Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Complete List of All Since Start in 1972
The Edgar Awards, which first were awarded in 1946, are given in a number of different categories. All Best Mystery TV Television Feature or Mini-series Edgar Award Winners and Nominees since the award began in 1972 are listed below.
1999 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
“Exiled,” by Charles Kipps (“Law & Order”/NBC)
Nominated
- “The Cater Street Hangman,” by T. R. Bowen (from a novel Anne Perry) (A&E)
- “Child’s Play,” written by Michael Chaplin (based on the novel Reginald Hill) (“Dalziel & Pascoe”/A&E)
- “Death of a Hollow Man,” written by Caroline Graham (“Midsomer Murders”/A&E)
- “Rear Window,” written by Eric Overmyer & Larry Gross (based on a story Cornell Woolrich) (ABC)
1998 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
“Blood, Sweat, and Tears,” by John Milne (“Silent Witness”/A & E)
Nominated
- “White Ghost,” by Paul Abbot (“Cracker”/A&E)
- “Dead Headsby,” written by Alan Plater (“Dalziel & Pascoe”/A&E)
- “Into the Blue,” written by Simon Burke (“Mystery!”/PBS)
- “The Sculptress,” written by Tim Anderson (“Mystery!”/PBS)
1997 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
“Brotherly Love” by Jimmy McGovern (Cracker\A\E)
1996 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
Citizen X by Chris Gerolmo (HBO)
Nominated
- Sugar Time by Martyn Burke (HBO)
- Shadow of a Doubt by Brian Dennehy and Bill Phillips (NBC Pilot)
- Indictment: The McMartin Trial by Abby Mann and Myra Mann (HBO)
- A Dark Adapted Eye by Sandy Welch (Mystery!/PBS)
1995 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
Cracker: To Say I Love You by Jimmy McGovern (A&E Mystery)
Nominated
- Unnatural Causes by Peter Buckman (Mystery!/PBS)
- Prime Suspect 3 by Lynda LaPlante (Mystery!/PBS)
- Thicker Than Water by Trevor Preston (A&E Mystery)
- Secret Sins of the Father by Lillian Samuel (NBC)
1994 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
PRIME SUSPECT 2 by Allan Cubitt (MYSTERY!/WGBH)
Nominated
- CAUGHT IN THE ACT by Ken Hixon (USA)
1994 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
THE LAST HIT by Walter Klenhard and Alan Sharp (USA)
12:01 by Philip Morton (Fox West Pictures)
1993 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
PRIME SUSPECT by Lynda La Plant (MYSTERY!/WGBH)
Nominated
- HONOR THY MOTHER by Richard Delong Adams and Robert L. Freedman (Creative Artists)
- MRS. CAGE by Nancy Barr (American Playhouse)
- STAY THE NIGHT by Dan Freudenberger (ABC)
- BURDEN OF PROOF by John Gay (ABC)
1992 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
MURDER 101 by Bill Condon and Roy Johansen (USA)
Nominated
- DEVICES AND DESIRES by Thomas Ellice (MYSTERY!/WGBH)
- LOVE, LIES, AND MURDER by Danielle Hill (NBC)
- A MURDER OF QUALITY by John le Carre (MASTERPIECE THEATRE/PBS)
1991 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
KILLING IN A SMALL TOWN by Cynthia Cidre (CBS)
Nominated
- MATHNET: CASE OF THE SWAMI SCAM by Dave Connell and Jim Thurman (PBS)
- POLICE CHIEFS by Susan and Alan Raymond (PBS)
- SHAKE HANDS FOREVER by Clive Exton (A & E)
- THE INCIDENT by Michael and James Morrell (CBS)
1990 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
SHANNON’S DEAL by John Sayles (NBC)
Nominated
- GAME, SET, AND MATCH by John Howlett (PBS)
- MISS MARPLE: MURDER AT THE VICARAGE by T.R. Bowen (PBS)
- THE HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE by Christopher Crowe (USA)
- TURN BACK THE CLOCK by Lee Hutson and Lindsay Harrison (NBC)
1989 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
MAN AGAINST THE MOB by David J. Kinghorn (NBC)
- A WHISPER KILLS by John Robert Bensink (ABC)
- SHE WAS MARKED FOR MURDER by David Stenn (NBC)
1988 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
NUTCRACKER: MONEY, MURDER, AND MADNESS by William Hanley (NBC)
Nominated
- DEADLY DECEPTION by Gordon Cotler (CBS)
- OLD DOGS by Michele Gallery (ABC)
- THE HANDS OF THE STRANGER by Arthur Kopit (NBC)
- THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Bob Shayne (CBS)
1987 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS by Phil Penningroth (NBC)
- THE DELIBERATE STANGER by Hesper Anderson (NBC)
- ONE POLICE PLAZA by Paul King (CBS)
- PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE SHOOTING STAR by Anne C. Collins (NBC)
- THE SWORD OF GIDEON by Chris Bryant (HBO)
1986 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
GUILTY CONSCIENCE by Richard Levinson and William Link (CBS)
Nominated
- DEADLY MESSAGES by William Bleich (ABC)
- DOUBLETAKE by John Gay (CBS)
- LOVE ON THE RUN by Sue Grafton and Steve Humphrey (NBC)
- PERRY MASON RETURNS by Dean Hargrove (NBC)
1985 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
THE GLITTER DOME by Stanley Kallis (HBO)
Nominated
- CELEBRITY by William Hanley (NBC)
- FATAL VISION by John Gay (NBC)
1984 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
MICKEY SPILLANE’S MURDER ME, MURDER YOU by Bill Stratton (CBS)
Nominated
- JANE DOE by Cynthia Mandelberg and Walter Halsey Davis (CBS)
- MURDER IN COWETA COUNTY by Dennis Nemec (CBS)
1983 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
REHEARSAL FOR MURDER by Richard Levinson and William Link (CBS)
Nominated
- THE BIG EASY by Lee Hutson (ABC)
- ONE SHOE MAKES IT MURDER by Felix Culver (CBS)
1982 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
KILLJOY by Sam H. Rolfe (CBS)
Nominated
- MICKEY SPILLANE’S MARGIN FOR MURDER by Calvin Clements, Jr (CBS)
- A SMALL KILLING by Burt Prelutsky (CBS)
1981 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
CITY IN FEAR by Albert Rubin (ABC)
Nominated
- THE LAST SONG by Michael Berk and Douglas Schwartz (CBS)
- REVENGE OF THE STEPFORD WIVES by David Wiltse (NBC)
1980 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
MURDER BY NATURAL CAUSES by Richard Levinson and William Link (CBS)
Nominated
- NERO WOLFE by Frank Gilroy (ABC)
- SALEM’S LOT by Paul Monash (CBS)
1979 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
DASHIELL HAMMETT’S THE DAIN CURSE by Robert Lenski (CBS)
Nominated
- SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME! by John Carpenter (NBC)
- PERFECT GENTLEMEN by Nora Ephron (CBS)
- WHEN EVERY DAY WAS THE FOURTH OF JULY by Lee Hutson (NBC)
1978 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
MEN WHO LOVE WOMEN by Gordon Cotler and Don M. Mankiewicz (ROSETTI AND RYAN, Pilot/NBC)
Nominated
- A KILLING AFFAIR by E. Arthur Kean (CBS)
- IN THE GLITTER PALACE by Jerry Ludwig (NBC)
- CONTRACT ON CHERRY STREET by Edward Anhalt (NBC)
1977 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
HELTER-SKELTER by J.P. Miller (CBS)
Nominated
- ONE OF MY WIVES IS MISSING by Pierre Marton (ABC)
- LAW AND ORDER by E. Jack Neuman (NBC)
- SHERLOCK HOLMES IN NEW YORK by Alvin Sapinsley, Jr. (NBC)
1976 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
THE LEGEND OF LIZZIE BORDEN by William Bast (ABC)
Nominated
- GUILTY OR INNOCENT: THE SAM SHEPPARD MURDER CASE by Harold Gast (NBC)
- HUSTLING by Fay Kanin (ABC)
1975 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
THE LAW by Joel Oliansky (NBC)
Nominated
- A CASE OF RAPE by Robert E. Thompson (NBC)
- JUDGE DEE IN THE MONASTERY MURDERS by Nicholas Meyer (ABC)
1974 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
ISN’T IT SHOCKING by Lane Slate (ABC)
Nominated
- THE BLUE NIGHT by E. Jack Neuman (NBC)
- A COLD NIGHT’S DEATH by Christopher Knopf (ABC)
- THE CONNECTION by Albert Ruben (ABC)
- THE MARCUS-NELSON MURDERS by Abby Mann (CBS)
1973 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
THE NIGHT STALKER by Richard Matheson (ABC)
Nominated
- LT. SCHUSTER’S WIFE by Bernie Kukoff and Steven Bochco (ABC)
- WHEN MICHAEL CALLS by James Bridges (ABC)
- YOUR MONEY OR YOUR WIFE by J.P. Miller (CBS)
1972 Edgar Award Best Mystery TV Feature or Mini-series Winner and Nominees
THIEF by John D.F. Black (ABC)
Nominated
- VANISHED by Dean Riesner (NBC)
- DR. COOK’S GARDEN by Art Wallace (ABC)
- SEE THE MAN RUN by Mann Rubin (ABC)
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