AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series

Potential nominees must submit two episodes from a drama series, which will be judged as a single entry, and a fee of A$1,125. The television program must be produced and broadcast in Australia for free-to-air or subscription television channels, but excludes broadcasts on community television.{{cite web | title = 2011 AFI Awards Materials Checklist | work = 2011 AFI Awards Rule Book | publisher = Australian Film Institute | url = http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=12348&Section=Documents_2011 | access-date = 2011-07-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120321073102/http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=12348&Section=Documents_2011 | archive-date = 21 March 2012 | url-status = dead}}

| ABC

| "Under Siege"

| Bill Hughes

|-

|Police Rescue

|ABC

|"Whirlwind"

|Sandra Levy, John Edwards

|-

|G.P.

|ABC

|"Exposed"

|Bruce Best

|-

|Police Rescue

|ABC

|"Lifeline"

|Sandra Levy, John Edwards

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" | 1994
(37th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| The Damnation of Harvey McHugh{{ref label|JointWin|E|1}}{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "Hey St Jude"

| Sue Masters

|-

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| Heartland{{ref label|JointWin|E|2}}{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "Episode 7"

| Bruce Best, Penny Chapman, Phaedon Vass

|-

|G.P.

|ABC

|"Double Bind"

|Peter Andrikidis

|-

|Police Rescue

|ABC

|"Double Illusion"

|Sandra Levy, John Edwards

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" | 1995
(38th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| Frontline{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "The Siege"

| Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner

|-

|Frontline

|ABC

|"The Art of Gentle Persuasion"

|Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner

|-

|Janus

|ABC

|"Not On The Merits"

|Bill Hughes

|-

|Janus

|ABC

|"Without Consent"

|Bill Hughes

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" | 1996
(39th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| Frontline{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "Keeping Up Appearances"

| Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner

|-

|G.P.

|ABC

|"Ceremony Of Innocence"

|Peter Andrikidis

|-

|G.P.

|ABC

|"Sing Me A Lullaby"

|Peter Andrikidis

|-

|Police Rescue

|ABC

|"Tomorrow Never Knows"

|John Edward

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" | 1997
(40th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| Frontline{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "Epitaph"

| Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner

|-

| Frontline

| ABC

| "The Shadow We Cast"

| Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner

|-

| Good Guys Bad Guys

| Nine Network

| "One Point Eight Million Reasons to Change Your Name: Part 1"

| Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson
Ros Tatarka

|-

| Good Guys Bad Guys

| Nine Network

| "One Point Eight Million Reasons to Change Your Name: Part 2"

| Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros Tatarka

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" | 1998
(41st)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| Wildside{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "Episode 16"

| Steve Knapman

|-

| Blue Heelers

| Seven Network

| "Collateral Damage"

| Ricardo Pillizzeri

|-

| Good Guys, Bad Guys

| Nine Network

| "Dog People"

| Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, John Wild

|-

| SeaChange

| ABC

| "Stormy Weather"

| Sally Ayre-Smith

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" | 1999
(42nd)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| Wildside{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "Episode 59"

| Steve Knapman

|-

| SeaChange

| ABC

| "Law and Order"

| Sally Ayre-Smith

|-

| SeaChange

| ABC

| "Manna From Heaven"

| Sally Ayre-Smith

|-

| SeaChange

| ABC

| "Playing With Fire"

| Sally Ayre-Smith

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" | 2000
(43rd)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| Grass Roots{{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "The Whole Year"

| John Eastway

|-

| Grass Roots

| ABC

| "Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm"

| John Eastway

|-

| Grass Roots

| ABC

| "Late September"

| John Eastway

|-

| SeaChange

| ABC

| "Hungi Jury"

| Sally Ayre-Smith

|-

| rowspan=6 align="center" | 2001
(44th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

| SeaChange {{ref label|Series|D|}}

| ABC

| "I Name Thee Bay of Pearls"

| Sally Ayre-Smith

|-

| The Games

| ABC

| "Solar"

| John Clarke, Ross Stevenson, Mark Ruse

|-

| Love Is a Four Letter Word

| ABC

| "Split"

| Rosemary Blight, Tim Pye

|-

| SeaChange

| ABC

| "Half Life"

| Sally Ayre-Smith

|-

| The Secret Life of Us

| Network Ten

| "The Butterfly Effect"

| John Edwards, Amanda Higgs

|}

|Seven Network

|"Episode #1222"

|Andrew Howie

|-

|Home And Away

|Seven Network

|Episode 1252 (Seven Network)

|Andrew Howie

|-

|Neighbours

|Network Ten

|Episode 1859

|Margaret Slarke, Sally-Anne Kerr

|-

|Home And Away

|Seven Network

|Episode 1251

|Andrew Howie

|-

| rowspan=4 align="center" |1995
(38th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

|Home and Away{{ref label|Serial|C|}}

|Seven Network

|"Episode #1705"

|Andrew Howie, Russell Webb

|-

|Echo Point

|Network Ten

|Episode 29

|Sandra Levy, John Edwards

|-

|Home And Away

|Seven Network

|Episode 1683

|John Holmes, Russell Webb

|-

| rowspan=4 align="center" |1997
(40th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

|Neighbours{{ref label|Serial|C|}}

|Network Ten

|"Episode #2842"

|Peter Dodds

|-

|Home and Away

|Seven Network

| "The Earthquake"

|Russell Webb

|-

|Neighbours

|Network Ten

| "Episode #2911"

|Peter Dodds

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" |1998
(41st)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

|Home and Away{{ref label|Serial|C|}}

|Seven Network

|"Episode #2197"

|Russell Webb

|-

|All Saints

|Seven Network

| "Give and Take"

|Jo Porter

|-

|All Saints

|Seven Network

| "Revelations"

|Jo Porter

|-

|Home and Away

|Seven Network

| "Episode #2413"

|Russell Webb

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" |1999
(42nd)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

|All Saints{{ref label|Series|C|}}

|Seven Network

|"Head to Head"

|Jo Porter

|-

|Home and Away

|Seven Network

| "Episode #2646"

|Russell Webb

|-

|Neighbours

|Network Ten

| "Episode #3388 "

|Peter Dodds

|-

|Neighbours

|Network Ten

| "Episode #3389 "

|Peter Dodds

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" |2000
(43rd)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

|All Saints{{ref label|Series|C|}}

|Seven Network

|"Valley of the Shadows: Part 1"

|Jo Porter

|-

|All Saints

|Seven Network

| "Dead on Time"

|Jo Porter

|-

|Something in the Air

|ABC

| "Movers and Shakers"

|Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros Tatarka

|-

|Something in the Air

|ABC

| "We Will Remember Them"

|Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros Tatarka

|-

| rowspan=5 align="center" |2001
(44th)

|- style="background:#91CFF6"

|Something in the Air{{ref label|Series|C|}}

|ABC

|"That One Defining Moment"

|Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Alan Hardy

|-

|All Saints

|Seven Network

| "The Sign"

|Di Drew

|-

|Something in the Air

|ABC

| "Into Thy Hands"

| Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Alan Hardy

|-

|Something in the Air

|ABC

| "Living in the Past"

| Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Alan Hardy

|}

• AACTA Award for Best Television Comedy Series
• AACTA Awards

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:A{{note|Fact}}: In 1993, and then from 1995 to 2001, the award was split into two categories: Best Episode in a Television Drama, Series or Serial and Best Episode in a Television Drama Serial (the latter was changed to Best Episode in a Television Drama Series (Long) in 1998). This means that two awards were presented for both categories each year, bringing the total of awards presented to twenty-nine.

:B{{note|DramaSeriesSerial}}: Awarded for Best Episode in a Television Drama, Series or Serial.

:C{{note|Serial}}: Awarded for Best Episode in a Television Drama Serial (1993–1997). The category then changed to Best Episode in a Television Drama Series (Long) (1998–2001).{{cite book|last=French|first=Lisa|last2=Poole|first2=Mark|title=Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute|publisher=Australian Teachers of Media|year=2009|isbn=1-876467-20-7|page=194}}

:D{{note|Series}}: Awarded for Best Episode in a Television Drama Series.

:E{{note label|JointWin||1}}{{note label|JointWin||2}}: The Damnation of Harvey McHugh and Heartland were joint winners for Best Episode in a Television Drama Series at the 1994 awards.{{cite web | title = John Cundill writing credits | publisher = Up the Tibier | url = http://www.upthetiber.com.au/the-creators/librettist/ | access-date = 2011-06-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110224220415/http://www.upthetiber.com.au/the-creators/librettist/ | archive-date = 24 February 2011 | url-status = dead}}{{cite web | title = Darren Jonusas editing credits | publisher = Jonusas.com| url = http://jonusas.com/cv2.php | access-date = 2011-06-28}}

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;General

• {{cite book|title=Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute|publisher=Australian Teachers of Media|year=2009|isbn=1-876467-20-7}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000062/overview|title=IMDb Australian Film Institute Awards|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=19 January 2011}}

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• {{cite web

| title = The Official Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts website

| publisher = (AACTA)

| url = http://www.aacta.org

| access-date = 2011-06-27}}

• {{cite web

| title = IMDb Australian Film Institute Awards Page

| publisher = Internet Movie Database

| url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000062/overview

| access-date = 2011-06-27}}

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