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The Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects has been a category for television shows, miniseries, and TV movies since 1984. From 1984 to 1997 it was known as Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects. In 1998, the category was split in two—Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special.
The winners and nominees are:
1980s
1984: (2-way tie):
- 26th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
- The Day After (ABC)
- The Final Battle (mini) (NBC)
1985: (4-way tie):
- A.D. (NBC) (mini)
- The Brain (PBS special)
- An Ewok Adventure (ABC)
- The Hugga Bunch (Syndicated)
1986: (2-way tie):
- Dinosaur! (CBS TV Movie)
- The Battle for Endor (ABC TV Movie)
1987: No award given.
1988: No award given.
1989:
- War and Remembrance (ABC miniseries)
- The Series for episode "13 O'Clock." (Syndicated)
- The Infinite Voyage for ep. "The Geometry Of Life". (PBS)
- The Next Generation- For ep. "Q-Who?." (Syndicated)
- thirtysomething - for ep. "Michael Writes A Story". (ABC)
1990s
1990: (3-way tie)
- By Dawn's Early Light (HBO TV Movie)
- Miracle Landing (CBS TV Movie)
- The Orchestra (PBS Special)
- The Next Generation- For ep. "Deja Q." (Syndicated)
- The Next Generation- For ep. "Tin Man." (Syndicated)
- Mystery on the Orient Express (CBS Special)
- The Next Generation- For ep. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I." (Syndicated)
- The Next Generation- For ep. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II." (Syndicated)
- Ironclads (TNT TV Movie)
- The Next Generation- For ep. "A Matter of Time." (Syndicated)
- The Next Generation- For ep. "Conundrum." (Syndicated)
- The Last Halloween (CBS TV Movie)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for ep. "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920." (ABC)
- The Gathering (Syndicated)
- Deep Space Nine: Emissary (Syndicated)
1995 (2-Way tie)
- Earth 2 (NBC TV Movie)
- Voyager: Caretaker (UPN)
- Deep Space Nine for ep. "The Jem'Hadar."
- Fatherland (HBO TV Movie)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies (Family Channel TV Movie)
- Gulliver's Travels (NBC TV Movie)
- Above and Beyond for ep. "Never No More."
- Family Matters for ep. "Send In the Clone." (ABC)
- Deep Space Nine for ep. "The Way of the Warrior." (Synd.)
- The Tuskegee Airmen (HBO Movie)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen (Family Channel)
- Asteroid (NBC TV Movie)
- The Odyssey for Part II. (NBC TV Movie)
- 3rd Rock from the Sun for ep. "A Nightmare on Dick Street." (NBC)
- Deep Space Nine for ep. "Trials and Tribble-ations." (Synd.)
In 1998, the category was split in two:
1998: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
- Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach for ep. "The Sound of the Carceri." (PBS)
- Deep Space Nine for ep. "One Little Ship." (Synd.)
- Voyager for ep. "Year of Hell," part II (UPN)
- Suddenly Susan for ep. "I Love You, I Think." (NBC)
- Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (Showtime)
- Merlin for Part I. (NBC Movie)
- From the Earth to the Moon for Part IV: "1968." (HBO)
- Moby Dick (USA TV Movie)
- Voyager for ep. "Dark Frontier." (UPN)
- Deep Space Nine for ep. "What You Leave Behind." (Synd.)
- Voyager for ep. "Thirty Days." (UPN)
- Voyager for ep. "Timeless." (UPN)
- Total Recall 2070 for ep. "Machine Dreams." (Showtime)
- Alice in Wonderland (NBC)
2000s
2000: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
- The X-Files for ep. "First Person Shooter." (Fox)
- Voyager for ep. "Life Line." (UPN)
- Voyager for ep. "The Haunting of Deck 12." (UPN)
- Stargate SG-1 for ep. "Nemesis." (Showtime)
- The X-Files for ep. "Rush." (Fox)
- Walking with Dinosaurs (Discovery Channel)
- 73rd Academy Awards for "Billy's Film." (ABC)
- Earthquake in New York for Part I. (CBS)
- Jason and the Argonauts for Part II. (NBC)
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns for Part I. (NBC)
- Voyager for ep. "Endgame." (UPN)
- Voyager for ep. "Workforce, Part I." (UPN)
- Stargate SG-1 for ep. "Small Victories." (Showtime)
- Stargate SG-1 for ep. "Exodus." (Showtime)
- Dark Angel for ep. "Pilot." (Fox)
- Dune for Part I (Sci-Fi Channel)
- The Ballad of Big Al (Discovery Channel)
- Haven (CBS)
- Mutiny (A & E)
- Race Against Time (TNT)
- Enterprise for ep. "Broken Bow." (UPN)
- Enterprise for ep. "Breaking the Ice." (UPN)
- Smallville for ep. "Pilot." (WB)
- Stargate SG-1 for ep. "Revelations." (Showtime)
- Stargate SG-1 for ep. "Enemies." (Showtime)
- Dinotopia for Part III (ABC)
- Band of Brothers for part II "Day of Days" (HBO)
- Band of Brothers for part IV "Replacements" (HBO)
- Walking with Beasts (Discovery Channel)
- Superfire (ABC)
- Firefly for ep. "Serenity." (FOX)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer for ep. "Chosen." (UPN)
- Enterprise for ep. "The Expanse." (UPN)
- Enterprise for ep. "The Crossing." (UPN)
- Enterprise for ep. "Dead Stop." (UPN)
- Children of Dune for Part I (Sci-Fi Channel)
- Taken for ep. 2 ("Jacob and Jesse")(Sci-Fi Channel)
- Building the Great Pyramid (Discovery Channel)
- The Lost World for Part II (A & E)
- Point of Origin (HBO)
- Enterprise for ep. "Countdown." (UPN)
- Dead Like Me for ep. "Pilot." (Showtime)
- Enterprise for ep. "The Council." (UPN)
- Kingdom Hospital for ep. "Thy Kingdom Come." (ABC)
- Stargate SG-1 for ep. "Lost City, part II." (Showtime)
- DreamKeeper for Part I (ABC)
- 10.5 for night 1 (NBC)
- Angels in America for Part II ("Perestroika") (HBO)
- Battlestar Galactica for night 1. (Sci-Fi Channel)
- The Winning Season (TNT)
- Lost for ep. "Pilot." (ABC)
- Battlestar Galactica for ep. "33." (Sci-Fi)
- Battlestar Galactica for ep. "The Hand of God." (Sci-Fi)
- Stargate SG-1 for ep. "Reckoning, part II." (Sci-Fi)
- Atlantis for ep. "Rising." (Sci-Fi)
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (HBO)
- Legend of Earthsea (Sci-Fi)
- A Fantasy Made Real (Animal Planet)
- The Peacekeeper Wars for ep. "Night Two." (Sci-Fi)
- Supervolcano (Discovery Channel)
- ''Into The West
- '' Mammoth
- ''The Triangle
- ''Before the Dinosaurs
- ''The Nightingale
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