Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Award for drama series directing
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.[ fn 1]
Winners and nominations
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Total awards by network
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
Programs with multiple nominations
13 nominations
ER (NBC)
The Sopranos (HBO)
12 nominations
Hill Street Blues (NBC)
L.A. Law (NBC)
11 nominations
10 nominations
9 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
CBS Playhouse (CBS)
Homeland (Showtime)
Ozark (Netflix)
5 nominations
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)
Six Feet Under (HBO)
The Waltons (CBS)
2 nominations
Alcoa Premiere (ABC)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
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+)
Producers' Showcase (NBC)
Rich Man, Poor Man (PBS)
Sirens (ABC)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
thirtysomething (ABC)
The United States Steel Hour (ABC)
Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS)
The X-Files (Fox)
Individuals with multiple awards
Individuals with multiple nominations
10 nominations
9 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
See also
Notes
^ 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.
^ Nominated for Best Individual Program of the Year
^ a b c d e Nominated for Best Single Program of the Year
^ a b c Won Best Single Program of the Year
^ a b Nominated for Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year
^ Won Program of the Year
^ a b c d Nominated for Program of the Year
^ a b c d e f g Nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Program
^ a b c Won Outstanding Dramatic Program
^ a b c d e f g h Nominated for Outstanding Limited Series
^ a b c d e Won Outstanding Limited Series
References
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 13, 2017 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 13, 2021 .
^ "74th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series" . Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 12, 2022 .
^ "75th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series" . Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 15, 2023 .
^ "76th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series" . Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 17, 2024 .
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