Satellite Awards / Television / Best Miniseries / TV Movie

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The Satellite Award Best Miniseries / TV Film honors outstanding miniseries or TV films . This prize was awarded from 1996 to 1998, as well as from 2011 to 2013 and has only been awarded again since 2016. Between 1999 and 2010 and in both years 2014 and 2015, the two categories of mini-series and television film received separate awards.

The miniseries / TV films from the previous year are always awarded.

Nominations and winners

Best Miniseries / TV Movie

1996-1998

year Nominations and winners Director TV network
1996 Gulliver's Travels Charles Sturridge NBC
The Siege of Ruby Ridge Roger Young CBS
House of Mute Screams Nancy Savoca and Cher HBO
Pride and Prejudice Simon Langton BBC One
The Summer of Ben Tyler Arthur Allan Seidelman CBS
1997 Don King - Only available in America John Herzfeld HBO
The adventures of Odysseus Andrey Konchalovskiy NBC
Breast Men Lawrence O'Neil HBO
Miss Evers' Boys - Justice wins Joseph Sargent HBO
In the wake of greed Stephen Surjik HBO
Wallace John Frankenheimer TNT
1998 From the Earth to the Moon David Frankel , et al. HBO
A Bright Shining Lie - The Hell of Vietnam Terry George HBO
Gia - price of beauty Michael Cristofer HBO
More Tales of the City Pierre Gang Channel 4
Thanks of a Grateful Nation Rod Holcomb Show time

2011-2013

year Nominations and winners Director TV network
2011 Mildred Pierce Todd Haynes HBO
Cinema Verite Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini HBO
Downton Abbey Brian Percival , Ben Bolt , Brian Kelly , Andy Goddard , James Strong and Ashley Pearce PBS
Thurgood Michael Stevens HBO
Too Big to Fail - The great crisis Curtis Hanson HBO
The conspiracy - treason at the highest level David Hare BBC Two
2012 Hatfields & McCoys Kevin Reynolds History
Birdsong Philip Martin BBC One
The Crimson Petal and the White Marc Munden BBC Two
Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect Jay Roach HBO
Hemingway & Gellhorn Philip Kaufman HBO
Luther Brian Kirk , Sam Miller and Stefan Schwartz BBC One
Sherlock Paul McGuigan , et al. BBC One
Wallander Philip Martin and Niall MacCormick BBC One
2013 Dancing on the Edge Stephen Poliakoff BBC Two
The Big C Michael Engler , et al. Show time
Burton & Taylor Richard Laxton BBC Four
The Phil Spector case David Mamet HBO Films
Liberace - Too much of a good thing is wonderful Steven Soderbergh HBO
Mob City Frank Darabont and Guy Ferland TNT
Parade's End - The last gentleman Susanna White BBC , HBO and VRT
Our mothers, our fathers Stefan Kolditz ZDF
Top of the Lake Jane Campion and Garth Davis BBC Two and Sundance Channel
The White Queen James Kent , Jamie Payne and Colin Teague BBC One

Since 2016

year Nominations and winners Director TV network
2016 American Crime Story Ryan Murphy , Anthony Hemingway and John Singleton FX
And then there was no more Craig Viveiros Acorn TV, Agatha Christie Productions
In good faith Rick Famuyiwa HBO
Churchill's Secret Charles Sturridge PBS, ITV
Close to the enemy Stephen Poliakoff Acorn TV, BBC Two
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Lonny Price HBO
The long way Jay Roach HBO
The dresser Richard Eyre Starz
The Night Of - The truth of one night Steven Zaillian and James Marsh HBO

Best TV movie

1999-2009

year Nominations and winners Director TV network
1999 Strange Justice Ernest R. Dickerson Show time
Citizen Kane - The Hollywood Legend Benjamin Ross HBO
A film-ready murder Steven Schachter TNT
A Lesson Before Dying Joseph Sargent HBO
Rising Star Martha Coolidge HBO
2000 Time of justice Tony Bill Show time
Cheaters John McCalmont Syndication
Dirty Pictures Frank Pierson Show time
The Jazz Connection Joseph Sargent HBO
Nuremberg - In the name of humanity Yves Simoneau TNT
2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot Cyrus Nowrasteh Show time
Midwives Glenn Jordan Lifetime
Varian's War - A forgotten hero Lionel Chetwynd Show time
The Wannsee Conference Frank Pierson HBO
Wild iris Daniel Petrie Show time
Wit Mike Nichols HBO
2002 From door to door Steven Schachter TNT
Churchill - The Gathering Storm Richard Loncraine HBO
Keep the Faith, baby Doug McHenry Show time
The Laramie Project Moisés Kaufman HBO
Path to War - decision in the White House John Frankenheimer HBO
2003 Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story Robert Dornhelm USA Network
A question of love Jane Anderson HBO
My house in Umbria Richard Loncraine HBO
Our Town James Naughton PBS
Pancho Villa - Mexican Outlaw Bruce Beresford HBO
Soldier's Girl Frank Pierson Show time
2004 Redemption - fruits of anger By Curtis-Hall FX
Alice Paul - The way into the light Katja von Garnier HBO
A work of God Joseph Sargent HBO
Helter Skelter - Night of the Long Knives Tom Gries CBS
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Stephen Hopkins HBO
2005 Stoner madness Andy Fickman Show time
When the killing started Raoul Peck HBO
Kidnapped Brendan Maher BBC
Lackawanna Blues George C. Wolfe HBO
The Magic of Ordinary Days Brent Shields CBS
Our Fathers Dan Curtis Show time
Warm Springs - healing springs Joseph Sargent HBO
2006 The little murder problem Richard Benjamin Lifetime
Gideon's Daughter Stephen Poliakoff BBC America
High school musical Kenny Ortega Disney Channel
In from the night Peter Levin CBS
Mrs. Harris - murder in the best circles Phyllis Nagy HBO
2007 Oprah Winfrey Presents: For One More Day Lloyd Kramer ABC
Bury my heart at the wounded knee Yves Simoneau HBO
Life support Nelson George HBO
The Manchester Moor Murderess Tom Hooper HBO
The Trial of Tony Blair Simon Cellan Jones Channel 4
Storm in the pastures Rachel Talalay PBS
2008 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story Andy de Emmony BBC
24: Redemption Jon Cassar FOX
Bernard and Doris Bob Balaban HBO
God on Trial Andy de Emmony PBS
Memory Keeper - Shadows of the Past Mick Jackson Lifetime
Recount Jay Roach HBO
2009 The first lady's eccentric cousins Michael Sucsy HBO
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler John Kent Harrison CBS
Endgame Pete Travis PBS
Blood, sweat and tears Thaddeus O'Sullivan HBO
Loving Leah Jeff Bleckner CBS
Taking chance Ross Katz HBO

2014-2015

year Nominations and winners Director TV network
2014 Return to Zero Sean Hanish Lifetime
The Gabby Douglas Story Gregg Champion Lifetime
The normal heart Ryan Murphy HBO
A Trip to Bountiful Peter Masterson Lifetime
Turks & Caicos David Hare BBC, PBS
2015 Stockholm, Pennsylvania Nikole Beckwith Lifetime
Bessie Dee Rees HBO
Killing jesus Christopher Menaul National Geographic Channel
nightingale Elliott Lester HBO

Best miniseries

1999-2010

year Nominations and winners Director TV network
1999 Hornblower: The Even Chance Andrew Grieve A&E Networks
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story Michel Poulette Show time
Jeanne d'Arc - The woman of the millennium Christian Duguay CBS
PT Barnum Simon Wincer A&E Networks
Showdown on the way to hell 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 and the battle for the Golden Fleece 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 - We were like brothers David Frankel , Mikael Salomon , et al. HBO
Further Tales of the City Pierre Gang Show time
Uprising - the uprising Jon Avnet NBC
2002 Taken Tobe Hooper , et al. The Sci-Fi Channel
Ernest Shackleton Charles Sturridge A&E Networks
The Forsyte saga Christopher Menaul and David Moore ITV
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Lawrence Schiller CBS
Talking to Heaven Stephen Gyllenhaal CBS
2003 Angels in america Mike Nichols HBO
Children of Dune Greg Yaitanes The Sci-Fi Channel
Doctor Zhivago (2002) Giacomo Campiotti ITV
Helen of Troy John Kent Harrison USA Network
Hornblower: Loyalty Charles Sturridge A&E Networks
Out of order Henry Bromell , Tim Hunter , Roger Kumble and Wayne Powers Show time
2004 The Lost Prince Stephen Poliakoff PBS
4400 - The returnees Scott Peters , et al. USA Network
American Family Gregory Nava , Charles Burnett and Barbara Martinez Jitner PBS
Charles II: The Power & the Passion Joe Wright BBC, A&E Networks
Hot Suspicion (TV Series) 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 - Fate of a City Robert Dornhelm , et al. HBO
Into the West Tom Hooper TNT
Revelations - The Revelation Lili Fini Zanuck NBC
2006 To the Ends of the Earth David Attwood PBS
Bleak House Justin Chadwick and Susanna White PBS
Casanova Sheree Folkson BBC
Elizabeth I Tom Hooper HBO
Thief John David Coles , Dean White and Paul McGuigan USA Network
2007 The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard Simon Curtis , Declan Lowney and Catherine Morshead PBS
The Company - On behalf of the CIA Mikael Salomon TNT
Five Days Otto Bathurst , Toby Haynes , Peter Hoar and Simon Curtis HBO
Jane Eyre Susanna White PBS
The Starter Wife - everything at the beginning Jon Avnet USA Network
2008 Cranford Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson PBS
John Adams - Freedom for America Tom Hooper HBO
The Last Enemy Iain B. MacDonald PBS
2009 Little Dorrit Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh, and Diarmuid Lawrence PBS
Collision Marc Evans PBS
Diamonds Andy Wilson ABC
Commissioner Wallander Benjamin Caron , Philip Martin , et al. PBS
The Prisoner Nick Hurran AMC
2010 Sherlock Paul McGuigan , Nick Hurran , et al. PBS
Carlos - the jackal Olivier Assayas IFC Films
Emma Jim O'Hanlon PBS
The Pacific Jeremy Podeswa , Timothy Van Patten , David Nutter , et al. HBO
The pillars of the earth Sergio Mimica-Gezzan Starz
Small Island John Alexander PBS

2014-2015

year Nominations and winners Director TV network
2014 Olive Kitteridge Lisa Cholodenko HBO
24: Live Another Day Jon Cassar , et al. FOX
The young inspector Morse Colm McCarthy ITV
Happy Valley - In a small town Euros Lyn , Tim Fywell and Neasa Hardiman Netflix , BBC One
The Honorable Woman Hugo look Sundance Channel
My name is fleming. Ian Fleming Mat Whitecross BBC America
The Roosevelts Ken Burns PBS
Sherlock Paul McGuigan , Nick Hurran , et al. BBC One, PBS
The Spoils of Babylon Matt Piedmont IFC
2015 Flesh and bone Alik Sakharov , et al. Starz
The Book of Negroes Clement Virgo BET
Saints & Strangers Paul A. Edwards National Geographic Channel
Show me a hero Paul Haggis HBO
Wolves Peter Kosminsky BBC Two, PBS