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. 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 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 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 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 Julia NBC The Name of the Game 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 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 Little House on the Prairie NBC 1977 Roots ABC Charlie's Angels ABC Columbo NBC Family ABC Starsky and Hutch Upstairs, Downstairs ITV 1978 60 Minutes CBS Battlestar Galactica ABC Family Holocaust NBC Lou Grant CBS 1979 Lou Grant CBS Backstairs at the White House NBC Centennial Dallas CBS The Rockford Files NBC Roots: The Next Generations ABC
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 Lou Grant CBS 1982 Hill Street Blues NBC Dallas CBS Dynasty ABC Hart to Hart Magnum, P.I. CBS 1983 Dynasty ABC Cagney & Lacey CBS Dallas Hart to Hart ABC Hill Street Blues NBC 1984 Murder, She Wrote CBS Cagney & Lacey CBS Dynasty ABC Hill Street Blues NBC St. Elsewhere 1985 Murder, She Wrote CBS Cagney & Lacey CBS Dynasty ABC Miami Vice NBC St. Elsewhere 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 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 1989 China Beach ABC In the Heat of the Night NBC L.A. Law 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 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 1993 NYPD Blue ABC Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman CBS Law & Order NBC Northern Exposure CBS Picket Fences 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ratched2021SuccessionHBO Lupin Netflix The Morning Show Apple TV+ Pose FX Squid Game Netflix2022 House of the Dragon HBO Better Call Saul AMC The Crown Netflix Ozark Severance Apple TV+2023Succession HBO 1923 Paramount+ The Crown Netflix The Diplomat The Last of Us HBO The Morning Show Apple TV+2024ShōgunFX/Hulu The Day of the Jackal Peacock The Diplomat Netflix Mr. & Mrs. Smith Amazon Prime Video Slow Horses Apple TV+ Squid Game Netflix2025 The Pitt HBO MaxThe DiplomatNetflix PluribusApple TV+SeveranceSlow HorsesThe White LotusHBO
Series with multiple wins
3 wins Mad Men Succession The X-Files
2 wins The Crown Hill Street Blues Homeland L.A. Law Murder, She Wrote Northern Exposure
Series with multiple nominations
7 nominations ER
6 nominations The Crown Dynasty L.A. Law Murder, She Wrote
5 nominations 24 Columbo Dallas Game of Thrones NYPD Blue The Sopranos The West Wing
4 nominations Cagney & Lacey Chicago Hope Hart to Hart Hill Street Blues Law & Order Lou Grant Mad Men Mannix St. Elsewhere thirtysomething The X-Files
3 nominations Big Love Boardwalk Empire CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dexter The Diplomat Downton Abbey Family The Good Wife Grey's Anatomy House Lost Marcus Welby, M.D. Medical Center The Mod Squad The Morning Show Northern Exposure Police Story The Practice Six Feet Under Succession The Waltons
2 nominations Beauty and the Beast Beverly Hills, 90210 Breaking Bad Charlie's Angels China Beach Homeland House of Cards I'll Fly Away In the Heat of the Night I Spy Kojak The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Miami Vice Nip/Tuck Ozark Party of Five Pose Severance Slow Horses Squid Game Stranger Things This Is Us True Blood Upstairs, Downstairs Wiseguy
Total awards by network
NBC – 13 ABC – 11 CBS – 11 HBO/HBO Max – 8 Fox – 5 AMC – 4 FX – 4 Showtime – 3 Netflix – 2 Hulu – 2 ITV – 1 USA – 1
See also Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Series
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