| 2026 | The Pitt | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | HBO Max | |
| 2025 | The Pitt | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | HBO Max | |
| 2024 | Shōgun | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | FX | |
| 2023 | Succession | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2022 | Succession | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 3 | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2021 | The Crown | ★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | Netflix | |
| 2020 | Succession | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2019 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 8 | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2018 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 7 | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | ★★★★★★ | Season 1 | Channel 4 | |
| 2016 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 6 | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 5 | Sky Atlantic | |
| 2014 | Breaking Bad | ★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 5 Part 2 | Netflix | |
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | ★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 5 Part 1 | Netflix | |
| 2012 | Homeland | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | Channel 4 | |
| 2011 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | BBC Four | |
| 2010 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 3 | BBC Four | |
| 2009 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | BBC Four | |
| 2008 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | BBC Four | |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | ★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 6 Part 2 | HBO | |
| 2006 | 24 | ★★★★ | Season 5 | Fox | |
| 2005 | Lost | ★★ | Season 1 | Channel 4 | |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | ★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 5 | HBO | |
| 2003 | The West Wing | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | NBC | |
| 2002 | The West Wing | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 3 | NBC | |
| 2001 | The West Wing | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | NBC | |
| 2000 | The West Wing | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | NBC | |
| 1999 | The Practice | ★★★★★ | Season 3 | ABC | |
| 1998 | The Practice | ★★★★★ | Season 2 | ABC | |
| 1997 | Law & Order | ★ | Season 7 | NBC | |
| 1996 | ER | ★★ | Season 2 | NBC | |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | ★★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | ABC | |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | ★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | CBS | |
| 1993 | Picket Fences | ★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | CBS | |
| 1992 | Northern Exposure | ★★★ | Season 3 | CBS | |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 5 | NBC | |
| 1990 | L.A. Law | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | NBC | |
| 1989 | L.A. Law | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 3 | NBC | |
| 1988 | thirtysomething | ★★★★★ | Season 1 | ABC | |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | ★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | NBC | |
| 1986 | Cagney & Lacey | ★★★★★★★★★ | Season 5 | CBS | |
| 1985 | Cagney & Lacey | ★★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | CBS | |
| 1984 | Hill Street Blues | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | NBC | |
| 1983 | Hill Street Blues | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 3 | NBC | |
| 1982 | Hill Street Blues | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | NBC | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | NBC | |
| 1980 | Lou Grant | ★★★★★ | Season 3 | CBS |