En İyi Mini Dizi Primetime Emmy Ödülü
Kazananlar ve adaylıklar > 1980'ler

| Yıl | Program | Yapımcı | Kanal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
1980 (32nd) : 
| 1980 (32nd)  | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Andrew Brown, producer | Syndicated |
| 1980 (32nd)  | Disraeli | Joan Wilson, series producer; Cecil Clarke, producer | PBS |
| 1980 (32nd)  | The Duchess of Duke Street | Joan Wilson, series producer; John Hawkesworth, producer | PBS |
| 1980 (32nd)  | The Scarlett O'Hara War | David L. Wolper, executive producer; Stan Margulies, producer | NBC |
1981 (33rd) : 
| 1981 (33rd)  | Shōgun | James Clavell, executive producer; Eric Bercovici, producer | NBC |
| 1981 (33rd)  | East of Eden | Mace Neufeld, executive producer; Barney Rosenzweig, producer; Ken Wales, co-producer | ABC |
| 1981 (33rd)  | Masada | George Eckstein, producer | ABC |
| 1981 (33rd)  | Rumpole of the Bailey | Joan Wilson, series producer; Jacqueline Davis, producer | PBS |
| 1981 (33rd)  | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Jac Venza, executive producer; Jonathan Powell, producer; Samuel Paul, series producer | PBS |
1982 (34th) : 
| 1982 (34th)  | Marco Polo | Vincenzo Labella, producer | NBC |
| 1982 (34th)  | Brideshead Revisited | Jac Venza and Robert B. Kotlowitz, executive producers; Samuel Paul, series producer; Derek Granger, producer | PBS |
| 1982 (34th)  | Flickers | Joan Wilson, executive producer; Joan Brown, producer | PBS |
| 1982 (34th)  | Oppenheimer | Peter Goodchild, producer; Lindsay Law, coordinating producer | PBS |
| 1982 (34th)  | A Town Like Alice | Joan Wilson, executive producer; Henry Crawford, producer | PBS |
1983 (35th) : 
| 1983 (35th)  | Nicholas Nickleby | Colin Callender, producer | Syndicated |
| 1983 (35th)  | Smiley's People | Jonathan Powell, producer | Syndicated |
| 1983 (35th)  | The Thorn Birds | David L. Wolper and Edward Lewis, executive producers; Stan Margulies, producer | ABC |
| 1983 (35th)  | To Serve Them All My Days | Ken Riddington, producer | PBS |
| 1983 (35th)  | The Winds of War | Dan Curtis, producer | ABC |
1984 (36th) : 
| 1984 (36th)  | Concealed Enemies | Lindsay Law and David Elstein, executive producers; Peter B. Cook, producer | PBS |
| 1984 (36th)  | Chiefs | Martin Manulis, executive producer; Jerry London, supervising producer; John E. Quill, producer | CBS |
| 1984 (36th)  | George Washington | David Gerber, executive producer; Buzz Kulik, supervising producer; Richard Fielder, producer | CBS |
| 1984 (36th)  | Nancy Astor | Philip Hinchcliffe, producer | PBS |
| 1984 (36th)  | Reilly, Ace of Spies | Verity Lambert, executive producer; Chris Burt, producer | PBS |
1985 (37th) : 
| 1985 (37th)  | The Jewel in the Crown | Denis Forman, executive producer; Christopher Morahan, producer | PBS |
| 1985 (37th)  | Ellis Island | Gabriel Katzka and Frank Konigsberg, executive producers; Jerry London, supervising producer; Nick Gillott, producer | CBS |
| 1985 (37th)  | Robert Kennedy and His Times | Rick Rosenberg and Robert W. Christiansen, producers | CBS |
| 1985 (37th)  | Space | Richard Berg, executive producer; Martin Manulis, producer; Allan Marcil, co-producer; Jack Clements and Robert Birnbaum, coordinating producers | CBS |
| 1985 (37th)  | A Woman of Substance | Ian Warren and Tom Donald, executive producers; Diane Baker, producer | OPT |
1986 (38th) : 
| 1986 (38th)  | Peter the Great | Lawrence Schiller, executive producer; Marvin J. Chomsky, producer; Konstantin Thoeren, line producer | NBC |
| 1986 (38th)  | Dress Gray | Francis von Zerneck, executive producer; Glenn Jordan and William Beaudine Jr., producers | NBC |
| 1986 (38th)  | The Long Hot Summer | Leonard Hill and John Thomas Lenox, executive producers; Ronald Gilbert, supervising producer; Dori Weiss, producer | NBC |
| 1986 (38th)  | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | George Walker, executive producer; Judith de Paul, producer | PBS |
| 1986 (38th)  | On Wings of Eagles | Edgar J. Scherick, executive producer; Lynn Raynor, producer | NBC |
1987 (39th) : 
| 1987 (39th)  | A Year in the Life | Joshua Brand and John Falsey, executive producers; Stephen Cragg, producer | NBC |
| 1987 (39th)  | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna | Michael Lepiner and Kenneth Kaufman, executive producers; Graham Cottle, supervising producer; Marvin J. Chomsky, producer | NBC |
| 1987 (39th)  | Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder | Chuck McLain and William Hanley, executive producers; William Beaudine Jr., producer | NBC |
| 1987 (39th)  | Out on a Limb | Stan Margulies, producer; Colin Higgins, co-producer | ABC |
| 1987 (39th)  | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Susan G. Pollock, executive producer; John Erman, supervising producer; Preston Fischer, producer | NBC |
1988 (40th)     : 
| 1988 (40th)      | The Murder of Mary Phagan | George Stevens Jr., producer | NBC |
| 1988 (40th)      | Baby M | Ilene Amy Berg, executive producer; Gordon Freedman, producer | ABC |
| 1988 (40th)      | Billionaire Boys Club | Donald March, executive producer; Marvin J. Chomsky, supervising producer; Marcy Gross and Ann Weston, producers | NBC |
| 1988 (40th)      | The Bourne Identity  | Gayle Scott and Alan Shayne, executive producers; Carol Sobieski, supervising producer; Frederick Muller, producer; Martin Rabbett, co-producer | ABC |
| 1988 (40th)      | Lincoln | Sheldon Pinchuk, Bill Finnegan and Patricia Finnegan, executive producers; Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg, producers | NBC |
1989 (41st) : 
| 1989 (41st)  | War and Remembrance | Dan Curtis, executive producer; Barbara Steele, producer | ABC |
| 1989 (41st)  | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Andrew Adelson, executive producer; Kim C. Friese, producer | NBC |
| 1989 (41st)  | Lonesome Dove | Suzanne de Passe and William D. Wittliff, executive producers; Robert Halmi Jr., co-executive producer; Dyson Lovell, producer; Michael Weisbarth, supervising producer | CBS |
| 1989 (41st)  | A Perfect Spy | Jonathan Powell, executive producer; Colin Rogers, producer | PBS |
| 1989 (41st)  | The Women of Brewster Place | Carole Isenberg and Oprah Winfrey, executive producers; Karen Hall, supervising producer; Patricia K. Meyer and Reuben Cannon, producers; Barbara Black, line producer | ABC |