The Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Pilot Casting is an award handed out annually by the

Casting Society of America The Casting Society, formerly known as Casting Society of America (CSA), was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1982 as a Professional association, professional society of about 1,200 Casting (performing arts), casting directors and associate ...

. It was introduced at the Art Directors Guilds' twelfth annual honors, in 1996 (honoring work from the previous year, as well as early months of the ceremony's year), after first being grouped together with casting for dramatic pilot episodes for the category Outstanding Achievement in Pilot Casting, which was introduced at the seventh annual awards in 1991. It is an award that is given to casting directors for their work on television

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episodes, or a series first episode.

Winners and nominations

1990s

Outstanding Achievement in Pilot Casting Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Pilot Casting

2000s

2010s

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References

American television awards Casting awards