Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 1990
42nd Primetime Emmy Awards · held September 16, 1990 · 5 nominees
- Winner L.A. Law · David E. Kelley, Rick Wallace, William M. Finkelstein, Elodie Keene, Michael M. Robin
- Nominee China Beach · John Sacret Young, John Wells, Fred Gerber, Mimi Leder
- Nominee Quantum Leap · Donald P. Bellisario, Deborah Pratt, Michael Zinberg, Scott Shepherd, Jeff Gourson, Chris Ruppenthal
- Nominee Thirtysomething · Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Scott Winant, Richard Kramer, Ellen S. Pressman, Lindsley Parsons III
- Nominee Twin Peaks · Mark Frost, David Lynch, Gregg Fienberg