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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

{{Incomplete list|date=May 2024}}

1950s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

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Dragnet (1951 TV series)>Dragnet

style="background:lightyellow;“!1954|“Crime at Blossoms”

Studio One (U.S. TV series)>Studio One			ACCESS-DATE=2009-04-18	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180927165310/HTTP://WWW.THEEDGARS.COM/EDGARSDB/INDEX.PHP, dead,

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“2” |1955|“Smoke”

Suspense (US TV series)>Suspense

Climax!	The Long Goodbye (novel)>the novel by Raymond Chandler|Shortlist|

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“2” |1956|“Sting of Death”

	A Taste for Honey by H. F. Heard|Winner|

|“Thin Air“|Climax! style="background:lightyellow;“!1957

	Omnibus (U.S. TV series)>Omnibus

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“2” |1958|“Mechanical Manhunt”

	Omnibus (U.S. TV series)>Omnibus| Omnibus staff|Shortlist|

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“2” |1959

	Studio One (U.S. TV series)>Studio One

style="background:lightyellow;“|“Capital Punishment”

Omnibus (U.S. TV series)>Omnibus

1960s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

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Peter Gunn

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“2” |1961

Dow Hour of Great Mysteries	Audrey Roos and William Roos)|Winner		WORK=THE NEW YORK TIMES	PAGE=52	ARCHIVE-DATE=FEBRUARY 2, 2018	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“2” |1962|“Witness in the Dark”

Kraft Television Theatre>Kraft Mystery Theater	Leigh Vance|Winner|

		Boyd Correll|Shortlist|

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“3” |1963

	Kraft Television Theatre>Kraft Mystery Theatre

|“Scene of the Crime” style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“3” |1964

	Kraft Television Theatre>Kraft Suspense Hour

|—|“To Bury Caesar” style="background:lightyellow;“!1965|— style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“4” |1966

Alfred Hitchcock Hour

|“Carry Me Back to Old Tsing Tao”

I Spy (1965 TV series)>I, Spy

	Honey West (TV series)>Honey West	William Link|Shortlist|

|“Memorandum for a Spy“|Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“3” |1967|“Operation Rogesh”

(Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)>Mission: Impossible)

| “After the Lion, Jackals“|Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Oscar Millard|Shortlist|

style="background:lightyellow;“!1968|“Tempest in a Texas Town“|Judd, for the Defense

Leon Tokatyan|Winner|

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“2” |1969

ABC Special

|“Companions in Nightmare“|NBC World Premier Film

1970s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

! scope=“col” width=“5%” | Year! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Episode! scope=“col” width=“20%” | Series! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Writers! scope=“col” width=“10%” | Result!{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“3” |1970|“Daughter of the Mind“|ABC Movie of the Week|“In This Corner - Sol Albert”

	Rita Lakin|Shortlist|

Mannix

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“4” |1971

Berlin Affair (1970 film)	3=Affäre in Berlin|lt=“Berlin Affair“}}|NBC Movie of the Week	Richard Alan Simmons|Winner|

|—	Michael Blankfort|Shortlist|

|“To Taste of Death But Once” style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“4” |1972

Mannix

|“Company Town“|Cade’s County|“Murder by the Book“|Columbo|“Somebody’s Out To Get Jennie”

McCloud (TV series)>McCloud

style="background:lightyellow;“!1973

	McCloud (TV series)>McCloud

style="background:lightyellow;“!1974|“Requiem for an Informer”

Police Story (1973 TV series)>Police Story

style="background:lightyellow;“!1975|“Requiem For C.Z. Smith”

Police Story (1973 TV series)>Police Story

style="background:lightyellow;“!1976|“No Immunity for Murder“|Kojakstyle="background:lightyellow;“!1977|“Requiem for Murder”style="background:lightyellow;“!1978

	Quincy, M.E.>Quincy M.E.	Lou Shaw|Winner|

style="background:lightyellow;“!1979|“Murder Under Glass“|Columbo

1980s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

! scope=“col” width=“5%” | Year! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Episode! scope=“col” width=“20%” | Series! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Writers! scope=“col” width=“10%” | Result!{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}style="background:lightyellow;“!1980|“Skin”

Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)>Tales of the Unexpected	Roald Dahl|Winner|

style="background:lightyellow;“!1981|“China Doll“|Magnum, P.I.

Glen A. Larson|Winner|

style="background:lightyellow;“!1982|“Hill Street Station“|Hill Street Blues

Michael Kozoll|Winner|

style="background:lightyellow;“!1983|“In the Steele of the Night“|Remington Steelestyle="background:lightyellow;“!1984

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

style="background:lightyellow;“!1985|“Deadly Lady“|Murder, She Wrotestyle="background:lightyellow;“!1986

	Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)>Amazing Stories

style="background:lightyellow;“!1987style="background:lightyellow;“!1988

	Mystery!>Masterpiece Mystery

style="background:lightyellow;“!1989

	Mystery!>Masterpiece Mystery

1990s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

! scope=“col” width=“5%” | Year! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Episode! scope=“col” width=“20%” | Series! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Writers! scope=“col” width=“10%” | Result! scope=“col” width=“5%” | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}style="background:lightyellow;“!1990|“White Noise”

Wiseguy (TV series)>Wiseguy

style="background:lightyellow;“! 1991| “Good Night, Dear Heart”

Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)>Quantum Leap

2000s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

! scope=“col” width=“5%” | Year! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Episode! scope=“col” width=“20%” | Series! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Writers! scope=“col” width=“10%” | Result! scope=“col” width=“5%” | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}style="background:lightyellow;“!2001|“Limitations“|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2003|“Waste”

(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit>Law & Order: SVU)	Lisa Marie Petersen|Winner|

|“Ho Down“|NYPD Blue

Bill Clark (screenwriter)>Bill Clark|Shortlist|

|“Mr. Monk Takes A Vacation”

Monk (TV series)>Monk

		Ed Burns (story)|Shortlist|

|“Tuxedo Hill“|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent) style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2004|“Goodbye”

	David E. Kelley|Winner|

|“Coerced”

(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit>Law & Order: SVU)

|“Mr. Monk and the 12th Man”

Monk (TV series)>Monk

|“Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man”

Monk (TV series)>Monk

|“Probability“|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

René Balcer (story)|Shortlist|

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2005|“Want“|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

René Balcer (story)|Winner|

|“Consumed“|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

René Balcer (story)|Shortlist|

|“Conscience“|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

René Balcer (story)|Shortlist|

|“Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf”

Monk (TV series)>Monk

|“Pas De Deux“|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

René Balcer (story)|Shortlist|

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2006

Amulet (Sea of Souls)>Amulet“|Sea of Souls

|“911”

(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit>Law & Order: SVU)

		Carol Mendelsohn|Shortlist|

|“Grave Danger”

	Naren Shankar, Quentin Tarantino, and Anthony Zuiker|Shortlist|

|“Redemption“|Wire in the Blood style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2007

Episode 1)”	Life on Mars (US TV series)>Life on Mars

|“Blue Blood”

	Mike Berchem|Shortlist|

|“Clueless”

House (TV series)>House

|“Crocodile”

Dexter (TV series)>Dexter

|“Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink”

Monk (TV series)>Monk

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2008

Pilot (Burn Notice)>Pilot“|Burn Notice		2008 Edgar Nominees {{webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504084810theedgars.com/nominees08_2.html|date=2009-05-04}}

It’s Alive! (Dexter)>It’s Alive!”	Dexter (TV series)>Dexter

|“Pie-lette“|Pushing Daisies|“Senseless“|(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

Siobhan Byrne O’Connor, and Julie Martin (writer)>Julie Martin|Shortlist|

|“Yahrzeit”

Waking the Dead (TV series)>Waking the Dead

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2009|“Prayer of the Bone“|Wire in the Blood|“Burn Card“|Law & Order

David Wilcox (screenwriter)>David Wilcox|Shortlist		ACCESS-DATE=2009-04-18	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20090819101601/HTTP://THEEDGARS.COM/NOMINEES2.HTML#EPISODE, dead,

|“Signature”

(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit>Law & Order: SVU)

|“Streetwise”

(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit>Law & Order: SVU)

|“You May Now Kill the Bride“|

2010s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

! scope=“col” width=“5%” | Year! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Episode! scope=“col” width=“20%” | Series! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Writers! scope=“col” width=“10%” | Result! scope=“col” width=“5%” | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}style="background:lightyellow;“!2010|“Place of Execution”

Place of Execution (TV series)>Place of Execution

style="background:lightyellow;“!2011|“Episode 1”

Luther (TV series)>Luther

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2012

Pilot (Homeland)>Pilot”	Homeland (TV series)>Homeland	Howard Gordon, and Gideon Raff|Winner		TITLE=2012 EDGAR AWARD WINNERS	ACCESS-DATE=2022-12-15	MYSTERY SCENE MAGAZINE >ARCHIVE-DATE=2022-07-12	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

|“Innocence”

Blue Bloods (TV series)>Blue Bloods

	Justified (TV series)>Justified

|“Part 1”

Whitechapel (TV series)>Whitechapel	Caroline Ip|Shortlist|

|“Mask”

(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit>Law & Order: SVU)

style="background:lightyellow;“!2013

	Sherlock (TV series)>Sherlock

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2014|“Episode 1”|“Episode 3”

Luther (TV series)>Luther			ACCESS-DATE=2022-12-15	ARCHIVE-DATE=2022-12-10	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

|“Legitimate Rape”

(Law & Order: Special Victims Unit>Law & Order: SVU)	Peter Blauner|Shortlist|

|“Variations Under Domestication” |Orphan Black|“Pilot”style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2015|“Episode 1”

Happy Valley (TV series)>Happy Valley

URL-STATUS=DEAD

ARCHIVE-DATE=2015-11-08

DATE=MAY 1, 2015

URL=HTTPS://WWW.SHELF-AWARENESS.COM/ISSUE.HTML?ISSUE=2498

WEBSITE=SHELF AWARENESS

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220921232035/HTTPS://WWW.SHELF-AWARENESS.COM/ISSUE.HTML?ISSUE=2498

ACCESS-DATE=2022-12-14

ARCHIVE-DATE=2024-05-06

URL-STATUS=LIVE,

	Sherlock (TV series)>Sherlock

|“Unfinished Business”

Blue Bloods (TV series)>Blue Bloods

|“Dream Baby Dream” |“Episode 6” style="background:lightyellow;“!2016|“Gently with the Women“|Inspector George Gently

		URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=2016-11-05		DATE=MAY 2, 2016	URL=HTTPS://WWW.SHELF-AWARENESS.COM/ISSUE.HTML?ISSUE=2744	WEBSITE=SHELF AWARENESS	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220915213833/HTTPS://WWW.SHELF-AWARENESS.COM/ISSUE.HTML?ISSUE=2744, live,

style="background:lightyellow;“!2017

	Penny Dreadful (TV series)>Penny Dreadful			URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=2017-11-07, Edgar Awards,

style="background:lightyellow;“!2018|“Somebody to Love”

Fargo (TV series)>Fargo			URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=2018-11-10, Edgar Awards,

style="background:lightyellow;“!2019

				URL-STATUS=DEAD	ARCHIVE-DATE=2019-08-18, Edgar Awards,

2020s {| class“wikitable sortable” style@wdith:100%”

! scope=“col” width=“5%” | Year! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Episode! scope=“col” width=“20%” | Series! scope=“col” width=“30%” | Writers! scope=“col” width=“10%” | Result! scope=“col” width=“5%” | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}style="background:lightyellow;“!2020|Season 5, Episode 4|Line of Duty

		ACCESS-DATE=2020-05-05	ARCHIVE-DATE=2012-11-03	URL-STATUS=DEAD, 2020-05-05 >TITLE=EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS 2020 WINNERS ANNOUNCED	ACCESS-DATE=2020-05-05	LANGUAGE=EN-AU	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20200506234347/HTTPS://WWW.BOOKSANDPUBLISHING.COM.AU/ARTICLES/2020/05/05/149977/EDGAR-ALLAN-POE-AWARDS-2020-WINNERS-ANNOUNCED/, live,

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2021|“Episode 1, Photochemistry” |Dead Still

		WEBSITE=MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA	ARCHIVE-DATE=2021-04-29	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

|“Episode 1, The Stranger”

			URL=HTTPS://CRIMEREADS.COM/CONGRATULATIONS-TO-THE-WINNERS-OF-THE-2021-EDGAR-AWARDS/	WEBSITE=CRIMEREADS	ARCHIVE-DATE=2021-06-21	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

|“Episode 1, Open Water” |“Episode 1” |Des|“What I Know”style="background:lightyellow;“!2022|“Boots on the Ground“|(Narcos: Mexico)

		WEBSITE=MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA	ARCHIVE-DATE=2024-05-06	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

style="background:lightyellow;“!2023|“Episode 1“|Magpie Murders

		WEBSITE=MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA	ARCHIVE-DATE=2023-05-01	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

style="background:lightyellow;“! rowspan=“5” |2024|“Escape from Shit Mountain”

Poker Face (TV series)>Poker Face	Lilla Zuckerman|Winner		URL=HTTPS://MYSTERYWRITERS.ORG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2024/05/EDWINNERS2024.PDF	PUBLISHER=MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA	ACCESS-DATE=2024-05-07	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20240502174228/HTTPS://MYSTERYWRITERS.ORG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2024/05/EDWINNERS2024.PDF, live,

|“Time of the Monkey”

Poker Face (TV series)>Poker Face

|“I’m a Pretty Observant Guy“|Will Trent|“Dead Man’s Hand”

Poker Face (TV series)>Poker Face

|“Hózhó Náhásdlii (Beauty is Restore)“|Dark Winds

John Wirth (television producer)>John Wirth |Shortilst|

References

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External links

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