Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects
This is a list of the winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a series, miniseries, film, or special. Since the award ceremony of 1998, the category has been divided into Special Visual Effects for a Series and Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special. In 1991, the Television Academy nominated four programs, but did not determine a winner.
Before becoming well-known directors, Neill Blomkamp, Gareth Edwards, and Robert Stromberg were nominees for the award.Winners and nominations
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Programs with multiple awards
;7 awards
;3 awards
;2 awards
- Battlestar Galactica
- Boardwalk Empire
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Programs with multiple nominations
;9 nominations
;8 nominations
- Game of Thrones
- Stargate SG-1
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;7 nominations
;6 nominations
- Battlestar Galactica
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- Vikings
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Band of Brothers
- The Crown
- Da Vinci's Demons
- Falling Skies
- Lost
- Lost in Space
- '
- Rome
- Sherlock
- Stargate Atlantis
- Stranger Things
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
- The X-Files
