| Jahr | Nominierungen und Gewinner | Regie | TV-Network |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Even Chance | Andrew Grieve | A&E Networks |
| Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story | Michel Poulette | Showtime |
| Jeanne d’Arc – Die Frau des Jahrtausends | Christian Duguay | CBS |
| P.T. Barnum | Simon Wincer | A&E Networks |
| Showdown auf dem Weg zur Hölle | Uli Edel | TNT |
| 2000 | American Tragedy | Lawrence Schiller | CBS |
| The Beach Boys: An American Family | Jeff Bleckner | ABC |
| The Corner | Charles S. Dutton | HBO |
| Jason und der Kampf um das Goldene Vlies | Nick Willing | NBC |
| Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Charles Haid | CBS |
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Robert Allan Ackerman | ABC |
| Anne Frank | Robert Dornhelm | ABC |
| Band of Brothers – Wir waren wie Brüder | David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, et al. | HBO |
| Noch mehr Stadtgeschichten | Pierre Gang | Showtime |
| Uprising – Der Aufstand | Jon Avnet | NBC |
| 2002 | Taken | Tobe Hooper, et al. | The Sci-Fi Channel |
| Ernest Shackleton | Charles Sturridge | A&E Networks |
| Die Forsyte-Saga | Christopher Menaul und David Moore | ITV |
| Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Lawrence Schiller | CBS |
| Talking to Heaven | Stephen Gyllenhaal | CBS |
| 2003 | Engel in Amerika | Mike Nichols | HBO |
| Children of Dune | Greg Yaitanes | The Sci-Fi Channel |
| Doktor Schiwago (2002) | Giacomo Campiotti | ITV |
| Helena von Troja | John Kent Harrison | USA Network |
| Hornblower: Loyalty | Charles Sturridge | A&E Networks |
| Out of Order | Henry Bromell, Tim Hunter, Roger Kumble und Wayne Powers | Showtime |
| 2004 | The Lost Prince | Stephen Poliakoff | PBS |
| 4400 – Die Rückkehrer | Scott Peters, et al. | USA Network |
| American Family | Gregory Nava, Charles Burnett und Barbara Martinez Jitner | PBS |
| Charles II: The Power & the Passion | Joe Wright | BBC, A&E Networks |
| Heißer Verdacht (Fernsehserie) | Christopher Menaul | PBS |
| The Second Coming | Adrian Shergold | ITV |
| 2005 | Elvis | James Steven Sadwith | CBS |
| Agatha Christie’s Marple | Charlie Palmer, Andy Wilson, et al. | UPN |
| Elizabeth I – The Virgin Queen | Coky Giedroyc | PBS |
| Empire Falls – Schicksal einer Stadt | Robert Dornhelm, et al. | HBO |
| Into the West – In den Westen | Tom Hooper | TNT |
| Revelations – Die Offenbarung | Lili Fini Zanuck | NBC |
| 2006 | To the Ends of the Earth | David Attwood | PBS |
| Bleak House | Justin Chadwick und Susanna White | PBS |
| Casanova | Sheree Folkson | BBC |
| Elizabeth I | Tom Hooper | HBO |
| Thief | John David Coles, Dean White und Paul McGuigan | USA Network |
| 2007 | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Simon Curtis, Declan Lowney und Catherine Morshead | PBS |
| The Company – Im Auftrag der CIA | Mikael Salomon | TNT |
| Five Days | Otto Bathurst, Toby Haynes, Peter Hoar und Simon Curtis | HBO |
| Jane Eyre | Susanna White | PBS |
| The Starter Wife – Alles auf Anfang | Jon Avnet | USA Network |
| 2008 | Cranford | Simon Curtis und Steve Hudson | PBS |
| John Adams – Freiheit für Amerika | Tom Hooper | HBO |
| The Last Enemy | Iain B. MacDonald | PBS |
| 2009 | Klein Dorrit | Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh und Diarmuid Lawrence | PBS |
| Collision | Marc Evans | PBS |
| Diamonds | Andy Wilson | ABC |
| Kommissar Wallander | Benjamin Caron, Philip Martin, et al. | PBS |
| The Prisoner – Der Gefangene | Nick Hurran | AMC |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Paul McGuigan, Nick Hurran, et al. | PBS |
| Carlos – Der Schakal | Olivier Assayas | IFC Films |
| Emma | Jim O’Hanlon | PBS |
| The Pacific | Jeremy Podeswa, Timothy Van Patten, David Nutter, et al. | HBO |
| Die Säulen der Erde | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Starz |
| Small Island | John Alexander | PBS |