Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama

The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best written episodes of a dramatic television series. It has been presented annually since the 14th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1962. The years denote when each episode first aired. Though, due to the eligibility period, some nominees could have aired in a different year. The current eligibility period is December 1 to November 30. The winners are highlighted in gold.

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama
Awarded for	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Writers Guild of America
First awarded	1961
Currently held by	Thomas Schnauz Better Call Saul (2022)
Website	http://www.wga.org/

Winners and nominees

1960s

Year	Series	Episode	Winners/nominees	Network
Episodic, Longer Than 30 Minutes in Length
1960 (13th)
	The Untouchables	"The Unhired Assassin"	William Spier	ABC
	Bonanza	"The Last Hunt"	Donald S. Sanford	NBC
	Rawhide	"Incident of the Dry Drive"	John Dunkel	CBS
Episodic Drama
1961 (14th)
	Naked City	"The Fault in Our Stars"	Barry Trivers	ABC
	Have Gun – Will Travel	"The Fatalist"	Shimon Wincelberg	CBS
	The Law and Mr. Jones	"No Sale"	Palmer Thompson	ABC
	Rawhide	"The Incident of the Buffalo Soldier"	John Dunkel	CBS
	The Westerner	"Brown"	Bruce Geller	NBC
1962 (15th)
	Naked City	"Today the Man Who Kills the Ants Is Coming"	Story by : Kenneth M. Rosen Teleplay by : Howard Rodman and Kenneth M. Rosen	ABC
	Ben Casey	"I Remember a Lemon Tree"	Story by : Marcus W. Demian Teleplay by : Jack Laird	ABC
	The Defenders	"The Benefactor"	Peter Stone	CBS
	Naked City	"The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish"	Ernest Kinoy	ABC
	Route 66	"Goodnight, Sweet Blues"	Story by : Leonard Freeman and Will Lorin Teleplay by : Will Lorin	CBS
1963 (16th)
	Route 66	"Man Out of Time"	Lawrence B. Marcus	CBS
	Ben Casey	"A Cardinal Act of Mercy"	Norman Katkov	ABC
	The Defenders	"A Book for Burning"	William Woolfolk	CBS
	Empire	"Between Friday and Monday"	Kenneth Trevey	NBC
	Naked City	"The S.S. American Dream"	Frank Pierson	ABC
1964 (17th)
	East Side/West Side	"Who Do You Kill?"	Arnold Perl	CBS
	Channing	"Freedom is a Lovesome Thing God Wot!"	Jack R. Guss and Edmund Morris	ABC
		"Wave Goodbye to Our Fair-Haired Boy"	Kenneth Kolb
	The Defenders	"The Non Violent"	Ernest Kinoy	CBS
	Gunsmoke	"Owney Tupper Had A Daughter"	Paul Savage
1965 (18th)
	Mr. Novak	"With a Hammer In His Hand, Lord, Lord!"	John D. F. Black	NBC
	12 O'Clock High	"Interlude"	Dean Riesner	ABC
	Ben Casey	"A Woods Full of Question Marks"	Ellis Marcus
	Dr. Kildare	"Man is a Rock"	Christopher Knopf	NBC
	The Fugitive	"Men in a Chariot"	George Eckstein	ABC
	Slattery's People	"Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?"	William P. McGivern	CBS
1966 (19th)
	The Trials of O'Brien	"No Justice for the Judge"	David Ellis	CBS
	Court Martial	"Judge Them Gently"	Gerry Day	ABC
	The Fugitive	"When the Wind Blows"	Betty Langdon
	Slattery's People	"Color Him Red"	Pat Fielder	CBS
	The Virginian	"The Horse Fighter"	Richard Fielder	NBC
1967 (20th) ^[1]
	Star Trek	"The City on the Edge of Forever"	Harlan Ellison	NBC
	The Big Valley	"The Martyr"	Mel Goldberg	ABC
	Gunsmoke	"Fandango"	Don Ingalls	CBS
	Mission: Impossible	"Odds on Evil"	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter
	Star Trek	"The Return of the Archons"	Story by : Gene Roddenberry Teleplay by : Boris Sobelman	NBC
1968 (21st) ^[2]^[better source needed]
	Judd, for the Defense	"To Kill a Madman"	Robert Lewin	ABC
	Hawaii Five-O	"Pilot"	Leonard Freeman	CBS
	Judd, for the Defense	"The Commitment"	Paul Monash	ABC
		"No Law Against Murder"	Harold Gast
	Mannix	"The Name is Mannix"	Bruce Geller	CBS
	The Outcasts	"Take Your Lover in the Ring"	Anthony Lawrence	ABC
	Star Trek	"Return to Tomorrow"	John T. Dugan	NBC
1969 (22nd) ^[2]^[better source needed]
	Judd, for the Defense	"An Elephant in a Cigar Box"	Robert Lewin	ABC
	Hawaii Five-O	"To Hell with Babe Ruth"	Anthony Lawrence	CBS
	The Mod Squad	"In This Corner -- Sol Alpert"	Rita Lakin and Harve Bennett	ABC
		"Keep the Faith, Baby"	Harve Bennett
	Then Came Bronson	"Two Percent of Nothing"	D. C. Fontana	NBC
	The Virginian	"Black Jade"	Herb Meadow

1970s

Year	Series	Episode	Winners/nominees	Network
1970 (23rd) ^[3]
	The Bold Ones: The Senator	"A Continual Roar of Musketry"	David W. Rintels	NBC
	Bracken's World	"Infinity"	Cliff Gould	NBC
		"Meanwhile, Back at the Studio"	Joseph Bonaduce
	Hawaii Five-O	"Trouble in Mind"	Mel Goldberg and Sasha Gilien	CBS
	The Young Lawyers	"The Glass Prison"	John W. Bloch	ABC
1971 (24th)
	The Psychiatrist	"Par for the Course"	Story by : Thomas Y. Drake Teleplay by : Herb Bermann, Thomas Y. Drake, Jerrold Freedman and Bo May	NBC
	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	"The Invasion of Kevin Ireland"	Story by : Bret Huggins Teleplay by : Jack B. Sowards	NBC
	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	"Angry Man"	Arthur Dales
	Columbo	"Murder by the Book"	Steven Bochco
	Hawaii Five-O	"F.O.B. Honolulu"	Jerry Ludwig & Eric Bercovici	CBS
	Ironside	"No Motive for Murder"	Sy Salkowitz	NBC
	Marcus Welby, M.D.	"They Grow Up"	Dick Nelson	ABC
	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	"Until Proven Innocent"	Pat Fielder
1972 (25th)
	Kung Fu	"King of the Mountain"	Herman Miller	ABC
	Columbo	"Etude in Black"	Story by : Richard Levinson & William Link Teleplay by : Steven Bochco	NBC
	Marcus Welby, M.D.	"Please Don't Send Flowers"	Bess Boyle	ABC
	McCloud	"The Barefoot Stewardess Caper"	Story by : B. W. Sandefur Teleplay by : Michael Gleason and Glen A. Larson	NBC
		"The New Mexican Connection"	Glen A. Larson
	The Mod Squad	"Taps, Play It Louder"	Sandor Stern	ABC
1973 (26th)
	The Starlost	"Phoenix without Ashes"	Harlan Ellison	Syndicated
	Gunsmoke	"The Golden Land"	Hal Sitowitz	CBS
	Marcus Welby, M.D.	"A Necessary End"	Norman Hudis	ABC
	The Streets of San Francisco	"House on Hyde Street"	Story by : Cliff Osmond Teleplay by : John Wilder
	The Waltons	"The Easter Story"	Story by : Earl Hamner Teleplay by : John McGreevey	CBS
		"The Odyssey"	Joanna Lee
		"The Roots"	Sheldon Stark
		"The Thanksgiving Story"	Story by : Earl Hamner Teleplay by : Joanna Lee
1974 (27th)
	Gunsmoke	"Thirty a Month and Found"	Jim Byrnes	CBS
	McCloud	"The Colorado Cattle Caper"	Michael Gleason	NBC
	The New Land	"The Word Is: Growth"	William Blinn	ABC
	The Waltons	"The Conflict"	Jeb Rosebrook	CBS
1975 (28th)
	The Law	"Prior Consent"	Story by : Stephen Kandel Teleplay by : Arthur A. Ross	NBC
	Gunsmoke	"The Busters"	Jim Byrnes	CBS
	Kojak	"The Good Luck Bomber"	Raymond Brenner
	The Streets of San Francisco	"Web of Lies"	Leonard Kantor	ABC
	The Waltons	"The Woman"	Hindi Brooks	CBS
1976 (29th)
	Sandburg's Lincoln	"Crossing Fox River"	Loring Mandel	NBC
	Baa Baa Black Sheep	"Flying Misfits"	Stephen J. Cannell	NBC
	City of Angels	"The November Plan"	Story by : Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell Teleplay by : Stephen J. Cannell
	Rich Man, Poor Man Book II	"Chapter I"	Millard Lampell	ABC
	The Rockford Files	"So Help Me God"	Juanita Bartlett	NBC
1977 (30th)
	Police Story	"Pressure Point"	Mark Rodgers	NBC
	Eight Is Enough	"The Gipper Caper"	William Blinn	ABC
	Lou Grant	"Christmas"	David Lloyd	CBS
		"Housewarming"	Leonora Thuna
	Police Woman	"Merry Christmas, Waldo"	E. Arthur Kean	NBC
	The Rockford Files	"Beamer's Last Case"	Story by : Booker Bradshaw & Calvin Kelly Teleplay by : Stephen J. Cannell
		"Quickie Nirvana"	David Chase
1978 (31st) ^[4]
	Lou Grant	"Prisoner"	Seth Freeman	CBS
	Columbo	"The Conspirators"	Howard Berk	NBC
	Lou Grant	"Murder"	Gary David Goldberg	CBS
	The Rockford Files	"The House on Willis Avenue"	Stephen J. Cannell	NBC
	The Waltons	"The Captive"	Ray Cunneff	CBS
		"The Illusion"	John McGreevey
1979 (32nd) ^[5]
	Lou Grant	"Vet"	Leon Tokatyan	CBS
	Eischied	"The Demon"	Mark Rodgers	NBC
	Lou Grant	"Exposé"	David Lloyd	CBS
		"Home"	Gary David Goldberg
		"Slammer"	Johnny Dawkins
	The Rockford Files	"Some Things You Can Tell Yourself"	David Chase	NBC
	The Waltons	"The Burden"	E. F. Wallengren	CBS

1980s

Year	Series	Episode	Winners/nominees	Network
1980 (33rd) ^[6]
	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe	"Pilot"	Stephen J. Cannell	ABC
	Little House on the Prairie	"Second Spring"	John T. Dugan	NBC
	Lou Grant	"Blackout"	Steve Kline	CBS
		"Brushfire"	Allan Burns and Gene Reynolds
		"Inheritance"	April Smith
	M*A*S*H	"Dreams"	Story by : Alan Alda and James Ray Rubinfier Teleplay by : Alan Alda
	Skag	"Pilot"	Abby Mann	NBC
1981 (34th)
	Hill Street Blues	"Hill Street Station"	Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"Film at Eleven"	Anthony Yerkovich	NBC
	Lou Grant	"Campesinos"	Michael Vittes	CBS
		"Strike"	April Smith
	M*A*S*H	"Bless You, Hawkeye"	Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford
	Palmerstown, USA	"Future City"	Ronald Rubin
1982 (35th)
	Hill Street Blues	"The World According to Freedom"	Michael Wagner	NBC
	Darkroom	"Closed Circuit"	Alan Brennert	ABC
	Fame	"A Special Place"	Parke Perine	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"Fruits of the Poisonous Tree"	Jeffrey Lewis
	Lou Grant	"Review"	Jeffrey Lane	CBS
1983 (36th) ^[7]
	Hill Street Blues	"Trial by Fury"	David Milch	NBC
	Cagney & Lacey	"Jane Doe #37"	Peter Lefcourt	CBS
	Hill Street Blues	"Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back"	Story by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis Teleplay by : Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch and Karen Hall	NBC
		"Gung Ho!"	David Milch, Jeffrey Lewis and Michael Wagner
	St. Elsewhere	"Addiction"	John Masius and Tom Fontana
	Two Marriages	"Pilot"	Carol Sobieski	ABC
1984 (37th) ^[8]
	Hill Street Blues	"Grace Under Pressure"	Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall and Mark Frost	NBC
	Cagney & Lacey	"Victimless Crime"	Peter Lefcourt	CBS
	Hill Street Blues	"Death by Kiki"	David Milch and Mark Frost	NBC
		"Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow"	Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, David Milch and Mark Frost
	St. Elsewhere	"Hello and Goodbye"	John Masius and Tom Fontana
		"The Women"	Story by : John Masius and Tom Fontana Teleplay by : John Ford Noonan
	Trauma Center	"Turnaround"	Harry Longstreet & Renee Schonfeld Longstreet	ABC
1985 (38th) ^[9]
	Cagney & Lacey	"An Unusual Occurrence"	Georgia Jeffries	CBS
	Miami Vice	"Brother's Keeper"	Anthony Yerkovich	NBC
	Cagney & Lacey	"Child Witness"	Deborah Arakelian	CBS
		"Who Said It's Fair?" (Part II)	Patricia Green
	Call to Glory	"A Wind from the East"	Josef Anderson	ABC
	Hill Street Blues	"Watt a Way to Go"	Story by : Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis and David Milch Teleplay by : David Milch and Roger Director	NBC
	St. Elsewhere	"Sweet Dreams"	John Masius and Tom Fontana
1986 (39th) ^[10]
	Moonlighting	"The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"	Debra Frank and Carl Sautter	ABC
	St. Elsewhere	"Remembrance of Things Past"	John Masius, Bruce Paltrow and Tom Fontana	NBC
	Hill Street Blues	"Remembrance of Hits Past"	Story by : Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch and Walon Green Teleplay by : Walon Green	NBC
		"What Are Friends For?"	Dick Wolf
	Moonlighting	"Every Daughter's Father is a Virgin"	Bruce Franklin Singer	ABC
1987 (40th) ^[11]^[12]
	Cagney & Lacey	"Turn, Turn, Turn: Part 1"	Georgia Jeffries	CBS
	Moonlighting	"It's a Wonderful Job"	Debra Frank and Carl Sautter	ABC
	Hill Street Blues	"Fathers and Guns"	Story by : Jeffrey Lewis and Jerry Patrick Brown Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis	NBC
		"More Skinned Against than Skinning"	David Black
	L.A. Law	"Fry Me to the Moon"	Jacob Epstein, Marshall Goldberg and David E. Kelley
		"The Venus Butterfly"	Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher
	Moonlighting	"Atomic Shakespeare"	Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn	ABC
		"Big Man on Mulberry Street"	Karen Hall
	St. Elsewhere	"A Room with a View"	Story by : John Masius, Tom Fontana and Channing Gibson Teleplay by : Channing Gibson	NBC
1988 (41st) ^[13]
	thirtysomething	"Pilot"	Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick	ABC
		"Therapy"	Susan Shilliday
	China Beach	"Home"	William Broyles Jr.	ABC
	L.A. Law	"Full Marital Jacket"	Story by : Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher Teleplay by : Terry Louise Fisher and David E. Kelley	NBC
	St. Elsewhere	"A Moon for the Misbegotten"	Story by : Tom Fontana, John Tinker and Channing Gibson Teleplay by : Tom Fontana
	thirtysomething	"Nice Work If You Can Get It"	Story by : Jean Vallely Teleplay by : Paul Haggis	ABC
1989 (42nd) ^[14]
	TV 101	"Rolling"	Karl Schaefer	CBS
	CBS Summer Playhouse	"Elysian Fields"	Joan Tewkesbury	CBS
	China Beach	"Where the Boys Are"	Alan Brennert	ABC
		"Xmas/CHNBCH VN '67"	John Wells
	L.A. Law	"His Suite is Hirsute"	Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Michele Gallery and William M. Finkelstein	NBC
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	"The Measure of a Man"	Melinda M. Snodgrass	Syndicated

1990s

Year	Series	Episode	Winners/nominees	Network
1990 (43rd) ^[15]
	China Beach	"Souvenirs"	John Sacret Young	ABC
	China Beach	"Warriors"	Story by : Martin M. Goldstein and Neal Baer Teleplay by : Dottie Dartland	ABC
	L.A. Law	"Bang...Zoom...Zap"	David E. Kelley and William M. Finkelstein	NBC
		"Justice Swerved"	David E. Kelley and Bryce Zabel
	thirtysomething	"I'm Nobody! Who Are You?"	Winnie Holzman	ABC
		"Strangers"	Richard Kramer
1991 (44th) ^[16]
	thirtysomething	"Photo Opportunity"	Racelle Rosett Schaefer	ABC
	China Beach	"Escape"	Story by : John Sacret Young, John Wells, Carol Flint and Lydia Woodward Teleplay by : Paris Qualles	ABC
		"Hello Goodbye"	Story by : John Sacret Young, John Wells, Carol Flint and Lydia Woodward Teleplay by : John Wells
	Law & Order	"Everybody's Favorite Bagman"	Dick Wolf	NBC
	Quantum Leap	"The Leap Home, Part 1"	Donald P. Bellisario
	thirtysomething	"Guns and Roses"	Liberty Godshall	ABC
1992 (45th) ^[17]
	I'll Fly Away	"Amazing Grace"	Henry Bromell	NBC
	I'll Fly Away	"Coming Home"	Kevin Arkadie	NBC
	Northern Exposure	"Burning Down the House"	Robin Green	CBS
		"Seoul Mates"	Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
1993 (46th) ^[18]^[19]
	Homicide: Life on the Street	"Night of the Dead Living"	Story by : Tom Fontana and Frank Pugliese Teleplay by : Frank Pugliese	NBC
	Homicide: Life on the Street	"Gone for Goode"	Paul Attanasio	NBC
	I'll Fly Away	"Comfort and Joy"	Barbara Hall
	Life Goes On	"Last Wish"	Toni Graphia	ABC
	Picket Fences	"Thanksgiving"	David E. Kelley	CBS
	Reasonable Doubts	"Thank God It's Friday"	Ed Zuckerman	NBC
	TriBeCa	"The Box"	David J. Burke and Hans Tobeason	Fox
1994 (47th) ^[20]
	Homicide: Life on the Street	"Bop Gun"	Story by : Tom Fontana Teleplay by : David Simon and David Mills	NBC
	Homicide: Life on the Street	"A Many Splendored Thing"	Story by : Tom Fontana Teleplay by : Noel Behn	NBC
	Northern Exposure	"Hello, I Love You"	Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess	CBS
	NYPD Blue	"Pilot"	Story by : Steven Bochco and David Milch Teleplay by : David Milch	ABC
		"Tempest in a C-Cup"	Gardner Stern
1995 (48th) ^[21]
	ER	"Love's Labor Lost"	Lance A. Gentile	NBC
	Homicide: Life on the Street	"Fits Like a Glove"	Story by : Tom Fontana and Julie Martin Teleplay by : Bonnie Mark	NBC
	Picket Fences	"Saint Zack"	Story by : Nick Harding Teleplay by : Nick Harding and David E. Kelley	CBS
	The X-Files	"Duane Barry"	Chris Carter	Fox
1996 (49th) ^[22]
	NYPD Blue	"Girl Talk"	Story by : Bill Clark and Theresa Rebeck Teleplay by : Theresa Rebeck	ABC
	Law & Order	"Aftershock"	Story by : Michael S. Chernuchin and Janis Diamond Teleplay by : Janis Diamond	NBC
		"Savages"	Morgan Gendel, Barry M. Schkolnick and Michael S. Chernuchin
		"Trophy"	Story by : Jeremy R. Littman and Ed Zuckerman Teleplay by : Jeremy R. Littman
	Murder One	"Chapter One"	Story by : Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee and Channing Gibson Teleplay by : Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson, Steven Bochco and David Milch	ABC
	Party of Five	"Falsies"	Mark B. Perry	Fox
	The X-Files	"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"	Darin Morgan
1997 (50th) ^[23]
	Law & Order	"Entrapment"	Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren	NBC
	ER	"Who's Appy Now?"	Neal Baer	NBC
	Law & Order	"Deadbeat"	Ed Zuckerman and I.C. Rapoport
1998 (51st) ^[24]^[25]
	Nothing Sacred	"Proofs for the Existence of God"	Paul Leland	ABC
	ER	"Exodus"	Walon Green and Joe Sachs	NBC
	From the Earth to the Moon	"Apollo One"	Graham Yost	HBO
	Homicide: Life on the Street	"Finnegan's Wake"	Story by : James Yoshimura and David Simon Teleplay by : David Mills	NBC
		"Saigon Rose"	Eric Overmyer
		"Subway"	James Yoshimura
	Law & Order	"Burned"	Siobhan Byrne
	The Practice	"Betrayal"	David E. Kelley	ABC
	Rescuers: Stories of Courage	"The Marie Taquet Story"	Story by : Cy Chermak, Francine Carroll and Malka Drucker Teleplay by : Cy Chermak and Francine Carroll	Showtime
1999 (52nd) ^[26]
	The Sopranos	"Meadowlands"	Jason Cahill	HBO
	ER	"The Storm, Part 1"	John Wells	NBC
	Law & Order	"DWB"	Rene Balcer
	Oz	"U.S. Male"	Tom Fontana and Bradford Winters	HBO

2000s

Year	Series	Episode	Winners/nominees	Network
2000 (53rd) ^[27]
	The West Wing	"In Excelsis Deo"	Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland	NBC
	Once and Again	"Strangers and Brothers"	Richard Kramer	ABC
	The Sopranos	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	Terence Winter	HBO
		"The Knight in White Satin Armor"	Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
	The West Wing	"Enemies"	Story by : Rick Cleveland, Lawrence O'Donnell and Patrick Caddell Teleplay by : Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno	NBC
		"Take This Sabbath Day"	Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell, Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin
2001 (54th) ^[28]
	The Sopranos	"Pine Barrens"	Story by : Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter Teleplay by : Terence Winter	HBO
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	"Blood Drops"	Story by : Tish McCarthy Teleplay by : Ann Donahue	CBS
	The Sopranos	"Employee of the Month"	Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess	HBO
		"Proshai, Livushka"	David Chase
	The West Wing	"Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail"	Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin	NBC
		"Two Cathedrals"	Aaron Sorkin
2002 (55th) ^[29]
	The Education of Max Bickford	"Pilot"	Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin	CBS
	ER	"On the Beach"	John Wells	NBC
	Resurrection Blvd.	"Nino del Polvo"	Robert Eisele	Showtime
	Six Feet Under	"In Place of Anger"	Christian Taylor	HBO
	The Sopranos	"Whoever Did This"	Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
	The West Wing	"Game On"	Aaron Sorkin and Paul Redford	NBC
2003 (56th) ^[30]
	24	"Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m."	Evan Katz	Fox
	Law & Order	"Bounty"	Michael S. Chernuchin	NBC
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	"Abomination"	Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters
		"Loss"
	The O.C.	"Pilot"	Josh Schwartz	Fox
	The West Wing	"Disaster Relief"	Story by : Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt Teleplay by : Alexa Junge	NBC
2004 (57th) ^[31]
	The West Wing	"The Supremes"	Debora Cahn	NBC
	Six Feet Under	"Falling into Place"	Craig Wright	HBO
	The Sopranos	"Long Term Parking"	Terence Winter
	The West Wing	"Memorial Day"	John Sacret Young and Josh Singer	NBC
2005 (58th) ^[32]^[33]
	House	"Autopsy"	Lawrence Kaplow	Fox
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	"Grave Danger"	Story by : Quentin Tarantino Teleplay by : Naren Shankar, Anthony E. Zuiker and Carol Mendelsohn	CBS
	Nip/Tuck	"Rhea Reynolds"	Jennifer Salt	FX
	Six Feet Under	"Singing for Our Lives"	Scott Buck	HBO
	Veronica Mars	"Normal Is the Watchword"	Rob Thomas	UPN
	The West Wing	"A Good Day"	Carol Flint	NBC
2006 (59th) ^[34]^[35]
	Big Love	"Pilot"	Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer	HBO
	Battlestar Galactica	"Occupation" / "Precipice"	Ronald D. Moore	Sci-Fi
	Lost	"Two for the Road"	Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim	ABC
	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	"The End of the Whole Mess"	Story by : Stephen King Teleplay by : Lawrence D. Cohen	TNT
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	"Pilot"	Aaron Sorkin	NBC
	The West Wing	"Election Day, Part 2"	Eli Attie and John Wells
2007 (60th) ^[36]
	The Sopranos	"The Second Coming"	Terence Winter	HBO
	The Closer	"The Round File"	Michael Alaimo	TNT
	Dexter	"The Dark Defender"	Tim Schlattmann	Showtime
	Lost	"Flashes Before Your Eyes"	Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard	ABC
	Mad Men	"The Hobo Code"	Chris Provenzano	AMC
	The Wire	"Final Grades"	Story by : David Simon and Ed Burns Teleplay by : David Simon	HBO
2008 (61st) ^[37]^[38]
	Breaking Bad	"Pilot"	Vince Gilligan	AMC
	Breaking Bad	"Gray Matter"	Patty Lin	AMC
	Burn Notice	"Double Booked"	Craig O'Neill and Jason Tracey	USA
	Dexter	"There's Something About Harry"	Scott Reynolds	Showtime
	Eli Stone	"Faith"	Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim	ABC
	House	"Don't Ever Change"	Doris Egan and Leonard Dick	Fox
2009 (61st) ^[39]^[40]
	House	"Broken"	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster and David Shore	Fox
	Big Love	"Come, Ye Saints"	Melanie Marnich	HBO
	Breaking Bad	"Phoenix"	John Shiban	AMC
	Mad Men	"The Grown-Ups"	Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner
		"Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"	Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner
	True Blood	"I Will Rise Up"	Nancy Oliver	HBO

2010s

Year	Series	Episode	Winners/nominees	Network
2010 (63rd) ^[41]
	Mad Men	"The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"	Erin Levy	AMC
	Breaking Bad	"I.F.T."	George Mastras	AMC
		"I See You"	Gennifer Hutchison
	The Good Wife	"Boom"	Ted Humphrey	CBS
	House	"Help Me"	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner and Peter Blake	Fox
	Lost	"The End"	Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse	ABC
2011 (64th) ^[42]
	Breaking Bad	"Box Cutter"	Vince Gilligan	AMC
	Homeland	"The Good Soldier"	Henry Bromell	Showtime
	Boardwalk Empire	"The Age of Reason"	Bathsheba Doran	HBO
		"A Dangerous Maid"	Itamar Moses
	Breaking Bad	"End Times"	Thomas Schnauz and Moira Walley-Beckett	AMC
	Dexter	"Just Let Go"	Jace Richdale	Showtime
2012 (65th) ^[43]
	Mad Men	"The Other Woman"	Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner	AMC
	Breaking Bad	"Buyout"	Gennifer Hutchison	AMC
		"Dead Freight"	George Mastras
		"Fifty-One"	Sam Catlin
		"Say My Name"	Thomas Schnauz
	Homeland	"New Car Smell"	Meredith Stiehm	Showtime
2013 (66th) ^[44]
	Breaking Bad	"Confessions"	Gennifer Hutchison	AMC
	Breaking Bad	"Buried"	Thomas Schnauz	AMC
		"Granite State"	Peter Gould
	The Good Wife	"Hitting the Fan"	Robert King and Michelle King	CBS
	House of Cards	"Chapter 1"	Beau Willimon	Netflix
	Masters of Sex	"Pilot"	Michelle Ashford	Showtime
2014 (67th) ^[45]
	The Good Wife	"The Last Call"	Robert King and Michelle King	CBS
	Boardwalk Empire	"Devil You Know"	Howard Korder	HBO
		"Friendless Child"	Riccardo DiLoreto, Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder
	Game of Thrones	"The Lion and the Rose"	George R. R. Martin
	Mad Men	"A Day's Work"	Jonathan Igla and Matthew Weiner	AMC
	Rectify	"Donald the Normal"	Kate Powers and Ray McKinnon	Sundance TV
2015 (68th) ^[46]
	Better Call Saul	"Uno"	Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould	AMC
	Game of Thrones	"Mother's Mercy"	David Benioff and D. B. Weiss	HBO
	The Good Wife	"Mind's Eye"	Robert King and Michelle King	CBS
	The Leftovers	"International Assassin"	Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse	HBO
	Mad Men	"Person to Person"	Matthew Weiner	AMC
	Narcos	"Explosivos"	Andy Black	Netflix
2016 (69th) ^[47]
	This Is Us	"The Trip"	Vera Herbert	NBC
	Better Call Saul	"Gloves Off"	Gordon Smith	AMC
		"Klick"	Heather Marion and Vince Gilligan
		"Switch"	Thomas Schnauz
	Game of Thrones	"The Winds of Winter"	David Benioff and D. B. Weiss	HBO
	Shameless	"I Am a Storm"	Sheila Callaghan	Showtime
2017 (70th) ^[48]
	Better Call Saul	"Chicanery"	Gordon Smith	AMC
	The Americans	"The Soviet Division"	Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg	FX
	Better Call Saul	"Slip"	Heather Marion	AMC
	Good Behavior	"The Heart Attack is the Best Way"	Chad Hodge	TNT
	The Leftovers	"The Book of Nora"	Story by : Tom Spezialy and Damon Lindelof Teleplay by : Tom Perotta and Damon Lindelof	HBO
	The OA	"Homecoming"	Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij	Netflix
2018 (71st) ^[49]
	Homeland	"Paean to the People"	Alex Gansa	Showtime
	The Affair	"407"	Story by : Jaquén Castellanos and Sarah Sutherland Teleplay by : Lydia Diamond and Sarah Sutherland	Showtime
	The Handmaid's Tale	"First Blood"	Eric Tuchman	Hulu
	Narcos: Mexico	"Camelot"	Eric Newman & Clayton Trussell	Netflix
	Ozark	"The Precious Blood of Jesus"	David Manson
	This Is Us	"The Car"	Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger	NBC
2019 (72nd) ^[50]
	Succession	"Tern Haven"	Will Tracy	HBO
	The Crown	"Moondust"	Peter Morgan	Netflix
	Mr. Robot	"407 Proxy Authentication Required"	Sam Esmail	USA
	The OA	"Mirror Mirror"	Dominic Orlando & Claire Kiechel	Netflix
	Ray Donovan	"A Good Man is Hard to Find"	Joshua Marston	Showtime
	This Is Us	"Our Little Island Girl"	Eboni Freeman	NBC

2020s

Year	Series	Episode	Winners/nominees	Network
2020 (73rd) ^[51]
	Ozark	"Fire Pink"	Miki Johnson	Netflix
	Better Call Saul	"JMM"	Alison Tatlock	AMC
		"Something Unforgivable"	Peter Gould and Ariel Levine
		"Bad Choice Road"	Thomas Schnauz
	Euphoria	"Trouble Don't Last Always"	Sam Levinson	HBO
	Raised by Wolves	"Raised by Wolves"	Aaron Guzikowski	HBO Max
2021 (74th) ^[52]
	Succession	"Retired Janitors of Idaho"	Tony Roche & Susan Soon He Stanton	HBO
	1883	"1883"	Taylor Sheridan	Paramount+
	The Handmaid's Tale	"Testimony"	Kira Snyder	Hulu
	The Morning Show	"La Amara Vita"	Kerry Ehrin & Scott Troy	Apple TV+
	New Amsterdam	"The New Normal"	David Schulner	NBC
	This Is Us	"Birth Mother"	Eboni Freeman & Kay Oyegun
2022 (75th)
	Better Call Saul	"Plan and Execution"	Thomas Schnauz	AMC
	Bad Sisters	"The Prick"	Sharon Horgan and Dave Finkel & Brett Baer	Apple TV+
	Better Call Saul	"Rock and Hard Place"	Gordon Smith	AMC
	The Good Fight	"The End of Everything"	Robert King and Michelle King	Paramount+
	Ozark	"A Hard Way to Go"	Chris Mundy	Netflix
	Severance	"The We We Are"	Dan Erickson	Apple TV+
2023 (76th)	The Crown	"Sleep, Dearie Sleep"	Peter Morgan	Netflix
	Godfather of Harlem	"Our Black Shining Prince"	Chris Brancato and Michael Panes	MGM+
	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	"Crown Jewels"	Shonda Rhimes	Netflix
	Star Trek: Picard	"The Last Generation"	Terry Matalas	Paramount+
	Succession	"Kill List"	Jon Brown and Ted Cohen	HBO
		"Living+"	Georgia Pritchett and Will Arbery

Total awards

• NBC – 21
• ABC – 14
• CBS – 11
• AMC – 8
• HBO – 6
• Fox – 3
• Showtime – 2
• Syndicated – 1

Writers with multiple awards

3 awards Tom Fontana Vince Gilligan

2 awards Steven Bochco Henry Bromell Harlan Ellison Debra Frank Georgia Jeffries Robert Lewin David Milch Carl Sautter Michael Wagner Terence Winter

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards Hill Street Blues (NBC) 3 awards Better Call Saul (AMC) Breaking Bad (AMC) The Sopranos (HBO)

2 awards Cagney & Lacey (CBS) Homeland (Showtime) Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) House (Fox) Judd, for the Defense (ABC) Lou Grant (CBS) Mad Men (AMC) Moonlighting (ABC) Naked City (ABC) Succession (HBO) thirtysomething (ABC)^[fn 1] The West Wing (NBC)

Writers with multiple nominations

12 nominations Steven Bochco Tom Fontana 10 nominations David Milch 8 nominations David E. Kelley Jeffrey Lewis 6 nominations John Masius Thomas Schnauz Aaron Sorkin John Wells 5 nominations Stephen J. Cannell Robin Green Matthew Weiner

4 nominations Mitchell Burgess Vince Gilligan Michelle King Robert King Damon Lindelof Michael Wagner Terence Winter John Sacret Young 3 nominations David Chase Michael S. Chernuchin Terry Louise Fisher Carol Flint Mark Frost Channing Gibson Peter Gould Karen Hall Gennifer Hutchison Paul Redford David Simon Gordon Smith Anthony Yerkovich Ed Zuckerman

2 nominations Neal Baer Rene Balcer David Benioff Harve Bennett William Blinn Alan Brennert Jim Byrnes Rick Cleveland John T. Dugan John Dunkel Harlan Ellison Pat Fielder William M. Finkelstein Debra Frank Eboni Freeman Leonard Freeman Russel Friend Bruce Geller Michael Gleason Gary David Goldberg Mel Goldberg Walon Green Earl Hamner Georgia Jeffries

Ernest Kinoy Howard Korder Richard Kramer Anthony Lawrence Joanna Lee Peter Lefcourt Garrett Lerner Robert Lewin David Lloyd Heather Marion George Mastras John McGreevey David Mills Peter Morgan Lawrence O'Donnell Ron Osborn Jeff Reno Mark Rodgers Carl Sautter April Smith D.B Weiss Dick Wolf Lydia Woodward James Yoshimura

Programs with multiple nominations

15 nominations Hill Street Blues (NBC) 14 nominations Breaking Bad (AMC) Lou Grant (CBS) 11 nominations Better Call Saul (AMC) The West Wing (NBC) 9 nominations Law & Order (NBC) The Sopranos (HBO) The Waltons (CBS) 8 nominations Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) 7 nominations China Beach (ABC) Mad Men (AMC) St. Elsewhere (NBC) thirtysomething (ABC)

6 nominations Cagney & Lacey (CBS) L.A. Law (NBC) 5 nominations ER (NBC) Gunsmoke (CBS) Moonlighting (ABC) The Rockford Files (NBC) 4 nominations Boardwalk Empire (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Hawaii Five-O (CBS) House (Fox) Judd, for the Defense (ABC) Naked City (ABC) Succession (HBO) This Is Us (NBC)

3 nominations Ben Casey (ABC) Columbo (NBC) The Defenders (CBS) Dexter (Showtime) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) I'll Fly Away (NBC) Lost (ABC) Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) McCloud (NBC) The Mod Squad (ABC) Northern Exposure (CBS) NYPD Blue (ABC) Ozark (Netflix) Six Feet Under (HBO) Star Trek (NBC)

2 nominations Big Love (HBO) Bracken's World (NBC) Channing (ABC) The Crown (Netflix) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) The Fugitive (ABC) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) The Leftovers (HBO) M*A*S*H (CBS) Picket Fences (CBS) Route 66 (CBS) Slattery's People (CBS) The OA (Netflix) The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) The Virginian (NBC)

Footnotes

1. thirtysomething's double win in 1988 is counted as only one win.

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