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.
Winners and nominations
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
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)
- Severance (Apple TV+)
- Six Feet Under (HBO)
- The Waltons (CBS)
2 nominations
- Alcoa Premiere (ABC)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
- Andor (Disney+)
- 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+)
- The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Producers' Showcase (NBC)
- Rich Man, Poor Man (PBS)
- Sirens (ABC)
- Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
- Stranger Things (Netflix)
- thirtysomething (ABC)
- The United States Steel Hour (ABC)
- Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (CBS)
- The White Lotus (HBO)
- The X-Files (Fox)
Individuals with multiple awards
3 awards
2 awards
Individuals with multiple nominations
10 nominations
9 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
See also
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