The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series is a retired award that was handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. In 2014, the category was restructured into Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More), Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More).
Winners and nominations 1950s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1956 Outstanding Art Direction for a Film Series You Are There William Ferrari CBS Four Star Playhouse Duncan Cramer CBS Medic Ernst Fegté NBC Robin Hood Peter Proud CBS Schlitz Playhouse Serge Krizman Outstanding Art Direction for a Live Series Playwrights '56 and Producers' Showcase Otis Riggs NBC Alice in Wonderland and The Good Fairy (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Jan Scott NBC Climax! James Dowell Vance CBS Lux Video Theatre William Craig Smith NBC The Perry Como Show Don Shirley The United States Steel Hour Carl Kent CBS 1957 Outstanding Art Direction (Half Hour or Less) Your Hit Parade Paul Barnes NBC Adventure Grover Cole CBS The Dinah Shore Show Franklin Swig NBC Frontiers of Faith Warren Clymer G.E. Theatre John J. Lloyd, John Robert Lloyd, John Meehan, Martin Obzina, George Patrick CBS Outstanding Art Direction (One Hour or More) Requiem for a Heavyweight (Playhouse 90) Albert Heschong CBS The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Jan Scott NBC Kraft Television Theatre Duane McKinney Omnibus Henry May CBS The Perry Como Show Don Shirley NBC 1958 Twelfth Night (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Rouben Ter-Arutunian NBC Climax! Beulah Frankel CBS The George Gobel Show Robert Kelly NBC The Perry Como Show Don Shirley Wagon Train Howard E. Johnson 1959 Outstanding Art Direction for a Live Television Program An Evening with Fred Astaire Edward Stephenson NBC The Count of Monte Cristo (DuPont Show of the Month) Bob Wade CBS Hamlet (DuPont Show of the Month) Bob Markell Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Jan Scott NBC Little Moon of Alban (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Warren Clymer Old Man (Playhouse 90) Walter Scott Herndon CBS Outstanding Art Direction for a Television Film Bernadette (Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse) Claudio Guzmán CBS The Californians "The Man from Paris" Albert M. Pyke NBC Corporal Hardy (Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre) John T. McCormack CBS Most Honorable Day (The Loretta Young Show) Frank Sylos NBC The Texan "The Dutches of Denver" Ralph Berger, Charles F. Pyke CBS
1960s Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Ralph Berger, Frank Smith CBS Alfred Hitchcock Presents John J. Lloyd CBS The Garry Moore Show Charles Lisanby 1961 Checkmate John J. Lloyd CBS Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall Gary Smith NBC 24 Hours in a Woman's Life Jac Venza CBS 1962 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall Gary Smith NBC The Garry Moore Show Charles Lisanby CBS The Power and the Glory Burr Smidt The Twilight Zone Philip Barber Theatre '62 Jan Scott NBC 1963 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Carroll Clark, Marvin Aubrey Davis NBC Bonanza A. Earl Hedrick, Hal Pereira NBC The Defenders Willard Levitas CBS The DuPont Show of the Week Jan Scott NBC The Eleventh Hour George Davis, Merrill Pye Pygmalion (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Warren Clymer 1964 The Fantasticks (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Warren Clymer NBC The Danny Kaye Show Edward Stephenson CBS The Judy Garland Show Robert Kelly, Gary Smith The Outer Limits Jack Poplin ABC 1965 The Holy Terror (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Warren Clymer NBC My Name Is Barbra Bill Harp, Tom H. John CBS A Carol for Another Christmas (Xerox Specials) Gene Callahan, Jack Wright NBC The Magnificent Yankee (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Warren Clymer NBC 1966 The Hollywood Palace James Trittipo ABC The Andy Williams Show Edward Stephenson NBC Color Me Barbra Tom H. John CBS The Man from U.N.C.L.E. George Davis, Merrill Pye, James W. Sullivan NBC Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea William J. Creber ABC Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color "Further Adventures of Gallegher" Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke NBC 1967 Death of a Salesman Earl Carlson, Tom H. John CBS 1968 The Fred Astaire Show James Trittipo CBS Kismet (Armstrong Center Theater) George Gaines, Jan Scott ABC Elizabeth the Queen (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Warren Clymer NBC Mission: Impossible "Echo of Yesterday" Bill Ross CBS The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour "Episode 210" Lucien Hafley, Bill Ross CBS 1969 Mission: Impossible "The Bunker" Lucien Hafley, Bill Ross CBS Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Ken Johnson NBC Star Trek "All Our Yesterdays" John M. Dwyer, Matt Jefferies NBC
1970s Outstanding Art Direction for a Dramatic Program or Series Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1970 Shadow Game (CBS Playhouse) Earl Carlson, Jan Scott CBS The File on Devlin (Hallmark Hall of Fame) James Trittipo NBC Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo XI Wesley Laws, Hugh Gray Raisky CBS Mission: Impossible Lucien M. Hafley, Gibson Holley 1971 Hamlet (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Peter Roden NBC Mannix "The Mouse That Died" Fred R. Price, Jan M. Van Tamelen CBS Montserrat Jan Scott PBS The Price (Hallmark Hall of Fame) John Clements NBC Vanished John J. Lloyd, Ruby R. Levitt 1972 The Scarecrow Jan Scott PBS Look Homeward, Angel (CBS Playhouse) Ben Edwards CBS Mission: Impossible Lucien M. Hafley, Gibson Holley The Snow Goose (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Stanley Morris NBC 1973 Much Ado About Nothing Tom H. John CBS Another Part of the Forest Jan Scott CBS Mannix Fred R. Price, Jan M. Van Tamelen Mission: Impossible Lucien M. Hafley, Gibson Holley Night of Terror William Campbell ABC The Red Pony Robert F. Boyle, James Hulsey, John Kurl NBC 1974 The Lie Jan Scott, Charles Kreiner CBS The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Michael D. Haller ABC The Execution of Private Slovik Walter H. Tyler, Richard Friedman NBC
Outstanding Art Direction for a Series Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1975 Benjamin Franklin "The Ambassador" Charles Lisanby, Robert Checchi CBS Columbo "Playback" Michael Baugh, Jerry Adams NBC QB VII "Parts 1 & 2" Ross Bellah, Maurice Fowler, Audrey A. Blasdel, Terry Parr ABC 1976 Beacon Hill "Pilot" Tom H. John, John A. Wendell, Wesley Laws CBS The Adams Chronicles "John Adams, Minister to Great Britain" Ed WittsteinPBS Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill "Recovery" Mike Hall, Frederick Pusey Rich Man, Poor Man "Part 7" Ed Wittstein ABC 1977 Outstanding Art Direction for a Comedy Series Fish "The Really Longest Day" Thomas Azzari ABC All in the Family "The Unemployment Story, Part 2" Don RobertsCBS Maude "Walter's Crisis" Chuck Murawski Mr. T and Tina "The Americanization of Michi" Roy Christopher, Mary Ann Biddle ABC Sirota's Court "The Happy Hooker" Seymour Klate, Mary Ann Biddle NBC Outstanding Art Direction for a Drama Series The Pallisers "Pilot" Tim Harvey PBS The Adams Chronicles "John Quincy Adams, Congressman" Ed Wittstein PBS Captains and the Kings "Chapter 2" John W. Corso, Jerry Adams NBCRoots "Part 2" Jan Scott, Charles C. Bennett ABC "Part 6" Joseph R. Jennings, Solomon Brewer 1978 Outstanding Art Direction for a Comedy Series Soap "Pilot" Edward Stephenson, Robert Checchi ABC A.E.S. Hudson Street "In the Black" Thomas AzzariABC The Love Boat — Paul Sylos, Eugene Harris, Bob Signorelli, John McCarthy Jr. Maude "The Wake" Chuck Murawski CBS Welcome Back, Kotter "Barbarino in Love, Part 1" Roy Christopher, James Shanahan ABC Outstanding Art Direction for a Drama Series I, Claudius "Part 1" Tim Harvey PBS Anna Karenina "Part 1" Derek Dodd PBS Holocaust Wilfred Shingleton, Theodor Harisch, Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Maxi Hareiter NBC Washington: Behind Closed Doors "Part 3" Jack De Shields, James F. Claytor Sr., Barbara Krieger ABC 1979 Little Women "Part 1" Howard E. Johnson, Richard C. Goddard NBC Battlestar Galactica "Saga of a Star World" John E. Chilberg II, Mickey S. Michaels, Lowell Chambers ABC The Mary Tyler Moore Hour "Gene Kelly" René Lagler, Carl Carlson CBS
1980s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1980 Palmerstown, U.S.A. "The Old Sister" James D. Bissell, Bill Webb CBS Beyond Westworld "Pilot" Michael Baugh, Edward J. McDonald CBS Buck Rogers in the 25th Century "Ardala Returns" Hub Braden, Fred Luff III, Frank Lombardo NBC Hart to Hart "Man with Jade Eyes" James J. Agazzi, Paul Sylos, Bob Signorelli ABC Skag "Pilot" David Marshall, William Craig Smith, Leonard A. Mazzola NBC 1981 The Gangster Chronicles "Chapter 11" Howard E. Johnson, John M. Dwyer, Robert George Freer NBC Dynasty "Oil" John E. Chilberg II, Paul Sylos, Franklin Swig, Brock Broughton ABC Good Time Harry "Wally Smith" Thomas Azzari, James Ira Colburn NBC Hart to Hart "Blue Chip Murders" James J. Agazzi, Paul Sylos, Bob Signorelli ABC Hill Street Blues "Hill Street Station" Jeffrey L. Goldstein, Joseph A. Armetta NBC 1982 Fame "Tomorrow's Farewell" Ira Diamond, Joseph Stone NBC Bret Maverick "The Yellow Rose" Scott Ritenour, Robert L. Zilliox NBC Hart to Hart "The Hart of the Matter" James J. Agazzi, Paul Sylos, Bob Signorelli ABC Hill Street Blues "Personal Foul" Jeffrey L. Goldstein, James Cane NBC 1983 Tales of the Gold Monkey "Pilot" John W. Corso, Frank Grieco, Robert George Freer ABC Casablanca "Jenny" E. Preston Ames, Bill HarpNBC Cheers "Give Me a Ring Sometime" Richard Sylbert, George Gaines Dynasty "Fathers and Sons" Tom Trimble, Paul Sylos, Brock Broughton ABC Fame "Not in Kansas Anymore" Ira Diamond, Joseph Stone NBC Seven Brides for Seven Brothers "The Rescue" Hub Braden, Donald J. Remacle CBS St. Elsewhere "Pilot" James Hulsey, Jacqueline Webber, Ernie Bishop, Michele Guiol NBC 1984 The Duck Factory "Pilot" James Hulsey, Bruce Kay NBC Dynasty "The Voice, Part 2" Tom Trimble, Brock Broughton ABC Fame "Catch a Falling Star" Ira Diamond, Leonard A. Mazzola Syndicated St. Elsewhere "After Dark" Jacqueline Webber, Patricia S. Bruner NBC 1985 Miami Vice "No Exit" Jeffrey Howard, Robert Lacey Jr. NBC Dynasty "Royal Wedding" Tom Trimble, Brock Broughton ABCMurder, She Wrote "Broadway Malady" Hub Braden, Frank LombardoCBS "Capitol Offense" Leslie Parsons, Robert Wingo 1986 St. Elsewhere "Time Heals" Jacqueline Webber, Norman Rockett NBC The Golden Girls "Pilot" Edward Stephenson NBC Moonlighting "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" James J. Agazzi, Bill Harp ABCMurder, She Wrote "Sing a Song of Murder" Leslie Parsons, Robert WingoCBS "Widow, Weep for Me" Hub Braden, Wally White 1987 L.A. Law "Pilot" Jeffrey L. Goldstein, Richard D. Kent NBC Max Headroom "Blipverts" Richard B. Lewis, Bernard P. Cutler, Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer ABC Dynasty "A Love Remembered, Part 2" Tom Trimble, Brock Broughton ABC Moonlighting "Atomic Shakespeare" James J. Agazzi, Bill Harp Murder, She Wrote "No Accounting for Murder" Leslie Parsons, Peter Samish, Robert Wingo CBS 1988 Beauty and the Beast "Pilot" John B. Mansbridge, Charles Korian CBS Frank's Place "Cool and the Gang, Part 2" Jacqueline Webber, Daniel Loren May CBS Moonlighting "Here's Living with You, Kid" James J. Agazzi, Bill Harp ABC 1989 Moonlighting "A Womb with a View" James J. Agazzi, Bill Harp ABC Murder, She Wrote "Snow White, Blood Red" Leslie Parsons, Peter Samish, Robert WingoCBS Murphy Brown "Mama Said" Roy Christopher, Steve Rostine Roseanne "Lover's Lanes" Garvin Eddy ABC Star Trek: The Next Generation "Elementary, Dear Data" Richard D. James, Jim Mees Syndicated Thirtysomething "Michael Writes a Story" Brandy Alexander, Mary Ann Biddle ABC
1990s