The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series was established in 1952. The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series winners are listed below.
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Year | Episode | Series | Writers | Result | Ref. |
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1952 | — | The Web | Franklin Heller | Winner | |
1953 | — | Dragnet | Jack Webb | Winner | |
1954 | "Crime at Blossoms" | Studio One | Jerome Ross | Winner | [1] |
1955 | "Smoke" | Suspense | Gore Vidal | Winner | |
"The Long Goodbye" | Climax! | E. Jack Neuman , based on the novel by Raymond Chandler | Shortlist | ||
1956 | "Sting of Death" | The Elgin Hour | Alvin Sapinsley Jr. , based on the novel A Taste for Honey by H. F. Heard | Winner | |
"Thin Air" | Climax! | Ben Starr | Shortlist | ||
1957 | "The Fine Art of Murder" | Omnibus | Sidney Carroll | Winner | |
1958 | "Mechanical Manhunt" | The Alcoa Hour | Harold Swanton | Winner | |
"The Trial of Lizzie Borden" | Omnibus | Omnibus staff | Shortlist | ||
1959 | "The Edge of Truth" | Studio One | Adrian Spies | Winner | |
"Capital Punishment" | Omnibus | James Lee | Winner |
Year | Episode | Series | Writers | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | "Daughter of the Mind" | ABC Movie of the Week | Luther Davis | Winner | |
"In This Corner - Sol Albert" | The Mod Squad | Harve Bennett and Rita Lakin | Shortlist | ||
"The Sound of Darkness" | Mannix | Barry Trivers | Shortlist | ||
1971 | "Berlin Affair" | NBC Movie of the Week | E. Jack Neuman and Richard Alan Simmons | Winner | |
The Other Man | NBC Movie of the Week | Eric Bercovici and Michael Blankfort | Shortlist | ||
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | ABC Movie of the Week | Luther Davis | Shortlist | ||
"To Taste of Death But Once" | The Bold Ones: The Senator | Joel Oliansky | Shortlist | ||
1972 | "A Step in Time" | Mannix | Mann Rubin | Winner | |
"Company Town" | Cade's County | Cliff Gould | Shortlist | ||
"Murder by the Book" | Columbo | Steven Bochco | Shortlist | ||
"Somebody's Out To Get Jennie" | McCloud | Robert Presnell Jr. | Shortlist | ||
1973 | "The New Mexico Connection" | McCloud | Glen A. Larson | Winner | |
"A Date with Death" | Banyon | Morton Fine, Milton S. Gelman | Shortlist | ||
"Bait Once, Bait Twice" | Hawaii Five-O | Will Lorin | Shortlist | ||
"The Crimson Halo" | Mannix | Shimon Wincelberg | Shortlist | ||
"Victim in Shadow" | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Richard Bluel | Shortlist | ||
1974 | "Requiem for an Informer" | Police Story | Sy Salkowitz | Winner | |
1975 | "Requiem For C.Z. Smith" | Police Story | Robert L. Collins | Winner | |
1976 | "No Immunity for Murder" | Kojak | Joe Gores | Winner | |
1977 | "Requiem for Murder" | The Streets of San Francisco | James Johnson Sweeney | Winner | |
1978 | "The Thighbone Is Connected To The Knee Bone" | Quincy M.E. | Tony Lawrence and Lou Shaw | Winner | |
1979 | "Murder Under Glass" | Columbo | Robert van Scoyk | Winner |
Year | Episode | Series | Writers | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | "Skin" | Tales of the Unexpected | Robin Chapman and Roald Dahl | Winner | |
1981 | "China Doll" | Magnum, P.I. | Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson | Winner | |
1982 | "Hill Street Station" | Hill Street Blues | Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll | Winner | |
1983 | "In the Steele of the Night" | Remington Steele | Joel Steiger | Winner | |
1984 | "The Pencil" | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Jo Eisinger | Winner | |
1985 | "Deadly Lady" | Murder, She Wrote | Peter S. Fischer | Winner | |
1986 | "The Amazing Falsworth" | Amazing Stories | Mick Garris | Winner | |
1987 | "The Cup" | The Equalizer | David Jackson | Winner | |
1988 | "The Musgrave Ritual" | Masterpiece Mystery | Jeremy Paul | Winner | |
1989 | "The Devil's Foot" | Masterpiece Mystery | Gary Hopkins | Winner |
Year | Episode | Series | Writers | Result | Ref. |
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1990 | "White Noise" | Wiseguy | David J. Burke and Alfonse Ruggiero | Winner | |
1991 | "Good Night, Dear Heart" | Quantum Leap | Paul Brown | Winner | |
"Gabriel's Fire" | Gabriel's Fire | Coleman Luck, Jacqueline Zambrano | Shortlist | ||
"Happily Ever After" | Law & Order | David Black, Robert Stuart Nathan | Shortlist | ||
"Justice Swerved" | L.A. Law | David E. Kelley, Bryce Zabel | Shortlist | ||
1993 | "Conspiracy" | Law & Order | Rene Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin | Winner |
Year | Episode | Series | Writers | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | "Place of Execution" | Place of Execution | Patrick Harbinson | Winner | |
2011 | "Episode 1" | Luther | Neil Cross | Winner | |
2012 | "Pilot" | Homeland | Alex Gansa , Howard Gordon, and Gideon Raff | Winner | [5] |
"Innocence" | Blue Bloods | Siobhan Byrne O'Connor | Shortlist | [5] | |
“The Life Inside” | Justified | Benjamin Cavell | Shortlist | [5] | |
"Part 1" | Whitechapel | Ben Court and Caroline Ip | Shortlist | [5] | |
"Mask" | Law & Order: SVU | Speed Weed | Shortlist | [5] | |
2013 | "A Scandal in Belgravia" | Sherlock | Steven Moffat | Winner | |
2014 | "Episode 1" | The Fall | Allan Cubitt | Winner | |
"Episode 3" | Luther | Neil Cross | Shortlist | [6] | |
"Legitimate Rape" | Law & Order: SVU | Kevin Fox and Peter Blauner | Shortlist | [6] | |
"Variations Under Domestication" | Orphan Black | Will Pascoe | Shortlist | [6] | |
"Pilot" | The Following | Kevin Williamson | Shortlist | [6] | |
2015 | "Episode 1" | Happy Valley | Sally Wainwright | Winner | [7] [8] [9] |
“The Empty Hearse” | Sherlock | Mark Gatiss | Shortlist | [9] | |
"Unfinished Business" | Blue Bloods | Siobhan Byrne O'Connor | Shortlist | [9] | |
"Dream Baby Dream" | The Killing | Sean Whitesell | Shortlist | [9] | |
"Episode 6" | The Game | Toby Whithouse | Shortlist | [9] | |
2016 | "Gently with the Women" | Inspector George Gently | Peter Flannery | Winner | [10] [11] |
2017 | "A Blade of Grass" | Penny Dreadful | John Logan | Winner | [12] |
2018 | "Somebody to Love" | Fargo | Noah Hawley | Winner | [13] |
"Episode 1" | The Loch | Stephen Brady | Shortlist | [13] | |
"Something Happened" | Law & Order: SVU | Michael Chernuchin | Shortlist | [13] | |
"Gentley and the New Age" | George Gentley | Robert Murphy | Shortlist | [13] | |
"The Blanket Mire | Vera | Paul Matthew Thompson and Martha Hillier | Shortlist | [13] | |
2019 | "The One That Holds Everything" | The Romanoffs | Matthew Weiner and Donald Joh | Winner | [14] |
Year | Episode | Series | Writers | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Season 5, Episode 4 | Line of Duty | Jed Mercurio | Winner | [15] [16] |
2021 | "Episode 1, Photochemistry" | Dead Still | John Morton | Winner | [17] |
"Episode 1, The Stranger" | The Stranger | Danny Brocklehurst | Shortlist | [18] | |
"Episode 1, Open Water" | The Sounds | Sarah-Kate Lynch | Shortlist | [18] | |
"Episode 1" | Des | Luke Neal | Shortlist | [18] | |
"What I Know" | The Boys | Rebecca Sonnenshine | Shortlist | [18] | |
2022 | "Boots on the Ground" | Narcos: Mexico | Iturri Sosa | Winner | [19] |
2023 | "Episode 1" | Magpie Murders | Anthony Horowitz | Winner | [20] |
"One Mighty and Strong" | Under the Banner of Heaven | Brandon Boyce | Shortlist | ||
2024 | "Escape from Shit Mountain" | Poker Face | Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman | Winner | [21] |
"Time of the Monkey" | Poker Face | Wyatt Cain and Charlie Peppers | Shortlist | [21] | |
"I'm a Pretty Observant Guy" | Will Trent | Liz Heldens | Shortlist | [21] | |
"Dead Man's Hand" | Poker Face | Rian Johnson | Shortlist | [21] | |
"Hózhó Náhásdlii (Beauty is Restore)" | Dark Winds | Graham Roland and John Wirth | Shortlist | [21] |