Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series

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This article lists the nominations and winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series television awards since its inception in 1951. The award is considered one of the most important awards in the context of the Emmy Awards and has changed its name many times. Between 1951 and 1954 the award was named Best Dramatic Show , 1955 and 1956 Best Dramatic Series . In 1957 no award was given. In 1958 the award was given in two categories: Best Dramatic Anthology Series and Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters . In 1959 it was called Best Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour . In 1960 it was renamed Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama . He kept the name until 1965. In 1966 the name was changed for the sixth time. The title Outstanding Dramatic Series or Outstanding Series-Drama was in use from 1966 onwards. After that, the name was changed to Outstanding Drama Series .

Winners and nominations

The following table, sorted by decades, lists all winners and nominees. The data comes from the "Primetime Emmy Awards Database".

1950s

year series Channel
1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse KECA TV
Fireside Theater KTLA
The Philco Television Playhouse KNBH, NBC
Studio One KTTV , CBS
1952 CBS
The Philco - Goodyear Television Playhouse NBC
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse ABC
Robert Montgomery Presents NBC
1953
Kraft Television Theater
The Philco - Goodyear Television Playhouse
Studio One CBS
1954 US Steel Hour ABC
Kraft Television Theater NBC
The Philco - Goodyear Television Playhouse
Robert Montgomery Presents
Studio One CBS
1955 US Steel Hour ABC
Four Star Playhouse CBS
Medic (TV series) NBC
The Philco - Goodyear Television Playhouse
Studio One CBS
1956 Producers' Showcase NBC
Alcoa - Goodyear Theater
Climax! CBS
Studio One CBS
The United States Steel Hour CBS
1958 Smoking colts CBS
Lassie CBS
Maverick ABC
Perry Mason CBS
Wagon train NBC
Playhouse 90 CBS
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Climax!
Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC
Studio One CBS
1959 Alcoa - Goodyear Theater NBC
Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS
General Electric Theater
Peter Gunn NBC
The Loretta Young Show
Merciless city ABC
Playhouse 90 CBS
US Steel Hour

1960s

year series Channel
1960 Playhouse 90 CBS
Ford Startime NBC
The incorruptible ABC
1961 Hallmark Hall of Fame : Macbeth NBC
Merciless city ABC
Twilight Zone CBS
The incorruptible ABC
1962 Preston & Preston CBS
Alcoa premiere ABC
Ben Casey
The Dick Powell Show NBC
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Merciless city ABC
1963 Preston & Preston CBS
Alcoa premiere ABC
The Dick Powell Show NBC
The Eleventh Hour
Merciless city ABC
1964 Preston & Preston CBS
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater NBC
East Side / West Side CBS
Mr. Novak NBC
The Richard Boone Show
1966 On the run ABC
Bonanza NBC
Tennis rackets and cannons
Solo for ONCEL
Slattery's People CBS
1967 Cobra, take over
With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ABC
Tennis rackets and cannons NBC
Race against death
Star Trek
1968 Cobra, take over CBS
With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ABC
Tennis rackets and cannons NBC
NET Playhouse NET
Race against death NBC
Star Trek
1969 NET Playhouse NET
FBI ABC
The boss NBC
The defense attorney ABC
Cobra, take over CBS
The name of the game NBC

1970s

year series Channel
1970 Dr. med. Marcus Welby ABC
The Forsyte saga PBS
The boss NBC
The Mod Squad - Temporary Cops ABC
The name of the game NBC
NET Playhouse NET
1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator NBC
The First Churchills PBS
The boss NBC
Dr. med. Marcus Welby ABC
NET Playhouse NET
1972 Elizabeth R PBS
Columbo NBC
Mannix CBS
Dr. med. Marcus Welby ABC
The six wives of Henry VIII. CBS
1973 The Waltons CBS
Cannon CBS
Columbo NBC
Hawaii five-zero CBS
Kung fu ABC
Mannix CBS
1974 The house on Eaton Place PBS
Kojak - deployment in Manhattan CBS
Police Story - Always on the job NBC
The streets of San Francisco ABC
The Waltons CBS
1975 The house on Eaton Place PBS
Kojak - deployment in Manhattan CBS
Police Story - Always on the job NBC
The streets of San Francisco ABC
The Waltons CBS
1976 Police Story - Always on the job NBC
Baretta ABC
Columbo NBC
The streets of San Francisco ABC
1977 The house on Eaton Place PBS
beret ABC
Columbo NBC
An American family ABC
Police Story - Always on the job NBC
1978 Detective Rockford - just give us a call NBC
Columbo NBC
An American family ABC
Lou Grant CBS
Quincy NBC
1979 Lou Grant CBS
The Paper Chase
Detective Rockford - just give us a call NBC

1980s

year series Channel
1980 Lou Grant CBS
Dallas
An American family ABC
Detective Rockford - just give us a call NBC
The White Shadow CBS
1981 Hill Street Police Station NBC
Dallas CBS
Lou Grant
Quincy NBC
The White Shadow CBS
1982 Hill Street Police Station NBC
The Denver Clan ABC
Fame - the way to fame NBC
Lou Grant CBS
Magnum
1983 Hill Street Police Station NBC
Cagney & Lacey CBS
Fame - the way to fame NBC
Magnum CBS
Chief Physician Dr. West phall NBC
1984 Hill Street Police Station NBC
Cagney & Lacey CBS
Fame - the way to fame NBC
Magnum CBS
Chief Physician Dr. West phall NBC
1985 Cagney & Lacey CBS
Hill Street Police Station NBC
Miami Vice
Murder is her hobby CBS
Chief Physician Dr. West phall NBC
1986 Cagney & Lacey CBS
Hill Street Police Station NBC
The model and the snoop ABC
Murder is her hobby CBS
Chief Physician Dr. West phall NBC
1987 LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation NBC
Cagney & Lacey CBS
The model and the snoop ABC
Murder is her hobby CBS
Chief Physician Dr. West phall NBC
1988 The best years ABC
Beauty and the Beast CBS
LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation NBC
Rumpole of the Bailey PBS
Chief Physician Dr. West phall NBC
1989 LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation NBC
Beauty and the Beast CBS
China Beach ABC
The best years
Fight against the mafia CBS

1990s

year series Channel
1990 LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation NBC
China Beach ABC
Back to the past NBC
The best years ABC
Twin peaks
1991 LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation NBC
China Beach ABC
Alaska, of all places CBS
Back to the past NBC
The best years ABC
1992 Alaska, of all places CBS
I'll fly away NBC
LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation
Law & Order
Back to the past
1993 Picket Fences - Crime scene garden fence CBS
Home front ABC
I'll fly away NBC
Law & Order
Alaska, of all places CBS
1994 Picket Fences - Crime scene garden fence CBS
Law & Order NBC
Alaska, of all places CBS
New York Cops - NYPD Blue ABC
Starship Enterprise: The Next Century Syndication
1995 New York Cops - NYPD Blue ABC
Chicago Hope - end of the line hope CBS
Emergency Room - The emergency room NBC
Law & Order
The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases FOX
1996 Emergency Room - The emergency room NBC
Chicago Hope - end of the line hope CBS
New York Cops - NYPD Blue ABC
Law & Order NBC
The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases FOX
1997 Law & Order NBC
Chicago Hope - end of the line hope CBS
Emergency Room - The emergency room NBC
New York Cops - NYPD Blue ABC
The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases FOX
1998 Practice - The lawyers ABC
Emergency Room - The emergency room NBC
Law & Order
New York Cops - NYPD Blue ABC
The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases FOX
1999 Practice - The lawyers ABC
Emergency Room - The emergency room NBC
Law & Order
New York Cops - NYPD Blue ABC
The Sopranos HBO

2000s

year series Channel
2000 The West Wing - At the center of power NBC
Emergency Room - The emergency room NBC
Law & Order NBC
Practice - The lawyers ABC
The Sopranos HBO
2001 The West Wing - At the center of power NBC
Emergency Room - The emergency room NBC
Law & Order NBC
Practice - The lawyers ABC
The Sopranos HBO
2002 The West Wing - At the center of power NBC
24 FOX
CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators CBS
Law & Order NBC
Six Feet Under - People always die HBO
2003 The West Wing - At the center of power NBC
24 FOX
CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators CBS
Six Feet Under - People always die HBO
The Sopranos
2004 The Sopranos HBO
24 FOX
CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators CBS
The heavenly Joan
The West Wing - At the center of power NBC
2005 Lost ABC
24 FOX
Deadwood HBO
Six Feet Under - People always die
The West Wing - At the center of power NBC
2006 24 FOX
Grey's Anatomy ABC
Dr. House FOX
The Sopranos HBO
The West Wing - At the center of power NBC
2007 The Sopranos HBO
Boston Legal ABC
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes NBC
Dr. House FOX
2008 Mad Men AMC
Boston Legal ABC
Damages - In the web of power FX
Dexter Show time
Dr. House FOX
Lost ABC
2009 Mad Men AMC
Big love HBO
Breaking Bad AMC
Damages - In the web of power FX
Dexter Show time
Dr. House FOX
Lost ABC

2010s

year series Channel
2010 Mad Men AMC
Breaking Bad AMC
Dexter Show time
Good Wife CBS
Lost ABC
True Blood HBO
2011 Mad Men AMC
Boardwalk Empire HBO
Dexter Show time
Friday Night Lights DirecTV / NBC
game of Thrones HBO
Good Wife CBS
2012 Homeland Show time
Boardwalk Empire HBO
Breaking Bad AMC
Downton Abbey PBS
game of Thrones HBO
Mad Men AMC
2013 Breaking Bad AMC
Downton Abbey PBS
game of Thrones HBO
Homeland Show time
House of Cards Netflix
Mad Men AMC
2014 Breaking Bad AMC
Downton Abbey PBS
game of Thrones HBO
House of Cards Netflix
Mad Men AMC
True detective HBO
2015 game of Thrones HBO
Better Call Saul AMC
Downton Abbey PBS
Homeland Show time
House of Cards Netflix
Mad Men AMC
Orange is the New Black Netflix
2016 game of Thrones HBO
Better Call Saul AMC
Downton Abbey PBS
Homeland Show time
House of Cards Netflix
The Americans FX
Mr. Robot United States
2017 The Handmaid's Tale Hulu
Better Call Saul AMC
The Crown Netflix
House of Cards
Stranger Things
This Is Us NBC
Westworld HBO
2018 game of Thrones HBO
The Handmaid's Tale Hulu
Westworld HBO
The Crown Netflix
Stranger Things
This Is Us NBC
The Americans FX
2019 game of Thrones HBO
Better Call Saul AMC
Bodyguard Netflix
Killing Eve BBC America
Ozark Netflix
pose FX
Succession HBO
This Is Us NBC

Channel ranking

Most of the profits

4 Emmys
3 Emmys
2 Emmys

Most of the nominations

11 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 59th Primetime Emmys Winners Revealed , Emmys.org. September 16, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007. 
  2. Sopranos wins top prize at Emmys , BBC News . September 17, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007. 
  3. 1958 there were two different categories Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters and Best Dramatic Anthology Series . Smoking Colts won Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters and Playhouse 90 won the Best Dramatic Anthology Series award .
  4. 1959 there were two different categories for drama series: Best Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour and Best Dramatic Series - One Hour or Longer . Alcoa-Goodyear Theater won Best Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour and Playhouse 90 won Best Dramatic Series - One Hour or Longer .
  5. a b c d e Shown as part of Masterpiece Theater .
  6. a b c d e as part of the NBC Mystery Movie series
  7. PBS '' Rumpole 'Back in Emmy Race - as a Drama . In: Los Angeles Times , August 20, 1988. 
  8. ^ Howard Rosenberg: A TV Critic Marks His Emmy Ballot . In: Los Angeles Times , August 28, 1988. 
  9. ^ John Voland: First Off. . . In: Los Angeles Times , August 10, 1988.