Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series is a major television honor recognizing excellence in regularly scheduled variety programs that blend comedy, music, and other entertainment elements.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category → television award →
administeredBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors →
associatedOrganization	Television Academy →
awardedFor	excellence in regularly scheduled variety programs → outstanding variety, music or comedy series → television series blending comedy, music and other entertainment elements →
categoryType	program award →
ceremonyLocation	Los Angeles →
country	United States →
eligibility	U.S. primetime network or cable broadcasts → regularly scheduled series format →
field	television arts →
frequency	annual →
genre	comedy series → music program → variety show →
hasComponent	nomination list → winner announcement →
language	primarily English-language programs →
medium	television →
notableWinner	Late Show with David Letterman → Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In → Saturday Night Live → The Carol Burnett Show → The Colbert Report → The Daily Show with Jon Stewart → The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson →
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards →
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences →
recognizes	performance in variety series → production quality in variety series → writing in variety series →
relatedTo	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special →
replacedBy	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series →
scope	primetime television →
selectionProcess	nomination by television academy members → winner chosen by peer voting →
significance	major American television honor for variety programming →
status	discontinued category →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jay Leno → Late Night with David Letterman ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program") → The Carol Burnett Show ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series") → The Daily Show ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series") →	awardReceived
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series") → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series") →	replacedBy
Cinderella (1997 film) ("Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special") →	nominatedFor