Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Primetime Emmy Awards · 253 nominations across 54 ceremonies · 53 wins
78th Emmys · 2026
- Nominee All Her Fault · Gareth Neame, Minkie Spiro, Sarah Snook
- Nominee The Beast in Me · Howard Gordon, Antonio Campos, Gabe Rotter, Claire Danes, Conan O'Brien, Caroline Baron, Jodie Foster, Ali Liebegott
- Nominee Beef · Lee Sung Jin, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton, Jake Schreier, Anna Ouyang Moench, Kitao Sakurai, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Carrie Kemper, Gene Hong, Sabrina Mahfouz
- Nominee DTF St. Louis · Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan, David Harbour, Steven Conrad, Todd Black, Steve Tisch, James Lasdun
- Nominee Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette · Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Lou Eyrich, Juli Weiner
77th Emmys · 2025
- Winner Adolescence · Mark Herbert, Hannah Walters, Stephen Graham, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Nina Wolarsky, Jack Thorne, Philip Barantini
- Nominee The Penguin · Lauren LeFranc, Matt Reeves, Craig Zobel, Colin Farrell, Noelle Valdivia, Nick Towne
- Nominee Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story · Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Alexis Martin Woodall, Javier Bardem, Lou Eyrich
- Nominee Dying for Sex · Elizabeth Meriwether, Hernan Lopez, Marshall Lewy, Michelle Williams, Nikki Boyer, Shannon Murphy
- Nominee Black Mirror · Charlie Brooker, Jessica Rhoades, Annabel Jones
76th Emmys · 2024
- Winner Baby Reindeer · Richard Gadd
- Nominee Fargo · Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Steve Stark, Thomas Bezucha, Bob DeLaurentis, Dana Gonzales, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Nominee True Detective: Night Country · Issa López, Jodie Foster, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Nic Pizzolatto, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Steve Golin, Richard Brown, Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Nominee Ripley · Steven Zaillian, Garrett Basch, Clayton Townsend, Guymon Casady, Philipp Keel, Charlie Corwin, Andrew Scott
- Nominee Lessons in Chemistry · Hannah Fidell, Susannah Grant, Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan, Brie Larson, Lee Eisenberg, Elijah Allan-Blitz, Mfoniso Udofia, Bonnie Garmus
75th Emmys · 2023
- Winner Beef · Lee Sung Jin, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Carrie Kemper
- Nominee Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story · Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Alexis Martin Woodall, Evan Peters, Janet Mock, Lou Eyrich, Richard Jenkins
- Nominee Daisy Jones & the Six · James Ponsoldt, Will Graham, Reese Witherspoon, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, Nzingha Stewart, Susan Coyne, Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Nominee Fleishman Is in Trouble · Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Susannah Grant, Cindy Chupack, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
- Nominee Obi-Wan Kenobi · Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor, Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Joby Harold
74th Emmys · 2022
- Winner The White Lotus · Mike White
- Nominee The Dropout · Elizabeth Meriwether, Michael Showalter, Rebecca Jarvis, Liz Heldens, Liz Hannah, Amanda Seyfried, Hilary Bettis
- Nominee Pam & Tommy · Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Robert Siegel, Craig Gillespie, Dave Franco
- Nominee Inventing Anna · Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Tom Verica, Jessica Pressler
- Nominee Dopesick · Danny Strong, John Goldwyn, Warren Littlefield, Karen Rosenfelt, Barry Levinson, Beth Macy, Michael Keaton
73rd Emmys · 2021
- Winner The Queen's Gambit · William Horberg, Allan Scott, Scott Frank
- Nominee The Underground Railroad · Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead
- Nominee WandaVision · Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Matt Shakman, Jac Schaeffer
- Nominee I May Destroy You · Michaela Coel, Phil Clarke
- Nominee Mare of Easttown · Paul Lee, Craig Zobel, Kate Winslet, Brad Ingelsby, Gavin O'Connor
72nd Emmys · 2020
- Winner Watchmen · Damon Lindelof, Tom Spezialy, Nicole Kassell, Stephen Williams, Carly Wray
- Nominee Unbelievable · Susannah Grant, Lisa Cholodenko, Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon, Katie Couric, Richard Tofel, Neil Barsky, Robyn Semien, Jennifer Schuur, Becky Mode, T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong
- Nominee Unorthodox · Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski
- Nominee Mrs. America · Dahvi Waller, Stacey Sher, Cate Blanchett, James W. Skotchdopole, Tanya Barfield, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
- Nominee Little Fires Everywhere · Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone, Liz Tigelaar, Lynn Shelton, Attica Locke, Raamla Mohamed, Amy Talkington, Celeste Ng
71st Emmys · 2019
- Winner Chernobyl · Craig Mazin, Jane Featherstone, Johan Renck, Sanne Wohlenberg
- Nominee Escape at Dannemora · Ben Stiller, Michael Tolkin, Brett Johnson, Michael De Luca
- Nominee When They See Us · Ava DuVernay, Jeff Skoll, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Oprah Winfrey
- Nominee Sharp Objects · Marti Noxon, Jason Blum, Gillian Flynn, Amy Adams, Jean-Marc Vallée, Nathan Ross, Gregg Fienberg
- Nominee Fosse/Verdon · Steven Levenson, Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Nicole Fosse, Tracey Scott Wilson
70th Emmys · 2018
- Winner The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story · Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tom Rob Smith, Daniel Minahan, Brad Falchuk, Lou Eyrich
- Nominee Genius · Kenneth Biller, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Gigi Pritzker, Wendy Riss Gatsiounis
- Nominee Godless · Casey Silver, Steven Soderbergh, Scott Frank
- Nominee The Alienist · Hossein Amini, Eric Max Frye, Steve Golin, Jakob Verbruggen, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Eric Roth
- Nominee Patrick Melrose · Rachael Horovitz, Michael Jackson, Benedict Cumberbatch
69th Emmys · 2017
- Winner Big Little Lies · David E. Kelley, Jean-Marc Vallée, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross
- Nominee Fargo · Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Bob DeLaurentis, Steve Blackman, Monica Beletsky, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Nominee The Night Of · Steven Zaillian, Richard Price, Jane Tranter, Garrett Basch, Scott Ferguson
- Nominee Feud: Bette and Joan · Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall, John J. Gray, Jaffe Cohen, Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon
- Nominee Genius · Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Gigi Pritzker, Kenneth Biller
68th Emmys · 2016
- Winner The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story · Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Anthony Hemingway, Alexis Martin Woodall, John Travolta
- Nominee The Night Manager · Stephen Garrett, Susanne Bier, David Farr, John le Carré, Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie
- Nominee American Crime · John Ridley, Julie Hébert, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Diana Son
- Nominee Roots · Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Will Packer, LeVar Burton
- Nominee Fargo · Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
67th Emmys · 2015
- Winner Olive Kitteridge · Jane Anderson, Frances McDormand
- Nominee American Crime · John Ridley, Julie Hébert, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Diana Son
- Nominee The Honourable Woman · Greg Brenman, Hugo Blick
- Nominee American Horror Story: Freak Show · Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall
- Nominee Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light · John Yorke
66th Emmys · 2014
- Winner Fargo · Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield
- Nominee The White Queen · Colin Callender, George S. J. Faber, Charles Pattinson, Philippa Gregory
- Nominee American Horror Story: Coven · Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, Doug Petrie, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Alexis Martin Woodall
- Nominee Bonnie & Clyde · Craig Zadan, Neil Meron
- Nominee Treme · David Simon, Nina Kostroff Noble, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Carolyn Strauss
- Nominee Luther
65th Emmys · 2013
- Winner Behind the Candelabra · Jerry Weintraub, Gregory Jacobs
- Nominee Political Animals · Greg Berlanti, Laurence Mark, Speed Weed
- Nominee The Bible · Mark Burnett, Roma Downey
- Nominee American Horror Story: Asylum · Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong, Jessica Sharzer, Alexis Martin Woodall
- Nominee Phil Spector · Barry Levinson, David Mamet
- Nominee Top of the Lake · Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jane Campion, Philippa Campbell
64th Emmys · 2012
- Winner Game Change · Jay Roach, Danny Strong
- Nominee Hatfields & McCoys · Leslie Greif, Nancy Dubuc, Kevin Costner, Darrell Fetty
- Nominee Luther
- Nominee American Horror Story: Murder House
- Nominee Hemingway & Gellhorn · James Gandolfini, Barbara Turner
- Nominee Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
- Nominee Sherlock · Beryl Vertue, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue
63rd Emmys · 2011
- Winner Downton Abbey · Gareth Neame, Rebecca Eaton, Julian Fellowes
- Nominee The Kennedys · Jonathan Koch, Jon Cassar, Joel Surnow
- Nominee Cinema Verite · Gavin Polone
- Nominee Mildred Pierce · Christine Vachon, John Wells, Todd Haynes
- Nominee The Pillars of the Earth · David A. Rosemont, David W. Zucker, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott
- Nominee Too Big to Fail · Curtis Hanson, Paula Weinstein, Ezra Swerdlow
62nd Emmys · 2010
- Winner The Pacific · Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman, Tony To, Graham Yost, Bruce C. McKenna, Tim Van Patten, Todd London
- Nominee Return to Cranford · Kate Harwood, Sue Birtwistle
61st Emmys · 2009
- Winner Little Dorrit
- Nominee Generation Kill · Ed Burns, Andrea Calderwood
60th Emmys · 2008
- Winner John Adams
- Nominee Cranford · Kate Harwood, Sue Birtwistle
- Nominee The Andromeda Strain · Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David W. Zucker, Tom Thayer, Mikael Salomon
- Nominee Tin Man
59th Emmys · 2007
- Winner Broken Trail · Robert Duvall, Walter Hill
- Nominee The Starter Wife · Josann McGibbon, Jon Avnet, Howard Klein, Gigi Levangie Grazer, Jeff Hayes
- Nominee Prime Suspect
58th Emmys · 2006
- Winner Elizabeth I · George S. J. Faber, Charles Pattinson, Nigel Williams
- Nominee Into the West · William Mastrosimone, David A. Rosemont
- Nominee Bleak House · Nigel Stafford-Clark
- Nominee Sleeper Cell · Janet Tamaro
57th Emmys · 2005
- Winner The Lost Prince · Peter Fincham, David M. Thompson
- Nominee Elvis · Michael Jaffe
- Nominee The 4400 · Ira Steven Behr, René Echevarria, Scott Peters, Yves Simoneau
- Nominee Empire Falls · Paul Newman, Marc Platt, Fred Schepisi, Scott Steindorff
56th Emmys · 2004
- Winner Angels in America · Mike Nichols, Celia Costas
- Nominee Hornblower
- Nominee Traffic · Ron Hutchinson, Graham King, Stephen Hopkins
- Nominee Prime Suspect: The Final Act · Rebecca Eaton, Andy Harries
- Nominee American Family · Robert Greenblatt, Gregory Nava
55th Emmys · 2003
- Winner Taken · Leslie Bohem
- Nominee Hitler: The Rise of Evil · Christian Duguay
- Nominee Napoléon · Gérard Depardieu
54th Emmys · 2002
- Winner Band of Brothers · Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Stephen E. Ambrose, Gary Goetzman, Tony To, Erik Bork, Erik Jendresen
- Nominee Shackleton
- Nominee Dinotopia · William P. Cartlidge
- Nominee The Mists of Avalon · James Coburn, Bernd Eichinger
53rd Emmys · 2001
- Winner Anne Frank: The Whole Story
- Nominee Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows · Robert Allan Ackerman, Lorna Luft, Robert L. Freedman
- Nominee Nuremberg · Gerald W. Abrams, Alec Baldwin, Ian McDougall
- Nominee Hornblower
- Nominee Tales of the City · Tim Bevan, Armistead Maupin, Alan Poul
52nd Emmys · 2000
- Winner The Corner · Robert F. Colesberry, David Mills, David Simon, Nina Kostroff Noble
- Nominee P. T. Barnum · David V. Picker, Kevin Tierney
- Nominee Jesus · Frank Konigsberg
- Nominee The Beach Boys: An American Family · Neil Meron, John Stamos, Craig Zadan, Jeff Bleckner
- Nominee Arabian Nights · Robert Halmi, Robert Halmi Jr., Dyson Lovell
51st Emmys · 1999
- Winner Hornblower
- Nominee Great Expectations · Rebecca Eaton, Michael Wearing
- Nominee The Temptations · Suzanne de Passe, David V. Picker
- Nominee Joan of Arc · Peter Bray
- Nominee The '60s
50th Emmys · 1998
- Winner From the Earth to the Moon · Tom Hanks, Tony To, John Melfi, Graham Yost, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Erik Bork
- Nominee Merlin · Robert Halmi, Dyson Lovell
- Nominee Moby Dick · Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Robert Halmi, Kris Noble, Franc Roddam
- Nominee Tales of the City · Tim Bevan, Alan Poul, Kevin Tierney
- Nominee George Wallace · John Frankenheimer, Ethel Winant
49th Emmys · 1997
- Winner Prime Suspect: The Final Act · Rebecca Eaton
- Nominee The Last Don · Joyce Eliason, Frank Konigsberg
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Robert Halmi
- Nominee The Odyssey · Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Robert Halmi, Nicholas Meyer, Dyson Lovell
- Nominee The Shining · Stephen King
48th Emmys · 1996
- Winner Gulliver's Travels · Robert Halmi, Brian Henson, Duncan Kenworthy
- Nominee Andersonville · John Frankenheimer, Ethel Winant
- Nominee Hiroshima · Michael Campus, Robin Spry
- Nominee Pride and Prejudice · Michael Wearing
- Nominee Moses · Gerald Rafshoon
47th Emmys · 1995
- Winner Joseph · Gerald Rafshoon
- Nominee Martin Chuzzlewit · Rebecca Eaton, Michael Wearing, Chris Parr
- Nominee A Woman of Independent Means · Sally Field, Robert Greenwald
- Nominee Children of the Dust · Joyce Eliason, Frank Konigsberg, Harold Tichenor
- Nominee Buffalo Girls · Suzanne de Passe
46th Emmys · 1994
- Winner Prime Suspect: The Final Act · Sally Head, Paul Marcus
- Nominee The Stand · Stephen King, Richard P. Rubinstein, Mitchell Galin
- Nominee World War II: When Lions Roared · Ethel Winant
- Nominee Tales of the City · Tim Bevan, Richard Kramer, Armistead Maupin, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Antony Root, Alan Poul
- Nominee Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All · Frank Konigsberg, Joyce Eliason, Jack Clements
45th Emmys · 1993
- Winner Prime Suspect: The Final Act · Sally Head, Paul Marcus
- Nominee Alex Haley's Queen · David L. Wolper
- Nominee The Jacksons: An American Dream · Suzanne de Passe, Joyce Eliason, Jermaine Jackson
- Nominee Sinatra · Tina Sinatra
- Nominee Family Pictures · Les Alexander
44th Emmys · 1992
- Winner A Woman Named Jackie · Lester Persky
- Nominee Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel · Michael Mann
- Nominee The Burden of Proof
- Nominee In a Child's Name
- Nominee Cruel Doubt
43rd Emmys · 1991
- Winner Separate But Equal · George Stevens Jr.
- Nominee Sarah, Plain and Tall · Glenn Close, William Self, Glenn Jordan
- Nominee Decoration Day
- Nominee The Josephine Baker Story · Robert Halmi, David Puttnam, John Kemeny
- Nominee Switched at Birth · Barry Morrow, Michael O'Hara
- Nominee Paris Trout · Frank Konigsberg
42nd Emmys · 1990
- Winner Drug Wars: The Camarena Story · Michael Mann, Branko Lustig
- Nominee The Kennedys of Massachusetts · Edgar J. Scherick, Michael Barnathan
- Nominee Small Sacrifices · Suzanne de Passe
- Nominee Blind Faith
- Nominee Family of Spies · Gerald W. Abrams
41st Emmys · 1989
- Winner War and Remembrance · Dan Curtis, Barbara Steele
- Nominee I Know My First Name is Steven
- Nominee The Women of Brewster Place · Oprah Winfrey, Karen Hall
- Nominee Lonesome Dove · Suzanne de Passe, William D. Wittliff, Dyson Lovell
- Nominee A Perfect Spy · Jonathan Powell
40th Emmys · 1988
- Winner The Murder of Mary Phagan · George Stevens Jr.
- Nominee Billionaire Boys Club · Marvin J. Chomsky
- Nominee Baby M Case
- Nominee The Bourne Identity · Frederick Muller
- Nominee Lincoln · Bill Finnegan
39th Emmys · 1987
- Winner A Year in the Life · Joshua Brand, John Falsey
- Nominee Out on a Limb · Colin Higgins
- Nominee Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder · William Hanley
- Nominee The Two Mrs. Grenvilles · John Erman
- Nominee Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna · Marvin J. Chomsky
38th Emmys · 1986
- Winner Peter the Great · Lawrence Schiller, Marvin J. Chomsky
- Nominee On Wings of Eagles · Edgar J. Scherick
- Nominee The Long Hot Summer · Leonard Hill
- Nominee Dress Gray · Glenn Jordan
- Nominee Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
37th Emmys · 1985
- Winner The Jewel in the Crown · Denis Forman, Christopher Morahan
- Nominee Ellis Island · Gabriel Katzka, Frank Konigsberg, Jerry London
- Nominee A Woman of Substance · Diane Baker
- Nominee Space · Martin Manulis
- Nominee Robert Kennedy & His Times
36th Emmys · 1984
- Winner Concealed Enemies
- Nominee Reilly: Ace of Spies · Verity Lambert
- Nominee Nancy Astor · Philip Hinchcliffe
- Nominee Chiefs · Martin Manulis, Jerry London
- Nominee George Washington · David Gerber, Buzz Kulik
35th Emmys · 1983
- Winner The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby · Colin Callender
- Nominee Smiley's People · Jonathan Powell
- Nominee The Winds of War · Dan Curtis
- Nominee The Thorn Birds · David L. Wolper, Edward Lewis
- Nominee To Serve Them All My Days · Ken Riddington
34th Emmys · 1982
- Winner Marco Polo
- Nominee Oppenheimer · Peter Goodchild
- Nominee Flickers
- Nominee A Town Like Alice
- Nominee Brideshead Revisited · Jac Venza
33rd Emmys · 1981
- Winner Shōgun · James Clavell, Eric Bercovici
- Nominee East of Eden · Mace Neufeld, Barney Rosenzweig
- Nominee Rumpole of the Bailey
- Nominee Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · Jac Venza, Jonathan Powell
- Nominee Masada · George Eckstein
32nd Emmys · 1980
- Winner Edward & Mrs. Simpson
- Nominee Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic
- Nominee Moviola
- Nominee The Duchess of Duke Street · John Hawkesworth
31st Emmys · 1979
- Winner Roots: The Next Generations · David L. Wolper
- Nominee Backstairs at the White House · Ed Friendly, Michael O'Herlihy
- Nominee Blind Ambition · David Susskind, George Schaefer, Renée Valente
30th Emmys · 1978
- Winner Holocaust · Herbert Brodkin, Robert Berger
- Nominee King · Edward S. Feldman, Bill Finnegan
- Nominee I, Claudius · Martin Lisemore
- Nominee Anna Karenina · Ken Riddington, Donald Wilson
- Nominee Washington: Behind Closed Doors · Eric Bercovici, Norman Powell
29th Emmys · 1977
- Winner Roots · David L. Wolper
- Nominee Captains and the Kings · Roy Huggins
- Nominee The Moneychangers · Ross Hunter
- Nominee The Adams Chronicles · Jac Venza, Robert Costello, Fred Coe, James Cellan Jones
- Nominee Madame Bovary · Richard Beynon
28th Emmys · 1976
- Winner Upstairs, Downstairs · John Hawkesworth
- Nominee Rich Man, Poor Man · Harve Bennett
- Nominee The Adams Chronicles · Jac Venza, Paul Bogart, Robert Costello, James Cellan Jones, Fred Coe
- Nominee The Law
- Nominee Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill · Stella Richman
27th Emmys · 1975
- Winner Benjamin Franklin · George Lefferts, Glenn Jordan
- Nominee McCloud · Glen A. Larson
- Nominee Columbo · Roland Kibbee, Dean Hargrove
26th Emmys · 1974
- Winner Columbo · Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee
- Nominee The Blue Knight · Lee Rich
- Nominee McCloud · Glen A. Larson
25th Emmys · 1973
- Winner Tom Brown's Schooldays
- Nominee The Life of Leonardo da Vinci · RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
- Nominee The Last of the Mohicans