Satellite Awards / Television / Best Television Series - Drama

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The Satellite Award for Best TV Series - Drama honors outstanding TV series in the Drama category.

The TV series from the previous year are always awarded.

Nominations and winners

Late 1990s

year	Television series	TV network	Nominations
1996	The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases	FOX	Chicago Hope - Terminus Hope ( CBS ) Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( NBC ) Homicide ( NBC ) New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( ABC )
1997	New York Cops - NYPD Blue	ABC	Homicide ( NBC ) Law & Order ( NBC ) Pretender ( NBC ) The X-Files - The FBI ( FOX ) Scary Cases
1998	Oz - hell behind bars	HBO	Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( NBC ) New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( ABC ) Pretender ( NBC ) The X Files - The FBI ( FOX ) Scary Cases
1999	The West Wing - At the center of power	NBC	Law & Order ( NBC ) Oz - Hell Behind Bars ( HBO ) Practice - The Lawyers ( ABC ) The Sopranos ( HBO )

2000-2009

year	Television series	TV network	Nominations
2000	The West Wing - At the center of power	NBC	On the Run ( CBS ) Again with Feeling ( ABC ) Practice - The Lawyers ( ABC ) The Sopranos ( HBO )
2001	24	FOX	The District - Operation in Washington ( CBS ) Six Feet Under - People Always Die ( HBO ) The Sopranos ( HBO ) The West Wing - In the Center of Power ( NBC )
2002	CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators	CBS	24 ( FOX ) Alias ​​- Die Agentin ( ABC ) Buffy - The Vampire Slayer ( UPN ) Without a Trace - Disappeared without a trace ( CBS )
2003	The Shield - Law of Violence	FX	Boomtown ( NBC ) Carnivàle ( HBO ) Law & Order: New York ( NBC ) Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price ( FX ) Six Feet Under - Always dies ( HBO )
2004	Nip / Tuck - beauty has its price	FX	Boston Legal ( ABC ) The L Word - When Women Love Women ( Showtime ) Lost ( ABC ) The Shield - Law of Violence ( FX )
2005	Dr. House	FOX	Grey's Anatomy ( ABC ) Lost ( ABC ) Nip / Tuck ( FX ) Rescue Me ( FX ) Rome ( HBO )
2006	Dr. House	FOX	24 ( FOX ) Dexter ( Showtime ) Heroes ( NBC ) Rescue Me ( FX ) The Wire ( HBO )
2007	Dexter	Show time	Brothers & Sisters ( ABC ) Friday Night Lights ( NBC ) Grey's Anatomy ( ABC ) Mad Men ( AMC ) The Riches ( FX )
2008	Dexter	Show time	Brotherhood ( Showtime ) Life on Mars ( ABC ) Mad Men ( AMC ) Primeval - Return of the Primeval Monsters ( ITV ) In Treatment - The Therapist ( HBO )
2009	Breaking Bad	AMC	Big Love ( HBO ) Damages ( FX ) Good Wife ( CBS ) Mad Men ( AMC ) In Treatment - The Therapist ( HBO )

Since 2010

year	Television series	TV network	Nominations
2010	Breaking Bad	AMC	Boardwalk Empire ( HBO ) Dexter ( Showtime ) Friday Night Lights ( NBC / DirecTV ) Good Wife ( CBS ) Mad Men ( AMC ) The Tudors ( Showtime )
2011	Justified	FX	Boardwalk Empire ( HBO ) Breaking Bad ( AMC ) Friday Night Lights ( NBC / DirecTV ) Sons of Anarchy ( FX ) Treme ( HBO )
2012	Homeland	Show time	Breaking Bad ( AMC ) Downton Abbey ( PBS ) Game of Thrones ( HBO ) Good Wife ( CBS ) Justified ( FX ) The Newsroom ( HBO ) Good Wife ( CBS ) Nashville ( ABC )
2013	Breaking Bad	AMC	The Americans ( FX ) Downton Abbey ( PBS ) Good Wife ( CBS ) Homeland ( Showtime ) House of Cards ( Netflix ) Last Tango in Halifax ( BBC One , PBS ) Mad Men ( AMC ) Masters of Sex ( Showtime )
2014	The kink	Cinemax	The Affair ( Showtime ) The Fall ( BBC , Netflix ) Fargo ( FX ) Halt and Catch Fire ( AMC ) Hannibal ( NBC ) House of Cards ( Netflix ) True Detective ( HBO )
2015	Better Call Saul	AMC	American Crime ( ABC ) Bloodline ( Netflix ) Deutschland 83 ( Sundance Channel ) Fargo ( FX ) Mr. Robot ( USA Network ) Narcos ( Netflix ) Ray Donovan ( Showtime )
2016	The Crown	Netflix	The Affair ( Showtime ) American Crime ( ABC ) The Americans ( FX ) Better Call Saul ( AMC ) The Fall - Death in Belfast ( BBC Northern Ireland ) Mr. Robot ( USA Network ) Poldark ( PBS )