| Outstanding Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award |
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| Awarded for | "outstanding dramatic series" |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1951 |
| Most recent winner | Mad Men, AMC (2009) |
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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.
Hill Street Blues, The West Wing and L.A. Law are, with four each, the series with the most wins. NBC is the network with the most winning shows, earning 22 awards. The most recent winner was AMC's Mad Men in 2009.
In the following list, the first titles listed are winners, these are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
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1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Award records
Series
- 4 awards
- Hill Street Blues (consecutive)
- L.A. Law (3 consecutive)
- The West Wing (consecutive)
- 3 awards
- Playhouse 90 (2 consecutive)
- The Defenders (3 consecutive)
- Upstairs, Downstairs (2 consecutive)
- 2 awards
- United States Steel Hour (consecutive)
- Mission: Impossible (consecutive)
- Lou Grant (consecutive)
- Cagney and Lacey (consecutive)
- Picket Fences (consecutive)
- The Practice (consecutive)
- The Sopranos (first-and-only drama to win for final season)
- Mad Men (consecutive)
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.
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