| Primetime Emmy Award for Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) |
| Presenter: | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Holder: | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2023) |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. From 1971 until 2008, all single-camera series competed together in a combined category. Awards for one-hour and half-hour series were divided in 2008 and the category ran until 2010. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were again combined for all single-camera series. They were redivided in 2017.[1]
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series | ||||
| 1970 [15] | ||||
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | "Hello, Goodbye, Hello" | Walter Strenge | ABC | |
| Mission: Impossible | "The Amnesiac" | Al Francis | CBS | |
| N.Y.P.D. | Harvey Genkins | ABC | ||
| 1971 [16] | ||||
| The Name of the Game | Jack A. Marta | NBC | ||
| Bonanza | "The Love Child" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | "A Spanish Saying I Made Up" | Walter Strenge | ABC | |
| 1972 [17] | ||||
| Columbo | "Blueprint for Murder" | Lloyd Ahern | NBC | |
| Arnie | "The Only Way to Go" | Charles G. Clarke | CBS | |
| Hawaii Five-O | Robert L. Morrison | |||
| 1973 [18] | ||||
| Kung Fu | "An Eye for an Eye" | Jack Woolf | ABC | |
| Banacek | "Detour to Nowhere" | Sam Leavitt | NBC | |
| The Waltons | Russell Metty | CBS | ||
| 1974 [19] | ||||
| Columbo | "Any Old Port in a Storm" | Harry L. Wolf | NBC | |
| Hawaii Five-O | Bill Huffman, Robert L. Morrison, Jack Whitman | CBS | ||
| Kojak | Gerald Perry Finnerman | |||
| 1975 [20] | ||||
| Columbo | "Playback" | Richard C. Glouner | NBC | |
| Kojak | "Wall Street Gunslinger" | Vilis Lapenieks, Sol Negrin | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Bombed" | William Jurgensen | ||
| 1976 [21] | ||||
| Baretta | "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" | Harry L. Wolf | ABC | |
| Kojak | "A Question of Answers" | Sol Negrin | CBS | |
| Little House on the Prairie | "Remember Me" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| M*A*S*H | "Hawkeye" | William Jurgensen | CBS | |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | "Part 1" | Howard Schwartz | ABC | |
| 1977 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series[22] | |||
| Captains and the Kings | "Chapter 1" | Ric Waite | NBC | |
| Baretta | "Soldier in the Jungle" | Sherman L. Kunkel | ABC | |
| Kojak | "A Shield for Murder, Part 2" | Sol Negrin | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Dear Sigmund" | William Jurgensen | ||
| The Moneychangers | "Part 1" | Joseph F. Biroc | NBC | |
| Once an Eagle | "Part 1" | John J. Jones | ||
| Roots | "Part 2" | Stevan Larner | ABC | |
| "Part 7" | Joseph M. Wilcots | |||
| Special Classification for Individual Achievement[23] [24] | ||||
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | "Mystery of the Haunted House" | Enzo A. Martinelli | ||
| 1978 [25] | ||||
| Little House on the Prairie | "The Fighter" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| The Awakening Land | Michel Hugo | NBC | ||
| The Love Boat | "The Inspector/A Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye" | Lloyd Ahern | ABC | |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Robert B. Hauser | |||
| "Part 1" | Joseph F. Biroc | |||
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series | ||||
| 1979 [26] | ||||
| Little House on the Prairie | "The Craftsman" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| Barnaby Jones | "Memory of a Nightmare" | William W. Spencer | CBS | |
| Little Women | "Episode 2" | Joseph F. Biroc | NBC | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 [27] | ||||
| The Contender | "Breakthrough" | Enzo A. Martinelli | CBS | |
| Fantasy Island | "The Wedding" | Emmett Bergholz | ABC | |
| From Here to Eternity | "Pearl Harbor" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | NBC | |
| The Incredible Hulk | "Broken Image" | John McPherson | CBS | |
| Little House on the Prairie | "May We Make Them Proud" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| Quincy, M.E. | "Riot" | Alric Edens | ABC | |
| 1981 [28] | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Hill Street Station" | William Cronjager | NBC | |
| Breaking Away | "La Strada" | Brianne Murphy | ABC | |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | "Time of the Hawk" | Ben Colman | NBC | |
| The Gangster Chronicles | "Chapter One" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | ||
| Little House on the Prairie | "Sylvia" | Ted Voigtlander | ||
| Nero Wolfe | "Death and the Dolls" | Charles W. Short | ||
| 1982 [29] | ||||
| Fame | "Alone in a Crowd" | William W. Spencer | NBC | |
| Baker's Dozen | "A Class by Himself" | Sol Negrin | CBS | |
| Little House on the Prairie | "He Was Only Twelve, Part 2" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| Lou Grant | "Ghosts" | Robert F. Liu | CBS | |
| Magnum, P.I. | "Memories Are Forever" | Woody Omens | ||
| 1983 [30] | ||||
| Casablanca | "The Masterbuilder's Woman" | Joseph F. Biroc | NBC | |
| Fantasy Island | "The Curse of the Moreaus/My Man Friday" | Emmett Bergholz | ABC | |
| Little House on the Prairie | "The Wild Boy, Part 1" | Harry L. Wolf | NBC | |
| 1984 [31] | ||||
| The New Mike Hammer | "More Than Murder" | James Crabe | CBS | |
| Airwolf | "Shadow of the Hawke" | Howard Schwartz, Robert E. Collins | CBS | |
| Dynasty | "New Lady in Town" | Richard L. Rawlings | ABC | |
| Fame | "Break Dance" | Sherman Kunkel | Syndicated | |
| 1985 [32] | ||||
| Miami Vice | "Brother's Keeper" | Robert E. Collins | NBC | |
| "Robin's Blue Egg" | John Elsenbach | NBC | ||
| Highway to Heaven | "Child of God" | Ted Voigtlander | ||
| "A Match Made in Heaven" | Brianne Murphy | |||
| Miami Vice | "No Exit" | Duke Callaghan | ||
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | "D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival" | Edward R. Brown | CBS | |
| 1986 [33] | ||||
| Amazing Stories | "The Mission" | John McPherson | NBC | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | "Road Hog" | Woody Omens | NBC | |
| Blacke's Magic | "Prisoner of Paradise" | Terry K. Meade | ||
| The Colbys | "The Celebration" | Richard L. Rawlings | ABC | |
| Highway to Heaven | "To Bind the Wounds" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | ABC | |
| 1987 [34] | ||||
| Heart of the City | "Cold Steal and Neon" | Woody Omens | ABC | |
| Amazing Stories | "Go to the Head of the Class" | John McPherson | NBC | |
| Crime Story | "Top of the World" | James A. Contner | ||
| Highway to Heaven | "Basinger's New York" | Ted Voigtlander | ||
| L.A. Law | "Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer" | Robert Seaman | ||
| 1988 [35] | ||||
| Beauty and the Beast | "Pilot" | Roy H. Wagner | CBS | |
| Highway to Heaven | "A Dream of Wild Horses" | Ted Voigtlander | NBC | |
| Magnum, P.I. | "Unfinished Business" | John C. Flinn III | CBS | |
| Moonlighting | "Here's Living With You, Kid" | Gerald Perry Finnerman | ABC | |
| Ohara | "See Something That Isn't There" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | ||
| "The Big Goodbye" | Edward R. Brown | Syndicated | ||
| 1989 [36] | ||||
| Quantum Leap | "Genesis, Part 1" | Roy H. Wagner | NBC | |
| Beauty and the Beast | "Ceremony of Innocence" | Stevan Larner | CBS | |
| Jake and the Fatman | "Wish You Were Here" | John C. Flinn III | ||
| Paradise | "Long Lost Lawson" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 [37] | ||||
| Quantum Leap | "Pool Hall Blues" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC | |
| Beauty and the Beast | "Snow" | Stevan Larner | CBS | |
| Jake and the Fatman | "If I Didn't Care" | John C. Flinn III | ||
| Midnight Caller | "Evil Is Live Spelled Backward, Part 2" | Bradley B. Six | NBC | |
| Murder, She Wrote | "Night of the Tarantula" | John Elsenbach | CBS | |
| 1991 [38] | ||||
| Quantum Leap | "The Leap Home, Part 2" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC | |
| "Family" | Marvin V. Rush | Syndicated | ||
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "Starting Over" | Jack Priestley | CBS | |
| 1992 [39] | ||||
| Northern Exposure | "Cicely" | Frank Prinzi | CBS | |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | "Summer of '91" | Michael D. O'Shea | ABC | |
| Quantum Leap | "Dreams" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC | |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | "British East Africa, September 1909" | Hugh Miles, Miguel Icaza | ABC | |
| 1993 [40] | ||||
| Law & Order | "Conspiracy" | Constantine Makris | NBC | |
| Northern Exposure | "Revelations" | Frank Prinzi | CBS | |
| Quantum Leap | "Trilogy, Part 1" | Michael W. Watkins | NBC | |
| Reasonable Doubts | "Life Lines" | Richard M. Rawlings Jr. | ||
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" | David Tattersall | ABC | |
| 1994 [41] | ||||
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "Where the Heart Is/Boston" | Roland 'Ozzie' Smith | CBS | |
| seaQuest DSV | "Such Great Patience" | Kenneth Zunder | NBC | |
| 1995 [42] | ||||
| Chicago Hope | "Over the Rainbow" | Tim Suhrstedt | CBS | |
| Babylon 5 | "The Geometry of Shadows" | John C. Flinn III | Syndicated | |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "A Washington Affair" | Roland 'Ozzie' Smith | CBS | |
| NYPD Blue | "You Bet Your Life" | Brian J. Reynolds | ABC | |
| "Heroes and Demons" | Marvin V. Rush | UPN | ||
| The X-Files | "One Breath" | John Bartley | Fox | |
| 1996 [43] | ||||
| The X-Files | "Grotesque" | John Bartley | Fox | |
| Babylon 5 | "Comes the Inquisitor" | John C. Flinn III | Syndicated | |
| Chicago Hope | "Leave of Absence" | Kenneth Zunder | CBS | |
| ER | "Hell and High Water" | Richard Thorpe | NBC | |
| Murder One | "Chapter One" | Aaron Schneider | ABC | |
| 1997 [44] | ||||
| Law & Order | "Mad Dog" | Constantine Makris | NBC | |
| Chicago Hope | "A Time to Kill" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS | |
| Gun | "Ricochet" | Roy H. Wagner | ABC | |
| Relativity | "Karen and Her Sisters" | Michael D. O'Shea | ||
| "Apocalypse Rising" | Jonathan West | Syndicated | ||
| 1998 [45] | ||||
| Law & Order | "Stalker" | Constantine Makris | NBC | |
| Chicago Hope | "Brain Salad Surgery" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS | |
| "Float Like a Butterfly" | Michael McMurray | Syndicated | ||
| JAG | "The Good of the Service" | Hugo Cortina | CBS | |
| The X-Files | "The Post-Modern Prometheus" | Joel Ransom | Fox | |
| 1999 [46] | ||||
| Felicity | "Todd Mulcahy, Part 2" | Robert Primes | The WB | |
| Chicago Hope | "Home Is Where the Heartache Is" | James R. Bagdonas | CBS | |
| JAG | "Gypsy Eyes" | Hugo Cortina | ||
| The Practice | "Happily Ever After" | Dennis Smith | ABC | |
| The X-Files | "The Unnatural" | Bill Roe | Fox | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [47] | The West Wing | "Pilot" | NBC | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | "Hush" | The WB | ||
| JAG | "Boomerang, Part 2" | Hugo Cortina | CBS | |
| Law & Order | "Entitled, Part 2" | NBC | ||
| The Sopranos | "D-Girl" | HBO | ||
| 2001 [48] | The West Wing | "Noël" | NBC | |
| Ally McBeal | "Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade" | Fox | ||
| JAG | "Adrift, Part 1" | Hugo Cortina | CBS | |
| Law & Order | "Endurance" | John Beymer | NBC | |
| The Practice | "The Deal" | ABC | ||
| The X-Files | "This is Not Happening" | Bill Roe | Fox | |
| 2002 [49] | Alias | "Truth Be Told" | Michael Bonvillain | |
| Ally McBeal | "Reality Bites" | Fox | ||
| "Identity Crisis" | Jonathan West | CBS | ||
| Six Feet Under | "Driving Mr. Mossback" | Alan Caso | HBO | |
| The West Wing | "Bartlet for America" | NBC | ||
| 2003 [50] | "Simple Man" | Michael D. O’Shea | CBS | |
| Alias | "Double Agent" | Michael Bonvillain | ABC | |
| Six Feet Under | "Nobody Sleeps" | Alan Caso | HBO | |
| The West Wing | "Holy Night" | NBC | ||
| 2004 [51] | Carnivàle | "Pick a Number" | Jeff Jur | HBO |
| Alias | "Conscious" | ABC | ||
| "XX" | Frank Byers | CBS | ||
| The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" | HBO | ||
| The West Wing | "7A WF 83429" | NBC | ||
| 2005 [52] | Deadwood | "Complications" | HBO | |
| Carnivàle | "The Road to Damascus" | HBO | ||
| "Lincoln Highway" | Jeff Jur | |||
| Six Feet Under | "Untitled" | Lowell Peterson | ||
| 24 | "Day 4: 5:00 a.m. — 6:00 a.m." | Rodney Charters | ||
| 2006 [53] | "Gum Drops" | CBS | ||
| Everybody Hates Chris | "Everybody Hates Funerals" | Mark Doering-Powell | UPN | |
| Lost | "Man of Science, Man of Faith" | Michael Bonvillain | ABC | |
| The Sopranos | "The Ride" | HBO | ||
| 24 | "Day 5: 9:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m." | Rodney Charters | Fox | |
| 2007 [54] | Rome | "Passover" | HBO | |
| "Built to Kill, Part 1" | CBS | |||
| Deadwood | "The Catbird Seat" | Joseph Gallagher | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | "Soprano Home Movies" | Phil Abraham | ||
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | "Pilot" | NBC | ||
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | ||||
| Mad Men | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | AMC | ||
| Battlestar Galactica | "Razor" | Stephen McNutt | Sci Fi | |
| Breaking Bad | "Pilot" | AMC | ||
| Dexter | "The British Invasion" | Showtime | ||
| Lost | "The Constant" | ABC | ||
| Rescue Me | "Babyface" | Tom Houghton | FX | |
| The Tudors | "Dissension and Punishment" | Ousama Rawi | Showtime | |
| Breaking Bad | "ABQ" | AMC | ||
| "For Warrick" | CBS | |||
| Life on Mars | "Out Here in the Fields" | ABC | ||
| Mad Men | "The New Girl" | Christopher Manley | AMC | |