The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Television is one of the annual awards given by the Costume Designers Guild.
In 1998, the Guild introduced a single award category titled Excellence in Television, in which all television programs competed regardless of genre or format. Among the inaugural nominees, four were period dramas. The winner that year was The Tempest, a fantasy television film. Furthermore, all nominated shows were either limited series or television films, which makes it the only time with no regularly continued series recognized. Beginning with the 1999 ceremony, the Guild divided the award into two categories: Excellence in Contemporary Television and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television.
Winners and nominees
1990s Year Series Costume Designer(s) Network 1999 Sex and the City Patricia Field HBO 3rd Rock from the Sun Melina Root NBC Ally McBeal Rachael Stanley Fox Tracey Takes On... Jane Ruhm HBO
2000s Year Series Costume Designer(s) Network 2000 Sex and the City Patricia Field HBO Ally McBeal Kathleen Detoro and Yana Syrkin Fox The West Wing Lyn Paolo NBC Will & Grace Lori Eskowitz-Carter 2001 The Sopranos Juliette Polsca HBO Sex and the City Patricia Field HBO Six Feet Under Mark Bridges ("Pilot"); Gail McMullen (Series) Will & Grace Lori Eskowitz-Carter NBC 2002 Alias Laura Goldsmith ABC Sex and the City Patricia Field HBO Six Feet Under Gail McMullen The Sopranos Juliette Polsca 2003 Sex and the City Patricia Field HBO Alias Laura Goldsmith ABC Six Feet Under Jill M. Ohanneson HBO The Sopranos Juliette Polsca Will & Grace Lori Eskowitz-Carter NBC 2004 Sex and the City Patricia Field HBO Desperate Housewives Catherine Adair ABC Nip/Tuck Lou Eyrich FX Six Feet Under Jill M. Ohanneson HBO The Sopranos Juliette Polsca 2005 Six Feet Under Jill M. Ohanneson HBO Alias Laura Goldsmith ABC Arrested Development Katie Sparks Fox Desperate Housewives Catherine Adair ABC Nip/Tuck Lou Eyrich FX 2006 Ugly Betty Eduardo Castro ABC Big Love Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko HBO Desperate Housewives Catherine Adair ABC Entourage Amy Westcott HBO The Sopranos Juliette Polsca 2007 Ugly Betty Eduardo Castro ABC Big Love Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko HBO Dancing with the Stars Randall Christensen ABC Entourage Amy Westcott HBO The Sopranos Juliette Polsca 2008 Ugly Betty Eduardo Castro and Patricia Field ABC 30 Rock Tom Broecker NBC Dancing with the Stars Randall Christensen ABC Entourage Amy Westcott HBO Gossip Girl Eric Daman The CW 2009 Glee Lou Eyrich Fox Big Love Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko HBO Dancing with the Stars Randall Christensen ABC The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Jo Katsaras HBO Ugly Betty Patricia Field ABC
2010s Year Series Costume Designer(s) Network 2010 Glee Lou Eyrich Fox Big Love Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko HBO Dancing with the Stars Randall Christensen, Daniella Gschwendtner and Steven Norman Lee ABC Modern Family Alix Friedberg Treme Alonzo Wilson HBO 2011 Glee Jennifer Eve and Lou Eyrich Fox Modern Family Alix Friedberg ABC Revenge Jill M. Ohanneson Saturday Night Live Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC Sons of Anarchy Kelli Jones FX 2012 Smash Molly Maginnis NBC Girls Jennifer Rogien HBO Nashville Susie DeSanto ABC Revenge Jill M. Ohanneson Treme Alonzo Wilson and Ann Walters HBO 2013 House of Cards Tom Broecker Netflix Breaking Bad Jennifer L. Bryan AMC Nashville Susie DeSanto ABC Saturday Night Live Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC Scandal Lyn Paolo ABC 2014 True Detective Jenny Eagan HBO House of Cards Johanna Argan Netflix Ray Donovan Christopher Lawrence Showtime Saturday Night Live Tom Broecker and Eric Justian NBC Scandal Lyn Paolo ABC 2015 American Horror Story: Hotel Lou Eyrich FX Empire (Season 1) Rita McGhee Fox House of Cards Johanna Argan and Kemal Harris Netflix Ray Donovan Christopher Lawrence Showtime Transparent Marie Schley Amazon 2016 American Horror Story: Roanoke Lou Eyrich and Helen Huang FX Empire Paolo Nieddu Fox Grace and Frankie Allyson B. Fanger Netflix House of Cards Johanna Argan and Kemal Harris Transparent Marie Schley Amazon 2017 The Handmaid's Tale Ane Crabtree Hulu American Horror Story: Cult Sarah Evelyn Bram FX Big Little Lies Alix Friedberg HBO Grace and Frankie Allyson B. Fanger Netflix The Young Pope Luca Canfora and Carlo Poggioli HBO 2018 The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Lou Eyrich and Allison Leach FX Grace and Frankie Allyson B. Fanger Netflix The Romanoffs Janie Bryant and Wendy Chuck Amazon Sharp Objects Alix Friedberg HBO This Is Us Hala Bahmet NBC Year Series Episode(s) Costume Designer(s) Network 2019 Schitt's Creek "The Dress" Debra Hanson Pop Big Little Lies "She Knows" Alix Friedberg HBO Fleabag Episode 1" Ray Holman Amazon Killing Eve "Desperate Times" Charlotte Mitchell BBC America Russian Doll "Superiority Complex" Jennifer Rogien Netflix
2020s Year Series Episode(s) Costume Designer(s) Network 2020 Schitt's Creek "Happy Ending" Debra Hanson Pop Emily in Paris "Faux Amis" Patricia Field and Marylin Fitoussi Netflix Euphoria "Trouble Don't Last Always" Heidi Bivens HBO I May Destroy You "Social Media is a Great Way to Connect" Lynsey Moore Unorthodox "Part 2" Justine Seymour Netflix 2021 Emily in Paris "French Revolution" Patricia Field and Marylin Fitoussi Netflix Euphoria "Fuck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob" Heidi Bivens HBO Hacks "Pilot" Kathleen Felix-Hager HBO Max Mare of Easttown "Miss Lady Hawk Herself" Meghan Kasperlik HBO Squid Game "VIPS" Cho Sang-kyung Netflix 2022 Wednesday "Wednesday's Child is Full of Woe" Colleen Atwood and Mark Sutherland Netflix Emily in Paris "What's it All About..." Marylin Fitoussi Netflix Euphoria "Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door" Heidi Bivens HBO Hacks "The Captain's Wife" Kathleen Felix-Hager HBO Max The White Lotus "In the Sandbox" Alex Bovaird HBO 2023 Beef "The Birds Don't Sing, They Screech in Pain" Helen Huang Netflix The Bear "Fishes" Courtney Wheeler FX on Hulu The Last of Us "Endure and Survive" Cynthia Ann Summers HBO The Morning Show "The Kármán Line" Sophie de Rakoff and Debra McGuire Apple TV+ Poker Face "The Orpheus Syndrome" Trayce Gigi Field Peacock 2024 Hacks "Just for Laughs" Kathleen Felix-Hager Max Agatha All Along "Seekest Thou the Road" Daniel Selon Disney+ Baby Reindeer "Episode 4" Mekel Bailey Netflix Emily in Paris "The Grey Area" Marylin Fitoussi The Gentlemen "Refined Aggression" Loulou Bontemps 2025 The Studio "CinemaCon" Kameron Lennox Apple TV+ Emily in Paris "Veni, Vidi, Venezia" Marylin Fitoussi Netflix Hacks "Heaven" Kathleen Felix-Hager HBO Max The Righteous Gemstones "You Hurled Me Into the Very Heart of the Seas" Christina Flannery HBO Wednesday "Woe Me the Money" Colleen Atwood and Mark Sutherland Netflix
Designers with multiple wins
6 wins Lou Eyrich Patricia Field
3 wins Eduardo Castro
2 wins Debra Hanson Helen Huang
Programs with multiple wins
4 wins Sex and the City
3 wins Glee Ugly Betty
2 wins American Horror Story Schitt's Creek
Designers with multiple nominations
10 nominations Patricia Field
8 nominations Lou Eyrich
6 nominations Juliette Polsca
5 nominations Tom Broecker Marylin Fitoussi Alix Friedberg Jill M. Ohanneson
4 nominations Randall Christensen Kathleen Felix-Hager Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko
3 nominations Catherine Adair Johanna Argan Heidi Bivens Eduardo Castro Lori Eskowitz-Carter Allyson B. Fanger Laura Goldsmith Eric Justian Lyn Paolo Amy Westcott
2 nominations Colleen Atwood Susie DeSanto Debra Hanson Kemal Harris Helen Huang Christopher Lawrence Gail McMullen Jennifer Rogien Marie Schley Mark Sutherland Alonzo Wilson
Programs with multiple nominations
6 nominations Sex and the City The Sopranos
5 nominations Emily in Paris Six Feet Under
4 nominations Big Love Dancing with the Stars Hacks House of Cards Ugly Betty
3 nominations Alias American Horror Story Desperate Housewives Entourage Euphoria Glee Grace and Frankie Saturday Night Live Will & Grace
2 nominations Ally McBeal Big Little Lies Empire Modern Family Nashville Nip/Tuck Ray Donovan Revenge Scandal Schitt's Creek Transparent Treme Wednesday
References