Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series


The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series is presented to the best directing of a television drama series, usually for a particular episode.

Total awards by network

Programs with multiple awards

;4 awardsNYPD Blue
;3 awardsCBS Playhouse The Defenders Hill Street Blues The West Wing
;2 awardsBoardwalk Empire The CrownCagney & Lacey Equal Justice ERGame of Thrones Hallmark Hall of Fame

Programs with multiple nominations

;13 nominationsER The Sopranos
;12 nominationsHill Street Blues L.A. Law
;11 nominationsGame of Thrones Hallmark Hall of Fame
;10 nominationsLou Grant
;9 nominationsNYPD Blue Succession
;8 nominationsThe West Wing
;7 nominationsThe Crown Playhouse 90
;6 nominationsBoardwalk Empire CBS Playhouse Homeland Ozark
;5 nominationsBreaking Bad The Defenders Fame The Handmaid's Tale
;4 nominationsDownton Abbey Lost Mad Men Moonlighting Roots
;3 nominations24 Boston Legal Cagney & Lacey Chicago Hope China Beach General Electric Theatre Law & Order Severance Six Feet Under The Waltons
;2 nominationsAlcoa Premiere Alfred Hitchcock Presents Andor Battlestar Galactica Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre The Bold Ones: The Senator Columbo Damages Deadwood The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Equal Justice Homicide: Life on the Street House of Cards I'll Fly Away The Knick Kojak Miami Vice The Morning Show The Pitt Producers' Showcase Rich Man, Poor Man Sirens Slow Horses Stranger Things thirtysomething The United States Steel Hour Upstairs, Downstairs Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse The White Lotus
  • ''The X-Files''

Individuals with multiple awards

;3 awards
;2 awards

Individuals with multiple nominations

;10 nominations
;9 nominations
;7 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations