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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Award for drama series directing
Award for drama series directing
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| year | 1955 |
| holder | Adam Randall, |
| Slow Horses (2025) | |
| website |
Slow Horses (2025)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series is presented to the best directing of a television drama series, usually for a particular episode.Though this category is the dominant one in which dramatic directing has been recognized, there were a few years in which the categories were determined by running time, not genre. Until 1979, miniseries and television films competed alongside drama series.
Winners and nominations
1950s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Best Direction | Best Director - Film Series | Best Director - Live Series | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | Best Direction - One Hour or More | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | Best Direction - One Hour or More | Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series Less Than One Hour | Best Direction of a Single Dramatic Program – One Hour or Longer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | *Studio One* | "Twelve Angry Men"Nominated for Best Individual Program of the Year | Franklin J. Schaffner | CBS | ||||||||||
| Four Star Playhouse | "The Answer" | Roy Kellino | CBS | |||||||||||
| The Loretta Young Show | "The Clara Schumann Story" | Robert Florey | NBC | |||||||||||
| The United States Steel Hour | "The Interview" | Alex Segal | ABC | |||||||||||
| Waterfront | "Christmas in San Pedro" | Ted Post | Syndicated | |||||||||||
| Your Hit Parade | Clark Jones | NBC | ||||||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| *The Phil Silvers Show* | Nat Hiken | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | "The Case of Mr. Pelham" | Alfred Hitchcock | CBS | |||||||||||
| The Bob Cummings Show | "Return of the Wolf" | Rod Amateau | ||||||||||||
| Dragnet | Jack Webb | NBC | ||||||||||||
| Make Room for Daddy | Sheldon Leonard | ABC | ||||||||||||
| You Are There | "Grant & Lee at Appomattox" | Bernard Girard | CBS | |||||||||||
| *Ford Star Jubilee* | "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"Nominated for Best Single Program of the Year | Franklin J. Schaffner | CBS | |||||||||||
| Climax! | "Portrait in Celluloid" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |||||||||||
| Producers' Showcase | "Peter Pan"Won Best Single Program of the Year | Clark Jones | NBC | |||||||||||
| "Our Town" | Delbert Mann | |||||||||||||
| The United States Steel Hour | "No Time for Sergeants" | Alex Segal | CBS | |||||||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||||||||
| *The Danny Thomas Show* | "Danny's Comeback" | Sheldon Leonard | ABC | |||||||||||
| Camera Three | "As I Lay Dying" | Clay Yurdin | CBS | |||||||||||
| General Electric Theater | "The Road That Led Afar" | Herschel Daugherty | ||||||||||||
| Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers | "The Traitor" | George Archainbaud | NBC | |||||||||||
| You Are There | "First Moscow Purge Trial" | [William D. Russell (director) | William D. Russell | CBS | ||||||||||
| *[Playhouse 90* | "Requiem for a Heavyweight" | Ralph Nelson | CBS | |||||||||||
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | "October 5, 1956" | Bob Banner | NBC | |||||||||||
| Kraft Television Theatre | "A Night to Remember" | George Roy Hill | ||||||||||||
| NBC Opera Theatre | "La Boheme" | Kirk Browning | ||||||||||||
| Playhouse 90 | "Forbidden Area" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |||||||||||
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | "Child of the Regiment" | Lewis Allen | CBS | |||||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* | "The Glass Eye" | Robert Stevens | CBS | |||||||||||
| The Danny Thomas Show | Sheldon Leonard | ABC & CBS | ||||||||||||
| Father Knows Best | Peter Tewksbury | NBC | ||||||||||||
| The Patrice Munsel Show | Clark Jones | ABC | ||||||||||||
| Your Hit Parade | Bill Hobin | NBC | ||||||||||||
| *The Dinah Shore Chevy Show* | Bob Banner | NBC | ||||||||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Green Pastures" | George Schaefer | NBC | |||||||||||
| Playhouse 90 | "The Comedian" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |||||||||||
| "Helen Morgan" | George Roy Hill | |||||||||||||
| "The Miracle Worker" | Arthur Penn | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| *Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre* | "Eddie" | Jack Smight | NBC | |||||||||||
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | "Lamb to the Slaughter" | Alfred Hitchcock | CBS | |||||||||||
| General Electric Theater | "Kid at the Stick" | James Neilson | NBC | |||||||||||
| "One is a Wanderer" | Herschel Daugherty | |||||||||||||
| Peter Gunn | "The Kill" | Blake Edwards | ||||||||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Little Moon of Alban"Nominated for Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year | George Schaefer | NBC | |||||||||||
| Playhouse 90 | "Child of Our Time" | George Roy Hill | CBS | |||||||||||
| "A Town Has Turned to Dust" | John Frankenheimer |
1960s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama | Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Directors | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | *The Moon and Sixpence* | Robert Mulligan | NBC | ||||
| Ford Startime | "The Turn of the Screw" | John Frankenheimer | NBC | ||||
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | "The Untouchables" | Phil Karlson | CBS | ||||
| 1961 | *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Macbeth"Won Program of the Year | George Schaefer | NBC | |||
| NBC Sunday Showcase | "Sacco-Vanzetti Story"Nominated for Program of the Year | Sidney Lumet | NBC | ||||
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | "The Man in the Funny Suit" | Ralph Nelson | CBS | ||||
| 1962 | *The Defenders* | Franklin J. Schaffner | CBS | ||||
| Alcoa Premiere | "People Need People" | Alex Segal | ABC | ||||
| Dr. Kildare | "Shining Image" | Buzz Kulik | NBC | ||||
| Naked City | Arthur Hiller | ABC | |||||
| Westinghouse Presents | "Come Again to Carthage" | Jack Smight | CBS | ||||
| 1963 | *The Defenders* | "The Madman" | Stuart Rosenberg | CBS | |||
| Alcoa Premiere | "The Voice of Charlie Pont" | Robert Ellis Miller | ABC | ||||
| Ben Casey | "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" | Sydney Pollack | |||||
| The DuPont Show of the Week | "Big Deal in Laredo" | Fielder Cook | NBC | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" | George Schaefer | |||||
| 1964 | *East Side/West Side* | "Who Do You Kill?" | Tom Gries | CBS | |||
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "Something About Lee Wiley" | Sydney Pollack | NBC | ||||
| The Defenders | "Blacklist" | Stuart Rosenberg | CBS | ||||
| "Moment of Truth" | Paul Bogart | ||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Patriots" | George Schaefer | NBC | ||||
| 1965 | *The Defenders* | "The 700 Year-Old Gang" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Magnificent Yankee" | George Schaefer | NBC | ||||
| My Name Is Barbra | Dwight Hemion | CBS | |||||
| 1966 | *Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre* | "The Game" | Sydney Pollack | NBC | |||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Eagle in a Cage"Nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Program | George Schaefer | NBC | ||||
| "Inherit the Wind" | |||||||
| I Spy | "A Cup of Kindness" | Sheldon Leonard | |||||
| 1967 | *Death of a Salesman*Won Outstanding Dramatic Program | Alex Segal | CBS | ||||
| CBS Playhouse | "The Final War of Olly Winter" | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Anastasia" | George Schaefer | NBC | ||||
| Mark Twain Tonight! | Paul Bogart | CBS | |||||
| 1968 | *CBS Playhouse* | "Dear Friends" | Paul Bogart | CBS | |||
| CBS Playhouse | "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" | George Schaefer | CBS | ||||
| The Crucible | Alex Segal | ||||||
| Mission: Impossible | "The Killing" | Lee H. Katzin | |||||
| 1969 | *CBS Playhouse* | "The People Next Door" | David Greene | CBS | |||
| CBS Playhouse | "Secrets" | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Teacher, Teacher" | Fielder Cook | NBC |
1970s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme | Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme | Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | *CBS Playhouse* | "Shadow Game" | Paul Bogart | CBS | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "A Storm in Summer" | Buzz Kulik | NBC | |||||
| NBC World Premiere Movie | My Sweet Charlie | Lamont Johnson | ||||||
| 1971 | *The Bold Ones: The Senator* | "The Day the Lion Died" | Daryl Duke | NBC | ||||
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | "A Single Blow of a Sword" | John Badham | NBC | |||||
| Hawaii Five-O | "Over Fifty? Steal!" | Bob Sweeney | CBS | |||||
| 1972 | *The Bold Ones: The Lawyers* | "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" | Alexander Singer | NBC | ||||
| Columbo | "Short Fuse" | Edward M. Abroms | NBC | |||||
| The Man and the City | "Hands of Love" | Daniel Petrie | ABC | |||||
| 1973 | *Kung Fu* | "An Eye for an Eye" | Jerry Thorpe | ABC | ||||
| Columbo | "The Most Dangerous Match" | Edward M. Abroms | NBC | |||||
| The Waltons | "The Love Story" | Lee Philips | CBS | |||||
| 1974 | *The Blue Knight*Nominated for Outstanding Limited Series | "Part III" | Robert Butler | NBC | ||||
| The Waltons | "The Journey" | Harry Harris | CBS | |||||
| "The Thanksgiving Story" | Philip Leacock | |||||||
| 1975 | *Upstairs, Downstairs* | "A Sudden Storm" | Bill Bain | PBS | ||||
| Benjamin FranklinWon Outstanding Limited Series | "The Ambassador" | Glenn Jordan | CBS | |||||
| Kojak | "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" | David Friedkin | ||||||
| "I Want to Report a Dream..." | Telly Savalas | |||||||
| The Streets of San Francisco | "The Mask of Death" | Harry Falk | ABC | |||||
| 1976 | *Rich Man, Poor Man* | "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" | David Greene | ABC | ||||
| Beacon Hill | "Pilot" | Fielder Cook | CBS | |||||
| Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | "Part IV" | James Cellan Jones | PBS | |||||
| Lincoln | "Crossing Fox River" | George Schaefer | NBC | |||||
| Rich Man, Poor Man | "Part VI: Chapter 8" | Boris Sagal | ABC | |||||
| Upstairs, Downstairs | "Women Shall Not Weep" | Christopher Hodson | PBS | |||||
| 1977 | *Roots* | "Part I" | David Greene | ABC | ||||
| The Adams Chronicles | "John Quincy Adams: President" | Fred Coe | PBS | |||||
| Roots | "Part II" | John Erman | ABC | |||||
| "Part III" | Marvin J. Chomsky | |||||||
| "Part VI" | Gilbert Moses | |||||||
| 1978 | *Holocaust* | Marvin J. Chomsky | NBC | |||||
| The Dain Curse | E. W. Swackhamer | CBS | ||||||
| I, Claudius | Herbert Wise | PBS | ||||||
| King | Abby Mann | NBC | ||||||
| Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Gary Nelson | ABC | ||||||
| 1979 | *The White Shadow* | "Pilot" | Jackie Cooper | CBS | ||||
| Lou Grant | "Murder" | Mel Damski | CBS | |||||
| "Prisoner" | Gene Reynolds | |||||||
| "Schools" | Burt Brinckerhoff |
1980s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | *Lou Grant* | "Cop" | Roger Young | CBS |
| Lou Grant | "Andrew, Part 2" | Peter Levin | CBS | |
| "Hollywood" | Burt Brinckerhoff | |||
| "Influence" | Gene Reynolds | |||
| Skag | "Pilot" | Frank Perry | NBC | |
| 1981 | *Hill Street Blues* | "Hill Street Station" | Robert Butler | NBC |
| American Dream | "Pilot" | Mel Damski | ABC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Jungle Madness" | Corey Allen | NBC | |
| "Up in Arms" | Georg Stanford Brown | |||
| Lou Grant | "Pack" | Burt Brinckerhoff | CBS | |
| "Strike" | Gene Reynolds | |||
| 1982 | *Fame* | "To Soar and Never Falter" | Harry Harris | NBC |
| Fame | "Musical Bridge" | Robert Scheerer | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "The Second Oldest Profession" | Robert Butler | ||
| "The World According to Freedom" | Jeff Bleckner | |||
| Lou Grant | "Hometown" | Gene Reynolds | CBS | |
| 1983 | *Hill Street Blues* | "Life in the Minors" | Jeff Bleckner | NBC |
| Fame | "And the Winner Is..." | Marc Daniels | NBC | |
| "Feelings" | Robert Scheerer | |||
| The Mississippi | "Old Hatred Die Hard" | Leo Penn | CBS | |
| 1984 | *Hill Street Blues* | "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" | Corey Allen | NBC |
| Fame | "Sheer Will" | Robert Scheerer | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Doris in Wonderland" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | ||
| "Midway to What?" | Thomas Carter | |||
| 1985 | *Cagney & Lacey* | "Heat" | Karen Arthur | CBS |
| Hill Street Blues | "El Capitan" | Georg Stanford Brown | NBC | |
| "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" | Thomas Carter | |||
| Miami Vice | "Cool Runnin'" | Lee H. Katzin | ||
| "Smuggler's Blues" | Paul Michael Glaser | |||
| 1986 | *Cagney & Lacey* | "Parting Shots" | Georg Stanford Brown | CBS |
| Amazing Stories | "The Mission" | Steven Spielberg | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Two Easy Pieces" | Gabrielle Beaumont | ||
| Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Peter Werner | ABC | |
| "My Fair David" | Will Mackenzie | |||
| 1987 | *L.A. Law* | "Pilot" | Gregory Hoblit | NBC |
| Cagney & Lacey | "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 2" | Sharron Miller | CBS | |
| L.A. Law | "The Venus Butterfly" | Donald Petrie | NBC | |
| Moonlighting | "Atomic Shakespeare" | Will Mackenzie | ABC | |
| "I Am Curious... Maddie" | Allan Arkush | |||
| 1988 | *St. Elsewhere* | "Weigh In, Way Out" | Mark Tinker | NBC |
| China Beach | "Pilot" | Rod Holcomb | ABC | |
| L.A. Law | "Beauty and Obese" | Sam Weisman | NBC | |
| "Full Martial Jacket" | Win Phelps | |||
| "Handroll Express" | Kim Friedman | |||
| "The Wizard of Odds | Gregory Hoblit | |||
| 1989 | *Tanner '88* | "The Boiler Room" | Robert Altman | HBO |
| L.A. Law | "I'm in the Nude for Love" | Eric Laneuville | NBC | |
| "To Live and Diet in L.A." | John Pasquin | |||
| Midnight Caller | "Conversations with the Assassin" | Thomas Carter | ||
| thirtysomething | "We'll Meet Again" | Scott Winant | ABC |
1990s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | *Equal Justice* | "Promises to Keep" | Thomas Carter | ABC |
| *thirtysomething* | "The Go-Between" | Scott Winant | ||
| L.A. Law | "The Last Gasp" | Rick Wallace | NBC | |
| "Noah's Bark" | Win Phelps | |||
| Twin Peaks | "Pilot" | David Lynch | ABC | |
| 1991 | *Equal Justice* | "In Confidence" | Thomas Carter | ABC |
| China Beach | "You, Babe" | Mimi Leder | ABC | |
| Cop Rock | "Pilot" | Gregory Hoblit | ||
| L.A. Law | "God Rest You Murray Gentleman" | Tom Moore | NBC | |
| 1992 | *I'll Fly Away* | "All God's Children" | Eric Laneuville | NBC |
| China Beach | "Rewind" | Mimi Leder | ABC | |
| L.A. Law | "Say Goodnight, Gracie" | Rick Wallace | NBC | |
| Northern Exposure | "Seoul Mates" | Jack Bender | CBS | |
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Nancy Malone | ||
| 1993 | *Homicide: Life on the Street* | "Gone for Goode" | Barry Levinson | NBC |
| I'll Fly Away | "Until Tomorrow" | Eric Laneuville | NBC | |
| Law & Order | "Conspiracy" | Edwin Sherin | ||
| Sirens | "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" | Robert Butler | ABC | |
| Sisters | "Crash and Born" | Nancy Malone | NBC | |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | "Northern Italy, 1918" | Bille August | ABC | |
| 1994 | *NYPD Blue* | "Tempest in a C-Cup" | Daniel Sackheim | ABC |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | "Pilot" | Robert Butler | ABC | |
| NYPD Blue | "Guns 'N Rosaries" | Michael M. Robin | ||
| "Pilot" | Gregory Hoblit | |||
| "True Confessions" | Charles Haid | |||
| 1995 | *ER* | "Love's Labor Lost" | Mimi Leder | NBC |
| Chicago Hope | "Life Support" | Lou Antonio | CBS | |
| ER | "Pilot" | Rod Holcomb | NBC | |
| My So-Called Life | "Pilot" | Scott Winant | ABC | |
| NYPD Blue | "Innuendo" | Mark Tinker | ||
| 1996 | *Chicago Hope* | "Leave of Absence" | Jeremy Kagan | CBS |
| ER | "The Healers" | Mimi Leder | NBC | |
| "Hell and High Water" | Christopher Chulack | |||
| Murder One | "Chapter One" | Charles Haid | ABC | |
| NYPD Blue | "Blackboard Jungle" | Mark Tinker | ||
| 1997 | *NYPD Blue* | "Where's 'Swaldo?" | Mark Tinker | ABC |
| ER | "Fear of Flying" | Christopher Chulack | NBC | |
| "Last Call" | Rod Holcomb | |||
| "Union Station" | Tom Moore | |||
| The X-Files | "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man" | James Wong | Fox | |
| 1998 | *Brooklyn South* | "Pilot" | Mark Tinker | CBS |
| *NYPD Blue* | "Lost Israel, Part 2" | Paris Barclay | ABC | |
| Chicago Hope | "Brain Salad Surgery" | Bill D'Elia | CBS | |
| ER | "Ambush" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC | |
| The X-Files | "The Post-Modern Prometheus" | Chris Carter | Fox | |
| 1999 | *NYPD Blue* | "Hearts and Souls" | Paris Barclay | ABC |
| Law & Order | "Empire" | Matthew Penn | NBC | |
| Law & Order/Homicide: Life on the Street | "Sideshow" | Edwin Sherin | ||
| The Sopranos | "The Sopranos" | David Chase | HBO |
2000s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | *The West Wing* | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC |
| ER | "All in the Family" | Jonathan Kaplan | NBC | |
| "Such Sweet Sorrow" | John Wells | |||
| The Sopranos | "Funhouse" | John Patterson | HBO | |
| "The Knight in White Satin Armor" | Allen Coulter | |||
| 2001 | *The West Wing* | "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC |
| ER | "The Visit" | Jonathan Kaplan | NBC | |
| The Sopranos | "Amour Fou" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| "Pine Barrens" | Steve Buscemi | |||
| "University" | Allen Coulter | |||
| The West Wing | "Shibboleth" | Laura Innes | NBC | |
| 2002 | *Six Feet Under* | "Pilot" | Alan Ball | HBO |
| The Shield | "Pilot" | Clark Johnson | FX | |
| 24 | "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." | Stephen Hopkins | Fox | |
| The West Wing | "The Indians in the Lobby" | Paris Barclay | NBC | |
| "Posse Comitatus" | Alex Graves | |||
| 2003 | *The West Wing* | "Twenty Five" | Christopher Misiano | NBC |
| Six Feet Under | "Nobody Sleeps" | Alan Poul | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | "Whitecaps" | John Patterson | ||
| "Whoever Did This" | Tim Van Patten | |||
| 24 | "Day 2: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m." | Ian Toynton | Fox | |
| 2004 | *Deadwood* | "Deadwood" | Walter Hill | HBO |
| ER | "The Lost" | Christopher Chulack | NBC | |
| Nip/Tuck | "Pilot" | Ryan Murphy | FX | |
| The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" | Allen Coulter | HBO | |
| "Long Term Parking" | Tim Van Patten | |||
| 2005 | *Lost* | "Pilot" | J. J. Abrams | ABC |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Grave Danger" | Quentin Tarantino | CBS | |
| Deadwood | "Complications" | Gregg Fienberg | HBO | |
| Grey's Anatomy | "A Hard Day's Night" | Peter Horton | ABC | |
| Huff | "Crazy Nuts & All Fucked Up" | Scott Winant | Showtime | |
| Rescue Me | "Guts" | Peter Tolan | FX | |
| The West Wing | "2162 Votes" | Alex Graves | NBC | |
| 2006 | *24* | "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Fox |
| Big Love | "Pilot" | Rodrigo Garcia | HBO | |
| Lost | "Live Together, Die Alone" | Jack Bender | ABC | |
| Six Feet Under | "Everyone's Waiting" | Alan Ball | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | "Join the Club" | David Nutter | ||
| "Members Only" | Tim Van Patten | |||
| The West Wing | "Election Day, Part 1" | Mimi Leder | NBC | |
| 2007 | *The Sopranos* | "Kennedy and Heidi" | Alan Taylor | HBO |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Exodus, Part 2" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Sci Fi | |
| Boston Legal | "Son of the Defender" | Bill D'Elia | ABC | |
| Friday Night Lights | "Pilot" | Peter Berg | NBC | |
| Heroes | "Genesis" | David Semel | ||
| Lost | "Through the Looking Glass" | Jack Bender | ABC | |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | NBC | |
| 2008 | *House* | "House's Head" | Greg Yaitanes | Fox |
| Boston Legal | "The Mighty Rogues" | Arlene Sanford | ABC | |
| Breaking Bad | "Pilot" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Damages | "Get Me a Lawyer" | Allen Coulter | FX | |
| Mad Men | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Alan Taylor | AMC | |
| 2009 | *ER* | "And in the End..." | Rod Holcomb | NBC |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Daybreak, Part 2" | Michael Rymer | Sci Fi | |
| Boston Legal | "Made in China" & "Last Call" | Bill D'Elia | ABC | |
| Damages | "Trust Me" | Todd A. Kessler | FX | |
| Mad Men | "The Jet Set" | Phil Abraham | AMC |
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||
| *Dexter* | "The Getaway" | Steve Shill | Showtime | |
| Breaking Bad | "One Minute" | Michelle MacLaren | AMC | |
| Lost | "The End" | Jack Bender | ABC | |
| Mad Men | "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" | Lesli Linka Glatter | AMC | |
| Treme | "Do You Know What It Means" | Agnieszka Holland | HBO | |
| 2011 | ||||
| *Boardwalk Empire* | "Boardwalk Empire" | Martin Scorsese | HBO | |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Anastasia" | Jeremy Podeswa | HBO | |
| The Borgias | "The Poisoned Chalice" & "The Assassin" | Neil Jordan | Showtime | |
| Game of Thrones | "Winter Is Coming" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| The Killing | "Pilot" | Patty Jenkins | AMC | |
| 2012 | ||||
| *Boardwalk Empire* | "To the Lost" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| Breaking Bad | "Face Off" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode 207" | Brian Percival | PBS | |
| Homeland | "Pilot" | Michael Cuesta | Showtime | |
| Mad Men | "The Other Woman" | Phil Abraham | AMC | |
| 2013 | ||||
| *House of Cards* | "Chapter 1" | David Fincher | Netflix | |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Margate Sands" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| Breaking Bad | "Gliding Over All" | Michelle MacLaren | AMC | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode 304" | Jeremy Webb | PBS | |
| Homeland | "Q&A" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| 2014 | ||||
| *True Detective* | "Who Goes There" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | HBO | |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Farewell Daddy Blues" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| Breaking Bad | "Felina" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode 401" | David Evans | PBS | |
| Game of Thrones | "The Watchers on the Wall" | Neil Marshall | HBO | |
| House of Cards | "Chapter 14" | Carl Franklin | Netflix | |
| 2015 | ||||
| *Game of Thrones* | "Mother's Mercy" | David Nutter | HBO | |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Eldorado" | Tim Van Patten | HBO | |
| Game of Thrones | "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" | Jeremy Podeswa | ||
| Homeland | "From A to B and Back Again" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| The Knick | "Method and Madness" | Steven Soderbergh | Cinemax | |
| 2016 | ||||
| *Game of Thrones* | "Battle of the Bastards" | Miguel Sapochnik | HBO | |
| Downton Abbey | "Episode 609" | Michael Engler | PBS | |
| Game of Thrones | "The Door" | Jack Bender | HBO | |
| Homeland | "The Tradition of Hospitality" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| The Knick | "This Is All We Are" | Steven Soderbergh | Cinemax | |
| Ray Donovan | "Exsuscito" | David Hollander | Showtime | |
| 2017 | ||||
| *The Handmaid's Tale* | "Offred" | Reed Morano | Hulu | |
| Better Call Saul | "Witness" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| The Crown | "Hyde Park Corner" | Stephen Daldry | Netflix | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | "The Bridge" | Kate Dennis | Hulu | |
| Homeland | "America First" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| Stranger Things | "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" | The Duffer Brothers | Netflix | |
| Westworld | "The Bicameral Mind" | Jonathan Nolan | HBO | |
| 2018 | ||||
| *The Crown* | "Paterfamilias" | Stephen Daldry | Netflix | |
| Game of Thrones | "Beyond the Wall" | Alan Taylor | HBO | |
| "The Dragon and the Wolf" | Jeremy Podeswa | |||
| The Handmaid's Tale | "After" | Kari Skogland | Hulu | |
| Ozark | "The Toll" | Jason Bateman | Netflix | |
| "Tonight We Improvise" | Daniel Sackheim | |||
| Stranger Things | "Chapter Nine: The Gate" | The Duffer Brothers | ||
| 2019 | ||||
| *Ozark* | "Reparations" | Jason Bateman | Netflix | |
| Game of Thrones | "The Iron Throne" | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss | HBO | |
| "The Last of the Starks" | David Nutter | |||
| "The Long Night" | Miguel Sapochnik | |||
| The Handmaid's Tale | "Holly" | Daina Reid | Hulu | |
| Killing Eve | "Desperate Times" | Lisa Brühlmann | BBC America | |
| Succession | "Celebration" | Adam McKay | HBO |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||
| *Succession* | "Hunting" | Andrij Parekh | HBO | |
| The Crown | "Aberfan" | Benjamin Caron | Netflix | |
| "Cri de Coeur" | Jessica Hobbs | |||
| Homeland | "Prisoners of War" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Showtime | |
| The Morning Show | "The Interview" | Mimi Leder | Apple TV+ | |
| Ozark | "Fire Pink" | Alik Sakharov | Netflix | |
| "Su Casa Es Mi Casa" | Ben Semanoff | |||
| Succession | "This Is Not for Tears" | Mark Mylod | HBO | |
| 2021 | ||||
| *The Crown* | "War" | Jessica Hobbs | Netflix | |
| Bridgerton | "Diamond of the First Water" | Julie Anne Robinson | Netflix | |
| The Crown | "Fairytale" | Benjamin Caron | ||
| The Handmaid's Tale | "The Wilderness" | Liz Garbus | Hulu | |
| The Mandalorian | "Chapter 9: The Marshal" | Jon Favreau | Disney+ | |
| Pose | "Series Finale" | Steven Canals | FX | |
| 2022 | ||||
| (74th) | ||||
| *Squid Game* | "Red Light, Green Light" | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Netflix | |
| Ozark | "A Hard Way to Go" | Jason Bateman | Netflix | |
| Severance | "The We We Are" | Ben Stiller | Apple TV+ | |
| Succession | "All the Bells Say" | Mark Mylod | HBO | |
| "The Disruption" | Cathy Yan | |||
| "Too Much Birthday" | Lorene Scafaria | |||
| Yellowjackets | "Pilot" | Karyn Kusama | Showtime | |
| 2023 | ||||
| (75th) | ||||
| *Succession* | "Connor's Wedding" | Mark Mylod | HBO | |
| Andor | "Rix Road" | Benjamin Caron | Disney+ | |
| Bad Sisters | "The Prick" | Dearbhla Walsh | Apple TV+ | |
| The Last of Us | "Long, Long Time" | Peter Hoar | HBO | |
| Succession | "America Decides" | Andrij Parekh | ||
| "Living+" | Lorene Scafaria | |||
| The White Lotus | "Arrivederci" | Mike White | ||
| 2024 | ||||
| (76th) | ||||
| *Shōgun* | "Crimson Sky" | Frederick E. O. Toye | FX | |
| The Crown | "Sleep, Dearie Sleep" | Stephen Daldry | Netflix | |
| The Morning Show | "The Overview Effect" | Mimi Leder | Apple TV+ | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | "First Date" | Hiro Murai | Prime Video | |
| Slow Horses | "Strange Games" | Saul Metzstein | Apple TV+ | |
| Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | "BEAT L.A." | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | HBO | |
| 2025 | ||||
| (77th) | ||||
| *Slow Horses* | "Hello Goodbye" | Adam Randall | Apple TV+ | |
| Andor | "Who Are You?" | Janus Metz | Disney+ | |
| The Pitt | "6:00 P.M." | Amanda Marsalis | HBO Max | |
| "7:00 A.M." | John Wells | |||
| Severance | "Chikhai Bardo" | Jessica Lee Gagné | Apple TV+ | |
| "Cold Harbor" | Ben Stiller | |||
| The White Lotus | "Amor Fati" | Mike White | HBO |
Total awards by network
- NBC – 21
- CBS – 17
- ABC – 11
- HBO – 10
- Netflix – 5
- Fox – 2
- Apple TV+ - 1
- Hulu – 1
- PBS – 1
- Showtime – 1
Programs with multiple awards
;4 awards
- NYPD Blue (3 consecutive)
;3 awards
- CBS Playhouse (consecutive)
- The Defenders (2 consecutive)
- Hill Street Blues (2 consecutive)
- The West Wing (2 consecutive)
;2 awards
- Boardwalk Empire (consecutive)
- The Crown
- Cagney & Lacey (consecutive)
- Equal Justice (consecutive)
- ER
- Game of Thrones (consecutive)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Succession
Programs with multiple nominations
;13 nominations
- ER (NBC)
- The Sopranos (HBO)
;12 nominations
- Hill Street Blues (NBC)
- L.A. Law (NBC)
;11 nominations
- Game of Thrones (HBO)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)
;10 nominations
- Lou Grant (CBS)
;9 nominations
- NYPD Blue (ABC)
- Succession (HBO)
;8 nominations
- The West Wing (NBC)
;7 nominations
- The Crown (Netflix)
- Playhouse 90 (CBS)
;6 nominations
- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
- CBS Playhouse (CBS)
- Homeland (Showtime)
- Ozark (Netflix)
;5 nominations
- Breaking Bad (AMC)
- The Defenders (CBS)
- Fame (NBC)
- The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
;4 nominations
- Downton Abbey (PBS)
- Lost (ABC)
- Mad Men (AMC)
- Moonlighting (ABC)
- Roots (ABC)
;3 nominations
- 24 (Fox)
- Boston Legal (ABC)
- Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
- Chicago Hope (CBS)
- China Beach (ABC)
- General Electric Theatre (NBC)
- Law & Order (NBC)
- Severance (Apple TV+)
- Six Feet Under (HBO)
- The Waltons (CBS)
;2 nominations
- Alcoa Premiere (ABC)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
- Andor (Disney+)
- Battlestar Galactica (Syfy)
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC)
- The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
- Columbo (NBC)
- Damages (FX)
- Deadwood (HBO)
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)
- Equal Justice (ABC)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
- House of Cards (Netflix)
- I'll Fly Away (NBC)
- The Knick (Cinemax)
- Kojak (CBS)
- Miami Vice (NBC)
- The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
- The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Producers' Showcase (NBC)
- Rich Man, Poor Man (PBS)
- Sirens (ABC)
- Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
- Stranger Things (Netflix)
- thirtysomething (ABC)
- The United States Steel Hour (ABC)
- Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS)
- The White Lotus (HBO)
- The X-Files (Fox)
Individuals with multiple awards
;3 awards
- Paul Bogart
- David Greene (2 consecutive)
- Mark Tinker (2 consecutive) ;2 awards
- Paris Barclay (consecutive)
- Robert Butler
- Thomas Carter (consecutive)
- George Schaefer
- Franklin J. Schaffner (consecutive)
- Thomas Schlamme (consecutive)
Individuals with multiple nominations
;10 nominations
- George Schaefer
;9 nominations
- Tim Van Patten
;7 nominations
- Paul Bogart
- Mimi Leder
;6 nominations
- Lesli Linka Glatter
;5 nominations
- Jack Bender
- Robert Butler
- Thomas Carter
- John Frankenheimer
- Alex Segal
- Mark Tinker
;4 nominations
- Allen Coulter
- Vince Gilligan
- Gregory Hoblit
- Rod Holcomb
- Gene Reynolds
- Thomas Schlamme
- Scott Winant
;3 nominations
- Paris Barclay
- Jason Bateman
- Burt Brinckerhoff
- Georg Stanford Brown
- Benjamin Caron
- Christopher Chulack
- Fielder Cook
- Stephen Daldry
- Bill D'Elia
- David Greene
- George Roy Hill
- Eric Laneuville
- Mark Mylod
- David Nutter
- Sydney Pollack
- Jeremy Podeswa
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Robert Scheerer
- Alan Taylor
;2 nominations
- Phil Abraham
- Edward M. Abroms
- Corey Allen
- Alan Ball
- Bob Banner
- Jeff Bleckner
- Benjamin Caron
- Marvin J. Chomsky
- Mel Damski
- The Duffer Brothers
- Alex Graves
- Charles Haid
- Harry Harris
- Jessica Hobbs
- Clark Jones
- Jonathan Kaplan
- Lee H. Katzin
- Buzz Kulik
- Will Mackenzie
- Michelle MacLaren
- Nancy Malone
- Tom Moore
- Ralph Nelson
- Andrij Parekh
- John Patterson
- Win Phelps
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Daniel Sackheim
- Miguel Sapochnik
- Lorene Scafaria
- Edwin Sherin
- Jack Smight
- Steven Soderbergh
- Ben Stiller
- Rick Wallace
- John Wells
- Mike White
Notes
References
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