Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series

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:

1960s
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Film Editing

1970s
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series

Outstanding Film Editing for a Drama Series

Outstanding Film Editing for a Series

1980s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series

2000s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series

Editors with multiple awards

 * 3 awards
 * M. Pam Blumenthal
 * Chris G. Willingham


 * 2 awards
 * Samuel E. Beetley
 * Andrew Chulack
 * Gene Fowler
 * Marjorie Fowler
 * Jon Koslowsky
 * David Latham
 * Neil Mandelberg
 * Thomas R. Moore
 * Randy Jon Morgan
 * Bill Mosher
 * Tim Porter
 * Lynne Willingham

Programs with multiple awards

 * 4 awards
 * 24 (3 consecutive)
 * Breaking Bad (2 consecutive, twice)


 * 3 awards
 * ER
 * Game of Thrones (2 consecutive)


 * 2 awards
 * Hill Street Blues (consecutive)
 * Lost
 * Moonlighting (consecutive)

Editors with multiple nominations

 * 9 nominations
 * Kelley Dixon


 * 7 nominations
 * Skip Macdonald


 * 6 nominations
 * Fred W. Berger
 * Ray Daniels
 * Christopher Nelson
 * Stanford Tischler


 * 5 nominations
 * Jeanene Ambler
 * Kevin Casey
 * Randy Jon Morgan
 * Stephen Semel
 * Chris G. Willingham


 * 4 nominations
 * Roger Bondelli
 * Mark Goldman
 * David Latham
 * Larry L. Mills
 * Tim Porter
 * William B. Stich
 * Katie Weiland
 * Sidney Wolinsky


 * 3 nominations
 * M. Pam Blumenth
 * Joseph Dervin
 * Henk Van Eeghen
 * Ken Eluto
 * Heather MacDougall
 * Wendy Hallam Martin
 * Chris McCaleb
 * Cindy Mollo
 * Thomas R. Moore
 * Bill Mosher
 * Philip Carr Neel
 * Scott Powell
 * Donald R. Rode
 * Alec Smight
 * Robert Watts
 * Lynne Willingham
 * Tom Wilson
 * Dean Zimmerman


 * 2 nominations
 * Janet Ashikaga
 * Samuel E. Beetley
 * Henry Berman
 * Sarah Boyd
 * Richard Bracken


 * Maryann Brandon
 * William T. Cartwright
 * Robert A. Daniels
 * Andrew S. Eisen
 * Dylan Firshein
 * Joe Ann Fogle
 * Gene Fowler
 * Marjorie Fowler
 * John C. Fuller
 * James Galloway
 * Conrad M. Gonzalez
 * Crispin Green
 * Jim Gross
 * William Gulick
 * James T. Heckert
 * Bill Henry
 * Arthur David Hilton
 * Douglas Hines
 * Bill Johnson
 * Sidney Katz
 * Jon Koslowsky
 * Briana London
 * Susanne Malles
 * Neil Mandelberg
 * Stephen Mark
 * Jane Rizzo
 * Pattye Rogers
 * Jeff Seibenick
 * Andrew Seklir
 * Douglas Stewart
 * Larry Strong
 * Neil Travis
 * Leo Trombetta
 * Ron Volk
 * J. Terry Williams

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 11 nominations
 * Game of Thrones
 * The Sopranos
 * 24


 * 10 nominations
 * Breaking Bad
 * ER


 * 8 nominations
 * Mad Men
 * The X-Files


 * 7 nominations
 * Better Call Saul
 * Lost
 * The Mandalorian
 * Succession


 * 6 nominations
 * Hill Street Blues
 * L.A. Law
 * The West Wing


 * 5 nominations
 * Chicago Hope
 * Stranger Things


 * 4 nominations
 * Cagney & Lacey
 * Dallas
 * Mission: Impossible
 * Roots


 * 3 nominations
 * China Beach
 * Dexter
 * The Handmaid's Tale
 * Law & Order
 * Miami Vice
 * Moonlighting
 * Northern Exposure
 * NYPD Blue
 * Ozark
 * The West Wing


 * 2 nominations
 * Alias
 * Amazing Stories
 * Battlestar Galactica
 * The Bold Ones: The Senator
 * Boston Legal
 * The Crown
 * Dynasty
 * Fallout
 * Fame
 * Heroes
 * House of Cards
 * Lou Grant
 * The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
 * Medical Story
 * Quincy, M.E.
 * Rich Man, Poor Man
 * Severance
 * Skag
 * Star Trek
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * The Streets of San Francisco
 * Thirtysomething
 * The White Lotus