# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. From 1971 until 2008, all single-camera series competed together in a combined category. Awards for one-hour and half-hour series were divided in 2008 and the category ran until 2010. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were again combined for all single-camera series. They were redivided in 2017.

## Winners and nominations
### 1950s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |||||
| 1956 |
| 1956 | Medic | "Black Friday" | William A. Sickner | NBC |
| 1956 | Dragnet | Dragnet | Edward Colman | NBC |
| 1956 | Four Star Playhouse | "The Collar" | George E. Diskant | CBS |
| 1956 | Private Secretary | Private Secretary | Robert Pittack | CBS |
| 1956 | The Loretta Young Show | "I Remember the Rani" | Norbert Brodine | NBC |
| 1957 |
| 1957 | The Loretta Young Show | "The Pearl" | Norbert Brodine | NBC |
| 1957 | Four Star Playhouse | "Tunnel of Fear" | George E. Diskant | CBS |
| 1957 | General Electric Theater | "The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy" | Robert Pittack | CBS |
| 1957 | General Electric Theater | "The Night Goes On" | John L. Russell | CBS |
| 1957 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | "Stranger in the Night" | Lloyd Ahern | CBS |
| 1958 |
| 1958 | The Bell Telephone Science Series | "Hemo the Magnificent" | Harold E. Wellman | CBS |
| 1958 | The Danny Thomas Show | The Danny Thomas Show | Robert De Grasse | NBC |
| 1958 | Goodyear Theatre | "Voices in the Fog" | George E. Diskant | NBC |
| 1958 | Have Gun – Will Travel | "The Outlaw" | William Margulies | CBS |
| 1958 | The Loretta Young Show | "Miss Ashley's Demon" | Norbert Brodine | NBC |
| 1959 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | "The Alphabet Conspiracy" | Ellis W. Carter | NBC |
| 1959 | Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre | "Corporal Hardy" | Fred Jackman | NBC |
| 1959 | Have Gun – Will Travel | "Ella West" | William Margulies | CBS |
| 1959 | The Jane Wyman Show | "Day of Glory" | Mack Stengler | NBC |
| 1959 | Maverick | "Diamond in the Rough" | Ralph Woolsey | ABC |
| 1959 | Maverick | "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" | Harold E. Stine | ABC |

### 1960s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 1960 |
| 1960 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Charles Straumer | CBS |
| 1960 | The Lawless Years | The Lawless Years | William Margulies | NBC |
| 1960 | 77 Sunset Strip | 77 Sunset Strip | Ralph Woolsey | ABC |
| 1961 |
| 1961 | The Twilight Zone | The Twilight Zone | George T. Clemens | CBS |
| 1961 | Outlaws | Outlaws | William Margulies | NBC |
| 1961 | Wagon Train | Wagon Train | Walter Strenge | NBC |
| 1962 |
| 1962 | Naked City | Naked City | Jack Priestley | ABC |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Ben Casey | Ted Voigtlander | ABC |
| 1962 | Bonanza | Bonanza | Haskell Boggs, Walter Castle | NBC |
| 1962 | The Twilight Zone | The Twilight Zone | George T. Clemens | CBS |
| 1962 | Vincent Van Gogh: A Self Portrait | Vincent Van Gogh: A Self Portrait | Guy Blanchard | NBC |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Wagon Train | Walter Strenge | NBC |
| 1963 |
| 1963 | Naked City | Naked City | Jack Priestley | ABC |
| 1963 | Bell & Howell Close-Up! | Bell & Howell Close-Up! | William Hartigan, Edmondo Ricci | ABC |
| 1963 | Combat! | Combat! | Robert B. Hauser | ABC |
| 1963 | The DuPont Show of the Week | The DuPont Show of the Week | Joe Vadala | NBC |
| 1963 | The River Nile | The River Nile | Guy Blanchard | NBC |
| NBC ||
| 1963 | The Twilight Zone | The Twilight Zone | George T. Clemens, Robert W. Pittack | CBS |
| 1964 |
| 1964 | The Kremlin | The Kremlin | J. Baxter Peters | NBC |
| 1964 | East Side/West Side | East Side/West Side | Jack Priestley | CBS |
| 1964 | Greece: The Golden Age | Greece: The Golden Age | Bradford Kress | NBC |
| 1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Ellis F. Thackery | NBC |
| 1965 |
| 1965 | Twelve O'Clock High | Twelve O'Clock High | William W. Spencer | ABC |
| 1965 | Bonanza | Bonanza | Haskell Boggs, William F. Whitely | NBC |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Fred J. Koenekamp | NBC |
| 1966 |
| 1966 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Winton C. Hoch | ABC |
| 1966 | Bonanza | Bonanza | Haskell Boggs, William F. Whitely | NBC |
| 1966 | The Fugitive | The Fugitive | Meredith M. Nicholson | ABC |
| 1966 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Fred J. Koenekamp | NBC |
| 1966 | Michelangelo: The Last Giant | Michelangelo: The Last Giant | Tom Priestley | NBC |
| 1966 | Run for Your Life | "The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan" | Lionel Lindon | NBC |
| 1966 | The Wild Wild West | The Wild Wild West | Ted Voigtlander | CBS |
| 1967 |
| 1967 | Bonanza | Bonanza | Haskell Boggs, William F. Whitely | NBC |
| 1968 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | "A Thief Is a Thief Is a Thief" | Ralph Woolsey | ABC |
| 1968 | Hogan's Heroes | Hogan's Heroes | Gordon Avil | CBS |
| 1968 | The Time Tunnel | "Raiders in Outer Space" | Winton C. Hoch | ABC |
| 1969 |
| 1969 | Here's Peggy Fleming | Here's Peggy Fleming | George J. Folsey | NBC |
| 1969 | Hawaii Five-O | "Up Tight" | Frank Phillips | CBS |
| 1969 | Land of the Giants | "The Crash" | Howard Schwartz | ABC |
| 1969 | 19th Summer Olympic Games Special Reports | 19th Summer Olympic Games Special Reports | Robert Riger | ABC |

### 1970s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series |||||
| 1970 |
| 1970 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | "Hello, Goodbye, Hello" | Walter Strenge | ABC |
| 1970 | Mission: Impossible | "The Amnesiac" | Al Francis | CBS |
| 1970 | N.Y.P.D. | N.Y.P.D. | Harvey Genkins | ABC |
| 1971 |
| 1971 | The Name of the Game | The Name of the Game | Jack A. Marta | NBC |
| 1971 | Bonanza | "The Love Child" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1971 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | "A Spanish Saying I Made Up" | Walter Strenge | ABC |
| 1972 |
| 1972 | Columbo | "Blueprint for Murder" | Lloyd Ahern | NBC |
| 1972 | Arnie | "The Only Way to Go" | Charles G. Clarke | CBS |
| 1972 | Hawaii Five-O | Hawaii Five-O | Robert L. Morrison | CBS |
| 1973 |
| 1973 | Kung Fu | "An Eye for an Eye" | Jack Woolf | ABC |
| 1973 | Banacek | "Detour to Nowhere" | Sam Leavitt | NBC |
| 1973 | The Waltons | The Waltons | Russell Metty | CBS |
| 1974 |
| 1974 | Columbo | "Any Old Port in a Storm" | Harry L. Wolf | NBC |
| 1974 | Hawaii Five-O | Hawaii Five-O | Bill Huffman, Robert L. Morrison, Jack Whitman | CBS |
| 1974 | Kojak | Kojak | Gerald Perry Finnerman | CBS |
| 1975 |
| 1975 | Columbo | "Playback" | Richard C. Glouner | NBC |
| 1975 | Kojak | "Wall Street Gunslinger" | Vilis Lapenieks, Sol Negrin | CBS |
| 1975 | M*A*S*H | "Bombed" | William Jurgensen | CBS |
| 1976 |
| 1976 | Baretta | "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" | Harry L. Wolf | ABC |
| 1976 | Kojak | "A Question of Answers" | Sol Negrin | CBS |
| 1976 | Little House on the Prairie | "Remember Me" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1976 | M*A*S*H | "Hawkeye" | William Jurgensen | CBS |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | "Part 1" | Howard Schwartz | ABC |
| 1977 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series |
| 1977 | Captains and the Kings | "Chapter 1" | Ric Waite | NBC |
| 1977 | Baretta | "Soldier in the Jungle" | Sherman L. Kunkel | ABC |
| 1977 | Kojak | "A Shield for Murder, Part 2" | Sol Negrin | CBS |
| 1977 | M*A*S*H | "Dear Sigmund" | William Jurgensen | CBS |
| 1977 | The Moneychangers | "Part 1" | Joseph F. Biroc | NBC |
| 1977 | Once an Eagle | "Part 1" | John J. Jones | NBC |
| 1977 | Roots | "Part 2" | Stevan Larner | ABC |
| 1977 | Roots | "Part 7" | Joseph M. Wilcots | ABC |
| Special Classification for Individual Achievement ||||
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | "Mystery of the Haunted House" | Enzo A. Martinelli |
| 1978 |
| 1978 | Little House on the Prairie | "The Fighter" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1978 | The Awakening Land | The Awakening Land | Michel Hugo | NBC |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | "The Inspector/A Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye" | Lloyd Ahern | ABC |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Robert B. Hauser | ABC |
| 1978 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | "Part 1" | Joseph F. Biroc | ABC |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series |||||
| 1979 |
| 1979 | Little House on the Prairie | "The Craftsman" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1979 | Barnaby Jones | "Memory of a Nightmare" | William W. Spencer | CBS |
| 1979 | Little Women | "Episode 2" | Joseph F. Biroc | NBC |

### 1980s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 1980 |
| 1980 | The Contender | "Breakthrough" | Enzo A. Martinelli | CBS |
| 1980 | Fantasy Island | "The Wedding" | Emmett Bergholz | ABC |
| 1980 | From Here to Eternity | "Pearl Harbor" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | NBC |
| 1980 | The Incredible Hulk | "Broken Image" | John McPherson | CBS |
| 1980 | Little House on the Prairie | "May We Make Them Proud" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1980 | Quincy, M.E. | "Riot" | Alric Edens | ABC |
| 1981 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | "Hill Street Station" | William Cronjager | NBC |
| 1981 | Breaking Away | "La Strada" | Brianne Murphy | ABC |
| 1981 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | "Time of the Hawk" | Ben Colman | NBC |
| 1981 | The Gangster Chronicles | "Chapter One" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | NBC |
| 1981 | Little House on the Prairie | "Sylvia" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe | "Death and the Dolls" | Charles W. Short | NBC |
| 1982 |
| 1982 | Fame | "Alone in a Crowd" | William W. Spencer | NBC |
| 1982 | Baker's Dozen | "A Class by Himself" | Sol Negrin | CBS |
| 1982 | Little House on the Prairie | "He Was Only Twelve, Part 2" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1982 | Lou Grant | "Ghosts" | Robert F. Liu | CBS |
| 1982 | Magnum, P.I. | "Memories Are Forever" | Woody Omens | CBS |
| 1983 |
| 1983 | Casablanca | "The Masterbuilder's Woman" | Joseph F. Biroc | NBC |
| 1983 | Fantasy Island | "The Curse of the Moreaus/My Man Friday" | Emmett Bergholz | ABC |
| 1983 | Little House on the Prairie | "The Wild Boy, Part 1" | Harry L. Wolf | NBC |
| 1984 |
| 1984 | The New Mike Hammer | "More Than Murder" | James Crabe | CBS |
| 1984 | Airwolf | "Shadow of the Hawke" | Howard Schwartz, Robert E. Collins | CBS |
| 1984 | Dynasty | "New Lady in Town" | Richard L. Rawlings | ABC |
| 1984 | Fame | "Break Dance" | Sherman Kunkel | Syndicated |
| 1985 |
| 1985 | Miami Vice | "Brother's Keeper" | Robert E. Collins | NBC |
| 1985 | Code Name: Foxfire | "Robin's Blue Egg" | John Elsenbach | NBC |
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven | "Child of God" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven | "A Match Made in Heaven" | Brianne Murphy | NBC |
| 1985 | Miami Vice | "No Exit" | Duke Callaghan | NBC |
| 1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | "D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival" | Edward R. Brown | CBS |
| 1986 |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | "The Mission" | John McPherson | NBC |
| 1986 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | "Road Hog" | Woody Omens | NBC |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | "Prisoner of Paradise" | Terry K. Meade | NBC |
| 1986 | The Colbys | "The Celebration" | Richard L. Rawlings | ABC |
| 1986 | Highway to Heaven | "To Bind the Wounds" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | ABC |
| 1987 |
| 1987 | Heart of the City | "Cold Steal and Neon" | Woody Omens | ABC |
| 1987 | Amazing Stories | "Go to the Head of the Class" | John McPherson | NBC |
| 1987 | Crime Story | "Top of the World" | James A. Contner | NBC |
| 1987 | Highway to Heaven | "Basinger's New York" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | "Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer" | Robert Seaman | NBC |
| 1988 |
| 1988 | Beauty and the Beast | "Pilot" | Roy H. Wagner | CBS |
| 1988 | Highway to Heaven | "A Dream of Wild Horses" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC |
| 1988 | Magnum, P.I. | "Unfinished Business" | John C. Flinn III | CBS |
| 1988 | Moonlighting | "Here's Living With You, Kid" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | ABC |
| 1988 | Ohara | "See Something That Isn't There" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | ABC |
| 1988 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | "The Big Goodbye" | Edward R. Brown | Syndicated |
| 1989 |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | "Genesis, Part 1" | Roy H. Wagner | NBC |
| 1989 | Beauty and the Beast | "Ceremony of Innocence" | Stevan Larner | CBS |
| 1989 | Jake and the Fatman | "Wish You Were Here" | John C. Flinn III | CBS |
| 1989 | Paradise | "Long Lost Lawson" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | CBS |

### 1990s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 1990 |
| 1990 | Quantum Leap | "Pool Hall Blues" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC |
| 1990 | Beauty and the Beast | "Snow" | Stevan Larner | CBS |
| 1990 | Jake and the Fatman | "If I Didn't Care" | John C. Flinn III | CBS |
| 1990 | Midnight Caller | "Evil Is Live Spelled Backward, Part 2" | Bradley B. Six | NBC |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | "Night of the Tarantula" | John Elsenbach | CBS |
| 1991 |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | "The Leap Home, Part 2" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC |
| 1991 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | "Family" | Marvin V. Rush | Syndicated |
| 1991 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "Starting Over" | Jack Priestley | CBS |
| 1992 |
| 1992 | Northern Exposure | "Cicely" | Frank Prinzi | CBS |
| 1992 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | "Summer of '91" | Michael D. O'Shea | ABC |
| 1992 | Quantum Leap | "Dreams" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | "British East Africa, September 1909" | Hugh Miles, Miguel Icaza | ABC |
| 1993 |
| 1993 | Law & Order | "Conspiracy" | Constantine Makris | NBC |
| 1993 | Northern Exposure | "Revelations" | Frank Prinzi | CBS |
| 1993 | Quantum Leap | "Trilogy, Part 1" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC |
| 1993 | Reasonable Doubts | "Life Lines" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | NBC |
| 1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" | David Tattersall | ABC |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "Where the Heart Is/Boston" | Roland 'Ozzie' Smith | CBS |
| 1994 | seaQuest DSV | "Such Great Patience" | Kenneth Zunder | NBC |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | Chicago Hope | "Over the Rainbow" | Tim Suhrstedt | CBS |
| 1995 | Babylon 5 | "The Geometry of Shadows" | John C. Flinn III | Syndicated |
| 1995 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "A Washington Affair" | Roland 'Ozzie' Smith | CBS |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | "You Bet Your Life" | Brian J. Reynolds | ABC |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | "Heroes and Demons" | Marvin V. Rush | UPN |
| 1995 | The X-Files | "One Breath" | John Bartley | Fox |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | The X-Files | "Grotesque" | John Bartley | Fox |
| 1996 | Babylon 5 | "Comes the Inquisitor" | John C. Flinn III | Syndicated |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | "Leave of Absence" | Kenneth Zunder | CBS |
| 1996 | ER | "Hell and High Water" | Richard Thorpe | NBC |
| 1996 | Murder One | "Chapter One" | Aaron Schneider | ABC |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | Law & Order | "Mad Dog" | Constantine Makris | NBC |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | "A Time to Kill" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS |
| 1997 | Gun | "Ricochet" | Roy H. Wagner | ABC |
| 1997 | Relativity | "Karen and Her Sisters" | Michael D. O'Shea | ABC |
| 1997 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | "Apocalypse Rising" | Jonathan West | Syndicated |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Law & Order | "Stalker" | Constantine Makris | NBC |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | "Brain Salad Surgery" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS |
| 1998 | Earth: Final Conflict | "Float Like a Butterfly" | Michael McMurray | Syndicated |
| 1998 | JAG | "The Good of the Service" | Hugo Cortina | CBS |
| 1998 | The X-Files | "The Post-Modern Prometheus" | Joel Ransom | Fox |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | Felicity | "Todd Mulcahy, Part 2" | Robert Primes | The WB |
| 1999 | Chicago Hope | "Home Is Where the Heartache Is" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS |
| 1999 | JAG | "Gypsy Eyes" | Hugo Cortina | CBS |
| 1999 | The Practice | "Happily Ever After" | Dennis Smith | ABC |
| 1999 | The X-Files | "The Unnatural" | Bill Roe | Fox |

### 2000s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 2000 | The West Wing | "Pilot" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | "Hush" | Michael Gershman | The WB |
| 2000 | JAG | "Boomerang, Part 2" | Hugo Cortina | CBS |
| 2000 | Law & Order | "Entitled, Part 2" | Constantine Makris | NBC |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | "D-Girl" | Phil Abraham | HBO |
| 2001 | The West Wing | "Noël" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2001 | Ally McBeal | "Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade" | Billy Dickson | Fox |
| 2001 | JAG | "Adrift, Part 1" | Hugo Cortina | CBS |
| 2001 | Law & Order | "Endurance" | John Beymer | NBC |
| 2001 | The Practice | "The Deal" | Dennis Smith | ABC |
| 2001 | The X-Files | "This is Not Happening" | Bill Roe | Fox |
| 2002 | Alias | "Truth Be Told" | Michael Bonvillain | ABC |
| 2002 | Ally McBeal | "Reality Bites" | Billy Dickson | Fox |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Identity Crisis" | Jonathan West | CBS |
| 2002 | Six Feet Under | "Driving Mr. Mossback" | Alan Caso | HBO |
| 2002 | The West Wing | "Bartlet for America" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | "Simple Man" | Michael D. O’Shea | CBS |
| 2003 | Alias | "Double Agent" | Michael Bonvillain | ABC |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | "Nobody Sleeps" | Alan Caso | HBO |
| 2003 | The West Wing | "Holy Night" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2004 | Carnivàle | "Pick a Number" | Jeff Jur | HBO |
| 2004 | Alias | "Conscious" | Donald E. Thorin | ABC |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "XX" | Frank Byers | CBS |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" | Phil Abraham | HBO |
| 2004 | The West Wing | "7A WF 83429" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2005 | Deadwood | "Complications" | James Glennon | HBO |
| 2005 | Carnivàle | "The Road to Damascus" | Jim Denault | HBO |
| 2005 | Carnivàle | "Lincoln Highway" | Jeff Jur | HBO |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under | "Untitled" | Lowell Peterson | HBO |
| 2005 | 24 | "Day 4: 5:00 a.m. — 6:00 a.m." | Rodney Charters | Fox |
| 2006 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Gum Drops" | Michael Slovis | CBS |
| 2006 | Everybody Hates Chris | "Everybody Hates Funerals" | Mark Doering-Powell | UPN |
| 2006 | Lost | "Man of Science, Man of Faith" | Michael Bonvillain | ABC |
| 2006 | The Sopranos | "The Ride" | Phil Abraham | HBO |
| 2006 | 24 | "Day 5: 9:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m." | Rodney Charters | Fox |
| 2007 | Rome | "Passover" | Alik Sakharov | HBO |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Built to Kill, Part 1" | Michael Slovis | CBS |
| 2007 | Deadwood | "The Catbird Seat" | Joseph Gallagher | HBO |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | "Soprano Home Movies" | Phil Abraham | HBO |
| 2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | "Pilot" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) |||||
| 2008 | Mad Men | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Phil Abraham | AMC |
| 2008 | Battlestar Galactica | "Razor" | Stephen McNutt | Sci Fi |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | "Pilot" | John Toll | AMC |
| 2008 | Dexter | "The British Invasion" | Romeo Tirone | Showtime |
| 2008 | Lost | "The Constant" | John Bartley | ABC |
| 2008 | Rescue Me | "Babyface" | Tom Houghton | FX |
| 2009 | The Tudors | "Dissension and Punishment" | Ousama Rawi | Showtime |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | "ABQ" | Michael Slovis | AMC |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "For Warrick" | James L. Carter | CBS |
| 2009 | Life on Mars | "Out Here in the Fields" | Kramer Morgenthau | ABC |
| 2009 | Mad Men | "The New Girl" | Christopher Manley | AMC |

### 2010s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 2010 (62nd) | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Family Affair" | Christian Sebaldt | CBS |
| 2010 (62nd) | Breaking Bad | "No Mas" | Michael Slovis | AMC |
| 2010 (62nd) | FlashForward | "No More Good Days" | Kramer Morgenthau | ABC |
| 2010 (62nd) | Mad Men | "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." | Christopher Manley | AMC |
| 2010 (62nd) | The Tudors | "Death of a Monarchy" | Ousama Rawi | Showtime |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series |||||
| 2011 (63rd) | Boardwalk Empire | "Home" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2011 (63rd) | Boardwalk Empire | "Boardwalk Empire" | Stuart Dryburgh | HBO |
| 2011 (63rd) | Boardwalk Empire | "A Return to Normalcy" | Kramer Morgenthau | HBO |
| 2011 (63rd) | The Borgias | "The Poisoned Chalice" / "The Assassin" | Paul Sarossy | Showtime |
| 2011 (63rd) | The Good Wife | "Double Jeopardy" | Fred Murphy | CBS |
| 2012 (64th) | Boardwalk Empire | "21" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2012 (64th) | Breaking Bad | "Face Off" | Michael Slovis | AMC |
| 2012 (64th) | Glee | "Asian F" | Michael Goi | Fox |
| 2012 (64th) | Mad Men | "The Phantom" | Christopher Manley | AMC |
| 2012 (64th) | Pan Am | "Pilot" | John Lindley | ABC |
| 2013 (65th) | House of Cards | "Chapter 1" | Eigil Bryld | Netflix |
| 2013 (65th) | Boardwalk Empire | "Margate Sands" | Bill Coleman | HBO |
| 2013 (65th) | Breaking Bad | "Gliding Over All" | Michael Slovis | AMC |
| 2013 (65th) | Game of Thrones | "Mhysa" | Robert McLachlan | HBO |
| 2013 (65th) | Homeland | "Beirut is Back" | Nelson Cragg | Showtime |
| 2013 (65th) | Mad Men | "The Doorway" | Christopher Manley | AMC |
| 2014 (66th) | True Detective | "Who Goes There" | Adam Arkapaw | HBO |
| 2014 (66th) | Breaking Bad | "Granite State" | Michael Slovis | AMC |
| 2014 (66th) | Game of Thrones | "The Lion and the Rose" | Anette Haellmigk | HBO |
| 2014 (66th) | Game of Thrones | "Two Swords" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2014 (66th) | Homeland | "The Star" | David Klein | Showtime |
| 2014 (66th) | House of Cards | "Chapter 18" | Igor Martinovic | Netflix |
| 2015 (67th) | Boardwalk Empire | "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2015 (67th) | Game of Thrones | "The Dance of Dragons" | Rob McLachlan | HBO |
| 2015 (67th) | Game of Thrones | "Hardhome" | Fabian Wagner | HBO |
| 2015 (67th) | Game of Thrones | "Sons of the Harpy" | Anette Haellmigk | HBO |
| 2015 (67th) | Game of Thrones | "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" | Gregory Middleton | HBO |
| 2015 (67th) | The Good Wife | "The Line" | Fred Murphy | CBS |
| 2015 (67th) | House of Cards | "Chapter 29" | Martin Ahlgren | Netflix |
| 2016 (68th) | The Man in the High Castle | "The New World" | James Hawkinson | Prime Video |
| 2016 (68th) | Bates Motel | "A Danger to Himself and Others" | John S. Bartley | A&E |
| 2016 (68th) | Downton Abbey | "Episode Nine" | Graham Frake | PBS |
| 2016 (68th) | Game of Thrones | "Home" | Gregory Middleton | HBO |
| 2016 (68th) | Gotham | "Azrael" | Crescenzo Giacomo Notarile | Fox |
| 2016 (68th) | Homeland | "The Tradition of Hospitality" | David Klein | Showtime |
| 2016 (68th) | House of Cards | "Chapter 45" | David M. Dunlap | Netflix |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) |||||
| 2017 (69th) |
| 2017 (69th) | The Handmaid's Tale | "Offred" | Colin Watkinson | Hulu |
| 2017 (69th) | The Crown | "Smoke and Mirrors" | Adriano Goldman | Netflix |
| 2017 (69th) | The Man in the High Castle | "Fallout" | James Hawkinson | Prime Video |
| 2017 (69th) | Mr. Robot | "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc" / "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt2.tc" | Tod Campbell | USA |
| 2017 (69th) | Sense8 | "Obligate Mutualisms" | John Toll | Netflix |
| 2017 (69th) | Stranger Things | "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" | Tim Ives | Netflix |
| 2017 (69th) | Westworld | "The Original" | Paul Cameron | HBO |
| 2018 (70th) |
| 2018 (70th) | The Crown | "Beryl" | Adriano Goldman | Netflix |
| 2018 (70th) | The Handmaid's Tale | "June" | Colin Watkinson | Hulu |
| 2018 (70th) | Legion | "Chapter 9" | Dana Gonzales | FX |
| 2018 (70th) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Pilot" | M. David Mullen | Prime Video |
| 2018 (70th) | Ozark | "The Toll" | Ben Kutchins | Netflix |
| 2018 (70th) | Stranger Things | "Chapter One: MADMAX" | Tim Ives | Netflix |
| 2018 (70th) | Westworld | "The Riddle of the Sphinx" | John Grillo | HBO |
| 2019 (71st) |
| 2019 (71st) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Simone" | M. David Mullen | Prime Video |
| 2019 (71st) | Game of Thrones | "The Iron Throne" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2019 (71st) | The Handmaid's Tale | "Holly" | Zoë White | Hulu |
| 2019 (71st) | The Handmaid's Tale | "The Word" | Colin Watkinson | Hulu |
| 2019 (71st) | Hanna | "Forest" | Dana Gonzales | Prime Video |
| 2019 (71st) | The Man in the High Castle | "Jahr Null" | Gonzalo Amat | Prime Video |
| 2019 (71st) | Ray Donovan | "Staten Island, Part 1" | Robert McLachlan | Showtime |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 2020 (72nd) |
| 2020 (72nd) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "It’s Comedy or Cabbage" | M. David Mullen | Prime Video |
| 2020 (72nd) | The Crown | "Aberfan" | Adriano Goldman | Netflix |
| 2020 (72nd) | Mindhunter | "Episode 6" | Erik Messerschmidt | Netflix |
| 2020 (72nd) | Ozark | "Boss Fight" | Armando Salas | Netflix |
| 2020 (72nd) | Ozark | "Civil Union" | Ben Kutchins | Netflix |
| 2020 (72nd) | Tales from the Loop | "Loop" | Jeff Cronenweth | Prime Video |
| 2020 (72nd) | Westworld | "Parce Domine" | Paul Cameron | HBO |
| 2021 (73rd) |
| 2021 (73rd) | The Crown | "Fairytale" | Adriano Goldman | Netflix |
| 2021 (73rd) | Bridgerton | "Art of the Swoon" | Jeffrey Jur | Netflix |
| 2021 (73rd) | Euphoria | "Trouble Don't Last Always" | Marcell Rév | HBO |
| 2021 (73rd) | Lovecraft Country | "Sundown" | Tat Radcliffe | HBO |
| 2021 (73rd) | The Mandalorian | "Chapter 13: The Jedi" | Baz Idoine | Disney+ |
| 2021 (73rd) | Perry Mason | "Chapter Two" | David Franco | HBO |
| 2021 (73rd) | The Umbrella Academy | "Right Back Where We Started" | Neville Kidd | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) |
| 2022 (74th) | Euphoria | "The Theater and Its Double" | Marcell Rév | HBO |
| 2022 (74th) | Loki | "Lamentis" | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Disney+ |
| 2022 (74th) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?" | M. David Mullen | Prime Video |
| 2022 (74th) | Ozark | "A Hard Way to Go" | Eric Koretz | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | Squid Game | "Stick to the Team" | Lee Hyung-deok | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | "Pieces of a Man" | Todd Banhazl | HBO |
| 2023 (75th) |
| 2023 (75th) | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Four Minutes" | M. David Mullen | Prime Video |
| 2023 (75th) | Andor | "Rix Road" | Damián García | Disney+ |
| 2023 (75th) | The Crown | "Mou Mou" | Adriano Goldman | Netflix |
| 2023 (75th) | House of the Dragon | "The Lord of the Tides" | Catherine Goldschmidt | HBO |
| 2023 (75th) | The Old Man | "I" | Sean Porter | FX |
| 2023 (75th) | Wednesday | "Woe What a Night" | David Lanzenberg | Netflix |
| 2024 (76th) |
| 2024 (76th) | Shōgun | "Crimson Sky" | Sam McCurdy | FX |
| 2024 (76th) | The Crown | "Ritz" | Sophia Olsson | Netflix |
| 2024 (76th) | The Crown | "Sleep, Dearie Sleep" | Adriano Goldman | Netflix |
| 2024 (76th) | Shōgun | "Anjin" | Christopher Ross | FX |
| 2024 (76th) | 3 Body Problem | "Judgment Day" | Martin Ahlgren | Netflix |
| 2024 (76th) | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | "Beat L.A." | Todd Banhazl | HBO |