American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Drama Series

The American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Drama Series for Commercial Television is one of the annual awards given by the American Cinema Editors. It has evolved throughout the history of the American Cinema Editors Awards, narrowing it's eligibility field numerous times. From 1962 to 1972, the award did make any distinctions between continual series and/or miniseries or television movies, or the genres of comedy and drama. In 1973, the award became Best Edited Episode from a Television Series, which it would remain from 20 years. In 1993, the award started separating series based on their running time, becoming Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television. In 2006, a distinction was made between commercial and non-commercial series, resulting in another split. In 2018, the category dropped running time distinctions, becoming Best Edited Drama Series for Commercial Television and Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television In 2021, the category was awarded as Best Edited Drama Series, dropping any distinction between drama series.

Winners and nominees † – indicates the winner of a Primetime Emmy Award. ‡ – indicates a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

1960s Best Edited Television Program Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1961 The Dick Powell Show "Ricochet" Desmond Marquette NBC Bus Stop "A Lion Walks Among Us" Richard L. Van Enger ABC The Gertrude Berg Show "Lonely Sunday" Chandler House CBS Thriller "A Third for Pinochle" Danny B. Landres NBC The Twilight Zone "Once Upon a Time" Jason H. Bernie CBS 1962 The Dick Powell Show "The Court Martial of Captain Wycliff" Desmond Marquette NBC Combat! "Escape to Nowhere" William Mace ABC The Eleventh Hour "Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things" Joseph DervinNBC It's a Man's World "The Beavers and the Otters" Danford B. Greene McHale's Navy "A Purple Heart for Gruber" Sam E. Waxman ABC 1963 Dr. Kildare "Four Feet in the Morning (Part 1)" Harry V. KnappNBC The Eleventh Hour "Four Feet in the Morning (Part 2)" Joseph Dervin Bonanza "Hoss and the Leprechauns" Marvin Coil NBC Breaking Point "And James Was a Very Small Snail" William Mace ABC The Richard Boone Show "The Wall to Wall War" Jason H. Bernie NBC 1964 Rawhide "No Dogs or Drovers" Gene Fowler Jr. CBS Bewitched "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha" Michael Luciano and Gerard Wilson ABC The Man from U.N.C.L.E. "The Deadly Games Affair" Joseph Dervin NBC Slattery's People "Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?" Daniel A. Nathan CBS Wagon Train "Little Girl Lost" Gene Palmer NBC 1965 The Big Valley "40 Rifles" Sherman A. Rose ABC A Slice of Sunday Harry Coswick KNXT I Spy "The Loser" Bud Molin NBC Rawhide "Encounter at Boot Hill" Gene Fowler Jr. CBS Wagon Train "Silver Lady" Gene Palmer NBC 1966 Twelve O'Clock High "The All American" Jodie Copelan ABC The Big Valley "Day of Terror" Desmond Marquette ABCFame Is the Name of the Game Joseph Dervin NBC The F.B.I. "The Camel's Nose" Thomas Neff ABC I Spy "Court of the Lion" Bud Molin NBC 1967 The Big Valley "Disappearance" Desmond Marquette ABC Bewitched "A Most Unusual Wood Nymph" Aaron Nibley ABC Daniel Boone "Tanner" Harry Coswick NBC The Fugitive "The Judgment: Part 2" Jodie Copelan ABC Gunsmoke "A Hat" Gerard Wilson CBS The High Chaparral "The Widow From Red Rock" Harry GerstadNBC Ironside "A Very, Cool, Hot Car" Edward W. Williams 1968 The Outcasts "Take Your Lover In The Ring" Norman Colbert ABCThe Bob Hope Christmas Special Richard K. Brockway, Donn Cambern, John Fuller, Igo KantorNBC The High Chaparral "Follow Your Heart" George A. Gittens Ironside "Split Second to an Epitaph" Edward W. Williams Julia "Mama's Man" John Ehrin 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. "A Matter of Humanities" Gene Palmer ABCThe Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO John C. Fuller, Igo Kantor, Patrick Kennedy, Frank McKelveyNBC Bonanza "Dead Wrong" Danny B. Landres The Ghost & Mrs. Muir "The Great Power Failure" Axel Hubert Sr. ABCHollywood: The Selznick Years David Blewitt and Graham Lee Mahin NBCThe Mystery of Animal Behavior Peter C. Johnson CBS My World and Welcome to It "Rally Round the Flag" Hugh Chaloupka NBC Room 222 "Richie's Story" Frank P. Keller ABC

1970s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1970 Medical Center "Death Grip" Richard Cahoon CBS Gunsmoke "Snow Train: Part 1" Thomas J. McCarthyCBS Storefront Lawyers "A Man's Castle" Ira HeymannThe Tragedy of the Red Salmon David Blewitt The Young Lawyers "The Glass Prison" Joseph Dervin ABC 1971 Medical Center "The Imposter" Richard Cahoon CBSBrian's Song Bud S. Isaacs ABC Ironside "The Priest Killer" Robert L. Kimble NBC Longstreet "Spell Legacy Like Death" David Blewitt ABC The Waltons "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" Gene Fowler Jr. & Marjorie Fowler CBS Best Edited Episode from a Television Series Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1972 M*A*S*H "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts" Fred W. Berger CBS Anna and the King "Pilot" Richard L. Van EngerCBS M*A*S*H "Pilot" Stanford Tischler 1973 M*A*S*H "The Trial of Henry Blake" Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler CBS Hawaii Five-O "One Big Happy Family" Jack Gleason CBS Kung Fu "The Chalice" Joseph Dervin ABC The Waltons "The Thanksgiving Story" Alan Jaggs, Bill Lewis and Gene Fowler Jr. CBS 1974 M*A*S*H "A Full Rich Day" Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler CBS Kojak "The Best Judge Money Can Buy" Bill Brame CBS The New Land "The World Is: Persistence" Jodie Copelan ABC 1975 The Wonderful World of Disney "The Sky's the Limit: Parts 1 & 2" Bob Bring NBC Hawaii Five-O "Turkey Shoot" Jack GleasonCBS M*A*S*H "Welcome to Korea" Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler The Streets of San Francisco "Web of Lies" Howard Kunin ABC 1976 The Streets of San Francisco "Dead or Alive" Howard Kunin ABC M*A*S*H "Dear Sigmund" Samuel E. Beetley and Stanford Tischler CBS Police Story "Monster Manor" Richard L. Van Enger NBC 1977 M*A*S*H "Fade Out, Fade In" Larry L. Mills and Stanford Tischler CBS Charlie's Angels "Pretty Angels All in a Row" Joseph Dervin ABC Police Story "Pressure Point" Richard L. Van Enger and David Wages NBC Rich Man, Poor Man Book II "Episode 15" Jerrold L. Ludwig ABC 1978 Lou Grant "Hooker" ‡ James Galloway CBS Kaz "Kaz" David Blangsted and Howard TerrillCBS M*A*S*H "The Billfold Syndrome" ‡ Larry L. Mills and Stanford Tischler 1979 M*A*S*H "The Yalu Brick Road" ‡ Larry L. Mills and Stanford Tischler CBS Hart to Hart "Max in Love" Bob Bring ABC The Rockford Files "No Fault Affair" Rod Stephens NBC

1980s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1980 Dallas "A House Divided" Fred W. Berger CBS Lou Grant "Brushfire" James GallowayCBS M*A*S*H "Dreams" Larry L. Mills and Stanford Tischler 1981 Magnum, P.I. "Memories Are Forever" Michael Berman and Ed Guidotti CBS Dallas "The Split" ‡ Fred W. BergerCBS Lou Grant "Strike" ‡ James Galloway 1982 Fame "Passing Grade" ‡ Michael A. Hoey NBCHill Street Blues "Phantom of the Hill" † Ray DanielsNBC "The World According to Freedom" David Rosenbloom Lou Grant "Recovery" James Galloway CBS 1983 Hill Street Blues "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance" David Saxon NBC Cagney & Lacey "Burn Out" Geoffrey Rowland CBS Wild Kingdom "New Zealand Deer Lift" Bernard Braham Syndication 1984 Cagney & Lacey "Heart" Geoffrey Rowland CBS Cheers "Fairy Tales Can Come True" Douglas HinesNBC Hill Street Blues "Blues for Mr. Green" David Saxon 1985 St. Elsewhere "Haunted" Robert P. Seppey NBC Cagney & Lacey "Rules of the Game" Geoffrey Rowland CBS Cheers "The Executive's Executioner" Douglas HinesNBC Miami Vice "Smuggler's Blues" ‡ Michael B. Hoggan 1986 Hill Street Blues "Two Easy Pieces" Geoffrey Rowland NBC Cheers "The Peterson Principle" Douglas HinesNBC St. Elsewhere "Afterlife" ‡ John Heath 1987 St. Elsewhere "The Idiot and the Odyssey" Robert P. Seppey NBC Cagney & Lacey "Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 2" Christopher CookeCBS Tour of Duty "Pilot" John Duffy and Douglas Ibold 1988 Thirtysomething "Accounts Receivable" Victor Du Bois and David Rosenbloom ABC Hooperman "Nick Derringer, P.I." Noelle Imparato ABC In the Heat of the Night "The Hammer and the Glove" Buford F. Hayes NBC 1989 In the Heat of the Night "These Things Take Time" Buford F. Hayes and Victor B. Lackey NBC L.A. Law "His Suit is Hirsute" ‡ Paul Dixon NBC Murder, She Wrote "Night of the Tarantula" John C. Horger CBS

1990s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1990 DEA "DEA" ‡ Fred W. Berger Fox L.A. Law "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman" ‡ Paul Dixon and Mervin B. Dayan NBC The Wonder Years "Good-bye" ‡ Dennis C. Vejar ABC 1991 Brooklyn Bridge "War of the Worlds" ‡ Roger Bondelli, Jerry U. Frizell and Ron Volk CBS Homefront "S.N.A.F.U." ‡ Michael B. Hoggan and William B. Stich ABC I'll Fly Away "Pilot" ‡ David Rosenbloom and Karen I. Stern NBC

Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1992 Quantum Leap "A Song for the Soul" Jon Koslowsky NBC L.A. Law "Say Goodnight Gracie" Randy Roberts and Wendy J. Plump NBC Northern Exposure "Cicely" ‡ Briana London CBS Sisters "Portrait of the Artists" Philip Carr Neel NBC 1993 Northern Exposure "Kaddish for Uncle Manny" Briana London and Sharon Silverman CBS Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman "The Green, Green Glow of Home" M. Edward SalierABC NYPD Blue "Pilot" ‡ Lawrence Jordan 1994 Chicago Hope ‡ "Pilot" Lori Jane Coleman CBS My So-Called Life "Why Jordan Can't Read" Robert Frazen ABC Northern Exposure "Lovers and Madmen" Briana London CBS 1995 ER "Love's Labor Lost" † Randy Jon Morgan and Rick Tuber NBCChicago Hope "Love and Hope" Alec SmightCBS "Quarantine" ‡ Randy Roberts Homicide: Life on the Street "The Gas Man" Cindy Mollo NBC 1996 Chicago Hope "Transplanted Affection" Randy Roberts CBS ER "The Healers" ‡ Randy Jon Morgan NBC The X-Files "Unruhe" Heather MacDougall Fox 1997 ER "The Long Way Around" † Randy Jon Morgan NBC Early Edition "The Wall (Part 2)" Randy Roberts and Warren Bowman CBS The X-Files "The Post-Modern Prometheus" ‡ Lynne Willingham Fox 1998 NYPD Blue "Hearts and Souls" Jane Kass ABC Chicago Hope "Gun with the Wind" Alec Smight CBS Felicity "Pilot" Stan Salfas and Warren Bowman The WB 1999 Ally McBeal "Car Wash" Philip Carr Neel Fox The Sopranos "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" William B. Stich HBO The West Wing "Pilot" Christopher Nelson NBC

2000s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 2000 The West Wing "What Kind of Day Has It Been" ‡ Tina Hirsch NBC CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Pilot" ‡ Alex Mackie and Alec Smight CBS The Sopranos "Funhouse" ‡ Sidney Wolinsky HBO 2001 The Sopranos "Pine Barrens" ‡ Conrad M. Gonzalez HBO 24 "4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m." Chris G. Willingham Fox Alias "Truth Be Told" Stan Salfas and Quincy Z. Gunderson ABC 2002 The Sopranos "Whitecaps" Sidney Wolinsky HBO 24 "Day 2: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m." Chris G. Willingham Fox The West Wing "Election Night" Janet Ashikaga NBC 2003 24 "Day 2: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m." Scott Powell Fox Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "Loss" Douglas Ibold and Bonnie KoehlerNBC The West Wing "Twenty Five" ‡ Janet Ashikaga 2004 Boston Legal "Hired Guns" Philip Carr Neel ABC Desperate Housewives "Pilot" † Michael Berenbaum ABC The Sopranos "Long Term Parking" ‡ William B. Stich HBO Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial and Non-Commercial Television