Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special | |
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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 | Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson, Watchmen (2020) |
Website | emmys |
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.
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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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 | ||
2021 (73rd) | ||||
I May Destroy You | Michaela Coel | HBO | ||
Mare of Easttown | Brad Ingelsby | |||
The Queen's Gambit | Scott Frank | Netflix | ||
WandaVision | "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" | Jac Schaeffer | Disney+ | |
"All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" | Chuck Hayward and Peter Cameron | |||
"Previously On" | Laura Donney |
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