# 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 |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | CBS |
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | ABC |
| 1996 | ER | NBC |
| 1996 | Homicide: Life on the Street | NBC |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | ABC |
| 1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | NBC |
| 1997 | Law & Order | NBC |
| 1997 | The Pretender | NBC |
| 1997 | The X-Files | Fox |
| 1998 | Oz | HBO |
| 1998 | ER | NBC |
| 1998 | The Pretender | NBC |
| 1998 | NYPD Blue | ABC |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Fox |
| 1999 | The West Wing | NBC |
| 1999 | The Practice | ABC |
| 1999 | Law & Order | NBC |
| 1999 | Oz | HBO |
| 1999 | The Sopranos | HBO |

### 2000s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 2000 | The West Wing | NBC |
| 2000 | The Fugitive | CBS |
| 2000 | Once and Again | ABC |
| 2000 | The Practice | ABC |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | HBO |
| 2001 | 24 | Fox |
| 2001 | The District | CBS |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | HBO |
| 2001 | The Sopranos | HBO |
| 2001 | The West Wing | NBC |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CBS |
| 2002 | 24 | Fox |
| 2002 | Alias | ABC |
| 2002 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | UPN |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | CBS |
| 2003 | The Shield | FX |
| 2003 | Boomtown | NBC |
| 2003 | Carnivàle | HBO |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | NBC |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | FX |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | HBO |
| 2004 | Nip/Tuck | FX |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | ABC |
| 2004 | The L Word | Showtime |
| 2004 | Lost | ABC |
| 2004 | The Shield | FX |
| 2005 | House | Fox |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | ABC |
| 2005 | Lost | ABC |
| 2005 | Nip/Tuck | FX |
| 2005 | Rescue Me | FX |
| 2005 | Rome | HBO |
| 2006 | House | Fox |
| 2006 | Dexter | Showtime |
| 2006 | Heroes | NBC |
| 2006 | 24 | Fox |
| 2006 | Rescue Me | FX |
| 2006 | The Wire | HBO |
| 2007 | Dexter | Showtime |
| 2007 | Brothers & Sisters | ABC |
| 2007 | Friday Night Lights | NBC |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | ABC |
| 2007 | Mad Men | AMC |
| 2007 | The Riches | FX |
| 2008 | Dexter | Showtime |
| 2008 | Brotherhood | Showtime |
| 2008 | In Treatment | HBO |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | ABC |
| 2008 | Mad Men | AMC |
| 2008 | Primeval | ITV |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| 2009 | Big Love | HBO |
| 2009 | In Treatment | HBO |
| 2009 | Damages | FX |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2009 | Mad Men | AMC |

### 2010s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Network(s) |
| 2010 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | HBO |
| 2010 | Dexter | Showtime |
| 2010 | The Tudors | Showtime |
| 2010 | Friday Night Lights | NBC / The 101 Network |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2010 | Mad Men | AMC |
| 2011 | Justified | FX |
| 2011 | Boardwalk Empire | HBO |
| 2011 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| 2011 | Friday Night Lights | NBC / The 101 Network |
| 2011 | Sons of Anarchy | FX |
| 2011 | Treme | HBO |
| 2012 | Homeland | Showtime |
| 2012 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| 2012 | Downton Abbey | PBS |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones | HBO |
| 2012 | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2012 | Justified | FX |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | HBO |
| 2012 | Nashville | ABC |
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | AMC |
| 2013 | The Americans | FX |
| 2013 | Downton Abbey | PBS |
| 2013 | The Good Wife | CBS |
| 2013 | Homeland | Showtime |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Netflix |
| 2013 | Last Tango in Halifax | BBC One / PBS |
| 2013 | Mad Men | AMC |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Showtime |
| 2013 | Rectify | Sundance Channel |
| 2014 | The Knick | Cinemax |
| 2014 | The Affair | Showtime |
| 2014 | The Fall | BBC Two / Netflix |
| 2014 | Fargo | FX |
| 2014 | Halt and Catch Fire | AMC |
| 2014 | Hannibal | NBC |
| 2014 | House of Cards | Netflix |
| 2014 | True Detective | HBO |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | AMC |
| 2015 | American Crime | ABC |
| 2015 | Bloodline | Netflix |
| 2015 | Deutschland 83 | Sundance TV |
| 2015 | Fargo | FX |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot | USA Network |
| 2015 | Narcos | Netflix |
| 2015 | Ray Donovan | Showtime |
| 2016 | The Crown | Netflix |
| 2016 | The Affair | Showtime |
| 2016 | American Crime | ABC |
| 2016 | The Americans | FX |
| 2016 | Better Call Saul | AMC |
| 2016 | The Fall | BBC Two / Netflix |
| 2016 | Mr. Robot | USA Network |
| 2016 | Poldark | PBS |
| 2017 | Vikings | History |
| 2017 | 13 Reasons Why | Netflix |
| 2017 | The Affair | Showtime |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | Hulu |
| 2017 | Mindhunter | Netflix |
| 2017 | Taboo | FX |
| 2017 | This Is Us | NBC |
| 2018 | Homecoming | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2018 | The Bold Type | Freeform |
| 2018 | The Handmaid's Tale | Hulu |
| 2018 | Mr. Mercedes | Audience |
| 2018 | Succession | HBO |
| 2018 | This Is Us | NBC |
| 2019 | Succession | HBO |
| 2019 | The Affair | Showtime |
| 2019 | The Crown | Netflix |
| 2019 | Killing Eve | BBC America |
| 2019 | Mindhunter | Netflix |
| 2019 | Mr. Mercedes | Audience |

### 2020s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Network |
| 2020 | Better Call Saul | AMC |
| 2020 | Billions | Showtime |
| 2020 | The Crown | Netflix |
| 2020 | Killing Eve | BBC America |
| 2020 | Ozark | Netflix |
| 2020 | P-Valley | Starz |
| 2021 | Squid Game | Netflix |
| 2021 | American Rust | Showtime |
| 2021 | Bosch | Prime Video |
| 2021 | The Boys | Prime Video |
| 2021 | In Treatment | HBO |
| 2021 | Line of Duty | BBC One |
| 2021 | Lupin | Netflix |
| 2021 | Succession | HBO |
| 2022 | Billions | Showtime |
| 2022 | 1883 | Paramount+ |
| 2022 | The Bear | FX on Hulu |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | AMC |
| 2022 | Gentleman Jack | HBO |
| 2022 | Heartstopper | Netflix |
| 2022 | Julia | HBO |
| 2022 | Yellowjackets | Showtime |
| 2023 | The Last of Us | HBO |
| 2023 | 1923 | Paramount+ |
| 2023 | The Crown | Netflix |
| 2023 | Godfather of Harlem | MGM+ |
| 2023 | Succession | HBO |