- 1980: Shōgun - ABC
- 1981: Hill Street Blues - NBC
- Dallas - CBS
- Dynasty - ABC
- Hart to Hart - ABC
- Lou Grant - CBS
- 1982: Hill Street Blues - NBC
- Dallas - CBS
- Dynasty - ABC
- Hart to Hart - ABC
- Magnum, P.I. - CBS
- 1983: Dynasty - ABC
- Cagney & Lacey - CBS
- Dallas - CBS
- Hart to Hart - ABC
- Hill Street Blues - NBC
- 1984: Murder, She Wrote - CBS
- Cagney & Lacey - CBS
- Dynasty - ABC
- Hill Street Blues - NBC
- St. Elsewhere - NBC
| - 1985: Murder, She Wrote - CBS
- Cagney & Lacey - CBS
- Dynasty - ABC
- Miami Vice - NBC
- St. Elsewhere - NBC
- 1986: L.A. Law - NBC
- Cagney & Lacey - CBS
- Dynasty - ABC
- Miami Vice - NBC
- Murder, She Wrote - CBS
- St. Elsewhere - NBC
- 1987: L.A. Law - NBC
- Beauty and the Beast - CBS
- Murder, She Wrote - CBS
- St. Elsewhere - NBC
- thirtysomething - ABC
- A Year in the Life - NBC
- 1988: thirtysomething - ABC
- Beauty and the Beast - CBS
- L.A. Law - NBC
- Murder, She Wrote - CBS
- Wiseguy - CBS
- 1989: China Beach - ABC
- In the Heat of the Night - NBC
- L.A. Law - NBC
- Murder, She Wrote - CBS
- thirtysomething - ABC
- Wiseguy - CBS
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