The American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television is one of the annual awards given by the American Cinema Editors. It has evolved throughout the history of the American Cinema Editors Awards, narrowing it's eligibility field numerous times. From 1962 to 1972, the award did make any distinctions between continual series and/or miniseries or television movies, or the genres of comedy and drama. In 1973, the award became Best Edited Episode from a Television Series, which it would remain from 20 years. In 1993, the award started separating series based on their running time, becoming Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television. In 2018, the category dropped running time distinctions, as well as adding distinctions between viewing types (commercial television vs. non-commercial), and became Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television. In 2021, the comedy series categories were re-arranged into Best Edited Single-Camera Comedy Series and Best Edited Multi-Camera Comedy Series.
Winners and nominees
† – indicates the winner of a Primetime Emmy Award. ‡ – indicates a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.
1960s
Best Edited Television Program
1970s
Best Edited Episode from a Television Series
1980s
1990s
Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television
2000s
2010s
Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
2020s
Best Edited Multi-Camera Comedy Series
Programs with multiple awards
5 awards
M*A*S*H (CBS)
3 awards
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Frasier (NBC) Sex and the City (HBO)
2 awards
30 Rock (NBC) The Big Valley (ABC) Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) Chicago Hope (CBS) The Dick Powell Show (NBC) Hill Street Blues (NBC) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Medical Center (CBS) The Office (NBC) St. Elsewhere (NBC) Veep (HBO)
Programs with multiple nominations
10 nominations
M*A*S*H (CBS)
8 nominations
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
7 nominations
Frasier (NBC)
5 nominations
Sex and the City (HBO) Veep (HBO)
4 nominations
30 Rock (NBC) Cagney & Lacey (CBS) The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) Lou Grant (CBS) Seinfeld (NBC)
3 nominations
Arrested Development (Fox/Netflix) The Big Valley (ABC) Cheers (NBC) Entourage (HBO) Ironside (NBC) L.A. Law (NBC) Modern Family (ABC) Northern Exposure (CBS) The Office (NBC) Silicon Valley (HBO) St. Elsewhere (NBC) Will & Grace (NBC)
2 nominations
3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) Barry (HBO) Bewitched (ABC) Bonanza (NBC) Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) Dallas (CBS) The Dick Powell Show (NBC) The Eleventh Hour (NBC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Gunsmoke (CBS) Hawaii Five-O (CBS) The High Chaparral (NBC) In the Heat of the Night (NBC) Insecure (HBO) I Spy (NBC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Malcolm in the Middle (Fox) Medical Center (CBS) Murphy Brown (CBS) My Name Is Earl (NBC) Nurse Jackie (Showtime) Police Story (NBC) Rawhide (CBS) The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Wagon Train (NBC) The Waltons (CBS) The Wonder Years (ABC)