The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. From 1971 until 2008, all single-camera series competed together in a combined category. Awards for one-hour and half-hour series were divided in 2008 and the category ran until 2010. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were again combined for all single-camera series. They were redivided in 2017."Two New Categories and Rules Modifications", Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, February 24, 2017. Retrieved on March 30, 2017.
Winners and nominations
1950s Year Program Episode Nominees Network Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography 1956 Medic "Black Friday" William A. Sickner NBC Dragnet Edward Colman NBC Four Star Playhouse "The Collar" George E. Diskant CBS Private Secretary Robert Pittack The Loretta Young Show "I Remember the Rani" Norbert Brodine NBC 1957 The Loretta Young Show "The Pearl" Norbert Brodine NBC Four Star Playhouse "Tunnel of Fear" George E. Diskant CBS General Electric Theater "The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy" Robert Pittack "The Night Goes On" John L. Russell The 20th Century Fox Hour "Stranger in the Night" Lloyd Ahern 1958 The Bell Telephone Science Series "Hemo the Magnificent" Harold E. Wellman CBS The Danny Thomas Show Robert De Grasse NBC Goodyear Theatre "Voices in the Fog" George E. Diskant Have Gun – Will Travel "The Outlaw" William Margulies CBS The Loretta Young Show "Miss Ashley's Demon" Norbert Brodine NBC 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour "The Alphabet Conspiracy" Ellis W. Carter NBC Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre "Corporal Hardy" Fred Jackman NBC Have Gun – Will Travel "Ella West" William Margulies CBS The Jane Wyman Show "Day of Glory" Mack Stengler NBC Maverick "Diamond in the Rough" Ralph Woolsey ABC "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" Harold E. Stine
1960s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Charles Straumer CBS The Lawless Years William Margulies NBC 77 Sunset Strip Ralph Woolsey ABC 1961 The Twilight Zone George T. Clemens CBS Outlaws William Margulies NBC Wagon Train Walter Strenge 1962 Naked City Jack Priestley ABC Ben Casey Ted Voigtlander ABC Bonanza Haskell Boggs, Walter Castle NBC The Twilight Zone George T. Clemens CBS Vincent Van Gogh: A Self Portrait Guy Blanchard NBC Wagon Train Walter Strenge 1963 Naked City Jack Priestley ABC Bell & Howell Close-Up! William Hartigan, Edmondo Ricci ABC Combat! Robert B. Hauser ABC The DuPont Show of the Week Joe Vadala NBC The River Nile Guy Blanchard Shakespeare: Soul of an Age The Twilight Zone George T. Clemens, Robert W. Pittack CBS 1964 The Kremlin J. Baxter Peters NBC East Side/West Side Jack Priestley CBS Greece: The Golden Age Bradford Kress NBC Kraft Suspense Theatre Ellis F. Thackery 1965 Twelve O'Clock High William W. Spencer ABC Bonanza Haskell Boggs, William F. Whitely NBC The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Fred J. Koenekamp 1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Winton C. Hoch ABC Bonanza Haskell Boggs, William F. Whitely NBC The Fugitive Meredith M. Nicholson ABC The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Fred J. Koenekamp NBC Michelangelo: The Last Giant Tom Priestley Run for Your Life "The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan" Lionel Lindon The Wild Wild West Ted Voigtlander CBS 1967 Bonanza Haskell Boggs, William F. Whitely NBC 1968 It Takes a Thief "A Thief Is a Thief Is a Thief" Ralph Woolsey ABC Hogan's Heroes Gordon Avil CBS The Time Tunnel "Raiders in Outer Space" Winton C. Hoch ABC 1969 Here's Peggy Fleming George J. Folsey NBC Hawaii Five-O "Up Tight" Frank Phillips CBS Land of the Giants "The Crash" Howard Schwartz ABC 19th Summer Olympic Games Special Reports Robert Riger
1970s Year Program Episode Nominees Network Outstanding Cinematography for a Series 1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. "Hello, Goodbye, Hello" Walter Strenge ABC Mission: Impossible "The Amnesiac" Al Francis CBS N.Y.P.D. Harvey Genkins ABC 1971 The Name of the Game Jack A. Marta NBC Bonanza "The Love Child" Ted Voigtlander NBC Marcus Welby, M.D. "A Spanish Saying I Made Up" Walter Strenge ABC 1972 Columbo "Blueprint for Murder" Lloyd Ahern NBC Arnie "The Only Way to Go" Charles G. Clarke CBS Hawaii Five-O Robert L. Morrison 1973 Kung Fu "An Eye for an Eye" Jack Woolf ABC Banacek "Detour to Nowhere" Sam Leavitt NBC The Waltons Russell Metty CBS 1974 Columbo "Any Old Port in a Storm" Harry L. Wolf NBC Hawaii Five-O Bill Huffman, Robert L. Morrison, Jack Whitman CBS Kojak Gerald Perry Finnerman 1975 Columbo "Playback" Richard C. Glouner NBC Kojak "Wall Street Gunslinger" Vilis Lapenieks, Sol Negrin CBS M*A*S*H "Bombed" William Jurgensen 1976 Baretta "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" Harry L. Wolf ABC Kojak "A Question of Answers" Sol Negrin CBS Little House on the Prairie "Remember Me" Ted Voigtlander NBC M*A*S*H "Hawkeye" William Jurgensen CBS Rich Man, Poor Man "Part 1" Howard Schwartz ABC 1977 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Captains and the Kings "Chapter 1" Ric Waite NBC Baretta "Soldier in the Jungle" Sherman L. Kunkel ABC Kojak "A Shield for Murder, Part 2" Sol Negrin CBS M*A*S*H "Dear Sigmund" William Jurgensen Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers "Part 1" Joseph F. Biroc NBC Once an Eagle "Part 1" John J. Jones Roots "Part 2" Stevan Larner ABC "Part 7" Joseph M. Wilcots Special Classification for Individual AchievementAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominee did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries "Mystery of the Haunted House" Enzo A. Martinelli 1978 Little House on the Prairie "The Fighter" Ted Voigtlander NBC The Awakening Land Michel Hugo NBC The Love Boat "The Inspector/A Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye" Lloyd Ahern ABC Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Robert B. Hauser Washington: Behind Closed Doors "Part 1" Joseph F. Biroc Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series 1979 Little House on the Prairie "The Craftsman" Ted Voigtlander NBC Barnaby Jones "Memory of a Nightmare" William W. Spencer CBS Little Women "Episode 2" Joseph F. Biroc NBC
1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1980 The Contender "Breakthrough" Enzo A. Martinelli CBS Fantasy Island "The Wedding" Emmett Bergholz ABC From Here to Eternity "Pearl Harbor" Gerald Perry Finnerman NBC The Incredible Hulk "Broken Image" John McPherson CBS Little House on the Prairie "May We Make Them Proud" Ted Voigtlander NBC Quincy, M.E. "Riot" Alric Edens ABC 1981 Hill Street Blues "Hill Street Station" William Cronjager NBC Breaking Away "La Strada" Brianne Murphy ABC Buck Rogers in the 25th Century "Time of the Hawk" Ben ColmanNBC The Gangster Chronicles "Chapter One" Gerald Perry Finnerman Little House on the Prairie "Sylvia" Ted Voigtlander Nero Wolfe "Death and the Dolls" Charles W. Short 1982 Fame "Alone in a Crowd" William W. Spencer NBC Baker's Dozen "A Class by Himself" Sol Negrin CBS Little House on the Prairie "He Was Only Twelve, Part 2" Ted Voigtlander NBC Lou Grant "Ghosts" Robert F. LiuCBS Magnum, P.I. "Memories Are Forever" Woody Omens 1983 Casablanca "The Masterbuilder's Woman" Joseph F. Biroc NBC Fantasy Island "The Curse of the Moreaus/My Man Friday" Emmett Bergholz ABC Little House on the Prairie "The Wild Boy, Part 1" Harry L. Wolf NBC 1984 The New Mike Hammer "More Than Murder" James Crabe CBS Airwolf "Shadow of the Hawke" Howard Schwartz, Robert E. Collins CBS Dynasty "New Lady in Town" Richard L. Rawlings ABC Fame "Break Dance" Sherman Kunkel Syndicated 1985 Miami Vice "Brother's Keeper" Robert E. Collins NBC Code Name: Foxfire "Robin's Blue Egg" John ElsenbachNBCHighway to Heaven "Child of God" Ted Voigtlander "A Match Made in Heaven" Brianne Murphy Miami Vice "No Exit" Duke Callaghan Scarecrow and Mrs. King "D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival" Edward R. Brown CBS 1986 Amazing Stories "The Mission" John McPherson NBC Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Road Hog" Woody OmensNBC Blacke's Magic "Prisoner of Paradise" Terry K. Meade The Colbys "The Celebration" Richard L. Rawlings ABC Highway to Heaven "To Bind the Wounds" Ted Voigtlander NBC Moonlighting "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" Gerald Perry Finnerman ABC 1987 Heart of the City "Cold Steal and Neon" Woody Omens ABC Amazing Stories "Go to the Head of the Class" John McPhersonNBC Crime Story "Top of the World" James A. Contner Highway to Heaven "Basinger's New York" Ted Voigtlander L.A. Law "Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer" Robert Seaman 1988 Beauty and the Beast "Pilot" Roy H. Wagner CBS Highway to Heaven "A Dream of Wild Horses" Ted Voigtlander NBC Magnum, P.I. "Unfinished Business" John C. Flinn III CBS Moonlighting "Here's Living With You, Kid" Gerald Perry FinnermanABC Ohara "See Something That Isn't There" Richard M. Rawlings Jr. Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Big Goodbye" Edward R. Brown Syndicated 1989 Quantum Leap "Genesis, Part 1" Roy H. Wagner NBC Beauty and the Beast "Ceremony of Innocence" Stevan LarnerCBS Jake and the Fatman "Wish You Were Here" John C. Flinn III Paradise "Long Lost Lawson" Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
1990s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1990 Quantum Leap "Pool Hall Blues" Michael W. Watkins NBC Beauty and the Beast "Snow" Stevan LarnerCBS Jake and the Fatman "If I Didn't Care" John C. Flinn III Midnight Caller "Evil Is Live Spelled Backward, Part 2" Bradley B. Six NBC Murder, She Wrote "Night of the Tarantula" John Elsenbach CBS 1991 Quantum Leap "The Leap Home, Part 2" Michael W. Watkins NBC Star Trek: The Next Generation "Family" Marvin V. Rush Syndicated The Trials of Rosie O'Neill "Starting Over" Jack Priestley CBS 1992 Northern Exposure "Cicely" Frank Prinzi CBS Doogie Howser, M.D. "Summer of '91" Michael D. O'Shea ABC Quantum Leap "Dreams" Michael W. Watkins NBC The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "British East Africa, September 1909" Hugh Miles, Miguel Icaza ABC 1993 Law & Order "Conspiracy" Constantine Makris NBC Northern Exposure "Revelations" Frank Prinzi CBS Quantum Leap "Trilogy, Part 1" Michael W. WatkinsNBC Reasonable Doubts "Life Lines" Richard M. Rawlings Jr. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" David Tattersall ABC 1994 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman "Where the Heart Is" Roland 'Ozzie' Smith CBS seaQuest DSV "Such Great Patience" Kenneth Zunder NBC 1995 Chicago Hope "Over the Rainbow" Tim Suhrstedt CBS Babylon 5 "The Geometry of Shadows" John C. Flinn III Syndicated Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman "A Washington Affair" Roland 'Ozzie' Smith CBS NYPD Blue "You Bet Your Life" Brian J. Reynolds ABC Star Trek: Voyager "Heroes and Demons" Marvin V. Rush UPN The X-Files "One Breath" John Bartley Fox 1996 The X-Files "Grotesque" John Bartley Fox Babylon 5 "Comes the Inquisitor" John C. Flinn III Syndicated Chicago Hope "Leave of Absence" Kenneth Zunder CBS ER "Hell and High Water" Richard Thorpe NBC Murder One "Chapter One" Aaron Schneider ABC 1997 Law & Order "Mad Dog" Constantine Makris NBC Chicago Hope "A Time to Kill" James R. Bagdonas CBS Gun "Ricochet" Roy H. WagnerABC Relativity "Karen and Her Sisters" Michael D. O'Shea Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Apocalypse Rising" Jonathan West Syndicated 1998 Law & Order "Stalker" Constantine Makris NBC Chicago Hope "Brain Salad Surgery" James R. Bagdonas CBS Earth: Final Conflict "Float Like a Butterfly" Michael McMurray Syndicated JAG "The Good of the Service" Hugo Cortina CBS The X-Files "The Post-Modern Prometheus" Joel Ransom Fox 1999 Felicity "Todd Mulcahy, Part 2" Robert Primes The WB Chicago Hope "Home Is Where the Heartache Is" James R. Bagdonas CBS JAG "Gypsy Eyes" Hugo Cortina The Practice "Happily Ever After" Dennis Smith ABC The X-Files "The Unnatural" Bill Roe Fox
2000s