Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
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Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series is awarded to one television episode each year at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Often regarded as the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an individual episode of television, the nominees and winners often reflect outstanding achievement in character, emotion, and storytelling. On many occasions, excellent television dramas that are looked over in the Outstanding Drama Series category get their name etched in award history for their nomination is this prized category.
- Winners are labeled [WINNER] to the right of the title.
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[edit] 1990
L.A. Law, NBC, "Bang...Zoom...Zap" David E. Kelley [WINNER]
L.A. Law, NBC, "Blood, Sweat & Fears" William M. Finklestein, David E. Kelley
Thirtysomething, ABC, "The Go-Between Joseph Dougherty
Twin Peaks, ABC, "Episode One" Mark Frost, David Lynch
Twin Peaks, ABC, "Episode Three" Harley Peyton
[edit] 1991
L.A. Law, NBC, "Lie Harder" Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher
L.A. Law, NBC, "Mutinies On The Banzai" Alan Brennert, Patricia Green, David E. Kelley
L.A. Law, NBC, "On The Toad Again" David E. Kelley [WINNER]
Northern Exposure, CBS, "Pilot" Joshua Brand, John Falsey
Thirtysomething, ABC, "Second Look" Ann Lewis Hamilton
[edit] 1992
China Beach, ABC, "Hello-Goodbye" Carol Flint, John Sacret Young, John Wells, Lydia Woodward
I'll Fly Away, NBC, "Pilot" David Chase
Northern Exposure, CBS, "Burning Down The House" Robin Green
Northern Exposure, CBS, "Democracy In America" Jeff Melvoin
Northern Exposure, CBS, "Seoul Mates" Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider [WINNER]
[edit] 1993
Homefront, ABC, "The Lacemakeres" Bernard Lechowick
Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC, "Three Men And Adena" Tom Fontana [WINNER]
Law & Order, NBC, "Manhood" Walon Green, Robert Nathon
Northern Exposure, CBS, "Kaddish For Uncle Manny" Jeff Melvoin
Northern Exposure, CBS, "Midnight Sun" Geoffrey Neigher
[edit] 1994
NYPD Blue, ABC, "NYPD Lou" Ted Mann
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Personal Foul" Burton Armus, David Milch
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Pilot" Steven Bochco, David Milch
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Steroid Roy" Ann Biderman [WINNER]
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Tempest In A C-Cup" Gardner Stern
[edit] 1995
ER, NBC, "Love's Labor Lost" Lance A. Gentile [WINNER]
ER, NBC, "Pilot" Michael Crichton
My So-Called Life, ABC, "Pilot" Winnie Holzman
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Simone Says" Steven Bochco, Walon Green, David Milch
The X-Files, FOX, "Duane Barry" Chris Carter
[edit] 1996
ER, NBC, "The Healers" John Wells
ER, NBC, "Hell And High Water" Neal Baer
Murder One, ABC, "Chapter One" Steven Bochco, Charles Eglee, Channing Gibson, David Milch
NYPD Blue, ABC, "The Backboard Jungle" David Mills, William L. Morris
The X-Files, FOX, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" Darin Morgan [WINNER]
[edit] 1997
ER, NBC, "Faith" John Wells
ER, NBC, "Whose Appy Now?" Neal Baer
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Taillight's Last Gleaming" David Mills
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Where's Swaldo?" Stephen Gaghan, David Milch, Michael R. Perry [WINNER]
The X-Files, FOX, "Memento Mori" Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz
[edit] 1998
Homicide: Life On The Street, NBC, "The Subway" James Yoshimura
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Lost Israel, Part I" Bill Clark, Ted Mann, David Milch, Meredith Stiehm
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Lost Israel, Part II" Bill Clark, David Milch, Nicholas Wootton [WINNER]
The Practice, ABC, "Betrayal" David E. Kelley
The X-Files, FOX, "The Post-Modern Prometheus" Chris Carter
[edit] 1999
NYPD Blue, ABC, "Hearts And Souls" Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch, Nicholas Wootton
The Sopranos, HBO, "College" David Chase, James Manos Jr. [WINNER]
The Sopranos, HBO, "Isabella" Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green
The Sopranos, HBO, "Nobody Knows Anything" Frank Renzulli
The Sopranos, HBO, "Pilot" David Chase
[edit] 2000
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, WB, "Hush" Joss Whedon
The Sopranos, HBO, "Funhouse" David Chase, Todd A. Kessler
The Sopranos, HBO, "The Knight In White Satin Armor" Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green
The West Wing, NBC, "In Excelsis Deo" Rick Cleveland, Aaron Sorkin [WINNER]
The West Wing, NBC, "Pilot" Aaron Sorkin
[edit] 2001
The Sopranos, HBO, "Amour Fou" David Chase, Frank Renzulli
The Sopranos, HBO, "Employee Of The Month" Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green [WINNER]
The Sopranos, HBO, "Pine Barrens" Tim Patten, Terence Winter
The Sopranos, HBO, "Second Opinion" Lawrence Konner
The West Wing, NBC, "In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen, Part I & II" Aaron Sorkin
[edit] 2002
24, FOX, "Midnight - 1:00 A.M." Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow [WINNER]
Alias, ABC, "Truth Be Told" J.J. Abrams
ER, NBC, "On The Beach" John Wells
The Shield, FX, "Pilot" Shawn Ryan
The West Wing, NBC, "Posse Comitatus" Aaron Sorkin
[edit] 2003
Six Feet Under, HBO, "Twilight" Craig Wright
The Sopranos, HBO, "Eloise" Terence Winter
The Sopranos, HBO, "Whitecaps" Mitchell Burgess, David Chase, Robin Green [WINNER]
The Sopranos, HBO, "Whoever Did This" Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green
The West Wing, NBC, "Twenty Five" Aaron Sorkin
[edit] 2004
Deadwood, HBO, "Pilot" David Milch
The Sopranos, HBO, "Irregular Around The Margins" Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green
The Sopranos, HBO, "Long Term Parking" Terence Winter [WINNER]
The Sopranos, HBO, "Unidentified Black Males" Matthew Weiner, Terence Winter
The Sopranos, HBO, "Where's Johnny?" Michael Caleo
[edit] 2005
House, FOX, "Three Stories" David Shore [WINNER]
Lost, ABC, "Pilot, Part I & II" J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof
Lost, ABC, "Walkabout" David Fury
Rescue Me, FX, "Pilot" Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
The Wire, HBO, "Middle Ground" George Pelecanos (story and teleplay), David Simon (story)
[edit] 2006
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, "Into You Like A Train" Krista Vernoff
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, "It's The End Of The World As We Know It, Part I & II Shonda Rhimes
Lost, ABC, "The 23rd Psalm" Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
Six Feet Under, HBO, "Everyone's Waiting" Alan Ball
The Sopranos, HBO, "Members Only" Terence Winter [WINNER]
[edit] 2007
Battlestar Galactica, SciFi, "Occupation/Precipice" Ronald D. Moore
Lost, ABC, "Through The Looking Glass" Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof
The Sopranos, HBO, "Kennedy And Heidi" Matthew Weiner, David Chase
The Sopranos, HBO, "Made In America" David Chase [WINNER]
The Sopranos, HBO, "The Second Coming" Terence Winter
