NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series

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.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Series	Ref
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

Year	Series	Ref
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

Year	Series	Ref
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

Year	Series	Network	Ref
2020
	Greenleaf	OWN	[30]
	Godfather of Harlem	Epix
	Queen Sugar	OWN
	The Chi	Showtime
	Watchmen	HBO
2021
	Power Book II: Ghost	Starz	[31]
	All Rise	CBS
	Bridgerton	Netflix
	Lovecraft Country	HBO
	This Is Us	NBC
2023
	Queen Sugar	OWN	[32]
	9-1-1	FOX
	All American	The CW
	Godfather of Harlem	MGM+
	Pose	FX
2022
	P-Valley	Starz
	Bel-Air	Peacock
	Bridgerton	Netflix
	Euphoria	HBO
	Queen Sugar	OWN
2024
	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	Netflix
	Bel-Air	Peacock
	Black Cake	Hulu
	Found	NBC
	Snowfall	FX

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

5 wins Grey's Anatomy 3 wins Soul Food Touched by an Angel

2 wins I'll Fly Away In the Heat of the Night New York Undercover Queen Sugar Scandal

Nominations

10 nominations Grey's Anatomy 7 nominations ER 5 nominations Queen Sugar Soul Food The Wire 4 nominations This Is Us Touched by an Angel Treme 3 nominations 24 Boardwalk Empire Boston Public Homicide: Life on the Street House Lincoln Heights New York Undercover The Practice Scandal The Unit

2 nominations The Chi Greenleaf Godfather of Harlem Power Underground

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