Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program. Awards in this category from 1974 through 1978 were presented for Outstanding Supporting Actor or Actress in A Variety Show or Special. This award was retired in 2009 beginning with the 61st Annual Emmy Awards.

Award winners

1970s

• 1974: Harvey Korman – The Carol Burnett Show;
  and Brenda Vaccaro – The Shape of Things
• 1975: Jack Albertson – Cher (series);
  and Cloris Leachman – Cher (series)
• 1976: Chevy Chase – Saturday Night Live;
  and Vicki Lawrence – The Carol Burnett Show
• 1977: Tim Conway – The Carol Burnett Show;
  and Rita Moreno – The Muppet Show
• 1978: Tim Conway – The Carol Burnett Show;
  and Gilda Radner – Saturday Night Live
• 1979: no award

1980s

• 1980: no award
• 1981: no award
• 1982: no award
• 1983: no award
• 1984: Cloris Leachman – Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration
• 1985: George Hearn – Sweeney Todd
• 1986: Whitney Houston – The 28th Annual Grammy Awards
• 1987: Robin Williams – Carol and Carl and Whoopi and Robin
• 1988: Robin Williams – ABC Presents A Royal Gala
• 1989: Linda Ronstadt – Canciones de Mi Padre

1990

• 1990: Tracey Ullman – The Tracey Ullman Show
• 1991: Billy Crystal – 63rd Annual Academy Awards
• 1992: Bette Midler – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
• 1993: Dana Carvey – Saturday Night Live
• 1994: Tracey Ullman – Tracey Ullman Takes On New York
• 1995: Barbra Streisand – Barbra Streisand: The Concert
• 1996: Tony Bennett – Live by Request
• 1997: Bette Midler – Diva Las Vegas
• 1998: Billy Crystal – 70th Annual Academy Awards
• 1999: John Leguizamo – Freak

2000s

• 2000: Eddie Izzard – Dress to Kill
• 2001: Barbra Streisand – Barbra Streisand: Timeless
• 2002: Sting – A&E in Concert
• 2003: Wayne Brady – Whose Line is it Anyway?
• 2004: Elaine Stritch – Elaine Stritch at Liberty

• 2005: Hugh Jackman – 58th Annual Tony Awards
  • Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • Jay Leno – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  • Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi Back to Broadway

• 2006: Barry Manilow – Music and Passion
  • Hugh Jackman – 59th Annual Tony Awards
  • David Letterman – Late Show with David Letterman
  • Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report
  • Craig Ferguson - The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

• 2007: Tony Bennett – Tony Bennett: An American Classic
  • Ellen DeGeneres – 79th Annual Academy Awards
  • David Letterman – Late Show with David Letterman
  • Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report
  • Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

• 2008: Don Rickles - Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
  • Jon Stewart – 80th Annual Academy Awards
  • David Letterman – Late Show with David Letterman
  • Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report
  • Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live