NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Drama Series:

(Prior to 1995, the award was for "Outstanding Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie")

Year	Television Series
1991	The Women of Brewster Place
1992	In the Heat of the Night
1993	In the Heat of the Night
1994	I'll Fly Away
1995	I'll Fly Away
1996	New York Undercover[1]	Chicago Hope[1] ER Homicide: Life on the Street Under One Roof
1997	New York Undercover[2]	ER[2] Homicide: Life on the Street NYPD Blue Touched by an Angel
1998	Touched by an Angel[3]	413 Hope St.[3] Chicago Hope ER New York Undercover
1999	Touched by an Angel[4]	Ally McBeal[4] ER Homicide: Life on the Street Law & Order
2000	Touched by an Angel[5]	Ally McBeal[5] ER Oz The Practice
2001	City of Angels[6]	Any Day Now[6] Gideon's Crossing The Practice Soul Food (TV series)|Soul Food]]
2002	Soul Food[7]	Any Day Now[7] Boston Public ER The Practice
2003	Soul Food[8]	24[8] Boston Public Six Feet Under The Wire
2004	Soul Food[9]	24[9] Boston Public CSI: Miami The Wire
2005	Law & Order[10]	ER[10] Kevin Hill Soul Food The Wire
2006	Grey's Anatomy[11]	Commander in Chief[11] CSI: Miami House M.D. Lost
2007	Grey's Anatomy[12]	24[12] Heroes The Unit] The Wire
2008	Grey's Anatomy[13]	House M.D.[13] K-Ville Lincoln Heights The Unit
2009	Grey's Anatomy[14]	House M.D.[14] Lincoln Heights The Unit The Wire
2010	Lincoln Heights[15]	Cold Case[15] Grey's Anatomy Hawthorne The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2011	Grey's Anatomy[16]	Hawthorne[16] Detroit 1-8-7 Treme Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[17]	Boardwalk Empire[17] Grey's Anatomy The Good Wife Treme
2013	Scandal[18]	Boardwalk Empire[18] Grey's Anatomy Treme True Blood
2014	Scandal[19]	Grey's Anatomy[19] Boardwalk Empire Treme The Good Wife
2015	How to Get Away with Murder[20]	Being Mary Jane[20] Grey's Anatomy House of Cards Scandal
2016	Empire[21]	Being Mary Jane[21] How to Get Away with Murder Power Scandal

Facts & Stats

These stats represent the drama series with the most nominations and wins as of 2012 ceremony.

• Total Wins:

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artist	"Grey's Anatomy"	"Touched by an Angel"	"Soul Food" "New York Undercover"	"E.R."	"I'll Fly Away"
Total Wins	17 wins	13 wins	7 wins	6 wins	5 wins

• Most Nominations
• In 2012, "Grey's Anatomy" official became the most nominated Drama Series in Image Award history with 35 nominations.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artist	"Grey's Anatomy"	"E.R."	"Soul Food"	"Law & Order"	"Touched by an Angel"
Total Nominations	41 nominations	34 nominations	30 nominations	23 nominations	17 nominations

• Multiple Nominations: This is the total nominations for each series that has earn more than one nomination.

• 2 nominations
  • "Boardwalk Empire"
  • "K-Ville"
  • "Commander & Chief"
  • "Kevin Hill" 1 win
  • "Lost" 1 win
  • "Under One Roof"
  • "Undercovers"
  • "In the Heat of the Night" 2 wins
  • "Nurse Jackie"
  • "The First Family"
  • "House of Lies"

• 3 nominations
  • "Scandal" 2 wins
  • "The Good Wife" (1 win)
  • "The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency"
  • "Cold Case" (1 wins)
  • "Gideon's Crossing"
  • "413 Hope St."
  • "Army Wives"
  • "Close to Home" 1 win
  • "Men of a Certain Age" 1 win
  • "In Treatment"

• 4 nominations
  • "Heroes"
  • "N.Y.P.D. Blue"
  • "Third Watch" 3 wins
  • "NCIS: Los Angeles" (3 wins)

• 5 nominations
  • "HawthoRNe" (1 win)
  • "CSI: Miami" (1 win)
  • "City of Angels" (3 wins)
  • "I'll Fly Away" 5 wins
  • "The L Word"
  • "Without a Trace"

• 6 nominations
  • "True Blood"
  • "Ally McBeal"
  • "Chicago Hope"

• 7 nominations
  • "24"
  • "Any Day Now"
  • "Oz"
  • "The Shield"

• 8 nominations
  • "The Unit" (1 win)
  • "Southland" (3 wins)

• 9 nominations
  • "Boston Public" (3 wins)
  • "A Different World" (9 wins)
  • "CSI: New York" (3 wins)
  • "Private Practice" 2 wins

• 11 nominations
  • "Lincoln Heights" (2 wins)
  • "The Practice" (1 win)

• 12 nominations
  • "House" (3 wins)

*13 nominations

• • "Law & Order: SVU" (3 wins)

• 15 nominations
  • "The Wire"
  • "Homicide: Life on the Streets"
  • "New York Undercover" 7 wins

• 17 nominations
  • "Touched by an Angel" (13 wins)

• 23 Nominations
  • "Law & Order" (4 wins)

• 30 nominations
  • "Soul Food" (7 wins)

• 34 nominations
  • "E.R." (6 wins)

• 41 nominations
  • "Grey's Anatomy" (17 wins)

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