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.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First award | 1955 |
Currently held by | Frederick E.O. Toye, Shōgun (2024) |
Website | emmys |
Winners and nominations
1950s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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Best Direction | ||||
1955 | Studio One | "Twelve Angry Men" | 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 | Best Director - Film Series | |||
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 | |
Best Director - Live Series | ||||
Ford Star Jubilee | "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" | Franklin J. Schaffner | CBS | |
Climax! | "Portrait in Celluloid" | John Frankenheimer | CBS | |
Producers' Showcase | "Peter Pan" | Clark Jones | NBC | |
"Our Town" | Delbert Mann | |||
The United States Steel Hour | "No Time for Sergeants" | Alex Segal | CBS | |
1957 | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | |||
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
| CBS | |
Best Direction - One Hour or More | ||||
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 | Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less | |||
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 | ||
Best Direction - One Hour or More | ||||
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 | Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series Less Than One Hour | |||
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 | ||
Best Direction of a Single Dramatic Program – One Hour or Longer | ||||
Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Little Moon of Alban" | 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 |
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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" | George Schaefer | NBC |
NBC Sunday Showcase | "Sacco-Vanzetti Story" | 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 | |
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Directors | ||||
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 | ||
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama | ||||
1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | "The Game" | Sydney Pollack | NBC |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Eagle in a Cage" | George Schaefer | NBC | |
"Inherit the Wind" | ||||
I Spy | "A Cup of Kindness" | Sheldon Leonard | ||
1967 | Death of a Salesman | 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 |
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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama | ||||
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 | ||
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme | ||||
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 | |
Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme | ||||
1974 | The Blue Knight | "Part III" | Robert Butler | NBC |
The Waltons | "The Journey" | Harry Harris | CBS | |
"The Thanksgiving Story" | Philip Leacock | |||
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | ||||
1975 | Upstairs, Downstairs | "A Sudden Storm" | Bill Bain | PBS |
Benjamin Franklin | "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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Total awards by network
- NBC – 21
- CBS – 17
- ABC – 11
- HBO – 10
- Netflix – 5
- Fox – 2
- Hulu – 1
- PBS – 1
- Showtime – 1
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See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
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
- Nominated for Best Single Program of the Year
- Won Best Single Program of the Year
- Nominated for Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year
- Won Program of the Year
- Nominated for Program of the Year
- Nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Program
- Won Outstanding Dramatic Program
- Nominated for Outstanding Limited Series
- Won Outstanding Limited Series
References
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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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesAwarded forOutstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesCountryUnited StatesPresented byAcademy of Television Arts amp SciencesFirst award1955Currently held byFrederick E O Toye Shōgun 2024 Websiteemmys wbr comWinners and nominations1950s Year Program Episode Nominee s Network Best Direction 1955 Studio One Twelve Angry Men 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 Best Director Film Series 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 amp Lee at Appomattox Bernard Girard CBS Best Director Live Series Ford Star Jubilee The Caine Mutiny Court Martial Franklin J Schaffner CBS Climax Portrait in Celluloid John Frankenheimer CBS Producers Showcase Peter Pan Clark Jones NBC Our Town Delbert Mann The United States Steel Hour No Time for Sergeants Alex Segal CBS 1957 Best Direction Half Hour or Less 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 CBS Best Direction One Hour or More 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 Best Direction Half Hour or Less Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Glass Eye Robert Stevens CBS The Danny Thomas Show Sheldon Leonard ABC amp CBS Father Knows Best Peter Tewksbury NBC The Patrice Munsel Show Clark Jones ABC Your Hit Parade Bill Hobin NBC Best Direction One Hour or More 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 Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series Less Than One Hour 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 Best Direction of a Single Dramatic Program One Hour or Longer Hallmark Hall of Fame Little Moon of Alban 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 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 George Schaefer NBC NBC Sunday Showcase Sacco Vanzetti Story 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 Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment Directors 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 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama 1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre The Game Sydney Pollack NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame Eagle in a Cage George Schaefer NBC Inherit the Wind I Spy A Cup of Kindness Sheldon Leonard 1967 Death of a Salesman 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 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 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and or Theme 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 Best Directing in Drama A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and or Theme 1974 The Blue Knight Part III Robert Butler NBC The Waltons The Journey Harry Harris CBS The Thanksgiving Story Philip Leacock Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series 1975 Upstairs Downstairs A Sudden Storm Bill Bain PBS Benjamin Franklin 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp Order Empire Matthew Penn NBC Law amp 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 amp 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 Felix Enriquez Alcala 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 amp 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 amp 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 amp 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 Bruhlmann 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 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networkNBC 21 CBS 17 ABC 11 HBO 10 Netflix 5 Fox 2 Hulu 1 PBS 1 Showtime 1Programs with multiple awards4 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 amp Lacey consecutive Equal Justice consecutive ER Game of Thrones consecutive Hallmark Hall of Fame SuccessionPrograms with multiple nominations13 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 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consecutive Thomas Schlamme consecutive Individuals with multiple nominations10 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 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