Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series

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The Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series was presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the best network television series. It was introduced in 1988 and discontinued in 2015 when the Saturn Award went through major changes in their television categories.

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Lost holds the record of the most wins in this category with five; additionally, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files both won the award three times. The X-Files is also the most nominated series in the category, with eight nominations.

(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year)

The winners are listed in bold.

Winners and nominees

1980s

YearTV SeriesNetwork
Best Genre Television Series
1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation Syndicated
Beauty and the Beast CBS
Freddy's Nightmares Syndicated
Friday the 13th: The Series
Out of This World
Superboy
War of the Worlds
1989/90 Star Trek: The Next GenerationSyndicated

1990s

YearProgramNetwork
Best Network Television Program
1991 Dark Shadows NBC
Cast a Deadly Spell HBO
Psycho IV: The Beginning Showtime
Quantum Leap NBC
Star Trek: The Next Generation Syndicated
Tales from the Crypt HBO
1992 The Simpsons Fox
Batman: The Animated Series Fox
Intruders CBS
Quantum LeapNBC
The Ren & Stimpy Show Nickelodeon
Star Trek: The Next GenerationSyndicated
Tales from the CryptHBO
1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ABC
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Fox
The Simpsons
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Syndicated
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Wild Palms ABC
The X-Files Fox
1994 The X-FilesFox
Earth 2 NBC
M.A.N.T.I.S. Fox
seaQuest DSV NBC
The SimpsonsFox
Star Trek: The Next GenerationSyndicated
Tales from the CryptHBO
1995 The Outer Limits Showtime
American Gothic CBS
The SimpsonsFox
Sliders
Space: Above and Beyond
Star Trek: Deep Space NineSyndicated
Best Network Television Series (Best Genre Network TV Series)
1996 The X-FilesFox
Dark Skies NBC
Early Edition CBS
Millennium Fox
The Simpsons
Sliders
1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer The WB
Profiler NBC
The SimpsonsFox
Star Trek: Voyager UPN
The Visitor Fox
The X-Files
1998 The X-FilesFox
Buffy the Vampire SlayerThe WB
Charmed
Seven Days UPN
The SimpsonsFox
Star Trek: VoyagerUPN
1999 Now and Again CBS
Angel The WB
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Roswell
Seven DaysUPN
The X-FilesFox

2000s

YearTV SeriesNetwork
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer The WB
Angel The WB
Dark Angel Fox
Roswell The WB
Star Trek: Voyager UPN
The X-Files Fox
2001 Buffy the Vampire SlayerThe WB
AngelThe WB
Dark AngelFox
Enterprise UPN
Smallville The WB
The X-FilesFox
2002 Alias ABC
AngelThe WB
Buffy the Vampire SlayerUPN
Enterprise
SmallvilleThe WB
The Twilight Zone UPN
2003 AngelThe WB
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS
AliasABC
Buffy the Vampire SlayerUPN
Star Trek: Enterprise
SmallvilleThe WB
2004 Lost ABC
AliasABC
AngelThe WB
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCBS
Star Trek: EnterpriseUPN
SmallvilleThe WB
2005 LostABC
Invasion ABC
Prison Break Fox
SmallvilleThe WB
Supernatural
Surface NBC
Veronica Mars UPN
2006 Heroes NBC
Jericho CBS
LostABC
Smallville The CW
24 Fox
Veronica MarsThe CW
2007 LostABC
HeroesNBC
Journeyman
Pushing Daisies ABC
SupernaturalThe CW
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Fox
2008 LostABC
Fringe Fox
HeroesNBC
Life on Mars ABC
SupernaturalThe CW
Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesFox
2009 LostABC
Chuck NBC
FringeFox
Ghost Whisperer CBS
HeroesNBC
The Vampire Diaries The CW

2010s

YearTV SeriesNetwork
2010 Fringe Fox
Lost ABC
Smallville The CW
Supernatural
V ABC
The Vampire Diaries The CW
2011 FringeFox
A Gifted Man CBS
Grimm NBC
Once Upon a Time ABC
SupernaturalThe CW
Terra Nova Fox
2012 Revolution NBC
Elementary CBS
The Following Fox
Fringe
Once Upon a TimeABC
SupernaturalThe CW
2013 Hannibal NBC
Revolution
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ABC
The Blacklist NBC
The FollowingFox
Sleepy Hollow
Under the Dome CBS
2014 HannibalNBC
The BlacklistNBC
The FollowingFox
GrimmNBC
Person of Interest CBS
Sleepy HollowFox

Most nominations

Most wins

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