Most nominated, never won this award
- 01DHDrunk History6 noms
- 02ASA Black Lady Sketch Show4 noms
- 03POPortlandia4 noms
- 04DNDocumentary Now!3 noms
- 05ASAt Home with Amy Sedaris2 noms
- 06ISI Love You, America with Sarah Silverman2 noms
A visual history · Emmys
The winners who defined Sketch Series.
11 ceremonies, 2015–2025. 4 different winners. The longest run belongs to Saturday Night Live, with 6 straight wins.
- Who won most recently?
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in 2025.
- Who has won the most?
- Saturday Night Live, 6 wins (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).
- Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
- Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
- Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
- Saturday Night LiveNBC
- Saturday Night LiveNBC
- Saturday Night LiveNBC
- Years explored
- 2015–2025
- Different winners
- 4
- Category leader
- Saturday Night Live · 6
About this record
Outstanding Scripted Variety Series was first awarded in 2015, so it does not run the full 1951–2025 window.
It was previously known as Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
It took the sketch half of Outstanding Variety Series when that award was split, and was renamed in 2023.
It took over from Outstanding Variety Series.
2015–2025
11 ceremonies
20152025
01 / The reigns
Saturday Night Live set the longest run.
The timeline turns the 2015–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network.
01Saturday Night Live6 wins
02Last Week Tonight with John Oliver3 wins
Inside Amy Schumer'15
Key & Peele'16
Saturday Night Live'17–'22×6
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'23–'25×3
02 / The power map
Who stood behind the winners?
NBC leads the recorded network credits with 6 wins, 2015–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.
NBC6 wins01
HBO3 wins02
Comedy Central2 wins03
Wins by network
- NBC655%
- HBO327%
- Comedy Central218%
03 / The near misses
The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.
Counting nominations in this category only, 2015–2025.
Most losses in this category
- 01DHDrunk History6L · 0W
- 02SLSaturday Night Live5L · 6W
- 03ASA Black Lady Sketch Show4L · 0W
- 04POPortlandia4L · 0W
- 05DNDocumentary Now!3L · 0W
- 06ASAt Home with Amy Sedaris2L · 0W
04 / The archive
Every year.
Every winner.
The complete reference behind the story, showing 2015–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.
| Year | Winner | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliverrepeatbeat 1 other
| HBO |
| 2024 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliverrepeatbeat 1 other
| HBO |
| 2023 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliverbeat 2 others
| HBO |
| 2022 | Saturday Night Liverepeatbeat 1 other
| NBC |
| 2021 | Saturday Night Liverepeatbeat 1 other
| NBC |
| 2020 | Saturday Night Liverepeatbeat 2 others
| NBC |
| 2019 | Saturday Night Liverepeatbeat 5 others
| NBC |
| 2018 | Saturday Night Liverepeatbeat 5 others
| NBC |
| 2017 | Saturday Night Livebeat 5 others
| NBC |
| 2016 | Key & Peelebeat 5 others
| Comedy Central |
| 2015 | Inside Amy Schumerbeat 4 others
| Comedy Central |