Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming


The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming is awarded to one television documentary or nonfiction series each year.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Programs with multiple awards

;4 wins
;2 wins
;3 awards
;2 awards
;9 nominations
;8 nominations
;7 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations