Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)single-camera series competed together in a combined category. Awards for one-hour and half-hour series were divided in 2008 and the category ran until 2010. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were again combined for all single-camera series. They were redivided in 2017.[ 1]
Winners and nominations
indicates the winner
1950s
1960s
1970s
Year
Program
Episode
Nominees
Network
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
1970 [ 15]
Marcus Welby, M.D. "Hello, Goodbye, Hello"
Walter Strenge
ABC
Mission: Impossible "The Amnesiac"
Al Francis
CBS
N.Y.P.D. Harvey Genkins
ABC
1971 [ 16]
The Name of the Game Jack A. Marta
NBC
Bonanza "The Love Child"
Ted Voigtlander
NBC
Marcus Welby, M.D. "A Spanish Saying I Made Up"
Walter Strenge
ABC
1972 [ 17]
Columbo "Blueprint for Murder"
Lloyd Ahern
NBC
Arnie "The Only Way to Go"
Charles G. Clarke
CBS
Hawaii Five-O Robert L. Morrison
1973 [ 18]
Kung Fu "An Eye for an Eye"
Jack Woolf
ABC
Banacek "Detour to Nowhere"
Sam Leavitt
NBC
The Waltons Russell Metty
CBS
1974 [ 19]
Columbo "Any Old Port in a Storm"
Harry L. Wolf
NBC
Hawaii Five-O Bill Huffman, Robert L. Morrison, Jack Whitman
CBS
Kojak Gerald Perry Finnerman
1975 [ 20]
Columbo "Playback"
Richard C. Glouner
NBC
Kojak "Wall Street Gunslinger"
Vilis Lapenieks, Sol Negrin
CBS
M*A*S*H "Bombed"
William Jurgensen
1976 [ 21]
Baretta "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow"
Harry L. Wolf
ABC
Kojak "A Question of Answers"
Sol Negrin
CBS
Little House on the Prairie "Remember Me"
Ted Voigtlander
NBC
M*A*S*H "Hawkeye"
William Jurgensen
CBS
Rich Man, Poor Man "Part 1"
Howard Schwartz
ABC
1977
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series[ 22]
Captains and the Kings "Chapter 1"
Ric Waite
NBC
Baretta "Soldier in the Jungle"
Sherman L. Kunkel
ABC
Kojak "A Shield for Murder, Part 2"
Sol Negrin
CBS
M*A*S*H "Dear Sigmund "
William Jurgensen
The Moneychangers "Part 1"
Joseph F. Biroc
NBC
Once an Eagle "Part 1"
John J. Jones
Roots "Part 2"
Stevan Larner
ABC
"Part 7"
Joseph M. Wilcots
Special Classification for Individual Achievement[ 23] [ note 1]
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries "Mystery of the Haunted House"
Enzo A. Martinelli
1978 [ 24]
Little House on the Prairie "The Fighter"
Ted Voigtlander
NBC
The Awakening Land Michel Hugo
NBC
The Love Boat "The Inspector/A Very Special Girl/Until the Last Goodbye"
Lloyd Ahern
ABC
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Robert B. Hauser
Washington: Behind Closed Doors "Part 1"
Joseph F. Biroc
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
1979 [ 25]
Little House on the Prairie "The Craftsman"
Ted Voigtlander
NBC
Barnaby Jones "Memory of a Nightmare"
William W. Spencer
CBS
Little Women "Episode 2"
Joseph F. Biroc
NBC
1980s
1990s
Year
Program
Episode
Nominees
Network
1990 [ 36]
Quantum Leap "Pool Hall Blues"
Michael W. Watkins
NBC
Beauty and the Beast "Snow"
Stevan Larner
CBS
Jake and the Fatman "If I Didn't Care"
John C. Flinn III
Midnight Caller "Evil Is Live Spelled Backward, Part 2"
Bradley B. Six
NBC
Murder, She Wrote "Night of the Tarantula"
John Elsenbach
CBS
1991 [ 37]
Quantum Leap "The Leap Home, Part 2"
Michael W. Watkins
NBC
Star Trek: The Next Generation "Family "
Marvin V. Rush
Syndicated
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill "Starting Over"
Jack Priestley
CBS
1992 [ 38]
Northern Exposure "Cicely"
Frank Prinzi
CBS
Doogie Howser, M.D. "Summer of '91"
Michael D. O'Shea
ABC
Quantum Leap "Dreams"
Michael W. Watkins
NBC
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "British East Africa, September 1909"
Hugh Miles , Miguel Icaza
ABC
1993 [ 39]
Law & Order "Conspiracy"
Constantine Makris
NBC
Northern Exposure "Revelations"
Frank Prinzi
CBS
Quantum Leap "Trilogy, Part 1"
Michael W. Watkins
NBC
Reasonable Doubts "Life Lines"
Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues"
David Tattersall
ABC
1994 [ 40]
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman "Where the Heart Is/Boston"
Roland 'Ozzie' Smith
CBS
seaQuest DSV "Such Great Patience"
Kenneth Zunder
NBC
1995 [ 41]
Chicago Hope "Over the Rainbow"
Tim Suhrstedt
CBS
Babylon 5 "The Geometry of Shadows "
John C. Flinn III
Syndicated
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman "A Washington Affair"
Roland 'Ozzie' Smith
CBS
NYPD Blue "You Bet Your Life"
Brian J. Reynolds
ABC
Star Trek: Voyager "Heroes and Demons "
Marvin V. Rush
UPN
The X-Files "One Breath "
John Bartley
Fox
1996 [ 42]
The X-Files "Grotesque "
John Bartley
Fox
Babylon 5 "Comes the Inquisitor "
John C. Flinn III
Syndicated
Chicago Hope "Leave of Absence"
Kenneth Zunder
CBS
ER "Hell and High Water"
Richard Thorpe
NBC
Murder One "Chapter One"
Aaron Schneider
ABC
1997 [ 43]
Law & Order "Mad Dog"
Constantine Makris
NBC
Chicago Hope "A Time to Kill"
James R. Bagdonas
CBS
Gun "Ricochet"
Roy H. Wagner
ABC
Relativity "Karen and Her Sisters"
Michael D. O'Shea
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Apocalypse Rising "
Jonathan West
Syndicated
1998 [ 44]
Law & Order "Stalker"
Constantine Makris
NBC
Chicago Hope "Brain Salad Surgery"
James R. Bagdonas
CBS
Earth: Final Conflict "Float Like a Butterfly"
Michael McMurray
Syndicated
JAG "The Good of the Service"
Hugo Cortina
CBS
The X-Files "The Post-Modern Prometheus "
Joel Ransom
Fox
1999 [ 45]
Felicity "Todd Mulcahy, Part 2"
Robert Primes
The WB
Chicago Hope "Home Is Where the Heartache Is"
James R. Bagdonas
CBS
JAG "Gypsy Eyes"
Hugo Cortina
The Practice "Happily Ever After"
Dennis Smith
ABC
The X-Files "The Unnatural "
Bill Roe
Fox
2000s
2010s
2020s
Programs with multiple awards
Cinematographers with multiple awards
Programs with multiple nominations
9 nominations 7 nominations 6 nominations 5 nominations
4 nominations 3 nominations
2 nominations
Cinematographers with multiple nominations
13 nominations 7 nominations 6 nominations 5 nominations 4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
Notes
References
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