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^[2]	HBO
	Lupin	Netflix
	The Morning Show	Apple TV+
	Pose	FX
	Squid Game	Netflix
2022	House of the Dragon^[3]	HBO
	Better Call Saul	AMC
	The Crown	Netflix
	Ozark	Netflix
	Severance	Apple TV+
2023	Succession^[4]	HBO
	1923	Paramount+
	The Crown	Netflix
	The Diplomat	Netflix
	The Last of Us	HBO
	The Morning Show	Apple TV+
2024	Shōgun^[5]	FX/Hulu
	The Day of the Jackal	Peacock
	The Diplomat	Netflix
	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Amazon Prime Video
	Slow Horses	Apple TV+
	Squid Game	Netflix
2025	The Pitt	HBO Max
	The Diplomat	Netflix
	Pluribus	Apple TV+
	Severance
	Slow Horses
	The White Lotus	HBO

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.
↑ Barnes, Brooks; Sperling, Nicole (January 5, 2020). "'Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood' and '1917' Win Top Awards at Golden Globes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
↑ Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (January 10, 2023). "'The Fabelmans', 'The Banshees of Inisherin' Win Big at Revamped Golden Globes (Complete Winners List)". Variety. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
↑ Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (January 7, 2024). "Golden Globes: 'Oppenheimer' Leads with Five Wins, 'Succession' Tops TV with Four (Complete Winners List)". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
↑ Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (2025-01-05). "Golden Globes 2025 Winners: Emilia Pérez Leads with 4 Wins; Shōgun Tops TV with 4". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Retrieved 2025-02-28. ...while The Brutalist, which received the prize for Best Drama, was close behind with three victories.

[2] Nomination refused by Don Hewitt

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

[3] Barnes, Brooks; Sperling, Nicole (January 5, 2020). "'Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood' and '1917' Win Top Awards at Golden Globes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[4] Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (January 10, 2023). "'The Fabelmans', 'The Banshees of Inisherin' Win Big at Revamped Golden Globes (Complete Winners List)". Variety. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

[5] Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (January 7, 2024). "Golden Globes: 'Oppenheimer' Leads with Five Wins, 'Succession' Tops TV with Four (Complete Winners List)". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2024.

[Winners-6] Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (2025-01-05). "Golden Globes 2025 Winners: Emilia Pérez Leads with 4 Wins; Shōgun Tops TV with 4". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Retrieved 2025-02-28. ...while The Brutalist, which received the prize for Best Drama, was close behind with three victories.

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