Black Reel Award for Outstanding Drama Series

The Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Drama Series is an annual award given to the best television drama series of the year. This Is Us became the first winner in this category. The show also holds the record for most wins, with 2. This Is Us and Queen Sugar are currently tied for the most nominations in this category with 3 nominations.

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Black Reel Awards for Television
First award	2017
Currently held by	Bel-Air (2022)
Website	blackreelawards.com

This Is Us also became the first Network show to win this category while Pose became the first cable series to win.

2010s

Year	Program	Showrunners	Network
2017 1st [1][2][3]
	This Is Us (Season 1)	Dan Fogelman, showrunner	NBC
	Power (Season 3)	Courtney A. Kemp, showrunner	Starz
	Underground (season 2)	Misha Green & Joe Pokasi, showrunners	WGN America
	Luke Cage (season 1)	Cheo Hodari Coker, showrunner	Netflix
	Queen Sugar (Season 1)	Melissa Carter	OWN
2018 (2nd) [4][5]
	Black Lightning (Season 1)	Salim Akil, showrunner	The CW
	Queen Sugar (Season 2)	Monica Macer, showrunner	OWN
	This Is Us (Season 2)	Dan Fogelman, Elizabeth Berger & Isaac Aptaker, showrunners	NBC
	The Chi (Season 1)	Elwood Reid, showrunner	Showtime
	Greenleaf (Season 2)	Craig Wright, showrunner	OWN
2019 3rd [6][7]
	This Is Us (Season 3)	Dan Fogelman, Elizabeth Berger & Isaac Aptaker, showrunners	NBC
	Claws (Season 2)	Janine Sherman Barrios, showrunner	TNT
	Pose (Season 1)	Ryan Murphy, showrunner	FX
	Black Lightning (Season 2)	Salim Akil, showrunner	The CW
	All American (Season 1)	Nkechi Okoro, showrunner	The CW

2020s

Year	Program	Showrunners	Network
2020 4th [8][9][10]
	Pose (Season 2)	Ryan Murphy, showrunner	FX
	Godfather of Harlem (Season 1)	Chris Brancato, showrunner	EPIX
	For Life (Season 1)	Hank Steinberg	ABC
	All Rise (Season 1)	Denitira Harris-Lawrence & Greg Spottiswood	CBS
	Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Season 1)	Alex Tse, showrunner	HULU
2021 5th [11][12][13]
	Lovecraft Country (Season 1)	Misha Green, showrunner	HBO
	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Season 1)	Malcolm Spellman, showrunner	Disney+
	Queen Sugar (Season 5)	Anthony Sparks, showrunner	OWN
	Lupin (Season 1)	George Kay, showrunner	Netflix
	Snowfall (Season 4)	Dave Andron, showrunner	FX
2022 6th
	Bel-Air (Season 1)	T.J. Brady and Rasheed Newson, showrunners	Peacock
	Euphoria (Season 2)	Sam Levinson, showrunner	HBO
	Lupin (Season 2)	George Kay, showrunner	Netflix
	This is Us (Season 6)	Dan Fogelman, showrunner	NBC
	Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (Season 1)	Max Borenstein, showrunner	HBO

Programs with multiple awards

2 awards This Is Us

Programs with multiple nominations

4 nominations This Is Us 3 nominations Queen Sugar 2 nominations Black Lightning Pose Lupin

Total awards by network

• NBC – 2
• The CW - 1
• FX - 1
• HBO - 1
• Peacock - 1