The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television was presented annually by the Costume Designers Guild from 1999 to 2014.

In 1998, the Guild introduced a single award category titled Excellence in Television, in which all television programs competed regardless of genre or format. Among the inaugural nominees, four were period dramas. The winner that year was The Tempest, a fantasy television film. Furthermore, all nominated shows were either limited series or television films, which makes it the only time with no regularly continued series recognized. Beginning with the 1999 ceremony, the Guild divided the award into two categories: Excellence in Contemporary Television and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television. In 2015, the latter was further separated into two distinct categories: Excellence in Period Television and Excellence in Fantasy Television, each recognizing achievement within its respective genre.

Winners and nominees

1990s Excellence in Television

Year Series Costume Designer(s) Network 1998 The Tempest Van Broughton Ramsey NBC From the Earth to the Moon Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko HBO George Wallace May Routh TNT Gia Robert Turturice HBO Winchell Hope Hanafin

Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television

Year Series Costume Designer(s) Network 1999 Annie Shay Cunliffe ABC A Lesson Before Dying Hope Hanafin HBO The Magnificent Seven Dan Moore CBS Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End Van Broughton Ramsey That '70s Show Melina Root Fox

2000s Year Series Costume Designer(s) Network 2000 Geppetto Hope Hanafin ABC Freaks and Geeks Debra McGuire NBC Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Carol Ramsey CBS That '70s Show Melina Root Fox 2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Dona Granata ABC 61* Dan Moore HBO The Lot Jean-Pierre Dorleac AMC The Tick Victoria J. Auth Fox 2002 American Dreams Jane Anderson NBC Fidel Mayes C. Rubeo Showtime The Rosa Parks Story Karen Perry CBS That '70s Show Melina Root Fox 2003 Carnivàle Ruth Myers ("Pilot"); Terry Dresbach (Series) HBO And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Eduardo Castro HBO Angels in America Ann Roth Hitler: The Rise of Evil Maria Schicker CBS 2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Jill Taylor HBO Cold Case Patia Prouty CBS Deadwood Janie Bryant HBO Iron Jawed Angels Caroline Harris The Lion in Winter Consolata Boyle Showtime 2005 Rome April Ferry HBO Carnivàle Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko HBO Cold Case Patia Prouty CBS Deadwood Janie Bryant HBO That '70s Show Melina Root Fox 2006 Rome April Ferry HBO Cold Case Patia Prouty and Maria Schicker CBS Deadwood Janie Bryant HBO 2007 Pushing Daisies Robert Blackman ABC Rome April Ferry HBO The Tudors Joan Bergin Showtime 2008 Mad Men Janie Bryant AMC Pushing Daisies Robert Blackman ABC The Tudors Joan Bergin Showtime 2009 Mad Men Janie Bryant AMC True Blood Audrey Fisher HBO The Tudors Joan Bergin Showtime

2010s Year Series Costume Designer(s) Network 2010 Boardwalk Empire John Dunn and Lisa Padovani HBO Mad Men Janie Bryant AMC The Tudors Joan Bergin Showtime 2011 Boardwalk Empire John Dunn and Lisa Padovani HBO The Borgias Gabriella Pescucci Showtime Game of Thrones Michele Clapton HBO Once Upon a Time Eduardo Castro ABC Pan Am Ane Crabtree 2012 Downton Abbey Caroline McCall PBS Boardwalk Empire John Dunn and Lisa Padovani HBO Game of Thrones Michele Clapton 2013 Downton Abbey Caroline McCall PBS Boardwalk Empire John Dunn and Lisa Padovani HBO The Borgias Gabriella Pescucci Showtime Game of Thrones Michele Clapton HBO Mad Men Janie Bryant AMC 2014 Game of Thrones Michele Clapton HBO Boardwalk Empire John Dunn HBO The Knick Ellen Mirojnick Cinemax Mad Men Janie Bryant AMC Masters of Sex Ane Crabtree Showtime

Designers with multiple wins

2 wins Janie Bryant John Dunn April Ferry Caroline McCall Lisa Padovani

Programs with multiple wins

2 wins Boardwalk Empire Downton Abbey Mad Men Rome

Designers with multiple nominations This total includes nominations for Excellence in Television

8 nominations Janie Bryant

5 nominations John Dunn

4 nominations Joan Bergin Michele Clapton Lisa Padovani Melina Root

3 nominations April Ferry Hope Hanafin Patia Prouty

2 nominations Robert Blackman Van Broughton Ramsey Eduardo Castro

Ane Crabtree Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko Caroline McCall Dan Moore Gabriella Pescucci Maria Schicker

Programs with multiple nominations

5 nominations Boardwalk Empire Mad Men

4 nominations Game of Thrones That '70s Show The Tudors

3 nominations Cold Case Deadwood Rome

2 nominations The Borgias Carnivàle Downton Abbey Pushing Daisies

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