Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Awarded for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded 1975
Currently held by D. V. DeVincentis,
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016)
Official website emmys.com

This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.

Winners and nominations

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1970s

Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
1974–1975
Adaptation
(27th) [1]
Clarence Darrow — David W. Rintels NBC
QB VII "Parts 1 & 2" Edward Anhalt ABC
1974–1975
Original
(27th) [2]
Love Among the Ruins — James Costigan ABC
Hustling — Fay Kanin ABC
The Law — Joel Oliansky and William Sackheim NBC
The Missiles of October — Stanley R. Greenberg ABC
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom — Jerome Kass CBS
1975–1976
Adaptation
(28th) [3]
Fear on Trial — David W. Rintels CBS
The Entertainer — Jeanne Houston, James D. Houston, and John Korty NBC
Farewell to Manzanar — Barry Beckerman
1975–1976
Original
(28th) [4]
Eleanor and Franklin — James Costigan ABC
Babe — Joanna Lee CBS
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case — JP Miller NBC
The Night That Panicked America — Nicholas Meyer and Anthony Wilson ABC
I Will Fight No More Forever — Jeb Rosebrook and Theodore Strauss
1976–1977
Adaptation
(29th) [5]
Sybil — Stewart Stern NBC
A Circle of Children — Steve Gethers CBS
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking — Carol Sobieski PBS
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys — John McGreevey NBC
The Man in the Iron Mask — William Bast
1976–1977
Original
(29th) [6]
Tail Gunner Joe — Lane Slate NBC
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble — Douglas Day Stewart and Joe Morgenstern ABC
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years — James Costigan
Raid on Entebbe — Barry Beckerman NBC
Victory at Entebbe — Ernest Kinoy ABC
1977–1978
Adaptation
(30th) [7]
Mary White — Caryl Ledner ABC
Actor — Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee PBS
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story — Blanche Hanalis NBC
Verna: USO Girl — Albert Innaurato PBS
The War Between the Tates — Barbara Turner NBC
1977–1978
Original
(30th) [8]
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
1978–1979
(31st) [9]
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
1979–1980
(32nd) [10]
Off the Minnesota Strip — David Chase ABC
Amber Waves — Ken Trevey ABC
Attica — James S. Henerson
Gideon's Trumpet — David W. Rintels CBS
This Year's Blonde — James Lee NBC
1980–1981
(33rd) [11]
Playing for Time — Arthur Miller CBS
Bitter Harvest — Richard Friedenberg NBC
Masada "Part IV" Joel Oliansky ABC
The Shadow Box — Michael Cristofer
Shōgun "Part 5" Eric Bercovici NBC
1981–1982
(34th) [12]
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
1982–1983
(35th) [13]
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
1983–1984
(36th) [14]
Something About Amelia — William Hanley ABC
Adam — Allan Leicht NBC
The Day After — Edward Hume ABC
The Dollmaker — Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter — April Smith
1984–1985
(37th) [15]
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
1985–1986
(38th) [16]
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
Love Is Never Silent — Darlene Craviotto CBS
1986–1987
(39th) [17]
Promise — Richard Friedenberg, Ken Blackwell, and Tennyson Flowers CBS
Escape from Sobibor — Reginald Rose CBS
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder "Part 2" William Hanley NBC
Pack of Lies — Hugh Whitemore CBS
A Year in the Life "The First Christmas" Joshua Brand and John Falsey NBC
1987–1988
(40th) [18]
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
Foxfire — Susan Cooper CBS
The Murder of Mary Phagan — Jeffrey Lane and George Stevens Jr. NBC
1988–1989
(41st) [19]
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story — Abby Mann, Robin Vote, and Ron Hutchinson HBO
I Know My First Name Is Steven — JP Miller and Cynthia Whitcomb NBC
Lonesome Dove "Part I: Leaving" William D. Wittliff CBS
My Name Is Bill W. — William G. Borchert
Roe vs. Wade — Alison Cross NBC

1990s

Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
1989–1990
(42nd) [20]
Andre's Mother — Terrence McNally PBS
Caroline? — Michael De Guzman CBS
The Final Days — Hugh Whitemore ABC
The Incident — Michael Norell and James Norell CBS
The Kennedys of Massachusetts — William Hanley ABC
1990–1991
(43rd) [21]
House of Cards — Andrew Davies PBS
Decoration Day — Robert W. Lenski NBC
Paris Trout — Pete Dexter Showtime
Sarah, Plain and Tall — Patricia MacLachlan and Carol Sobieski CBS
Separate But Equal — George Stevens Jr. ABC
1991–1992
(44th) [22]
I'll Fly Away "Pilot" Joshua Brand and John Falsey NBC
Broadway Bound — Neil Simon ABC
Doing Time on Maple Drive — James Duff Fox
Miss Rose White — Anna Sandor NBC
Without Warning: The James Brady Story — Robert Bolt HBO
1992–1993
(45th) [23]
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
1993–1994
(46th) [24]
David's Mother — Bob Randall CBS
And the Band Played On — Arnold Schulman HBO
Breathing Lessons — Robert W. Lenski CBS
Prime Suspect III — Lynda La Plante PBS
Tales of the City — Richard Kramer
1994–1995
(47th) [25]
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
The Piano Lesson — August Wilson CBS
1995–1996
(48th) [26]
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
1996–1997
(49th) [27]
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
1997–1998
(50th) [28]
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
1998–1999
(51st) [29]
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
1999–2000
(52nd) [30]
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
2000–2001
(53rd) [31]
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
Wit — Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson HBO
2001–2002
(54th) [32]
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
2002–2003
(55th) [33]
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
2003–2004
(56th) [34]
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
2004–2005
(57th) [35]
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers — Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely HBO
The 4400 "Pilot" René Echevarria and Scott Peters USA
Empire Falls — Richard Russo HBO
The Office Special — Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant BBC America
Warm Springs — Margaret Nagle HBO
2005–2006
(58th) [36]
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
2006–2007
(59th) [37]
Prime Suspect: The Final Act — Frank Deasy PBS
Broken Trail — Alan Geoffrio AMC
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee — Daniel Giat HBO
Jane Eyre — Sandy Welch PBS
The Starter Wife — Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott USA
2007–2008
(60th) [38]
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
2008–2009
(61st) [39]
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
2009–2010
(62nd) [40]
You Don't Know Jack — Adam Mazer HBO
The Pacific "Home" Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan HBO
"Iwo Jima" Michelle Ashford and Robert Schenkkan
The Special Relationship — Peter Morgan
Temple Grandin — William Merritt Johnson and Christopher Monger
2010–2011
(63rd) [41]
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
2011–2012
(64th) [42]
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
2012–2013
(65th) [43]
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 Channel
2013–2014
(66th) [44]
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
2014–2015
(67th) [45]
Olive Kitteridge — Jane Anderson HBO
American Crime "Episode One" John Ridley ABC
Bessie — Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, and Horton Foote HBO
Hello Ladies: The Movie — Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky, and Lee Eisenberg
The Honourable Woman — Hugo Blick SundanceTV
Wolf Hall — Peter Straughan PBS
2015–2016
(68th) [46]
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

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