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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	1971
Currently held by	Lee Sung Jin, ; Beef (2023)
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Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
1971 (23rd)
	Outstanding Writing in Drama — Adaptation^[1]
	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	NBC
	Outstanding Writing in Drama — Original
	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)
	Outstanding Writing in Drama — Adaptation^[2]
	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
	Outstanding Writing in Drama — Original^[3]
	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)
	Outstanding Writing in Drama — Adaptation
	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
	Outstanding Writing in Drama — Original^[4]
	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)
	Best Writing in Drama — Adaptation^[5]
	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
	Best Writing in Drama — Original^[6]
	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	CBS
1975 (27th)
	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation)^[7]
	IBM Presents Clarence Darrow		David W. Rintels	NBC
	ABC Movie Special	"QB VII"	Edward Anhalt	ABC
	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original)^[8]
	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)	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation)^[9]
	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	NBC
	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original)^[10]
	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	ABC
	Babe		Joanna Lee	CBS
	NBC World Premiere Movie	"The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"	JP Miller	NBC
1977 (29th)	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation)^[11]
	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
	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original)^[12]
	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	ABC
	The Big Event	"Raid on Entebbe"	Barry Beckerman	NBC
	Victory at Entebbe		Ernest Kinoy	ABC
1978 (30th)	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Adaptation)^[13]
	Mary White		Caryl Ledner	ABC
	Great Performances	"Verna: USO Girl"	Albert Innaurato	PBS
	Hollywood Television Theatre	"Actor"	Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee	PBS
	A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story		Blanche Hanalis	NBC
	The War Between the Tates		Barbara Turner	NBC
	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy (Original)^[14]
	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	CBS
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or Special
1979 (31st) ^[15]
	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	ABC
	Summer of My German Soldier		Jane-Howard Hammerstein	NBC

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or Special
1980 (32nd) ^[16]
	Off the Minnesota Strip		David Chase	ABC
	Amber Waves		Ken Trevey	ABC
	Attica		James S. Henerson	ABC
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Gideon's Trumpet"	David W. Rintels	CBS
	Moviola	"This Year's Blonde"	James Lee	NBC
1981 (33rd) ^[17]
	Playing for Time		Arthur Miller	CBS
	Bitter Harvest		Richard Friedenberg	NBC
	Masada	"Part 4"	Joel Oliansky	ABC
	The Shadow Box		Michael Cristofer	ABC
	Shōgun	"Part 5"	Eric Bercovici	NBC
1982 (34th) ^[18]
	Bill		Corey Blechman and Barry Morrow	CBS
	Brideshead Revisited	"Et in Arcadia Ego"	John Mortimer	PBS
	Oppenheimer	"Part 5"	Peter Prince	PBS
	Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend		Oliver Hailey	NBC
	Skokie		Ernest Kinoy	CBS
1983 (35th) ^[19]
	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) ^[20]
	ABC Theater	"Something About Amelia"	William Hanley	ABC
	ABC Theater	"The Day After"	Edward Hume	ABC
	ABC Theater	"The Dollmaker"	Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn	ABC
	Adam		Allan Leicht	NBC
	Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter		April Smith	ABC
1985 (37th) ^[21]				ABC
	Do You Remember Love		Vickie Patik	CBS
	The Burning Bed		Rose Leiman Goldemberg	NBC
	Fatal Vision		John Gay	NBC
	The Jewel in the Crown	"Crossing the River"	Ken Taylor	PBS
	Wallenberg: A Hero's Story		Gerald Green	NBC
Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Special
1986 (38th) ^[22]
	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) ^[23]
	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	CBS
	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) ^[24]
	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) ^[25]
	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

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Special
1990 (42nd) ^[26]
	American Playhouse	"Andre's Mother"	Terrence McNally	PBS
	AT&T Presents	"The Final Days"	Hugh Whitemore	ABC
	AT&T Presents	"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) ^[27]
	House of Cards		Andrew Davies	PBS
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Decoration Day"	Robert W. Lenski	NBC
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Sarah, Plain and Tall"	Patricia MacLachlan and Carol Sobieski	CBS
	Paris Trout		Pete Dexter	Showtime
	Separate But Equal		George Stevens Jr.	ABC
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or Special
1992 (44th) ^[28]
	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) ^[29]
	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	HBO
	Family Pictures		Jennifer Miller	ABC
	Stalin		Paul Monash	HBO
1994 (46th) ^[30]
	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	PBS
1995 (47th) ^[31]
	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
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Special
1996 (48th) ^[32]
	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	HBO
1997 (49th) ^[33]
	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
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie
1998 (50th) ^[34]
	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	HBO
	Merlin		Edward Khmara, David Stevens, and Peter Barnes	NBC
	More Tales of the City		Nicholas Wright	Showtime
1999 (51st) ^[35]
	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

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie
2000 (52nd) ^[36]
	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	HBO
2001 (53rd) ^[37]
	Conspiracy		Loring Mandel	HBO
	61*		Hank Steinberg	HBO
	Anne Frank: The Whole Story		Kirk Ellis	ABC
	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows		Robert Freedman	ABC
	Wit		Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson	HBO
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
2002 (54th) ^[38]
	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) ^[39]
	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) ^[40]
	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	HBO
	The Reagans		Elizabeth Egloff, Jane Marchwood and Tom Rickman	Showtime
	Something the Lord Made		Robert Caswell and Peter Silverman	HBO
2005 (57th) ^[41]
	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) ^[42]
	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) ^[43]
	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) ^[44]
	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	HBO
2009 (61st) ^[45]
	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

Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
2010 (62nd) ^[46]
	You Don't Know Jack		Adam Mazer	HBO
	The Pacific	"Part 8"	Michelle Ashford and Robert Schenkkan	HBO
	The Pacific	"Part 10"	Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan
	The Special Relationship		Peter Morgan
	Temple Grandin		William Merritt Johnson and Christopher Monger
2011 (63rd) ^[47]
	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) ^[48]
	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	BBC America
	Sherlock	"A Scandal in Belgravia"	Steven Moffat	PBS
2013 (65th) ^[49]
	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) ^[50]
	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	FX
	Luther		Neil Cross	BBC America
	The Normal Heart		Larry Kramer	HBO
	Treme	"...To Miss New Orleans"	David Simon and Eric Overmyer	HBO
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
2015 (67th) ^[51]
	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	HBO
	The Honorable Woman		Hugo Blick	Sundance
	Wolf Hall		Peter Straughan	PBS
2016 (68th) ^[52]
	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"	D. V. DeVincentis	FX
	Fargo	"Loplop"	Bob DeLaurentis	FX
	Fargo	"Palindrome"	Noah Hawley	FX
	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 People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	"The Race Card"	Joe Robert Cole	FX
2017 (69th) ^[53]
	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
	Feud: Bette and Joan	"Pilot"	Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam and Ryan Murphy
	The Night Of	"The Call of the Wild"	Richard Price and Steven Zaillian	HBO
2018 (70th) ^[54]
	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	Showtime
2019 (71st) ^[55]
	Chernobyl		Craig Mazin	HBO
	Escape at Dannemora	"Episode 6"	Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin and Jerry Stahl	Showtime
	Escape at Dannemora	"Episode 7"	Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin	Showtime
	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

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Winners and nominations

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Total awards by network

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Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
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	Netflix
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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	Hulu
	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