Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Awards · 341 nominations across 70 ceremonies · 71 wins
78th Emmys · 2026
- Nominee Vince Gilligan · We Is Us from Pluribus
- Nominee R. Scott Gemmill · 1:00 P.M. from The Pitt
- Nominee Valerie Chu · 12:00 P.M. from The Pitt
- Nominee Will Smith · Scars from Slow Horses
- Nominee Peter Akerman, Debora Cahn · Amagansett from The Diplomat
- Nominee Brad Ingelsby · A Still Small Voice from Task
77th Emmys · 2025
- Winner Dan Gilroy · Welcome to the Rebellion from Andor
- Nominee Mike White · Full-Moon Party from The White Lotus
- Nominee Dan Erickson · Cold Harbor from Severance
- Nominee Will Smith · Hello Goodbye from Slow Horses
- Nominee Joe Sachs · 2:00 P.M. from The Pitt
- Nominee R. Scott Gemmill · 7:00 A.M. from The Pitt
76th Emmys · 2024
- Winner Will Smith · Negotiating with Tigers from Slow Horses
- Nominee Geneva Robertson-Dworet · The End from Fallout
- Nominee Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks · Crimson Sky from Shōgun
- Nominee Francesca Sloane, Donald Glover · First Date from Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Nominee Peter Morgan · Ritz from The Crown
75th Emmys · 2023
- Winner Jesse Armstrong · Connor's Wedding
- Nominee Beau Willimon · One Way Out from Andor
- Nominee Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, Brett Baer · The Prick from Bad Sisters
- Nominee Gordon Smith · Point and Shoot from Better Call Saul
- Nominee Mike White · Arrivederci from The White Lotus
- Nominee Craig Mazin · Long, Long Time from The Last of Us
- Nominee Peter Gould · Saul Gone from Better Call Saul
74th Emmys · 2022
- Winner Jesse Armstrong · All the Bells Say from Succession
- Nominee Hwang Dong-hyuk · One Lucky Day from Squid Game
- Nominee Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson · Pilot from Yellowjackets
- Nominee Chris Mundy · A Hard Way to Go from Ozark
- Nominee Dan Erickson · The We We Are from Severance
- Nominee Thomas Schnauz · Plan and Execution from Better Call Saul
73rd Emmys · 2021
- Winner Peter Morgan · War from The Crown
- Nominee Yahlin Chang · Home from The Handmaid's Tale
- Nominee Misha Green · Sundown from Lovecraft Country
- Nominee Dave Filoni · Chapter 13: The Jedi from The Mandalorian
- Nominee Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady J · Series Finale from Pose
- Nominee Jon Favreau · Chapter 16: The Rescue from The Mandalorian
- Nominee Rebecca Sonnenshine · What I Know from The Boys
72nd Emmys · 2020
- Winner Jesse Armstrong · This Is Not for Tears from Succession
- Nominee Peter Morgan · Aberfan from The Crown
- Nominee Chris Mundy · All In from Ozark
- Nominee Gordon Smith · Bagman from Better Call Saul
- Nominee Miki Johnson · Fire Pink from Ozark
- Nominee Thomas Schnauz · Bad Choice Road from Better Call Saul
- Nominee John Shiban · Boss Fight from Ozark
71st Emmys · 2019
- Winner Jesse Armstrong · Nobody Is Ever Missing from Succession
- Nominee Emerald Fennell · Nice and Neat from Killing Eve
- Nominee Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz · Winner from Better Call Saul
- Nominee Bruce Miller · Holly from The Handmaid's Tale
- Nominee Jed Mercurio · Episode 1 from Bodyguard
- Nominee David Benioff, D. B. Weiss · The Iron Throne from Game of Thrones
70th Emmys · 2018
- Winner Joe Weisberg · START from The Americans
- Nominee Bruce Miller · June from The Handmaid's Tale
- Nominee Chapter Nine: The Gate from Stranger Things
- Nominee David Benioff, D. B. Weiss · The Dragon and the Wolf from Game of Thrones
- Nominee Peter Morgan · Mystery Man from The Crown
- Nominee Phoebe Waller-Bridge · Nice Face from Killing Eve
69th Emmys · 2017
- Winner Bruce Miller · Offred from The Handmaid's Tale
- Nominee Joe Weisberg · The Soviet Division from The Americans
- Nominee Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers from Stranger Things
- Nominee Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan · The Bicameral Mind from Westworld
- Nominee Gordon Smith · Chicanery from Better Call Saul
- Nominee Peter Morgan · Assassins from The Crown
68th Emmys · 2016
- Winner D. B. Weiss, David Benioff · Game of Thrones
67th Emmys · 2015
- Winner David Benioff · Mother's Mercy from Game of Thrones
- Nominee Matthew Weiner, Semi Chellas · Person to Person from Mad Men
- Nominee Gordon Smith · Five-O from Better Call Saul
- Nominee Joshua Brand · Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? from The Americans
66th Emmys · 2014
- Winner Moira Walley-Beckett · Ozymandias from Breaking Bad
- Nominee Vince Gilligan · Felina from Breaking Bad
- Nominee David Benioff, D. B. Weiss · The Children from Game of Thrones
- Nominee D. B. Weiss · Game of Thrones
- Nominee Beau Willimon · Chapter 14 from House of Cards
- Nominee Nic Pizzolatto · The Secret Fate of All Life from True Detective
65th Emmys · 2013
- Winner Henry Bromell · Q&A from Homeland
- Nominee D. B. Weiss · Game of Thrones
- Nominee Julian Fellowes · Episode Four from Downton Abbey
- Nominee Thomas Schnauz · Say My Name from Breaking Bad
- Nominee David Benioff, D. B. Weiss · The Rains of Castamere from Game of Thrones
- Nominee George Mastras · Dead Freight from Breaking Bad
64th Emmys · 2012
- Winner Alex Gansa · Pilot from Homeland
- Nominee Semi Chellas, Matthew Weiner · The Other Woman from Mad Men
- Nominee Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton · Commissions and Fees from Mad Men
- Nominee Julian Fellowes · Episode Seven from Downton Abbey
63rd Emmys · 2011
- Winner Jason Katims · Always from Friday Night Lights
- Nominee David Benioff, D. B. Weiss · Baelor from Game of Thrones
- Nominee Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton · Blowing Smoke from Mad Men
- Nominee Veena Sud · Pilot from The Killing
- Nominee Matthew Weiner · The Suitcase from Mad Men
- Nominee D. B. Weiss · Game of Thrones
62nd Emmys · 2010
- Winner Erin Levy · Shut the Door. Have a Seat. from Mad Men
- Nominee Rolin Jones · The Son from Friday Night Lights
- Nominee Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · The End from Lost
- Nominee Michelle King, Robert King · Pilot from The Good Wife
- Nominee Robin Veith · Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency from Mad Men
61st Emmys · 2009
- Winner Kater Gordon · The Jet Set from Mad Men
- Nominee Matthew Weiner · The Jet Set from Mad Men
- Nominee Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · The Incident from Lost
- Nominee Robin Veith · A Night to Remember from Mad Men
- Nominee Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton · Six Month Leave from Mad Men
60th Emmys · 2008
- Winner Matthew Weiner · Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from Mad Men
- Nominee Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman · Get Me a Lawyer from Damages
- Nominee Robin Veith · The Wheel from Mad Men
- Nominee David Simon, Ed Burns · –30– from The Wire
- Nominee Michael Angeli · Six of One from Battlestar Galactica
59th Emmys · 2007
- Winner David Chase · Made in America from The Sopranos
- Nominee Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · Through the Looking Glass from Lost
- Nominee Ronald D. Moore · Occupation from Battlestar Galactica
- Nominee Matthew Weiner · Kennedy and Heidi from The Sopranos
- Nominee Terence Winter · The Second Coming from The Sopranos
58th Emmys · 2006
- Winner Terence Winter · Members Only from The Sopranos
- Nominee Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof · The 23rd Psalm from Lost
- Nominee Krista Vernoff · Into You Like a Train from Grey's Anatomy
- Nominee Alan Ball · Everyone's Waiting from Six Feet Under
- Nominee Shonda Rhimes · It's the End of the World from Grey's Anatomy
57th Emmys · 2005
- Winner David Shore · Three Stories from House M.D.
- Nominee J. J. Abrams · Pilot from Lost
- Nominee Peter Tolan, Denis Leary · Guts from Rescue Me
- Nominee David Fury · Walkabout from Lost
- Nominee George Pelecanos, David Simon · Middle Ground from The Wire
56th Emmys · 2004
- Winner Terence Winter · Long Term Parking from The Sopranos
- Nominee Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess · Irregular Around the Margins from The Sopranos
- Nominee Michael Caleo · Where's Johnny? from The Sopranos
- Nominee Matthew Weiner · Unidentified Black Males from The Sopranos
- Nominee David Milch · Deadwood from Deadwood
55th Emmys · 2003
- Winner Robin Green · Whitecaps from The Sopranos
- Nominee Terence Winter · Eloise from The Sopranos
- Nominee Aaron Sorkin · Twenty Five from The West Wing
- Nominee Craig Wright · Twilight from Six Feet Under
54th Emmys · 2002
- Winner Joel Surnow · 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
- Nominee John Wells · On the Beach from ER
- Nominee Aaron Sorkin · Posse Comitatus from The West Wing
- Nominee J. J. Abrams · Truth Be Told from Alias
- Nominee Shawn Ryan · Pilot from The Shield
53rd Emmys · 2001
- Winner Robin Green · Employee of the Month from The Sopranos
- Nominee Terence Winter, Tim Van Patten · Pine Barrens from The Sopranos
- Nominee Frank Renzulli, David Chase · Amour Fou from The Sopranos
- Nominee Lawrence Konner · Second Opinion from The Sopranos
- Nominee Aaron Sorkin · In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Parts I and II from The West Wing
52nd Emmys · 2000
- Winner Aaron Sorkin · In Excelsis Deo from The West Wing
- Nominee David Chase, Todd A. Kessler · Funhouse from The Sopranos
- Nominee Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess · The Knight in White Satin Armor from The Sopranos
- Nominee Joss Whedon · Hush from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
51st Emmys · 1999
- Winner James Manos Jr. · College from The Sopranos
- Nominee David Chase · The Sopranos from The Sopranos
- Nominee Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess · Isabella from The Sopranos
- Nominee David Milch · NYPD Blue
- Nominee Frank Renzulli · Nobody Knows Anything from The Sopranos
- Nominee Steven Bochco, David Milch, Bill Clark, Nicholas Wootton · Hearts and Souls from NYPD Blue
50th Emmys · 1998
- Winner David Milch · Lost Israel from NYPD Blue
- Nominee Chris Carter · The Post-Modern Prometheus from The X-Files
- Nominee Ted Mann, Meredith Stiehm, David Milch · Lost Israel from NYPD Blue
- Nominee James Yoshimura · The Subway from Homicide: Life on the Street
- Nominee David E. Kelley · Betrayal from The Practice
49th Emmys · 1997
- Winner Stephen Gaghan · Where's 'Swaldo? from NYPD Blue
- Nominee David Mills · Taillight's Last Gleaming from NYPD Blue
- Nominee John Shiban · The X-Files
- Nominee Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz · Memento Mori from The X-Files
- Nominee John Wells · Faith from ER
- Nominee Neal Baer · Whose Appy Now? from ER
48th Emmys · 1996
- Winner Darin Morgan · Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose from The X-Files
- Nominee Neal Baer · Hell and High Water from ER
- Nominee John Wells · The Healers from ER
- Nominee Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson, David Milch · Chapter One from Murder One
- Nominee David Mills · The Blackboard Jungle from NYPD Blue
- Nominee David Milch · Murder One
47th Emmys · 1995
- Winner Lance Gentile · Love's Labor Lost from ER
- Nominee Michael Crichton · Pilot from ER
- Nominee Winnie Holzman · Pilot from My So-Called Life
- Nominee David Milch · NYPD Blue
- Nominee Chris Carter · Duane Barry from The X-Files
- Nominee Steven Bochco, David Milch, Walon Green · Simone Says from NYPD Blue
46th Emmys · 1994
- Winner Ann Biderman · Steroid Roy from NYPD Blue
- Nominee Gardner Stern · Tempest in a C-Cup from NYPD Blue
- Nominee Ted Mann · NYPD Lou from NYPD Blue
- Nominee David Milch · Personal Foul from NYPD Blue
- Nominee Steven Bochco · Pilot from NYPD Blue
45th Emmys · 1993
- Winner Tom Fontana · Three Men and Adena from Homicide: Life on the Street
- Nominee Walon Green, Robert Nathan · Manhood from Law & Order
- Nominee Bernard Lechowick · The Lacemakers from Homefront
- Nominee Geoffrey Neigher · Midnight Sun from Northern Exposure
- Nominee Jeff Melvoin · Kaddish for Uncle Manny from Northern Exposure
44th Emmys · 1992
- Winner Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider · Seoul Mates from Northern Exposure
- Nominee Jeff Melvoin · Democracy in America from Northern Exposure
- Nominee David Chase · Master Magician from I'll Fly Away
- Nominee Robin Green · Burning Down the House from Northern Exposure
- Nominee John Sacret Young, John Wells, Lydia Woodward, Carol Flint · Hello-Goodbye from China Beach
43rd Emmys · 1991
- Winner David E. Kelley · On the Toad Again from L.A. Law
- Nominee Joshua Brand, John Falsey · Pilot from Northern Exposure
- Nominee Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher · Lie Harder from L.A. Law
- Nominee Patricia Green, Alan Brennert · Mutinies on the Banzai from L.A. Law
- Nominee Ann Lewis Hamilton · Second Look from Thirtysomething
42nd Emmys · 1990
- Winner David E. Kelley · Blood, Sweat and Fears from L.A. Law
- Nominee Harley Peyton · Episode 3 from Twin Peaks
- Nominee Joseph Dougherty · The Go-Between from Thirtysomething
- Nominee William M. Finkelstein · Bang... Zoom... Zap from L.A. Law
- Nominee Mark Frost · Pilot from Twin Peaks
41st Emmys · 1989
- Winner Joseph Dougherty · First Day / Last Day from Thirtysomething
- Nominee Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, William M. Finkelstein · Urine Trouble Now from L.A. Law
- Nominee Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick · The Mike Van Dyke Show from Thirtysomething
40th Emmys · 1988
- Winner Paul Haggis, Marshall Herskovitz · Business as Usual from Thirtysomething
- Nominee Ron Koslow · Pilot from Beauty and the Beast
- Nominee John Sacret Young · Pilot from China Beach
- Nominee Terry Louise Fisher, David E. Kelley · Beauty and Obese from L.A. Law
- Nominee Steven Bochco · Full Marital Jacket from L.A. Law
- Nominee Tom Fontana, John Tinker, Channing Gibson, Bruce Paltrow, Mark Tinker · The Last One from St. Elsewhere
39th Emmys · 1987
- Winner Steven Bochco · The Venus Butterfly from L.A. Law
- Nominee William M. Finkelstein · Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer from L.A. Law
- Nominee Georgia Jeffries · Turn, Turn, Turn (Part 1) from Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn · Atomic Shakespeare from Moonlighting
- Nominee David Milch · Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Karen Hall, Charles H. Eglee, Glenn Gordon Caron · I Am Curious ... Maddie from Moonlighting
- Nominee Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, John Romano · It Ain't Over Till It's Over from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Tom Fontana, John Tinker, John Masius · Afterlife from St. Elsewhere
38th Emmys · 1986
- Winner John Tinker, Tom Fontana, John Masius · Time Heals from St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson · Haunted from St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Glenn Gordon Caron · Twas the Episode Before Christmas from Moonlighting
- Nominee Dick Wolf · What Are Friends For? from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Carl Sautter · The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice from Moonlighting
37th Emmys · 1985
- Winner Patricia Green · Who Said It's Fair, Part II from Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Anthony Yerkovich · Pilot from Miami Vice
- Nominee Tom Fontana, John Masius · Sweet Dreams from St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Deborah Arakelian · Child Witness from Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Michael Wagner, Jacob Epstein · The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall from Hill Street Blues
36th Emmys · 1984
- Winner John Masius, Tom Fontana, John Ford Noonan · The Women from St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Peter Silverman · Doris in Wonderland from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee David Milch · Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Garn Stephens · Newheart from St. Elsewhere
- Nominee John Tinker, Mark Tinker · Qui Transulit Sustinet from St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Michael Wagner, Karen Hall, Mark Frost · Grace Under Pressure from Hill Street Blues
35th Emmys · 1983
- Winner David Milch · Trial by Fury from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Michael Wagner · No Body's Perfect from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Karen Hall · Officer of the Year from Hill Street Blues
34th Emmys · 1982
- Winner Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner · Freedom's Last Stand from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner · Personal Foul from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Seth Freeman · Blacklist from Lou Grant
- Nominee Michael Wagner · The World According to Freedom from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Robert Crais · The Second Oldest Profession from Hill Street Blues
33rd Emmys · 1981
- Winner Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco · Hill Street Station from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Ronald M. Cohen, Barbara Corday · Pilot from American Dream
- Nominee Anthony Yerkovich · Jungle Madness from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee April Smith · Strike from Lou Grant
- Nominee Seth Freeman · Rape from Lou Grant
32nd Emmys · 1980
- Winner Seth Freeman · Cop from Lou Grant
- Nominee Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds · Brushfire from Lou Grant
- Nominee Abby Mann · Pilot from Skag
- Nominee Stephen J. Cannell · Pilot from Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
- Nominee Michele Gallery · Lou from Lou Grant
31st Emmys · 1979
- Winner Michele Gallery · Dying from Lou Grant
- Nominee Leon Tokatyan · Vet from Lou Grant
- Nominee Gene Reynolds · Marathon from Lou Grant
- Nominee James Bridges · The Late Mr. Hart from The Paper Chase
30th Emmys · 1978
- Winner Gerald Green · Holocaust
- Nominee Abby Mann · King
- Nominee Robert W. Lenski · The Dain Curse
- Nominee Steve Allen · Meeting of Minds
- Nominee Alan Ayckbourn · The Norman Conquests
29th Emmys · 1977
- Winner Ernest Kinoy, William Blinn · Part II from Roots
- Nominee James Lee · Part V from Roots
- Nominee Roger O. Hirson · Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain from The Adams Chronicles
- Nominee M. Charles Cohen · Part VIII from Roots
- Nominee Tad Mosel · John Quincy Adams: President from The Adams Chronicles
28th Emmys · 1976
- Winner Sherman Yellen · John Adams, Lawyer from The Adams Chronicles
- Nominee Dean Riesner · Episode 1 from Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Joel Oliansky · Complaint Amended from The Law
- Nominee Julian Mitchell · Lady Randolph from Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
- Nominee Alfred Shaughnessy · Another Year from Upstairs, Downstairs
27th Emmys · 1975
- Winner Howard Fast · The Ambassador from Benjamin Franklin
- Nominee John Hawkesworth · The Bolter from Upstairs, Downstairs
- Nominee Robert L. Collins · Robbery: 48 Hours from Police Story
- Nominee Alfred Shaughnessy · Miss Forrest from Upstairs, Downstairs
- Nominee Loring Mandel · The Whirlwind from Benjamin Franklin
26th Emmys · 1974
- Winner Joanna Lee · The Thanksgiving Story from The Waltons
- Nominee John McGreevey · The Easter Story from The Waltons
- Nominee Gene R. Kearney · Death is Not a Passing Grade from Kojak
25th Emmys · 1973
- Winner John McGreevey · The Scholar from The Waltons
- Nominee Steven Bochco · Étude in Black from Columbo
- Nominee Earl Hamner Jr. · The Love Story from The Waltons
24th Emmys · 1972
- Winner Richard Levinson, William Link · Death Lends a Hand from Columbo
- Nominee Jackson Gillis · Suitable for Framing from Columbo
- Nominee Steven Bochco · Murder by the Book from Columbo
23rd Emmys · 1971
- Winner Joel Oliansky · To Taste of Death But Once from The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Nominee David W. Rintels · A Continual Roar of Musketry from The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Nominee Jerrold Freedman · The Psychiatrist from Four in One
22nd Emmys · 1970
- Winner Richard Levinson, William Link · My Sweet Charlie from NBC World Premiere Movie
- Nominee George Bellak · Sadbird from CBS Playhouse
- Nominee Don Mankiewicz · Marcus Welby, M.D. from The ABC Wednesday Night Movie
21st Emmys · 1969
- Winner J.P. Miller · The People Next Door from CBS Playhouse
- Nominee Ellen M. Violett · The Experiment from CBS Playhouse
- Nominee Allan Sloane · Teacher, Teacher from Hallmark Hall of Fame
20th Emmys · 1968
- Winner Loring Mandel · Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night from CBS Playhouse
- Nominee William Read Woodfield · The Seal from Mission: Impossible
- Nominee Don Mankiewicz · Ironside from NBC World Premiere Movie
- Nominee Reginald Rose · Dear Friends from CBS Playhouse
19th Emmys · 1967
- Winner Bruce Geller · Impossible from Mission
- Nominee Robert Culp · The Warlord from I Spy
- Nominee Ronald Ribman · The Final War of Olly Winter from CBS Playhouse
18th Emmys · 1966
- Winner Millard Lampell · Eagle in a Cage from Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee S. Lee Pogostin · The Game from Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Nominee Morton S. Fine, David Friedkin · A Cup of Kindness from I Spy
16th Emmys · 1964
- Winner Ernest Kinoy · Blacklist from The Defenders
- Winner Rod Serling · It's Mental Work from Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Nominee David Rayfiel · Something About Lee Wiley from Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Nominee James Bridges · The Jar from Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Nominee Adrian Spies · What's God to Julius? from Dr. Kildare
- Nominee Arnold Perl · Who Do You Kill? from East Side/West Side
- Nominee Allan Sloane · And James Was A Very Small Snail from Breaking Point
- Nominee Walter Newman · The Hooligan from The Richard Boone Show
- Nominee Robert Hartung · The Patriots from Hallmark Hall of Fame
15th Emmys · 1963
- Winner Reginald Rose · The Madman from The Defenders
- Nominee James Lee · Invincible Mr. Disraeli from Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Halsted Welles · The Voice of Charlie Pont from Alcoa Premiere
- Nominee Norman Katkov · A Cardinal Act of Mercy from Ben Casey
- Nominee Sidney Carroll · Big Deal in Laredo from The DuPont Show of the Week
14th Emmys · 1962
- Winner Reginald Rose · The Defenders
- Nominee Rod Serling · The Twilight Zone
- Nominee Henry F. Greenberg · People Need People from Alcoa Premiere
- Nominee Jack Laird · I Remember a Lemon Tree from Ben Casey
- Nominee Richard Alan Simmons · The Price of Tomatoes from The Dick Powell Show
13th Emmys · 1961
- Winner Rod Serling · The Twilight Zone
- Nominee Reginald Rose · Sacco-Vanzetti Story
- Nominee Dale Wasserman · The Lincoln Murder Case from DuPont Show of the Month
12th Emmys · 1960
- Winner Rod Serling · The Twilight Zone
- Nominee James Costigan · The Turn of the Screw from Startime
- Nominee Loring Mandel · Project Immortality from Playhouse 90
11th Emmys · 1959
- Winner James Costigan · Little Moon of Alban
- Winner Ken Hughes · Eddie from Alcoa Theatre
- Nominee Rod Serling · A Town Has Turned to Dust from Playhouse 90
- Nominee Blake Edwards · The Kill from Peter Gunn
- Nominee Horton Foote · Old Man from Playhouse 90
- Nominee Samuel A. Taylor · One Is a Wanderer from General Electric Theater
- Nominee Christopher Knopf · The Loudmouth from Alcoa Theatre
- Nominee J.P. Miller · Days of Wine and Roses from Playhouse 90
- Nominee Irving G. Neiman · Child of Our Time from Playhouse 90
- Nominee Roald Dahl · Lamb to the Slaughter from Alfred Hitchcock Presents
9th Emmys · 1957
- Winner Rod Serling · Requiem for a Heavyweight
8th Emmys · 1956
- Winner Rod Serling · Patterns
7th Emmys · 1955
- Winner Reginald Rose · Twelve Angry Men from Westinghouse Studio One
- Nominee James Moser · White Is the Color from Medic
- Nominee Paddy Chayefsky · The Philco Television Playhouse
- Nominee David Dortort · An Error in Chemistry from Climax!
- Nominee Leonard Freeman · The Answer from Four Star Playhouse