This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series. Originally entitled Outstanding Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, the award was first given in 1991, before being retitled to its current name in 1995. Grey's Anatomy currently holds the record for most wins in this category with five.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s Year Series Ref 1991 The Women of Brewster Place 1992 In the Heat of the Night 1993 In the Heat of the Night 1994 I'll Fly Away In the Heat of the Night L.A. Law Law & Order TriBeCa 1995 I'll Fly Away 1996 New York Undercover Chicago Hope ER Homicide: Life on the Street Under One Roof 1997 New York Undercover ER Homicide: Life on the Street NYPD Blue Touched by an Angel 1998 Touched by an Angel 413 Hope St. Chicago Hope ER New York Undercover 1999 Touched by an Angel Ally McBeal ER Homicide: Life on the Street Law & Order
2000s Year Series Ref 2000 Touched by an Angel Ally McBeal ER Oz The Practice 2001 City of Angels Any Day Now Gideon's Crossing The Practice Soul Food 2002 Soul Food Any Day Now Boston Public ER The Practice 2003 Soul Food 24 Boston Public Six Feet Under The Wire 2004 Soul Food 24 Boston Public CSI: Miami The Wire 2005 Law & Order ER Kevin Hill Soul Food The Wire 2006 Grey's Anatomy Commander in Chief CSI: Miami House Lost 2007 Grey's Anatomy 24 Heroes The Unit The Wire 2008 Grey's Anatomy House K-Ville Lincoln Heights The Unit 2009 Grey's Anatomy House Lincoln Heights The Unit The Wire
2010s Year Series Ref 2010 Lincoln Heights Cold Case Grey's Anatomy Hawthorne The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 2011 Grey's Anatomy Hawthorne Detroit 1-8-7 Treme Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Boardwalk Empire Grey's Anatomy The Good Wife Treme 2013 Scandal Boardwalk Empire Grey's Anatomy Treme True Blood 2014 Scandal Boardwalk Empire Grey's Anatomy The Good Wife Treme 2015 How to Get Away with Murder Being Mary Jane Grey's Anatomy House of Cards Scandal 2016 Empire Being Mary Jane How to Get Away with Murder Power Scandal 2017 Queen Sugar Empire Power This Is Us Underground 2018 Power Greenleaf Queen Sugar This Is Us Underground 2019 Power The Chi How to Get Away with Murder Queen Sugar This Is Us
2020s Year Series Network Ref 2020 Greenleaf OWN Godfather of Harlem Epix Queen Sugar OWN The Chi Showtime Watchmen HBO 2021 Power Book II: Ghost Starz All Rise CBS Bridgerton Netflix Lovecraft Country HBO This Is Us NBC 2022 P-Valley Starz Bel-Air Peacock Bridgerton NetflixEuphoria HBO Queen Sugar OWN 2023 Queen Sugar OWN 9-1-1 FOX All American The CW Godfather of Harlem MGM+ Pose FX 2024 Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Netflix Bel-Air Peacock Black Cake Hulu Found NBC Snowfall FX 2025 Cross Amazon Prime Video 9-1-1 ABC Bel-Air Peacock Found NBC Reasonable Doubt Hulu 2026 Reasonable Doubt Hulu Bel-Air Peacock Beyond the Gates CBS Forever Netflix Paradise Hulu
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
5 wins Grey's Anatomy
3 wins Soul Food Touched by an Angel
2 wins I'll Fly Away In the Heat of the Night New York Undercover Queen Sugar Scandal Power
Nominations
10 nominations Grey's Anatomy
7 nominations ER
5 nominations Queen Sugar Soul Food The Wire
4 nominations Bel-Air This Is Us Touched by an Angel Treme
3 nominations 24 Boardwalk Empire Boston Public Homicide: Life on the Street House Lincoln Heights New York Undercover The Practice Scandal The Unit
2 nominations 9-1-1 The Chi Found Greenleaf Godfather of Harlem Power Reasonable Doubt Underground
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