| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
| First awarded | 1961 |
| Currently held by | Georgia Pritchett and Will Arbery Succession (2023) |
| Website | http://www.wga.org/ |
The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best written episodes of a dramatic television series. It has been presented annually since the 14th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1962. The years denote when each episode first aired. Though, due to the eligibility period, some nominees could have aired in a different year. The current eligibility period is December 1 to November 30. The winners are highlighted in gold.
Winners and nominees
1960s
| Year | Series | Episode | Winners/nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episodic, Longer Than 30 Minutes in Length | ||||
| 1960 (13th) | ||||
| The Untouchables | "The Unhired Assassin" | William Spier | ABC | |
| Bonanza | "The Last Hunt" | Donald S. Sanford | NBC | |
| Rawhide | "Incident of the Dry Drive" | John Dunkel | CBS | |
| Episodic Drama | ||||
| 1961 (14th) | ||||
| Naked City | "The Fault in Our Stars" | Barry Trivers | ABC | |
| Have Gun – Will Travel | "The Fatalist" | Shimon Wincelberg | CBS | |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | "No Sale" | Palmer Thompson | ABC | |
| Rawhide | "The Incident of the Buffalo Soldier" | John Dunkel | CBS | |
| The Westerner | "Brown" | Bruce Geller | NBC | |
| 1962 (15th) | ||||
| Naked City | "Today the Man Who Kills the Ants Is Coming" | Story by : Kenneth M. Rosen Teleplay by : Howard Rodman and Kenneth M. Rosen |
ABC | |
| Ben Casey | "I Remember a Lemon Tree" | Story by : Marcus W. Demian Teleplay by : Jack Laird |
ABC | |
| The Defenders | "The Benefactor" | Peter Stone | CBS | |
| Naked City | "The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish" | Ernest Kinoy | ABC | |
| Route 66 | "Goodnight, Sweet Blues" | Story by : Leonard Freeman and Will Lorin Teleplay by : Will Lorin |
CBS | |
| 1963 (16th) | ||||
| Route 66 | "Man Out of Time" | Lawrence B. Marcus | CBS | |
| Ben Casey | "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" | Norman Katkov | ABC | |
| The Defenders | "A Book for Burning" | William Woolfolk | CBS | |
| Empire | "Between Friday and Monday" | Kenneth Trevey | NBC | |
| Naked City | "The S.S. American Dream" | Frank Pierson | ABC | |
| 1964 (17th) | ||||
| East Side/West Side | "Who Do You Kill?" | Arnold Perl | CBS | |
| Channing | "Freedom is a Lovesome Thing God Wot!" | Jack R. Guss and Edmund Morris | ABC | |
| "Wave Goodbye to Our Fair-Haired Boy" | Kenneth Kolb | |||
| The Defenders | "The Non Violent" | Ernest Kinoy | CBS | |
| Gunsmoke | "Owney Tupper Had A Daughter" | Paul Savage | ||
| 1965 (18th) | ||||
| Mr. Novak | "With a Hammer In His Hand, Lord, Lord!" | John D. F. Black | NBC | |
| 12 O'Clock High | "Interlude" | Dean Riesner | ABC | |
| Ben Casey | "A Woods Full of Question Marks" | Ellis Marcus | ||
| Dr. Kildare | "Man is a Rock" | Christopher Knopf | NBC | |
| The Fugitive | "Men in a Chariot" | George Eckstein | ABC | |
| Slattery's People | "Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?" | William P. McGivern | CBS | |
| 1966 (19th) | ||||
| The Trials of O'Brien | "No Justice for the Judge" | David Ellis | CBS | |
| Court Martial | "Judge Them Gently" | Gerry Day | ABC | |
| The Fugitive | "When the Wind Blows" | Betty Langdon | ||
| Slattery's People | "Color Him Red" | Pat Fielder | CBS | |
| The Virginian | "The Horse Fighter" | Richard Fielder | NBC | |
| 1967 (20th) | ||||
| Star Trek | "The City on the Edge of Forever" | Harlan Ellison | NBC | |
| The Big Valley | "The Martyr" | Mel Goldberg | ABC | |
| Gunsmoke | "Fandango" | Don Ingalls | CBS | |
| Mission: Impossible | "Odds on Evil" | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | ||
| Star Trek | "The Return of the Archons" | Story by : Gene Roddenberry Teleplay by : Boris Sobelman |
NBC | |
| 1968 (21st) | ||||
| Judd, for the Defense | "To Kill a Madman" | Robert Lewin | ABC | |
| Hawaii Five-O | "Pilot" | Leonard Freeman | CBS | |
| Judd, for the Defense | "The Commitment" | Paul Monash | ABC | |
| "No Law Against Murder" | Harold Gast | |||
| Mannix | "The Name is Mannix" | Bruce Geller | CBS | |
| The Outcasts | "Take Your Lover in the Ring" | Anthony Lawrence | ABC | |
| Star Trek | "Return to Tomorrow" | John T. Dugan | NBC | |
| 1969 (22nd) | ||||
| Judd, for the Defense | "An Elephant in a Cigar Box" | Robert Lewin | ABC | |
| Hawaii Five-O | "To Hell with Babe Ruth" | Anthony Lawrence | CBS | |
| The Mod Squad | "In This Corner -- Sol Alpert" | Rita Lakin and Harve Bennett | ABC | |
| "Keep the Faith, Baby" | Harve Bennett | |||
| Then Came Bronson | "Two Percent of Nothing" | D. C. Fontana | NBC | |
| The Virginian | "Black Jade" | Herb Meadow | ||
1970s
| Year | Series | Episode | Winners/nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (23rd) | ||||
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | "A Continual Roar of Musketry" | David W. Rintels | NBC | |
| Bracken's World | "Infinity" | Cliff Gould | NBC | |
| "Meanwhile, Back at the Studio" | Joseph Bonaduce | |||
| Hawaii Five-O | "Trouble in Mind" | Mel Goldberg and Sasha Gilien | CBS | |
| The Young Lawyers | "The Glass Prison" | John W. Bloch | ABC | |
| 1971 (24th) | ||||
| The Psychiatrist | "Par for the Course" | Story by : Thomas Y. Drake Teleplay by : Herb Bermann, Thomas Y. Drake, Jerrold Freedman and Bo May |
NBC | |
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" | Story by : Bret Huggins Teleplay by : Jack B. Sowards |
NBC | |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | "Angry Man" | Arthur Dales | ||
| Columbo | "Murder by the Book" | Steven Bochco | ||
| Hawaii Five-O | "F.O.B. Honolulu" | Jerry Ludwig & Eric Bercovici | CBS | |
| Ironside | "No Motive for Murder" | Sy Salkowitz | NBC | |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | "They Grow Up" | Dick Nelson | ABC | |
| Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | "Until Proven Innocent" | Pat Fielder | ||
| 1972 (25th) | ||||
| Kung Fu | "King of the Mountain" | Herman Miller | ABC | |
| Columbo | "Etude in Black" | Story by : Richard Levinson & William Link Teleplay by : Steven Bochco |
NBC | |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | "Please Don't Send Flowers" | Bess Boyle | ABC | |
| McCloud | "The Barefoot Stewardess Caper" | Story by : B. W. Sandefur Teleplay by : Michael Gleason and Glen A. Larson |
NBC | |
| "The New Mexican Connection" | Glen A. Larson | |||
| The Mod Squad | "Taps, Play It Louder" | Sandor Stern | ABC | |
| 1973 (26th) | ||||
| The Starlost | "Phoenix without Ashes" | Harlan Ellison | Syndicated | |
| Gunsmoke | "The Golden Land" | Hal Sitowitz | CBS | |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | "A Necessary End" | Norman Hudis | ABC | |
| The Streets of San Francisco | "House on Hyde Street" | Story by : Cliff Osmond Teleplay by : John Wilder | ||
| The Waltons | "The Easter Story" | Story by : Earl Hamner Teleplay by : John McGreevey |
CBS | |
| "The Odyssey" | Joanna Lee | |||
| "The Roots" | Sheldon Stark | |||
| "The Thanksgiving Story" | Story by : Earl Hamner Teleplay by : Joanna Lee | |||
| 1974 (27th) | ||||
| Gunsmoke | "Thirty a Month and Found" | Jim Byrnes | CBS | |
| McCloud | "The Colorado Cattle Caper" | Michael Gleason | NBC | |
| The New Land | "The Word Is: Growth" | William Blinn | ABC | |
| The Waltons | "The Conflict" | Jeb Rosebrook | CBS | |
| 1975 (28th) | ||||
| The Law | "Prior Consent" | Story by : Stephen Kandel Teleplay by : Arthur A. Ross |
NBC | |
| Gunsmoke | "The Busters" | Jim Byrnes | CBS | |
| Kojak | "The Good Luck Bomber" | Raymond Brenner | ||
| The Streets of San Francisco | "Web of Lies" | Leonard Kantor | ABC | |
| The Waltons | "The Woman" | Hindi Brooks | CBS | |
| 1976 (29th) | ||||
| Sandburg's Lincoln | "Crossing Fox River" | Loring Mandel | NBC | |
| Baa Baa Black Sheep | "Flying Misfits" | Stephen J. Cannell | NBC | |
| City of Angels | "The November Plan" | Story by : Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell Teleplay by : Stephen J. Cannell | ||
| Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | "Chapter I" | Millard Lampell | ABC | |
| The Rockford Files | "So Help Me God" | Juanita Bartlett | NBC | |
| 1977 (30th) | ||||
| Police Story | "Pressure Point" | Mark Rodgers | NBC | |
| Eight Is Enough | "The Gipper Caper" | William Blinn | ABC | |
| Lou Grant | "Christmas" | David Lloyd | CBS | |
| "Housewarming" | Leonora Thuna | |||
| Police Woman | "Merry Christmas, Waldo" | E. Arthur Kean | NBC | |
| The Rockford Files | "Beamer's Last Case" | Story by : Booker Bradshaw & Calvin Kelly Teleplay by : Stephen J. Cannell | ||
| "Quickie Nirvana" | David Chase | |||
| 1978 (31st) | ||||
| Lou Grant | "Prisoner" | Seth Freeman | CBS | |
| Columbo | "The Conspirators" | Howard Berk | NBC | |
| Lou Grant | "Murder" | Gary David Goldberg | CBS | |
| The Rockford Files | "The House on Willis Avenue" | Stephen J. Cannell | NBC | |
| The Waltons | "The Captive" | Ray Cunneff | CBS | |
| "The Illusion" | John McGreevey | |||
| 1979 (32nd) | ||||
| Lou Grant | "Vet" | Leon Tokatyan | CBS | |
| Eischied | "The Demon" | Mark Rodgers | NBC | |
| Lou Grant | "Exposé" | David Lloyd | CBS | |
| "Home" | Gary David Goldberg | |||
| "Slammer" | Johnny Dawkins | |||
| The Rockford Files | "Some Things You Can Tell Yourself" | David Chase | NBC | |
| The Waltons | "The Burden" | E. F. Wallengren | CBS |
1980s
| Year | Series | Episode | Winners/nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (33rd) | ||||
| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | "Pilot" | Stephen J. Cannell | ABC | |
| Little House on the Prairie | "Second Spring" | John T. Dugan | NBC | |
| Lou Grant | "Blackout" | Steve Kline | CBS | |
| "Brushfire" | Allan Burns and Gene Reynolds | |||
| "Inheritance" | April Smith | |||
| M*A*S*H | "Dreams" | Story by : Alan Alda and James Ray Rubinfier Teleplay by : Alan Alda | ||
| Skag | "Pilot" | Abby Mann | NBC | |
| 1981 (34th) | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Hill Street Station" | Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Film at Eleven" | Anthony Yerkovich | NBC | |
| Lou Grant | "Campesinos" | Michael Vittes | CBS | |
| "Strike" | April Smith | |||
| M*A*S*H | "Bless You, Hawkeye" | Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford | ||
| Palmerstown, USA | "Future City" | Ronald Rubin | ||
| 1982 (35th) | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "The World According to Freedom" | Michael Wagner | NBC | |
| Darkroom | "Closed Circuit" | Alan Brennert | ABC | |
| Fame | "A Special Place" | Parke Perine | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" | Jeffrey Lewis | ||
| Lou Grant | "Review" | Jeffrey Lane | CBS | |
| 1983 (36th) | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Trial by Fury" | David Milch | NBC | |
| Cagney & Lacey | "Jane Doe #37" | Peter Lefcourt | CBS | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" | Story by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis Teleplay by : Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch and Karen Hall |
NBC | |
| "Gung Ho!" | David Milch, Jeffrey Lewis and Michael Wagner | |||
| St. Elsewhere | "Addiction" | John Masius and Tom Fontana | ||
| Two Marriages | "Pilot" | Carol Sobieski | ABC | |
| 1984 (37th) | ||||
| Hill Street Blues | "Grace Under Pressure" | Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall and Mark Frost |
NBC | |
| Cagney & Lacey | "Victimless Crime" | Peter Lefcourt | CBS | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Death by Kiki" | David Milch and Mark Frost | NBC | |
| "Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow" | Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, David Milch and Mark Frost | |||
| St. Elsewhere | "Hello and Goodbye" | John Masius and Tom Fontana | ||
| "The Women" | Story by : John Masius and Tom Fontana Teleplay by : John Ford Noonan | |||
| Trauma Center | "Turnaround" | Harry Longstreet & Renee Schonfeld Longstreet | ABC | |
| 1985 (38th) | ||||
| Cagney & Lacey | "An Unusual Occurrence" | Georgia Jeffries | CBS | |
| Miami Vice | "Brother's Keeper" | Anthony Yerkovich | NBC | |
| Cagney & Lacey | "Child Witness" | Deborah Arakelian | CBS | |
| "Who Said It's Fair?" (Part II) | Patricia Green | |||
| Call to Glory | "A Wind from the East" | Josef Anderson | ABC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Watt a Way to Go" | Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch Teleplay by : David Milch and Roger Director |
NBC | |
| St. Elsewhere | "Sweet Dreams" | John Masius and Tom Fontana | ||
| 1986 (39th) | ||||
| Moonlighting | "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" | Debra Frank and Carl Sautter | ABC | |
| St. Elsewhere | "Remembrance of Things Past" | John Masius, Bruce Paltrow and Tom Fontana | NBC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Remembrance of Hits Past" | Story by : Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch and Walon Green Teleplay by : Walon Green |
NBC | |
| "What Are Friends For?" | Dick Wolf | |||
| Moonlighting | "Every Daughter's Father is a Virgin" | Bruce Franklin Singer | ABC | |
| 1987 (40th) | ||||
| Cagney & Lacey | "Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1" | Georgia Jeffries | CBS | |
| Moonlighting | "It's a Wonderful Job" | Debra Frank and Carl Sautter | ABC | |
| Hill Street Blues | "Fathers and Guns" | Story by : Jeffrey Lewis and Jerry Patrick Brown Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis |
NBC | |
| "More Skinned Against than Skinning" | David Black | |||
| L.A. Law | "Fry Me to the Moon" | Jacob Epstein, Marshall Goldberg and David E. Kelley | ||
| "The Venus Butterfly" | Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher | |||
| Moonlighting | "Atomic Shakespeare" | Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn | ABC | |
| "Big Man on Mulberry Street" | Karen Hall | |||
| St. Elsewhere | "A Room with a View" | Story by : John Masius, Tom Fontana and Channing Gibson Teleplay by : Channing Gibson |
NBC | |
| 1988 (41st) | ||||
| thirtysomething | "Pilot" | Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick | ABC | |
| "Therapy" | Susan Shilliday | |||
| China Beach | "Home" | William Broyles Jr. | ABC | |
| L.A. Law | "Full Marital Jacket" | Story by : Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher Teleplay by : Terry Louise Fisher and David E. Kelley |
NBC | |
| St. Elsewhere | "A Moon for the Misbegotten" | Story by : Tom Fontana, John Tinker and Channing Gibson Teleplay by : Tom Fontana | ||
| thirtysomething | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" | Story by : Jean Vallely Teleplay by : Paul Haggis |
ABC | |
| 1989 (42nd) | ||||
| TV 101 | "Rolling" | Karl Schaefer | CBS | |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | "Elysian Fields" | Joan Tewkesbury | CBS | |
| China Beach | "Where the Boys Are" | Alan Brennert | ABC | |
| "Xmas/CHNBCH VN '67" | John Wells | |||
| L.A. Law | "His Suite is Hirsute" | Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Michele Gallery and William M. Finkelstein | NBC | |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | "The Measure of a Man" | Melinda M. Snodgrass | Syndicated |
1990s
| Year | Series | Episode | Winners/nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (43rd) | ||||
| China Beach | "Souvenirs" | John Sacret Young | ABC | |
| China Beach | "Warriors" | Story by : Martin M. Goldstein and Neal Baer Teleplay by : Dottie Dartland |
ABC | |
| L.A. Law | "Bang...Zoom...Zap" | David E. Kelley and William M. Finkelstein | NBC | |
| "Justice Swerved" | David E. Kelley and Bryce Zabel | |||
| thirtysomething | "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" | Winnie Holzman | ABC | |
| "Strangers" | Richard Kramer | |||
| 1991 (44th) | ||||
| thirtysomething | "Photo Opportunity" | Racelle Rosett Schaefer | ABC | |
| China Beach | "Escape" | Story by : John Sacret Young, John Wells, Carol Flint and Lydia Woodward Teleplay by : Paris Qualles |
ABC | |
| "Hello Goodbye" | Story by : John Sacret Young, John Wells, Carol Flint and Lydia Woodward Teleplay by : John Wells | |||
| Law & Order | "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" | Dick Wolf | NBC | |
| Quantum Leap | "The Leap Home, Part 1" | Donald P. Bellisario | ||
| thirtysomething | "Guns and Roses" | Liberty Godshall | ABC | |
| 1992 (45th) | ||||
| I'll Fly Away | "Amazing Grace" | Henry Bromell | NBC | |
| I'll Fly Away | "Coming Home" | Kevin Arkadie | NBC | |
| Northern Exposure | "Burning Down the House" | Robin Green | CBS | |
| "Seoul Mates" | Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider | |||
| 1993 (46th) | ||||
| Homicide: Life on the Street | "Night of the Dead Living" | Story by : Tom Fontana and Frank Pugliese Teleplay by : Frank Pugliese |
NBC | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | "Gone for Goode" | Paul Attanasio | NBC | |
| I'll Fly Away | "Comfort and Joy" | Barbara Hall | ||
| Life Goes On | "Last Wish" | Toni Graphia | ABC | |
| Picket Fences | "Thanksgiving" | David E. Kelley | CBS | |
| Reasonable Doubts | "Thank God It's Friday" | Ed Zuckerman | NBC | |
| TriBeCa | "The Box" | David J. Burke and Hans Tobeason | Fox | |
| 1994 (47th) | ||||
| Homicide: Life on the Street | "Bop Gun" | Story by : Tom Fontana Teleplay by : David Simon and David Mills |
NBC | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | "A Many Splendored Thing" | Story by : Tom Fontana Teleplay by : Noel Behn |
NBC | |
| Northern Exposure | "Hello, I Love You" | Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess | CBS | |
| NYPD Blue | "Pilot" | Story by : Steven Bochco and David Milch Teleplay by : David Milch |
ABC | |
| "Tempest in a C-Cup" | Gardner Stern | |||
| 1995 (48th) | ||||
| ER | "Love's Labor Lost" | Lance A. Gentile | NBC | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | "Fits Like a Glove" | Story by : Tom Fontana and Julie Martin Teleplay by : Bonnie Mark |
NBC | |
| Picket Fences | "Saint Zack" | Story by : Nick Harding Teleplay by : Nick Harding and David E. Kelley |
CBS | |
| The X-Files | "Duane Barry" | Chris Carter | Fox | |
| 1996 (49th) | ||||
| NYPD Blue | "Girl Talk" | Story by : Bill Clark and Theresa Rebeck Teleplay by : Theresa Rebeck |
ABC | |
| Law & Order | "Aftershock" | Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin and Janis Diamond Teleplay by : Janis Diamond |
NBC | |
| "Savages" | Morgan Gendel, Barry M. Schkolnick and Michael S. Chernuchin | |||
| "Trophy" | Story by : Jeremy R. Littman and Ed Zuckerman Teleplay by : Jeremy R. Littman | |||
| 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 | |
| Party of Five | "Falsies" | Mark B. Perry | Fox | |
| The X-Files | "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" | Darin Morgan | ||
| 1997 (50th) | ||||
| Law & Order | "Entrapment" | Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren | NBC | |
| ER | "Who's Appy Now?" | Neal Baer | NBC | |
| Law & Order | "Deadbeat" | Ed Zuckerman and I.C. Rapoport | ||
| 1998 (51st) | ||||
| Nothing Sacred | "Proofs for the Existence of God" | Paul Leland | ABC | |
| ER | "Exodus" | Walon Green and Joe Sachs | NBC | |
| From the Earth to the Moon | "Apollo One" | Graham Yost | HBO | |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | "Finnegan's Wake" | Story by : James Yoshimura and David Simon Teleplay by : David Mills |
NBC | |
| "Saigon Rose" | Eric Overmyer | |||
| "Subway" | James Yoshimura | |||
| Law & Order | "Burned" | Siobhan Byrne | ||
| The Practice | "Betrayal" | David E. Kelley | ABC | |
| Rescuers: Stories of Courage | "The Marie Taquet Story" | Story by : Cy Chermak, Francine Carroll and Malka Drucker Teleplay by : Cy Chermak and Francine Carroll |
Showtime | |
| 1999 (52nd) | ||||
| The Sopranos | "Meadowlands" | Jason Cahill | HBO | |
| ER | "The Storm, Part 1" | John Wells | NBC | |
| Law & Order | "DWB" | Rene Balcer | ||
| Oz | "U.S. Male" | Tom Fontana and Bradford Winters | HBO |
2000s
| Year | Series | Episode | Winners/nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (53rd) | ||||
| The West Wing | "In Excelsis Deo" | Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland | NBC | |
| Once and Again | "Strangers and Brothers" | Richard Kramer | ABC | |
| The Sopranos | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | Terence Winter | HBO | |
| "The Knight in White Satin Armor" | Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess | |||
| The West Wing | "Enemies" | Story by : Rick Cleveland, Lawrence O'Donnell and Patrick Caddell Teleplay by : Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno |
NBC | |
| "Take This Sabbath Day" | Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell, Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | |||
| 2001 (54th) | ||||
| The Sopranos | "Pine Barrens" | Story by : Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter Teleplay by : Terence Winter |
HBO | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Blood Drops" | Story by : Tish McCarthy Teleplay by : Ann Donahue |
CBS | |
| The Sopranos | "Employee of the Month" | Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess | HBO | |
| "Proshai, Livushka" | David Chase | |||
| The West Wing | "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" | Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin | NBC | |
| "Two Cathedrals" | Aaron Sorkin | |||
| 2002 (55th) | ||||
| The Education of Max Bickford | "Pilot" | Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin | CBS | |
| ER | "On the Beach" | John Wells | NBC | |
| Resurrection Blvd. | "Nino del Polvo" | Robert Eisele | Showtime | |
| Six Feet Under | "In Place of Anger" | Christian Taylor | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | "Whoever Did This" | Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess | ||
| The West Wing | "Game On" | Aaron Sorkin and Paul Redford | NBC | |
| 2003 (56th) | ||||
| 24 | "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." | Evan Katz | Fox | |
| Law & Order | "Bounty" | Michael S. Chernuchin | NBC | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Abomination" | Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters | ||
| "Loss" | ||||
| The O.C. | "Pilot" | Josh Schwartz | Fox | |
| The West Wing | "Disaster Relief" | Story by : Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt Teleplay by : Alexa Junge |
NBC | |
| 2004 (57th) | ||||
| The West Wing | "The Supremes" | Debora Cahn | NBC | |
| Six Feet Under | "Falling into Place" | Craig Wright | HBO | |
| The Sopranos | "Long Term Parking" | Terence Winter | ||
| The West Wing | "Memorial Day" | John Sacret Young and Josh Singer | NBC | |
| 2005 (58th) | ||||
| House | "Autopsy" | Lawrence Kaplow | Fox | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Grave Danger" | Story by : Quentin Tarantino Teleplay by : Naren Shankar, Anthony E. Zuiker and Carol Mendelsohn |
CBS | |
| Nip/Tuck | "Rhea Reynolds" | Jennifer Salt | FX | |
| Six Feet Under | "Singing for Our Lives" | Scott Buck | HBO | |
| Veronica Mars | "Normal Is the Watchword" | Rob Thomas | UPN | |
| The West Wing | "A Good Day" | Carol Flint | NBC | |
| 2006 (59th) | ||||
| Big Love | "Pilot" | Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer | HBO | |
| Battlestar Galactica | "Occupation" / "Precipice" | Ronald D. Moore | Sci-Fi | |
| Lost | "Two for the Road" | Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim | ABC | |
| Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | "The End of the Whole Mess" | Story by : Stephen King Teleplay by : Lawrence D. Cohen |
TNT | |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | "Pilot" | Aaron Sorkin | NBC | |
| The West Wing | "Election Day, Part 2" | Eli Attie and John Wells | ||
| 2007 (60th) | ||||
| The Sopranos | "The Second Coming" | Terence Winter | HBO | |
| The Closer | "The Round File" | Michael Alaimo | TNT | |
| Dexter | "The Dark Defender" | Tim Schlattmann | Showtime | |
| Lost | "Flashes Before Your Eyes" | Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard | ABC | |
| Mad Men | "The Hobo Code" | Chris Provenzano | AMC | |
| The Wire | "Final Grades" | Story by : David Simon and Ed Burns Teleplay by : David Simon |
HBO | |
| 2008 (61st) | ||||
| Breaking Bad | "Pilot" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Breaking Bad | "Gray Matter" | Patty Lin | AMC | |
| Burn Notice | "Double Booked" | Craig O'Neill and Jason Tracey | USA | |
| Dexter | "There's Something About Harry" | Scott Reynolds | Showtime | |
| Eli Stone | "Faith" | Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim | ABC | |
| House | "Don't Ever Change" | Doris Egan and Leonard Dick | Fox | |
| 2009 (61st) | ||||
| House | "Broken" | Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster and David Shore | Fox | |
| Big Love | "Come, Ye Saints" | Melanie Marnich | HBO | |
| Breaking Bad | "Phoenix" | John Shiban | AMC | |
| Mad Men | "The Grown-Ups" | Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner | ||
| "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" | Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner | |||
| True Blood | "I Will Rise Up" | Nancy Oliver | HBO |
2010s
| Year | Series | Episode | Winners/nominees | Network |
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| 2010 (63rd) | ||||
| Mad Men | "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" | Erin Levy | AMC | |
| Breaking Bad | "I.F.T." | George Mastras | AMC | |
| "I See You" | Gennifer Hutchison | |||
| The Good Wife | "Boom" | Ted Humphrey | CBS | |
| House | "Help Me" | Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner and Peter Blake | Fox | |
| Lost | "The End" | Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse | ABC | |
| 2011 (64th) | ||||
| Breaking Bad | "Box Cutter" | Vince Gilligan | AMC | |
| Homeland | "The Good Soldier" | Henry Bromell | Showtime | |
| Boardwalk Empire | "The Age of Reason" | Bathsheba Doran | HBO | |
| "A Dangerous Maid" | Itamar Moses | |||
| Breaking Bad | "End Times" | Thomas Schnauz and Moira Walley-Beckett | AMC | |
| Dexter | "Just Let Go" | Jace Richdale | Showtime | |
| 2012 (65th) | ||||
| Mad Men | "The Other Woman" | Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner | AMC | |
| Breaking Bad | "Buyout" | Gennifer Hutchison | AMC | |
| "Dead Freight" | George Mastras | |||
| "Fifty-One" | Sam Catlin | |||
| "Say My Name" | Thomas Schnauz | |||
| Homeland | "New Car Smell" | Meredith Stiehm | Showtime | |
| 2013 (66th) | ||||
| Breaking Bad | "Confessions" | Gennifer Hutchison | AMC | |
| Breaking Bad | "Buried" | Thomas Schnauz | AMC | |
| "Granite State" | Peter Gould | |||
| The Good Wife | "Hitting the Fan" | Robert King and Michelle King | CBS | |
| House of Cards | "Chapter 1" | Beau Willimon | Netflix | |
| Masters of Sex | "Pilot" | Michelle Ashford | Showtime | |
| 2014 (67th) | ||||
| The Good Wife | "The Last Call" | Robert King and Michelle King | CBS | |
| Boardwalk Empire | "Devil You Know" | Howard Korder | HBO | |
| "Friendless Child" | Riccardo DiLoreto, Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder | |||
| Game of Thrones | "The Lion and the Rose" | George R. R. Martin | ||
| Mad Men | "A Day's Work" | Jonathan Igla and Matthew Weiner | AMC | |
| Rectify | "Donald the Normal" | Kate Powers and Ray McKinnon | Sundance TV | |
| 2015 (68th) | ||||
| Better Call Saul | "Uno" | Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould | AMC | |
| Game of Thrones | "Mother's Mercy" | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss | HBO | |
| The Good Wife | "Mind's Eye" | Robert King and Michelle King | CBS | |
| The Leftovers | "International Assassin" | Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse | HBO | |
| Mad Men | "Person to Person" | Matthew Weiner | AMC | |
| Narcos | "Explosivos" | Andy Black | Netflix | |
| 2016 (69th) | ||||
| This Is Us | "The Trip" | Vera Herbert | NBC | |
| Better Call Saul | "Gloves Off" | Gordon Smith | AMC | |
| "Klick" | Heather Marion and Vince Gilligan | |||
| "Switch" | Thomas Schnauz | |||
| Game of Thrones | "The Winds of Winter" | David Benioff and D. B. Weiss | HBO | |
| Shameless | "I Am a Storm" | Sheila Callaghan | Showtime | |
| 2017 (70th) | ||||
| Better Call Saul | "Chicanery" | Gordon Smith | AMC | |
| The Americans | "The Soviet Division" | Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg | FX | |
| Better Call Saul | "Slip" | Heather Marion | AMC | |
| Good Behavior | "The Heart Attack is the Best Way" | Chad Hodge | TNT | |
| The Leftovers | "The Book of Nora" | Story by : Tom Spezialy and Damon Lindelof Teleplay by : Tom Perotta and Damon Lindelof |
HBO | |
| The OA | "Homecoming" | Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij | Netflix | |
| 2018 (71st) | ||||
| Homeland | "Paean to the People" | Alex Gansa | Showtime | |
| The Affair | "407" | Story by : Jaquén Castellanos and Sarah Sutherland Teleplay by : Lydia Diamond and Sarah Sutherland |
Showtime | |
| The Handmaid's Tale | "First Blood" | Eric Tuchman | Hulu | |
| Narcos: Mexico | "Camelot" | Eric Newman & Clayton Trussell | Netflix | |
| Ozark | "The Precious Blood of Jesus" | David Manson | ||
| This Is Us | "The Car" | Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger | NBC | |
| 2019 (72nd) | ||||
| Succession | "Tern Haven" | Will Tracy | HBO | |
| The Crown | "Moondust" | Peter Morgan | Netflix | |
| Mr. Robot | "407 Proxy Authentication Required" | Sam Esmail | USA | |
| The OA | "Mirror Mirror" | Dominic Orlando & Claire Kiechel | Netflix | |
| Ray Donovan | "A Good Man is Hard to Find" | Joshua Marston | Showtime | |
| This Is Us | "Our Little Island Girl" | Eboni Freeman | NBC |
2020s
Total awards
- NBC – 21
- ABC – 14
- CBS – 11
- AMC – 8
- HBO – 7
- Fox – 3
- Showtime – 2
- Syndicated – 1
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Footnotes
- thirtysomething's double win in 1988 is counted as only one win.
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