| Year |
Winner |
Other Nominees |
1984-1985
(1st) |
The Burning Bed (NBC) |
|
1985-1986
(2nd) |
Live Aid (ABC / MTV) |
|
1986-1987
(3rd) |
Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met (HBO) |
|
1987-1988
(4th) |
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (HBO) |
|
1988-1989
(5th) |
What's Alan Watching? (CBS) |
|
1989-1990
(6th) |
Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration (ABC) |
|
1990-1991
(7th) |
The Civil War (PBS) |
|
1991-1992
(8th) |
Billy Crystal – 64th Academy Awards (ABC) |
|
1992-1993
(9th) |
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (NBC) |
- Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah: 90 Primetime Minutes with the King of Pop (ABC)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion (NBC)
- Women of Country (CBS)
|
1993-1994
(10th) |
Prime Suspect III (PBS) |
|
1994-1995
(11th) |
Baseball (PBS) |
|
1995-1996
(12th) |
Pride and Prejudice (A&E) |
|
1996-1997
(13th) |
Bastard out of Carolina (Showtime) |
|
1997-1998
(14th) |
From the Earth to the Moon (HBO) |
|
1998-1999
(15th) |
Joan of Arc (CBS) |
|
1999-2000
(16th) |
The Corner (HBO) |
|
2000-2001
(17th) |
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (ABC) |
|
2001-2002
(18th) |
Band of Brothers (HBO) |
|
2002-2003
(19th) |
Taken (Sci Fi) |
|
2003-2004
(20th) |
Angels in America (HBO) |
|
2004-2005
(21st) |
The Office: Christmas Special (BBC America) |
|
2005-2006
(22nd) |
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (PBS) |
|
2006-2007
(23rd) |
Planet Earth (Discovery Channel) |
|
2007-2008
(24th) |
John Adams (HBO) |
|
2008-2009
(25th) |
Grey Gardens (HBO) |
|
2009-2010
(26th) |
The Pacific (HBO) |
|
2010-2011
(27th) |
Sherlock (PBS) |
|
2011-2012
(28th) |
Downton Abbey (PBS) |
|
2012-2013
(29th) |
Behind the Candelabra (HBO) |
|
2013-2014
(30th) |
True Detective (HBO) |
|
2014-2015
(31st) |
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (HBO) |
|
2015-2016
(32nd) |
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) |
|
2016-2017
(33rd) |
Big Little Lies (HBO) |
|
2017-2018
(34th) |
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX) |
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