Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series 1987
39th Primetime Emmy Awards · held September 20, 1987 · 8 nominees
- Winner Steven Bochco · The Venus Butterfly from L.A. Law
- Nominee Tom Fontana, John Tinker, John Masius · Afterlife from St. Elsewhere
- 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 William M. Finkelstein · Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer from L.A. Law
- Nominee Georgia Jeffries · Turn, Turn, Turn (Part 1) from Cagney & Lacey
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