The American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial is an annual award given by the American Society of Cinematographers to cinematographers working in non-commercial television. It was first awarded in 2016, when the awards separated it Regular Series award, splitting ad-sponsored television programs and non-sponsored, cable or streaming series into two categories. In 2020, the distinction of "One-Hour" was added, as half-hour programs were given their own categories.
Winners and nominees 1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1987 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Heart of the Series Woody Omens ABC Amazing Stories "Go to the Head of the Class" John McPhersonNBC L.A. Law "Pilot" Reynaldo Villalobos Moonlighting "Blonde on Blonde" Gerald Finnerman ABC Scarecrow and Mrs. King "Unfinished Business Richard L. Rawlings CBS 1988 Paradise "Stray Bullet" Richard M. Rawlings Jr. CBSBeauty and the Beast "No Way Down" Roy H. WagnerCBS "God Bless the Child" Stevan Larner Moonlighting "Here’s Living With You Kid" Gerald FinnermanABC Sable "Toy Gun" Alex Nepomniaschy 1989 Murder, She Wrote "Night of the Tarantula" John Elsenbach NBC Beauty and the Beast "Snow" Roy H. Wagner CBS Hunter "Investment in Death" James Bagdonas NBC Paradise "Common Good" Richard M. Rawlings Jr.CBS Wiseguy "How Will They Remember Me?" Frank E. Johnson
1990s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1990 Murder, She Wrote "Ballad for a Blue Lady" John Elsenbach NBC Gabriel's Fire "Money Walks" Victor Goss ABC Jake and the Fatman "God Bless the Child" James Bagdonas CBS Quantum Leap "Pool Hall Blues" Michael W. Watkins NBC thirtysomething "The Go Between" Kenneth D. Zunder ABC 1991 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill "This Can’t Be Love" Jack Priestley CBS Columbo "Death Hits the Jackpot" George Koblasa ABC Jake and the Fatman "Street of Dreams" John C. Flinn III CBS Quantum Leap "Dreams" Michael W. Watkins NBC The Young Riders "Spirits" Ross A. Maehl ABC 1992 Jake and the Fatman "Nightmare" John C. Flinn III CBS Brooklyn Bridge "The Last Immigrant" Kenneth D. ZunderCBS Northern Exposure "Cicely" Frank Prinzi Quantum Leap "Killin' Time" Michael W. Watkins NBC The Young Riders "Shadow Man" Ross A. Maehl ABC 1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman "Where the Heart Is" Roland 'Ozzie' Smith CBSNYPD Blue "Oscar, Meyer, Weiner" Brian J. ReynoldsABC "True Confessions" Bing Sokolsky Second Chances "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" Lowell Peterson CBS The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "Istanbul, September 1918" David Tattersall ABC 1994 ER "Day One" Thomas Del Ruth NBC Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman "The Washington Affair" Roland 'Ozzie' Smith CBS NYPD Blue "You Bet Your Life" Brian J. Reynolds ABC Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Crossover" Marvin V. Rush Syndicated The X-Files "Duane Barry" John Bartley Fox 1995 Murder One "Chapter Four" Aaron Schneider ABC Chicago Hope "Leave of Absence" Kenneth Zunder CBS NYPD Blue "Heavin' Can Wait" Brian J. Reynolds ABC Tales from the Crypt "You, Murderer" Rick Bota HBO The X-Files "Grotesque" John Bartley Fox 1996 Murder One "Chapter Nine" Aaron Schneider ABC Chicago Hope "A Time to Kill" James R. Bagdonas CBS High Incident "The Godfather" Bing SokolskyABC NYPD Blue "Closing Time" Brian J. Reynolds The X-Files "Grotesque" John Bartley Fox 1997 3rd Rock from the Sun "A Nightmare on Dick Street" Marc Reshovsky NBC Ally McBeal "Silver Bells" Billy Dickson Fox Chicago Hope "Hope Against Hope" James R. Bagdonas CBS Millennium "The Thin White Line" Robert McLachlan Fox Prince Street "God Bless America" Jonathan Freeman NBC 1998 The X-Files "Drive" Bill Roe Fox JAG "Gypsy Eyes" Hugo CortinaCBS Michael Hayes "Imagine, Part 2" / "Under Color of Law" James L. Carter Millennium "Skull and Bones" Robert McLachlanFox The X-Files "Travelers" Joel Ransom 1999 The X-Files "Agua Mala" Bill Roe Fox Felicity "Todd Mulcahy, Part 2" Robert Primes The WB Millennium "Matryoshka" Robert McLachlan Fox Profiler "Las Brisas" Lowell Peterson NBC Time of Your Life "The Time the Millennium Approached" John Peters Fox
2000s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2000 The West Wing "Noël" Thomas Del Ruth NBC Ally McBeal "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost" Billy Dickson Fox The Others "1112" Shelly Johnson NBC The Practice "The Deal" Dennis Smith ABC Touched by an Angel "God Bless the Child" Frank E. Johnson CBS The X-Files "Patience" Bill Roe Fox 2001 The West Wing "Bartlet for America" Thomas Del Ruth NBC Alias "Time Will Tell" Michael Bonvillain ABC Ally McBeal "The Wedding" Billy Dickson Fox CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Alter Boys”" Michael Barrett CBS The X-Files "This is Not Happening" Bill Roe Fox 2002 MDs "Wing and a Prayer" Robert Primes ABC Alias "Page 47" Michael Bonvillain ABC Ally McBeal "Reality Bites" Billy Dickson FoxCSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Fight Night" Frank ByersCBS "Snuff" Michael Barrett The West Wing "Holy Night" Thomas Del Ruth NBC The X-Files "Release" Bill Roe Fox 2003 Carnivàle "Pick a Number" Jeffrey Jur HBO Cold Case "Time to Hate" Eric Schmidt CBS Crossing Jordan "Dead Wives Club" John Aronson NBC Threat Matrix "Dr. Germ" Chris Manley ABC The West Wing "7A WF 83429" Thomas Del Ruth NBC 2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Down the Drain" Nathan Hope CBS CSI: NY "A Man a Mile" Chris Manley CBS Deadwood "Deep Water" David BoydHBO The Sopranos "Long Term Parking" Alik Sakharov The West Wing "Gaza" Thomas Del Ruth NBC 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Who Shot Sherlock?" Nathan Hope CBS Carnivàle "Los Moscos" Jeffrey Jur HBO Las Vegas "Everything Old Is You Again" John C. Newby NBC Smallville "Scared" Glen Winter The WB Without a Trace "Freefall" John B. Aronson CBS 2006 Smallville "Arrow" David Moxness The CW CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Killer" Nathan HopeCBS CSI: Miami "Darkroom" Eagle Egilsson Day Break "What If They Find Him" Bill Roe ABC House "Meaning" Gale Tattersall Fox 2007 Smallville "Noir" Glen Winter The CW The Black Donnellys "All of Us Are in the Gutter" Russell Lee Fine NBC CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Happy Ending" James L. CarterCBS CSI: Miami "Inside Out" Eagle Egilsson Women's Murder Club "Welcome to the Club" John Fleckenstein ABC 2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "For Gedda" Nelson Cragg CBS Flashpoint "Who's George?" Stephen Reizes CBS House "House's Head" Gale Tattersall Fox Smallville "Fracture" Glen Winter The CW The Tudors "Everything Is Beautiful" Ousama Rawi Showtime 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One Episode/Pilot Dark Blue "Venice Kings" Eagle Egilsson TNT CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Family Affair" Christian Sebaldt CBS FlashForward "The Gift" Jeffrey Jur ABC Smallville "Savior" Glen Winter The CW Ugly Betty "There's No Place Like Mode" Michael Price ABC
2010s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2010 Boardwalk Empire "Home" Jonathan Freeman HBO Boardwalk Empire "Family Limitation" Kramer Morgenthau HBO Dark Blue "Shell Game" Eagle Egilsson TNT Mad Men "Blowing Smoke" Christopher Manley AMC Nikita "Pilot" David StocktonThe CW Smallville "Abandoned" Glen Winter "Shield" Michael Wale 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One-Hour Television Boardwalk Empire "21" Jonathan Freeman HBO Boardwalk Empire "To the Lost" David Franco HBO Chase "Narco, Part 2" David Stockton NBC Downton Abbey "Pilot" David Katznelson PBS Pan Am "Pilot" John Lindley ABC 2012 Game of Thrones "The North Remembers" Kramer Morgenthau HBO Hunted "Mort" Balazs Bolygo Cinemax Alcatraz "Pilot" David StocktonFox Fringe "Letters of Transit" David Moxness Mad Men "The Phantom" Christopher Manley AMC Strike Back "Episode 11" Michael Spragg Cinemax 2013 Game of Thrones "Valar Dohaeris" Jonathan Freeman HBO Beauty & the Beast "Tough Love" David Greene The CW Boardwalk Empire "Erlkönig" David Franco HBO The Borgias "The Purge" Pierre Gill Showtime Dracula "The Blood Is the Life" Ousama Rawi NBC Game of Thrones "Kissed by Fire" Anette Haellmigk HBO Magic City "The Sins of the Father" Steven Bernstein Starz Sleepy Hollow "Pilot" Kramer Morgenthau Fox 2014 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Series Boardwalk Empire "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" Jonathan Freeman HBOGame of Thrones "Mockingbird" Fabian WagnerHBO "The Children" Anette Haellmigk Gotham "Spirit of the Goat" Christopher Norr Fox Manhattan "Perestroika" Richard Rutkowski WGN America Vikings "Blood Eagle" PJ Dillon History 2015 Marco Polo "The Fourth Step" Vanja Černjul Netflix Game of Thrones "Hardhome" Fabian Wagner HBO Gotham "Rise of the Villains: Scarification" Crescenzo NotarileFox "Rise of the Villains: Strike Force" Christopher Norr 12 Monkeys "Mentally Divergent" David Greene Syfy 2016 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Non-Commercial Television Game of Thrones "Battle of the Bastards" Fabian Wagner HBO Game of Thrones "Book of the Stranger" Anette Haellmigk HBO House of Cards "Chapter 45" David M. Dunlap Netflix Outlander "Prestonpans" Neville Kidd Starz Penny Dreadful "The Day Tennyson Died" John Conroy Showtime 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episode of a Series for Non-Commercial TelevisionThe Crown "Smoke and Mirrors" Adriano Goldman NetflixGame of Thrones "Dragonstone" Gregory MiddletonFox "The Spoils of War" Robert McLachlan Outlander "The Battle Joined" Alasdair Walker Starz The Man in the High Castle "Land O' Smiles" Gonzalo Amat Amazon 2018The Crown "Beryl" Adriano Goldman NetflixThe Handmaid's Tale "Holly" Zoë WhiteHulu "The Word" Colin Watkinson Homeland "Paean to the People" David Klein Showtime The Man in the High Castle "Jahr Null" Gonzalo Amat Amazon Peaky Blinders "The Company" Cathal Watters Netflix 2019The Handmaid's Tale "Night" Colin Watkinson Hulu Carnival Row "Grieve No More" Chris Seager Amazon Das Boot "Gegen die Zeit" David Luther Hulu The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Simone" M. David Mullen Amazon Titans "Dick Grayson" Brendan Steacy DC Universe
2020s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2020 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-CommercialThe Crown "Imbroglio" Fabian Wagner Netflix The Crown "Fairytale" Adriano Goldman Netflix Impulse "The Moroi" David Greene YouTube Premium Lucifer "It Never Ends Well for the Chicken" Ken Glassing Netflix The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "It's Comedy or Cabbage" M. David Mullen Amazon Perry Mason "Chapter Two" David Franco HBO 2021 Titans "Souls" Jon Joffin HBO Max Chapelwaite "The Promised" David Greene Epix The Handmaid's Tale "The Wilderness" Stuart Biddlecombe Hulu The Nevers "Hanged" Kate Reid HBO Sweet Tooth "Big Man" David Garbett Netflix Titans "Home" Boris Mojsovski HBO Max 2022 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?" M. David Mullen Amazon 1899 "The Calling" Nikolaus Summerer NetflixHouse of the Dragon "The Green Council" Alejandro MartinezHBO "The Lord of the Tides" Catherine Goldschmidt The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Everything Is Bellmore" Alex Nepomniaschy Amazon Westworld "Années Folles" John Conroy HBO
Programs with multiple wins Totals from combined category included.
3 wins Boardwalk Empire (HBO) The Crown (Netflix) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Game of Thrones (HBO)
2 wins Murder One (ABC) Murder, She Wrote (NBC) Smallville (The CW) The West Wing (NBC) The X-Files (Fox)
Programs with multiple nominations Totals from combined category included.
10 nominations Game of Thrones (HBO)
9 nominations CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) The X-Files (Fox)
7 nominations Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Smallville (The WB/CW)
5 nominations NYPD Blue (ABC) The West Wing (NBC)
4 nominations Ally McBeal (Fox) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
3 nominations Beauty and the Beast (CBS) Chicago Hope (CBS) Gotham (Fox) Jake and the Fatman (CBS) Millennium (Fox)