O Emmy do Primetime para Melhor série limitada é um dos prêmios entregues pela Academia de Artes & Ciências Televisivas pelas excelências televisivas como parte dos Prémios Emmy do Primetime. Entre 2011 e 2013, as categorias Melhor minissérie e Melhor filme televisivo foram agrupadas, em razão do baixo número de produção de minisséries - durante dois anos, não foram preenchidas as cinco vagas para disputar a categoria. Em 2014, a decisão foi revertida e em 2015, a categoria foi alterada para Melhor série limitada.
Vencedores e indicados Década de 1970 Ano Minissérie ou telefilme Produtor(es) Canal 1973 Tom Brown's Schooldays John D. McRae PBS La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. CBS The Last of the Mohicans John D. McRae PBS 1974 Columbo: Double Exposure Douglas Benton, Edward K. Dodds, Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee e Robert D. O'Neill NBC The Blue Knight Walter Coblenz e Lee Rich NBC McCloud Michael Gleason e Glen Larson 1975 Benjamin Franklin Lewis Freedman, Glenn Jordan e George Lefferts CBS Columbo Everett Chambers, Edward K. Dodds, Dean Hargrove e Roland Kibbee NBC McCloud Michael Gleason, Glen Larson e Ronald Satlof 1976 Upstairs, Downstairs Rex Firkin e John Hawkesworth PBS The Law William Sackheim NBC The Adams Chronicles Paul Bogart, Fred Coe, Robert Costello, James Cellan Jones, Virginia Kassel e Jac Venza PBS Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Andrew Brown e Stella Richman Rich Man, Poor Man Harve Bennett e Jon Epstein ABC 1977 Roots Stan Margulies e David L. Wolper ABC The Adams Chronicles James Cellan Jones, Fred Coe, Robert Costello, Virginia Kassel e Jac Venza PBS Madame Bovary Richard Beynon The Moneychangers Ross Hunter e Jacque Mapes NBC Captains and the Kings Roy Huggins e Jo Swerling, Jr. 1978 Holocaust Robert Berger e Herbert Brodkin NBC I, Cluadius Martin Lisemore e Joan Sullivan PBS Anna Karenina Ken Riddington, Joan Sullivan e Donald Wilson King Edward S. Feldman, William Finnegan e Paul Maslansky NBC Washington: Behind Close Doors Eric Bercovici, Stanley Kallis, Norman Powell e David W. Rintels ABC 1979 Roots: The Next Generations Stan Margulies e David L. Wolper ABC Backstairs at the White House Ed Friendly e Michael O'Herlihy NBC Blind Ambition George Schaefer, David Susskind e Renee Valente CBS
Década de 1980 Ano Minissérie ou telefilme Produtor(es) Canal 1980 Edward & Mrs. Simpson Andrew Brown Syndication Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic Cecil Clarke e Joan Wilson PBC The Duchess of Duke Street John Hawkesworth e Joan Wilson The Scarlett O'Hara War Stan Margulies e David L. Wolper NBC 1981 Shōgun Eric Bercovici e James Clavell NBC East of Eden Mace Neufeld, Barney Rosenzweig e Ken Wales ABC Masada George Eckstein Rumpole of the Bailey Jacqueline Davis e Joan Wilson PBC Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Samuel J. Paul, Jonathan Powell e Jac Venza 1982 Marco Polo Vincenzo LaBella NBC A Town Like Alice Henry Crawford e Joan Wilson PBS Oppenheimer Peter Goodchild e Lindsay Law Flickers Joan Brown e Joan Wilson Brideshead Revisited Derek Granger, Robert Kotlowitz, Sam Paul e Jac Venza 1983 Nicholas Nickleby Colin Callender Syndication To Serve Them All My Days Ken Riddington PBS The Winds of War Dan Curtis ABC The Thorn Birds Edward Lewis, Stan Margulies e David L. Wolper Smiley's People Jonathan Powell Syndication 1984 Concealed Enemies Peter Cook, David Elstein e Lindsay Law PBS Reilly, Ace of Spies C. J. Burt e Verity Lambert PBS Nancy Astor Philip Hinchcliffe Chiefs Jerry London, Martin Manulis e John E. Quill CBS George Washington Richard Fielder, David Gerber e Buzz Kulik 1985 The Jewel in the Crown Denis Forman e Christopher Morahan PBS Space Dick Berg, Robert Birnbaum, Jack Clements, Martin Manulis e Allan J. Marcil CBS Robert Kennedy & His Times Robert Christiansen e Rick Rosenberg Ellis Island Nick Gillott, Gabriel Katzka, Frank Konigsberg e Jerry London A Woman of Substance Diane Baker, Tom Donald e Ian Warren Syndication 1986 Peter the Great Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller e Konstantin Thoeren NBC Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy Judith DePaul e George Walker PBS The Long Hot Summer Ron Gilbert, Leonard Hill, John Thomas Lenox e Dori Weiss CBS On Wings of Eagles Lynn Raynor e Edgar J. Scherick Dress Gray William Beaudine, Glenn Jordan e Frank von Zerneck 1987 A Year in the Life Joshua Brand, Stephen Cragg e John Falsey NBC Out on a Limb Colin Higgins e Stan Margulies ABC The Two Mrs. Grenvilles John Erman, Preston Fisher e Susan Pollock NBC Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder William Beaudine, William Hanley e Chuck McLain Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna Marcin J. Chomsky, Graham Cottle, Kenneth Kaufman e Michael Lepiner 1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan George Stevens NBC Lincoln Robert Christiansen, Bill Finnegan, Pat Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk e Rick Rosenberg NBC Billionaire Boys Club Marvin J. Chomsky, Marcy Ross, Donald March e Ann Weston Baby M Ilene Amy Berg e Goldon L. Freedman ABC 1989 War and Remembrance Dan Curtis e Barbara Steele ABC Lonesome Dove Suzanne De Passe, Robert Halmi, Jr., Dyson Lovell, Michael L. Weisbarth e Bill Witliff CBS The Women of Brewster Place Barbara Black, Reuben Cannon, Karen Hall, Carole Isenberg, Patricia K. Meyer e Oprah Winfrey ABC I Know My First Name is Steven Andrew Adelson e Kim C. Friese NBC A Perfect Spy Jonathan Powell e Colin Rogers PBS
Década de 1990 Ano Minissérie ou telefilme Produtores Canal 1990 Drug Wars: The Camarena Story Mark Allan, Richard Brams, Christopher Canaan, Branko Lustig, Michael Mann, Ann Powell e Rose Schacht NBC Family of Spies Gerald W. Abrams, Jennifer Alward, Jonathan Bernstein e William Dunne CBS Small Sacrifices Suzanne De Passe, S. Bryan Hickox e Louis Rudolph ABC The Kennedys of Massachusetts Michael Barnathan, Gary Hoffman, Susan Pollock, Lynn Raynor e Edgar J. Scherick Blind Faith Susan Baerwald, Daniel Franklin e Dan Wigutow NBC 1991 Separate But Equal Stan Margulies e George Stevens, Jr. ABC Decoration Day Joyce Corrington, Dick Gallegly, Anne Hopkins e Marian Rees NBC Switched at Birth Richard Heus, Lawrence Horowitz, Barry Morrow, Michael O'Hara, Mark Sennet e Ervin Zavada The Josephine Baker Story Robert Halmi, John Kemeny e David Puttnam HBO Sarah, Plain and Tall Glenn Close, Glenn Jordan, William Self e Edwin Self CBS Paris Trout Diana Kerew, Frank Konigsberg e Larry Sanitsky Showtime 1992 A Woman Named Jackie Tomlinson Dean, Lester Persky e Lorin Bennett Salob NBC In Child's Name Vahan Moosekian, Helen Verno e Dan Wigutow CBS The Burden of Proof Preston Fischer, John Perrin Flynn e Mike Robe ABC Cruel Doubt Susan Baerwald e Dan Franklin NBC Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel Richard Brams, Gordon Greisman e Michael Mann 1993 Prime Suspect 2 Sally Head e Paul Marcus PBS Alex Haley's Queen Bernard Sofronski, David L. Wolper e Mark M. Wolper CBS Sinatra Richard Rosenbloom e Tina Sinatra Family Pictures Les Alexander, Joe Broido, Don Enright e Jennifer Miller ABC The Jacksons: An American Dream Suzanne De Passe, Joyce Eliason, Jermaine Jackson, Margaret Maldonado Jackson e Stan Margulies 1994 Prime Suspect 3 Sally Head e Paul Marcus PBS World War II: When Lions Roared Bruce Kerner, David W. Rintels, Victoria Riskin e Ethel Winant NBC Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Jack Clements, Joyce Eliason, Frank Konigsberg e Larry Sanitsky CBS Tales of the City Tim Bevan, Richard Kramer, Armistead Maupin, Alan Poul, Antony Root e Sigurjón Sighvatsson PBS The Stand Mitchell galin, Stephen King, Peter McIntosh e Richard P. Rubinstein ABC 1995 Joseph Laura Fattori, Lorenzo Minoli e Gerald Rafshoon TNT Buffalo Girls Sandra Saxon Brice, Suzanne Coston e Suzanne De Passe CBS Children of the Dust Joyce Eliason, Frank Konigsberg e Harold Tichenor Martin Chuzzlewit Rebecca Eaton, Chris Parr e Michael Wearing PBS A Woman of Independent Means Sally Field, Preston Fischer, Robert Greenwald, Philip Kleinbart e Steve Saeta NBC 1996 Gulliver's Travels Robert Halmi, Brian Henson e Duncan Kenworthy NBC Moses Laura Fattori, Lorenzo Minoli e Gerald Rafshoon TNT Andersonville John Frankenheimer, David W. Rintels, Diane Smith e Ethel Winant Hiroshima Andrew Adelson, Tracey Alexander, Michael Campus, Tetsuya Ikeda, Paul Painter, Robin Spry e Kazutoshi Wadaruka Showtime Pride and Prejudice Sue Britwistle e Michael Wearing A&E 1997 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement Rebecca Eaton, Lynn Horsford e Gub Neal PBS The Odyssey Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Robert Halmi, Dyson Lovell e Nicholas Meyer NBC The Shining Mark Carliner, Elliot Friedgen e Stephen King ABC In Cold Blood Robert Halmi e Tom Rowe CBS The Last Don Jim Davis, Joyce Eliason, Frank Konigsberg e Larry Sanitsky 1998 From the Earth to the Moon Erik Bork, Michael Bostick, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, John Melfi, Bruce Richmond, Janace Tashjian, Tony To e Graham Yost HBO George Wallace Mark Carliner, Mitch Engel, John Frankenheimer, Julian Krainin, James Sbardellati e Ethel Winant TNT More Tales of the City Tim Bevan, Suzanne Girard, Alan Poul e Kevin Tierney Showtime Merlin Robert Halmi, Dyson Lovell e Chris Thompson NBC Moby Dick Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Robert Halmi, Steve McGlothen, Kris Noble e Franc Roddam USA 1999 The Even Chance Andrew Benson, Delia Fine e Vernon Lawrence A&E Joan of Arc Peter Bray, Andrew Deane, Graham Flashner, Brenda Friend, Ed Gernon e Peter Sussman CBS The 60s Jim Chory e Lynda Obst NBC The Temptations Jay Benson, Suzanne Coston, Suzanne De Passe e David V. Picker Great Expectations Rebecca Eaton, David Snodin e Michael Wearing PBS
Década de 2000