- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
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Not to be confused with the Daytime Emmy Award with the same name.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Awarded for Outstanding Drama Series Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Country United States Currently held by Mad Men (2011) Official website http://www.emmys.com/ This page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series,[1] since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies,[2] and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show from 1951 to 1954, then Best Dramatic Series in 1955 and 1956. In 1957 no specific award for drama was given, but in 1958 its name was changed again and this time it was two separate categories Best Dramatic Anthology Series, and Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters with a winner selected from each category. The name was changed again in 1959 to Best Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour. In 1960 the name was changed yet again to Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama, this name was kept from 1960 to 1964. In 1966 it had its sixth name change to Outstanding Dramatic Series or Outstanding Series-Drama this was used from 1966 until recently, when it became Outstanding Drama Series.
Since 2000, every single winner has been a serial drama: The West Wing (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003), The Sopranos (2004, 2007), Lost (2005), 24 (2006) and Mad Men (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).
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Winners and nominees
The following tables, divided by decade, display the winners and nominees of the "Drama Series" award, according to the Primetime Emmy Awards database.
1950s
1960s
Year Program Network 1960 Playhouse 90 CBS Ford Startime NBC The Untouchables ABC 1961 Hallmark Hall of Fame: Macbeth NBC Naked City ABC The Twilight Zone CBS The Untouchables ABC 1962 The Defenders CBS Alcoa Premiere ABC Ben Casey The Dick Powell Show NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame Naked City ABC 1963 The Defenders CBS Alcoa Premiere ABC The Dick Powell Show NBC The Eleventh Hour Naked City ABC 1964 The Defenders CBS Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre NBC East Side/West Side CBS Mr. Novak NBC The Richard Boone Show 1966 The Fugitive ABC Bonanza NBC I Spy The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Slattery's People CBS 1967 Mission: Impossible The Avengers ABC I Spy NBC Run for Your Life Star Trek 1968 Mission: Impossible CBS The Avengers ABC I Spy NBC NET Playhouse NET Run for Your Life NBC Star Trek 1969 NET Playhouse NET The F.B.I. ABC Ironside NBC Judd, for the Defense ABC Mission: Impossible CBS The Name of the Game NBC 1970s
Year Program Network 1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC The Forsyte Saga PBS Ironside NBC The Mod Squad ABC The Name of the Game NBC NET Playhouse NET 1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator NBC The First Churchills[5] PBS Ironside NBC Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC NET Playhouse NET 1972 Elizabeth R[5] PBS Columbo[6] NBC Mannix CBS Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC The Six Wives of Henry VIII CBS 1973 The Waltons CBS Cannon CBS Columbo[6] NBC Hawaii Five-O CBS Kung Fu ABC Mannix CBS 1974 Upstairs, Downstairs[5] PBS Kojak CBS Police Story NBC The Streets of San Francisco ABC The Waltons CBS 1975 Upstairs, Downstairs[5] PBS Kojak CBS Police Story NBC The Streets of San Francisco ABC The Waltons CBS 1976 Police Story NBC Baretta ABC Columbo[6] NBC The Streets of San Francisco ABC 1977 Upstairs, Downstairs[5] PBS Baretta ABC Columbo[6] NBC Family ABC Police Story NBC 1978 The Rockford Files NBC Columbo[6] NBC Family ABC Lou Grant CBS Quincy, M.E. NBC 1979 Lou Grant CBS The Paper Chase The Rockford Files NBC 1980s
1990s
Year Program Network 1990 L.A. Law NBC China Beach ABC Quantum Leap NBC thirtysomething ABC Twin Peaks 1991 L.A. Law NBC China Beach ABC Northern Exposure CBS Quantum Leap NBC thirtysomething ABC 1992 Northern Exposure CBS I'll Fly Away NBC L.A. Law Law & Order Quantum Leap 1993 Picket Fences CBS Homefront ABC I'll Fly Away NBC Law & Order Northern Exposure CBS 1994 Picket Fences CBS Law & Order NBC Northern Exposure CBS NYPD Blue ABC Star Trek: The Next Generation Syndicated 1995 NYPD Blue ABC Chicago Hope CBS ER NBC Law & Order The X-Files FOX 1996 ER NBC Chicago Hope CBS NYPD Blue ABC Law & Order NBC The X-Files FOX 1997 Law & Order NBC Chicago Hope CBS ER NBC NYPD Blue ABC The X-Files FOX 1998 The Practice ABC ER NBC Law & Order NYPD Blue ABC The X-Files FOX 1999 The Practice ABC ER NBC Law & Order NYPD Blue ABC The Sopranos HBO 2000s
Year Program Network 2000 The West Wing NBC ER NBC Law & Order NBC The Practice ABC The Sopranos HBO 2001 The West Wing NBC ER NBC Law & Order NBC The Practice ABC The Sopranos HBO 2002 The West Wing NBC 24 FOX CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS Law & Order NBC Six Feet Under HBO 2003 The West Wing NBC 24 FOX CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS Six Feet Under HBO The Sopranos 2004 The Sopranos HBO 24 FOX CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS Joan of Arcadia The West Wing NBC 2005 Lost ABC 24 FOX Deadwood HBO Six Feet Under The West Wing NBC 2006 24 FOX Grey's Anatomy ABC House FOX The Sopranos HBO The West Wing NBC 2007 The Sopranos HBO Boston Legal ABC Grey's Anatomy Heroes NBC House FOX 2008 Mad Men AMC Boston Legal ABC Damages FX Dexter Showtime House FOX Lost ABC 2009 Mad Men AMC Big Love HBO Breaking Bad AMC Damages FX Dexter Showtime House FOX Lost ABC 2010s
Year Program Network 2010 Mad Men AMC Breaking Bad AMC Dexter Showtime The Good Wife CBS Lost ABC True Blood HBO 2011 Mad Men AMC Boardwalk Empire HBO Dexter Showtime Friday Night Lights DirecTV/NBC Game of Thrones HBO The Good Wife CBS Total awards
- NBC - 21
- CBS - 18
- ABC - 9
- PBS - 4
- AMC - 4
- HBO - 2
- FOX - 1
- KECA-TV - 1
- NET - 1
Multiple awards
- 4 awards
- Hill Street Blues
- L.A. Law
- The West Wing
- Mad Men
- 3 awards
- The Defenders
- Playhouse 90
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- 2 awards
- Cagney and Lacey
- Lou Grant
- Mission: Impossible
- Picket Fences
- The Practice
- The Sopranos
- United States Steel Hour
Multiple nominations
- 11 nominations
- Law & Order
- 7 nominations
- ER
- The Sopranos
- Studio One
- The West Wing
- 6 nominations
- Hill Street Blues
- L.A. Law
- NYPD Blue
- St. Elsewhere
- 5 nominations
- 24
- Cagney & Lacey
- Columbo
- Lou Grant
- 4 nominations
- Dexter
- House
- Lost
- Mad Men
- Northern Exposure
- The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
- The Practice
- Thirtysomething
- The X-Files
- 3 nominations
- Chicago Hope
- China Beach
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- The Defenders
- Fame
- Family
- I Spy
- Ironside
- Magnum, P.I.
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Mission: Impossible
- Murder, She Wrote
- Naked City
- Police Story
- Quantum Leap
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- The Rockford Files
- Six Feet Under
- The Streets of San Francisco
- The United States Steel Hour
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- The Waltons
- 2 nominations
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- The Avengers
- Baretta
- Beauty and the Beast
- Boston Legal
- Breaking Bad
- Celanese Theatre
- Dallas
- Damages
- The Dick Powell Show
- The Good Wife
- Grey's Anatomy
- I'll Fly Away
- Kojak
- Kraft Television Theatre
- Moonlighting
- Picket Fences
- Playhouse 90
- Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
- Quincy, M.E.
- Star Trek
- The Untouchables
- The White Shadow
References
- General
- "Advanced Primetime Awards Search". Emmys.org. http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- Specific
- ^ "59th Primetime Emmys Winners Revealed". Emmys.org. 2007-09-16. http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/primetime_wrap.php. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "Sopranos wins top prize at Emmys". BBC News. 2007-09-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6994527.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ In 1958 two separate drama series categories existed, Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters and Best Dramatic Anthology Series, and an award was given in each category. Gunsmoke won Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters, while Playhouse 90 won Best Dramatic Anthology Series.
- ^ In 1959 two separate drama series categories existed, Best Dramatic Series-Less Than One Hour and Best Dramatic Series-One Hour or Longer, and an award was given in each category. Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre won Best Dramatic Series-Less Than One Hour, while Playhouse 90 won Best Dramatic Series-One Hour or Longer.
- ^ a b c d e Shown as part of Masterpiece Theatre.
- ^ a b c d e Shown as part of the NBC Mystery Movie series.
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-20/entertainment/ca-488_1_emmy-nominations
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-28/news/tv-1468_1_lead-comedy-series-actor
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-10/entertainment/ca-13_1_bourne-identity
External links
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 1951–1975 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951) · Westinghouse Studio One (1952) · Robert Montgomery Presents (1953) · The United States Steel Hour (1954) · The United States Steel Hour (1955) · Producers' Showcase (1956) · Gunsmoke (1958) · Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre (1959) · Playhouse 90 (1960) · Macbeth (1961) · The Defenders (1962) · The Defenders (1963) · The Defenders (1964) · The Fugitive (1966) · Mission: Impossible (1967) · Mission: Impossible (1968) · NET Playhouse (1969) · Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970) · The Bold Ones: The Senator (1971) · Elizabeth R (1972) · The Waltons (1973) · Upstairs, Downstairs (1974) · Upstairs, Downstairs (1975)
1976–2000 Police Story (1976) · Upstairs, Downstairs (1977) · The Rockford Files (1978) · Lou Grant (1979) · Lou Grant (1980) · Hill Street Blues (1981) · Hill Street Blues (1982) · Hill Street Blues (1983) · Hill Street Blues (1984) · Cagney & Lacey (1985) · Cagney & Lacey (1986) · L.A. Law (1987) · Thirtysomething (1988) · L.A. Law (1989) · L.A. Law (1990) · L.A. Law (1991) · Northern Exposure (1992) · Picket Fences (1993) · Picket Fences (1994) · NYPD Blue (1995) · ER (1996) · Law & Order (1997) · The Practice (1998) · The Practice (1999) · The West Wing (2000)
2001–present The West Wing (2001) · The West Wing (2002) · The West Wing (2003) · The Sopranos (2004) · Lost (2005) · 24 (2006) · The Sopranos (2007) · Mad Men (2008) · Mad Men (2009) · Mad Men (2010) · Mad Men (2011)
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