Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special 1979
31st Primetime Emmy Awards · held September 9, 1979 · 5 nominees
- Winner Michael Mann · The Jericho Mile
- Nominee Paul Dubov, Gwen Bagni · Book One from Backstairs at the White House
- Nominee Fay Kanin · Friendly Fire
- Nominee Ernest Kinoy · Part I from Roots: The Next Generations
- Nominee Jane-Howard Hammerstein · Summer of My German Soldier