The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Television is one of the annual awards given by the Costume Designers Guild.
In 1998, the Guild introduced a single award category titled Excellence in Television, in which all television programs competed regardless of genre or format. Among the inaugural nominees, four were period dramas. The winner that year was The Tempest , a fantasy television film. Furthermore, all nominated shows were either limited series or television films, which makes it the only time with no regularly continued series recognized. Beginning with the 1999 ceremony, the Guild divided the award into two categories: Excellence in Contemporary Television and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television.
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 [1] | Sex and the City | Patricia Field | HBO |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Melina Root | NBC | |
| Ally McBeal | Rachael Stanley | Fox | |
| Tracey Takes On... | Jane Ruhm | HBO |
| Year | Series | Episode(s) | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 [21] | Schitt's Creek | "The Dress" | Debra Hanson | Pop |
| Big Little Lies | "She Knows" | Alix Friedberg | HBO | |
| Fleabag | Episode 1" | Ray Holman | Amazon | |
| Killing Eve | "Desperate Times" | Charlotte Mitchell | BBC America | |
| Russian Doll | "Superiority Complex" | Jennifer Rogien | Netflix |
| Year | Series | Episode(s) | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [22] | Schitt's Creek | "Happy Ending" | Debra Hanson | Pop |
| Emily in Paris | "Faux Amis" | Patricia Field and Marylin Fitoussi | Netflix | |
| Euphoria | "Trouble Don't Last Always" | Heidi Bivens | HBO | |
| I May Destroy You | "Social Media is a Great Way to Connect" | Lynsey Moore | ||
| Unorthodox | "Part 2" | Justine Seymour | Netflix | |
| 2021 [23] | Emily in Paris | "French Revolution" | Patricia Field and Marylin Fitoussi | Netflix |
| Euphoria | "Fuck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob" | Heidi Bivens | HBO | |
| Hacks | "Pilot" | Kathleen Felix-Hager | HBO Max | |
| Mare of Easttown | "Miss Lady Hawk Herself" | Meghan Kasperlik | HBO | |
| Squid Game | "VIPS" | Cho Sang-kyung | Netflix | |
| 2022 [24] | Wednesday | "Wednesday's Child is Full of Woe" | Colleen Atwood and Mark Sutherland | Netflix |
| Emily in Paris | "What's it All About..." | Marylin Fitoussi | Netflix | |
| Euphoria | "Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door" | Heidi Bivens | HBO | |
| Hacks | "The Captain's Wife" | Kathleen Felix-Hager | HBO Max | |
| The White Lotus | "In the Sandbox" | Alex Bovaird | HBO | |
| 2023 [25] [26] | Beef | "The Birds Don't Sing, They Screech in Pain" | Helen Huang | Netflix |
| The Bear | "Fishes" | Courtney Wheeler | FX on Hulu | |
| The Last of Us | "Endure and Survive" | Cynthia Ann Summers | HBO | |
| The Morning Show | "The Kármán Line" | Sophie de Rakoff and Debra McGuire | Apple TV+ | |
| Poker Face | "The Orpheus Syndrome" | Trayce Gigi Field | Peacock | |
| 2024 [27] | Hacks | "Just for Laughs" | Kathleen Felix-Hager | Max |
| Agatha All Along | "Seekest Thou the Road" | Daniel Selon | Disney+ | |
| Baby Reindeer | "Episode 4" | Mekel Bailey | Netflix | |
| Emily in Paris | "The Grey Area" | Marylin Fitoussi | ||
| The Gentlemen | "Refined Aggression" | Loulou Bontemps | ||
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