During the mid 1950s the Academy split the Best Drama award into several categories, including (but not limited to) "One Hour or More", "Half Hour or Less", and "Western or Adventure Series". Each winner is indicated below.
| Year
| Comedy
| Drama
| Comedy Actor
| Drama Actor
| Comedy Actress
| Drama Actress
|
| 1950
| ''Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
| Alan Young (CBS)
| Gertrude Berg (CBS)
|
| 1951
| The Red Skelton Show (CBS)
| Studio One (CBS)
| Sid Caesar (NBC)
| Imogene Coca (NBC)
|
| 1952
| I Love Lucy (CBS)
| Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
| Thomas Mitchell
| Helen Hayes
|
| 1953
| The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC), Dragnet (NBC)
| Donald O'Connor, Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
| Eve Arden, Our Miss Brooks, (CBS)
|
| 1954
| Make Room for Daddy (ABC)
| The U.S. Steel Hour (ABC), Dragnet (NBC), Stories of the Century (Syndicated)
| Danny Thomas, Make Room for Daddy (ABC)
| Loretta Young, The Loretta Young Show (NBC)
|
| 1955
| The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
| Producers' Showcase (NBC), Disneyland (ABC)
| Phil Silvers, The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
| Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy (CBS)
|
| 1956
| Playhouse 90 (CBS)
| Sid Caesar, Caesar's Hour (NBC)
| Robert Young, Father Knows Best (CBS)
| Nanette Fabray, Caesar's Hour (NBC)
| Loretta Young, The Loretta Young Show (NBC)
|
| 1957
| Gunsmoke (CBS), Playhouse 90 (CBS)
| Robert Young, Father Knows Best (CBS)
| Jane Wyatt, Father Knows Best (CBS)
|
| 1958-1959
| The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
| The Alcoa House/Goodyear Playhouse (NBC), Playhouse 90 (CBS), Maverick (ABC)
| Jack Benny, The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
| Raymond Burr, Perry Mason (CBS)
| Jane Wyatt, Father Knows Best (CBS)
| Loretta Young, The Loretta Young Show (NBC)
|
| 1959-1960
| Art Carney Special (NBC)
| Playhouse 90 (CBS)
| Robert Stack, The Untouchables (ABC)
| Jane Wyatt, Father Knows Best (CBS)
|
| 1960-1961
| The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
| Macbeth, Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)
| Raymond Burr, Perry Mason (CBS)
| Barbara Stanwyck, The Barbara Stanwyck Show (NBC)
|
| 1961-1962
| The Bob Newhart Show (NBC)
| The Defenders (CBS)
| E.G. Marshall, The Defenders (CBS)
| Shirley Booth, Hazel (NBC)
|
| 1962-1963
| The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
| Jack Klugman, The Defenders (CBS)
|
| 1963-1964
| Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
| Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
|
| 1964-1965
| The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
| Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS), four others (non regular series)
|
| 1965-1966
| The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
| The Fugitive (ABC)
| Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
| Bill Cosby, I Spy (NBC)
| Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
| Barbara Stanwyck, The Big Valley (ABC)
|
| 1966-1967
| The Monkees (NBC)
| (CBS)
| Don Adams, Get Smart (NBC)
| Lucille Ball, The Lucy Show (CBS)
| Barbara Bain, (CBS)
|
| 1967-1968
| Get Smart (NBC)
|
| 1968-1969
| NET Playhouse (NET)
| Carl Betz, Judd for the Defense (ABC)
| Hope Lange, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (ABC)
|
| 1969-1970
| My World and Welcome to It (NBC)
| Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)
| William Windom, My World and Welcome to It (NBC)
| Robert Young, Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)
| Susan Hampshire, The Forsyte Saga (NET)
|
| 1970-1971
| All in the Family (CBS)
| The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
| Jack Klugman, The Odd Couple (ABC)
| Hal Holbrook, The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
| Jean Stapleton, All in the Family (CBS)
| Susan Hampshire, The First Churchills, (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
|
| 1971-1972
| Elizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
| Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family (CBS)
| Peter Falk, Columbo (NBC)
| Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre)
|
| 1972-1973
| The Waltons (CBS)
| Jack Klugman, The Odd Couple (ABC)
| Richard Thomas, The Waltons (CBS)
| Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
| Michael Learned, The Waltons (CBS)
|
| 1973-1974
| M*A*S*H (CBS)
| Upstairs, Downstairs, (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
| Alan Alda, M*A*S*H (CBS)
| Telly Savalas, Kojak (CBS)
|
| 1974-1975
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
| Tony Randall, The Odd Couple (ABC)
| Robert Blake, Baretta (ABC)
| Valerie Harper, Rhoda (CBS)
| Jean Marsh, Upstairs, Downstairs, (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
|
| 1975-1976
| Police Story (NBC)
| Jack Albertson, Chico and the Man (NBC)
| Peter Falk, Columbo (NBC)
| Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
| Michael Learned, The Waltons (CBS)
|
| 1976-1977
| Upstairs, Downstairs, (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS)
| Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family (CBS)
| James Garner, The Rockford Files (NBC)
| Bea Arthur, Maude (CBS)
| Lindsay Wagner, The Bionic Woman (ABC)
|
| 1977-1978
| All in the Family (CBS)
| The Rockford Files (NBC)
| Edward Asner, Lou Grant (CBS)
| Jean Stapleton, All in the Family (CBS)
| Sada Thompson, Family (ABC)
|
| 1978-1979
| Taxi (ABC)
| Lou Grant (CBS)
| Ron Leibman, Kaz (CBS)
| Ruth Gordon, Taxi (ABC)
| Mariette Hartley, The Incredible Hulk (CBS)
|
| 1979-1980
| Richard Mulligan, Soap (ABC)
| Edward Asner, Lou Grant (CBS)
| Cathryn Damon, Soap (ABC)
| Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas (CBS)
|
| 1980-1981
| Hill Street Blues (NBC)
| Judd Hirsch, Taxi (ABC)
| Daniel J. Travanti, Hill Street Blues (NBC)
| Isabel Sanford, The Jeffersons (CBS)
| Barbara Babcock, Hill Street Blues (NBC)
|
| 1981-1982
| Barney Miller (ABC)
| Alan Alda, M*A*S*H (CBS)
| Carol Kane, Taxi (ABC)
| Michael Learned, Nurse (CBS)
|
| 1982-1983
| Cheers (NBC)
| Judd Hirsch, Taxi (NBC)
| Ed Flanders, St. Elsewhere (NBC)
| Shelley Long, Cheers (NBC)
| Tyne Daly, Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
|
| 1983-1984
| John Ritter, Three's Company (ABC)
| Tom Selleck, Magnum P.I. (CBS)
| Jane Curtin, Kate & Allie (CBS)
|
| 1984-1985
| The Cosby Show (NBC)
| Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
| Robert Guillaume, Benson (ABC)
| William Daniels, St. Elsewhere (NBC)
|
| 1985-1986
| The Golden Girls (NBC)
| Michael J. Fox, Family Ties (NBC)
| Betty White, The Golden Girls (NBC)
| Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
|
| 1986-1987
| L.A. Law (NBC)
| Bruce Willis, Moonlighting (ABC)
| Rue McClanahan, The Golden Girls (NBC)
|
| 1987-1988
| The Wonder Years (ABC)
| thirtysomething (ABC)
| Richard Kiley, A Year in the Life (NBC)
| Bea Arthur, The Golden Girls (NBC)
| Tyne Daly, Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
|
| 1988-1989
| Cheers (NBC)
| L.A. Law (NBC)
| Richard Mulligan, Empty Nest (NBC)
| Carroll O'Connor, In the Heat of the Night (NBC)
| Candice Bergen, ''Murphy Brown (CBS)
| Dana Delany, China Beach (ABC)
|
| 1989-1990
| Murphy Brown (CBS)
| Ted Danson, Cheers (NBC)
| Peter Falk, Columbo (ABC)
| Patricia Wettig, thirtysomething (ABC)
|
| 1990-1991
| Cheers (NBC)
| Burt Reynolds, Evening Shade (CBS)
| James Earl Jones, Gabriel's Fire (ABC)
| Kirstie Alley, Cheers (NBC)
|
| 1991-1992
| Murphy Brown (CBS)
| Northern Exposure (CBS)
| Craig T. Nelson, Coach (ABC)
| Christopher Lloyd, Avonlea (Disney)
| Candice Bergen, ''Murphy Brown (CBS)
| Dana Delany, China Beach (ABC)
|
| 1992-1993
| Seinfeld (NBC)
| Picket Fences (CBS)
| Ted Danson, Cheers (NBC)
| Tom Skerritt, Picket Fences (CBS)
| Roseanne Arnold, Roseanne (ABC)
| Kathy Baker, Picket Fences (CBS)
|
| 1993-1994
| Frasier (NBC)
| Kelsey Grammer, Frasier (NBC)
| Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue (ABC)
| Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown (CBS)
| Sela Ward, Sisters (NBC)
|
| 1994-1995
| NYPD Blue (ABC)
| Mandy Patinkin, Chicago Hope (CBS)
| Kathy Baker, Picket Fences (CBS)
|
| 1995-1996
| ER (NBC)
| John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
| Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue (ABC)
| Helen Hunt, Mad About You (NBC)
|
| 1996-1997
| Law & Order (NBC)
| Gillian Anderson, The X-Files (FOX)
|
| 1997-1998
| The Practice (ABC)
| Kelsey Grammer, Frasier (NBC)
| Andre Braugher, (NBC)
| Christine Lahti, Chicago Hope (CBS)
|
| 1998-1999
| Ally McBeal (FOX)
| John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
| Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue (ABC)
| Edie Falco, The Sopranos (HBO)
|
| 1999-2000
| Will & Grace (NBC)
| The West Wing (NBC)
| Michael J. Fox, Spin City (ABC)
| James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (HBO)
| Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
| Sela Ward, Once and Again (ABC)
|
| 2000-2001
| Sex and the City (HBO)
| Eric McCormack, Will & Grace (NBC)
| Edie Falco, The Sopranos (HBO)
|
| 2001-2002
| Friends (NBC)
| Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
| Michael Chiklis, The Shield (FX)
| Jennifer Aniston, Friends (NBC)
| Allison Janney, The West Wing (NBC)
|
| 2002-2003
| Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
| Tony Shalhoub, Monk (USA)
| James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (HBO)
| Debra Messing, Will & Grace (NBC)
| Edie Falco, The Sopranos (HBO)
|
| 2003-2004
| Arrested Development (FOX)
| The Sopranos (HBO)
| Kelsey Grammer, Frasier (NBC)
| James Spader, The Practice, Boston Legal (ABC)
| Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City (HBO)
| Allison Janney, The West Wing (NBC)
|
| 2004-2005
| Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
| Lost (ABC)
| Tony Shalhoub, Monk (USA)
| Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives (ABC)
| Patricia Arquette, Medium (NBC)
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