# American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial

The American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial is an annual award given by the American Society of Cinematographers to cinematographers working in commercial television. It was first awarded in 2016, when the awards separated it Regular Series award, splitting ad-sponsored television programs and non-sponsored, cable or streaming series into two categories. In 2020, the distinction of "One-Hour" was added, as half-hour programs were given their own categories.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 1987 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series |
| 1987 | Heart of the Series | Heart of the Series | Woody Omens | ABC |
| 1987 | Amazing Stories | "Go to the Head of the Class" | John McPherson | NBC |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | "Pilot" | Reynaldo Villalobos | NBC |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | "Blonde on Blonde" | Gerald Finnerman | ABC |
| 1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | "Unfinished Business | Richard L. Rawlings | CBS |
| 1988 |
| 1988 | Paradise | "Stray Bullet" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | CBS |
| 1988 | Beauty and the Beast | "No Way Down" | Roy H. Wagner | CBS |
| 1988 | Beauty and the Beast | "God Bless the Child" | Stevan Larner | CBS |
| 1988 | Moonlighting | "Here’s Living With You Kid" | Gerald Finnerman | ABC |
| 1988 | Sable | "Toy Gun" | Alex Nepomniaschy | ABC |
| 1989 |
| 1989 | Murder, She Wrote | "Night of the Tarantula" | John Elsenbach | NBC |
| 1989 | Beauty and the Beast | "Snow" | Roy H. Wagner | CBS |
| 1989 | Hunter | "Investment in Death" | James Bagdonas | NBC |
| 1989 | Paradise | "Common Good" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | CBS |
| 1989 | Wiseguy | "How Will They Remember Me?" | Frank E. Johnson | CBS |

### 1990s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 1990 |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | "Ballad for a Blue Lady" | John Elsenbach | NBC |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | "Money Walks" | Victor Goss | ABC |
| 1990 | Jake and the Fatman | "God Bless the Child" | James Bagdonas | CBS |
| 1990 | Quantum Leap | "Pool Hall Blues" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC |
| 1990 | thirtysomething | "The Go Between" | Kenneth D. Zunder | ABC |
| 1991 |
| 1991 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "This Can’t Be Love" | Jack Priestley | CBS |
| 1991 | Columbo | "Death Hits the Jackpot" | George Koblasa | ABC |
| 1991 | Jake and the Fatman | "Street of Dreams" | John C. Flinn III | CBS |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | "Dreams" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC |
| 1991 | The Young Riders | "Spirits" | Ross A. Maehl | ABC |
| 1992 |
| 1992 | Jake and the Fatman | "Nightmare" | John C. Flinn III | CBS |
| 1992 | Brooklyn Bridge | "The Last Immigrant" | Kenneth D. Zunder | CBS |
| 1992 | Northern Exposure | "Cicely" | Frank Prinzi | CBS |
| 1992 | Quantum Leap | "Killin' Time" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC |
| 1992 | The Young Riders | "Shadow Man" | Ross A. Maehl | ABC |
| 1993 |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "Where the Heart Is" | Roland 'Ozzie' Smith | CBS |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | "Oscar, Meyer, Weiner" | Brian J. Reynolds | ABC |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | "True Confessions" | Bing Sokolsky | ABC |
| 1993 | Second Chances | "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" | Lowell Peterson | CBS |
| 1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | "Istanbul, September 1918" | David Tattersall | ABC |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | ER | "Day One" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 1994 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "The Washington Affair" | Roland 'Ozzie' Smith | CBS |
| 1994 | NYPD Blue | "You Bet Your Life" | Brian J. Reynolds | ABC |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | "Crossover" | Marvin V. Rush | Syndicated |
| 1994 | The X-Files | "Duane Barry" | John Bartley | Fox |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | Murder One | "Chapter Four" | Aaron Schneider | ABC |
| 1995 | Chicago Hope | "Leave of Absence" | Kenneth Zunder | CBS |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | "Heavin' Can Wait" | Brian J. Reynolds | ABC |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt | "You, Murderer" | Rick Bota | HBO |
| 1995 | The X-Files | "Grotesque" | John Bartley | Fox |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | Murder One | "Chapter Nine" | Aaron Schneider | ABC |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | "A Time to Kill" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS |
| 1996 | High Incident | "The Godfather" | Bing Sokolsky | ABC |
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | "Closing Time" | Brian J. Reynolds | ABC |
| 1996 | The X-Files | "Grotesque" | John Bartley | Fox |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | "A Nightmare on Dick Street" | Marc Reshovsky | NBC |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | "Silver Bells" | Billy Dickson | Fox |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | "Hope Against Hope" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS |
| 1997 | Millennium | "The Thin White Line" | Robert McLachlan | Fox |
| 1997 | Prince Street | "God Bless America" | Jonathan Freeman | NBC |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | The X-Files | "Drive" | Bill Roe | Fox |
| 1998 | JAG | "Gypsy Eyes" | Hugo Cortina | CBS |
| 1998 | Michael Hayes | "Imagine, Part 2" / "Under Color of Law" | James L. Carter | CBS |
| 1998 | Millennium | "Skull and Bones" | Robert McLachlan | Fox |
| 1998 | The X-Files | "Travelers" | Joel Ransom | Fox |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | The X-Files | "Agua Mala" | Bill Roe | Fox |
| 1999 | Felicity | "Todd Mulcahy, Part 2" | Robert Primes | The WB |
| 1999 | Millennium | "Matryoshka" | Robert McLachlan | Fox |
| 1999 | Profiler | "Las Brisas" | Lowell Peterson | NBC |
| 1999 | Time of Your Life | "The Time the Millennium Approached" | John Peters | Fox |

### 2000s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | The West Wing | "Noël" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2000 | Ally McBeal | "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost" | Billy Dickson | Fox |
| 2000 | The Others | "1112" | Shelly Johnson | NBC |
| 2000 | The Practice | "The Deal" | Dennis Smith | ABC |
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | "God Bless the Child" | Frank E. Johnson | CBS |
| 2000 | The X-Files | "Patience" | Bill Roe | Fox |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | The West Wing | "Bartlet for America" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2001 | Alias | "Time Will Tell" | Michael Bonvillain | ABC |
| 2001 | Ally McBeal | "The Wedding" | Billy Dickson | Fox |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Alter Boys" | Michael Barrett | CBS |
| 2001 | The X-Files | "This is Not Happening" | Bill Roe | Fox |
| 2002 |
| 2002 | MDs | "Wing and a Prayer" | Robert Primes | ABC |
| 2002 | Alias | "Page 47" | Michael Bonvillain | ABC |
| 2002 | Ally McBeal | "Reality Bites" | Billy Dickson | Fox |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Fight Night" | Frank Byers | CBS |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Snuff" | Michael Barrett | CBS |
| 2002 | The West Wing | "Holy Night" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2002 | The X-Files | "Release" | Bill Roe | Fox |
| 2003 |
| 2003 | Carnivàle | "Pick a Number" | Jeffrey Jur | HBO |
| 2003 | Cold Case | "Time to Hate" | Eric Schmidt | CBS |
| 2003 | Crossing Jordan | "Dead Wives Club" | John Aronson | NBC |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix | "Dr. Germ" | Chris Manley | ABC |
| 2003 | The West Wing | "7A WF 83429" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Down the Drain" | Nathan Hope | CBS |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | "A Man a Mile" | Chris Manley | CBS |
| 2004 | Deadwood | "Deep Water" | David Boyd | HBO |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | "Long Term Parking" | Alik Sakharov | HBO |
| 2004 | The West Wing | "Gaza" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Who Shot Sherlock?" | Nathan Hope | CBS |
| 2005 | Carnivàle | "Los Moscos" | Jeffrey Jur | HBO |
| 2005 | Las Vegas | "Everything Old Is You Again" | John C. Newby | NBC |
| 2005 | Smallville | "Scared" | Glen Winter | The WB |
| 2005 | Without a Trace | "Freefall" | John B. Aronson | CBS |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Smallville | "Arrow" | David Moxness | The CW |
| 2006 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Killer" | Nathan Hope | CBS |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | "Darkroom" | Eagle Egilsson | CBS |
| 2006 | Day Break | "What If They Find Him" | Bill Roe | ABC |
| 2006 | House | "Meaning" | Gale Tattersall | Fox |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Smallville | "Noir" | Glen Winter | The CW |
| 2007 | The Black Donnellys | "All of Us Are in the Gutter" | Russell Lee Fine | NBC |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Happy Ending" | James L. Carter | CBS |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | "Inside Out" | Eagle Egilsson | CBS |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club | "Welcome to the Club" | John Fleckenstein | ABC |
| 2008 |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "For Gedda" | Nelson Cragg | CBS |
| 2008 | Flashpoint | "Who's George?" | Stephen Reizes | CBS |
| 2008 | House | "House's Head" | Gale Tattersall | Fox |
| 2008 | Smallville | "Fracture" | Glen Winter | The CW |
| 2008 | The Tudors | "Everything Is Beautiful" | Ousama Rawi | Showtime |
| 2009 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One Episode/Pilot | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One Episode/Pilot | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One Episode/Pilot | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One Episode/Pilot |
| 2009 | Dark Blue | "Venice Kings" | Eagle Egilsson | TNT |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Family Affair" | Christian Sebaldt | CBS |
| 2009 | FlashForward | "The Gift" | Jeffrey Jur | ABC |
| 2009 | Smallville | "Savior" | Glen Winter | The CW |
| 2009 | Ugly Betty | "There's No Place Like Mode" | Michael Price | ABC |

### 2010s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | "Home" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | "Family Limitation" | Kramer Morgenthau | HBO |
| 2010 | Dark Blue | "Shell Game" | Eagle Egilsson | TNT |
| 2010 | Mad Men | "Blowing Smoke" | Christopher Manley | AMC |
| 2010 | Nikita | "Pilot" | David Stockton | The CW |
| 2010 | Smallville | "Abandoned" | Glen Winter | The CW |
| 2010 | Smallville | "Shield" | Michael Wale | The CW |
| 2011 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One-Hour Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One-Hour Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One-Hour Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One-Hour Television |
| 2011 | Boardwalk Empire | "21" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2011 | Boardwalk Empire | "To the Lost" | David Franco | HBO |
| 2011 | Chase | "Narco, Part 2" | David Stockton | NBC |
| 2011 | Downton Abbey | "Pilot" | David Katznelson | PBS |
| 2011 | Pan Am | "Pilot" | John Lindley | ABC |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones | "The North Remembers" | Kramer Morgenthau | HBO |
| 2012 | Hunted | "Mort" | Balazs Bolygo | Cinemax |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | "Pilot" | David Stockton | Fox |
| 2012 | Fringe | "Letters of Transit" | David Moxness | Fox |
| 2012 | Mad Men | "The Phantom" | Christopher Manley | AMC |
| 2012 | Strike Back | "Episode 11" | Michael Spragg | Cinemax |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones | "Valar Dohaeris" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2013 | Beauty & the Beast | "Tough Love" | David Greene | The CW |
| 2013 | Boardwalk Empire | "Erlkönig" | David Franco | HBO |
| 2013 | The Borgias | "The Purge" | Pierre Gill | Showtime |
| 2013 | Dracula | "The Blood Is the Life" | Ousama Rawi | NBC |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones | "Kissed by Fire" | Anette Haellmigk | HBO |
| 2013 | Magic City | "The Sins of the Father" | Steven Bernstein | Starz |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | "Pilot" | Kramer Morgenthau | Fox |
| 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Series | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Series | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Series | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Series |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" | Jonathan Freeman | HBO |
| 2014 | Game of Thrones | "Mockingbird" | Fabian Wagner | HBO |
| 2014 | Game of Thrones | "The Children" | Anette Haellmigk | HBO |
| 2014 | Gotham | "Spirit of the Goat" | Christopher Norr | Fox |
| 2014 | Manhattan | "Perestroika" | Richard Rutkowski | WGN America |
| 2014 | Vikings | "Blood Eagle" | PJ Dillon | History |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | Marco Polo | "The Fourth Step" | Vanja Černjul | Netflix |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones | "Hardhome" | Fabian Wagner | HBO |
| 2015 | Gotham | "Rise of the Villains: Scarification" | Crescenzo Notarile | Fox |
| 2015 | Gotham | "Rise of the Villains: Strike Force" | Christopher Norr | Fox |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | "Mentally Divergent" | David Greene | Syfy |
| 2016 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Commercial Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Commercial Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Commercial Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Commercial Television |
| 2016 | Mr. Robot | "eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc" | Tod Campbell | USA |
| 2016 | Gotham | "Wrath of the Villains: Mr. Freeze" | Christopher Norr | Fox |
| 2016 | Manhattan | "Jupiter" | Richard Rutkowski | WGN America |
| 2016 | Preacher | "Finish the Song" | John Grillo | AMC |
| 2016 | Underground | "The Macon 7" | Kevin McKnight | WGN America |
| 2017 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episode of a Series for Commercial Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episode of a Series for Commercial Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episode of a Series for Commercial Television | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episode of a Series for Commercial Television |
| 2017 | 12 Monkeys | "Thief" | Boris Mojsovski | Syfy |
| 2017 | Gotham | "The Executioner" | Crescenzo Notarile | Fox |
| 2017 | Legion | "Chapter 1" | Dana Gonzales | FX |
| 2017 | The Originals | "Bag of Cobras" | Kurt Jones | The CW |
| 2017 | 12 Monkeys | "Mother" | David Greene | Syfy |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Beyond | "Two Zero One" | Jon Joffin | Freeform |
| 2018 | Damnation | "A Different Species" | Dana Gonzales | USA |
| 2018 | Gotham | "A Dark Knight: Queen Takes Knight" | David Stockton | Fox |
| 2018 | Timeless | "The King of the Delta Blues" | Nathaniel Goodman | NBC |
| 2018 | Yellowstone | "Daybreak" | Ben Richardson | Paramount Network |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Project Blue Book | "The Flatwoods Monster" | C. Kim Miles | History |
| 2019 | Gotham | "Legend of the Dark Knight: Ace Chemicals" | David Stockton | Fox |
| 2019 | Legion | "Chapter 20" | Dana Gonzales | FX |
| 2019 | Legion | "Chapter 23" | Polly Morgan | FX |
| 2019 | Vikings | "Hell" | Peter Robertson | History |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| 2020 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial |
| 2020 | Motherland: Fort Salem | "Up is Down" | Jon Joffin | Freeform |
| 2020 | Better Call Saul | "Bagman" | Marshall Adams | AMC |
| 2020 | Killing Eve | "Meetings Have Biscuits" | Carlos Catalán | BBC One |
| 2020 | Project Blue Book | "Area 51" | François Dagenais | History |
| 2020 | Project Blue Book | "Operation Mainbrace" | C. Kim Miles | History |
| 2021 |
| 2021 | Snowfall | "Weight" | Tommy Maddox-Upshaw | FX |
| 2021 | Clarice | "Silence is Purgatory" | Brendan Steacy | CBS |
| 2021 | Mayans M.C. | "The Orneriness of Kings" | David Stockman | FX |
| 2021 | Riverdale | "Chapter Eighty-Nin: Reservoir Dogs" | Ronald Paul Richard | The CW |
| 2021 | Snowpiercer | "Our Answer for Everything" | Thomas Burstyn | TNT |
| 2021 | Superman & Lois | "Heritage" | Gavin Struthers | The CW |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | The Old Man | "IV" | Jules O'Loughlin | FX |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | "Saul Gone" | Marshall Adams | AMC |
| 2022 | Interview with the Vampire | "Is My Very Nature That of a Devil" | Jesse M. Feldman | AMC |
| 2022 | Snowfall | "Departures" | Christian "Tico" Herrera | FX |
| 2022 | Snowpiercer | "Bound By One Track" | Jaime Reynoso | TNT |