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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series was established in 1952. The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series winners are listed below.

Recipients

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1950s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
1952 — The Web Franklin Heller Winner
1953 — Dragnet Jack Webb Winner
1954 "Crime at Blossoms" Studio One Jerome Ross Winner [1]
1955 "Smoke" Suspense Gore Vidal Winner
"The Long Goodbye" Climax! E. Jack Neuman, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler Shortlist
1956 "Sting of Death" The Elgin Hour Alvin Sapinsley Jr., based on the novel A Taste for Honey by H. F. Heard Winner
"Thin Air" Climax! Ben Starr Shortlist
1957 "The Fine Art of Murder" Omnibus Sidney Carroll Winner
1958 "Mechanical Manhunt" The Alcoa Hour Harold Swanton Winner
"The Trial of Lizzie Borden" Omnibus Omnibus staff Shortlist
1959 "The Edge of Truth" Studio One Adrian Spies Winner
"Capital Punishment" Omnibus James Lee Winner

1960s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
1960 "The Empty Chair" The Untouchables David Karp Winner
"The Comic" Peter Gunn Blake Edwards Shortlist
1961 "The Case of the Burning Court" Dow Hour of Great Mysteries Kelley Roos (Audrey Roos and William Roos) Winner [2]
"The Day of the Bullet" Alfred Hitchcock Presents Bill S. Ballinger Shortlist
1962 "Witness in the Dark" Kraft Mystery Theater John Lemont and Leigh Vance Winner
"The Legend of Jim Riva" The Defenders John K. Butler and Boyd Correll Shortlist
1963 "The Problem of Cell 13" Kraft Mystery Theatre A. A. Roberts Winner
"The Apostle" The Defenders Stanley R. Greenberg Shortlist
"Scene of the Crime" The United States Steel Hour Sidney Carroll Shortlist
1964 "The End of the World Baby" Kraft Suspense Hour Luther Davis Winner
— The Defenders Shortlist
"To Bury Caesar" The DuPont Show of the Week Berkely Mather Shortlist
1965 — The Fugitive Alan Armer Winner
1966 "An Unlocked Window" Alfred Hitchcock Hour James Bridges Winner
"Carry Me Back to Old Tsing Tao" I, Spy David Karp Shortlist
"The Gray Lady" Honey West Richard Levinson and William Link Shortlist
"Memorandum for a Spy" Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Robert L. Joseph Shortlist
1967 "Operation Rogesh" Mission: Impossible Jerome Ross Winner
"After the Lion, Jackals" Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Stanford Whitmore Shortlist
"The Fatal Mistake" Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Jacques Gillies and Oscar Millard Shortlist
1968 "Tempest in a Texas Town" Judd, for the Defense Harold Gast and Leon Tokatyan Winner
1969 "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekll and Mr. Hyde" ABC Special Ian McLellan Hunter Winner
"Companions in Nightmare" NBC World Premier Film Robert L. Joseph Shortlist

1970s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
1970 "Daughter of the Mind" ABC Movie of the Week Luther Davis Winner
"In This Corner - Sol Albert" The Mod Squad Harve Bennett and Rita Lakin Shortlist
"The Sound of Darkness" Mannix Barry Trivers Shortlist
1971 "Berlin Affair" [de] NBC Movie of the Week E. Jack Neuman and Richard Alan Simmons Winner
The Other Man NBC Movie of the Week Eric Bercovici and Michael Blankfort Shortlist
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf ABC Movie of the Week Luther Davis Shortlist
"To Taste of Death But Once" The Bold Ones: The Senator Joel Oliansky Shortlist
1972 "A Step in Time" Mannix Mann Rubin Winner
"Company Town" Cade's County Cliff Gould Shortlist
"Murder by the Book" Columbo Steven Bochco Shortlist
"Somebody's Out To Get Jennie" McCloud Robert Presnell Jr. Shortlist
1973 "The New Mexico Connection" McCloud Glen A. Larson Winner
"A Date with Death" Banyon Morton Fine, Milton S. Gelman Shortlist
"Bait Once, Bait Twice" Hawaii Five-O Will Lorin Shortlist
"The Crimson Halo" Mannix Shimon Wincelberg Shortlist
"Victim in Shadow" Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Richard Bluel Shortlist
1974 "Requiem for an Informer" Police Story Sy Salkowitz Winner
1975 "Requiem For C.Z. Smith" Police Story Robert L. Collins Winner
1976 "No Immunity for Murder" Kojak Joe Gores Winner
1977 "Requiem for Murder" The Streets of San Francisco James Johnson Sweeney Winner
1978 "The Thighbone Is Connected To The Knee Bone" Quincy M.E. Tony Lawrence and Lou Shaw Winner
1979 "Murder Under Glass" Columbo Robert van Scoyk Winner

1980s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
1980 "Skin" Tales of the Unexpected Robin Chapman and Roald Dahl Winner
1981 "China Doll" Magnum, P.I. Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson Winner
1982 "Hill Street Station" Hill Street Blues Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll Winner
1983 "In the Steele of the Night" Remington Steele Joel Steiger Winner
1984 "The Pencil" Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Jo Eisinger Winner
1985 "Deadly Lady" Murder, She Wrote Peter S. Fischer Winner
1986 "The Amazing Falsworth" Amazing Stories Mick Garris Winner
1987 "The Cup" The Equalizer David Jackson Winner
1988 "The Musgrave Ritual" Masterpiece Mystery Jeremy Paul Winner
1989 "The Devil's Foot" Masterpiece Mystery Gary Hopkins Winner

1990s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
1990 "White Noise" Wiseguy David J. Burke and Alfonse Ruggiero Winner
1991 "Good Night, Dear Heart" Quantum Leap Paul Brown Winner
"Gabriel's Fire" Gabriel's Fire Coleman Luck, Jacqueline Zambrano Shortlist
"Happily Ever After" Law & Order David Black, Robert Stuart Nathan Shortlist
"Justice Swerved" L.A. Law David E. Kelley, Bryce Zabel Shortlist
1993 "Conspiracy" Law & Order Rene Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin Winner

2000s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
2001 "Limitations" Law & Order: SVU Michael R. Perry Winner
2003 "Waste" Law & Order: SVU Dawn DeNoon and Lisa Marie Petersen Winner
"Ho Down" NYPD Blue Nicholas Wootton and Bill Clark Shortlist
"Mr. Monk Takes A Vacation" Monk Hy Conrad Shortlist
"The Target" The Wire David Simon (teleplay/story), Ed Burns (story) Shortlist
"Tuxedo Hill" Law & Order: Criminal Intent René Balcer Shortlist
2004 "Goodbye" The Practice Peter Blake and David E. Kelley Winner
"Coerced" Law & Order: SVU Jonathan Greene Shortlist
"Mr. Monk and the 12th Man" Monk Michael Angeli Shortlist
"Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man" Monk Daniel Dratch Shortlist
"Probability" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gerry Conway and René Balcer (story) Shortlist
2005 "Want" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Elizabeth Benjamin (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story) Winner
"Consumed" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Warren Leight (teleplay/story), René Balcer (story) Shortlist
"Conscience" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gerry Conway (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story) Shortlist
"Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf" Monk Hy Conrad Shortlist
"Pas De Deux" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Warren Leight (teleplay/story) and René Balcer (story) Shortlist
2006 "Amulet" Sea of Souls Ed Whitmore Winner
"911" Law & Order: SVU Patrick Harbinson Shortlist
"A Bullet Runs Through It, Parts 1 and 2" CSI Richard Catalani and Carol Mendelsohn Shortlist
"Grave Danger" CSI Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar, Quentin Tarantino, and Anthony Zuiker Shortlist
"Redemption" Wire in the Blood Guy Burt Shortlist
2007 "Episode 1" Life on Mars Matthew Graham Winner
"Blue Blood" The Closer James Duff and Mike Berchem Shortlist
"Clueless" House Thomas L. Moran Shortlist
"Crocodile" Dexter Clyde Phillips Shortlist
"Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink" Monk Hy Conrad Shortlist
2008 "Pilot" Burn Notice Matt Nix Winner [3]
"It's Alive!" Dexter Daniel Cerone Shortlist
"Pie-lette" Pushing Daisies Bryan Fuller Shortlist
"Senseless" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Warren Leight, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, and Julie Martin Shortlist
"Yahrzeit" Waking the Dead Declan Croghan Shortlist
2009 "Prayer of the Bone" Wire in the Blood Patrick Harbinson Winner
"Burn Card" Law & Order Ed Zuckerman and David Wilcox Shortlist [4]
"Signature" Law & Order: SVU Judith McCreary Shortlist
"Streetwise" Law & Order: SVU Paul Grellong Shortlist
"You May Now Kill the Bride" CSI: Miami Barry O'Brien Shortlist

2010s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
2010 "Place of Execution" Place of Execution Patrick Harbinson Winner
2011 "Episode 1" Luther Neil Cross Winner
2012 "Pilot" Homeland Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, and Gideon Raff Winner [5]
"Innocence" Blue Bloods Siobhan Byrne O’Connor Shortlist [5]
“The Life Inside” Justified Benjamin Cavell Shortlist [5]
"Part 1" Whitechapel Ben Court and Caroline Ip Shortlist [5]
"Mask" Law & Order: SVU Speed Weed Shortlist [5]
2013 "A Scandal in Belgravia" Sherlock Steven Moffat Winner
2014 "Episode 1" The Fall Allan Cubitt Winner
"Episode 3" Luther Neil Cross Shortlist [6]
"Legitimate Rape" Law & Order: SVU Kevin Fox and Peter Blauner Shortlist [6]
"Variations Under Domestication" Orphan Black Will Pascoe Shortlist [6]
"Pilot" The Following Kevin Williamson Shortlist [6]
2015 "Episode 1" Happy Valley Sally Wainwright Winner [7][8][9]
“The Empty Hearse” Sherlock Mark Gatiss Shortlist [9]
"Unfinished Business" Blue Bloods Siobhan Byrne O’Connor Shortlist [9]
"Dream Baby Dream" The Killing Sean Whitesell Shortlist [9]
"Episode 6" The Game Toby Whithouse Shortlist [9]
2016 "Gently with the Women" Inspector George Gently Peter Flannery Winner [10][11]
2017 "A Blade of Grass" Penny Dreadful John Logan Winner [12]
2018 "Somebody to Love" Fargo Noah Hawley Winner [13]
"Episode 1" The Loch Stephen Brady Shortlist [13]
"Something Happened" Law & Order: SVU Michael Chernuchin Shortlist [13]
"Gentley and the New Age" George Gentley Robert Murphy Shortlist [13]
"The Blanket Mire Vera Paul Matthew Thompson and Martha Hillier Shortlist [13]
2019 "The One That Holds Everything" The Romanoffs Matthew Weiner and Donald Joh Winner [14]

2020s

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Year Episode Series Writers Result Ref.
2020 Season 5, Episode 4 Line of Duty Jed Mercurio Winner [15][16]
2021 "Episode 1, Photochemistry" Dead Still John Morton Winner [17]
"Episode 1, The Stranger" The Stranger Danny Brocklehurst Shortlist [18]
"Episode 1, Open Water" The Sounds Sarah-Kate Lynch Shortlist [18]
"Episode 1" Des Luke Neal Shortlist [18]
"What I Know" The Boys Rebecca Sonnenshine Shortlist [18]
2022 "Boots on the Ground" Narcos: Mexico Iturri Sosa Winner [19]
2023 "Episode 1" Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz Winner [20]
"One Mighty and Strong" Under the Banner of Heaven Brandon Boyce Shortlist
2024 "Escape from Shit Mountain" Poker Face Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman Winner [21]
"Time of the Monkey" Poker Face Wyatt Cain and Charlie Peppers Shortilst [21]
"I’m a Pretty Observant Guy" Will Trent Liz Heldens Shortilst [21]
"Dead Man’s Hand" Poker Face Rian Johnson Shortilst [21]
"Hózhó Náhásdlii (Beauty is Restore)" Dark Winds Graham Roland and John Wirth Shortilst [21]

References

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