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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Awarded forOutstanding Writing for a Drama Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded1955
Currently held byWill Smith,
Slow Horses (2024)
Websiteemmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1955 and it is given in honor of a writer or writers who produced an outstanding story or screenplay for an episode of a television drama series during the primetime network season. Undergoing several name changes, the award received its current title at the 48th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1996.

Since its inception, the award has been presented to 75 writers. Will Smith is the current recipient of the award for his work on the episode of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses titled "Negotiating with Tigers". Rod Serling holds the record for most wins for this category at six. The Sopranos holds the record for most wins and nominations for this category at 6 and 21, respectively. Game of Thrones, Hill Street Blues and The Sopranos are the only shows that have been nominated in 7 different years.

Winners and nominations

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Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Table key
Indicates the winner

1950s

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Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
Best Written Dramatic Material[1]
1955
(7th) 		Studio One "Twelve Angry Men"[a] Reginald Rose CBS
Climax! "An Error in Chemistry" David Dortort CBS
Four Star Playhouse "The Answer" Leonard Freeman
Medic "White Is the Color"[a] James Moser NBC
The Philco Television Playhouse Paddy Chayefsky
1956
(8th)
Best Original Teleplay Writing[2]
Kraft Television Theatre "Patterns" Rod Serling NBC
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse "A Catered Affair" Paddy Chayefsky NBC
"Thunder Over Washington" David Davidson
The Philco Television Playhouse "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall" Robert Alan Aurthur
The United States Steel Hour "Fearful Decision" Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum CBS
Best Television Adaptation[3]
Ford Star Jubilee "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"[b] Paul Gregory and Franklin J. Schaffner CBS
The 20th Century Fox Hour "The Miracle on 34th Street" John Monks CBS
"The Ox-Bow Incident" David Dortort
Climax! "The Champion" Rod Serling
Producers' Showcase "Our Town" David Shaw NBC
1957
(9th)
Best Teleplay Writing – Half Hour or Less[4]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Fog Closing In" James P. Cavanagh CBS
Frontier "Patrol" Morton Fine and David Friedkin NBC
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp "The Buntime" Dan Ullman ABC
The Loretta Young Show "The Pearl" Richard Morris NBC
Telephone Time "Man with the Beard" John Nesbitt ABC
Best Teleplay Writing – One Hour or More[5]
Playhouse 90 "Requiem for a Heavyweight"[c] Rod Serling CBS
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse "Joey" Louis Peterson NBC
"Tragedy in a Temporary Town" Reginald Rose
Kraft Television Theatre "A Night to Remember"[b] John Whedon and George Roy Hill
Playhouse 90 "Sizeman and Son" Elick Moll CBS
1958
(10th)
Best Teleplay Writing – Half Hour or Less[6]
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars "The Lonely Wizard" Paul Monash CBS
Father Knows Best "Margaret Hires a Gardener" Roswell Rogers NBC
Frontiers of Faith "A Chassidic Tale" Morton Wishengrad
Gunsmoke "Born to Hang" John Meston CBS
Leave It to Beaver "Beaver Gets 'Spelled" Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher
Best Teleplay Writing – One Hour or More[7]
Playhouse 90 "The Comedian"[c] Rod Serling CBS
Hallmark Hall of Fame "The Green Pastures"[b] Marc Connelly NBC
Omnibus "The Life of Samuel Johnson" James Lee
Playhouse 90 "The Miracle Worker" William Gibson CBS
Studio One "No Deadly Medicine" Arthur Hailey
1959
(11th)
Best Writing of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour[8]
Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre "Eddie" Alfred Brenner and Ken Hughes NBC
Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre "The Loudmouth" Christopher Knopf NBC
Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Lamb to the Slaughter" Roald Dahl CBS
General Electric Theater "One is a Wanderer" Samuel A. Taylor
Peter Gunn "The Kill" Blake Edwards NBC
Best Writing of a Single Dramatic Program - One Hour or Longer[9]
Hallmark Hall of Fame "Little Moon of Alban"[d] James Costigan NBC
Playhouse 90 "Child of Our Time"[d] Irving G. Neiman CBS
"Days of Wine and Roses" JP Miller
"Old Man"[d] Horton Foote
"A Town Has Turned to Dust" Rod Serling

1960s

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Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
1960
(12th)
[10] 		The Twilight Zone Rod Serling CBS
Ford Startime "The Turn of the Screw" James Costigan NBC
Playhouse 90 "Project Immortality" Loring Mandel CBS
1961
(16th)
[11] 		The Twilight Zone Rod Serling CBS
DuPont Show of the Month "The Lincoln Murder Case" Dale Wasserman CBS
NBC Sunday Showcase "Sacco-Vanzetti Story"[e] Reginald Rose NBC
1962
(14th)
[12]
The Defenders Reginald Rose CBS
Alcoa Premiere "People Need People" Henry F. Greenberg ABC
Ben Casey "I Remember a Lemon Tree" Story by : Marcus W. Demian
Teleplay by : Jack Laird
The Dick Powell Show "The Price of Tomatoes" Richard Alan Simmons NBC
The Twilight Zone Rod Serling CBS
1963
(15th)
[13]
The Defenders "The Madman"[e] Robert Thom and Reginald Rose CBS
Ben Casey "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" Norman Katkov ABC
The DuPont Show of the Week "Big Deal in Laredo" Sidney Carroll NBC
Hallmark Hall of Fame "The Invincible Mr. Disraeli" James Lee
Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire "The Voice of Charlie Pont"[e] Halsted Welles ABC
1964
(16th)
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original[14]
The Defenders "Blacklist"[e] Ernest Kinoy CBS
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre "Something About Lee Wiley" David Rayfiel NBC
Breaking Point "And James Was a Very Small Snail" Allan Sloane ABC
Dr. Kildare "What's God to Julius?" Adrian Spies NBC
East Side/West Side "Who Do You Kill?" Arnold Perl CBS
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Adaptation[15]
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre "It's Mental Work" Rod Serling NBC
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour "The Jar" James Bridges CBS
Hallmark Hall of Fame "The Patriots" Robert Hartung NBC
The Richard Boone Show "The Hooligan" Walter Newman
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment – Writers[16]
1965
(17th) 		The Defenders "The 700-Year-Old Gang" David Karp CBS
The Dick Van Dyke Show "Never Bathe on Sunday" Carl Reiner CBS
Hallmark Hall of Fame "The Magnificent Yankee" Robert Hartung NBC
That Was the Week That Was William Boardman, Dee Caruso, Robert Emmett, David Frost, Gerald Gardner, Buck Henry, Joseph Hurley, Thomas Meehan, Herb Sargent, Larry Siegel, Gloria Steinem, Jim Stevenson, Calvin Trillin and Saul Turteltaub
The Wonderful World of Burlesque Arnie Rosen and Coleman Jacoby
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
1966
(18th)
[17] 		Hallmark Hall of Fame "Eagle in a Cage"[f] Millard Lampell NBC
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre "The Game" S. Lee Pogostin NBC
I Spy "A Cup of Kindness" Morton Fine and David Friedkin
1967
(19th)
[18] 		Mission: Impossible "Pilot" Bruce Geller CBS
CBS Playhouse "The Final War of Olly Winter"[f] Ronald Ribman CBS
I Spy "The War Lord" Robert Culp NBC
1968
(20th)
[19]
CBS Playhouse "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"[f] Loring Mandel CBS
CBS Playhouse "Dear Friends"[f] Reginald Rose CBS
Mission: Impossible "The Seal" William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter CBS
NBC World Premiere Movie "Ironside" Don Mankiewicz NBC
1969
(21st)
[20]
CBS Playhouse "The People Next Door"[f] JP Miller CBS
CBS Playhouse "The Experiment" Ellen M. Violett CBS
Hallmark Hall of Fame "Teacher, Teacher"[g] Allan Sloane NBC

1970s

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Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
1970
(22nd)
[21]
NBC World Premiere Movie "My Sweet Charlie"[f] Richard Levinson and William Link NBC
The ABC Wednesday Night Movie "Marcus Welby, M.D."[f] Don Mankiewicz ABC
CBS Playhouse "Sadbird" George Bellak CBS
1971
(23rd)
[22]
The Bold Ones: The Senator "To Taste of Death but Once" Joel Oliansky NBC
The Bold Ones: The Senator "A Continual Roar of Musketry" David W. Rintels NBC
Four in One "The Psychiatrist" Jerrold Freedman
1972
(24th)
[23]
Columbo "Death Lends a Hand" Richard Levinson and William Link NBC
Columbo "Murder by the Book" Steven Bochco NBC
"Suitable for Framing" Jackson Gillis
1973
(25th)
[24]
The Waltons "The Scholar" John McGreevey CBS
Columbo "Etude in Black" Story by : Richard Levinson and William Link
Teleplay by : Steven Bochco		 NBC
The Waltons "The Love Story" Earl Hamner Jr. CBS
Best Writing in Drama
1974
(26th)
[25]
The Waltons "The Thanksgiving Story" Joanna Lee CBS
Kojak "Death Is Not a Passing Grade" Gene R. Kearney CBS
The Waltons "The Easter Story" John McGreevey
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
1975
(27th)
[26]
Benjamin Franklin[h] "The Ambassador" Howard Fast CBS
Benjamin Franklin[h] "The Whirlwind" Loring Mandel CBS
Police Story "Robbery: 48 Hours" Robert L. Collins NBC
Upstairs, Downstairs "The Bolter" John Hawkesworth PBS
"Miss Forrest" Alfred Shaughnessy
1976
(28th)
[27]
The Adams Chronicles[i] "John Adams and Lawyer" Sherman Yellen PBS
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill[i] "Lady Randolph" Julian Mitchell PBS
The Law[i] "Complaint Amended" Joel Oliansky NBC
Rich Man, Poor Man[i] "Part I" Dean Riesner ABC
Upstairs, Downstairs[h] "Another Year" Alfred Shaughnessy PBS
1977
(29th)
[28]
Roots[h] "Part II" Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn ABC
The Adams Chronicles[i] "Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain" Roger O. Hirson PBS
"John Quincy Adams: President" Tad Mosel
Roots[h] "Part V" James Lee ABC
"Part VIII" M. Charles Cohen
1978
(30th)
[29]
Holocaust[h] Gerald Green NBC
The Dain Curse Robert W. Lenski CBS
King[i] Abby Mann NBC
Meeting of Minds Steve Allen PBS
The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn
1979
(31st)
[30]
Lou Grant "Dying" Michele Gallery CBS
Lou Grant "Marathon" Gene Reynolds CBS
"Vet" Leon Tokatyan
The Paper Chase "The Late Mr. Hart" James Bridges

1980s

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Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
1980
(32nd)
[31]
Lou Grant "Cop" Seth Freeman CBS
Lou Grant "Brushfire" Allan Burns and Gene Reynolds CBS
"Lou" Michele Gallery
Skag "Pilot" Abby Mann NBC
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe Stephen J. Cannell ABC
1981
(33rd)
[32]
Hill Street Blues "Hill Street Station" Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll NBC
American Dream "Pilot" Ronald M. Cohen, Barbara Corday and Ken Hecht ABC
Hill Street Blues "Jungle Madness" Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll and Anthony Yerkovich NBC
Lou Grant "Rape" Seth Freeman CBS
"Strike" April Smith
1982
(34th)
[33]
Hill Street Blues "Freedom's Last Stand" Story by : Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco
Teleplay by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis and Michael Wagner 		NBC
Hill Street Blues "Personal Foul" Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis and Michael Wagner NBC
"The Second Oldest Profession" Story by : Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco and Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Robert Crais
"The World According to Freedom" Michael Wagner
Lou Grant "Blacklist" Seth Freeman CBS
1983
(35th)
[34]
Hill Street Blues "Trial by Fury" David Milch NBC
Hill Street Blues "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" Story by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeff Lewis
Teleplay by : Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch and Karen Hall 		NBC
"A Hair of the Dog" Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis
"No Body's Perfect" Story by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis
Teleplay by : Michael I. Wagner and David Milch
"Officer of the Year" Karen Hall
1984
(36th)
[35]
St. Elsewhere "The Women" Story by : John Masius and Tom Fontana
Teleplay by : John Ford Noonan 		NBC
Hill Street Blues "Doris in Wonderland" Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch
Teleplay by : Peter Silverman 		NBC
"Grace Under Pressure" Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch
Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis, Michael I. Wagner, Karen Hall and Mark Frost
St. Elsewhere "All About Eve" John Masius and Tom Fontana
"Newheart" John Masius, Tom Fontana, Garn Stephens and Emilie R. Small
"Qui Transulit Sustinet" Story by : John Masius and Tom Fontana
Teleplay by : John Tinker & Mark Tinker
1985
(37th)
[36]
Cagney & Lacey "Who Said It's Fair, Part 2" Patricia Green CBS
Cagney & Lacey "Child Witness" Deborah Arakelian CBS
Hill Street Blues "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" Story by : Michael I. Wagner
Teleplay by : Jacob Epstein 		NBC
Miami Vice "Pilot" Anthony Yerkovich
St. Elsewhere "Murder, She Rote" John Masius, Tom Fontana and Steve Bello
"Sweet Dreams" John Masius and Tom Fontana
1986
(38th)
[37]
St. Elsewhere "Time Heals" John Tinker, Tom Fontana and John Masius NBC
Hill Street Blues "What Are Friends For?" Dick Wolf NBC
Moonlighting "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" Debra Frank and Carl Sautter ABC
"Twas the Episode Before Christmas" Glenn Gordon Caron
St. Elsewhere "Haunted" Story by : John Masius and Tom Fontana
Teleplay by : John Tinker, Charles H. Eglee and Channing Gibson		 NBC
1987
(39th)
[38]
L.A. Law "The Venus Butterfly" Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher NBC
Cagney & Lacey "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 1" Georgia Jeffries CBS
Hill Street Blues "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch and John Romano NBC
L.A. Law "Sidney the Dead-Nosed Reindeer" William M. Finkelstein
Moonlighting "I Am Curious... Maddie" Story by : Ron Osborn, Karen Hall, Roger Director and Charles H. Eglee
Teleplay by : Jeff Reno and Glenn Gordon Caron 		ABC
"Atomic Shakespeare" Jeff Reno and Ron Osborn
St. Elsewhere "Afterlife" Tom Fontana, John Tinker and John Masius NBC
1988
(40th)
[39]
Thirtysomething "Business as Usual" Paul Haggis and Marshall Herskovitz ABC
Beauty and the Beast "Pilot" Ron Koslow CBS
China Beach John Sacret Young ABC
L.A. Law "Beauty and Obese" Terry Louise Fisher and David E. Kelley NBC
"Full Martial Jacket" Story by : Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher
Teleplay by : Terry Louise Fisher and David E. Kelley
St. Elsewhere "The Last One" Story by : Tom Fontana, John Tinker and Channing Gibson
Teleplay by : Bruce Paltrow and Mark Tinker
1989
(41st)
[40]
Thirtysomething "First Day/Last Day" Joseph Dougherty ABC
L.A. Law "His Suit Is Hirsute" Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Michele Gallery and William M. Finkelstein NBC
"I'm in the Nude for Love" David E. Kelley
"Urine Trouble Now" David E. Kelley, William M. Finkelstein, Michele Gallery and Judith Parker
Thirtysomething "The Mike Van Dyke Show" Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick ABC

1990s

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Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
1990
(42nd)
[41] 		L.A. Law "Blood, Sweat & Fears" David E. Kelley NBC
L.A. Law "Bang... Zoom... Zap" William M. Finkelstein and David E. Kelley NBC
Thirtysomething "The Go Between" Joseph Dougherty ABC
Twin Peaks "Pilot" Mark Frost and David Lynch
"Episode 3" Harley Peyton
1991
(43rd)
[42] 		L.A. Law "On the Toad Again" David E. Kelley NBC
L.A. Law "Lie Harder" Judith Feldman and Sarah Woodside Gallagher NBC
"Mutinies on the Banzai" Alan Brennert, Patricia Green and David E. Kelley
Northern Exposure "Pilot" Joshua Brand and John Falsey CBS
Thirtysomething "Second Look" Ann Lewis Hamilton ABC
1992
(44th)
[43] 		Northern Exposure "Seoul Mates" Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider CBS
China Beach "Hello-Goodbye" Story by : John Sacret Young, John Wells, Lydia Woodward and Carol Flint
Teleplay by : John Wells		 ABC
I'll Fly Away "Master Magician" David Chase NBC
Northern Exposure "Burning Down the House" Robin Green CBS
"Democracy in America" Jeff Melvoin
1993
(45th)
[44] 		Homicide: Life on the Street "Three Men and Adena" Tom Fontana NBC
Homefront "The Lacemakers" Bernard Lechowick ABC
Law & Order "Manhood" Story by : Walon Green and Robert Nathan
Teleplay by : Robert Nathan		 NBC
Northern Exposure "Kaddish for Uncle Manny" Jeff Melvoin CBS
"Midnight Sun" Geoffrey Neigher
1994
(46th)
[45] 		NYPD Blue "Steroid Roy" Ann Biderman ABC
NYPD Blue "NYPD Lou" Ted Mann ABC
"Personal Foul" Story by : David Milch
Teleplay by : Burton Armus
"Pilot" Story by : David Milch and Steven Bochco
Teleplay by : David Milch
"Tempest in a C-Cup" Gardner Stern
1995
(47th)
[46] 		ER "Love's Labor Lost" Lance Gentile NBC
ER "24 Hours" Michael Crichton NBC
My So-Called Life "Pilot" Winnie Holzman ABC
NYPD Blue "Simone Says" Story by : Steven Bochco, David Milch and Walon Green
Teleplay by : David Milch and Walon Green
The X-Files "Duane Barry" Chris Carter Fox
1996
(48th)
[47] 		The X-Files "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" Darin Morgan Fox
ER "The Healers" John Wells NBC
"Hell and High Water" Neal Baer
Murder One "Chapter One" Story by : Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee and Channing Gibson
Teleplay by : Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson, Steven Bochco and David Milch 		ABC
NYPD Blue "The Backboard Jungle" Story by : William L. Morris
Teleplay by : David Mills
1997
(49th)
[48] 		NYPD Blue "Where's 'Swaldo?" Stephen Gaghan, Michael R. Perry and David Milch ABC
ER "Faith" John Wells NBC
"Whose Appy Now?" Neal Baer
NYPD Blue "Taillight's Last Gleaming" David Mills ABC
The X-Files "Memento Mori" Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz Fox
1998
(50th)
[49] 		NYPD Blue "Lost Israel, Part 2" Story by : David Milch and Bill Clark
Teleplay by : David Milch and Nicholas Wootton 		ABC
Homicide: Life on the Street "Subway" James Yoshimura NBC
NYPD Blue "Lost Israel, Part 1" Story by : Ted Mann, Bill Clark and Meredith Stiehm
Teleplay by : David Milch and Ted Mann 		ABC
The Practice "Betrayal" David E. Kelley
The X-Files "The Post-Modern Prometheus" Chris Carter Fox
1999
(51st)
[50] 		The Sopranos "College" James Manos Jr. and David Chase HBO
NYPD Blue "Hearts and Souls" Story by : Steven Bochco, David Milch and Bill Clark
Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton		 ABC
The Sopranos "Isabella" Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess HBO
"Nobody Knows Anything" Frank Renzulli
"The Sopranos" David Chase

2000s

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Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
2000
(52nd)
[51] 		The West Wing "In Excelsis Deo" Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland NBC
Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Hush" Joss Whedon The WB
The Sopranos "Funhouse" David Chase and Todd A. Kessler HBO
"The Knight in White Satin Armor" Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
The West Wing "Pilot" Aaron Sorkin NBC
2001
(53rd)
[52] 		The Sopranos "Employee of the Month" Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess HBO
The Sopranos "Amour Fou" Story by : David Chase
Teleplay by : Frank Renzulli 		HBO
"Pine Barrens" Story by : Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter
Teleplay by : Terence Winter
"Second Opinion" Lawrence Konner
The West Wing "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" Aaron Sorkin NBC
2002
(54th)
[53] 		24 "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow Fox
Alias "Truth Be Told" J. J. Abrams ABC
ER "On the Beach" John Wells NBC
The Shield "Pilot" Shawn Ryan FX
The West Wing "Posse Comitatus" Aaron Sorkin NBC
2003
(55th)[54] 		The Sopranos "Whitecaps" Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess and David Chase HBO
Six Feet Under "Twilight" Craig Wright HBO
The Sopranos "Eloise" Terence Winter
"Whoever Did This" Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
The West Wing "Twenty Five" Aaron Sorkin NBC
2004
(56th)
[55] 		The Sopranos "Long Term Parking" Terence Winter HBO
Deadwood "Deadwood" David Milch HBO
The Sopranos "Irregular Around the Margins" Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
"Unidentified Black Males" Matthew Weiner and Terence Winter
"Where's Johnny?" Michael Caleo
2005
(57th)
[56] 		House "Three Stories" David Shore Fox
Lost "Pilot" Story by : Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof
Teleplay by : J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof 		ABC
Walkabout" David Fury
Rescue Me "Guts" Denis Leary and Peter Tolan FX
The Wire "Middle Ground" Story by : David Simon and George Pelecanos
Teleplay by : George Pelecanos		 HBO
2006
(58th)
[57] 		The Sopranos "Members Only" Terence Winter HBO
Grey's Anatomy "Into You Like a Train" Krista Vernoff ABC
"It's the End of the World" & "As We Know It" Shonda Rhimes
Lost "The 23rd Psalm" Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
Six Feet Under "Everyone's Waiting" Alan Ball HBO
2007
(59th)
[58] 		The Sopranos "Made in America" David Chase HBO
Battlestar Galactica "Occupation" & "Precipice" Ronald D. Moore Sci Fi
Lost "Through the Looking Glass" Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof ABC
The Sopranos "Kennedy and Heidi" Matthew Weiner and David Chase HBO
"The Second Coming" Terence Winter
2008
(60th)
[59] 		Mad Men "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Matthew Weiner AMC
Battlestar Galactica "Six of One" Michael Angeli Sci Fi
Damages "Get Me a Lawyer" Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman FX
Mad Men "The Wheel" Matthew Weiner and Robin Veith AMC
The Wire "–30–" Story by : David Simon and Ed Burns
Teleplay by : David Simon		 HBO
2009
(61st)
[60] 		Mad Men "Meditations in an Emergency" Matthew Weiner and Kater Gordon AMC
Lost "The Incident" Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof ABC
Mad Men "The Jet Set" Matthew Weiner AMC
"A Night to Remember" Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner
"Six Month Leave" Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton and Matthew Weiner

2010s

[edit]
Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
2010
(62nd)
[61] 		Mad Men "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy AMC
Friday Night Lights "The Son" Rolin Jones DirecTV
The Good Wife "Pilot" Robert King and Michelle King CBS
Lost "The End" Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse ABC
Mad Men "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner AMC
2011
(63rd)
[62] 		Friday Night Lights "Always" Jason Katims DirecTV
Game of Thrones "Baelor" David Benioff and D. B. Weiss HBO
The Killing "Pilot" Veena Sud AMC
Mad Men "Blowing Smoke" Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton
"The Suitcase" Matthew Weiner
2012
(64th)
[63] 		Homeland "Pilot" Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff Showtime
Downton Abbey "Episode Seven" Julian Fellowes PBS
Mad Men "Commissions and Fees" Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton AMC
"Far Away Places" Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner
"The Other Woman"
2013
(65th)
[64] 		Homeland "Q&A" Henry Bromell Showtime
Breaking Bad "Dead Freight" George Mastras AMC
"Say My Name" Thomas Schnauz
Downton Abbey "Episode Four" Julian Fellowes PBS
Game of Thrones "The Rains of Castamere" David Benioff and D. B. Weiss HBO
2014
(66th)
[65] 		Breaking Bad "Ozymandias" Moira Walley-Beckett AMC
Breaking Bad "Felina" Vince Gilligan AMC
Game of Thrones "The Children" David Benioff and D. B. Weiss HBO
House of Cards "Chapter 14" Beau Willimon Netflix
True Detective "The Secret Fate of All Life" Nic Pizzolatto HBO
2015
(67th)
[66] 		Game of Thrones "Mother's Mercy" David Benioff and D. B. Weiss HBO
The Americans "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?" Joshua Brand FX
Better Call Saul "Five-O" Gordon Smith AMC
Mad Men "Lost Horizon" Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner
"Person to Person" Matthew Weiner
2016
(68th)
[67] 		Game of Thrones "Battle of the Bastards" David Benioff and D. B. Weiss HBO
The Americans "Persona Non Grata" Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg FX
Downton Abbey "Episode Eight" Julian Fellowes PBS
The Good Wife "End" Robert King and Michelle King CBS
Mr. Robot "eps1.0 hellofriend.mov" Sam Esmail USA
UnREAL "Return" Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro Lifetime
2017
(69th)
[68] 		The Handmaid's Tale "Offred" Bruce Miller Hulu
The Americans "The Soviet Division" Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg FX
Better Call Saul "Chicanery" Gordon Smith AMC
The Crown "Assassins" Peter Morgan Netflix
Stranger Things "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" The Duffer Brothers
Westworld "The Bicameral Mind" Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan HBO
2018
(70th)
[69] 		The Americans "START" Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg FX
The Crown "Mystery Man" Peter Morgan Netflix
Game of Thrones "The Dragon and the Wolf" David Benioff and D. B. Weiss HBO
The Handmaid's Tale "June" Bruce Miller Hulu
Killing Eve "Nice Face" Phoebe Waller-Bridge BBC America
Stranger Things "Chapter Nine: The Gate" The Duffer Brothers Netflix
2019
(71st)
[70]
Succession "Nobody Is Ever Missing" Jesse Armstrong HBO
Better Call Saul "Winner" Peter Gould and Thomas Schnauz AMC
Bodyguard "Episode 1" Jed Mercurio Netflix
Game of Thrones "The Iron Throne" David Benioff and D. B. Weiss HBO
The Handmaid's Tale "Holly" Bruce Miller and Kira Snyder Hulu
Killing Eve "Nice and Neat" Emerald Fennell BBC America

2020s

[edit]
Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
2020
(72nd)
[71]
Succession "This Is Not for Tears" Jesse Armstrong HBO
Better Call Saul "Bad Choice Road" Thomas Schnauz AMC
"Bagman" Gordon Smith
The Crown "Aberfan" Peter Morgan Netflix
Ozark "All In" Chris Mundy
"Boss Fight" John Shiban
"Fire Pink" Miki Johnson
2021
(73rd)
[72]
The Crown "War" Peter Morgan Netflix
The Boys "What I Know" Rebecca Sonnenshine Amazon
The Handmaid's Tale "Home" Yahlin Chang Hulu
Lovecraft Country "Sundown" Misha Green HBO
The Mandalorian "Chapter 13: The Jedi" Dave Filoni Disney+
"Chapter 16: The Rescue" Jon Favreau
Pose "Series Finale" Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Steven Canals, Janet Mock and Our Lady J FX
2022
(74th)
[73]
Succession "All the Bells Say" Jesse Armstrong HBO
Better Call Saul "Plan and Execution" Thomas Schnauz AMC
Ozark "A Hard Way to Go" Chris Mundy Netflix
Severance "The We We Are" Dan Erickson Apple TV+
Squid Game "One Lucky Day" Hwang Dong-hyuk Netflix
Yellowjackets "F Sharp" Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson Showtime
"Pilot" Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson
2023
(75th)
[74]
Succession "Connor's Wedding" Jesse Armstrong HBO
Andor "One Way Out" Beau Willimon Disney+
Bad Sisters "The Prick" Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel and Brett Baer Apple TV+
Better Call Saul "Point and Shoot" Gordon Smith AMC
"Saul Gone" Peter Gould
The Last of Us "Long, Long Time" Craig Mazin HBO
The White Lotus "Arrivederci" Mike White
2024
(76th)
[75]
Slow Horses "Negotiating with Tigers" Will Smith Apple TV+
The Crown "Ritz" Peter Morgan and Meriel Sheibani-Clare Netflix
Fallout "The End" Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner Prime Video
Mr. & Mrs. Smith "First Date" Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover
Shōgun "Anjin" Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks FX
"Crimson Sky" Rachel Kondo and Caillin Puente

Total awards by network

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Individuals with multiple awards

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Individuals with multiple nominations

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Programs with multiple awards

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Programs with multiple nominations

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Nominated for Best Individual Program of the Year
  2. ^ a b c Nominated for Best Single Program of the Year
  3. ^ a b Won Best Single Program of the Year
  4. ^ a b c Nominated for Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year
  5. ^ a b c d Nominated for Program of the Year
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Nominated for Outstanding Dramatic Program
  7. ^ Won Outstanding Dramatic Program
  8. ^ a b c d e f Won Outstanding Limited Series
  9. ^ a b c d e f Nominated for Outstanding Limited Series

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