O Emmy do Primetime de Melhor Série de Drama (no original em inglês Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series) é um dos prêmios entregues pela Academia de Artes & Ciências Televisivas pelas excelências televisivas como parte dos Prémios Emmy do Primetime.
Vencedores e indicados Década de 1950 Ano Série Produtores Emissora 1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse - KECA-TV Studio One KTTV, CBS Fireside Theater KTLA I Remember Mama KTTV, CBS The Philco Television Playhouse KNBH, NBC 1952 Studio One - CBS Pulitzer Prize Playhouse ABC Robert Montgomery Presents NBC Calanese Theatre ABC Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse NBC 1953 Robert Montgomery Presents - NBC Studio One CBS Kraft Television Theatre NBC Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse Celanese Theatre ABC 1954 The United States Steel Hour - ABC Studio One CBS Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse NBC Robert Montgomery Presents Kraft Television Theatre 1955 The United States Steel Hour - ABC Philco TV Playhouse NBC Studio One CBS Four Star Playhouse Medic NBC 1956 Producers Showcase - NBC Studio One CBS The United States Steel Hour Alcoa-Goodyear TV Playhouse NBC Climax! CBS 1958 Personagens Contínuos Gunsmoke - CBS Lassie CBS Maverick ABC Perry Mason CBS Wagon Train NBC Antologias Playhouse 90 - CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC Studio One CBS Alfred Hitchcock Presents Climax! 1959 Uma Hora ou Mais Playhouse 90 - NBC Naked City ABC Peter Gunn NBC Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS General Electric Theater The Loretta Young Show NBC Menos de Uma Hora Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre - NBC U.S. Steel Hour CBS
Década de 1960 {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="10%" | Ano ! width="25%" | Série ! width="60%" | Produtores ! width="10%" | Emissora
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1960 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Playhouse 90 | style="text-align:center" | - | CBS |- | Ford Startime | | NBC |- | The Untouchables | | ABC |- | Du Pont Show of the Month | | CBS |- | The Moon and Sixpence | | NBC
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1961 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Hallmark Hall of Fame | style="text-align:center" | - | NBC |- | The Untouchables | | rowspan=2 | ABC |- | Naked City
| The Sacco-Vanzetti Story | | NBC |- | The Twilight Zone | | CBS
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1962 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Defenders | style="text-align:center" | - | CBS |- | Hallmark Hall of Fame | | NBC |- | Naked City | | rowspan=3 |ABC |- | Alcoa Premiere
| Ben Casey
| Dick Powell Show | | NBC
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1963 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Defenders | style="text-align:center" | - | CBS |- | The Eleventh Hour | | NBC |- | Naked City | | ABC |- | The Dick Powell Theatre | | NBC |- | Alcoa Premiere | | ABC
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1964 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Defenders | style="text-align:center" | - | CBS |- | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre | | NBC |- | East Side/West Side | | CBS |- | Mr. Novak | | rowspan=2 | NBC |- | The Richard Boone Show
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1966 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | The Fugitive | Alan Armer | ABC |- | Bonanza | David Dortort | rowspan=3 | NBC |- | I Spy | Mort Fine e David Friedkin |- | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Norman Felton |- | Slattery's People | Irving Elman | CBS
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 1967 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Mission: Impossible | Joseph E. Gantman e Bruce Geller | CBS |- | The Avengers | Julian White | ABC |- | I Spy | Mort Fine e David Friedkin | rowspan=3 | NBC |- | Run for Your Life | Jo Swerling |- | Star Trek | Gene L. Coon e Gene Roddenberry
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1968 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Mission: Impossible | Joseph E. Gantman | CBS |- | I Spy | Mort Fine e David Friedkin | NBC |- | NET Playhouse | Curtis W. Davis | NET |- | Run for Your Life | Roy Huggins | rowspan=2 | NBC |- | Star Trek | Gene Roddenberry|- | The Avengers| Brian Clemmens e Albert Fennell | ABC
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 1969 |- style="background:#FAEB86" | NET Playhouse| Curtis W. Davis | NET |- | The F.B.I.| Charles Larson | ABC |- | Ironside| Cy Chermak | NBC |- | Judd, for the Defense| Harold Gast | ABC |- | The Name of the Game| Richard Irving, Leslie Stevens e David Victor | NBC |- | Mission: Impossible| Bruce Geller | CBS
Década de 1970 Ano Série Produtores Emissora 1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. David J. O'Connell e David Victor ABC The Name of the Game George Eckstein, Dean Hargrove, Richard Irving, Norman Lloyd e Boris Sagal NBC NET Playhouse Jac Venza NET The Mod Squad Tony Barrett, Harve Bennett, Aaron Spelling e Danny Thomas ABC The Forsyte Saga Donald Wilson PBS Ironside Albert Aley, Douglas Benton, Cy Chermak, Wintson Miller e Joel Rogosin NBC 1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator David Levinson NBC NET Playhouse Jac Venza PBS Marcus Welby, M.D. David J. O'Connell e David Victor ABC Ironside Albert Aley, Douglas Benton, Cy Chermak, Winston Miller e Joel Rogosin NBC The First Churchills Masterpiece Theatre Christopher Sarson e Donald Wilson PBS 1972 Elizabeth R Roderick Graham e Christopher Sarson PBS The Six Wives of Henry VIII Mark Shivas e Ronald Travers CBS Mannix Bruce Geller, Ivan Goff e Ben Roberts Marcus Welby, M.D. David J. O'Connell e David Victor ABC Columbo Everett Chambers, Richard Levinson e William Link NBC 1973 The Waltons Robert L. Jacks e Lee Rich CBS Kung Fu Jerry Thorpe ABC Mannix Bruce Geller, Ivan Goff e Ben Roberts CBS Hawaii Five-O William Finnegan, Leonard Freeman e Bob Sweeney Cannon Harold Gast, Quinn Martin e Adrian Samish Columbo Dean Hargrove NBC 1974 Upstairs, Downstairs Rex Firkin e John Hawkesworth PBS The Waltons Robert L. Jacks e Lee Rich CBS Kojak Abby Mann, James McAdams e Matthew Rapf The Streets of San Francisco Quinn Martin e John Wilder ABC Police Story David Gerber e Stanley Kallis NBC 1975 Upstairs, Downstairs Rex Firkin e John Hawkesworth PBS Kojak Jack Laird, James McAdams e Matthew Rapf CBS Police Story David Gerber, Stanley Kallis e Chris Morgan NBC The Waltons Robert L. Jacks e Lee Rich CBS The Streets of San Francisco Quinn Martin, John Wilder e William Robert Yates ABC 1976 Police Story David Gerber, Stanley Kallis, Liam O'Brien e Carl Pingitore NBC Columbo Everett Chambers NBC The Streets of San Francisco Quinn Martin e William Robert Yates ABC Baretta Robert Harris, Howie Horwitz, Bernard L. Kowalski, Robert Lewin e Jo Swerling 1977 Upstairs, Downstairs John Hawkesworth e Joan Sullivan PBS Police Story David Gerber, Liam O'Brien e Mel Swope NBC Family Leonard Goldberg, Nigel McKeand, Mike Nichols e Aaron Spelling ABC Baretta Charles E. Dismukes, Bernard Kowalski, Anthony Spinner e Leigh Vance Columbo Everett Chambers NBC 1978 The Rockford Files Stephen J. Cannell, David Chase, Floyd Johnson e Meta Rosenberg NBC Quincy Richard Irving, Jud Kinberg, Glen A. Larson, Edward J. Montagne, Chris Morgan, Robert F. O'Neill, B. W. Sandefur, Michael Sloan e Peter J. Thompson NBC Family Leonard Goldberg, Nigel McKeand e Aaron Spelling ABC Lou Grant James L. Brooks, Allan Burns e Gene Reynolds CBS Columbo Richard Alan Simmons NBC 1979 Lou Grant Seth Freeman, Gary David Goldberg e Gene Reynolds CBS The Paper Chase Albert Aley, Robert Lewin e Robert C. Thompson CBS The Rockford Files Juanita Bartlett, Stephen J. Cannell, David Chase, Floyd Johnson e Meta Rosenberg NBC
Década de 1980 Ano Série Produtores Emissora 1980 Lou Grant Seth Freeman e Gene Reynolds CBS The Rockford Files Juanita Bartlett, Stephen J. Cannell, David Chase, Floyd Johnson e Meta Rosenberg NBC The White Shadow Bruce Paltrow e Mark Tinker CBS Dallas Philip Capice, Leonard Katzman e Lee Rich Family Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling e Edward Zwick ABC 1981 Hill Street Blues Steven Bochco, Gregory Hoblit e Michael Kozoll NBC The White Shadow John Masius, Bruce Paltrow e Mark Tinker CBS Quincy Lester William Berke, William O. Cairncross, Sam Egan e David Moessinger NBC Lou Grant Seth Freeman e Gene Reynolds CBS Dallas Philip Capice e Leonard Katzman 1982 Hill Street Blues David Anspaugh, Steven Bochco, Gregory Hoblit e Anthony Yerkovich NBC Fame William Blinn, Gerald I. Isenberg, Stan Rogow e Mel Swope NBC Lou Grant Seth Freeman e Gene Reynolds CBS Magnum, P.I. Donald Bellisario, Douglas Green, Andrew Schneider e Rick Weaver Dynasty Douglas S. Cramer, Ed Ledding, Elaine Rich, Aaron Spelling e E. Duke Vincent ABC 1983 Hill Street Blues David Auspaugh, Steven Bochco, Scott Brazil, Gregory Hoblit e Anthony Yerkovich NBC St. Elsewhere Joshua Brand, John Falsey, John Masius, Bruce Paltrow e Mark Tinker NBC Fame William Blinn e Mel Swope Magnum, P.I. Donald Bellisario, Douglas Green, Floyd Johnson, Reuben Leder, Joel Regosin e Rick Weaver CBS Cagney & Lacey Steve Brown, Terry Louise Fisher, Richard M. Rosenbloom, Barney Rosenzweig, Harry R. Sherman, April Smith e Joseph Stern 1984 Hill Street Blues Steven Bochco, Scott Brazil, Gregory Hoblit, David Latt, Jeffrey Lewis e Sascha Schneider NBC St. Elsewhere Tom Fontana, John Masius, Bruce Paltrow, Abby Singer e Mark Tinker Fame William Blinn e Ken Ehrlich Magnum, P.I. Donald Bellisario, Douglas Benton, Floyd Johnson, Reuben Leder, Nick Thiel e Rick Weaver CBS Cagney & Lacey Peter Lefcourt e Barney Rosenzweig 1985 Cagney & Lacey Steve Brown, Terry Louise Fisher, Peter Lefcourt e Barney Rosenzweig CBS Murder, She Wrote Douglas Benton, Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link e Robert F. O'Neill Hill Street Blues Steven Bochco, Scott Brazil, Gregory Hoblit, Jeffrey Lewis e David Milch NBC Miami Vice Richard Brams, George E. Crosby, Michael Mann, John Nicolella, Liam O'Brien, Mel Swope e Anthony Yerkovich St. Elsewhere Tom Fontana, John Masius, Bruce Paltrow, Abby Singer e Mark Tinker 1986 Cagney & Lacey Steve Brown, Liz Coe, Patricia Green, P. K. Knelman, Barney Rosenzweig e Ralph Singleton CBS Murder, She Wrote Peter S. Fischer e Robert F. O'Neill St. Elsewhere Tom Fontana, John Masius, Bruce Paltrow, Abby Singer e Mark Tinker NBC Hill Street Blues Penny Adams, Scott Brazil, Walon Green, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch e Michael Vittes Moonlighting Glenn Gordon Caron, Jay Daniel, Artie Mandelberg, Ron Osborn e Jeff Reno ABC 1987 L.A. Law Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher, Phillip M. Goldfarb, Scott Goldstein, Gregory Hoblit e Ellen S. Pressman NBC St. Elsewhere Tom Fontana, John Masius, Bruce Paltrow, Abby Singer e Mark Tinker Moonlighting Glenn Gordon Caron, Jay Daniel, Roger Director, Karen Hall, Artie Mandelberg, Ron Osborn e Jeff Reno ABC Murder, She Wrote Peter S. Fischer e Robert F. O'Neill CBS Cagney & Lacey Jonathan Estrin, Georgia Jeffries, P. K. Knelman, Shelley List, Barney Rosenzweig e Ralph Singleton 1988 thirtysomething Paul Haggis, Marshall Herskovitz, Scott Winant e Edward Zwick ABC St. Elsewhere Channing Gibson, Bruce Paltrow, Abby Singer, Mark Tinker e John Tinker NBC L.A. Law Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher, Phillip M. Goldfarb, Scott Goldstein, Gregory Hoblit, David E. Kelley e Rick Wallace Beauty and the Beast John David, Harvey Frand, Lynn H. Guthrie, Kenneth Koch, Ron Koslow, Stephen Kurzfeld, Andrew Laskos, George R. R. Martin, David Peckinpah, Tony Thomas e Paul Junger Witt CBS 1989 L.A. Law Steven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein, Michele Gallery, Phillip M. Goldfarb, Scott Goldstein, David E. Kelley, Judith Parker, Rick Wallace e Alice West NBC Beauty and the Beast Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Kenneth R. Koch, Ron Koslow, Stephen Kurzfeld, Patricia Livingston, George R. R. Martin, David F. Schwartz, Tony Thomas e Paul Junger Witt CBS Wiseguy Alex Beaton, David J, Burke, Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen Kronish, Alfonse Ruggiero, Jr., Les Sheldon e Jo Swerling, Jr. China Beach Gene Escarrega, Fred Gerber, Patricia Green, Christopher Nelson, John Wells e John Sacret Young ABC thirtysomething Marshall Herskovitz, Richard Kramer, Lindsley Parsons III, Ellen S. Pressman, Scott Winant e Edward Zwick
Década de 1990