Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series is a major American television accolade presented annually to honor exceptional performances by male actors in supporting roles on comedy series.

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Label	Occurrences
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series canonical	65
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor	2
Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	2
Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (for Woody Harrelson)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Arrested Development	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Evening Shade	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Bear	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Mary Tyler Moore Show	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Veep	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Jon Cryer	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T542483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Context triple: [Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, relatedAward, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series is a major American television honor recognizing exceptional performances by actresses in supporting roles on comedic TV series.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in an American comedy series.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series is a major television honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional guest-starring performances by male actors in comedic series.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series is a major American television honor recognizing the best performance by a leading actress in a comedic TV series each year.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is a major American television accolade honoring exceptional performances by actresses in supporting roles on dramatic TV series.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Target entity description: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series is a major American television accolade presented annually to honor exceptional performances by male actors in supporting roles on comedy series.

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series is a major American television honor recognizing exceptional performances by actresses in supporting roles on comedic TV series.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in an American comedy series.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series is a major television honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional guest-starring performances by male actors in comedic series.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series is a major American television honor recognizing the best performance by a leading actress in a comedic TV series each year.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is a major American television accolade honoring exceptional performances by actresses in supporting roles on dramatic TV series.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

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instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ surface form: Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
awardedFor	outstanding supporting performance by a male actor in a comedy series ⓘ
categoryType	acting award ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	male supporting actors ⓘ
field	television acting ⓘ
firstAwarded	1954 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	comedy television series ⓘ
hasAwardCategory	supporting actor ⓘ
hasAwardedWorkType	episodic television ⓘ streaming television series ⓘ
hasAwardSeason	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ surface form: Primetime Emmy Awards season
hasCeremonyLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	male ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor	early Emmy supporting actor categories ⓘ
hasNotableNetworkAssociation	ABC ⓘ Amazon Prime Video ⓘ CBS ⓘ Fox ⓘ HBO ⓘ Hulu ⓘ NBC ⓘ Netflix ⓘ
hasProductionTypeRestriction	series ⓘ
hasProgramTypeRestriction	comedy series ⓘ
hasStatueName	Emmy statuette ⓘ
hasTimePeriodCovered	previous television season ⓘ
inception	1954 ⓘ
isPresentedAtEvent	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ surface form: Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony
isSubsetOf	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor categories ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
medium	television ⓘ
notableRecipient	David Hyde Pierce ⓘ Henry Winkler ⓘ Jeremy Piven ⓘ Ted Danson ⓘ Tony Shalhoub ⓘ Ty Burrell ⓘ
organizer	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ surface form: Television Academy
scope	primetime television ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by Television Academy members ⓘ

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