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
1997	New York Undercover
1998	Touched by an Angel
1999	Touched by an Angel
2000	Touched by an Angel
2001	City of Angels
2002	Soul Food
2003	Soul Food
2004	Soul Food
2005	Law & Order
2006	Grey's Anatomy
2007	Grey's Anatomy
2008	Grey's Anatomy
2009	Grey's Anatomy
2010	Lincoln Heights
2011	Grey's Anatomy
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2013	Scandal
2014	Scandal
2015	How to Get Away with Murder

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)