Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama^[1] is one of the annual Golden Globe Awards, given to the best drama television series. Documentary series and mini-series are also eligible for this award. From 1962 to 1968, the category was Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, and grouped musical, comedy and drama series in a single category. After 1968, musical and comedy series were given their own category, the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

1960s

Year	Program	Network
Best Television Series
1961	My Three Sons	ABC
1961	What's My Line?	CBS
1962	Best Drama Series
	The Defenders	CBS
	Best Television Program
	The Dick Powell Show	NBC
Best Drama Series
1963	The Richard Boone Show	NBC
	Bonanza	NBC
	The Defenders	CBS
	The Eleventh Hour	NBC
	Rawhide	CBS
Best Television Series
1964	The Rogues	NBC
	12 O'Clock High	ABC
	The Munsters	CBS
	The Red Skelton Hour	CBS
	Wendy and Me	ABC
Best Television Program
1965	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
	Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music	NBC
	Get Smart
	I Spy
	My Name Is Barbra	CBS
Best Television Series
1966	I Spy	NBC
	The Fugitive	ABC
	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
	Run For Your Life	NBC
	That Girl	ABC
1967	Mission: Impossible	CBS
	The Carol Burnett Show	CBS
	The Dean Martin Show	NBC
	Garrison's Gorillas	ABC
	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	NBC
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	NBC
	The Carol Burnett Show	CBS
	The Doris Day Show	CBS
	Julia	NBC
	The Name of the Game	NBC
Best Drama Series
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Bracken's World	NBC
	The Mod Squad	ABC
	Mannix	CBS
	Room 222	ABC

1970s

Year	Program	Network
1970	Medical Center	CBS
	The Bold Ones: The Senator	NBC
	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	The Mod Squad
	The Young Lawyers
1971	Mannix	CBS
	Marcus Welby, M.D.	ABC
	Medical Center	CBS
	The Mod Squad	ABC
	O'Hara, U.S. Treasury	CBS
1972	Columbo	NBC
	America	BBC
	Mannix	CBS
	Medical Center
	The Waltons
1973	The Waltons	CBS
	Cannon	CBS
	Columbo	NBC
	Hawkins	CBS
	Mannix	CBS
	Police Story	NBC
1974	Upstairs, Downstairs	ITV
	Columbo	NBC
	Kojak	CBS
	Police Story	NBC
	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC
	The Waltons	CBS
1975	Kojak	CBS
	Baretta	ABC
	Columbo	NBC
	Petrocelli
	Police Story
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	ABC
	Captains and the Kings	NBC
	Charlie's Angels	ABC
	Family	ABC
	Little House on the Prairie	NBC
1977	Roots	ABC
	Charlie's Angels	ABC
	Columbo	NBC
	Family	ABC
	Starsky and Hutch	ABC
	Upstairs, Downstairs	ITV
1978	60 Minutes^[a]	CBS
	Battlestar Galactica	ABC
	Family	ABC
	Holocaust	NBC
	Lou Grant	CBS
1979	Lou Grant	CBS
	Backstairs at the White House	NBC
	Centennial	NBC
	Dallas	CBS
	The Rockford Files	NBC
	Roots: The Next Generations	ABC

^ Nomination refused by Don Hewitt

1980s

Year	Program	Network
1980	Shōgun	NBC
	Dallas	CBS
	Hart to Hart	ABC
	Lou Grant	CBS
	Moviola	NBC
	Vega$	CBS
1981	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Dallas	CBS
	Dynasty	ABC
	Hart to Hart	ABC
	Lou Grant	CBS
1982	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	Dallas	CBS
	Dynasty	ABC
	Hart to Hart	ABC
	Magnum, P.I.	CBS
1983	Dynasty	ABC
	Cagney & Lacey	CBS
	Dallas	CBS
	Hart to Hart	ABC
	Hill Street Blues	NBC
1984	Murder, She Wrote	CBS
	Cagney & Lacey	CBS
	Dynasty	ABC
	Hill Street Blues	NBC
	St. Elsewhere	NBC
1985	Murder, She Wrote	CBS
	Cagney & Lacey	CBS
	Dynasty	ABC
	Miami Vice	NBC
	St. Elsewhere	NBC
1986	L.A. Law	NBC
	Cagney & Lacey	CBS
	Dynasty	ABC
	Miami Vice	NBC
	Murder, She Wrote	CBS
	St. Elsewhere	NBC
1987	L.A. Law	NBC
	Beauty and the Beast	CBS
	Murder, She Wrote	CBS
	St. Elsewhere	NBC
	thirtysomething	ABC
	A Year in the Life	NBC
1988	thirtysomething	ABC
	Beauty and the Beast	CBS
	L.A. Law	NBC
	Murder, She Wrote	CBS
	Wiseguy	CBS
1989	China Beach	ABC
	In the Heat of the Night	NBC
	L.A. Law	NBC
	Murder, She Wrote	CBS
	thirtysomething	ABC
	Wiseguy	CBS

1990s

Year	Program	Network
1990	Twin Peaks	ABC
	China Beach	ABC
	In the Heat of the Night	NBC
	L.A. Law	NBC
	thirtysomething	ABC
1991	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Fox
	I'll Fly Away	NBC
	L.A. Law
	Law & Order
1992	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Fox
	Homefront	ABC
	I'll Fly Away	NBC
	Sisters	NBC
1993	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	CBS
	Law & Order	NBC
	Northern Exposure	CBS
	Picket Fences	CBS
	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	ABC
1994	The X-Files	Fox
	Chicago Hope	CBS
	ER	NBC
	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Picket Fences	CBS
1995	Party of Five	Fox
	Chicago Hope	CBS
	ER	NBC
	Murder One	ABC
	NYPD Blue	ABC
1996	The X-Files	Fox
	Chicago Hope	CBS
	ER	NBC
	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Party of Five	Fox
1997	The X-Files	Fox
	Chicago Hope	CBS
	ER	NBC
	Law & Order	NBC
	NYPD Blue	ABC
1998	The Practice	ABC
	ER	NBC
	Felicity	The WB
	Law & Order	NBC
	The X-Files	Fox
1999	The Sopranos	HBO
	ER	NBC
	Once and Again	ABC
	The Practice	ABC
	The West Wing	NBC

2000s

Year	Program	Network
2000	The West Wing	NBC
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CBS
	ER	NBC
	The Practice	ABC
	The Sopranos	HBO
2001	Six Feet Under	HBO
	24	Fox
	Alias	ABC
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CBS
	The Sopranos	HBO
	The West Wing	NBC
2002	The Shield	FX
	24	Fox
	Six Feet Under	HBO
	The Sopranos	HBO
	The West Wing	NBC
2003	24	Fox
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CBS
	Nip/Tuck	FX
	Six Feet Under	HBO
	The West Wing	NBC
2004	Nip/Tuck	FX
	24	Fox
	Deadwood	HBO
	Lost	ABC
	The Sopranos	HBO
2005	Lost	ABC
	Commander in Chief	ABC
	Grey's Anatomy	ABC
	Prison Break	Fox
	Rome	HBO
2006	Grey's Anatomy	ABC
	24	Fox
	Big Love	HBO
	Heroes	NBC
	Lost	ABC
2007	Mad Men	AMC
	Big Love	HBO
	Damages	FX
	Grey's Anatomy	ABC
	House	Fox
	The Tudors	Showtime
2008	Mad Men	AMC
	Dexter	Showtime
	House	Fox
	In Treatment	HBO
	True Blood	HBO
2009	Mad Men	AMC
	Big Love	HBO
	Dexter	Showtime
	House	Fox
	True Blood	HBO

2010s

Year	Program	Network
2010	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Dexter	Showtime
	The Good Wife	CBS
	Mad Men	AMC
	The Walking Dead	AMC
2011	Homeland	Showtime
	American Horror Story	FX
	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Boss	Starz
	Game of Thrones	HBO
2012	Homeland	Showtime
	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Downton Abbey	PBS
	The Newsroom	HBO
2013	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Downton Abbey	PBS
	The Good Wife	CBS
	House of Cards	Netflix
	Masters of Sex	Showtime
2014	The Affair	Showtime
	Downton Abbey	PBS
	Game of Thrones	HBO
	The Good Wife	CBS
	House of Cards	Netflix
2015	Mr. Robot	USA
	Empire	Fox
	Game of Thrones	HBO
	Narcos	Netflix
	Outlander	Starz
2016	The Crown	Netflix
	Game of Thrones	HBO
	Stranger Things	Netflix
	This Is Us	NBC
	Westworld	HBO
2017	The Handmaid's Tale	Hulu
	The Crown	Netflix
	Game of Thrones	HBO
	Stranger Things	Netflix
	This Is Us	NBC
2018	The Americans	FX
	Bodyguard	BBC
	Homecoming	Amazon Prime Video
	Killing Eve	BBC America
	Pose	FX
2019	Succession	HBO
	Big Little Lies	HBO
	The Crown	Netflix
	Killing Eve	BBC America
	The Morning Show	Apple TV+

2020s

Year	Program	Network
2020	The Crown	Netflix
	Lovecraft Country	HBO
	The Mandalorian	Disney+
	Ozark	Netflix
	Ratched	Netflix
2021	Succession	HBO
	Lupin	Netflix
	The Morning Show	Apple TV+
	Pose	FX
	Squid Game	Netflix
2022	House of the Dragon	HBO
	Better Call Saul	AMC
	The Crown	Netflix
	Ozark	Netflix
	Severance	Apple TV+
2023	Succession	HBO
	1923	Paramount+
	The Crown	Netflix
	The Diplomat	Netflix
	The Last of Us	HBO
	The Morning Show	Apple TV+

Series with multiple wins

3 wins

2 wins

Series with multiple nominations

7 nominations

ER

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "Golden Globe Awards Database". Golden Globes. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

[2] Nomination refused by Don Hewitt

[1] "Golden Globe Awards Database". Golden Globes. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

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v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama
1960s	Marcus Welby, M.D. (season 1) (1969)
1970s	Medical Center (season 1/season 2) (1970) Mannix (season 4/season 5) (1971) Columbo (season 1/season 2) (1972) The Waltons (season 1/season 2) (1973) Upstairs, Downstairs (season 3/season 4) (1974) Kojak (season 2/season 3) (1975) Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) Roots (1977) 60 Minutes (1978) Lou Grant (season 2/season 3) (1979)
1980s	Shōgun (1980) Hill Street Blues (season 1/season 2) (1981) Hill Street Blues (season 2/season 3) (1982) Dynasty (season 3/season 4) (1983) Murder, She Wrote (season 1) (1984) Murder, She Wrote (season 1/season 2) (1985) L.A. Law (season 1) (1986) L.A. Law (season 1/season 2) (1987) thirtysomething (season 1/season 2) (1988) China Beach (season 2/season 3) (1989)
1990s	Twin Peaks (season 1/season 2) (1990) Northern Exposure (season 2/season 3) (1991) Northern Exposure (season 3/season 4) (1992) NYPD Blue (season 1) (1993) The X-Files (season 1/season 2) (1994) Party of Five (season 1/season 2) (1995) The X-Files (season 3/season 4) (1996) The X-Files (season 4/season 5) (1997) The Practice (season 2/season 3) (1998) The Sopranos (season 1) (1999)
2000s	The West Wing (season 1/season 2) (2000) Six Feet Under (season 1) (2001) The Shield (season 1) (2002) 24 (season 2/season 3) (2003) Nip/Tuck (season 2) (2004) Lost (season 1/season 2) (2005) Grey's Anatomy (season 2/season 3) (2006) Mad Men (season 1) (2007) Mad Men (season 2) (2008) Mad Men (season 3) (2009)
2010s	Boardwalk Empire (season 1) (2010) Homeland (season 1) (2011) Homeland (season 2) (2012) Breaking Bad (season 5, part II) (2013) The Affair (season 1) (2014) Mr. Robot (season 1) (2015) The Crown (season 1) (2016) The Handmaid's Tale (season 1) (2017) The Americans (season 6) (2018) Succession (season 2) (2019)
2020s	The Crown (season 4) (2020) Succession (season 3) (2021) House of the Dragon (season 1) (2022) Succession (season 4) (2023)

v t e Golden Globe Awards
Current awards (Film)	Film: Drama Film: Musical or Comedy Actor: Drama Actor: Musical or Comedy Actress: Drama Actress: Musical or Comedy Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Animated Feature Director Foreign Language Film Original Score Original Song Screenplay Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Current awards (Television)	TV Series: Drama TV Series: Musical or Comedy Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film Actor: Drama Series Actor: Musical or Comedy Series Actor: Limited Series or TV Film Actress: Drama Series Actress: Musical or Comedy Series Actress: Limited Series or TV Film Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Stand-Up Comedy Performance
Retired awards	New Star of the Year – Actor New Star of the Year – Actress Documentary Film English-Language Foreign Film
Ceremonies	1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021 2022 2023 2024 (years are of film release; ceremonies are following year)
Miscellaneous	Cecil B. DeMille Award Carol Burnett Award Golden Globe Ambassador Golden Globe Foundation Hollywood Foreign Press Association