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
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1991
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| The Women of Brewster Place
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1992
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| In the Heat of the Night
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1993
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| In the Heat of the Night
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1994
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| I'll Fly Away
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| In the Heat of the Night
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| L.A. Law
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| Law & Order
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| TriBeCa
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1995
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| I'll Fly Away
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1996
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| New York Undercover
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| Chicago Hope
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| ER
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| Homicide: Life on the Street
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| Under One Roof
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1997
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| New York Undercover
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| ER
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| Homicide: Life on the Street
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| NYPD Blue
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| Touched by an Angel
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1998
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Touched by an Angel
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| 413 Hope St.
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| Chicago Hope
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| ER
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| New York Undercover
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1999
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Touched by an Angel
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| Ally McBeal
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| ER
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| Homicide: Life on the Street
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| Law & Order
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2000s
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2000
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Touched by an Angel
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| Ally McBeal
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| ER
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| Oz
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| The Practice
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2001
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| City of Angels
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| Any Day Now
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| Gideon's Crossing
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| The Practice
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| Soul Food
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2002
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Soul Food
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| Any Day Now
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| Boston Public
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| ER
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| The Practice
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2003
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Soul Food
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| 24
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| Boston Public
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| Six Feet Under
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| The Wire
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2004
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Soul Food
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| 24
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| Boston Public
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| CSI: Miami
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| The Wire
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2005
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Law & Order
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| ER
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| Kevin Hill
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| Soul Food
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| The Wire
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2006
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Grey's Anatomy
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| Commander in Chief
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| CSI: Miami
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| House
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| Lost
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Grey's Anatomy
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| 24
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| Heroes
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| The Unit
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| The Wire
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2008
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Grey's Anatomy
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| House
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| K-Ville
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| Lincoln Heights
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| The Unit
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2009
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Grey's Anatomy
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| House
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| Lincoln Heights
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| The Unit
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| The Wire
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2010s
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Lincoln Heights
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| Cold Case
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| Grey's Anatomy
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| Hawthorne
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| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2011
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Grey's Anatomy
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| Hawthorne
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| Detroit 1-8-7
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| Treme
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| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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| Boardwalk Empire
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| Grey's Anatomy
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| The Good Wife
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| Treme
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Scandal
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| Boardwalk Empire
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| Grey's Anatomy
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| Treme
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| True Blood
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Scandal
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| Boardwalk Empire
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| Grey's Anatomy
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| The Good Wife
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| Treme
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2015
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| How to Get Away with Murder
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| Being Mary Jane
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| Grey's Anatomy
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| House of Cards
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| Scandal
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Empire
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Being Mary Jane
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| How to Get Away with Murder
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| Power
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| Scandal
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2017
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Queen Sugar
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Empire
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| Power
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| This Is Us
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| Underground
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2018
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Power
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| Greenleaf
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| Queen Sugar
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| This Is Us
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| Underground
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2019
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Power
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| The Chi
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| How to Get Away with Murder
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| Queen Sugar
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| This Is Us
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2020s
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2020
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Greenleaf
| OWN
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| Godfather of Harlem
| Epix
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| Queen Sugar
| OWN
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| The Chi
| Showtime
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| Watchmen
| HBO
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2021
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Power Book II: Ghost
| Starz
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| All Rise
| CBS
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| Bridgerton
| Netflix
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| Lovecraft Country
| HBO
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| This Is Us
| NBC
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2022
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| P-Valley
| Starz
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| Bel-Air
| Peacock
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| Bridgerton
| Netflix
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|Euphoria
| HBO
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| Queen Sugar
| OWN
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2023
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Queen Sugar
| OWN
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| '9-1-1'
| FOX
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| 'All American'
| The CW
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| Godfather of Harlem
| MGM+
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| 'Pose'
| FX
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2024
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
| Netflix
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| Bel-Air
| Peacock
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| Black Cake
| Hulu
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| Found
| NBC
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| Snowfall
| FX
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2025
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Cross
| Amazon Prime Video
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| 9-1-1
| ABC
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| Bel-Air
| Peacock
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| Found
| NBC
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| Reasonable Doubt
| Hulu
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| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2026
|-style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Reasonable Doubt
| Hulu
| rowspan="6" align="center"|
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| Bel-Air
| Peacock
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| Beyond the Gates
| CBS
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| Forever
| Netflix
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| 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
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