O Emmy do Primetime de melhor roteiro em série dramática é um dos prêmios entregues pela Academia de Artes & Ciências Televisivas como parte do Primetime Emmy Award pelas excelências em televisão.
Vencedores e indicados Década de 1950 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista 1955 Studio One "Twelve Angry Man" Reginald Rose Climax! "An Error in Chemistry" David Dortort Four Star Playhouse "The Answer" Leonard Freeman Medic "White Is the Color" James Moser Philco Television Playhouse Paddy Chayefsky
Década de 1960 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1960 The Twilight Zone - Rod Serling Four Startime "The Turn of the Screw" James Costigan Playhouse 90 "Project Immortality" Loring Mandel 1961 The Twilight Zone - Rod Serling Dupont Show of the Mounth "The Lincoln Murder Case" Dale Wasserman Sunday Showcase "The Sacco-Vanzetti Story, Part I" Reginald Rose 1962 The Defenders - Reginald Rose Alcoa Premiere "People Need People" Henry F. Greenberg Ben Casey "I Remember a Lemon Tree" Jack Laird The Dick Powell Show "The Price of Tomatoes" Richard Alan Simmons The Twilight Zone Rod Serling 1963 The Defenders "The Madman" Reginald RoseRobert Thom Ben Casey "A Cardinal Act of Mercy, Parts I & II" Norman Katkov The DuPont Show of the Week "Big Deal in Laredo" Sidney Carroll Hallmark Hall of Fame "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" James Lee 1966 Hallmark Hall of Fame "Eagle in a Cage" Millard Lampell Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater "The Game" S. Lee Pogostin I Spy "A Cup of Kindness" Morton S. FineDavid Friedkin 1967 Mission: Impossible "Mission: Impossible" Bruce Geller CBS Playhouse "The Final War of Olly Winter" Ronald Ribman I Spy "The Warlord" Robert Culp 1968 CBS Playhouse "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" Loring Mandel CBS Playhouse "Dear Friends" Reginald Rose Ironside "World Premiere" Don Mankiewicz Mission: Impossible "The Seal" Allan BalterWilliam Read Woodfield 1969 CBS Playhouse "The People Next Door" J. P. Miller CBS Playhouse "The Experiment" Ellen M. Violett Hallmark Hall of Fame "Teacher, Teacher" Allan Sloane
Década de 1970 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1970 My Sweet Charlie - Richard LevinsonWilliam Link CBS Playhouse "Sadbird" George Bellak Marcus Welby, M.D. "Pilot" Don Mankiewicz 1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator "To Taste of Death But Once" Joel Oliansky The Bold Ones: The Senator "A Continual Roar of Musketry, Parts I & II" David W. Rintels 1972 Columbo "Death Lends a Hand" Richard LevinsonWilliam Link Columbo "Murder by the Book" Steven Bochco "Suitable for Framing" Jackson Gillis 1973 The Waltons "The Scholar" John McGreevey The Waltons "The Love Story" Earl Hamner, Jr. Columbo "Étude in Black" Steven Bochco 1974 The Waltons "The Thanksgiving Story" Joanna Lee The Waltons "The Easter Story" John McGreevey Kojak "Death is Not a Passing Grade" Gene R. Kearney 1975 Benjamin Franklin "The Ambassador" Howard Fast Benjamin Franklin "The Whirlwind" Loring Mandel Upstairs, Downstairs "Miss Forrest" Alfred Shaughnessy "The Bolter" John Hawkesworth Police Story "Roberry: 48 Hours" Robert L. Collins 1976 The Adams Chronicles "John Adams: Lawyer" Sherman Yellen Rich Man, Poor Man "The First 12 Hours" Dean Riesner Great Performances "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill" Julian Mitchell The Law "Complaint Amended" Joel Oliansky Upstairs, Downstairs "Another Year" Alfred Shaughnessy 1977 Roots "Part II" William BlinnErnest Kinoy The Adams Chronicles "Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain" Roger O. Hirson "John Quincy Adams: President" Tad Mosel Roots "Part VIII" M. Charles Cohen "Part V" James Lee 1978 Holocaust - Gerald Green The Dain Curse Robert W. Lenski King "Parts I, II & III" Abby Mann Meeting of Minds Steve Allen The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn 1979 Lou Grant "Dying"| Michelle Gallery |- | rowspan=2 | Lou Grant| "Marathon" | Gene Reynolds |- | "Vet" | Leon Tokatyan |- | The Paper Chase'' "The Late Mr. Hart" James Bridges
Década de 1980 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1980 Lou Grant "Cop" Seth Freeman Lou Grant "Brushfire" Allan BurnsGene Reynolds "Lou" Michelle Gallery Skag "Pilot" Abby Mann Tenspeed and Brown Shoe "Pilot" Stephen J. Cannell 1981 Hill Street Blues "Hill Street Station" Steven BochcoMichael Kozoll American Dream "Pilot" Ronald M. CohenBarbara CordayKen Hecht Hill Street Blues "Jungle Madness" Steven BochcoMichael KozollAnthony Yerkovich Lou Grant "Rape" Seth Freeman "Strike" April Smith 1982 Hill Street Blues "Freedom's Last Stand" Steven Bochco Michael Kozoll Jeff Lewis Michael I. Wagner Anthony Yerkovich Hill Street Blues "Personal Foul" Steven BochcoJeff LewisMichael I. WagnerAnthony Yerkovich "The Second Oldest Profession" Steven Bochco Robert Crais Michael Kozoll Anthony Yerkovich "The World According to Freedom" Michael I. Wagner Lou Grant "Blacklist" Seth Freeman 1983 Hill Street Blues "Trial by Fury" David Milch Hill Street Blues "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" Steven Bochco Karen Hall Jeff Lewis David Milch Anthony Yerkovich "A Hair of the Dog" Steven BochcoJeff LewisAnthony Yerkovich "No Body's Perfect" Steven Bochco Jeff Lewis David Milch Michael I. Wagner Anthony Yerkovich "Officer of the Yea" Karen Hall 1984 St. Elsewhere "The Women" Tom Fontana John Masius John Ford Noonan Hill Street Blues "Doris in Wonderland" Steven Bochco Jeff Lewis David Milch Peter Silverman "Grace Under Pressure" Steven Bochco Mark Frost Karen Hall Jeff Lewis David Milch Michael I. Wagner St. Elsewhere "All About Eve" Tom FontanaJohn Masius "Newhart" Tom FontanaJohn MasiusEmilie R. SmallGarn Stephens "Qui Transulit Sustinet" Tom Fontana John Masius Mark Tinker John Tinker 1985 Cagney & Lacey "Who Said It's Fair, Part II" Patricia Green Cagney & Lacey "Child Witness" Deborah Arakelian Hill Street Blues "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" Jacob Epstein Michael I. Wagner Miami Vice "Pilot" Anthony Yerkovich St. Elsewhere "Murder, She Wrote" Steve BelloTom FontanaJohn Masius "Sweet Dreams" Tom FontanaJohn Masius 1986 St. Elsewhere "Time Heals, Parts I & II" Tom FontanaJohn MasiusJohn Tinker Hill Street Blues "What Are Friends For?" Dick Wolf Moonlighting "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" Debra FrankCarl Sautter "Twas the Episode Before Christmas" Glenn Gordon Caron St. Elsewhere "Haunted" Charles H. Eglee Tom Fontana Channing Gibson John Masius John Tinker 1987 L.A. Law "The Venus Butterfly" Steven BochcoTerry Louise Fisher Cagney & Lacey "Turn, Turn, Turn, Part I" Georgia Jeffries Hill Street Blues "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" Jeff LewisDavid MilchJohn Romano L.A. Law "Sidney the Dead-Nosed Reindeer" William M. Finkelstein Moonlighting "I Am Curious... Maddie" Glenn Gordon Caron Roger Director Charles H. Eglee Karen Hall Ron Osborn Jeff Reno "Atomic Shakespeare" Ron OsbornJeff Reno St. Elsewhere "Afterlife" Tom FontanaJohn MasiusJohn Tinker 1988 thirtysomething "Business as Usual" Paul HaggisMarshall Herskovitz Beauty and the Beast "Pilot" Ron Koslow China Beach "Pilot" John Sacret Young L.A. Law "Beauty and Obese" Terry Louise FisherDavid E. Kelley "Full Martial Jacket" Steven Bochco Terry Louise Fisher David E. Kelley St. Elsewhere "The Last One" Tom Fontana Channing Gibson Bruce Paltrow John Tinker Mark Tinker 1989 thirtysomething "First Day/Last Day" Joseph Dougherty L.A. Law "His Suit Is Hirsute" Steven BochcoWilliam M. FinkelsteinMichele GalleryDavid E. Kelley "I'm in the Nude for Love" David E. Kelley "Urine Trouble Now" William M. FinkelsteinMichele GalleryDavid E. KelleyJudith Parker thirtysomething "The Mike Van Dyke Show" Marshall HerskovitzEdward Zwick
Década de 1990 Ano Série Episódio Roteirista(s) 1990 L.A. Law "Blood, Sweat & Fears" David E. Kelley L.A. Law "Bang...Zoom...Zap" William M. FinkelsteinDavid E. Kelley thirtysomething "The Go-Between" Joseph Dougherty Twin Peaks "Pilot" Mark FrostDavid Lynch "Episode 3" Harley Peyton 1991 L.A. Law "On the Road Again" David E. Kelley L.A. Law "Lie Harder" Judith FeldmanSarah Woodside Gallagher "Mutinies on the Banzai" Alan BrennertPatricia GreenDavid E. Kelley Northern Exposure "Pilot" Joshua BrandJohn Falsey thirtysomething "Second Look" Ann Lewis Hamilton 1992 Northern Exposure "Soul Mates" Diane FrolovAndrew Schneider China Beach "Hello-Goodbye" Carol Flint John Sacret Young John Wells Lydia Woodward I'll Fly Away "Master Magician" David Chase Northern Exposure "Burning Down the House" Robin Green "Democracy in America" Jeff Melvoin 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street "Three Men and Adena" Tom Fontana Homefront "The Lacemakeres" Bernard Lechowick Law & Order "Manhood" Walon Green Robert Nathan Northern Exposure "Kaddish for Uncle Manny" Jeff Melvoin "Midnight Sun" Geoffrey Neigher 1994 NYPD Blue "Steroid Roy" Ann Biderman NYPD Blue "NYPD Lou" Ted Mann "Personal Foul" Burton Amus David Milch "Pilot" Steven Bochco David Milch "Tempest in a C-Cup" Gardner Stern 1995 ER "Love's Labor Lost" Lance Gentile ER "Pilot" Michael Crichton My So-Called Life "Pilot" Winnie Holzman NYPD Blue "Simone Says" Steven Bochco Walon Green David Milch The X-Files "Duane Barry" Chris Carter 1996 The X-Files "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" Darin Morgan ER "The Healers" John Wells "Hell and High Water" Neal Baer Murder One "Chapter One" Steven Bochco Charles H. Eglee Channing Gibson David Milch NYPD Blue "The Backboard Jungle" David Mills William L. Morris 1997 NYPD Blue "Where's Swaldo?" Stephen GaghanDavid MilchMichael R. Perry ER "Faith" John Wells "Whose Happy Now?" Neal Baer NYPD Blue "Taillight's Last Gleaming" David Mills The X-Files "Memento Mori" Chris CarterVince GilliganJohn ShibanFrank Spotnitz 1998 NYPD Blue "Lost Israel, Part II" Bill Clark David Milch Nicholas Wootton Homicide: Life on the Street "Subway" James Yoshimura NYPD Blue "Lost Israel, Part I" Bill Clark Ted Mann David Milch Meredith Stiehm The Practice "Betrayal" David E. Kelley The X-Files "The Post-Modern Prometheus" Chris Carter 1999 The Sopranos "College" David ChaseJames Manos, Jr. NYPD Blue "Hearts and Souls" Steven Bochco Bill Clark David Milch Nicholas Wootton The Sopranos "Isabella" Mitchell BurgessRobin Green "Nobody Knows Anything" Frank Renzulli "Pilot" David Chase
Década de 2000