The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series was established in 1952 as a category of the Edgar Awards. The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series winners are listed below.
Recipients
1950s Year Episode Series Writers Result 1952—Winner1953—DragnetWinner1954"Crime at Blossoms"Studio OneWinner1955"Smoke"SuspenseWinnerClimax!, based on the novel by Raymond ChandlerShortlist1956"Sting of Death", based on the novel A Taste for Honey by H. F. HeardWinner"Thin Air"Climax!Shortlist1957OmnibusWinner1958"Mechanical Manhunt"Winner Omnibus Omnibus staffShortlist1959Studio OneWinner"Capital Punishment"OmnibusWinner
1960s Year Episode Series Writers Result1960WinnerPeter GunnShortlist1961Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (Audrey Roos and William Roos)WinnerAlfred Hitchcock PresentsShortlist1962"Witness in the Dark"Kraft Mystery Theater and Leigh VanceWinner and Boyd CorrellShortlist1963Kraft Mystery TheatreWinnerShortlist"Scene of the Crime"Shortlist1964Kraft Suspense HourWinner—Shortlist"To Bury Caesar"Shortlist1965—Winner1966Alfred Hitchcock HourWinner"Carry Me Back to Old Tsing Tao"I, SpyShortlistHoney West and William LinkShortlist"Memorandum for a Spy"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreShortlist1967"Operation Rogesh"Mission: ImpossibleWinner "After the Lion, Jackals"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Shortlist Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre and Oscar MillardShortlist1968"Tempest in a Texas Town"Judd, for the Defense and Leon TokatyanWinner1969ABC SpecialWinner"Companions in Nightmare"NBC World Premier FilmShortlist
1970s Year Episode Series Writers Result1970"Daughter of the Mind"ABC Movie of the WeekWinner"In This Corner - Sol Albert" and Rita LakinShortlistMannixShortlist—Night GalleryRod SerlingShortlist1971NBC Movie of the Week and Richard Alan SimmonsWinnerNBC Movie of the Week and Michael BlankfortShortlistABC Movie of the WeekShortlist"To Taste of Death But Once"Shortlist"The Mouse That Died"MannixChester KrumholtzShortlist1972MannixWinner"Company Town"Cade's CountyShortlist"Murder by the Book"ColumboShortlist"Somebody's Out To Get Jennie"McCloudShortlist1973McCloudWinner"A Date with Death"BanyonMorton Fine, Milton S. GelmanShortlist"Bait Once, Bait Twice"Hawaii Five-OWill LorinShortlist"The Crimson Halo"MannixShimon WincelbergShortlist"Victim in Shadow"Owen Marshall, Counselor at LawRichard BluelShortlist1974"Requiem for an Informer"Police StoryWinner"Here Today, Gone Tonight"Hawaii Five-OJerome CoopersmithShortlist"One For the Morgue"KojakJerrold FreedmanShortlist"Requiem for a Falling Star"ColumboJackson GillisShortlist"The Cain Connection"TomaStephen J. CannellShortlist1975"Requiem For C.Z. Smith"Police StoryWinner"Anatomy of Two Rapes"Police WomanRichard Bluel, Pat FielderShortlist"Gertrude"Harry OHoward RodmanShortlist1976"No Immunity for Murder"KojakWinner"Murder Comes in Little Pills"Kate McShaneRobert Foster, Milt RosenShortlist"The Mark of Cain"PetrocelliLeonard KatzmanShortlist1977"Requiem for Murder"Winner"Dear Tony"BarettaNorman HudisShortlist"The Oracle Wore a Cashmere Suit"The Rockford FilesDavid ChaseShortlist1978Quincy M.E. and Lou ShawWinner"In the Event of My Death"The Andros TargetsJerome CoopersmithShortlist"The Deadly Maze"The Rockford FilesJuanita BartlettShortlist1979"Murder Under Glass"ColumboWinner"Murder on the Flip Side"The Eddie Capra MysteriesLee SheldonShortlistVegasMichael MannShortlist
1980s Year Episode Series Writers Result1980"Skin"Tales of the Unexpected and Roald DahlWinner"A Hollywood Whodunit"Lou GrantMichelle GalleryShortlist"Only the Pretty Girls Die"EischieldMark RodgersShortlist"Stone"StoneStephen J. CannellShortlist1981"China Doll"Magnum, P.I. and Glen A. LarsonWinner"A Matter of Principle"Quincy, M.E.Steven Greenberg, Aubrey SolomonShortlist"Tenspeed and Brown Shoe"Tenspeed and Brown ShoeStephen J. CannellShortlist1982"Hill Street Station"Hill Street Blues and Michael KozollWinner"Simon Eyes"Simon & SimonPhilip DeGuereShortlist"Stain of Guilt"Quincy, M.E.Sam EganShortlist1983"In the Steele of the Night"Remington SteeleWinner"Ashes to Ashes, None Too Soon"Simon & SimonBob ShayneShortlist"Matt Houston"Matt HoustonRichard Christian Danus, Ken TreveyShortlist1984Philip Marlowe, Private EyeWinner"Altered Steele"Remington SteeleJeff MelvoinShortlist"Grand Illusion"Simon & SimonE. Jack KaplanShortlist1985"Deadly Lady"Murder, She WroteWinner"Miami Vice"Miami ViceAnthony YerkovichShortlist"Seven Dead Eyes"Mickey Spillane's Mike HammerJoe GoresShortlist1986Amazing StoriesWinner"The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"MoonlightingDebra Frank, Carl SautterShortlist"Wake Me When I'm Dead"Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBuck HenryShortlist1987, Andrew SipesWinner"Deirdre"The New Mike HammerHerman MillerShortlist"Diary of a Perfect Murder"MatlockDean HargroveShortlist"Wax Poetic"Blacke's MagicLee SheldonShortlist1988Masterpiece MysteryWinner"Blue Movie"Private EyeRon HansenShortlist"Nicky the Rose"Private EyeJohn Leekley, Alfonse Ruggiero Jr.Shortlist"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"WiseguyEric BlakeneyShortlist"The Right to Remain Silent"Cagney & LaceyDavid AbramowitzShortlist1989Masterpiece MysteryWinner"Date with an Angel"WiseguyDavid J. Burke, Stephen KronishShortlist1989"May the Road Rise Up"Simon & SimonRichard C. OkieShortlist1989"Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim"Rumpole of the BaileyJohn MortimerShortlist1989"The Black Tower, Episode 1"The Black TowerWilliam HumbleShortlist
1990s Year Episode Series Writers Result 1990"White Noise"Wiseguy and Alfonse RuggieroWinner"Blues for Buder"B. L. StrykerRobert B. Parker, Joan ParkerShortlist"Investment in Death"HunterNick Gore, Jerry JacobiusShortlist"Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation"Rumpole of the BaileyJohn MortimerShortlist"Urine Trouble Now"L.A. LawWilliam M. Finkelstein, Michelle Gallery, David E. Kelley, Judith ParkerShortlist 1991 "Good Night, Dear Heart" Quantum Leap Winner"Gabriel's Fire"Gabriel's FireColeman Luck, Jacqueline ZambranoShortlist"Happily Ever After"Law & OrderDavid Black, Robert Stuart NathanShortlist"Justice Swerved"L.A. LawDavid E. Kelley, Bryce ZabelShortlist1992"Sonata for Solo Organ"Law & OrderMichael S. Chernuchin, Joe MorgensternShortlist"Poirot: The Lost Mine"Agatha Christie's PoirotMichael Baker, David RenwickShortlist"Shoscombe Old Place"Sherlock HolmesGary HopkinsShortlist"The Problem of Thor Bridge"Sherlock HolmesJeremy PaulShortlist1993"Conspiracy"Law & OrderRene Balcer, Michael S. ChernuchinWinner"A Killer Book"Likely SuspectsPaul BernbaumShortlist"Point of View"Law & OrderRene Balcer, Walon GreenShortlist"Smells Like Teen Spirit"Likely SuspectsLee Goldberg, William RabkinShortlist"The Dead File"Murder, She WroteTom B. SawyerShortlist1994"4B or Not 4B"NYPD BlueDavid MilchWinner"Conduct Unbecoming"Law & OrderRene Balcer, Michael S. ChernuchinShortlist"Promised Land"Inspector MorseJulian MitchellShortlist"Rising Sun"The CommishStephen KronishShortlist"Turpitude"Picket FencesDavid E. KelleyShortlist1995"Simone Says"NYPD BlueSteven Bochco, Walon Green, David MilchWinner"Family Values"Law & OrderRene Balcer, William N. FordesShortlist"Pilot"Under SuspicionJacqueline ZambranoShortlist"The Erlenmeyer Flask"The X-FilesChris CarterShortlist1996"Torah! Torah! Torah!"NYPD BlueTheresa RebeckWinner"Humbug"The X-FilesDarin MorganShortlist"Rumpole and the Family Pride"Rumpole of the BaileyJohn MortimerShortlist"The Eligible Bachelor"Sherlock HolmesT.R. BowenShortlist"The Lost Child"Prime SuspectPaul BillingShortlist1997"Deadbeat"Law & OrderI.C. Rapoport, Ed ZuckermanWinner"Causa Mortis"Law & OrderRene BalcerShortlist"Every Picture Tells a Story"EZ StreetsPaul HaggisShortlist"I.D."Law & OrderEd ZuckermanShortlist"Slave"Law & OrderRene Balcer, Elaine LoeserShortlist1998"Double Down"Law & OrderRichard Sweren, Simon Wincelberg, Ed ZuckermanWinner"Blood"Law & OrderRene Balcer, Craig TepperShortlist"Burned"Law & OrderSiobhan ByrneShortlist"First Degree"The PracticeStephen Gaghan, David E. Kelley, Michael R. PerryShortlist"Thrill"Law & OrderRene BalcerShortlist1999"Bad Girl"Law & OrderRene Balcer, Richard SwerenWinner"Carrier"Law & OrderDavid BlackShortlist"Fallen Idol"Silent WitnessGwyneth HughesShortlist"Fools Russian"Brooklyn SouthAllen Edwards, Matt Olmstead, Scott A. WilliamsShortlist"Skel in a Cell"Brooklyn SouthSteven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein, Bill Clark, David Milch (Story), Doug Palau, Nicholas Wootton (Teleplay)Shortlist
2000s Year Episode Series Writers Result 2000"Refuge, Part 2"Law & OrderRene BalcerWinner"Empire"Law & OrderRene Balcer (story), Robert Palm (teleplay/story)Shortlist"Hate"Law & OrderRene BalcerShortlist"Killerz"Law & OrderRichard SwerenShortlist"Merger"Law & OrderLynn MametShortlist2001"Limitations"Law & Order: SVUWinner"Black, White & Blue"Law & OrderLynne Litt, Richard Sweren, Matt WittenShortlist"Endurance"Law & OrderMatt WittenShortlist"RemorseLaw & Order: SVUMichael R. PerryShortlist2002"Pine Barrens"The SopranosTim Van Patten, Terence WinterWinner"Countdown"Law & Order: SVUDawn Denoon, Lisa Marie PetersenShortlist"Johnny Got His Gold"NYPD BlueSteven Bochco, Bill Clark, Nicholas WoottonShortlist"Killing Time"Peter Blake, David E. Kelley, Lukas Reiter, Jonathan ShapiroShortlist"Prisoner's Base Part 2Nero WolfeLee Goldberg, William RabkinShortlist2003"Waste"Law & Order: SVU and Lisa Marie PetersenWinner"Ho Down"NYPD Blue and Bill ClarkShortlist"Mr. Monk Takes A Vacation"MonkShortlist (teleplay/story), Ed Burns (story)Shortlist"Tuxedo Hill"Law & Order: Criminal IntentShortlist2004"Goodbye" and David E. KelleyWinner"Coerced"Law & Order: SVUShortlist"Mr. Monk and the 12th Man"MonkShortlist"Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man"MonkShortlist"Probability"Law & Order: Criminal Intent and René Balcer (story)Shortlist2005"Want"Law & Order: Criminal Intent (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story)Winner"Consumed"Law & Order: Criminal Intent (teleplay/story), René Balcer (story)Shortlist"Conscience"Law & Order: Criminal Intent (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story)Shortlist"Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf"MonkShortlist"Pas De Deux"Law & Order: Criminal Intent (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story)Shortlist2006"Amulet"Sea of SoulsWinner"911"Law & Order: SVUShortlistCSI and Carol MendelsohnShortlist"Grave Danger"CSI, Naren Shankar, Quentin Tarantino, and Anthony ZuikerShortlist"Redemption"Wire in the BloodShortlist2007"Episode 1"Life on MarsWinner"Blue Blood" and Mike BerchemShortlist"Clueless"HouseShortlist"Crocodile"DexterShortlist"Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink"MonkShortlist2008"Pilot"Burn NoticeWinner2008 Edgar Nominees "It's Alive!"DexterShortlist"Pie-lette"Pushing DaisiesShortlist"Senseless"Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, and Julie MartinShortlist"Yahrzeit"Waking the DeadShortlist2009"Prayer of the Bone"Wire in the BloodWinner"Burn Card"Law & Order and David WilcoxShortlist"Signature"Law & Order: SVUShortlist"Streetwise"Law & Order: SVUShortlist"You May Now Kill the Bride"CSI: MiamiShortlist
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