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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Award
Award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| year | 1971 |
| holder | Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, |
| Adolescence (2025) | |
| website |
Adolescence (2025)
This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Winners and nominations
1970s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing in Drama — Adaptation | Outstanding Writing in Drama — Original | Outstanding Writing in Drama — Adaptation | Outstanding Writing in Drama — Original | Outstanding Writing in Drama — Adaptation | Outstanding Writing in Drama — Original | Best Writing in Drama — Adaptation | Best Writing in Drama — Original | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation) | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original) | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation) | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original) | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation) | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original) | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation) | Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original) | Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (23rd) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Hollywood Television Theater* | "The Andersonville Trial" | Saul Levitt | PBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Hamlet" | John Barton | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere NBC Monday & Tuesday Night Movie | "Vanished" | Dean Riesner | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Movie of the Week on ABC* | "Tribes" | Marvin Schwarz and Tracy Keenan Wynn | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| CBS Thursday Night Movie | "The Brotherhood of the Bell" | David Karp | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere Movie | "San Francisco International Airport" | Allan Balter and William Read Woodfield | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (24th) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Movie of the Week* | "Brian's Song" | William Blinn | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Snow Goose" | Paul W. Gallico | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Earl Hamner Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The New CBS Friday Night Movies | "The Glass House" | Tracy Keenan Wynn | |||||||||||||||||||
| *To All My Friends on Shore* | Allan Sloane | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Movie of the Weekend | "Thief" | John D. F. Black | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| The New CBS Friday Night Movies | "Goodbye, Raggedy Ann" | Jack Sher | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (25th) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *The House Without a Christmas Tree* | Eleanor Perry | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bell System Family Theatre | "The Red Pony" | Ron Bishop and Robert Totten | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday Movie of the Week | "Go Ask Alice" | Ellen M. Violett | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| *CBS Thursday Night Movie* | "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" | Abby Mann | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies | "Hawkins on Murder" | David Karp | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday Movie of the Week | "That Certain Summer" | Richard Levinson and William Link | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (26th) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman* | Tracy Keenan Wynn | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hollywood Television Theatre | "Steambath" | Bruce Jay Friedman | PBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBC Wednesday Night Movie | "The Execution of Private Slovik" | Richard Levinson and William Link | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| *GE Theater* | "Tell Me Where It Hurts" | Fay Kanin | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| CBS Playhouse 90 | "The Migrants" | Lanford Wilson | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies | "Cry Rape!" | Will Lorin | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (27th) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *IBM Presents Clarence Darrow* | David W. Rintels | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||
| ABC Movie Special | "QB VII" | Edward Anhalt | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| *ABC Theater* | "Love Among the Ruins" | James Costigan | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| ABC Theater | "The Missiles of October" | Stanley R. Greenberg | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBC World Premiere Movie | "The Law" | Joel Oliansky and William Sackheim | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Jerome Kass | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Special World Premiere ABC Saturday Night Movie | "Hustling" | Fay Kanin | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (28th) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Fear on Trial* | David W. Rintels | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Entertainer | Jeanne Houston, James D. Houston, and John Korty | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBC World Premiere Movie | "Farewell to Manzanar" | Barry Beckerman | |||||||||||||||||||
| *ABC Theater* | "Eleanor and Franklin" | James Costigan | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| The ABC Friday Night Movie | "The Night That Panicked America" | Nicholas Meyer and Anthony Wilson | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| ABC Theater | "I Will Fight No More Forever" | Jeb Rosebrook and Theodore Strauss | |||||||||||||||||||
| Babe | Joanna Lee | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBC World Premiere Movie | "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" | JP Miller | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (29th) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Sybil* | Stewart Stern | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bell System Presents | "The Man in the Iron Mask" | William Bast | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| A Circle of Children | Steve Gethers | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking | Carol Sobieski | PBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBC World Premiere Movie | "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys" | John McGreevey | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| *The Big Event* | "Tail Gunner Joe" | Lane Slate | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| The ABC Friday Night Movie | "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" | Douglas Day Stewart and Joe Morgenstern | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| ABC Theater | "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years" | James Costigan | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Big Event | "Raid on Entebbe" | Barry Beckerman | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Victory at Entebbe | Ernest Kinoy | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (30th) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Mary White* | Caryl Ledner | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Great Performances | "Verna: USO Girl" | Albert Innaurato | PBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hollywood Television Theatre | "Actor" | Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Blanche Hanalis | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||
| The War Between the Tates | Barbara Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Last Tenant* | George Rubino | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Breaking Up | Loring Mandel | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Bruce Feldman | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Gathering | James Poe | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Something for Joey | Jerry McNeely | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Storyteller | Richard Levinson and William Link | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (31st) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *The Jericho Mile* | Michael Mann and Patrick J. Nolan | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Backstairs at the White House | "Book One" | Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Friendly Fire | Fay Kanin | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Roots: The Next Generations | "Chapter 1 – 1880s" | Ernest Kinoy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Summer of My German Soldier | Jane-Howard Hammerstein | NBC |
1980s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or Special | Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| (32nd) | ||||||
| *Off the Minnesota Strip* | David Chase | ABC | ||||
| Amber Waves | Ken Trevey | ABC | ||||
| Attica | James S. Henerson | |||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Gideon's Trumpet" | David W. Rintels | CBS | |||
| Moviola | "This Year's Blonde" | James Lee | NBC | |||
| 1981 | ||||||
| (33rd) | ||||||
| *Playing for Time* | Arthur Miller | CBS | ||||
| Bitter Harvest | Richard Friedenberg | NBC | ||||
| Masada | "Part 4" | Joel Oliansky | ABC | |||
| The Shadow Box | Michael Cristofer | |||||
| Shōgun | "Part 5" | Eric Bercovici | NBC | |||
| 1982 | ||||||
| (34th) | ||||||
| *Bill* | Corey Blechman and Barry Morrow | CBS | ||||
| Brideshead Revisited | "Et in Arcadia Ego" | John Mortimer | PBS | |||
| Oppenheimer | "Part 5" | Peter Prince | ||||
| Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend | Oliver Hailey | NBC | ||||
| Skokie | Ernest Kinoy | CBS | ||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| (35th) | ||||||
| *Special Bulletin* | Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick | NBC | ||||
| The Executioner's Song | Norman Mailer | NBC | ||||
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | "Part 4" | David Edgar | Syndicated | |||
| Little Gloria... Happy at Last | William Hanley | NBC | ||||
| Who Will Love My Children? | Michael Bortman | ABC | ||||
| 1984 | ||||||
| (36th) | ||||||
| *ABC Theater* | "Something About Amelia" | William Hanley | ABC | |||
| ABC Theater | "The Day After" | Edward Hume | ABC | |||
| "The Dollmaker" | Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn | |||||
| Adam | Allan Leicht | NBC | ||||
| Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | April Smith | ABC | ||||
| 1985 | ||||||
| (37th) | ||||||
| *Do You Remember Love* | Vickie Patik | CBS | ||||
| The Burning Bed | Rose Leiman Goldemberg | NBC | ||||
| Fatal Vision | John Gay | |||||
| The Jewel in the Crown | "Crossing the River" | Ken Taylor | PBS | |||
| Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Gerald Green | NBC | ||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| (38th) | ||||||
| *An Early Frost* | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman and Sherman Yellen | NBC | ||||
| *Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy* | David Butler | PBS | ||||
| Alex: The Life of a Child | Carol Evan McKeand and Nigel McKeand | ABC | ||||
| Anne of Green Gables | "Part 1" | Kevin Sullivan and Joe Wiesenfeld | PBS | |||
| Dress Gray | "Part 1" | Gore Vidal | NBC | |||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Love Is Never Silent" | Darlene Craviotto | CBS | |||
| 1987 | ||||||
| (39th) | ||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Promise" | Richard Friedenberg, Ken Blackwell and Tennyson Flowers | CBS | |||
| Escape from Sobibor | Reginald Rose | CBS | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Pack of Lies" | Hugh Whitemore | ||||
| Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | "Part 2" | William Hanley | NBC | |||
| A Year in the Life | "The First Christmas" | Joshua Brand and John Falsey | NBC | |||
| 1988 | ||||||
| (40th) | ||||||
| *The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank* | William Hanley | CBS | ||||
| Baby M | "Part 1" | James Steven Sadwith | ABC | |||
| Billionaire Boys Club | "Part 1" | Gy Waldron | NBC | |||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Foxfire" | Susan Cooper | CBS | |||
| The Murder of Mary Phagan | Jeffrey Lane and George Stevens Jr. | NBC | ||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| (41st) | ||||||
| *Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story* | Abby Mann, Robin Vote and Ron Hutchinson | HBO | ||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "My Name Is Bill W." | William G. Borchert | ABC | |||
| I Know My First Name Is Steven | JP Miller and Cynthia Whitcomb | NBC | ||||
| Lonesome Dove | "Part I: Leaving" | William D. Wittliff | CBS | |||
| Roe vs. Wade | Alison Cross | NBC |
1990s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Special | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or Special | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Special | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||||
| (42nd) | ||||||||
| *American Playhouse* | "Andre's Mother" | Terrence McNally | PBS | |||||
| AT&T Presents | "The Final Days" | Hugh Whitemore | ABC | |||||
| "The Incident" | Michael Norell and James Norell | CBS | ||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Caroline?" | Michael De Guzman | CBS | |||||
| The Kennedys of Massachusetts | William Hanley | ABC | ||||||
| 1991 | ||||||||
| (43rd) | ||||||||
| *House of Cards* | Andrew Davies | PBS | ||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Decoration Day" | Robert W. Lenski | NBC | |||||
| "Sarah, Plain and Tall" | Patricia MacLachlan and Carol Sobieski | CBS | ||||||
| Paris Trout | Pete Dexter | Showtime | ||||||
| Separate But Equal | George Stevens Jr. | ABC | ||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||
| (44th) | ||||||||
| *I'll Fly Away* | "Pilot" | Joshua Brand and John Falsey | NBC | |||||
| Broadway Bound | Neil Simon | ABC | ||||||
| Doing Time on Maple Drive | James Duff | Fox | ||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Miss Rose White" | Anna Sandor | NBC | |||||
| Without Warning: The James Brady Story | Robert Bolt | HBO | ||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
| (45th) | ||||||||
| *The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom* | Jane Anderson | HBO | ||||||
| Barbarians at the Gate | Larry Gelbart | HBO | ||||||
| Citizen Cohn | David Franzoni | |||||||
| Family Pictures | Jennifer Miller | ABC | ||||||
| Stalin | Paul Monash | HBO | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| (46th) | ||||||||
| *David's Mother* | Bob Randall | CBS | ||||||
| And the Band Played On | Arnold Schulman | HBO | ||||||
| Breathing Lessons | Robert W. Lenski | CBS | ||||||
| Prime Suspect 3 | Lynda La Plante | PBS | ||||||
| Tales of the City | Richard Kramer | |||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| (47th) | ||||||||
| *Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story* | Alison Cross | NBC | ||||||
| The Burning Season | William Mastrosimone, Michael Tolkin and Ron Hutchinson | HBO | ||||||
| Citizen X | Chris Gerolmo | |||||||
| Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Abby Mann and Myra Mann | |||||||
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Piano Lesson" | August Wilson | CBS | |||||
| 1996 | ||||||||
| (48th) | ||||||||
| *Gulliver's Travels* | Simon Moore | NBC | ||||||
| The Late Shift | George Armitage and Bill Carter | HBO | ||||||
| Pride and Prejudice | Andrew Davies | A&E | ||||||
| Truman | Thomas Rickman | HBO | ||||||
| The Tuskegee Airmen | Paris Qualles, Trey Ellis, Ron Hutchinson, Robert W. Williams and T. S. Cook | |||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| (49th) | ||||||||
| *Hallmark Hall of Fame* | "Old Man" | Horton Foote | CBS | |||||
| Crime of the Century | William Nicholson | HBO | ||||||
| Gotti | Steve Shagan | |||||||
| Miss Evers' Boys | Walter Bernstein | |||||||
| Weapons of Mass Distraction | Larry Gelbart | |||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| (50th) | ||||||||
| *Don King: Only in America* | Kario Salem | HBO | ||||||
| From the Earth to the Moon | "Apollo One" | Graham Yost | HBO | |||||
| Gia | Jay McInerney and Michael Cristofer | |||||||
| Merlin | Edward Khmara, David Stevens, and Peter Barnes | NBC | ||||||
| More Tales of the City | Nicholas Wright | Showtime | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| (51st) | ||||||||
| *A Lesson Before Dying* | Ann Peacock | HBO | ||||||
| The Baby Dance | Jane Anderson | Showtime | ||||||
| Dash and Lilly | Jerrold L. Ludwig | A&E | ||||||
| Pirates of Silicon Valley | Martyn Burke | TNT | ||||||
| The Rat Pack | Kario Salem | HBO |
2000s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| (52nd) | ||||||
| *The Corner* | David Mills and David Simon | HBO | ||||
| Cheaters | John Stockwell | HBO | ||||
| Homicide: The Movie | Tom Fontana, Eric Overmyer and James Yoshimura | NBC | ||||
| If These Walls Could Talk 2 | "1961" | Jane Anderson | HBO | |||
| RKO 281 | John Logan | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| (53rd) | ||||||
| *Conspiracy* | Loring Mandel | HBO | ||||
| [61](61)* | Hank Steinberg | HBO | ||||
| Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Kirk Ellis | ABC | ||||
| Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Robert Freedman | |||||
| Wit | Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson | HBO | ||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| (54th) | ||||||
| *The Gathering Storm* | Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore | HBO | ||||
| Band of Brothers | Erik Bork, E. Max Frye, Tom Hanks, Erik Jendresen, Bruce C. McKenna, John Orloff, and Graham Yost | HBO | ||||
| The Laramie Project | Stephen Belber, Leigh Fondakowski, Amanda Gronich, Moisés Kaufman, Jeffrey LaHoste, John McAdams, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Kelli Simpkins and Stephen Wangh | |||||
| Path to War | Daniel Giat | |||||
| Shackleton | Charles Sturridge | A&E | ||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| (55th) | ||||||
| *Door to Door* | William H. Macy and Steven Schachter | TNT | ||||
| Hysterical Blindness | Laura Cahill | HBO | ||||
| Live from Baghdad | Richard Chapman, Timothy Sexton, John Patrick Shanley and Robert Wiener | |||||
| My House in Umbria | Hugh Whitemore | |||||
| Normal | Jane Anderson | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| (56th) | ||||||
| *Angels in America* | Tony Kushner | HBO | ||||
| And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Larry Gelbart | HBO | ||||
| Iron Jawed Angels | Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, Jennifer Friedes, Sally Robinson and Raymond Singer | |||||
| The Reagans | Elizabeth Egloff, Jane Marchwood and Tom Rickman | Showtime | ||||
| Something the Lord Made | Robert Caswell and Peter Silverman | HBO | ||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| (57th) | ||||||
| *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | HBO | ||||
| Empire Falls | Richard Russo | HBO | ||||
| The 4400 | "Pilot" | René Echevarria and Scott Peters | USA | |||
| The Office Special | Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant | BBC America | ||||
| Warm Springs | Margaret Nagle | HBO | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| (58th) | ||||||
| *The Girl in the Café* | Richard Curtis | HBO | ||||
| Bleak House | Andrew Davies | PBS | ||||
| Elizabeth I | Nigel Williams | HBO | ||||
| Flight 93 | Nevin Schreiner | A&E | ||||
| Mrs. Harris | Phyllis Nagy | HBO | ||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| (59th) | ||||||
| *Prime Suspect: The Final Act* | Frank Deasy | PBS | ||||
| Broken Trail | Alan Geoffrion | AMC | ||||
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Daniel Giat | HBO | ||||
| Jane Eyre | Sandy Welch | PBS | ||||
| The Starter Wife | Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott | USA | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| (60th) | ||||||
| *John Adams* | "Independence" | Kirk Ellis | HBO | |||
| Bernard and Doris | Hugh Costello | HBO | ||||
| Cranford | Heidi Thomas | PBS | ||||
| Extras | "The Extra Special Series Finale" | Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant | HBO | |||
| Recount | Danny Strong | |||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| (61st) | ||||||
| *Little Dorrit* | Andrew Davies | PBS | ||||
| Generation Kill | "Bomb in the Garden" | Ed Burns and David Simon | HBO | |||
| Grey Gardens | Patricia Rozema and Michael Sucsy | |||||
| Into the Storm | Hugh Whitemore | |||||
| Taking Chance | Ross Katz and Michael Strobl |
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| (62nd) | ||||||
| *You Don't Know Jack* | Adam Mazer | HBO | ||||
| The Pacific | "Part 8" | Michelle Ashford and Robert Schenkkan | HBO | |||
| "Part 10" | Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan | |||||
| The Special Relationship | Peter Morgan | |||||
| Temple Grandin | William Merritt Johnson and Christopher Monger | |||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| (63rd) | ||||||
| *Downton Abbey* | Julian Fellowes | PBS | ||||
| Mildred Pierce | Todd Haynes and Jonathan Raymond | HBO | ||||
| Sherlock | "A Study in Pink" | Steven Moffat | PBS | |||
| Too Big to Fail | Peter Gould | HBO | ||||
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Heidi Thomas | PBS | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| (64th) | ||||||
| *Game Change* | Danny Strong | HBO | ||||
| Hatfields & McCoys | "Part 2" | Bill Kerby, Ted Mann and Ronald Parker | History | |||
| The Hour | Abi Morgan | BBC America | ||||
| Luther | Neil Cross | |||||
| Sherlock | "A Scandal in Belgravia" | Steven Moffat | PBS | |||
| 2013 | ||||||
| (65th) | ||||||
| *The Hour* | Abi Morgan | BBC America | ||||
| Behind the Candelabra | Richard LaGravenese | HBO | ||||
| Parade's End | Tom Stoppard | |||||
| Phil Spector | David Mamet | |||||
| Top of the Lake | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee | Sundance | ||||
| 2014 | ||||||
| (66th) | ||||||
| *Sherlock* | "His Last Vow" | Steven Moffat | PBS | |||
| American Horror Story: Coven | "Bitchcraft" | Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk | FX | |||
| Fargo | "The Crocodile's Dilemma" | Noah Hawley | ||||
| Luther | Neil Cross | BBC America | ||||
| The Normal Heart | Larry Kramer | HBO | ||||
| Treme | "...To Miss New Orleans" | David Simon and Eric Overmyer | ||||
| 2015 | ||||||
| (67th) | ||||||
| *Olive Kitteridge* | Jane Anderson | HBO | ||||
| American Crime | "Episode One" | John Ridley | ABC | |||
| Bessie | Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Horton Foote (posthumous) | HBO | ||||
| Hello Ladies: The Movie | Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg | |||||
| The Honorable Woman | Hugo Blick | Sundance | ||||
| Wolf Hall | Peter Straughan | PBS | ||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| (68th) | ||||||
| *The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story* | "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" | D. V. DeVincentis | FX | |||
| Fargo | "Loplop" | Bob DeLaurentis | FX | |||
| "Palindrome" | Noah Hawley | |||||
| The Night Manager | David Farr | AMC | ||||
| The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | "From the Ashes of Tragedy" | Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski | FX | |||
| "The Race Card" | Joe Robert Cole | |||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| (69th) | ||||||
| *Black Mirror* | "San Junipero" | Charlie Brooker | Netflix | |||
| Big Little Lies | David E. Kelley | HBO | ||||
| Fargo | "The Law of Vacant Places" | Noah Hawley | FX | |||
| Feud: Bette and Joan | "And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)" | Ryan Murphy | ||||
| "Pilot" | Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam and Ryan Murphy | |||||
| The Night Of | "The Call of the Wild" | Richard Price and Steven Zaillian | HBO | |||
| 2018 | ||||||
| (70th) | ||||||
| *Black Mirror* | "USS Callister" | Charlie Brooker and William Bridges | Netflix | |||
| American Vandal | "Clean Up" | Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus | Netflix | |||
| The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | "House by the Lake" | Tom Rob Smith | FX | |||
| Godless | Scott Frank | Netflix | ||||
| Patrick Melrose | David Nicholls | Showtime | ||||
| Twin Peaks | Mark Frost and David Lynch | |||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| (71st) | ||||||
| *Chernobyl* | Craig Mazin | HBO | ||||
| Escape at Dannemora | "Episode 6" | Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin and Jerry Stahl | Showtime | |||
| "Episode 7" | Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin | |||||
| Fosse/Verdon | "Providence" | Steven Levenson and Joel Fields | FX | |||
| A Very English Scandal | Russell T Davies | Prime Video | ||||
| When They See Us | "Part 4" | Ava DuVernay and Michael Starrbury | Netflix |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special | Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||||
| (72nd) | ||||||
| *Watchmen* | "This Extraordinary Being" | Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson | HBO | |||
| Mrs. America | "Shirley" | Tanya Barfield | FX | |||
| Normal People | "Episode 3" | Sally Rooney and Alice Birch | Hulu | |||
| Unbelievable | "Episode 1" | Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman | Netflix | |||
| Unorthodox | "Part 1" | Anna Winger | ||||
| 2021 | ||||||
| (73rd) | ||||||
| *I May Destroy You* | Michaela Coel | HBO | ||||
| Mare of Easttown | Brad Ingelsby | HBO | ||||
| The Queen's Gambit | Scott Frank | Netflix | ||||
| WandaVision | "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" | Chuck Hayward and Peter Cameron | Disney+ | |||
| "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" | Jac Schaeffer | |||||
| "Previously On" | Laura Donney | |||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| (74th) | ||||||
| *The White Lotus* | Mike White | HBO | ||||
| Dopesick | "The People vs. Purdue Pharma" | Danny Strong | Hulu | |||
| The Dropout | "I'm in a Hurry" | Elizabeth Meriwether | ||||
| Impeachment: American Crime Story | "Man Handled" | Sarah Burgess | FX | |||
| Maid | "Snaps" | Molly Smith Metzler | Netflix | |||
| Station Eleven | "Unbroken Circle" | Patrick Somerville | HBO Max | |||
| 2023 | ||||||
| (75th) | ||||||
| *Beef* | "The Birds Don't Sing, They Screech in Pain" | Lee Sung Jin | Netflix | |||
| Fire Island | Joel Kim Booster | Hulu | ||||
| Fleishman Is in Trouble | "Me-Time" | Taffy Brodesser-Akner | FX | |||
| Prey | Patrick Aison and Dan Trachtenberg | Hulu | ||||
| Swarm | "Stung" | Janine Nabers and Donald Glover | Prime Video | |||
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Al Yankovic and Eric Appel | Roku | ||||
| 2024 | ||||||
| (76th) | ||||||
| *Baby Reindeer* | Richard Gadd | Netflix | ||||
| Black Mirror | "Joan Is Awful" | Charlie Brooker | Netflix | |||
| Fargo | "The Tragedy of the Commons" | Noah Hawley | FX | |||
| Fellow Travelers | "You're Wonderful" | Ron Nyswaner | Showtime | |||
| Ripley | Steven Zaillian | Netflix | ||||
| True Detective: Night Country | "Part 6" | Issa López | HBO | |||
| 2025 | ||||||
| (77th) | ||||||
| *Adolescence* | Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham | Netflix | ||||
| Black Mirror | "Common People" | Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali | Netflix | |||
| Dying for Sex | "Good Value Diet Soda" | Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether | FX | |||
| The Penguin | "A Great or Little Thing" | Lauren LeFranc | HBO | |||
| Say Nothing | "The People in the Dirt" | Joshua Zetumer | FX |
Total awards by network
- HBO – 18
- CBS – 13
- ABC – 9
- PBS – 8
- NBC – 7
- Netflix – 5
- BBC America – 1
- FX – 1
- TNT - 1
Individuals with multiple awards
;2 awards
- Jane Anderson
- Charlie Brooker
- James Costigan
- Andrew Davies
- William Hanley
- Abby Mann
- Tracy Keenan Wynn
Individuals with multiple nominations
;5 nominations
- Jane Anderson
- William Hanley
- Noah Hawley
- Hugh Whitemore
;4 nominations
- Charlie Brooker
- Andrew Davies
;3 nominations
- James Costigan
- Larry Gelbart
- Ron Hutchinson
- Fay Kanin
- Ernest Kinoy
- Richard Levinson
- William Link
- Abby Mann
- Stephen Merchant
- Steven Moffat
- Ryan Murphy
- David W. Rintels
- David Simon
- Danny Strong
- Tracy Keenan Wynn
;2 nominations
- Barry Beckerman
- Joshua Brand
- Susan Cooper
- Michael Cristofer
- Alison Cross
- Neil Cross
- Kirk Ellis
- John Falsey
- Horton Foote
- Scott Frank
- Richard Friedenberg
- Ricky Gervais
- Daniel Giat
- Brett Johnson
- David Karp
- Robert W. Lenski
- Loring Mandel
- Bruce C. McKenna
- Elizabeth Meriwether
- JP Miller
- Abi Morgan
- Joel Oliansky
- Eric Overmyer
- Kario Salem
- Robert Schenkkan
- Carol Sobieski
- George Stevens Jr.
- Heidi Thomas
- Michael Tolkin
- Graham Yost
- Steven Zaillian
Programs with multiple awards
;2 awards
- Black Mirror (consecutive)
Programs with multiple nominations
;5 nominations
- American Crime Story
- Fargo
;4 nominations
- Black Mirror
;3 nominations
- Sherlock
- WandaVision
;2 nominations
- Escape at Dannemora
- Feud
- The Hour
- Luther
- The Pacific
- Prime Suspect
References
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- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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