Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series is a retired award that was presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2015, this category and Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special were rearranged as Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie and Outstanding Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series, or Movie.

1960s
Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts

1970s
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series

Designers with multiple awards

 * 3 awards
 * Joan Bergin
 * Robert Blackman


 * 2 awards
 * Susan O'Connor Cave
 * Michele Clapton
 * L. Paul Dafelmair
 * Jean-Pierre Dorleac
 * Peggy Farrell
 * Alexander Fordham
 * Chic Gennarelli
 * Shelly Levine
 * Bob Mackie
 * Patrick R. Norris
 * Jessica O'Leary
 * Lyn Paolo
 * Loree Parral
 * Gabriella Pescucci
 * Uliva Pizzetti
 * Melina Root

Programs with multiple wins

 * 3 wins
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * The Tudors


 * 2 wins
 * The Borgias
 * Fame
 * Game of Thrones
 * Homefront
 * JAG
 * Picket Fences
 * thirtysomething

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 6 nominations
 * L.A. Law
 * The Nanny
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation


 * 5 nominations
 * China Beach
 * Mad Men
 * Murder, She Wrote
 * Sex and the City
 * thirtysomething


 * 4 nominations
 * Boardwalk Empire
 * Designing Women
 * Desperate Housewives
 * Dynasty
 * Game of Thrones
 * Picket Fences
 * Quantum Leap
 * Remember WENN
 * The Sopranos
 * Star Trek: Voyager
 * That '70s Show
 * The Tudors


 * 3 nominations
 * Alias
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * The Borgias
 * Deadwood
 * Downton Abbey
 * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
 * JAG
 * Mama's Family
 * Married... with Children
 * Moonlighting
 * Murphy Brown
 * Once Upon a Time
 * Road to Avonlea
 * Six Feet Under
 * Ugly Betty


 * 2 nominations
 * Ally McBeal
 * Amazing Stories
 * Carnivàle
 * Cybill
 * Dallas
 * Fame
 * Fantasy Island
 * Glee
 * Homefront
 * I'll Fly Away
 * The Magnificent Seven
 * NewsRadio
 * Night Court
 * Pushing Daisies
 * Rome
 * Scarecrow and Mrs. King
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
 * Tales from the Crypt
 * 3rd Rock from the Sun
 * Will & Grace
 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles