Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the hum for Best Drama Series.
Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel presented this award to producers of Pakistani TV industry, as of first ceremony Only one series was nominated and currently Angeline Malik was honored at 1st Hum Awards ceremony 2012 for her series in Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain.
For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years.
For example, the 1st Hum Awards presented on 28 April 2013, to declared the best sitcoms of the years that were released between January, 2012, and December, 2012, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from 1 January to 31 December.
Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the series year in which they were telecast, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the dramas of its previous year.