Anexo:Primetime Emmy a la mejor miniserie

• 1980: Edward & Mrs. Simpson (SYN)
  • Disraeli (PBS)
  • The Duchess of Duke Street (PBS)
  • The Scarlett O'Hara War (NBC)

• 1981: Shōgun (NBC)
  • East of Eden (ABC)
  • Masada (ABC)
  • Rumpole of the Bailey (PBS)
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (PBS)

• 1982: Marco Polo (NBC)
  • Brideshead Revisited (PBS)
  • Flickers (PBS)
  • Oppenheimer (PBS)
  • A Town Like Alice (PBS)

• 1983: Nicholas Nickleby (SYN)
  • Smiley's People (SYN)
  • The Thorn Birds (ABC)
  • To Serve Them All My Days (CBS)
  • The Winds of War (CBS)

• 1984: Concealed Enemies (PBS)
  • Chiefs (CBS)
  • George Washington (CBS)
  • Nancy Astor (PBS)
  • Reilly: Ace of Spies (PBS)

• 1985: The Jewel in the Crown (PBS)
  • Ellis Island (CBS)
  • Robert Kennedy & His Times (CBS)
  • Space (CBS)
  • A Woman of Substance (OPT)

• 1986: Peter the Great (NBC)
  • Dress Gray (NBC)
  • The Long Hot Summer (NBC)
  • Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (PBS)
  • On Wings of Eagles (NBC)

• 1987: A Year in the Life (NBC)
  • Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (NBC)
  • Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (NBC)
  • Out on a Limb (ABC)
  • The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (NBC)

• 1988: The Murder of Mary Phagan (NBC)
  • Baby M (ABC)
  • Billionaire Boys Club (NBC)
  • The Bourne Identity (ABC) Rumpole of the Bailey (PBS) ruled ineligible moved to drama.^[1]​^[2]​^[3]​
  • Gore Vidal's Lincoln (NBC)

• 1989: War and Remembrance (ABC)
  • I Know My First Name Is Steven (NBC)
  • Lonesome Dove (CBS)
  • A Perfect Spy (PBS)
  • The Women of Brewster Place (ABC)

• 1990: Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (NBC)
  • Blind Faith (NBC)
  • Family of Spies (CBS)
  • The Kennedys of Massachusetts (ABC)
  • Small Sacrifices (ABC)

• 1991: Separate But Equal (ABC)
  • Decoration Day (NBC)
  • The Josephine Baker Story (HBO)
  • Paris Trout (Showtime)
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall (CBS)
  • Switched at Birth (NBC)

• 1992: A Woman Named Jackie (NBC)
  • The Burden of Proof (ABC)
  • Cruel Doubt (NBC)
  • Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel (NBC)
  • In a Child's Name (CBS)

• 1993: Prime Suspect 2 (PBS)
  • Alex Haley's Queen (CBS)
  • Family Pictures (ABC)
  • The Jacksons: An American Dream (ABC)
  • Sinatra (CBS)

• 1994: Prime Suspect 3 (PBS)
  • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (CBS)
  • The Stand (ABC)
  • Tales of the City (PBS)
  • World War II: When Lions Roared (NBC)

• 1995: Joseph (TNT)
  • Buffalo Girls (CBS)
  • Children of the Dust (CBS)
  • Martin Chuzzlewit (PBS)
  • A Woman of Independent Means (NBC)

• 1996: Gulliver's Travels (NBC)
  • Andersonville (TNT)
  • Hiroshima (Showtime)
  • Moses (TNT)
  • Pride and Prejudice (A&E)

• 1997: Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (PBS)
  • In Cold Blood (CBS)
  • The Last Don (CBS)
  • The Odyssey (NBC)
  • The Shining (ABC)

• 1998: From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)
  • George Wallace (TNT)
  • Merlin (NBC)
  • Moby Dick (USA)
  • More Tales of the City (Showtime)

• 1999: Hornblower: The Even Chance (A&E)
  • Great Expectations (PBS)
  • Joan of Arc (CBS)
  • The '60s (NBC)
  • The Temptations (NBC)

• 2000: The Corner (HBO)
  • Arabian Nights (ABC)
  • The Beach Boys: An American Family (ABC)
  • Jesus (CBS)
  • P.T. Barnum (A&E)

• 2001: Anne Frank: The Whole Story (ABC)
  • Further Tales of the City (SHO)
  • Hornblower: Mutiny (A&E)
  • Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (ABC)
  • Nuremberg (TNT)

• 2002: Band of Brothers (HBO)
  • Dinotopia (ABC)
  • The Mists of Avalon (TNT)
  • Shackleton (A&E)

• 2003: Taken (Sci-Fi)
  • Hitler: The Rise of Evil (CBS)
  • Napoléon (A&E)

• 2004: Angels in America (HBO)
  • American Family: Journey of Dreams (PBS)
  • Hornblower: Duty (A&E)
  • Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (PBS)
  • Traffic (USA)

• 2005: The Lost Prince (PBS)
  • The 4400 (USA)
  • Elvis (CBS)
  • Empire Falls (HBO)

• 2006: Elizabeth I (HBO)
  • Bleak House (PBS)
  • Into the West (TNT)
  • Sleeper Cell (Showtime)

• 2007: Broken Trail (AMC)
  • Prime Suspect: The Final Act (PBS)
  • The Starter Wife (USA)

• 2008: John Adams (HBO)
  • The Andromeda Strain (A&E)
  • Cranford (PBS)
  • Tin Man (Sci-Fi)

• 2009: Little Dorrit (PBS)
  • Generation Kill (HBO)

• 2010: The Pacific (HBO)
  • Return to Cranford (PBS)

• 2011: Downton Abbey (PBS)
  • Cinema Verite (HBO)
  • The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
  • Mildred Pierce (HBO)
  • The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
  • Too Big to Fail (HBO)

• 2012: Game Change (HBO)
  • American Horror Story (FX)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (History)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
  • Luther (BBC America)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (PBS)

• 2013 Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
  • American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
  • The Bible (History)
  • Phil Spector (HBO)
  • Political Animals (USA Network)
  • Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)

• 2014: Fargo (FX)
  • American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
  • Bonnie and Clyde (A&E)
  • Luther (BBC America)
  • Treme (HBO)
  • The White Queen (Starz)

• 2015: Olive Kitteridge (FX)
  • American Crime (ABC)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
  • The Honourable Woman (Sundance TV)
  • Wolf Hall (PBS)

• 2016: The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
  • American Crime (ABC)
  • Fargo (FX)
  • The Night Manager (AMC)
  • Roots (History)

• 2017: Big Little Lies (HBO)
  • Feud (FX)
  • Fargo (FX)
  • The Night Of (HBO)
  • Genius (National Geographic Channel)

• 2018: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)
  • The Alienist (TNT)
  • Genius (National Geographic Channel)
  • Godless (Netflix)
  • Patrick Melrose (Showtime)

• 2019: Chernóbil (HBO)
  • Escape at Dannemora (Showtime)
  • Fosse/Verdon (FX)
  • Sharp Objects (HBO)
  • When They See Us (Netflix)

• 2020: Watchmen (HBO)
  • Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
  • Mrs. America (FX)
  • Unbelievable (Netflix)
  • Unorthodox (Netflix)

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