Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series. This award and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series replaced Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series in 2002.
As of 2015, 24 and Breaking Bad are the only shows to have won this award four times.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold and bold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
Winners and nominations
1960s
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Film Editing1970s
Outstanding Film Editing for a SeriesOutstanding Film Editing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
| 1979 | - | - | - | - |
| 1979 | Taxi | "Paper Marriage" | M. Pam Blumenthal | ABC |
| 1979 | Dallas | "Reunion, Part 2" | Fred W. Berger | CBS |
| 1979 | Lou Grant | "Hooker" | James Galloway | CBS |
| 1979 | M*A*S*H | "The Billfold Syndrome" | Stanford Tischler, Larry L. Mills | CBS |
1980s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
| 1986 | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Neil Mandelberg | ABC |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | "The Mission" | Steven Kemper | NBC |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | "Mummy, Daddy" | Joe Ann Fogle | NBC |
| 1986 | Miami Vice | "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" | Robert A. Daniels | NBC |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" | Roger Bondelli | ABC |
| 1987 | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | "Atomic Shakespeare" | Roger Bondelli, Neil Mandelberg | ABC |
| 1987 | Cagney & Lacey | "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 1" | Jeanene Ambler | CBS |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | "Pilot" | Ray Daniels, Joe Ann Fogle | NBC |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | "The Venus Butterfly" | Bonnie Koehler | NBC |
| 1987 | St. Elsewhere | "Afterlife" | John Heath | NBC |
| 1988 | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | L.A. Law | "Full Marital Jacket" | Elodie Keene | NBC |
| 1988 | China Beach | "Pilot" | Erwin Dumbrille, Christopher Nelson | ABC |
| 1988 | Frank's Place | "Food Fight" | Marsh Hendry, Robert Souders | CBS |
| 1988 | L.A. Law | "Divorce with Extreme Prejudice" | Quinnie Martin Jr. | NBC |
| 1988 | Thirtysomething | "Therapy" | Victor Du Bois, Richard Freeman | ABC |
| 1989 | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Thirtysomething | "First Day/Last Day" | Steven Rosenblum | ABC |
| 1989 | China Beach | "Vets" | Randy Jon Morgan | ABC |
| 1989 | L.A. Law | "His Suit Is Hirsute" | Paul Dixon | NBC |
| 1989 | Wiseguy | "White Noise" | Larry Strong, Ron Spang | CBS |
| 1989 | The Wonder Years | "Loosiers" | Stuart Bass | ABC |
1990s
2000s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
| 2002 | 24 | "7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| 2002 | Alias | "Q & A" | Maryann Brandon | ABC |
| 2002 | Six Feet Under | "Pilot" | Christopher Nelson | HBO |
| 2002 | 24 | "" | David B. Thompson | Fox |
| 2002 | The West Wing | "100,000 Airplanes" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |
| 2002 | The West Wing | "Bartlet for America" | Lauren A. Schaffer | NBC |
| 2003 | 24 | "Day 2: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." | Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| 2003 | Alias | "Phase One" | Maryann Brandon | ABC |
| 2003 | The Sopranos | "Whoever Did This" | William B. Stich | HBO |
| 2003 | 24 | "Day 2: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m." | David Latham, Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| 2003 | The West Wing | "Twenty Five" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC |
| 2004 | 24 | "Day 3: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m." | Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| 2004 | ER | "Freefall" | Kevin Casey | NBC |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | "All Happy Families..." | Sidney Wolinsky | HBO |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" | Conrad M. Gonzalez | HBO |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | "Long Term Parking" | William B. Stich | HBO |
| 2005 | Lost | "Pilot" | Mary Jo Markey | ABC |
| 2005 | Deadwood | "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 1" | Stephen Mark | HBO |
| 2005 | 24 | "Day 4: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m." | Scott Powell | Fox |
| 2005 | 24 | "Day 4: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | David Latham | Fox |
| 2005 | 24 | "Day 4: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." | Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| 2006 | 24 | "" | David Latham | Fox |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | "Race Ipsa" | Philip Carr Neel | ABC |
| 2006 | Lost | "Live Together, Die Alone" | Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd, Stephen Semel | ABC |
| 2006 | Lost | "One of Them" | Sarah Boyd | ABC |
| 2006 | 24 | "Day 5: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m." | Scott Powell | Fox |
| 2007 | Dexter | "Dexter" | Elena Maganini | Showtime |
| 2007 | Heroes | "Genesis" | Donn Aron, Louise Innes, Michael S. Murphy | NBC |
| 2007 | Lost | "Through the Looking Glass" | Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel, Henk Van Eeghen | ABC |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | "The Second Coming" | Lynne Whitlock | HBO |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | "Soprano Home Movies" | William B. Stich | HBO |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | "Pilot" | Lynne Willingham | AMC |
| 2008 | Battlestar Galactica | "He That Believeth in Me" | Julius Ramsey | Sci Fi |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | "The Mighty Rogues" | Philip Carr Neel | ABC |
| 2008 | Heroes | "Powerless" | Scott Boyd | NBC |
| 2008 | Lost | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" | Robert Florio, Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel, Henk Van Eeghen | ABC |
| 2008 | "Pilot |Pilot" | Paul Karasick | Fox | |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | "ABQ" | Lynne Willingham | AMC |
| 2009 | Battlestar Galactica | "Daybreak, Part 2" | Michael O'Halloran, Julius Ramsay, Andrew Seklir | Sci Fi |
| 2009 | Lost | "The Incident" | Mark Goldman, Christopher Nelson, Stephen Semel | ABC |
| 2009 | Mad Men | "Maidenform" | Cindy Mollo | AMC |
| 2009 | 24 | "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Scott Powell | Fox |
2010s
2020s
Programs with multiple awards
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- Breaking Bad
- ER
- Game of Thrones
- Hill Street Blues
- Lost
- Moonlighting
Programs with multiple nominations
- Game of Thrones
- The Sopranos
- 24
- Breaking Bad
- ER
- Mad Men
- The X-Files
- Lost
- Better Call Saul
- Hill Street Blues
- L.A. Law
- The West Wing
- Chicago Hope
- Cagney & Lacey
- Dallas
- '
- Roots
- Stranger Things
- China Beach
- Dexter
- Law & Order
- The Mandalorian
- Miami Vice
- Moonlighting
- Northern Exposure
- NYPD Blue
- Ozark
- The West Wing
- Alias
- Amazing Stories
- Battlestar Galactica
- '
- Boston Legal
- Dynasty
- Fame
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Heroes
- House of Cards
- Lou Grant
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Medical Story
- Quincy, M.E.
- Rich Man, Poor Man
- Skag
- '
- '
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Succession
- Thirtysomething