Family | "The Old Man & the Tree" | Bryan Cranston | ABC |
| 2014 (67th) | Transparent | "Best New Girl" | Jill Soloway | Amazon |
| 2014 (67th) | Louie | "Elevator, Part 6" | Louis C.K. | FX |
| 2014 (67th) | Modern Family | "Las Vegas" | Gail Mancuso | ABC |
| 2014 (67th) | Orange Is the New Black | "Thirsty Bird" | Jodie Foster | Netflix |
| 2014 (67th) | Silicon Valley | "Minimum Viable Product" | Mike Judge | HBO |
| 2015 (68th) | Veep | "Election Night" | Chris Addison | HBO |
| 2015 (68th) | Louie | "Sleepover" | Louis C.K. | FX |
| 2015 (68th) | Modern Family | "White Christmas" | Gail Mancuso | ABC |
| 2015 (68th) | Silicon Valley | "Binding Arbitration" | Mike Judge | HBO |
| 2015 (68th) | Transparent | "Kina Hora" | Jill Soloway | Amazon |
| 2016 (69th) | Veep | "Inauguration" | Becky Martin | HBO |
| 2016 (69th) | Atlanta | "B.A.N." | Donald Glover | FX |
| 2016 (69th) | Silicon Valley | "Daily Active Users" | Alec Berg | HBO |
| 2016 (69th) | Silicon Valley | "Founder Friendly" | Mike Judge | HBO |
| 2016 (69th) | Veep | "Mother" | Dale Stern | HBO |
| 2017 (70th) | Veep | "Chicklet" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | HBO |
| 2017 (70th) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Pilot" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon |
| 2017 (70th) | Master of None | "Thanksgiving" | Melina Matsoukas | Netflix |
| 2017 (70th) | Master of None | "The Thief" | Aziz Ansari | Netflix |
| 2017 (70th) | Silicon Valley | "Server Error" | Mike Judge | HBO |
| 2018 (71st) | Barry | "Chapter One: Make Your Mark" | Bill Hader | HBO |
| 2018 (71st) | Atlanta | "FUBU" | Donald Glover | FX |
| 2018 (71st) | Atlanta | "Teddy Perkins" | Hiro Murai | FX |
| 2018 (71st) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "All Alone" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon |
| 2018 (71st) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "We're Going to the Catskills!" | Daniel Palladino | Amazon |
| 2019 (72nd) | Barry | "ronny/lily" | Bill Hader | HBO |
| 2019 (72nd) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "It's Comedy or Cabbage" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon |
| 2019 (72nd) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "It's the Sixties, Man!" | Dan Attias | Amazon |
| 2019 (72nd) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Marvelous Radio" | Daniel Palladino | Amazon |
| 2019 (72nd) | Veep | "Veep" | David Mandel | HBO |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Episode | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 2020 (73rd) | The Flight Attendant | "In Case of Emergency" | Susanna Fogel | HBO Max |
| 2020 (73rd) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Surprise Party" | Erin O'Malley | HBO |
| 2020 (73rd) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "The Spite Store" | Jeff Schaffer | HBO |
| 2020 (73rd) | Ted Lasso | "Biscuits" | Zach Braff | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 (73rd) | Ted Lasso | "The Hope that Kills You" | MJ Delaney | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 (74th) | Hacks | "There Is No Line" | Lucia Aniello | HBO Max |
| 2021 (74th) | Ted Lasso | "No Weddings and a Funeral" | MJ Delaney | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 (74th) | Ted Lasso | "Rainbow" | Erica Dunton | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 (74th) | Ted Lasso | "Beard After Hours" | Sam Jones | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 (74th) | The White Lotus | "Mysterious Monkeys" | Mike White | HBO |
| 2022 (75th) | Barry | "710N" | Bill Hader | HBO |
| 2022 (75th) | The Bear | "Review" | Christopher Storer | Hulu |
| 2022 (75th) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?" | Amy Sherman-Palladino | Amazon |
| 2022 (75th) | The White Lotus | "Arrivederci" | Mike White | HBO |
| 2022 (75th) | Wednesday | "Wednesday's Child is Full of Woe" | Tim Burton | Netflix |
| 2023 (76th) | The Bear | "Fishes" | Christopher Storer | FX |
| 2023 (76th) | Barry | "wow" | Bill Hader | HBO |
| 2023 (76th) | The Bear | "Honeydew" | Ramy Youssef | FX |
| 2023 (76th) | Ted Lasso | "So Long, Farewell" | Declan Lowney | Apple TV+ |
| 2023 (76th) | Ted Lasso | "La Locker Room Aux Folles" | Erica Dunton | Apple TV+ |
| 2024 (77th) | Hacks | "Bulletproof" | Lucia Aniello | HBO Max |
| 2024 (77th) | The Bear | "Doors" | Duccio Fabbri | FX |
| 2024 (77th) | The Bear | "Napkins" | Ayo Edebiri | FX |
| 2024 (77th) | The Bear | "Tomorrow" | Christopher Storer | FX |
| 2024 (77th) | Curb Your Enthusiasm | "No Lessons Learned" | Jeff Schaffer | HBO |

## Programs with multiple wins
### 8 wins

* M*A*S*H (CBS)

### 3 wins

* All in the Family (CBS)
* Barry (HBO)
* Seinfeld (NBC)
* Veep (HBO)

### 2 wins

* Cheers (NBC)
* Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
* Frasier (NBC)
* The Golden Girls (NBC)
* Hacks (HBO Max/Max)
* Modern Family (ABC)
* Murphy Brown (CBS)
* Sex and the City (HBO)
* Sports Night (ABC)

## Individuals with multiple wins
### 4 wins

* James Burrows

### 3 wins

* Alan Alda (2 consecutive)
* Bill Hader (2 consecutive)

### 2 wins

* Andy Ackerman (consecutive)
* Lucia Aniello
* Hy Averback (consecutive)
* Paul Bogart (consecutive)
* Beth McCarthy-Miller
* Gene Reynolds (consecutive)
* Jay Sandrich (consecutive)
* Thomas Schlamme (consecutive)
* Tim Van Patten (consecutive)

## Total awards by network

* NBC – 16
* CBS – 13
* HBO – 11
* ABC – 8
* HBO Max – 3
* Amazon Studios – 1
* Fox – 1
* FX – 1