| Primetime Emmy Award for Picture Editing for a Drama Series | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series |
| Presenter: | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Holder: | The Last of Us (2023) |
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:
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Film Editing
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 (16th) [1] | ||||
| The Making of the President 1960 | William T. Cartwright | ABC | ||
| Arrest and Trial | Danny Landres, Milton Shifman and Richard Wray | ABC | ||
| Greece: The Golden Age | Constantine S. Gochis | NBC | ||
| The Kremlin | Aram Boyajian | |||
| Saga of Western Man | James Algie, Samuel Cohen, Hans Dudelheim, Walter Essenfeld, Alexander Hamilton, Edward Lempa, Walter Moran, Nils Rasmussen, John Roberts, Robert Sandbo and Edward Shea | ABC | ||
| 1965 (17th) | ||||
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Henry Berman, Joseph Dervin and William Gulick | NBC | ||
| 1966 (18th) [2] | ||||
| Bonanza | Marvin Coil, Everett Douglas and Ellsworth Hoagland | CBS | ||
| The Making of the President 1964 | David Blewitt and William T. Cartwright | CBS | ||
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Henry Berman, Joseph Dervin and William Gulick | NBC | ||
| Michelangelo: The Last Giant | Loftus McDonough | |||
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | James Baiotto, Robert Belcher and Richard Wormell | ABC | ||
| 1967 (19th) | ||||
| Mission: Impossible | Paul Krasny and Robert Watts | CBS | ||
| 1968 (20th) [3] | ||||
| The Bell Telephone Hour | "The Sounds and Sights of Chicago" | Peter Johnson | NBC | |
| Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Show | Richard Brockway, Donn Cambern and John C. Fuller | NBC | ||
| Mission: Impossible | "The Photographer" | David Wages | CBS | |
| "The Traitor" | Robert Watts | |||
| NBC Experiment in Television | "Four Days in Omaha" | Peter V. Punzi | NBC | |
| Star Trek | "The Doomsday Machine" | Donald R. Rode | ||
| 1969 (21st) [4] | ||||
| Judd, for the Defense | "An Elephant in a Cigar Box" | Bill Mosher | ABC | |
| Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Christmas Special | John C. Fuller, Igo Kantor, Patrick Kennedy and Frank McKelvey | NBC | ||
| Star Trek | "" | Donald R. Rode | ||
| Teacher, Teacher (Hallmark Hall of Fame) | Sidney Katz | |||
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (22nd) [5] | ||||
| Bracken's World | "Sweet Smell of Failure" | Bill Mosher | NBC | |
| The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | "The Great Power Failure" | Axel R. Hubert | ABC | |
| Mission: Impossible | Arthur David Hilton | CBS | ||
| 1971 (23rd) [6] | ||||
| "A Continual Roar of Musketry" | Michael Economou | NBC | ||
| "To Taste of Death But Once" | Douglas Stewart | NBC | ||
| Hawaii Five-O | Arthur David Hilton | CBS | ||
| 1972 (24th) [7] | ||||
| Columbo | "Death Lends a Hand" | Edward M. Abroms | NBC | |
| Richard Bracken, Gloryette Clark and J. Terry Williams | NBC | |||
| Longstreet | Joseph Dervin | ABC | ||
| 1973 (25th) [8] | ||||
| The Waltons | Gene Fowler, Marjorie Fowler and Anthony Wollner | CBS | ||
| M*A*S*H | Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler | CBS | ||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Douglas Hines | |||
| 1974 (26th) [9] | ||||
| The Blue Knight | Samuel E. Beetley, Gene Fowler and Marjorie Fowler | NBC | ||
| M*A*S*H | Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler | CBS | ||
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Douglas Hines and Bud S. Isaacs | |||
Outstanding Film Editing for a Drama Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 (27th) [10] | ||||
| Petrocelli | "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" | Donald R. Rode | NBC | |
| The Streets of San Francisco | "Cry Help | " | Ray Daniels | ABC |
| "The Mask of Death" | Jerry Young | |||
| 1976 (28th) [11] | ||||
| Medical Story | "The Quality of Mercy" | Samuel E. Beetley and Ken Zemke | NBC | |
| Medical Story | "The Right to Die" | Richard L. Van Enger | NBC | |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | "Part 2" | Douglas Stewart | ABC | |
| "Part 8" | Richard Bracken | |||
| 1977 (29th) [12] | ||||
| Roots | "Part 1" | Neil Travis | ABC | |
| Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | "Chapter 3" | Jerrold L. Ludwig | ABC | |
| Roots | "Part 2" | James T. Heckert | ||
| "Part 3" | Peter Kirby | |||
| "Part 8" | Neil Travis and James T. Heckert | |||
| 1978 (30th) [13] | ||||
| Holocaust | Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Craig McKay, Alan Heim and Brian Smedley-Aston | NBC | ||
| Columbo | "How to Dial a Murder" | Robert Watts | NBC | |
| Eight Is Enough | "Yes, Nicholas... There Is a Santa Claus" | David Blangsted and Howard Terrill | ABC | |
| Family | "Acts of Love, Part 1" | Jim Faris | ||
| King | Byron 'Buzz' Brandt, Richard C. Meyer and David Berlatsky | NBC | ||
| The Waltons | "Grandma Comes Home" | Bill Mosher | CBS | |
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 (31st) [14] | ||||
| Taxi | "Paper Marriage" | M. Pam Blumenthal | ABC | |
| Dallas | "Reunion, Part 2" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Lou Grant | "Hooker" | James Galloway | ||
| M*A*S*H | "The Billfold Syndrome" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | ||
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (32nd) [15] | ||||
| Taxi | "Louie and the Nice Girl" | M. Pam Blumenthal | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "The Yalu Brick Road" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | CBS | |
| Skag | "Pilot" | Sidney Katz | NBC | |
| "The Working Girl, Part 1" | Larry Strong | |||
| 1981 (33rd) [16] | ||||
| Taxi | "Elaine's Strange Triangle" | M. Pam Blumenthal and Jack Michon | ABC | |
| Dallas | "Ewing-Gate" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Dynasty | "The Dinner Party" | Dick Darling | ABC | |
| The Greatest American Hero | "Pilot" | Christopher Nelson | ||
| Hill Street Blues | "Hill Street Station" | Ray Daniels and A. David Marshall | NBC | |
| "Jungle Madness" | Clay Bartels | |||
| "Rites of Spring" | Tom Stevens | |||
| Lou Grant | "Strike" | James Galloway | CBS | |
| M*A*S*H | "Death Takes a Holiday" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | ||
| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | "Crossroads" | Bernard Balmuth | ||
| The White Shadow | "A Day in the Life" | Tony de Zarraga | ||
| 1982 (34th) [17] | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Of Mouse and Man" | Andrew Chulack | NBC | |
| Dallas | "The Split" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Fame | "Musical Bridge" | Mark Melnick | NBC | |
| "Passing Grade" | Michael A. Hoey | |||
| Hill Street Blues | "The Second Oldest Profession" | Ray Daniels | ||
| Quincy, M.E. | "For Love of Joshua" | Jeanene Ambler | ||
| 1983 (35th) [18] | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Phantom of the Hill" | Ray Daniels | NBC | |
| Cheers | "Endless Slumper" | Andrew Chulack | NBC | |
| Dallas | "Ewing's Inferno" | Fred W. Berger | CBS | |
| Dynasty | "La Mirage" | Bob Blake | ABC | |
| M*A*S*H | "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" | Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills | CBS | |
| Matt Houston | "The Showgirl Murders" | Bob Bring | ABC | |
| Quincy, M.E. | "Quincy's Wedding, Part 2" | Jeanene Ambler | NBC | |
| 1984 (36th) [19] | ||||
| Cheers | "Old Flames" | Andrew Chulack | NBC | |
| Cagney & Lacey | "The Baby Broker" | Millie Moore | CBS | |
| "Choices" | Geoffrey Rowland | |||
| Hill Street Blues | "Parting Is Such Sweep Sorrow" | NBC | ||
| Simon & Simon | "Double Play" | Larry Heath | CBS | |
| 1985 (37th) [20] | ||||
| Cagney & Lacey | "Who Said It's Fair?, Part 2" | Jim Gross | CBS | |
| Crazy Like a Fox | "Pilot" | J. Terry Williams | CBS | |
| Miami Vice | "Evan" | Robert A. Daniels | NBC | |
| "Smuggler's Blues" | Michael B. Hoggan | |||
| Murder, She Wrote | "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" | Donald Douglas | CBS | |
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 (38th) [21] | ||||
| Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Neil Mandelberg | ABC | |
| Amazing Stories | "The Mission" | Steven Kemper | NBC | |
| "Mummy, Daddy" | Joe Ann Fogle | |||
| Miami Vice | "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" | Robert A. Daniels | ||
| Moonlighting | "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" | Roger Bondelli | ABC | |
| 1987 (39th) [22] | ||||
| Moonlighting | "Atomic Shakespeare" | Roger Bondelli and Neil Mandelberg | ABC | |
| Cagney & Lacey | "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 1" | Jeanene Ambler | CBS | |
| L.A. Law | "Pilot" | Ray Daniels and Joe Ann Fogle | NBC | |
| "The Venus Butterfly" | Bonnie Koehler | |||
| St. Elsewhere | "Afterlife" | John Heath | ||
| 1988 (40th) [23] | ||||
| L.A. Law | "Full Marital Jacket" | Elodie Keene | NBC | |
| China Beach | "Pilot" | Erwin Dumbrille and Christopher Nelson | ABC | |
| Frank's Place | "Food Fight" | Marsh Hendry and Robert Souders | CBS | |
| L.A. Law | "Divorce with Extreme Prejudice" | Quinnie Martin Jr. | NBC | |
| Thirtysomething | "Therapy" | Victor Du Bois and Richard Freeman | ABC | |
| 1989 (41st) [24] | ||||
| Thirtysomething | "First Day/Last Day" | Steven Rosenblum | ABC | |
| China Beach | "Vets" | Randy Jon Morgan | ABC | |
| L.A. Law | "His Suit Is Hirsute" | Paul Dixon | NBC | |
| Wiseguy | "White Noise" | Larry Strong and Ron Spang | CBS | |
| The Wonder Years | "Loosiers" | Stuart Bass | ABC | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (42nd) [25] | ||||
| Twin Peaks | "Pilot" | Duwayne Dunham | ABC | |
| China Beach | "The Unquiet Earth" | Susan B. Browdy | ABC | |
| Midnight Caller | "Someone to Love" | Roger Bondelli | NBC | |
| "Deja Q" | Robert Lederman | Syndicated | ||
| The Wonder Years | "Good-bye" | Michael Vejar | ABC | |
| 1991 (43rd) [26] | ||||
| Cop Rock | "Pilot" | Thomas R. Moore | ABC | |
| DEA | "Pilot" | Fox | ||
| Dinosaurs | "The Mighty Megalosaurus" | ABC | ||
| L.A. Law | "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman" | NBC | ||
| 1992 (44th) [27] | ||||
| Northern Exposure | "Cicely" | Thomas R. Moore | CBS | |
| Brooklyn Bridge | "War of the Worlds" | Roger Bondelli, Jerry U. Frizell and Ron Volk | CBS | |
| Law & Order | "Misconception" | Arthur W. Forney | NBC | |
| Northern Exposure | "Three Amigos" | Briana London | CBS | |
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "This Can't Be Love" | Jeanene Ambler | ||
| 1993 (45th) [28] | ||||
| Quantum Leap | "Lee Harvey Oswald" | Jon Koslowsky | NBC | |
| Brooklyn Bridge | "In the Still of the Night" | Ron Volk | CBS | |
| Northern Exposure | "Thanksgiving" | Briana London | ||
| Sisters | "Crash and Born" | Susanne Malles | NBC | |
| 1994 (46th) [29] | ||||
| NYPD Blue | "Tempest in a C-Cup" | Stanford C. Allen | ABC | |
| Christy | "A Closer Walk" | Jeanene Ambler | CBS | |
| Law & Order | "Sanctuary" | Billy Fox, Laurie Grotstein | NBC | |
| NYPD Blue | "Pilot" | Lawrence Jordan | ABC | |
| "All Good Things..." | Daryl Baskin, John Farrell and David Ramirez | Syndicated | ||
| 1995 (47th) [30] | ||||
| ER | "Love's Labor Lost" | Randy Jon Morgan and Rick Tuber | NBC | |
| Chicago Hope | "Pilot" | Lori Jane Coleman | CBS | |
| "The Quarantine" | Randy Roberts | |||
| ER | "Pilot" | Randy Jon Morgan | NBC | |
| The X-Files | "Duane Barry" | Fox | ||
| "Sleepless" | Stephen Mark | |||
| 1996 (48th) [31] | ||||
| JAG | "Pilot" | Jon Koslowsky | NBC | |
| Chicago Hope | "Leave of Absence" | Jim Stewart | CBS | |
| ER | "The Healers" | Randy Jon Morgan | NBC | |
| "Hell and Water High" | Jacque Elaine Toberen | |||
| NYPD Blue | "Death in the Family" | Craig Bench | ABC | |
| 1997 (49th) [32] | ||||
| ER | "The Long Way Around" | Randy Jon Morgan | NBC | |
| Chicago Hope | "Days of the Rope" | Alec Smight, Mark C. Baldwin and Augie Hess | CBS | |
| ER | "Union Station" | Kevin Casey | NBC | |
| Law & Order | "Judgment in L.A., Part 2" | David Siegel | ||
| The X-Files | "Tempus Fugit" | Heather MacDougall | Fox | |
| "Terma" | Jim Gross | |||
| 1998 (50th) [33] | ||||
| The X-Files | "Kill Switch" | Heather MacDougall | Fox | |
| Ally McBeal | "Cro-Magnon" | Thomas R. Moore | Fox | |
| Chicago Hope | "Brain Salad Surgery" | CBS | ||
| ER | "Exodus" | Kevin Casey | NBC | |
| The X-Files | "Mind's Eye" | Casey O. Rohrs | Fox | |
| "The Post-Modern Prometheus" | ||||
| 1999 (51st) [34] | ||||
| The Sopranos | "Pilot" | Joanna Cappuccilli Lovetti | HBO | |
| Ally McBeal | "Angels and Blimps" | Philip Carr Neel | Fox | |
| ER | "The Storm, Part 1" | Kevin Casey | NBC | |
| The X-Files | "S.R. 819" | Heather MacDougall | Fox | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (52nd) [35] | ||||
| ER | "All in the Family" | Kevin Casey | NBC | |
| The Sopranos | "Funhouse" | HBO | ||
| "The Knight in White Satin Armor" | William B. Stich | |||
| The West Wing | "In Excelsis Deo" | Bill Johnson | NBC | |
| "What Kind of Day Has It Been" | ||||
| 2001 (53rd) [36] | ||||
| The West Wing | "Two Cathedrals" | Bill Johnson | NBC | |
| "Pilot" | CBS | |||
| The Practice | "The Day After" | Susanne Malles | ABC | |
| The Sopranos | "Employee of the Month" | HBO | ||
| "Pine Barrens" | Conrad M. Gonzalez | |||
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 (54th) [37] | 24 | "7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| Alias | "Q & A" | ABC | ||
| Six Feet Under | "Pilot" | Christopher Nelson | HBO | |
| 24 | "" | David B. Thompson | Fox | |
| The West Wing | "100,000 Airplanes" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC | |
| "Bartlet for America" | Lauren A. Schaffer | |||
| 2003 (55th) [38] | 24 | "Day 2: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." | Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| Alias | "Phase One" | ABC | ||
| The Sopranos | "Whoever Did This" | William B. Stich | HBO | |
| 24 | "Day 2: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m." | David Latham and Chris G. Willingham | Fox | |
| The West Wing | "Twenty Five" | Janet Ashikaga | NBC | |
| 2004 (56th) [39] | 24 | "Day 3: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m." | Chris G. Willingham | Fox |
| ER | "Freefall" | Kevin Casey | NBC | |
| The Sopranos | "All Happy Families..." | HBO | ||
| "Irregular Around the Margins" | Conrad M. Gonzalez | |||
| "Long Term Parking" | William B. Stich | |||
| 2005 (57th) [40] | Lost | "Pilot" | ABC | |
| Deadwood | "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 1" | Stephen Mark | HBO | |
| 24 | "Day 4: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m." | Scott Powell | Fox | |
| "Day 4: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | David Latham | |||
| "Day 4: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." | Chris G. Willingham | |||
| 2006 (58th) [41] | 24 | "" | David Latham | Fox |
| Boston Legal | "Race Ipsa" | Philip Carr Neel | ABC | |
| Lost | "Live Together, Die Alone" | Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd and Stephen Semel | ||
| "One of Them" | Sarah Boyd | |||
| 24 | "Day 5: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m." | Scott Powell | Fox | |
| 2007 (59th) [42] | Dexter | "Dexter" | Showtime | |
| Heroes | "Genesis" | Donn Aron, Louise Innes and Michael S. Murphy | NBC | |
| Lost | "Through the Looking Glass" | Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel and Henk Van Eeghen | ABC | |
| The Sopranos | "The Second Coming" | Lynne Whitlock | HBO | |
| "Soprano Home Movies" | William B. Stich | |||
| 2008 (60th) [43] | Breaking Bad | "Pilot" | Lynne Willingham | AMC |
| Battlestar Galactica | "He That Believeth in Me" | Julius Ramsey | Sci Fi | |
| Boston Legal | "The Mighty Rogues" | Philip Carr Neel | ABC | |
| Heroes | "Powerless" | Scott Boyd | NBC | |
| Lost | "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" | Robert Florio, Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel and Henk Van Eeghen | ABC | |
| "Pilot" | Paul Karasick | |||
| 2009 (61st) [44] | Breaking Bad | "ABQ" | Lynne Willingham | AMC |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Daybreak, Part 2" | Michael O'Halloran, Julius Ramsay and Andrew Seklir | Sci Fi | |
| Lost | "The Incident" | ABC | ||
| Mad Men | "Maidenform" | Cindy Mollo | AMC | |
| 24 | "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Scott Powell | Fox | |
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (72nd) [55] | ||||
| Succession | "This Is Not for Tears" | Bill Henry and Venya Bruk | HBO | |
| The Mandalorian | "" | Andrew S. Eisen | Disney+ | |
| "" | Dana E. Glauberman and Dylan Firshein | |||
| "" | Jeff Seibenick | |||
| Ozark | "Fire Pink" | Vikash Patel | Netflix | |
| "Wartime" | Cindy Mollo | |||
| Stranger Things | "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt" | Dean Zimmerman and Katheryn Naranjo | ||
| Succession | "DC" | Ken Eluto | HBO | |
| 2021 (73rd) [56] | ||||
| The Crown | "Fairytale" | Yan Miles | Netflix | |
| The Crown | "Avalanche" | Paulo Pandolpho | Netflix | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | "The Crossing" | Wendy Hallam Martin | Hulu | |
| The Mandalorian | "" | Dylan Firshen and J. Erik Jessen | Disney+ | |
| "" | Andrew S. Eisen | |||
| "" | Jeff Seibenick | |||
| "" | Adam Gerstel | |||
| 2022 (74th) [57] | ||||
| Euphoria | "The Theater and Its Double" | Laura Zempel, Julio C. Perez IV, Nikola Boyanov and Aaron I. Butler | HBO | |
| Severance | "In Perpetuity" | Erica Freed Marker and Geoffrey Richman | Apple TV+ | |
| "The We We Are" | Geoffrey Richman | |||
| Squid Game | "Gganbu" | Nam Na-yeong | Netflix | |
| Stranger Things | "" | Dean Zimmerman and Casey Cichocki | ||
| Succession | "All the Bells Say" | Ken Eluto and Ellen Tam | HBO | |
| "Chiantishire" | Jane Rizzo | |||
| 2023 (75th) [58] | ||||
| The Last of Us | "Endure and Survive" | Timothy A. Good and Emily Mendez | HBO | |
| Better Call Saul | "Saul Gone" | Skip Macdonald | AMC | |
| Succession | "America Decides" | Jane Rizzo | HBO | |
| "Connor's Wedding" | Bill Henry | |||
| "With Open Eyes" | Ken Eluto | |||
| The White Lotus | "Abductions" | Heather Persons | ||
| "Arrivederci" | John M. Valerio | |||
| 2024 (76th) [59] | ||||
| Fallout | "The End" | Ali Comperchio | Prime Video | |
| "The Ghouls" | Yoni Reiss | |||
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | "First Date" | Kyle Reiter and Isaac Hagy | ||
| Shōgun | "A Dream of a Dream" | Maria Gonzales and Aika Miyake | FX | |
| Slow Horses | "Footprints" | Zsófia Tálas | Apple TV+ | |
| 3 Body Problem | "Judgment Day" | Michael Ruscio | Netflix |