Primetime Emmy Awards: Every Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Winner & Nominee

Primetime Emmy Awards 1991

L.A. Law L.A. Law

David E. Kelley For episode "On The Toad Again".

Winner

All nominees

Northern Exposure Northern Exposure

Joshua Brand, John Falsey For the pilot episode.

L.A. Law L.A. Law

Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher For episode "Lie Harder".

L.A. Law L.A. Law

David E. Kelley, Alan Brennert, Patricia Green For episode "Mutinies On The Banzai".

Thirtysomething Thirtysomething

Ann Lewis Hamilton For episode "Second Look".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1990

L.A. Law L.A. Law

David E. Kelley For episode "Blood, Sweat & Fears".

Winner

All nominees

7.9

Twin Peaks

Harley Peyton For episode #003.

Thirtysomething Thirtysomething

Joseph Dougherty For episode "The Go-Between".

L.A. Law L.A. Law

David E. Kelley, William M. Finkelstein For episode "Bang... Zoom... Zap".

7.9

Twin Peaks

David Lynch, Mark Frost For episode "Pilot (#1.1)". For the pilot episode.

Primetime Emmy Awards 1989

Thirtysomething Thirtysomething

Joseph Dougherty For episode "First Day/Last Day".

Winner

All nominees

Thirtysomething Thirtysomething

Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz For episode "The Mike Van Dyke Show".

L.A. Law L.A. Law

David E. Kelley, William M. Finkelstein, Michele Gallery, Judith Parker For episode "Urine Trouble Now".

L.A. Law L.A. Law

Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, William M. Finkelstein, Michele Gallery For episode "His Suit Is Hirsute".

L.A. Law L.A. Law

David E. Kelley For episode "I'm In The Nude For Love".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1988

Thirtysomething Thirtysomething

Paul Haggis, Marshall Herskovitz For episode "Business as Usual (aka Michael's Father's Death)".

Winner

All nominees

L.A. Law L.A. Law

Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Terry Louise Fisher For episode "Full Marital Jacket".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Bruce Paltrow, Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Tinker, Mark Tinker For episode "The Last One".

Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast

Ron Koslow For the pilot episode.

China Beach China Beach

John Seikret Young For the pilot episode.

L.A. Law L.A. Law

David E. Kelley, Terry Louise Fisher For episode "Beauty and Obese".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1987

L.A. Law L.A. Law

Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher For episode "The Venus Butterfly".

Winner

All nominees

6.6

Moonlighting

Glenn Gordon Caron, Roger Director, Charles H. Eglee, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Karen Hall For episode "I Am Curious... Maddie".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Tinker For episode "Afterlife".

6.6

Moonlighting

Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno For episode "Atomic Shakespeare".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Jeff Lewis, David Milch, John Romano For episode "It Ain't Over Till It's Over".

Cagney & Lacey Cagney & Lacey

Georgia Jeffries For episode "Turn, Turn, Turn", part 1.

L.A. Law L.A. Law

William M. Finkelstein For episode "Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1986

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Tinker For episode "Time Heals", parts 1 and 2.

Winner

All nominees

6.6

Moonlighting

Glenn Gordon Caron For episode "'Twas the Episode Before Christmas".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Dick Wolf For episode "What Are Friends For?".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Charles H. Eglee, Tom Fontana, Channing Gibson, John Masius, John Tinker For episode "Haunted".

6.6

Moonlighting

Debra Frank, Carl Sautter For episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1985

Cagney & Lacey Cagney & Lacey

Patricia Green For episode "Who Said It's Fair", part II.

Winner

All nominees

Cagney & Lacey Cagney & Lacey

Deborah Arakelian For episode "Child Witness".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana, John Masius For episode "Sweet Dreams".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Steve Bello, Tom Fontana, John Masius For episode "Murder, She Rote".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Jacob Epstein, Michael I. Wagner For episode "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall".

Miami Vice Miami Vice

Anthony Yerkovich For episode "Brother's Keeper (#1.1)". For the pilot episode.

Primetime Emmy Awards 1984

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Ford Noonan For episode "The Women".

Winner

All nominees

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana, John Masius, Garn Stephens, Emilie R. Small For episode "Newheart".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Peter Silverman For episode "Doris in Wonderland".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana, John Masius For episode "All About Eve".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Mark Frost, Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Michael I. Wagner, Karen Hall For episode "Grace Under Pressure".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

Tom Fontana, John Masius, John Tinker, Mark Tinker For episode "Qui Transulit Sustinet".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1983

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

David Milch For episode "Trial By Fury".

Winner

All nominees

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Karen Hall For episode "Officer of the Year".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, Anthony Yerkovich For episode "A Hair of the Dog".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Anthony Yerkovich, Karen Hall For episode "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, David Milch, Michael I. Wagner, Anthony Yerkovich For episode "No Body's Perfect".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1982

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll, Jeff Lewis, Michael I. Wagner, Anthony Yerkovich For episode "Freedom's Last Stand".

Winner

All nominees

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Robert Crais, Michael Kozoll, Anthony Yerkovich For episode "The Second Oldest Profession".

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Seth Freeman For episode "Blacklist".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, Michael I. Wagner, Anthony Yerkovich For episode "Personal Foul".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Michael I. Wagner For episode "The World According to Freedom".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1981

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll For premiere episode "Hill Street Station".

Winner

All nominees

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll, Anthony Yerkovich For episode "Jungle Madness".

American Dream American Dream

Ronald M. Cohen, Barbara Corday, Ken Hecht For episode "American Dream". Pilot episode of the series American Dream (1981).

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Seth Freeman For episode "Rape".

Lou Grant Lou Grant

April Smith For episode "Strike".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1980

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Seth Freeman For episode "Cop".

Winner

All nominees

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Michele Gallery For episode "Lou".

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds For episode "Brushfire".

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Stephen J. Cannell For episode "Pilot (#1.1)". For the pilot episode of Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980).

Skag Skag

Abby Mann For episode "Pilot (#1.0)". For the pilot episode of Skag (1980).

Primetime Emmy Awards 1979

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Michele Gallery For episode "Dying".

Winner

All nominees

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Leon Tokatyan For episode "Vet".

The Paper Chase The Paper Chase

James Bridges For episode "The Late Mr. Hart"

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Gene Reynolds For episode "Marathon".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1978

7.8

Holocaust

Gerald Green

Winner

All nominees

The Dain Curse The Dain Curse

Robert W. Lenski

Living Together Living Together

Alan Ayckbourn Official ATAS Emmy Awards Database list title as "The Norman Conquest".

Round and Round the Garden Round and Round the Garden

Alan Ayckbourn Official ATAS Emmy Awards Database list title as "The Norman Conquest".

Table Manners Table Manners

Alan Ayckbourn Official ATAS Emmy Awards Database list title as "The Norman Conquest".

King King

Abby Mann

Meeting of Minds Meeting of Minds

Steve Allen

Primetime Emmy Awards 1977

Roots Roots

William Blinn, Ernest Kinoy For part II.

Winner

All nominees

Roots Roots

M. Charles Cohen For part VIII.

The Adams Chronicles The Adams Chronicles

Tad Mosel For episode "John Quincy Adams: President".

Roots Roots

James Lee For part V.

The Adams Chronicles The Adams Chronicles

Roger O. Hirson For episode "Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1976

The Adams Chronicles The Adams Chronicles

Sherman Yellen For episode "John Adams, Lawyer".

Winner

All nominees

Upstairs, Downstairs Upstairs, Downstairs

Alfred Shaughnessy For episode "Another Year". (Shown within Masterpiece Theatre (1971)).

The Law The Law

Joel Oliansky For episode "Complaint Amended".

Rich Man, Poor Man Rich Man, Poor Man

Dean Riesner For the on 1 February 1976.

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Julian Mitchell For the episode on 15 October 1975.

Primetime Emmy Awards 1975

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Howard Fast For episode "The Ambassador".

Winner

All nominees

Upstairs, Downstairs Upstairs, Downstairs

Alfred Shaughnessy For episode "Miss Forrest".

Police Story Police Story

Robert L. Collins For episode "Roberry: 48 Hours".

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Loring Mandel For episode "The Whirlwind".

Upstairs, Downstairs Upstairs, Downstairs

John Hawkesworth For episode "The Bolter".

Year

Nominations

Other awards and film festivals

Academy Awards, USA

1929-2026

Cannes Film Festival

Festival international du film de Cannes

1939-2026

Golden Globes, USA

Golden Globe Award

1944-2026

BAFTA Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1949-2026

Venice Film Festival

Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica

1932-2026

Razzie Awards

Razzie

1981-2026

MTV Movie + TV Awards

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992-2026

Sundance Film Festival

1982-2026

St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival

1993-2026

Berlin International Film Festival

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

1951-2026

Sochi International Film Festival

Sochi International Film Festival & Awards — SIFFA

1994-2026

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Screen Actors Guild Award

1963-2026

KinoBravo International Film Festival of Mainstream Films

2024-2026

Sochi Open Russian Film Festival

Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (Kinotavr)

1990-2026

Moscow International Film Festival

Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF)

1959-2026

Window to Europe

1993-2026

Toronto International Film Festival

1978-2026

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival

1998-2026

Laureates of the awards Primetime Emmy Awards in the category “Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series”

Other awards and film festivals