My Alternate Emmy for Best Drama Series Winners
This list contains my alternate choices for the Emmy Award for Best Drama Series from 1970-2012. Some of the choices are personal favorites of mine, while others are series that time has shown to have been unfairly passed over. I also included 5-11 alternate nominees depending on the strength of the year (I do this almost exclusively for the 2000s). For nominees: * indicates nominee and ** indicates winner. Some other information has also been included. Enjoy!
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- StarsEric PorterMargaret TyzackNyree Dawn PorterSpanning decades, the saga contrasts obsessive Soames, clinging to wife Irene, and Jolyon, leaving for his kids' governess. Their diverging paths intertwine, bringing highs and lows to the upper-class Forsyte clan.Year: 1970
Network: NET
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Developer: Donald Wilson
Series Creator: John Galsworthy
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Kenneth More, Eric Porter, Susan Hampshire, Nyree Dawn Porter, and numerous others
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Ironside (NBC): Mannix (CBS); **Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC); *The Mod Squad (ABC); *The Name of the Game (NBC) - CreatorA.J. RussellS.S. SchweitzerStarsHal HolbrookMichael TolanKate HawleyHays Stowe is a new senator who comes to Washington DC with his wife Erin and daughter Norma. He arrives full of optimism that being on the side of justice can help him change things for the better. His chief aide Jordan Boyle is there to assist him.Year: 1971
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: S.S. Schweitzer
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Hal Holbrook, Sharon Acker, Cindy Eilbacher, and Michael Tolan
Episode Submissions: A Clear and Present Danger; To Taste of Death but Once; The Day the Lion Died; Power Play; A Continual Roar of Musketry, Parts I & II; George Washington Is a Liar; A Single Blow of the Sword
Nominees: *The First Churchills (PBS); *Ironside (NBC); Mannix (CBS); *Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC); Medical Center (CBS) - CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsPeter FalkMike LallyJohn FinneganLos Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.Year: 1972
Network: CBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creators: Richard Levinson and William Link
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Peter Falk
Episode Submissions: Murder by the Book; Death Lends a Hand; Dead Weight; Suitable for Framing; Lady in Waiting; Short Fuse
Nominees: **Elizabeth R (The Lion's Cub; The Marriage Game; Shadow in the Sun; Horrible Conspiracies; The Enterprise of England; Sweet England's Pride) (PBS); *Mannix (CBS); *Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC); Medical Center (CBS); *The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Catherine of Aragon; Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymour; Catherine Howard; Catherine Parr) (CBS) - CreatorEarl Hamner Jr.StarsJon WalmsleyMary Beth McDonoughEric ScottThe life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.Year: 1973
Network: CBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: Earl Hamner
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby, Will Geer, Jon Walmsley, Judy Norton Taylor, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Eric Scott, David W. Harper, and Kami Cotler
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Cannon (CBS); *Columbo (Étude in Black; The Greenhouse Jungle; The Most Crucial Game; Dagger of the Mind; Requiem for a Falling Star; A Stitch in Crime) (NBC); *Hawaii Five-O (CBS); *Kung Fu (ABC); Medical Center (CBS) - CreatorEileen AtkinsStarsGordon JacksonDavid LangtonJean MarshThe lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.Year: 1974
Network: PBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins, John Hawkesworth, and John Whitney
Series Developer: Alfred Shaughnessy
Season #: 1 and 2 (mostly 2)
Main Cast: Jean Marsh, Pauline Collins, Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, Rachel Gurney, David Langton, Evin Crowley, Patsy Smart, George Innes, Brian Osborne, Nicola Pagett, Susan Porrett, Christopher Beeny, Maggie Wells, Simon Williams, Jenifer Armitage, Ian Ogilvy, Joan Benham, Jenny Tomasin, John Alderton, Raymond Huntley, Donald Burton, Jane Carr, and Dorothy Frere
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Kojak (CBS); *Police Story (NBC); *The Streets of San Francisco (ABC); Toma (ABC); *The Waltons (CBS) - CreatorEileen AtkinsStarsGordon JacksonDavid LangtonJean MarshThe lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.Year: 1975
Network: PBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Developer: Alfred Shaughnessy
Series Creators: Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins, John Hawkesworth, and John Whitney
Series Developer: Alfred Shaughnessy
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Jean Marsh, Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, David Langton, Jenny Tomasin, Christopher Beeny, Meg Wynn Owen, Simon Williams, Raymond Huntley, Jacqueline Tong, Anthony Ainley, Lesley-Anne Down, Celia Bannerman, Tony Bateman, Joan Benham, Anthony Dawes, Elisabeth Day, John Flint, Helen Lindsay, John Quayle, Patsy Smart, Leonard Trolley, Richard Vernon, and Valerie White
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Columbo (An Exercise in Fatality; Negative Reaction; By Dawn's Early Light; Troubled Waters; Playback; A Deadly State of Mind) (ABC); *Kojak (CBS); *Police Story (NBC); The Streets of San Francisco (ABC); *The Waltons (CBS) - CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsPeter FalkMike LallyJohn FinneganLos Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.Year: 1976
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creators: Richard Levinson and William Link
Season #: 5
Main Cast: Peter Falk
Episode Submissions: Forgotten Lady; A Case of Immunity; Identity Crisis; A Matter of Honor; Now You See Him...; Last Salute to the Commodore
Nominees: *Baretta (ABC); Petrocelli (NBC); **Police Story (NBC); *The Streets of San Francisco (ABC); Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) - CreatorEileen AtkinsStarsGordon JacksonDavid LangtonJean MarshThe lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.Year: 1977
Network: PBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins, John Hawkesworth, and John Whitney
Series Developer: Alfred Shaughnessy
Season #: 5
Main Cast: Jean Marsh, Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, Jacqueline Tong, Christopher Beeny, David Langton, Jenny Tomasin, Lesley-Anne Down, Simon Williams, Gareth Hunt, Hannah Gordon, Karen Dotrice, Joan Benham, Anne Yarker, Anthony Andrews, Madeleine Cannon, Raymond Huntley, Jonathan Seely, Celia Bannerman, Shirley Cain, Ursula Howells, and John Quayle
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Baretta (ABC); *Family (ABC); Little House on the Prairie (NBC); *Police Story (NBC); The Rockford Files (NBC) - CreatorStephen J. CannellRoy HugginsStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosThe cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.Year: 1978
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell
Season #: 4
Main Cast: James Garner, Noah Beery, Jr., Joe Santos, Stuart Margolin, and Gretchen Corbett
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Columbo (Try and Catch Me; Murder Under Glass; Make Me a Perfect Murder; How to Dial a Murder; The Conspirators) (NBC); *Family (ABC); I, Claudius (PBS); Little House on the Prairie (NBC); *Lou Grant (CBS) - CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsGene ReynoldsStarsEdward AsnerRobert WaldenMason AdamsThe trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.Year: 1979
Network: CBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, and Gene Reynolds
Season #: 2
Main Cast: Edward Asner, Robert Walden, Linda Kelsey, Mason Adams, Jack Bannon, Daryl Anderson, and Nancy Marchand
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Battlestar Galactica (ABC); Family (ABC); Little House on the Prairie (CBS); *The Paper Chase (CBS); *The Rockford Files (NBC) - CreatorDavid JacobsStarsLarry HagmanKen KerchevalPatrick DuffyJ.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.Year: 1980
Network: CBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creator: David Jacobs
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Larry Hagman, Steve Kanaly, Ken Kercheval, Victoria Principal, and Charlene Tilton
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: The Duchess of Duke Street (PBS); *Family (ABC); **Lou Grant (CBS); Little House on the Prairie (NBC); *The Rockford Files (NBC) - CreatorSteven BochcoMichael KozollStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael WarrenBruce WeitzThe lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.Year: 1981
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James B. Sikking, Joe Spano, Barbara Bosson, Taurean Blacque, Kiel Martin, René Enríquez, Betty Thomas, Ed Marinaro, and Charles Haid
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Dallas (CBS); Hart to Hart (ABC); *Lou Grant (CBS); Magnum, P.I. (Skin Deep; Never Again...Never Again; Missing in Action; Lest We Forget; Thicker Than Blood; J. "Digger" Doyle) (NBC); *Quincy, M.E. (NBC); *The White Shadow (CBS) - CreatorSteven BochcoMichael KozollStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael WarrenBruce WeitzThe lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.Year: 1982
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll
Season #: 2
Main Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James B. Sikking, Joe Spano, Barbara Bosson, Taurean Blacque, Kiel Martin, René Enríquez, Betty Thomas, Ed Marinaro, and Charles Haid
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Dallas (CBS); *Dynasty (ABC); *Fame (NBC); *Lou Grant (CBS); *Magnum, P.I. (CBS) - CreatorSteven BochcoMichael KozollStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael WarrenBruce WeitzThe lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.Year: 1983
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James B. Sikking, Joe Spano, Barbara Bosson, Taurean Blacque, Kiel Martin, René Enríquez, Betty Thomas, Ed Marinaro, and Charles Haid
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Cagney & Lacey (CBS); *Fame (NBC); Knots Landing (CBS); *Magnum, P.I. (CBS); *St. Elsewhere (NBC) - CreatorSteven BochcoMichael KozollStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael WarrenBruce WeitzThe lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.Year: 1984
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll
Season #: 4
Main Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James B. Sikking, Joe Spano, Barbara Bosson, Taurean Blacque, Kiel Martin, René Enríquez, Betty Thomas, Ed Marinaro, and Charles Haid
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Cagney & Lacey (CBS); *Fame (Syndicated); Knots Landing (CBS); *Magnum, P.I. (CBS); *St. Elsewhere (NBC) - CreatorJoshua BrandJohn FalseyJohn MasiusStarsEd Begley Jr.Howie MandelDavid MorseThe lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching hospital.Year: 1985
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creators: Joshua Brand and John Falsey
Series Developers: Mark Tinker and John Masius
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley, Jr., Ellen Bry, Stephen Furst, Mark Harmon, Terence Knox, Eric Laneuville, Howie Mandel, David Morse, Christina Pickles, Cynthia Sikes, and Denzel Washington
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: **Cagney & Lacey (CBS); *Hill Street Blues (NBC); Magnum, P.I. (CBS); *Miami Vice (NBC); *Murder, She Wrote (CBS) - CreatorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsCybill ShepherdBruce WillisAllyce BeasleyThe quirky cases of a former model and a smart aleck detective who manage a private detective agency.Year: 1986
Network: ABC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creators: Glenn Gordon Caron
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd, and Allyce Beasley
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: **Cagney & Lacey (CBS); *Hill Street Blues (NBC); Magnum, P.I. (CBS); *Murder, She Wrote (CBS); *St. Elsewhere (NBC) - CreatorSteven BochcoTerry Louise FisherStarsCorbin BernsenJill EikenberryAlan RachinsThe lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.Year: 1987
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?:
Series Creators: Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michele Greene, Jimmy Smits, Michael Tucker, Susan Ruttan, and Richard Dysart
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Hill Street Blues (NBC); Matlock (NBC); *Moonlighting (ABC); *Murder, She Wrote (CBS); *St. Elsewhere (NBC) - CreatorJoshua BrandJohn FalseyJohn MasiusStarsEd Begley Jr.Howie MandelDavid MorseThe lives and work of the staff of St. Eligius Hospital, an old and disrespected Boston teaching hospital.Year: 1988
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creators: Joshua Brand and John Falsey
Series Developers: Mark Tinker and John Masius
Season #: 6
Main Cast: Ed Flanders, William Daniels, Norman Lloyd, Bonnie Bartlett, Ed Begley, Jr., Ronny Cox, Stephen Furst, Bruce Greenwood, Eric Laneuville, Sagan Lewis, Howie Mandel, David Morse, France Nguyen, Cindy Pickett, Christina Pickles, Jennifer Savidge, and Denzel Washington
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *Beauty and the Beast (CBS); In the Heat of the Night Pilot, Parts I & II; Fate; Blind Spot, Parts I & II; ...And Then You Die) (NBC); *L.A. Law (NBC); Matlock (NBC); **thirtysomething (ABC) - CreatorSteven BochcoTerry Louise FisherStarsCorbin BernsenJill EikenberryAlan RachinsThe lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.Year: 1989
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creators: Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michele Greene, Jimmy Smits, Michael Tucker, Susan Ruttan, Blair Underwood, Larry Drake, and Richard Dysart
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: *China Beach (ABC); Midnight Caller (NBC); Star Trek: The Next Generation (Elementary, Dear Data; Unnatural Selection; A Matter of Honor; The Measure of a Man; Q Who; The Emissary; Peak Performance) (Syndicated); Tanner '88 (HBO); *thirtysomething (ABC); *Wiseguy (NBC) - CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.Year: 1990
Network: ABC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creators: David Lynch and Mark Frost
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Warren Front, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Everett McGill, Jack Nance, Ray Wise, Joan Chen, and Piper Laurie
Episode Submissions: Pilot; Traces to Nowhere; Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer; Rest in Pain; The One-Armed Man; Cooper's Dreams; Realization Time; The Last Evening
Nominees: *China Beach (ABC); **L.A. Law (NBC); *Quantum Leap (NBC); Road to Avonlea (Disney); Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Survivors; The Enemy; The Defector; Déjà Q; Yesterday's Enterprise; Sins of the Father; Sarek; The Best of Both Worlds, Part I) (Syndicated) - CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.Year: 1991
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creator: Donald Bellisario
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell
Episode Submissions: N/A
Nominees: **L.A. Law (NBC); Law & Order (NBC); *Northern Exposure (CBS); Road to Avonlea (Disney); Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Best of Both Worlds, Part II; Brothers; Remember Me; Reunion; First Contact; The Nth Degree; The Drumhead; The Mind's Eye) (Syndicated) - CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.Year: 1992
Network: Syndicated
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Creator: Gene Roddenberry
Season #: 5
Main Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, and Marina Sirtis
Episode Submissions: Unification, Parts I & II; Cause and Effect; The First Duty; The Perfect Mate; I, Borg; The Next Phase; The Inner Light
Nominees: *I'll Fly Away (NBC); *Law & Order (NBC); **Northern Exposure (CBS); *Quantum Leap (NBC); Road to Avonlea (Disney) - CreatorDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaNew York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.Year: 1993
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No (won award in 1997)
Series Creator: Dick Wolf
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Michael Moriarty, Paul Sorvino, Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Richard Brooks, Steven Hill, and Carolyn McCormick
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Homicide: Life on the Street (Gone for Goode; Ghost of a Chance; Son of a Gun; Three Men and Adena; A Dog and Pony Show; And the Rockets Red Glare; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Night of the Dead Living) (NBC); *I'll Fly Away (NBC); *Northern Exposure (CBS); **Picket Fences (CBS); Road to Avonlea (Disney); Star Trek: The Next Generation (Relics; Chain of Command, Parts I & II; Ship in a Bottle; Tapestry; Frame of Mind; Second Chances; Timescape) (Syndicated) - CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsKathy BakerTom SkerrittLauren HollyAn aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.Year: 1994
Network: CBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: David E. Kelley
Season #: 2
Main Cast: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly, Holly Marie Combs, Justin Shenkarow, Adam Wylie, Fyvush Finkel, Ray Walston, and Leigh Taylor-Young
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Homicide: Life on the Street (Bop Gun; See No Evil; Black and Blue; A Many-Splendored Thing) (NBC); *Law & Order (NBC); *Northern Exposure (CBS); *NYPD Blue (ABC); *Star Trek: The Next Generation (Interface; Attached; Inheritance; Parallels; The Pegasus; Lower Decks; Emergence; All Good Things...) (Syndicated); The X-Files (Pilot; Deep Throat; Squeeze; Ice; E.B.E.; Darkness Falls; Roland; The Erlenmeyer Flask) (Fox) - CreatorMichael CrichtonStarsAnthony EdwardsGeorge ClooneyJulianna MarguliesThe doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.Year: 1995
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No (won award in 1996)
Series Creator: Michael Crichton
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, and Eriq La Salle
Episode Submissions: Hit and Run; Into That Good Night; Blizzard; The Gift; Happy New Year; Love's Labor Lost; Motherhood; Everything Old Is New Again
Nominees: *Chicago Hope (Pilot; Over the Rainbow; Shut Down; Heartbreak; The Quarantine; Love and Hope; Small Sacrifices; Internal Affairs) (CBS); Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC); *Law & Order (Coma; White Rabbit; Competence; Virtue; House Counsel; Progeny; Rage; Seed) (NBC); My So-Called Life (ABC); **NYPD Blue (Dead and Gone; Simone Says; In the Butt, Bob; Vishy-Vashy Vinnie; A Murder with Teeth in It; Bombs Away; Dirty Socks; The Bookie and Kooky Cookie) (ABC); Party of Five (Fox); The X-Files (Fox) - CreatorPaul AttanasioStarsRichard BelzerClark JohnsonYaphet KottoAn American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.Year: 1996
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Creator: Paul Attanasio
Season #: 4
Main Cast: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hofmann, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Melissa Leo, and Kyle Secor
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Murder One (ABC); **ER (And Baby Makes Two; Hell and High Water; A Miracle Happens Here; It's Not Easy Being Greene; The Right Thing; The Healers; A Shift in the Night; Fevers of Unknown Origin) (NBC); *Law & Order (Bitter Fruits; Savages; Hot Pursuit; Angel; Charm City, Part I; Encore; Pro Se; Aftershock) (NBC); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (The Way of the Warrior; The Visitor; Rejoined; The Sword of Kahless; Homefront; Accession; Hard Time; Shattered Mirror) (Syndicated); *The X-Files (Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose; The List; Oubliette; Nisei; Piper Maru; Apocrypha; Pusher; Jose Chung's From Outer Space) (Fox) - CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Year: 1997
Network: Fox
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creator: Chris Carter
Season #: 4
Main Cast: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson
Episode Submissions: Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man; Paper Hearts; Memento Mori; Kaddish; Tempo Fugit; Small Potatoes; Gethsemane
Nominees: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Welcome to the Hellmouth; The Harvest; Witch; Never Kill a Boy on the First Date; Angel; Nightmares; Out of Mind, Out of Sight; Prophecy Girl) (The WB); *Chicago Hope (A Time to Kill; A Day in the Life; The Day of the Rope; Mother, May I?; The Son Also Rises; Positive I.D.'s; Lamb to the Slaughter; Hope Against Hope) (CBS); *ER (Last Call; Fear of Flying; Night Shift; Faith; Tribes; You Bet Your Life; Random Acts; One More for the Road) (NBC); EZ Streets (CBS); Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC); **Law & Order (Causa Mortis; I.D.; Corruption; Menace; Mad Dog; Double Down; We Like Mike; Terminal) (NBC) - CreatorJoss WhedonStarsSarah Michelle GellarNicholas BrendonAlyson HanniganA young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.Year: 1998
Network: The WB
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Creator: Joss Whedon
Season #: 2
Main Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters, Kristine Sutherland, Juliet Landau, Robia LaMorte, and Seth Green
Episode Submissions: When She Was Bad; School Hard; Lie to Me; Surprise; Innocence; Passion; Becoming, Parts I & II
Nominees: *Chicago Hope (CBS); Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC); *NYPD Blue (CBS); **The Practice (Betrayal; The Blessing; Hide and Seek; Line of Duty; Burden of Proof; Tree in the Forest; Rhyme and Reason; N/A) (ABC); *The X-Files (Redux, Part II; The Post-Modern Prometheus; Bad Blood; The Red and the Black; The Pine Bluff Variant; The End) (Fox) - CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.Year: 1999
Network: HBO
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No (won award in 2004 and 2007)
Series Creator: David Chase
Season #: 1
Main Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo, Nancy Marchand, John Ventimiglia, Katherine Narducci, Vincent Curatola, Sharon Angela, and Maureen Van Zandt
Episode Submissions: Pilot (The Sopranos); Meadowlands; College; Down Neck; The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti; Boca; Nobody Knows Anything; I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano
Nominees: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The Wish; Amends; Helpless; Consequences; Doppelgangland; Earshot; Graduation Day, Parts I & II) (The WB); *ER (Stuck on You; Hazed and Confused; Good Luck, Ruth Johnson; Choosing Joi; The Storm, Parts I & II; Responsible Parties) (NBC); Felicity (The WB); Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC); **The Practice (The Defenders; Trench Work; One of Those Days; Love and Honor; End Games; Happily Ever After; Crossfire; Closet Justice) (ABC); The X-Files (Fox) - CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.Year: 2000
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: Aaron Sorkin
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, and Janel Moloney
Episode Submissions: Pilot; The Crackpots and These Women; In Excelsis Deo; Take This Sabbath Day; Celestial Navigation; The White House Pro-Am; Let Bartlet Be Bartlet; What Kind of Day Has It Been
Nominees: Angel (City Of; In the Dark; I Will Remember You; Somnambulist; Hero; Five by Five; Sanctuary; To Shanshu in L.A.) (The WB); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Fear, Itself; The Initiative; Hush; This Year's Girl; Who Are You; New Moon Rising; The Yoko Factor; Restless) (The WB); Once and Again (ABC); *The Sopranos (Toodle *beep* Big Girls Don't Cry; The Happy Wanderer; D-Girl; From Where to Eternity; The Knight in White Satin Armor; Funhouse) (HBO); Third Watch (NBC) - CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.Year: 2001
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: Aaron Sorkin
Season #: 2
Main Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill, and Janel Moloney
Episode Submissions: In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Parts I & II; Shibboleth; Galileo; Noël; The War at Home; 17 People; Two Cathedrals
Nominees: Angel (Are You Now or Have You Ever Been; Untouched; Darla; The Trial; Reunion; Redefinition; Reprise; Epiphany) (The WB); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (No Place Like Home; Fool for Love; Into the Woods; Crush; The Body; Forever; The Weight of the World; The Gift) (The WB); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS); Gilmore Girls (The WB); *The Sopranos (Proshai, Livushka; Employee of the Month; University; Second Opinion; The Telltale Moozadell; Pine Barrens; Amour Fou; Army of One) (HBO) - CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.Year: 2002
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: Aaron Sorkin
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, and Stockard Channing
Episode Submissions: The Women of Qumar; Bartlet for America; The Two Bartlets; Night Five; Hartsfield's Landing; Dead Irish Writers; We Killed Yamamoto; Posse Comitatus
Nominees: Angel (That Vision Thing; Quickening; Lullaby; Waiting in the Wings; Loyalty; Sleep Tight; Forgiving; Benediction) (The WB); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Bargaining, Part I; After Life; Once More, with Feeling; Dead Things; Normal Again; Villains; Two to Go; Grave) (UPN); The Shield (FX); *Six Feet Under (The Room; Life's Too Short; A Private Life; In the Game; Driving Mr. Mossback; The Invisible Woman; Back to the Garden; Someone Else's Eyes) (HBO); *24 (Fox) - CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.Year: 2003
Network: NBC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: Aaron Sorkin
Season #: 4
Main Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Spencer, Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Joshua Malina, and Stockard Channing
Episode Submission: 20 Hours in America, Parts I & II; Holy Night; Inauguration, Part I; Inauguration: Over There; Evidence of Things Not Seen; Life on Mars; Commencement; Twenty Five
Nominees: Boomtown (NBC); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Selfless; Conversations with Dead People; Storyteller; Lies My Parents Told Me; Touched; Chosen) (UPN); Firefly (Serenity; Our Mrs. Reynolds; Jaynestown; Out of Gas; Ariel; The Message; Heart of Gold; Objects in Space) (Fox); *Six Feet Under (You Never Know; Nobody Sleeps; Making Love Work; Tears; Bones and Desire; The Opening; Everyone Leaves; Death Works Overtime; Twilight) (HBO); *The Sopranos (No Show; The Weight; Everybody Hurt; Watching Too Much Television; Whoever Did This; The Strong, Silent Type; Eloise; Whitecaps) (HBO); The Wire (HBO) - CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.Year: 2004
Network: HBO
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: David Chase
Season #: 5
Main Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo, David Proval, Aida Turturro, Steven R. Schirripa, John Ventimiglia, Robert Funaro, Katherine Narducci, Vincent Curatola, Steve Buscemi, Frank Vincent, Dan Grimaldi, Patsy Parisi, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Toni Kalem, Ray Abruzzo, Sharon Angela, Max Casella, Carl Capotorto, Arthur Nascarella, and Maureen Van Zandt
Episode Submissions: Where's Johnny?; All Happy Families...; Irregular Around the Margins; Unidentified Black Males; Cold Cuts; Long Term Parking
Nominees: Angel (Lineage; You're Welcome; Smile Time; A Hole in the World; Underneath You; Not Fade Away) (The WB); Deadwood (HBO); The Shield (FX); The Shield (FX); *The West Wing (7A WF 83429; Constituency of One; Abu el Banat; An Khe; Full Disclosure; The Supremes) (NBC); The Wire (HBO) - CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.Year: 2005
Network: Sci-Fi
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Developer: Ronald D. Moore
Series Creator: Glen A. Larson
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas, Tahmoh Penikett, Kandyse McClure, Paul Campbell, and Alessandro Juliani
Episode Submissions: 33; Water; Act of Contrition; The Hand of God; Kobol's Last Gleaming, Parts I & II
Nominees: *Deadwood (A Lie Agreed Upon, Parts I & II; Complications; Childish Things; The Whores Can Come; Boy-the-Earth-Talked-To) (HBO); **Lost (Pilot, Parts I & II; Walkabout; ...In Translation; Do No Harm; Exodus, Part I) (Fox); The Shield (FX); Veronica Mars (UPN); *The West Wing (The Birnam Wood; Liftoff; King Corn; Impact Winter; In God We Trust; 2162 Votes) (NBC); The Wire (HBO) - CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.Year: 2006
Network: Sci-Fi
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Developer: Ronald D. Moore
Series Creator: Glen A. Larson
Series Creator(s): Ronald D. Moore and Glen A. Larson
Season #: 2
Main Cast: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas, Tahmoh Penikett, Nicki Clyne, Kandyse McClure, Paul Campbell, and Alessandro Juliani
Episode Submissions: Home, Part II; Pegasus; Resurrection Ship, Part II; Downloaded; Lay Down Your Burdens, Parts I & II
Nominees: Doctor Who (School Reunion; The Girl in the Fireplace; The Impossible Planet; Love & Monsters; Army of Ghosts; Doomsday) (BBC America); *Grey's Anatomy (Bring the Pain; Into You Like a Train; Thanks for the Memories; Break on Through; It's the End of the World; (As We Know It)) (ABC); *The Sopranos (Members Only; Join the Club; Fleshy Part of the Thigh; Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni; Request; Live Free or Die; The Ride) (HBO); Rome (The Stolen Eagle; Stealing from Saturn; Pharsalus; Caesarion; Triumph; Kalends of February) (HBO); *The West Wing (Here Today; The Cold; Election Day, Part II; Requiem; Two Weeks Out; Tomorrow) (NBC) - CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.Year: 2007
Network: BBC America
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Developer: Russell T. Davies
Series Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, and Donald Wilson
Season #: 3
Main Cast: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, and Catherine Tate
Episode Submissions: Gridlock; 42; Human Nature; The Family of Blood; Blink; Utopia
Nominees: Battlestar Galactica (Occupation; Precipice; Exodus, Parts I & II; Crossroads, Parts I & II) (Sci-Fi); *Grey's Anatomy (Time Has Come Today; From a Whisper to a Scream; Six Days, Parts I & II; The Other Side of This Life, Parts I & II) (ABC); **The Sopranos (Soprano Home Movies; Stage 5; Kennedy & Heidi; The Second Coming; The Blue Comet; Made in America) (HBO); The Shield (FX); The Wire (HBO) - CreatorDavid SimonStarsDominic WestLance ReddickSonja SohnThe Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.Year: 2008
Network: HBO
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Creator: David Simon
Season #: 5
Main Cast: Dominic West, John Doman, Seth Gilliam, Corey Parker Robinson, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Aiden Gillen, Reg E. Cathey, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jamie Hector, Andre Royo, Michael K. William, Tristan Wilds, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jermaine Crawford, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Michael Kostroff, Neal Huff, Clark Johnson, Thomas McCarthy, and Michelle Paress
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: Battlestar Galactica (He That Believeth in Me; Six of One; Faith; Guess What's Coming to Dinner?; The Hub; Revelations) (Sci-Fi); *Damages (Pilot (Get Me a Lawyer); Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker; Sort of Like a Family; I Hate These People; There's No "We" Anymore; Because I Know Patty) (FX); *Dexter (Waiting to Exhale; An Inconvenient Lie; The Dark Defender; Resistance Is Futile; Left Turn Ahead; The British Invasion); (Showtime); Doctor Who (Silence in the Library; Forest of the Dead; Midnight; Turn Left; The Stolen Earth; Journey's End) (BBC America); **Mad Men (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; 5G; The Hobo Code; Long Weekend; Nixon vs. Kennedy; The Wheel) (AMC) - CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.Year: 2009
Network: Sci-Fi
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: No
Series Developer: Ronald D. Moore
Series Creator: Glen A. Larson
Season #: 4.5
Main Cast: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas, Tahmoh Penikett, Michael Trucco, Nicki Clyne, Kandyse McClure, and Alessandro Juliani
Episode Submissions: Sometimes a Great Notion; A Disquiet Follows My Soul; Blood on the Scales; No Exit; Someone to Watch Over Me; Daybreak, Part II
Nominees: *Breaking Bad (Grilled; Peekaboo; Better Call Saul; 4 Days Out; Phoenix; ABQ) (AMC); *Damages (I Lied, Too; Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care; Hey! Mr. Pibb!; London, Of Course; Look What He Dug Up This Time; Trust Me) (FX); *Dexter (The Lion Sleeps Tonight; Easy as Pie; About Last Night; Go Your Own Way; I Had a Dream; Do You Take Dexter Morgan?) (Showtime); *Lost (The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham; LaFleur; The Variable; Follow the Leader; The Incident) (Fox); **Mad Men (Flight 1; Three Sundays; A Night to Remember; Six Months Leave; The Jet Set; Meditations in an Emergency) (AMC) - CreatorMatthew WeinerStarsJon HammElisabeth MossVincent KartheiserA drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.Year: 2010
Network: AMC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; Yes
Series Creator: Matthew Weiner
Season #: 3
Main Cast: Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, Michael Gladis, Robert Morse, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Staton, Bryan Batt, Jared S. Gilmore, Kiernan Shipka, Alexa Alemanni, Jared Harris, and Patrick Cavanaugh
Episode Submissions: My Old Kentucky Home; Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency; Seven Twenty Three; The Gypsy and the Hobo; The Grown-Ups; Shut the Door. Have a Seat
Nominees: *Breaking Bad (No Más; Sunset; One Minute; Fly; Half Measures; Full Measure) (AMC); *Dexter (Dex Takes a Holiday; Dirty Harry; Road Kill; Hungry Man; Hello, Dexter Morgan; The Getaway) (Showtime); Doctor Who (The Time of Angels; Flesh and Bone; Amy's Choice; Vincent and the Doctor; The Pandorica Opens; The Big Bang) (BBC America); *Friday Night Lights (101 Network (DirecTV)/NBC); *Lost (Dr. Linus; Ab Aeterno; Happily Ever After; The Candidate; The End) - CreatorJulian FellowesStarsHugh BonnevillePhyllis LoganElizabeth McGovernA chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.Year: 2011
Network: PBS
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creator: Julian Fellowes
Season #: 1
Main Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Siobhan Finneran, Joanne Froggatt, Thomas Howes, Rob James-Collier, Rose Leslie, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Dan Stevens, and Penelope Wilton
Episode Submissions: Episode One; Episode Two; Episode Three; Episode Four; Episode Six; Episode Seven
Nominees: *Boardwalk Empire (Boardwalk Empire; Anastasia; Nights in Ballygran; Family Limitation; Paris Green; Return to Normalcy) (HBO); *Friday Night Lights (Fracture; Gut Check; Don't Go; The March; Texas Whatever; Always) (DirecTV/NBC); Justified (FX); *Game of Thrones (Winter Is Coming; The Kingsroad; A Golden Crown; You Win or You Die; Baelor; Fire and Blood) (HBO); **Mad Men (The Chrysanthemum and the Sword; Waldorf Stories; The Suitcase; The Beautiful Girls; Blowing Smoke) (AMC); Terriers (FX); The Walking Dead (Days Gone Bye; Guys; Tell It to the Frogs; Vatos; Wildfire; TS-19) (AMC) - CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.Year: 2012
Network: AMC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: Yes; No
Series Creator: Vince Gilligan
Season #: 4
Main Cast: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, R.J. Mitte, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, and Jonathan Banks
Episode Submissions: Box Cutter; Problem Dog; Salud; Crawl Space; End Times; Face Off
Nominees: *Boardwalk Empire (21; Ourselves Alone; Peg of Old; Two Boats and a Lifeguard; Under God's Power She Flourishes; To the Lost) (HBO); Boss (Starz); *Downton Abbey (Episode 1; Episode 2; Episode 5; Episode 6; Episode 7; Episode 8) *Game of Thrones (What Is Dead May Never Die; Garden of Bones; The Old Gods and the New; A Man Without Honor; Blackwater; Valar Morghulis) (HBO); **Homeland (Pilot; Grace; The Good Soldier; The Weekend; Marine One) (Showtime); *Mad Men (Signal 30; Far Away Places; At the Codfish Ball; The Other Woman; Commissions and Fees; The Phantom) (AMC) - CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.Year: 2013
Network: AMC
Nominated for Award, and if so, Won?: TBA
Series Creator: Vince Gilligan
Season #: 5.0
Main Cast: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, R.J. Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, and Jonathan Banks
Episode Submissions:
Nominees: The Americans (FX); Downton Abbey (Episode One + 5 others) (PBS); Game of Thrones (HBO); Homeland (Showtime); House of Cards (Netflix); Justified (Decoy + 5 others) (FX); Mad Men (AMC); The Newsroom (HBO); Parenthood (NBC); Southland (Chaos + 5 others) (TNT); The Walking Dead (AMC)