| 2025 | Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham (Adolescence)beat 4 others- Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali (Black Mirror) — "Common People"
- Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether (Dying for Sex) — "Good Value Diet Soda"
- Lauren LeFranc (The Penguin) — "A Great or Little Thing"
- Joshua Zetumer (Say Nothing) — "The People in the Dirt"
|  Netflix |
| 2024 | Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer)beat 5 others- Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror) — "Joan Is Awful"
- Noah Hawley (Fargo) — "The Tragedy of the Commons"
- Ron Nyswaner (Fellow Travelers) — "You're Wonderful"
- Steven Zaillian (Ripley)
- Issa López (True Detective: Night Country) — "Part 6"
| Netflix |
| 2023 | Lee Sung Jin (Beef) — "The Birds Don't Sing, They Screech in Pain"beat 5 others- Joel Kim Booster (Fire Island)
- Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Fleishman Is in Trouble) — "Me-Time"
- Patrick Aison and Dan Trachtenberg (Prey)
- Janine Nabers and Donald Glover (Swarm) — "Stung"
- Al Yankovic and Eric Appel (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)
| Netflix |
| 2022 | Mike White (The White Lotus)beat 5 others- Danny Strong (Dopesick) — "The People vs. Purdue Pharma"
- Elizabeth Meriwether (The Dropout) — "I'm in a Hurry"
- Sarah Burgess (Impeachment: American Crime Story) — "Man Handled"
- Molly Smith Metzler (Maid) — "Snaps"
- Patrick Somerville (Station Eleven) — "Unbroken Circle"
|  HBO |
| 2021 | Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You)beat 5 others- Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown)
- Scott Frank (The Queen's Gambit)
- Chuck Hayward and Peter Cameron (WandaVision) — "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!"
- Jac Schaeffer (WandaVision) — "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience"
- Laura Donney (WandaVision) — "Previously On"
| HBO |
| 2020 | Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson (Watchmen) — "This Extraordinary Being"beat 4 others- Tanya Barfield (Mrs. America) — "Shirley"
- Sally Rooney and Alice Birch (Normal People) — "Episode 3"
- Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman (Unbelievable) — "Episode 1"
- Anna Winger (Unorthodox) — "Part 1"
| HBO |
| 2019 | Craig Mazin (Chernobyl)beat 5 others- Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin and Jerry Stahl (Escape at Dannemora) — "Episode 6"
- Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin (Escape at Dannemora) — "Episode 7"
- Steven Levenson and Joel Fields (Fosse/Verdon) — "Providence"
- Russell T Davies (A Very English Scandal)
- Ava DuVernay and Michael Starrbury (When They See Us) — "Part 4"
| HBO |
| 2018 | Charlie Brooker and William Bridges (Black Mirror) — "USS Callister"beat 5 others- Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus (American Vandal) — "Clean Up"
- Tom Rob Smith (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) — "House by the Lake"
- Scott Frank (Godless)
- David Nicholls (Patrick Melrose)
- Mark Frost and David Lynch (Twin Peaks)
| Netflix |
| 2017 | Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror) — "San Junipero"beat 5 others- David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies)
- Noah Hawley (Fargo) — "The Law of Vacant Places"
- Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan) — "And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)"
- Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam and Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan) — "Pilot"
- Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (The Night Of) — "The Call of the Wild"
| Netflix |
| 2016 | D. V. DeVincentis (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story) — "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"beat 5 others- Bob DeLaurentis (Fargo) — "Loplop"
- Noah Hawley (Fargo) — "Palindrome"
- David Farr (The Night Manager)
- Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story) — "From the Ashes of Tragedy"
- Joe Robert Cole (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story) — "The Race Card"
|  FX |
| 2015 | Jane Anderson (Olive Kitteridge)beat 5 others- John Ridley (American Crime) — "Episode One"
- Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Horton Foote (posthumous) (Bessie)
- Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (Hello Ladies: The Movie)
- Hugo Blick (The Honorable Woman)
- Peter Straughan (Wolf Hall)
| HBO |
| 2014 | Steven Moffat (Sherlock) — "His Last Vow"beat 5 others- Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (American Horror Story: Coven) — "Bitchcraft"
- Noah Hawley (Fargo) — "The Crocodile's Dilemma"
- Neil Cross (Luther)
- Larry Kramer (The Normal Heart)
- David Simon and Eric Overmyer (Treme) — "...To Miss New Orleans"
|  PBS |
| 2013 | Abi Morgan (The Hour)beat 4 others- Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelabra)
- Tom Stoppard (Parade's End)
- David Mamet (Phil Spector)
- Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (Top of the Lake)
|  BBC America |
| 2012 | Danny Strong (Game Change)beat 4 others- Bill Kerby, Ted Mann and Ronald Parker (Hatfields & McCoys) — "Part 2"
- Abi Morgan (The Hour)
- Neil Cross (Luther)
- Steven Moffat (Sherlock) — "A Scandal in Belgravia"
| HBO |
| 2011 | Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey)beat 4 others- Todd Haynes and Jonathan Raymond (Mildred Pierce)
- Steven Moffat (Sherlock) — "A Study in Pink"
- Peter Gould (Too Big to Fail)
- Heidi Thomas (Upstairs, Downstairs)
| PBS |
| 2010 | Adam Mazer (You Don't Know Jack)beat 4 others- Michelle Ashford and Robert Schenkkan (The Pacific) — "Part 8"
- Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan (The Pacific) — "Part 10"
- Peter Morgan (The Special Relationship)
- William Merritt Johnson and Christopher Monger (Temple Grandin)
| HBO |
| 2009 | Andrew Davies (Little Dorrit)beat 4 others- Ed Burns and David Simon (Generation Kill) — "Bomb in the Garden"
- Patricia Rozema and Michael Sucsy (Grey Gardens)
- Hugh Whitemore (Into the Storm)
- Ross Katz and Michael Strobl (Taking Chance)
| PBS |
| 2008 | Kirk Ellis (John Adams) — "Independence"beat 4 others- Hugh Costello (Bernard and Doris)
- Heidi Thomas (Cranford)
- Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (Extras) — "The Extra Special Series Finale"
- Danny Strong (Recount)
| HBO |
| 2007 | Frank Deasy (Prime Suspect: The Final Act)beat 4 others- Alan Geoffrion (Broken Trail)
- Daniel Giat (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee)
- Sandy Welch (Jane Eyre)
- Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott (The Starter Wife)
| PBS |
| 2006 | Richard Curtis (The Girl in the Café)beat 4 others- Andrew Davies (Bleak House)
- Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I)
- Nevin Schreiner (Flight 93)
- Phyllis Nagy (Mrs. Harris)
| HBO |
| 2005 | Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers)beat 4 others- Richard Russo (Empire Falls)
- René Echevarria and Scott Peters (The 4400) — "Pilot"
- Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (The Office Special)
- Margaret Nagle (Warm Springs)
| HBO |
| 2004 | Tony Kushner (Angels in America)beat 4 others- Larry Gelbart (And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself)
- Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, Jennifer Friedes, Sally Robinson and Raymond Singer (Iron Jawed Angels)
- Elizabeth Egloff, Jane Marchwood and Tom Rickman (The Reagans)
- Robert Caswell and Peter Silverman (Something the Lord Made)
| HBO |
| 2003 | William H. Macy and Steven Schachter (Door to Door)beat 4 others- Laura Cahill (Hysterical Blindness)
- Richard Chapman, Timothy Sexton, John Patrick Shanley and Robert Wiener (Live from Baghdad)
- Hugh Whitemore (My House in Umbria)
- Jane Anderson (Normal)
|  TNT |
| 2002 | Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore (The Gathering Storm)beat 4 others- Erik Bork, E. Max Frye, Tom Hanks, Erik Jendresen, Bruce C. McKenna, John Orloff, and Graham Yost (Band of Brothers)
- Stephen Belber, Leigh Fondakowski, Amanda Gronich, Moisés Kaufman, Jeffrey LaHoste, John McAdams, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Kelli Simpkins and Stephen Wangh (The Laramie Project)
- Daniel Giat (Path to War)
- Charles Sturridge (Shackleton)
| HBO |
| 2001 | Loring Mandel (Conspiracy)beat 4 others- Hank Steinberg (61*)
- Kirk Ellis (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
- Robert Freedman (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)
- Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson (Wit)
| HBO |
| 2000 | David Mills and David Simon (The Corner)beat 4 others- John Stockwell (Cheaters)
- Tom Fontana, Eric Overmyer and James Yoshimura (Homicide: The Movie)
- Jane Anderson (If These Walls Could Talk 2) — "1961"
- John Logan (RKO 281)
| HBO |
| 1999 | Ann Peacock (A Lesson Before Dying)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Jane Anderson (The Baby Dance)
- Jerrold L. Ludwig (Dash and Lilly)
- Martyn Burke (Pirates of Silicon Valley)
- Kario Salem (The Rat Pack)
| HBO |
| 1998 | Kario Salem (Don King: Only in America)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Graham Yost (From the Earth to the Moon) — "Apollo One"
- Jay McInerney and Michael Cristofer (Gia)
- Edward Khmara, David Stevens, and Peter Barnes (Merlin)
- Nicholas Wright (More Tales of the City)
| HBO |
| 1997 | Horton Foote (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Old Man"unverifiedbeat 4 others- William Nicholson (Crime of the Century)
- Steve Shagan (Gotti)
- Walter Bernstein (Miss Evers' Boys)
- Larry Gelbart (Weapons of Mass Distraction)
|  CBS |
| 1996 | Simon Moore (Gulliver's Travels)unverifiedbeat 4 others- George Armitage and Bill Carter (The Late Shift)
- Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice)
- Thomas Rickman (Truman)
- Paris Qualles, Trey Ellis, Ron Hutchinson, Robert W. Williams and T. S. Cook (The Tuskegee Airmen)
|  NBC |
| 1995 | Alison Cross (Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story)unverifiedbeat 4 others- William Mastrosimone, Michael Tolkin and Ron Hutchinson (The Burning Season)
- Chris Gerolmo (Citizen X)
- Abby Mann and Myra Mann (Indictment: The McMartin Trial)
- August Wilson (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "The Piano Lesson"
| NBC |
| 1994 | Bob Randall (David's Mother)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Arnold Schulman (And the Band Played On)
- Robert W. Lenski (Breathing Lessons)
- Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect 3)
- Richard Kramer (Tales of the City)
| CBS |
| 1993 | Jane Anderson (The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Larry Gelbart (Barbarians at the Gate)
- David Franzoni (Citizen Cohn)
- Jennifer Miller (Family Pictures)
- Paul Monash (Stalin)
| HBO |
| 1992 | Joshua Brand and John Falsey (I'll Fly Away) — "Pilot"unverifiedbeat 4 others- Neil Simon (Broadway Bound)
- James Duff (Doing Time on Maple Drive)
- Anna Sandor (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Miss Rose White"
- Robert Bolt (Without Warning: The James Brady Story)
| NBC |
| 1991 | Andrew Davies (House of Cards)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Robert W. Lenski (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Decoration Day"
- Patricia MacLachlan and Carol Sobieski (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Sarah, Plain and Tall"
- Pete Dexter (Paris Trout)
- George Stevens Jr. (Separate But Equal)
| PBS |
| 1990 | Terrence McNally (American Playhouse) — "Andre's Mother"unverifiedbeat 4 others- Hugh Whitemore (AT&T Presents) — "The Final Days"
- Michael Norell and James Norell (AT&T Presents) — "The Incident"
- Michael De Guzman (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Caroline?"
- William Hanley (The Kennedys of Massachusetts)
| PBS |
| 1989 | Abby Mann, Robin Vote and Ron Hutchinson (Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story)unverifiedbeat 4 others- William G. Borchert (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "My Name Is Bill W."
- JP Miller and Cynthia Whitcomb (I Know My First Name Is Steven)
- William D. Wittliff (Lonesome Dove) — "Part I: Leaving"
- Alison Cross (Roe vs. Wade)
| HBO |
| 1988 | William Hanley (The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank)unverifiedbeat 4 others- James Steven Sadwith (Baby M) — "Part 1"
- Gy Waldron (Billionaire Boys Club) — "Part 1"
- Susan Cooper (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Foxfire"
- Jeffrey Lane and George Stevens Jr. (The Murder of Mary Phagan)
| CBS |
| 1987 | Richard Friedenberg, Ken Blackwell and Tennyson Flowers (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Promise"unverifiedbeat 4 others- Reginald Rose (Escape from Sobibor)
- Hugh Whitemore (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Pack of Lies"
- William Hanley (Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder) — "Part 2"
- Joshua Brand and John Falsey (A Year in the Life) — "The First Christmas"
| CBS |
| 1986 | Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman and Sherman Yellen (An Early Frost)tieDavid Butler (Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Carol Evan McKeand and Nigel McKeand (Alex: The Life of a Child)
- Kevin Sullivan and Joe Wiesenfeld (Anne of Green Gables) — "Part 1"
- Gore Vidal (Dress Gray) — "Part 1"
- Darlene Craviotto (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Love Is Never Silent"
| NBC |
| 1985 | Vickie Patik (Do You Remember Love)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Rose Leiman Goldemberg (The Burning Bed)
- John Gay (Fatal Vision)
- Ken Taylor (The Jewel in the Crown) — "Crossing the River"
- Gerald Green (Wallenberg: A Hero's Story)
|  ABC |
| 1984 | William Hanley (ABC Theater) — "Something About Amelia"unverifiedbeat 4 others- Edward Hume (ABC Theater) — "The Day After"
- Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn (ABC Theater) — "The Dollmaker"
- Allan Leicht (Adam)
- April Smith (Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter)
| ABC |
| 1983 | Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick (Special Bulletin)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Norman Mailer (The Executioner's Song)
- David Edgar (The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby) — "Part 4"
- William Hanley (Little Gloria... Happy at Last)
- Michael Bortman (Who Will Love My Children?)
| NBC |
| 1982 | Corey Blechman and Barry Morrow (Bill)unverifiedbeat 4 others- John Mortimer (Brideshead Revisited) — "Et in Arcadia Ego"
- Peter Prince (Oppenheimer) — "Part 5"
- Oliver Hailey (Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend)
- Ernest Kinoy (Skokie)
| CBS |
| 1981 | Arthur Miller (Playing for Time)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Richard Friedenberg (Bitter Harvest)
- Joel Oliansky (Masada) — "Part 4"
- Michael Cristofer (The Shadow Box)
- Eric Bercovici (Shōgun) — "Part 5"
| CBS |
| 1980 | David Chase (Off the Minnesota Strip)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Ken Trevey (Amber Waves)
- James S. Henerson (Attica)
- David W. Rintels (Hallmark Hall of Fame) — "Gideon's Trumpet"
- James Lee (Moviola) — "This Year's Blonde"
| ABC |
| 1979 | Michael Mann and Patrick J. Nolan (The Jericho Mile)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov (Backstairs at the White House) — "Book One"
- Fay Kanin (Friendly Fire)
- Ernest Kinoy (Roots: The Next Generations) — "Chapter 1 – 1880s"
- Jane-Howard Hammerstein (Summer of My German Soldier)
| ABC |