The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA).
History The award was introduced in 2011 when the event was first initiated. The winners are selected by a group of television critics who are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Title Network 2011 Mad Men AMC Boardwalk Empire HBO Dexter Showtime Friday Night Lights DirecTVNBC Fringe Fox Game of Thrones HBO The Good Wife CBS Justified FX The KillingAMC The Walking Dead 2012 Homeland Showtime Breaking Bad AMC Downton Abbey PBS Game of Thrones HBO The Good Wife CBS Mad Men AMC 2013 Breaking Bad AMC Game of Thrones HBO The Americans FX Downton Abbey PBS The Good Wife CBS Homeland Showtime 2014 Breaking Bad AMC The Americans FX Game of Thrones HBO The Good Wife CBS Masters of Sex Showtime True Detective HBO 2015 The Americans FX Empire Fox Game of Thrones HBO The Good Wife CBS Homeland Showtime Justified FX Orange Is the New Black Netflix 2016 (1) Mr. Robot USA Empire Fox The Knick Cinemax The Leftovers HBO Penny Dreadful Showtime Rectify Sundance TV UnREAL Lifetime 2016 (2) Game of Thrones HBO Better Call Saul AMC The Crown Netflix Mr. Robot USA Stranger Things Netflix This Is Us NBC Westworld HBO 2018 The Handmaid's Tale Hulu American Gods Starz The Crown Netflix Game of Thrones HBO Stranger Things Netflix This Is Us NBC 2019 The Americans FX Better Call Saul AMC The Good Fight CBS All Access Homecoming Prime Video Killing Eve BBC America My Brilliant Friend HBO Pose FX Succession HBO 2020s Year Title Network 2020 Succession HBO The Crown Netflix David Makes Man OWN Game of Thrones HBO The Good Fight CBS All Access Pose FX This Is Us NBC Watchmen HBO 2021 The Crown Netflix Better Call Saul AMC The Good Fight CBS All Access Lovecraft Country HBO The Mandalorian Disney+ Ozark Netflix Perry Mason HBO This Is Us NBC 2022SuccessionHBOEvilParamount+For All MankindApple TV+The Good FightParamount+PoseFXSquid GameNetflixThis Is UsNBCYellowjacketsShowtime 2023Better Call SaulAMCAndorDisney+Bad SistersApple TV+The CrownNetflixEuphoriaHBOThe Good FightParamount+House of the DragonHBOSeveranceApple TV+YellowstoneParamount Network 2024SuccessionHBO The CrownNetflix The Diplomat The Last of Us HBO / Max Loki Disney+ The Morning Show Apple TV+ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Paramount+ Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyHBO / Max 2025 Shōgun FX / Hulu The Day of the Jackal Peacock The Diplomat Netflix Evil Paramount+ Industry HBO / Max Interview with the Vampire AMC The Old Man FX Slow Horses Apple TV+2026The PittHBO MaxAlien: EarthFXAndor Disney+The Diplomat NetflixParadiseHuluPluribus Apple TVSeveranceTask HBO Max
Total wins by network
HBO / Max – 5 AMC – 4 FX – 3 Hulu – 2 Netflix – 1 Showtime – 1 USA – 1
Total nominations by network
HBO / Max – 27 Netflix – 14 AMC – 12 FX – 12 Apple TV+ – 7 Showtime – 7 NBC – 6 CBS – 5 Paramount+ – 5 Disney+ – 4 CBS All Access – 3 Fox – 3 Hulu – 3 PBS – 2 Amazon Prime Video – 1 BBC America – 1 Cinemax – 1 DirecTV – 1 Lifetime – 1 OWN – 1 Paramount Network – 1 Peacock – 1 Starz – 1 Sundance TV – 1
Multiple wins 3 wins Succession
2 wins The Americans Breaking Bad (consecutive) Game of Thrones
Multiple nominations 8 nominations Game of Thrones
6 nominations The Crown
5 nominations The Good Fight The Good Wife This Is Us
4 nominations The Americans Better Call Saul Succession
3 nominations Breaking Bad The Diplomat Homeland Pose
2 nominations Andor Downton Abbey Empire Evil Justified Mad Men Mr. Robot Severance Stranger Things
See also TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
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