Line #1 MediaNotes/PrimetimeEmmyAwardForOutstandingLimitedOrAnthologySeries


1	A list of television series that won and were nominated for the Primetime MediaNotes/EmmyAward for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
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5	[[folder:1970s]]
6	* 1973[[note]]as Outstanding Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes[[/note]]: '''''Literature/TomBrownsSchooldays''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
7	** ''[[Literature/TheLeatherstockingTales The Last of the Mohicans]]'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
8	** ''The Life of Leonardo da Vinci'' (CBS)
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10	* 1974[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Columbo}}''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
11	** ''The Blue Knight'' (NBC)
12	** ''Series/McCloud'' (NBC)
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14	* 1975[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''The Lives of Benjamin Franklin''''' (Creator/{{CBS}})
15	** ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
16	** ''Series/McCloud'' (NBC)
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18	* 1976[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/UpstairsDownstairs''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
19	** ''The Adams Chronicles'' (PBS)
20	** ''Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill'' (PBS)
21	** ''The Law'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
22	** ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
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24	* 1977[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Roots\|1977}}''''' (Creator/{{ABC}})
25	** ''The Adams Chronicles'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
26	** ''Captains and the Kings'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
27	** ''Literature/MadameBovary'' (PBS)
28	** ''The Moneychangers'' (NBC)
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30	* 1978[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Holocaust}}''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
31	** ''Literature/AnnaKarenina'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
32	** ''Series/IClaudius'' (PBS)
33	** ''King'' (NBC)
34	** ''Washington: Behind Closed Doors'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
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36	* 1979[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''[[Series/Roots1977 Roots: The Next Generation]]''''' (Creator/{{ABC}})
37	** ''Backstairs at the White House'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
38	** ''Blind Ambition'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
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41	[[folder:1980s]]
42	* 1980[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Edward and Mrs. Simpson''''' ([[UsefulNotes/{{Syndication}} Syndicated]])
43	** ''Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
44	** ''The Duchess of Duke Street'' (PBS)
45	** ''The Scarlett O'Hara War'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
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47	* 1981[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''[[Literature/AsianSaga Shogun]]''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
48	** ''Literature/EastOfEden'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
49	** ''Series/{{Masada}}'' (ABC)
50	** ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
51	** ''Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'' (PBS)
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53	* 1982[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Marco Polo''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
54	** ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
55	** ''Flickers'' (PBS)
56	** ''Oppenheimer'' (PBS)
57	** ''Literature/ATownLikeAlice'' (PBS)
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59	* 1983[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''[[Literature/NicholasNickleby The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''''' ([[UsefulNotes/{{Syndication}} Syndicated]])
60	** ''[[Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy Smiley's People]]'' ([[UsefulNotes/{{Syndication}} Syndicated]])
61	** ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
62	** ''To Serve Them All My Days'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
63	** ''[[Literature/TheWindsOfWarAndWarAndRemembrance The Winds of War]]'' (ABC)
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65	* 1984[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Concealed Enemies''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
66	** ''Series/{{Chiefs}}'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
67	** ''George Washington'' (CBS)
68	** ''Nancy Astor'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
69	** ''Series/ReillyAceOfSpies'' (PBS)
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71	* 1985[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/TheJewelInTheCrown''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
72	** ''Ellis Island'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
73	** ''Robert Kennedy and His Times'' (CBS)
74	** ''Space'' (CBS)
75	** ''A Woman of Substance'' (OPT)
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77	* 1986[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Peter the Great''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
78	** ''Dress Gray'' (NBC)
79	** ''Film/TheLongHotSummer'' (NBC)
80	** ''Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
81	** ''On Wings of Eagles'' (NBC)
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83	* 1987[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''A Year in the Life''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
84	** ''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'' (NBC)
85	** ''Nutcracker: Money, Madness, and Murder'' (NBC)
86	** ''Out on a Limb'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
87	** ''The Two Mrs. Grenvilles'' (NBC)
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89	* 1988[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''The Murder of Mary Phagan''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
90	** ''Baby M'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
91	** ''Billionaire Boys Club'' (NBC)
92	** ''Lincoln'' (NBC)
93	** ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
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95	* 1989[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''[[Literature/TheWindsOfWarAndWarAndRemembrance War and Remembrance]]''''' (Creator/{{ABC}})
96	** ''I Know My First Name Is Steven'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
97	** ''Literature/LonesomeDove'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
98	** ''Literature/APerfectSpy'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
99	** ''The Women of Brewster Place'' (ABC)
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102	[[folder:1990s]]
103	* 1990[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Drug Wars: The Camarena Story''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
104	** ''Blind Faith'' (NBC)
105	** ''Family of Spies'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
106	** ''The Kennedys of Massachusetts'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
107	** ''Film/SmallSacrifices'' (ABC)
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109	* 1991[[note]]as Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Separate But Equal''''' (Creator/{{ABC}})
110	** ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Decoration Day]]'' Creator/{{NBC}})
111	** ''The Josephine Baker Story'' (Creator/{{HBO}})
112	** ''Paris Trout'' (Creator/{{Showtime}})
113	** ''[[Series/HallmarkHallOfFame Sarah, Plain and Tall]]'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
114	** ''Switched at Birth'' (NBC)
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116	* 1992[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''A Woman Named Jackie''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
117	** ''[[Film/PresumedInnocent The Burden of Proof]]'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
118	** ''Cruel Doubt'' (NBC)
119	** ''Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel'' (NBC)
120	** ''In a Child's Name'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
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122	* 1993[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/PrimeSuspect''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
123	** ''Series/{{Queen\|1993}}'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
124	** ''Family Pictures'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
125	** ''Series/TheJacksonsAnAmericanDream'' (ABC)
126	** ''Sinatra'' (CBS)
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128	* 1994[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/PrimeSuspect''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
129	** ''Literature/TalesOfTheCity'' (PBS)
130	** ''Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
131	** ''Series/TheStand1994'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
132	** ''World War II: When Lions Roared'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
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134	* 1995[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Joseph''''' (Creator/{{TNT}})
135	** ''Buffalo Girls'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
136	** ''Children of the Dust'' (CBS)
137	** ''Literature/MartinChuzzlewit'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
138	** ''A Woman of Independent Means'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
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140	* 1996[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/GulliversTravels1996''''' (Creator/{{NBC}})
141	** ''Film/{{Andersonville}}'' (Creator/{{TNT}})
142	** ''Hiroshima'' (Creator/{{Showtime}})
143	** ''Moses'' (TNT)
144	** ''Series/{{Pride and Prejudice\|1995}}'' (Creator/AAndE)
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146	* 1997[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/PrimeSuspect''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
147	** ''Literature/InColdBlood'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
148	** ''Literature/TheLastDon'' (CBS)
149	** ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
150	** ''Literature/TheShining'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
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152	* 1998[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/FromTheEarthToTheMoon''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
153	** ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheCity More Tales of the City]]'' (Creator/{{Showtime}})
154	** ''George Wallace'' (Creator/{{TNT}})
155	** ''Series/{{Merlin\|1998}}'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
156	** ''Literature/MobyDick'' (Creator/USANetwork)
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158	* 1999[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/HoratioHornblower''''' (Creator/AAndE)
159	** ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
160	** ''Series/JoanOfArc'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
161	** ''The '60s'' (Creator/{{NBC}})
162	** ''Series/TheTemptations'' (NBC)
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165	[[folder:2000s]]
166	* 2000[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''The Corner''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
167	** ''Series/ArabianNights'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
168	** ''Series/TheBeachBoysAnAmericanFamily'' (ABC)
169	** ''Series/{{Jesus\|1999}}'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
170	** ''P.T. Barnum'' (Creator/AAndE)
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172	* 2001[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/AnneFrankTheWholeStory''''' (Creator/{{ABC}})
173	** ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheCity Further Tales of the City]]'' (Creator/{{Showtime}})
174	** ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' (Creator/AAndE)
175	** ''Film/LifeWithJudyGarlandMeAndMyShadows'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
176	** ''Series/{{Nuremberg}}'' (Creator/{{TNT}})
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178	* 2002[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/BandOfBrothers''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
179	** ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
180	** ''Literature/TheMistsOfAvalon'' (Creator/{{TNT}})
181	** ''Film/{{Shackleton}}'' (Creator/AAndE)
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183	* 2003[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Taken}}''''' (Creator/{{Syfy}})
184	** ''Series/HitlerTheRiseOfEvil'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
185	** ''Series/{{Napoleon\|2002}}'' (Creator/AAndE)
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187	* 2004[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/AngelsInAmerica''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
188	** ''American Family'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
189	** ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' (Creator/AAndE)
190	** ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' (PBS)
191	** ''Traffic'' (Creator/USANetwork)
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193	* 2005[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/TheLostPrince''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
194	** ''Elvis'' (Creator/{{CBS}})
195	** ''Literature/EmpireFalls'' (Creator/{{HBO}})
196	** ''Series/The4400'' (Creator/USANetwork)
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198	* 2006[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Elizabeth I\|2005}}''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
199	** ''Literature/BleakHouse'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
200	** ''Series/IntoTheWest'' (Creator/{{TNT}})
201	** ''Series/SleeperCell'' (Creator/{{Showtime}})
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203	* 2007[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Film/BrokenTrail''''' (Creator/{{AMC}})
204	** ''Series/PrimeSuspect'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
205	** ''The Starter Wife'' (Creator/USANetwork)
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207	* 2008[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/JohnAdams''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
208	** ''Series/TheAndromedaStrain'' (Creator/AAndE)
209	** ''Series/{{Cranford}}'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
210	** ''Series/TinMan'' (Creator/{{Syfy}})
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212	* 2009[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Literature/LittleDorrit''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
213	** ''Literature/GenerationKill'' (Creator/{{HBO}})
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216	[[folder:2010s]]
217	* 2010[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/ThePacific''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
218	** ''[[Series/{{Cranford}} Return to Cranford]]'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
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220	* 2011[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''''Series/DowntonAbbey''''' (Creator/{{PBS}})
221	** ''Cinema Verite'' (Creator/{{HBO}})
222	** ''Series/TheKennedys'' (Reelz)
223	** ''Literature/MildredPierce'' (HBO)
224	** ''Series/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'' (Creator/{{Starz}})
225	** ''Film/TooBigToFail'' (HBO)
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227	* 2012[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''''Literature/GameChange''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
228	** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
229	** ''Series/HatfieldsAndMcCoys'' (Creator/TheHistoryChannel)
230	** ''Film/HemingwayAndGellhorn'' (HBO)
231	** ''Series/{{Luther}}'' ([[Creator/TheBBC BBC America]])
232	** ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': ''[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
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234	* 2013[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries or Movie[[/note]]: '''''Film/BehindTheCandelabra''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
235	** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
236	** ''Series/{{The Bible\|2013}}'' (Creator/TheHistoryChannel)
237	** ''Series/PoliticalAnimals'' (Creator/USANetwork)
238	** ''Series/TopOfTheLake'' (Sundance TV)
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240	* 2014[[note]]as Outstanding Miniseries[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Fargo}}''''' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
241	** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven'' (FX)
242	** ''Bonnie & Clyde'' (Creator/{{Lifetime}})
243	** ''Series/{{Luther}}'' ([[Creator/TheBBC BBC America]])
244	** ''Series/{{Treme}}'' (Creator/{{HBO}})
245	** ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'' (Creator/{{Starz}})
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247	* 2015[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/OliveKitteridge''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
248	** ''Series/AmericanCrime'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
249	** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow'' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
250	** ''Series/TheHonourableWoman'' (Sundance TV)
251	** ''Series/WolfHall'' (Creator/{{PBS}})
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253	* 2016[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson''''' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
254	** ''Series/AmericanCrime'' (Creator/{{ABC}})
255	** ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' (FX)
256	** ''Series/TheNightManager'' (Creator/{{AMC}})
257	** ''Series/{{Roots\|2016}}'' (Creator/TheHistoryChannel)
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259	* 2017[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/BigLittleLies''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
260	** ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
261	** ''Series/{{Feud}}'' (FX)
262	** ''Series/{{Genius}}'' ([[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel Nat Geo]])
263	** ''Series/TheNightOf'' (HBO)
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265	* 2018[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace''''' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
266	** ''Series/TheAlienist'' (Creator/{{TNT}})
267	** ''Series/{{Genius}}'' ([[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel Nat Geo]])
268	** ''Series/{{Godless}}'' (Creator/{{Netflix}})
269	** ''Series/PatrickMelrose'' (Creator/{{Showtime}})
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271	* 2019[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Chernobyl}}''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
272	** ''Series/EscapeAtDannemora'' (Creator/{{Showtime}})
273	** ''Series/FosseVerdon'' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
274	** ''Series/SharpObjects'' (HBO)
275	** ''Series/WhenTheySeeUs'' (Creator/{{Netflix}})
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278	[[folder:2020s]]
279	* 2020[[note]]as Outstanding Limited Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/{{Watchmen\|2019}}''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
280	** ''Literature/LittleFiresEverywhere'' (Creator/{{Hulu}})
281	** ''Series/MrsAmerica'' ([[Creator/FXNetworks FX]])
282	** ''Series/{{Unbelievable}}'' (Creator/{{Netflix}})
283	** ''Series/{{Unorthodox}}'' (Netflix)
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285	* 2021[[note]]as Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series[[/note]]: '''''Series/TheQueensGambit''''' (Creator/{{Netflix}})
286	** ''Series/IMayDestroyYou'' (Creator/{{HBO}})
287	** ''Series/MareOfEasttown'' (HBO)
288	** ''Series/TheUndergroundRailroad'' (Creator/PrimeVideo)
289	** ''Series/WandaVision'' (Creator/DisneyPlus)
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291	* 2022: '''''Series/TheWhiteLotus''''' (Creator/{{HBO}})
292	** ''Series/{{Dopesick}}'' (Creator/{{Hulu}})
293	** ''Series/TheDropout'' (Hulu)
294	** ''Series/InventingAnna'' (Creator/{{Netflix}})
295	** ''Series/PamAndTommy'' (Hulu)
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297	* 2023: '''''Series/{{Beef}}''''' (Creator/{{Netflix}})
298	** ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'' (Netflix)
299	** ''Series/DaisyJonesAndTheSix'' (Creator/PrimeVideo)
300	** ''Series/FleishmanIsInTrouble'' (Creator/{{FX\|Networks}})
301	** ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' (Creator/DisneyPlus
302	[[/folder]]

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