| 2025 | The Pitt | ★ | Season 1 | HBO Max |
| 2024 | Shōgun | ★★★★ | Season 1 | FX/Hulu |
| 2023 | Succession | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | HBO |
| 2022 | Succession | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 3 | HBO |
| 2021 | The Crown | ★★★★ | Season 4 | Netflix |
| 2020 | Succession | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | HBO |
| 2019 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 8 | HBO |
| 2018 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 7 | HBO |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | ★★★★ | Season 1 | Hulu |
| 2016 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 6 | HBO |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones | ★★★★★★ | Season 5 | HBO |
| 2014 | Breaking Bad | ★★★★★★ | Season 5 Part 2 | AMC |
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | ★★★★★★ | Season 5 Part 1 | AMC |
| 2012 | Homeland | ★★★★ | Season 1 | Showtime |
| 2011 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 4 | AMC |
| 2010 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 3 | AMC |
| 2009 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 2 | AMC |
| 2008 | Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Season 1 | AMC |
| 2007 | The Sopranos | ★★★ | Season 6 Part 2 | HBO |
| 2006 | 24 | ★★ | Season 5 | Fox |
| 2005 | Lost | ★★ | Season 1 | ABC |
| 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 |