The Primetime Emmy Award for Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) is an award handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
In 2014, the category was created alongside Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More). From 2014 to 2017, contemporary and fantasy programs competed together. Fantasy programs compete alongside period programs since 2018.
Winners and nominations 2010s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 2010(62nd) Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie The Pacific Anthony Pratt, Dominic Hyman, Richard Hobbs, Scott Bird, Jim Millett, Rolland Pike, Lisa Thompson HBO Georgia O'Keeffe Stephen Altman, John Bucklin, Helen Britten Lifetime Return to Cranford Donal Woods, Mark Kebby, Trisha Edwards PBS Temple Grandin Richard Hoover, Meghan C. Rogers, Gabriella VillarrealHBO You Don't Know Jack Mark Ricker, Amy Fritz, Rena DeAngelo Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series The Tudors "Sixth and the Final Wife" Tom Conroy, Colman Corish, Crispian Sallis Showtime Glee "Pilot" Mark Hutman, Christopher Brown, Barbara Munch Fox Heroes "Brave New World" Ruth Ammon, Sandy Getzler, Ron Franco NBC Lost "Ab Aeterno" Zack Grobler, Matthew C. Jacobs, Carol Bayne KelleyABC Modern Family "Moon Landing," "Fears" Richard Berg, Amber Haley True Blood "Never Let Me Go," "I Will Rise Up," "Frenzy" Suzuki Ingerslev, Catherine Smith, Laura Richarz HBO 2011(63rd) Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Mildred Pierce Mark Friedberg, Peter Rogness, Ellen Christiansen HBO Downton Abbey Donal Woods, Charmian Adams, Gina Cromwell PBS The Kennedys Rocco Matteo, Mun Ying Kwun, Enrico Campana Reelz Upstairs Downstairs Eve Stewart, David Hindle, Julia Castle PBS Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Boardwalk Empire "Boardwalk Empire" Bob Shaw, Doug Huszti, Debra Schutt HBO The Borgias "Lucrezia's Wedding" François Séguin, Jonathan McKinstry, Judit Varga Showtime Mad Men "Public Relations" Dan Bishop, Christopher Brown, Claudette Didul AMC Modern Family "Halloween" Richard Berg, Amber Haley ABC True Blood "Beautifully Broken" Suzuki Ingerslev, Catherine Smith, Laura Richarz HBO 2012(64th) Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Great Expectations David Roger, Paul Ghirardani, Jo Kornstein PBSAmerican Horror Story "Open House" Mark Worthington, Edward L. Rubin, Ellen BrillFX "Pilot" Beth Rubino, Charles M. Lagola, Ellen Brill Hatfields & McCoys Derek R. Hill, Serban Porupca, John B. Vertrees, Sally Black History Hemingway & Gellhorn Geoffrey Kirkland, Nanci Noblett, Jim Erickson HBO Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia Arwel Jones, Dafydd Shurmer, Joelle Rumbelow PBS Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Boardwalk Empire "Peg of Old," "Battles of the Century," "To the Lost" Bill Groom, Adam Scher, Carol SilvermanHBO Game of Thrones "Garden of Bones," "The Ghost of Harrenhal," "A Man Without Honor" Gemma Jackson, Frank Walsh, Tina Jones Downton Abbey "Episode 4" Donal Woods, Charmian Adams, Judy Farr PBS Justified "Cut Ties" Dave Blass, Oana Bogdan Miller, Shauna Aronson FX Mad Men "At the Codfish Ball" Dan Bishop, Christopher Brown, Claudette Didul AMC 2013(65th) Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Behind the Candelabra Howard Cummings, Patrick M. Sullivan Jr., Barbara Munch HBOAmerican Horror Story: Asylum "I Am Anne Frank, Part 2" Mark Worthington, Andrew Murdock, Ellen BrillFX "Welcome to Briarcliff" Mark Worthington, Edward L. Rubin, Ellen Brill Phil Spector Patrizia von Brandenstein, Fredda Slavin, Diane Lederman HBO Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Guy Barnes, Rosario Provenza, Wendy Ozols-Barnes Nat Geo Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Boardwalk Empire "Sunday Best," "Two Imposters," "Margate Sands" Bill Groom, Adam Scher, Carol Silverman HBO The Borgias "Siblings" Jonathan McKinstry, Adam O'Neill, Judit Varga Showtime Downton Abbey "Episode 7" Donal Woods, Mark Kebby, Gina Cromwell PBS Game of Thrones "Valar Dohaeris," "Kissed by Fire" Gemma Jackson, Andy Thomson, Rob CameronHBO True Blood "Whatever I Am, You Made Me," "Let's Boot and Rally," "Sunset" Suzuki Ingerslev, Catherine Smith, Ron Franco 2014(66th) Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Game of Thrones "The Laws of Gods and Men," "The Mountain and the Viper" Deborah Riley, Paul Ghirardani, Rob Cameron HBO House of Cards "Chapter 18," "Chapter 24" Steve Arnold, Halina Gebarowicz, Tiffany Zappulla Netflix Justified "A Murder of Crowes," "Wrong Roads," "The Toll" Dave Blass, Oana Bogdan, Shauna Aronson FX True Blood "At Last," "Fuck the Pain Away," "In the Evening" Suzuki Ingerslev, Cat Smith, Ron V. Franco HBO True Detective "Seeing Things," "The Locked Room," "Form and Void" Alex DiGerlando, Mara LePere-Schloop, Tim Beach, Cynthia Slagter 2015(67th) Game of Thrones "High Sparrow," "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken," "Hardhome" Deborah Riley, Paul Ghirardani, Rob Cameron HBO Constantine "The Darkness Beneath," "Feast of Friends," "The Saint of Last Resorts, Part 1" Dave Blass, Hugo Santiago, Drew Monahan, Natali Pope NBC Gotham "Pilot" Doug Kraner, Laura Ballinger Gardner, Regina Graves Fox House of Cards "Chapter 29," "Chapter 36" Steve Arnold, Halina Gebarowicz, Tiffany Zappulla Netflix True Blood "Jesus Gonna Be Here," "I Found You," "Fire in the Hole" Suzuki Ingerslev, Cat Smith, Ron V. Franco HBO 2016(68th) Game of Thrones "Blood of My Blood," "The Broken Man," "No One" Deborah Riley, Paul Ghirardani, Rob Cameron HBO American Horror Story: Hotel Mark Worthington, Denise Hudson, Ellen Brill FX House of Cards "Chapter 41," "Chapter 47," "Chapter 48" Steve Arnold, Halina Gebarowicz, Tiffany Zappulla Netflix The Man in the High Castle "The New World" Drew Boughton, Linda King, Brenda Meyers-Ballard Amazon Penny Dreadful "Fresh Hell," "Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places," "And Hell Itself My Only Foe" Jonathan McKinstry, Jo Riddell, Philip Murphy Showtime 2017(69th) The Handmaid's Tale "Offred" Julie Berghoff, Evan Webber, Sophie Neudorfer Hulu Penny Dreadful "Perpetual Night," "The Blessed Dark" Jonathan McKinstry, Jo Riddell, Philip Murphy ShowtimeWestworld "The Bicameral Mind" Zack Grobler, Steve Christensen, Julie OchipintiHBO "The Original" Nathan Crowley, Steve Christensen, Julie Ochipinti The Young Pope Ludovica Ferrario, Alexandro Maria Santucci, Laura Casalini 2018(70th) Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) The Handmaid's Tale "June" Mark White, Elisabeth Williams, Martha Sparrow, Caroline Gee Hulu American Horror Story: Cult Jeff Mossa, Rachel Robb Kondrath, Claire Kaufman FX The Handmaid's Tale "Seeds," "First Blood," "After" Elisabeth Williams, Martha Sparrow, Rob Hepburn Hulu Ozark "My Dripping Sleep" Derek R. Hill, John Richardson, Chuck Potter Netflix Twin Peaks Ruth De Jong, Cara Brower, Florencia Martin Showtime 2019(71st) The Handmaid's Tale "Holly" Mark White, Elisabeth Williams, Martha Sparrow, Robert Hepburn Hulu Escape at Dannemora Mark Ricker, James Truesdale, Cherish M. Hale Showtime Killing Eve "The Hungry Caterpillar" Laurence Dorman, Beckie Harvey, Linda Wilson BBC America Ozark "Outer Darkness," "The Gold Coast" Derek R. Hill, John Richardson, Kim LeoleisNetflix The Umbrella Academy "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals" Mark Worthington, Mark Steele, Jim Lambie
2020s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 2020(72nd) The Handmaid's Tale "Household" Elisabeth Williams, Martha Sparrow, Robert Hepburn Hulu Big Little Lies "What Have They Done?", "The Bad Mother", "I Want to Know" John Paino, Austin Gorg, Amy Wells HBO Killing Eve "Are You from Pinner?" Laurence Dorman, Beckie Harvey, Casey Williams BBC America The Morning Show "In the Dark Night of the Soul It's Always 3:30 in the Morning" John Paino, James F. Truesdale, Amy Wells Apple TV+ Ozark "Wartime" David Bomba, Sean Ryan Jennings, Kim Leoleis Netflix Succession "This Is Not for Tears" Stephen H. Carter, Carmen Cardenas, George DeTitta, Ana Buljan HBO 2021(73rd) Mare of Easttown Keith P. Cunningham, James F. Truesdale, Gina Cranham, Edward McLoughlin, Sarah McMillan HBO The Flight Attendant "After Dark" Sara K White, Christine Foley, Jessica Petruccelli HBO Max The Handmaid's Tale "Chicago" Elisabeth Williams, Martha Sparrow, Larry Spittle, Rob Hepburn Hulu The Undoing Lester Cohen, Doug Huszti, Keri Lederman HBO Yellowstone "Going Back to Cali" Cary White, Yvonne Boudreaux, Carla Curry Paramount 2022(74th) Squid Game "Gganbu" Chae Kyoung-sun, Gim En-jee, Kim Jeong-gon Netflix The Flight Attendant "Seeing Double" Nina Ruscio, Josh Lusby, Mari Lappalainen, Matt Callahan HBO Max Ozark "The Beginning of the End", "Let the Great World Spin", "Sanctified" David Bomba, Sean Ryan Jennings, Kim Leoleis Netflix Severance "Good News About Hell" Jeremy Hindle, Nick Francone, Angelica Borrero-Fortier, Andrew Baseman Apple TV+ Succession "Too Much Birthday" Stephen H. Carter, Marci Mudd, George DeTitta Jr. HBO The White Lotus Laura Fox, Charles Varga, Jennifer Lukehart 2023(75th) Wednesday"Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe" Mark Scruton, Adrian Curelea, Robert Hepburn Netflix The Last of Us"Infected" John Paino, Don Macaulay, Paul Healy HBO Poker Face"The Orpheus Syndrome" Judy Rhee, Martha Sparrow, Cathy Marshall Peacock Succession"America Decides" Stephen H. Carter, Molly Mikula, George DeTitta Jr. HBO Ted Lasso"Sunflowers" Paul Cripps, Iain White, Kate Goodman Apple TV+ The White Lotus"Ciao" Cristina Onori, Gianpaolo Rifino, Letizia Santucci HBO 2024(76th) The Crown"Sleep, Dearie Sleep" Martin Childs, Mark Raggett, Alison Harvey Netflix Fargo"Trials and Tribulations" Trevor Smith, Cathy Cowan, Amber Humphries FX The Gentlemen"Tackle Tommy Woo Woo" Martyn John, Fiona Gavin, Linda Wilson Netflix The Morning Show"The Kármán Line" Nelson Coates, Thomas Wilkins, Lauree Martell Apple TV+True Detective: Night Country Daniel Taylor, Jo Riddell, Charlotte Dirickx HBO 2025(77th) Severance"Chikhai Bardo" Jeremy Hindle, Chris Shriver, Ann Bartek, David Schlesinger Apple TV+ The Last of Us"Day One" Don MacAulay, David Clarke, Jonathan Lancaster, Lisa LancasterHBO The Penguin"Homecoming" Kalina Ivanov, Deborah Wheatley, Rich Murray, Richard Devine The Residence"The Fall of the House of Usher" François Audouy, A. Todd Holland, Halina Siwolop Netflix The White Lotus"Amor Fati" Cristina Onori, Jeremy Woolsey, Letizia Santucci HBO 2026(78th) Pluribus"Grenade" Denise Pizzini, Dins Danielsen, Ashley Michelle Marsh Apple TV Euphoria"This Little Piggy" François Audouy, A. Todd Holland, Anthony Carlino HBO The Pitt"9:00 P.M." Nina Ruscio, Josh Lusby, Matt Callahan HBO Max Slow Horses"Incommunicado" Choi Ho Man, Oskars Vilnitis-Pantelejevs, Kamlan Man Apple TV Wednesday"If These Woes Could Talk" Mark Scruton, Shane McEnroe, David Morison Netflix
Programs with multiple wins
4 wins The Handmaid's Tale
2 wins The X-Files
Programs with multiple nominations Totals combined with Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series.
11 nominations Murder, She Wrote
7 nominations American Horror Story Total includes American Horror Story’s nominations for Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) and Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie.
6 nominations The Handmaid's Tale True Blood
5 nominations The Crown Total includes The Crown’s nominations for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More). Dynasty Heroes Mission: Impossible Six Feet Under The West Wing
4 nominations Moonlighting NYPD Blue Ozark The Sopranos The X-Files
3 nominations Alias Fame Hart to Hart House of Cards Sex and the City St. Elsewhere Succession Ted Lasso Total includes Ted Lasso’s nominations for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less).