Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama
The Satellite Award for Best Television Drama Series is an annual award given by the International Press Academy as one of its Satellite Awards.
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | Winners and nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The X-Files | Fox |
| Chicago Hope | CBS | |
| ER | NBC | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | NBC | |
| NYPD Blue | ABC | |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | ABC |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | NBC | |
| Law & Order | NBC | |
| The Pretender | NBC | |
| The X-Files | Fox | |
| 1998 | Oz | HBO |
| ER | NBC | |
| NYPD Blue | ABC | |
| The Pretender | NBC | |
| The X-Files | Fox | |
| 1999 | The West Wing | NBC |
| Law & Order | NBC | |
| Oz | HBO | |
| The Practice | ABC | |
| The Sopranos | HBO |
2000s
| Year | Winners and nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The West Wing | NBC |
| The Fugitive | CBS | |
| Once and Again | ABC | |
| The Practice | ABC | |
| The Sopranos | HBO | |
| 2001 | 24 | Fox |
| The District | CBS | |
| Six Feet Under | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | HBO | |
| The West Wing | NBC | |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CBS |
| 24 | Fox | |
| Alias | ABC | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | UPN | |
| Without a Trace | CBS | |
| 2003 | The Shield | FX |
| Boomtown | NBC | |
| Carnivàle | HBO | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | NBC | |
| Nip/Tuck | FX | |
| Six Feet Under | HBO | |
| 2004 | Nip/Tuck | FX |
| Boston Legal | ABC | |
| The L Word | Showtime | |
| Lost | ABC | |
| The Shield | FX | |
| 2005 | House | Fox |
| Grey's Anatomy | ABC | |
| Lost | ABC | |
| Nip/Tuck | FX | |
| Rescue Me | FX | |
| Rome | HBO | |
| 2006 | House | Fox |
| 24 | Fox | |
| Dexter | Showtime | |
| Heroes | NBC | |
| Rescue Me | FX | |
| The Wire | HBO | |
| 2007 | Dexter | Showtime |
| Brothers & Sisters | ABC | |
| Friday Night Lights | NBC | |
| Grey's Anatomy | ABC | |
| Mad Men | AMC | |
| The Riches | FX | |
| 2008 | Dexter | Showtime |
| Brotherhood | Showtime | |
| In Treatment | HBO | |
| Life on Mars | ABC | |
| Mad Men | AMC | |
| Primeval | ITV | |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| Big Love | HBO | |
| Damages | FX | |
| The Good Wife | CBS | |
| In Treatment | HBO | |
| Mad Men | AMC |
2010s
| Year | Winners and nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| Boardwalk Empire | HBO | |
| Dexter | Showtime | |
| Friday Night Lights | NBC/DirecTV | |
| The Good Wife | CBS | |
| Mad Men | AMC | |
| The Tudors | Showtime | |
| 2011 | Justified | FX |
| Boardwalk Empire | HBO | |
| Breaking Bad | AMC | |
| Friday Night Lights | NBC/DirecTV | |
| Sons of Anarchy | FX | |
| Treme | HBO | |
| 2012 | Homeland | Showtime |
| Breaking Bad | AMC | |
| Downton Abbey | PBS | |
| Game of Thrones | HBO | |
| The Good Wife | CBS | |
| Justified | FX | |
| The Newsroom | HBO | |
| Nashville | ABC | |
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| The Americans | FX | |
| Downton Abbey | PBS | |
| The Good Wife | CBS | |
| Homeland | Showtime | |
| House of Cards | Netflix | |
| Last Tango in Halifax | BBC One, PBS | |
| Mad Men | AMC | |
| Masters of Sex | Showtime | |
| Rectify | Sundance Channel | |
| 2014 | The Knick | Cinemax |
| The Affair | Showtime | |
| The Fall | BBC, Netflix | |
| Fargo | FX | |
| Halt and Catch Fire | AMC | |
| Hannibal | NBC | |
| House of Cards | Netflix | |
| True Detective | HBO |
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