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Every Golden Globes Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Film winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 26 different winners.

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Film was previously known as Best Miniseries or Television Film.

The current name took effect at the 2023 ceremony.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
RKO 281'00
Dirty Pictures'01
Band of Brothers'02
The Gathering Storm'03
Angels in America'04
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'05
Empire Falls'06
Elizabeth I'07
Longford'08
John Adams'09
Grey Gardens'10
Carlos'11
Downton Abbey'12
Game Change'13
Behind the Candelabra'14
Fargo'15
Wolf Hall'16
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story'17
Big Little Lies'18
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story'19
Chernobyl'20
The Queen's Gambit'21
The Underground Railroad'22
The White Lotus'23
Beef'24
Baby Reindeer'25
Wins by network / distributor
  1. HBO1558%
  2. FX312%
  3. Netflix312%
  4. PBS28%
  5. Amazon14%
  6. Showtime14%
  7. Other14%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

  • American Crime2 noms
  • The Hour2 noms

Most losses

  • Fargo3L · 1W
  • American Crime2L · 0W
  • The Hour2L · 0W

The full list

YearWinnerNetwork / Distributor
2025Baby Reindeer
beat 5 others
  • Disclaimer
  • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
  • The Penguin
  • Ripley
  • True Detective: Night Country
Netflix
2024Beef
beat 5 others
  • All the Light We Cannot See
  • Daisy Jones & the Six
  • Fargo
  • Fellow Travelers
  • Lessons in Chemistry
Netflix
2023The White Lotus
beat 4 others
  • Black Bird
  • Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
  • The Dropout
  • Pam & Tommy
HBO
2022The Underground Railroad
beat 4 others
  • Dopesick
  • Impeachment: American Crime Story
  • Maid
  • Mare of Easttown
Amazon Prime Video
2021The Queen's Gambit
beat 4 others
  • Normal People
  • Small Axe
  • The Undoing
  • Unorthodox
Netflix
2020Chernobyl
beat 4 others
  • Catch-22
  • Fosse/Verdon
  • The Loudest Voice
  • Unbelievable
HBO
2019The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
beat 4 others
  • The Alienist
  • Escape at Dannemora
  • Sharp Objects
  • A Very English Scandal
FX
2018Big Little Lies
beat 4 others
  • Fargo
  • Feud: Bette and Joan
  • The Sinner
  • Top of the Lake: China Girl
HBO
2017The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
beat 4 others
  • American Crime
  • The Dresser
  • The Night Manager
  • The Night Of
FX
2016Wolf Hall
beat 4 others
  • American Crime
  • American Horror Story: Hotel
  • Fargo
  • Flesh and Bone
PBS
2015Fargo
beat 4 others
  • The Missing
  • The Normal Heart
  • Olive Kitteridge
  • True Detective
FX
2014Behind the Candelabra
beat 4 others
  • American Horror Story: Coven
  • Dancing on the Edge
  • Top of the Lake
  • The White Queen
HBO
2013Game Change
beat 4 others
  • The Girl
  • Hatfields & McCoys
  • The Hour
  • Political Animals
HBO
2012Downton Abbey
beat 4 others
  • Cinema Verite
  • The Hour
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Too Big to Fail
PBS
2011Carlos
beat 4 others
  • The Pacific
  • The Pillars of the Earth
  • Temple Grandin
  • You Don't Know Jack
Sundance Channel
2010Grey Gardens
beat 4 others
  • Georgia O'Keeffe
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit
  • Taking Chance
HBO
2009John Adams
beat 4 others
  • Bernard and Doris
  • Cranford
  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • Recount
HBO
2008Longford
beat 4 others
  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
  • The Company
  • Five Days
  • The State Within
HBO
2007Elizabeth I
beat 4 others
  • Bleak House
  • Broken Trail
  • Mrs. Harris
  • Prime Suspect: The Final Act
HBO
2006Empire Falls
beat 5 others
  • Into the West
  • Lackawanna Blues
  • Sleeper Cell
  • Viva Blackpool
  • Warm Springs
HBO
2005The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
beat 4 others
  • American Family: Journey of Dreams
  • Iron Jawed Angels
  • The Lion in Winter
  • Something the Lord Made
HBO
2004Angels in America
beat 4 others
  • My House in Umbria
  • Normal
  • Soldier's Girl
  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
HBO
2003The Gathering Storm
beat 4 others
  • Live from Baghdad
  • Path to War
  • Shackleton
  • Taken
HBO
2002Band of Brothers
beat 4 others
  • Anne Frank: The Whole Story
  • Conspiracy
  • Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
  • Wit
HBO
2001Dirty Pictures
beat 4 others
  • Fail Safe
  • For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
  • Nuremberg
  • On the Beach
Showtime
2000RKO 281
beat 4 others
  • Dash and Lilly
  • Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • Joan of Arc
  • Witness Protection
HBO

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