Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series. This award and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series replaced Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series in 2002.
As of 2015, 24 and Breaking Bad are the only shows to have won this award four times.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold and bold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
Winners and nominations
1960s
'''Outstanding Individual Achievement in Film Editing'''1970s
Outstanding Film Editing for a SeriesOutstanding Film Editing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
| 1979 (31st) | - | - | - | - |
| 1979 (31st) | Taxi | "Paper Marriage" | M. Pam Blumenthal | ABC |
| 1979 (31st) | Dallas | "Reunion, Part 2" | Fred W. Berger | CBS |
| 1979 (31st) | Lou Grant | "Hooker" | James Galloway | CBS |
| 1979 (31st) | M*A*S*H | "The Billfold Syndrome" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | CBS |
1980s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee | Network |
| 1986 (38th) | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 (38th) | Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Neil Mandelberg | ABC |
| 1986 (38th) | Amazing Stories | "The Mission" | Steven Kemper | NBC |
| 1986 (38th) | Amazing Stories | "Mummy, Daddy" | Joe Ann Fogle | NBC |
| 1986 (38th) | Miami Vice | "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" | Robert A. Daniels | NBC |
| 1986 (38th) | Moonlighting | "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" | Roger Bondelli | ABC |
| 1987 (39th) | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 (39th) | Moonlighting | "Atomic Shakespeare" | Roger Bondelli and Neil Mandelberg | ABC |
| 1987 (39th) | Cagney & Lacey | "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 1" | Jeanene Ambler | CBS |
| 1987 (39th) | L.A. Law | "Pilot" | Ray Daniels and Joe Ann Fogle | NBC |
| 1987 (39th) | L.A. Law | "The Venus Butterfly" | Bonnie Koehler | NBC |
| 1987 (39th) | St. Elsewhere | "Afterlife" | John Heath | NBC |
| 1988 (40th) | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 (40th) | L.A. Law | "Full Marital Jacket" | Elodie Keene | NBC |
| 1988 (40th) | China Beach | "Pilot" | Erwin Dumbrille and Christopher Nelson | ABC |
| 1988 (40th) | Frank's Place | "Food Fight" | Marsh Hendry and Robert Souders | CBS |
| 1988 (40th) | L.A. Law | "Divorce with Extreme Prejudice" | Quinnie Martin Jr. | NBC |
| 1988 (40th) | Thirtysomething | "Therapy" | Victor Du Bois and Richard Freeman | ABC |
| 1989 (41st) | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 (41st) | Thirtysomething | "First Day/Last Day" | Steven Rosenblum | ABC |
| 1989 (41st) | China Beach | "Vets" | Randy Jon Morgan | ABC |
| 1989 (41st) | L.A. Law | "His Suit Is Hirsute" | Paul Dixon | NBC |
| 1989 (41st) | Wiseguy | "White Noise" | Larry Strong and Ron Spang | CBS |
| 1989 (41st) | The Wonder Years | "Loosiers" | Stuart Bass | ABC |
2000s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama SeriesEditors with multiple awards
;3 awards- M. Pam Blumenthal
- Chris G. Willingham
- Samuel E. Beetley
- Andrew Chulack
- Gene Fowler
- Marjorie Fowler
- Jon Koslowsky
- David Latham
- Neil Mandelberg
- Yan Miles
- Thomas R. Moore
- Randy Jon Morgan
- Bill Mosher
- Tim Porter
- Lynne Willingham
Programs with multiple awards
;4 awards24 Breaking Bad;3 awardsERGame of Thrones
;2 awardsHill Street Blues Lost
- ''Moonlighting''
Editors with multiple nominations
;9 nominations- Kelley Dixon
;6 nominations
- Fred W. Berger
- Ray Daniels
- Christopher Nelson
- Stanford Tischler
- Jeanene Ambler
- Kevin Casey
- Randy Jon Morgan
- Stephen Semel
- Chris G. Willingham
- Roger Bondelli
- Mark Goldman
- David Latham
- Larry L. Mills
- Tim Porter
- William B. Stich
- Katie Weiland
- Sidney Wolinsky
- M. Pam Blumenth
- Joseph Dervin
- Henk Van Eeghen
- Ken Eluto
- Heather MacDougall
- Wendy Hallam Martin
- Chris McCaleb
- Cindy Mollo
- Thomas R. Moore
- Bill Mosher
- Philip Carr Neel
- Scott Powell
- Donald R. Rode
- Alec Smight
- Robert Watts
- Lynne Willingham
- Tom Wilson
- Dean Zimmerman
- Janet Ashikaga
- Samuel E. Beetley
- Henry Berman
- Sarah Boyd
- Richard Bracken
- Maryann Brandon
- William T. Cartwright
- Robert A. Daniels
- Andrew S. Eisen
- Dylan Firshein
- Joe Ann Fogle
- Gene Fowler
- Marjorie Fowler
- John C. Fuller
- James Galloway
- Conrad M. Gonzalez
- Crispin Green
- Jim Gross
- William Gulick
- James T. Heckert
- Bill Henry
- Arthur David Hilton
- Douglas Hines
- Bill Johnson
- Sidney Katz
- Jon Koslowsky
- Briana London
- Susanne Malles
- Neil Mandelberg
- Stephen Mark
- Jane Rizzo
- Pattye Rogers
- Jeff Seibenick
- Andrew Seklir
- Douglas Stewart
- Larry Strong
- Neil Travis
- Leo Trombetta
- Ron Volk
- J. Terry Williams
Programs with multiple nominations
;11 nominationsGame of ThronesThe Sopranos24;10 nominationsBreaking BadER
;8 nominationsMad MenThe X-Files
;7 nominationsBetter Call SaulLostThe MandalorianSuccession
;6 nominationsHill Street BluesL.A. LawThe West Wing
;5 nominationsChicago HopeSeveranceStranger Things
;4 nominationsCagney & LaceyDallasMission: ImpossibleRoots
;3 nominationsChina BeachDexterThe Handmaid's TaleLaw & OrderMiami ViceMoonlightingNorthern ExposureNYPD BlueOzarkThe West WingThe White Lotus
;2 nominationsAliasAmazing StoriesBattlestar GalacticaThe Bold Ones: The SenatorBoston LegalThe CrownDynastyFalloutFameHeroesHouse of CardsThe Last of UsLou GrantThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.Medical StoryQuincy, M.E.Rich Man, Poor ManSkagStar TrekStar Trek: The Next GenerationThe Streets of San Francisco
- ''Thirtysomething''