Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program is awarded to one program each year. This category and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program were created in 2016, replacing Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming. Prior to 2006, reality programs competed alongside nonfiction programs in Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
Winners and nominations
2000s
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 2007 | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | The Amazing Race | "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing" | Jon Bachmann, Steven J. Escobar, Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons | CBS |
| 2007 | American Idol | "Memphis Auditions" | Bill DeRonde, Gus Comegys, Cliff Dorsey, Ryan Tanner, Oren Castro, Narumi Inatsugu, Tim Perniciaro | Fox |
| 2007 | ' | "The Thomas Family" | Matt Deitrich, Wes Paster, Tenna Guthrie, Phil Stuben, Jason Cherella, Ben Daughtrey, Hilary Scratch | ABC |
| 2007 | Project Runway | "Iconic Statement" | Kevin Leffler, Antonia Tighe, Steve Lichtenstein, Drew Brown, Clark Andrew Vogeler, Andy Robertson, Jillian Twigger Moul | Bravo |
| 2007 | Survivor | "An Evil Thought" | Brian Barefoot, Bob Mathews, Eric Gardner, Chad Bertalotto, Frederick Hawthorne, Tim Atzinger, Evan Mediuch | CBS |
| 2008 | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Top Chef | "First Impressions" | Kevin Leffler, Vikash Patel, Marc Clark, Antonia Tighe, Steve Lichtenstein, Susan K. Hoover, Katherine Griffin | Bravo |
| 2008 | The Amazing Race | "Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something" | Steven J. Escobar, Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Jennifer Nelson, Paul C. Nielsen, Jacob Parsons | CBS |
| 2008 | ' | "The Hughes Family" | Wes Paster, Matt Deitrich, Tenna Guthrie, Phil Stuben, Jason Cherella, Hilary Scratch, Steve Mellon | ABC |
| 2008 | Project Runway | "En Garde!" | Jamie Pedroza, Bri Dellinger, Steve Lichtenstein, Andy Robertson, Clark Andrew Vogeler, Laronda Morris, Joe Mastromonaco | Bravo |
| 2008 | Survivor | "He's a Ball of Goo" | Brian Barefoot, Bob Mathews, Chad Bertalotto, Andrew Bolhuis, Evan Mediuch, Stephen R. Frederick, Eric Van Wagenen | CBS |
| 2009 | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | Project Runway | "Finale, Part 1" | Jamie Pedroza, Mary DeChambres, Spiro Lampros, Richie Edelson, Maris Berzins, Matthew Moul, Steve Lichtenstein | Bravo |
| 2009 | The Amazing Race | "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me" | Eric Goldfarb, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Paul C. Nielsen, Mike Bolanowski, Jennifer Nelson, Jacob Parsons | CBS |
| 2009 | The Celebrity Apprentice | "Grave Reservations" | Chris Simpson, Jeff Runyan, Jason Pedroza, Matthew Thomas Blair, Jason Steinberg, Kevin Manning | NBC |
| 2009 | ' | "The Martirez Family" | Wes Paster, Matt Deitrich, Steve Mellon, Karin Hoving, Arek Hope, Hilary Scratch, Phil Stuben | ABC |
| 2009 | ' | "New Age Medicine" | Steven Uhlenberg, Ian Sears, Brian Horn, Richard Erbeznik, Tim Sullivan | Showtime |
| 2009 | Top Chef | "The Last Supper" | Antonia Tighe, Alan Hoang, Adrienne Salisbury, Kevin Leffler, Katherine Griffin, Susan K. Hoover, LaRonda Morris | Bravo |
2010s
Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program2020s
Programs with multiple wins
;2 wins- United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell
Programs with multiple nominations
;14 nominations
- Deadliest Catch
- Born This Way
- Life Below Zero
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
- United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell