Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
- James Burrows for Will & Grace: "Lows In The Mid-Eighties" (NBC)
- James Frawley for the pilot episode of Ed (NBC)
- Todd Holland for Malcolm in the Middle: "Bowling" (FOX)
- Charles McDougall for Sex and the City: "Easy Come, Easy Go" (HBO)
- Jeff Melman for Malcolm in the Middle: "Flashback" (FOX)
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