Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	1955
Currently held by	Frederick E.O. Toye, ; Shōgun (2024)
Website	emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series is presented to the best directing of a television drama series, usually for a particular episode.^{[fn 1]}

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Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Best Direction
1955	Studio One	"Twelve Angry Men"^{[fn 2]}	Franklin J. Schaffner	CBS
	Four Star Playhouse	"The Answer"	Roy Kellino	CBS
	The Loretta Young Show	"The Clara Schumann Story"	Robert Florey	NBC
	The United States Steel Hour	"The Interview"	Alex Segal	ABC
	Waterfront	"Christmas in San Pedro"	Ted Post	Syndicated
	Your Hit Parade		Clark Jones	NBC
1956	Best Director - Film Series
	The Phil Silvers Show		Nat Hiken	CBS
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	"The Case of Mr. Pelham"	Alfred Hitchcock	CBS
	The Bob Cummings Show	"Return of the Wolf"	Rod Amateau	CBS
	Dragnet		Jack Webb	NBC
	Make Room for Daddy		Sheldon Leonard	ABC
	You Are There	"Grant & Lee at Appomattox"	Bernard Girard	CBS
	Best Director - Live Series
	Ford Star Jubilee	"The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"^{[fn 3]}	Franklin J. Schaffner	CBS
	Climax!	"Portrait in Celluloid"	John Frankenheimer	CBS
	Producers' Showcase	"Peter Pan"^{[fn 4]}	Clark Jones	NBC
	Producers' Showcase	"Our Town"	Delbert Mann	NBC
	The United States Steel Hour	"No Time for Sergeants"^{[fn 3]}	Alex Segal	CBS
1957	Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less
	The Danny Thomas Show	"Danny's Comeback"	Sheldon Leonard	ABC
	Camera Three	"As I Lay Dying"	Clay Yurdin	CBS
	General Electric Theater	"The Road That Led Afar"	Herschel Daugherty	CBS
	Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers	"The Traitor"	George Archainbaud	NBC
	You Are There	"First Moscow Purge Trial"	William D. Russell	CBS
	Best Direction - One Hour or More
	Playhouse 90	"Requiem for a Heavyweight"^{[fn 4]}	Ralph Nelson	CBS
	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	"October 5, 1956"	Bob Banner	NBC
	Kraft Television Theatre	"A Night to Remember"^{[fn 3]}	George Roy Hill
	NBC Opera Theatre	"La Boheme"	Kirk Browning
	Playhouse 90	"Forbidden Area"	John Frankenheimer	CBS
	The 20th Century Fox Hour	"Child of the Regiment"	Lewis Allen	CBS
1958	Best Direction - Half-Hour or Less
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	"The Glass Eye"	Robert Stevens	CBS
	The Danny Thomas Show		Sheldon Leonard	ABC & CBS
	Father Knows Best		Peter Tewksbury	NBC
	The Patrice Munsel Show		Clark Jones	ABC
	Your Hit Parade		Bill Hobin	NBC
	Best Direction - One Hour or More
	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show		Bob Banner	NBC
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"The Green Pastures"^{[fn 3]}	George Schaefer	NBC
	Playhouse 90	"The Comedian"^{[fn 4]}	John Frankenheimer	CBS
		"Helen Morgan"^{[fn 3]}	George Roy Hill
		"The Miracle Worker"	Arthur Penn
1959	Best Direction of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series Less Than One Hour
	Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre	"Eddie"	Jack Smight	NBC
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	"Lamb to the Slaughter"	Alfred Hitchcock	CBS
	General Electric Theater	"Kid at the Stick"	James Neilson	NBC
	General Electric Theater	"One is a Wanderer"	Herschel Daugherty
	Peter Gunn	"The Kill"	Blake Edwards
	Best Direction of a Single Dramatic Program – One Hour or Longer
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Little Moon of Alban"^{[fn 5]}	George Schaefer	NBC
	Playhouse 90	"Child of Our Time"^{[fn 5]}	George Roy Hill	CBS
	Playhouse 90	"A Town Has Turned to Dust"	John Frankenheimer	CBS

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama
1960	The Moon and Sixpence		Robert Mulligan	NBC
	Ford Startime	"The Turn of the Screw"	John Frankenheimer	NBC
	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	"The Untouchables"	Phil Karlson	CBS
1961	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Macbeth"^{[fn 6]}	George Schaefer	NBC
	NBC Sunday Showcase	"Sacco-Vanzetti Story"^{[fn 7]}	Sidney Lumet	NBC
	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	"The Man in the Funny Suit"	Ralph Nelson	CBS
1962	The Defenders		Franklin J. Schaffner	CBS
	Alcoa Premiere	"People Need People"	Alex Segal	ABC
	Dr. Kildare	"Shining Image"	Buzz Kulik	NBC
	Naked City		Arthur Hiller	ABC
	Westinghouse Presents	"Come Again to Carthage"	Jack Smight	CBS
1963	The Defenders	"The Madman"^{[fn 7]}	Stuart Rosenberg	CBS
	Alcoa Premiere	"The Voice of Charlie Pont"^{[fn 7]}	Robert Ellis Miller	ABC
	Ben Casey	"A Cardinal Act of Mercy"	Sydney Pollack	ABC
	The DuPont Show of the Week	"Big Deal in Laredo"	Fielder Cook	NBC
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Invincible Mr. Disraeli"	George Schaefer	NBC
1964	East Side/West Side	"Who Do You Kill?"	Tom Gries	CBS
	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	"Something About Lee Wiley"	Sydney Pollack	NBC
	The Defenders	"Blacklist"^{[fn 7]}	Stuart Rosenberg	CBS
	The Defenders	"Moment of Truth"	Paul Bogart	CBS
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"The Patriots"	George Schaefer	NBC
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Directors
1965	The Defenders	"The 700 Year-Old Gang"	Paul Bogart	CBS
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"The Magnificent Yankee"	George Schaefer	NBC
	My Name Is Barbra		Dwight Hemion	CBS
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama
1966	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	"The Game"	Sydney Pollack	NBC
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Eagle in a Cage"^{[fn 8]}	George Schaefer	NBC
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Inherit the Wind"^{[fn 8]}	George Schaefer
	I Spy	"A Cup of Kindness"	Sheldon Leonard
1967	Death of a Salesman^{[fn 9]}		Alex Segal	CBS
	CBS Playhouse	"The Final War of Olly Winter"^{[fn 8]}	Paul Bogart	CBS
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Anastasia"	George Schaefer	NBC
	Mark Twain Tonight!		Paul Bogart	CBS
1968	CBS Playhouse	"Dear Friends"^{[fn 8]}	Paul Bogart	CBS
	CBS Playhouse	"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"^{[fn 8]}	George Schaefer	CBS
	The Crucible		Alex Segal
	Mission: Impossible	"The Killing"	Lee H. Katzin
1969	CBS Playhouse	"The People Next Door"^{[fn 8]}	David Greene	CBS
	CBS Playhouse	"Secrets"	Paul Bogart	CBS
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Teacher, Teacher"^{[fn 9]}	Fielder Cook	NBC

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama
1970	CBS Playhouse	"Shadow Game"	Paul Bogart	CBS
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"A Storm in Summer"^{[fn 9]}	Buzz Kulik	NBC
	NBC World Premiere Movie	My Sweet Charlie^{[fn 8]}	Lamont Johnson	NBC
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme
1971	The Bold Ones: The Senator	"The Day the Lion Died"	Daryl Duke	NBC
	The Bold Ones: The Senator	"A Single Blow of a Sword"	John Badham	NBC
	Hawaii Five-O	"Over Fifty? Steal!"	Bob Sweeney	CBS
1972	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	"The Invasion of Kevin Ireland"	Alexander Singer	NBC
	Columbo	"Short Fuse"	Edward M. Abroms	NBC
	The Man and the City	"Hands of Love"	Daniel Petrie	ABC
1973	Kung Fu	"An Eye for an Eye"	Jerry Thorpe	ABC
	Columbo	"The Most Dangerous Match"	Edward M. Abroms	NBC
	The Waltons	"The Love Story"	Lee Philips	CBS
Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme
1974	The Blue Knight^{[fn 10]}	"Part III"	Robert Butler	NBC
	The Waltons	"The Journey"	Harry Harris	CBS
	The Waltons	"The Thanksgiving Story"	Philip Leacock	CBS
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
1975	Upstairs, Downstairs	"A Sudden Storm"	Bill Bain	PBS
	Benjamin Franklin^{[fn 11]}	"The Ambassador"	Glenn Jordan	CBS
	Kojak	"Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die"	David Friedkin
	Kojak	"I Want to Report a Dream..."	Telly Savalas
	The Streets of San Francisco	"The Mask of Death"	Harry Falk	ABC
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man^{[fn 10]}	"Part I: Chapters 1 & 2"	David Greene	ABC
	Beacon Hill	"Pilot"	Fielder Cook	CBS
	Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill^{[fn 10]}	"Part IV"	James Cellan Jones	PBS
	Lincoln	"Crossing Fox River"	George Schaefer	NBC
	Rich Man, Poor Man^{[fn 10]}	"Part VI: Chapter 8"	Boris Sagal	ABC
	Upstairs, Downstairs^{[fn 11]}	"Women Shall Not Weep"	Christopher Hodson	PBS
1977	Roots^{[fn 11]}	"Part I"	David Greene	ABC
	The Adams Chronicles^{[fn 10]}	"John Quincy Adams: President"	Fred Coe	PBS
	Roots^{[fn 11]}	"Part II"	John Erman	ABC
		"Part III"	Marvin J. Chomsky
		"Part VI"	Gilbert Moses
1978	Holocaust^{[fn 11]}		Marvin J. Chomsky	NBC
	The Dain Curse		E. W. Swackhamer	CBS
	I, Claudius^{[fn 10]}		Herbert Wise	PBS
	King^{[fn 10]}		Abby Mann	NBC
	Washington: Behind Closed Doors^{[fn 10]}		Gary Nelson	ABC
1979	The White Shadow	"Pilot"	Jackie Cooper	CBS
	Lou Grant	"Murder"	Mel Damski	CBS
		"Prisoner"	Gene Reynolds
		"Schools"	Burt Brinckerhoff

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
1980	Lou Grant	"Cop"	Roger Young	CBS
	Lou Grant	"Andrew, Part 2"	Peter Levin	CBS
		"Hollywood"	Burt Brinckerhoff
		"Influence"	Gene Reynolds
	Skag	"Pilot"	Frank Perry	NBC
1981	Hill Street Blues	"Hill Street Station"	Robert Butler	NBC
	American Dream	"Pilot"	Mel Damski	ABC
	Hill Street Blues	"Jungle Madness"	Corey Allen	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"Up in Arms"	Georg Stanford Brown	NBC
	Lou Grant	"Pack"	Burt Brinckerhoff	CBS
	Lou Grant	"Strike"	Gene Reynolds	CBS
1982	Fame	"To Soar and Never Falter"	Harry Harris	NBC
	Fame	"Musical Bridge"	Robert Scheerer	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"The Second Oldest Profession"	Robert Butler
	Hill Street Blues	"The World According to Freedom"	Jeff Bleckner
	Lou Grant	"Hometown"	Gene Reynolds	CBS
1983	Hill Street Blues	"Life in the Minors"	Jeff Bleckner	NBC
	Fame	"And the Winner Is..."	Marc Daniels	NBC
	Fame	"Feelings"	Robert Scheerer	NBC
	The Mississippi	"Old Hatred Die Hard"	Leo Penn	CBS
1984	Hill Street Blues	"Goodbye, Mr. Scripps"	Corey Allen	NBC
	Fame	"Sheer Will"	Robert Scheerer	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"Doris in Wonderland"	Arthur Allan Seidelman
	Hill Street Blues	"Midway to What?"	Thomas Carter
1985	Cagney & Lacey	"Heat"	Karen Arthur	CBS
	Hill Street Blues	"El Capitan"	Georg Stanford Brown	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall"	Thomas Carter
	Miami Vice	"Cool Runnin'"	Lee H. Katzin
	Miami Vice	"Smuggler's Blues"	Paul Michael Glaser
1986	Cagney & Lacey	"Parting Shots"	Georg Stanford Brown	CBS
	Amazing Stories	"The Mission"	Steven Spielberg	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"Two Easy Pieces"	Gabrielle Beaumont	NBC
	Moonlighting	"The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"	Peter Werner	ABC
	Moonlighting	"My Fair David"	Will Mackenzie	ABC
1987	L.A. Law	"Pilot"	Gregory Hoblit	NBC
	Cagney & Lacey	"Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 2"	Sharron Miller	CBS
	L.A. Law	"The Venus Butterfly"	Donald Petrie	NBC
	Moonlighting	"Atomic Shakespeare"	Will Mackenzie	ABC
	Moonlighting	"I Am Curious... Maddie"	Allan Arkush	ABC
1988	St. Elsewhere	"Weigh In, Way Out"	Mark Tinker	NBC
	China Beach	"Pilot"	Rod Holcomb	ABC
	L.A. Law	"Beauty and Obese"	Sam Weisman	NBC
		"Full Martial Jacket"	Win Phelps
		"Handroll Express"	Kim Friedman
		"The Wizard of Odds	Gregory Hoblit
1989	Tanner '88	"The Boiler Room"	Robert Altman	HBO
	L.A. Law	"I'm in the Nude for Love"	Eric Laneuville	NBC
	L.A. Law	"To Live and Diet in L.A."	John Pasquin
	Midnight Caller	"Conversations with the Assassin"	Thomas Carter
	thirtysomething	"We'll Meet Again"	Scott Winant	ABC

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
1990	Equal Justice	"Promises to Keep"	Thomas Carter	ABC
	thirtysomething	"The Go-Between"	Scott Winant	ABC
	L.A. Law	"The Last Gasp"	Rick Wallace	NBC
	L.A. Law	"Noah's Bark"	Win Phelps	NBC
	Twin Peaks	"Pilot"	David Lynch	ABC
1991	Equal Justice	"In Confidence"	Thomas Carter	ABC
	China Beach	"You, Babe"	Mimi Leder	ABC
	Cop Rock	"Pilot"	Gregory Hoblit	ABC
	L.A. Law	"God Rest You Murray Gentleman"	Tom Moore	NBC
1992	I'll Fly Away	"All God's Children"	Eric Laneuville	NBC
	China Beach	"Rewind"	Mimi Leder	ABC
	L.A. Law	"Say Goodnight, Gracie"	Rick Wallace	NBC
	Northern Exposure	"Seoul Mates"	Jack Bender	CBS
	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Nancy Malone	CBS
1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	"Gone for Goode"	Barry Levinson	NBC
	I'll Fly Away	"Until Tomorrow"	Eric Laneuville	NBC
	Law & Order	"Conspiracy"	Edwin Sherin	NBC
	Sirens	"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love"	Robert Butler	ABC
	Sisters	"Crash and Born"	Nancy Malone	NBC
	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	"Northern Italy, 1918"	Bille August	ABC
1994	NYPD Blue	"Tempest in a C-Cup"	Daniel Sackheim	ABC
	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	"Pilot"	Robert Butler	ABC
	NYPD Blue	"Guns 'N Rosaries"	Michael M. Robin
		"Pilot"	Gregory Hoblit
		"True Confessions"	Charles Haid
1995	ER	"Love's Labor Lost"	Mimi Leder	NBC
	Chicago Hope	"Life Support"	Lou Antonio	CBS
	ER	"Pilot"	Rod Holcomb	NBC
	My So-Called Life	"Pilot"	Scott Winant	ABC
	NYPD Blue	"Innuendo"	Mark Tinker	ABC
1996	Chicago Hope	"Leave of Absence"	Jeremy Kagan	CBS
	ER	"The Healers"	Mimi Leder	NBC
	ER	"Hell and High Water"	Christopher Chulack	NBC
	Murder One	"Chapter One"	Charles Haid	ABC
	NYPD Blue	"Blackboard Jungle"	Mark Tinker	ABC
1997	NYPD Blue	"Where's 'Swaldo?"	Mark Tinker	ABC
	ER	"Fear of Flying"	Christopher Chulack	NBC
		"Last Call"	Rod Holcomb
		"Union Station"	Tom Moore
	The X-Files	"Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"	James Wong	Fox
1998	Brooklyn South	"Pilot"	Mark Tinker	CBS
	NYPD Blue	"Lost Israel, Part 2"	Paris Barclay	ABC
	Chicago Hope	"Brain Salad Surgery"	Bill D'Elia	CBS
	ER	"Ambush"	Thomas Schlamme	NBC
	The X-Files	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Chris Carter	Fox
1999	NYPD Blue	"Hearts and Souls"	Paris Barclay	ABC
	Law & Order	"Empire"	Matthew Penn	NBC
	Law & Order/Homicide: Life on the Street	"Sideshow"	Edwin Sherin	NBC
	The Sopranos	"The Sopranos"	David Chase	HBO

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

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Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
2000	The West Wing	"Pilot"	Thomas Schlamme	NBC
	ER	"All in the Family"	Jonathan Kaplan	NBC
	ER	"Such Sweet Sorrow"	John Wells	NBC
	The Sopranos	"Funhouse"	John Patterson	HBO
	The Sopranos	"The Knight in White Satin Armor"	Allen Coulter	HBO
2001	The West Wing	"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"	Thomas Schlamme	NBC
	ER	"The Visit"	Jonathan Kaplan	NBC
	The Sopranos	"Amour Fou"	Tim Van Patten	HBO
		"Pine Barrens"	Steve Buscemi
		"University"	Allen Coulter
	The West Wing	"Shibboleth"	Laura Innes	NBC
2002	Six Feet Under	"Pilot"	Alan Ball	HBO
	The Shield	"Pilot"	Clark Johnson	FX
	24	"12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m."	Stephen Hopkins	Fox
	The West Wing	"The Indians in the Lobby"	Paris Barclay	NBC
	The West Wing	"Posse Comitatus"	Alex Graves	NBC
2003	The West Wing	"Twenty Five"	Christopher Misiano	NBC
	Six Feet Under	"Nobody Sleeps"	Alan Poul	HBO
	The Sopranos	"Whitecaps"	John Patterson
	The Sopranos	"Whoever Did This"	Tim Van Patten
	24	"Day 2: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m."	Ian Toynton	Fox
2004	Deadwood	"Deadwood"	Walter Hill	HBO
	ER	"The Lost"	Christopher Chulack	NBC
	Nip/Tuck	"Pilot"	Ryan Murphy	FX
	The Sopranos	"Irregular Around the Margins"	Allen Coulter	HBO
	The Sopranos	"Long Term Parking"	Tim Van Patten	HBO
2005	Lost	"Pilot"	J. J. Abrams	ABC
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	"Grave Danger"	Quentin Tarantino	CBS
	Deadwood	"Complications"	Gregg Fienberg	HBO
	Grey's Anatomy	"A Hard Day's Night"	Peter Horton	ABC
	Huff	"Crazy Nuts & All Fucked Up"	Scott Winant	Showtime
	Rescue Me	"Guts"	Peter Tolan	FX
	The West Wing	"2162 Votes"	Alex Graves	NBC
2006	24	"Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."	Jon Cassar	Fox
	Big Love	"Pilot"	Rodrigo Garcia	HBO
	Lost	"Live Together, Die Alone"	Jack Bender	ABC
	Six Feet Under	"Everyone's Waiting"	Alan Ball	HBO
	The Sopranos	"Join the Club"	David Nutter
	The Sopranos	"Members Only"	Tim Van Patten
	The West Wing	"Election Day, Part 1"	Mimi Leder	NBC

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
2010 ^[1]	Dexter	"The Getaway"	Steve Shill	Showtime
	Breaking Bad	"One Minute"	Michelle MacLaren	AMC
	Lost	"The End"	Jack Bender	ABC
	Mad Men	"Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"	Lesli Linka Glatter	AMC
	Treme	"Do You Know What It Means"	Agnieszka Holland	HBO
2011 ^[2]	Boardwalk Empire	"Boardwalk Empire"	Martin Scorsese	HBO
	Boardwalk Empire	"Anastasia"	Jeremy Podeswa	HBO
	The Borgias	"The Poisoned Chalice" & "The Assassin"	Neil Jordan	Showtime
	Game of Thrones	"Winter Is Coming"	Tim Van Patten	HBO
	The Killing	"Pilot"	Patty Jenkins	AMC
2012 ^[3]	Boardwalk Empire	"To the Lost"	Tim Van Patten	HBO
	Breaking Bad	"Face Off"	Vince Gilligan	AMC
	Downton Abbey	"Episode 207"	Brian Percival	PBS
	Homeland	"Pilot"	Michael Cuesta	Showtime
	Mad Men	"The Other Woman"	Phil Abraham	AMC
2013 ^[4]	House of Cards	"Chapter 1"	David Fincher	Netflix
	Boardwalk Empire	"Margate Sands"	Tim Van Patten	HBO
	Breaking Bad	"Gliding Over All"	Michelle MacLaren	AMC
	Downton Abbey	"Episode 304"	Jeremy Webb	PBS
	Homeland	"Q&A"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Showtime
2014 ^[5]	True Detective	"Who Goes There"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	HBO
	Boardwalk Empire	"Farewell Daddy Blues"	Tim Van Patten	HBO
	Breaking Bad	"Felina"	Vince Gilligan	AMC
	Downton Abbey	"Episode 401"	David Evans	PBS
	Game of Thrones	"The Watchers on the Wall"	Neil Marshall	HBO
	House of Cards	"Chapter 14"	Carl Franklin	Netflix
2015 ^[6]	Game of Thrones	"Mother's Mercy"	David Nutter	HBO
	Boardwalk Empire	"Eldorado"	Tim Van Patten	HBO
	Game of Thrones	"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"	Jeremy Podeswa	HBO
	Homeland	"From A to B and Back Again"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Showtime
	The Knick	"Method and Madness"	Steven Soderbergh	Cinemax
2016 ^[7]
	Game of Thrones	"Battle of the Bastards"	Miguel Sapochnik	HBO
	Downton Abbey	"Episode 609"	Michael Engler	PBS
	Game of Thrones	"The Door"	Jack Bender	HBO
	Homeland	"The Tradition of Hospitality"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Showtime
	The Knick	"This Is All We Are"	Steven Soderbergh	Cinemax
	Ray Donovan	"Exsuscito"	David Hollander	Showtime
2017 ^[8]
	The Handmaid's Tale	"Offred"	Reed Morano	Hulu