NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series

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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.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

YearSeriesRef
1991
The Women of Brewster Place [1]
1992
In the Heat of the Night [2] [3]
1993
In the Heat of the Night [4]
1994
I'll Fly Away [5] [6]
In the Heat of the Night
L.A. Law
Law & Order
TriBeCa
1995
I'll Fly Away [7]
1996
New York Undercover [8]
Chicago Hope
ER
Homicide: Life on the Street
Under One Roof
1997
New York Undercover [9]
ER
Homicide: Life on the Street
NYPD Blue
Touched by an Angel
1998
Touched by an Angel [10]
413 Hope St.
Chicago Hope
ER
New York Undercover
1999
Touched by an Angel [11]
Ally McBeal
ER
Homicide: Life on the Street
Law & Order

2000s

YearSeriesRef
2000
Touched by an Angel [12]
Ally McBeal
ER
Oz
The Practice
2001
City of Angels [13]
Any Day Now
Gideon's Crossing
The Practice
Soul Food
2002
Soul Food [14]
Any Day Now
Boston Public
ER
The Practice
2003
Soul Food [15]
24
Boston Public
Six Feet Under
The Wire
2004
Soul Food [16]
24
Boston Public
CSI: Miami
The Wire
2005
Law & Order [17]
ER
Kevin Hill
Soul Food
The Wire
2006
Grey's Anatomy [18]
Commander in Chief
CSI: Miami
House
Lost
2007
Grey's Anatomy [19]
24
Heroes
The Unit
The Wire
2008
Grey's Anatomy [20]
House
K-Ville
Lincoln Heights
The Unit
2009
Grey's Anatomy [21]
House
Lincoln Heights
The Unit
The Wire

2010s

YearSeriesRef
2010
Lincoln Heights [22]
Cold Case
Grey's Anatomy
Hawthorne
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2011
Grey's Anatomy [23]
Hawthorne
Detroit 1-8-7
Treme
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [24]
Boardwalk Empire
Grey's Anatomy
The Good Wife
Treme
2013
Scandal [25]
Boardwalk Empire
Grey's Anatomy
Treme
True Blood
2014
Scandal [26]
Boardwalk Empire
Grey's Anatomy
The Good Wife
Treme
2015
How to Get Away with Murder [27]
Being Mary Jane
Grey's Anatomy
House of Cards
Scandal
2016
Empire [28]
Being Mary Jane
How to Get Away with Murder
Power
Scandal
2017
Queen Sugar [29]
Empire
Power
This Is Us
Underground
2018
Power
Greenleaf
Queen Sugar
This Is Us
Underground
2019
Power
The Chi
How to Get Away with Murder
Queen Sugar
This Is Us

2020s

YearSeriesRef
2020
Greenleaf [30]
Godfather of Harlem
Queen Sugar
The Chi
Watchmen
2021
Power Book II: Ghost [31]
All Rise
Bridgerton
Lovecraft Country
This Is Us
2022
Queen Sugar [32]
9-1-1
All American
Godfather of Harlem
Pose

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

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