Best Television Series - Drama — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Television Series - Drama category in CineRoll's records: 151 films across 59 years, 59 of them winners.

The most recent winner is The Pitt (2026); the earliest on record is The Defenders (1963).

The last three winners were The Pitt (2026), Shōgun (2025) and Succession (2024).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2026

The Pitt(2025)
Winner
Pluribus(2025)
Severance(2022)
Slow Horses(2022)
The Diplomat(2023)
Diplomat, The
The White Lotus(2021)
White Lotus, The

2025

Shōgun(2024)
Shogun
Winner
Mr. & Mrs. Smith(2024)
Slow Horses(2022)
Squid Game(2021)
The Day of the Jackal(2024)
The Diplomat(2023)
Diplomat, The

2024

Succession(2018)
Winner
1923(2022)
The Crown(2016)
Crown, The
The Diplomat(2023)
Diplomat, The
The Last of Us(2023)
Last of Us, The
The Morning Show(2019)
Morning Show, The

2023

House of the Dragon(2022)
Winner
Better Call Saul(2015)
Ozark(2017)
Severance(2022)
The Crown(2016)
Crown, The

2022

Succession(2018)
Winner
Lupin(2021)
POSE(2018)
Pose
Squid Game(2021)
The Morning Show(2019)
Morning Show, The

2021

The Crown(2016)
Crown, The
Winner
Lovecraft Country(2020)
Ozark(2017)
Ratched(2020)
The Mandalorian(2019)
Mandalorian, The

2020

Succession(2018)
Winner
Big Little Lies(2017)
Killing Eve(2018)
The Crown(2016)
Crown, The
The Morning Show(2019)
Morning Show, The

2019

The Americans(2013)
Winner
Bodyguard(2018)
Homecoming(2018)
Killing Eve(2018)
POSE(2018)
Pose

2018

The Handmaid's Tale(2017)
Handmaid's Tale, The
Winner
Game of Thrones(2011)
Stranger Things(2016)
The Crown(2016)
Crown, The
This Is Us(2016)

2017

The Crown(2016)
Crown, The
Winner
Game of Thrones(2011)
Stranger Things(2016)
This Is Us(2016)
Westworld(2016)

2016

Mr. Robot(2015)
Winner
Empire(2015)
Game of Thrones(2011)
Narcos(2015)
Outlander(2014)

2015

The Affair(2014)
Affair, The
Winner
Downton Abbey(2010)
Game of Thrones(2011)
House of Cards(2013)
The Good Wife(2009)

2014

2013

Homeland(2011)
Winner
Boardwalk Empire(2010)
Breaking Bad(2008)
Downton Abbey(2010)
The Newsroom(2012)
Newsroom, The

2012

Homeland(2011)
Winner
American Horror Story(2011)
American Horror Story: Asylum
Boardwalk Empire(2010)
Boss(2011)
Game of Thrones(2011)

2011

Boardwalk Empire(2010)
Winner
Dexter(2006)
Mad Men(2007)
The Good Wife(2009)
The Walking Dead(2010)
Walking Dead, The

2010

Mad Men(2007)
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Dexter(2006)
House(2004)
True Blood(2008)

2009

Mad Men(2007)
Winner
Dexter(2006)
House(2004)
In Treatment(2008)
True Blood(2008)

2008

Mad Men(2007)
Winner
Big Love(2006)
Damages(2007)
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
House(2004)
The Tudors(2007)
Tudors, The

2007

Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Winner
24(1964)
Big Love(2006)
Heroes(2006)
Lost(2004)

2006

Lost(2004)
Winner
Commander in Chief(2005)
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Prison Break(2005)
Rome(2005)

2005

Nip/Tuck(2003)
Winner
24(1964)
Deadwood(2004)
Lost(2004)
Lost in Translation(2003)
Lost
The Sopranos(1999)

2004

2003

The Shield(2002)
Shield, The
Winner
24(1964)
Six Feet Under(2001)
The Sopranos(1999)
The West Wing(1999)

2002

Six Feet Under(2001)
Winner
24(1964)
Alias(2001)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)
The Sopranos(1999)
The West Wing(1999)
West Wing, The

2001

The West Wing(1999)
Winner
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)
C. S. I.: Crime Scene Investigation
ER(1994)
The Practice(1997)
The Sopranos(1999)

2000

The Sopranos(1999)
Sopranos, The
Winner
ER(1994)
Once and Again(1999)
The Practice(1997)
The West Wing(1999)

1999

The Practice(1997)
Practice, The
Winner
ER(1994)
Felicity(1998)
Law & Order(1990)
The X-Files(1993)

1998

The X-Files(1993)
Winner
Chicago Hope(1994)
ER(1994)
Law & Order(1990)
NYPD Blue(1993)

1997

The X-Files(1993)
Winner
Chicago Hope(1994)
ER(1994)
NYPD Blue(1993)
Party of Five(1994)

1996

Party of Five(1994)
Winner
Chicago Hope(1994)
ER(1994)
Murder One(1995)
NYPD Blue(1993)

1995

The X-Files(1993)
X-Files, The
Winner
Chicago Hope(1994)
ER(1994)
NYPD Blue(1993)
Picket Fences(1992)

1994

NYPD Blue(1993)
Winner
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman(1993)
Law & Order(1990)
Northern Exposure(1990)
Picket Fences(1992)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles(1992)
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The

1993

1992

1991

Twin Peaks(1990)
Winner
China Beach(1988)
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
In The Heat of the Night (TV)
L.A. Law(1986)
thirtysomething(1987)

1990

China Beach(1988)
Winner
In the Heat of the Night(1988)
In The Heat of the Night (TV)
L.A. Law(1986)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
thirtysomething(1987)
Wiseguy(1987)

1989

thirtysomething(1987)
Winner
Beauty and the Beast(1987)
Beauty and the Beast (TV)
L.A. Law(1986)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Wiseguy(1987)

1988

L.A. Law(1986)
Winner
A Year in the Life(1987)
Year in the Life, A
Beauty and the Beast(1987)
Beauty and the Beast (TV)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
St. Elsewhere(1982)
thirtysomething(1987)

1987

L.A. Law(1986)
Winner
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Miami Vice(1984)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
St. Elsewhere(1982)

1986

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Winner
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Miami Vice(1984)
St. Elsewhere(1982)

1985

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Winner
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Hill Street Blues(1981)
St. Elsewhere(1982)

1984

Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Winner
Cagney & Lacey(1982)
Dallas(1978)
Hart to Hart(1979)
Hill Street Blues(1981)

1983

Hill Street Blues(1981)
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Hart to Hart(1979)
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Magnum, P. I.

1982

Hill Street Blues(1981)
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Dynasty(1981)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Hart to Hart(1979)
Lou Grant(1977)

1981

Shōgun(1980)
Winner
Dallas(1978)
Hart to Hart(1979)
Lou Grant(1977)
Moviola(1980)
Vega$(1978)

1980

Lou Grant(1977)
Winner
Backstairs at the White House(1979)
Backstairs at The White House
Centennial(1978)
Dallas(1978)
Roots: The Next Generations(1979)
The Rockford Files(1974)
Rockford Files, The

1979

60 Minutes(1968)
Winner
Battlestar Galactica(1978)
Family(1976)
Holocaust(1978)
Lou Grant(1977)

1978

Roots(1977)
Winner
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Columbo(1971)
Family(1976)
Starsky & Hutch(1975)
Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)

1977

1976

Kojak(1973)
Winner
Baretta(1975)
Columbo(1971)
Petrocelli(1974)
Police Story(1973)

1975

Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)
Upstairs/Downstairs
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Kojak(1973)
Police Story(1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (Streets of San Francisco, The)(1972)
Streets of San Francisco, The
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Waltons, The

1974

The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Waltons, The
Winner
Cannon(1971)
Columbo(1971)
Hawkins(1973)
Mannix(1967)
Police Story(1973)

1973

Columbo(1971)
Winner
America: A Personal History of the United States(1972)
America
Mannix(1967)
Medical Center(1969)
The Waltons (Waltons, The)(1972)
Waltons, The

1972

Mannix(1967)
Winner
Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Medical Center(1969)
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury(1971)
O'Hara, U. S. Treasury
The Mod Squad(1968)
Mod Squad, The

1971

Medical Center(1969)
Winner
Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
The Bold Ones: The Senator (Bold Ones: The Senator, The)(1970)
Bold Ones: The Senator, The
The Mod Squad(1968)
Mod Squad, The
The Young Lawyers (Young Lawyers, The)(1969)
Young Lawyers, The

1970

Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)
Winner
Bracken's World(1969)
Mannix(1967)
Room 222(1969)
The Mod Squad(1968)

1964

The Richard Boone Show(1963)
Richard Boone Show, The
Winner
Bonanza(1959)
Rawhide(1959)
The Defenders(1961)
The Eleventh Hour(1962)
Eleventh Hour, The

1963

The Defenders(1961)
Defenders, The
Winner

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