Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama 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, as shown by the consecutive awards to Rich Man, Poor Man, Roots, and 60 Minutes.

Best Television Series

1960s

• 1962: The Dick Powell Show
• 1964: The Rogues
  • 12 O'Clock High
  • The Munsters
  • The Red Skelton Hour
  • Wendy and Me
• 1965: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
  • Get Smart
  • I Spy
  • My Name Is Barbra
• 1966: I Spy
  • The Fugitive
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • Run for Your Life
  • That Girl
• 1967: Mission: Impossible
  • The Carol Burnett Show
  • The Dean Martin Show
  • Garrison's Gorillas
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• 1968: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  • The Carol Burnett Show
  • The Doris Day Show
  • Julia
  • The Name of the Game

Best Television Series - Drama

1960s

• 1963: The Richard Boone Show
  • Bonanza
  • The Defenders
  • The Eleventh Hour
  • Rawhide
• 1969: Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • Bracken's World
  • The Mod Squad
  • Mannix
  • Room 222

1970s

• 1970: Medical Center
  • The Bold Ones: The Senator
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • The Mod Squad - ABC
  • The Young Lawyers
• 1971: Mannix
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • Medical Center
  • The Mod Squad - ABC
  • O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
• 1972: Columbo - NBC
  • America: A Personal History of the United States
  • Mannix
  • Medical Center
  • The Waltons - CBS
• 1973: The Waltons - CBS
  • Cannon - CBS
  • Columbo - NBC
  • Hawkins
  • Mannix
  • Police Story
• 1974: Upstairs, Downstairs
  • Columbo - NBC
  • Kojak - CBS
  • Police Story
  • The Streets of San Francisco
  • The Waltons - CBS

• 1975: Kojak - CBS
  • Baretta - ABC
  • Columbo - NBC
  • Petrocelli
  • Police Story
• 1976: Rich Man, Poor Man
  • The Captains and the Kings
  • 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
• 1978: 60 Minutes - CBS (nomination refused by Don Hewitt)
  • Battlestar Galactica - ABC
  • Family - ABC
  • Holocaust - NBC
  • Lou Grant - CBS
• 1979: Lou Grant - CBS
  • Backstairs at the White House
  • Centennial
  • Dallas - CBS
  • The Rockford Files - NBC
  • Roots: The Next Generations - ABC

1980s

• 1980: Shōgun - NBC
  • Dallas - CBS
  • Hart to Hart - ABC
  • Lou Grant - CBS
  • Vega$ - CBS
  • The Scarlett O'Hara War
• 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

• 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 - NBC
  • Law & Order - NBC
• 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

• 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

• 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

See also

• Golden Globe Award
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series