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Where To Stream All The Best Drama Emmy Winners

Before we honor the very best that television has to offer this Sunday at the the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, we here at Decider are paying tribute to TV’s illustrious history as we take a look back at every Outstanding Drama Emmy Award-winner in history.
From the ’50s and the days of Gunsmoke to the modern-day juggernauts like The West Wing and Mad Men, this video takes you on a tour of TV’s most prestigious shows through the years.


While we’ll have to wait until Sunday to find out if Game of Thrones can hold off the likes of House of CardsThe AmericansDownton AbbeyMr. RobotHomeland, and Better Call Saul to repeat as Outstanding Drama winner, you can find out where to stream all the Best Drama Emmy Award-winners of the past below!

THE RECIPIENTS OF THE PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES (1952-PRESENT)

1951: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse [currently unavailable to stream online]
1952: Studio One [select episodes available on Prime Video]

1953: Robert Montgomery Presents [currently unavailable to stream online]
1954-55: The United States Steel Hour [currently unavailable to stream online]
1956: Producers’ Showcase [currently unavailable to stream online]
1958: Gunsmoke [available on Prime Video]
1959: Alcoa-Goodyear Theater [currently unavailable to stream online]
1960: Playhouse 90 [select episodes available on Prime Video]
1961: Hallmark Hall of Fame: Macbeth [currently unavailable to stream online]
1962-64: The Defenders [currently unavailable to stream online]
1966: The Fugitive [currently unavailable to stream online]
1967-68: Mission: Impossible [where to stream Mission: Impossible]
1969: NET Playhouse [currently unavailable to stream online]
1970: Marcus Welby, M.D. [where to stream Marcus Welby, M.D.]

1971: The Bold Ones: The Senator [currently unavailable to stream online]
1972: Elizabeth R [currently unavailable to stream online]
1973: The Waltons [where to stream The Waltons]
1974-75, 1977: Upstairs, Downstairs [where to stream Upstairs, Downstairs]
1976: Police Story [currently unavailable to stream online]
1978: The Rockford Files [where to stream The Rockford Files]
1979-80: Lou Grant [where to stream Lou Grant]
1981-84: Hill Street Blues [where to stream Hill Street Blues]
1985-86: Cagney & Lacey [where to stream Cagney & Lacey]
1987, 1989-91: L.A. Law [where to stream L.A. Law]
1988: thirtysomething [where to stream thirtysomething]

1992: Northern Exposure [currently unavailable to stream online]
1993-94: Picket Fences [where to stream Picket Fences]
1995: NYPD Blue [where to stream NYPD Blue]
1996: ER [currently unavailable to stream online]
1997: Law & Order [where to stream Law & Order]
1998-99: The Practice [where to stream The Practice]
2000-03: The West Wing [where to stream The West Wing]

2004, 2007: The Sopranos [where to stream The Sopranos]
2005: Lost [where to stream Lost]
2006: 24 [where to stream 24]
2008-11: Mad Men [where to stream Mad Men]
2012: Homeland [where to stream Homeland]
2013-14: Breaking Bad [where to stream Breaking Bad]
2015: Game of Thrones [where to stream Game of Thrones]


Looking for Emmy winners by platform? We got your back!

NetflixBreaking BadMad MenLostThe West WingThe Rockford Files

HuluHomelandThe PracticeCagney & LaceyHill Street BluesLou GrantThe Rockford Files,

Amazon Prime VideoHomeland24The SopranosMission: ImpossibleGunsmokePlayhouse 90Studio One

CBS All AccessMission: Impossible

HBO NOWGame of ThronesThe Sopranos,