Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama

The Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama 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
	NYPD Blue	ABC
1997	NYPD Blue	ABC
	Homicide: Life on the Street	NBC
	Law & Order
	The Pretender
	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
	The Sopranos	HBO
2001	24	Fox
	The District	CBS
	Six Feet Under	HBO
	The Sopranos
	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
	Nip/Tuck	FX
	Rescue Me
	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(s)
2010	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Dexter	Showtime
	Friday Night Lights	NBC / The 101 Network
	The Good Wife	CBS
	Mad Men	AMC
	The Tudors	Showtime
2011	Justified	FX
	Boardwalk Empire	HBO
	Breaking Bad	AMC
	Friday Night Lights	NBC / The 101 Network
	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 Two / Netflix
	Fargo	FX
	Halt and Catch Fire	AMC
	Hannibal	NBC
	House of Cards	Netflix
	True Detective	HBO
2015	Better Call Saul	AMC
	American Crime	ABC
	Bloodline	Netflix
	Deutschland 83	Sundance TV
	Fargo	FX
	Mr. Robot	USA Network
	Narcos	Netflix
	Ray Donovan	Showtime
2016	The Crown	Netflix
	The Affair	Showtime
	American Crime	ABC
	The Americans	FX
	Better Call Saul	AMC
	The Fall	BBC Two / Netflix
	Mr. Robot	USA Network
	Poldark	PBS
2017	Vikings	History
	13 Reasons Why	Netflix
	The Affair	Showtime
	The Handmaid's Tale	Hulu
	Mindhunter	Netflix
	Taboo	FX
	This Is Us	NBC
2018	Homecoming	Amazon Prime Video
	The Bold Type	Freeform
	The Handmaid's Tale	Hulu
	Mr. Mercedes	Audience
	Succession	HBO
	This Is Us	NBC
2019	Succession	HBO
	The Affair	Showtime
	The Crown	Netflix
	Killing Eve	BBC America
	Mindhunter	Netflix
	Mr. Mercedes	Audience

2020s

Year	Winners and nominees	Network
2020	Better Call Saul	AMC
	Billions	Showtime
	The Crown	Netflix
	Killing Eve	BBC America
	Ozark	Netflix
	P-Valley	Starz