Every Emmys Limited Series winner — and where to watch it in India
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series is television's most prestigious honour, presented by the Television Academy. This guide tracks all 53 seriess to win it, from 1973–2025, and shows exactly where to stream each one in India. 16 of the 53 winning series are on an Indian OTT subscription right now — across Netflix, JioHotstar and Prime Video — and the rest are listed with their rent or buy options or marked as not yet on Indian streaming. The most recent winner is Adolescence (2025), streaming on Netflix in India.
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Limited Series winners streaming on Indian OTT now
16 of the 53 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series winners you can watch on a subscription in India right now, best-known first.
Adolescence2025 · Netflix
Baby Reindeer2024 · Netflix
Beef2023 · Netflix
The White Lotus2022 · JioHotstar
The Queen's Gambit2021 · Netflix
Watchmen2020 · JioHotstar
Chernobyl2019 · JioHotstar
Big Little Lies2017 · JioHotstar
Olive Kitteridge2015 · JioHotstar
Fargo2014 · Prime Video
Downton Abbey2011 · JioHotstar
The Pacific2010 · JioHotstar
All 53 Emmys Limited Series winners, 1973–2025
Every winner in reverse-chronological order, with its India streaming home, director and a short synopsis.
- 2025

Adolescence
7.8Dir. Stephen GrahamWhen a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?
- 2024

Baby Reindeer
7.6Dir. Richard GaddWhen a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.
Drama - 2023

- 2022

The White Lotus
7.6Dir. Mike WhiteFollow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.
- 2021

The Queen's Gambit
8.4Dir. Scott FrankIn a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
Drama - 2020

Watchmen
7.6Dir. Damon LindelofSet in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
- 2019

Chernobyl
8.7Dir. Craig MazinThe true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Drama - 2018

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
7.6Dir. Scott AlexanderAn anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
Not on Indian OTT yetCrimeDrama - 2017

Big Little Lies
7.9Dir. David E. KelleyThe tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
Drama - 2016

The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
7.6Dir. Scott AlexanderAn anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
Not on Indian OTT yetCrimeDrama - 2015

Olive Kitteridge
7.6Dir. Jane AndersonA look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationshi
Drama - 2014

Fargo
8.3Dir. Noah HawleyA close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
- 2013
Behind the Candelabra
Not on Indian OTT yet - 2012
Game Changers focuses on regular people who have invented something real and profound that are going to change our world.
Not on Indian OTT yet - 2011

Downton Abbey
8.1Dir. Julian FellowesA chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Drama - 2010

The Pacific
7.8Dir. Bruce C. McKennaTrack the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
- 2009

Little Dorrit
7.8Dir. Andrew DaviesAmy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious lega
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 2008

John Adams
7.7Dir. Kirk EllisAdapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United
Drama - 2007

Broken Trail
6.9The story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army. Along the way, their simple horse drive is complicated when they rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader, saving them from a life of prostitution and indentured s
Not on Indian OTT yetAction & AdventureDrama - 2006

Elizabeth I
6.5The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young p
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 2005

The Lost Prince
7.2Dir. Stephen PoliakoffThe life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 2004

Angels in America
7.6Dir. Tony KushnerGod has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but as disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney
- 2003

Taken
7.5Dir. Leslie BohemThe show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation by the aliens; and the Clarkes, who sheltered one of the surviving aliens from the
Not on Indian OTT yetSci-Fi & FantasyMystery - 2002

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participa
- 2001

The life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939 to 1945: pre-war fears, invasion of Netherlands by German troops, hiding in Amsterdam, deportation to the camps, return of Anne's father.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 2000

The Corner
7.8The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his
Not on Indian OTT yetCrimeDrama - 1999

Hornblower
7.8Dir. C. S. ForesterSet during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
Not on Indian OTT yetDramaWar & Politics - 1998

From the Earth to the Moon
8.1Dir. Tom HanksThe story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.
- 1997
Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement
Not on Indian OTT yet - 1996

Gulliver's Travels
7.2Dir. Jonathan SwiftDr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels.
Not on Indian OTT yetAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy - 1995

Joseph
7.3The Biblical story of Joseph, who was sold to slavery by his brothers who were jealous of his prophetic abilities to analyze dreams and of his being their fathers' favorite.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1994
Prime Suspect 3
Not on Indian OTT yet - 1993Not on Indian OTT yet
- 1992

This biographical miniseries, based on the best seller by C. David Heymann, starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1991

A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1990

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
6.5Dir. Brian GibsonFact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government.
Not on Indian OTT yetDramaCrime - 1989

War and Remembrance
7.9Dir. Dan CurtisFollowing the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate the personal, social and political impacts of World War II, including the Holocaust, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Pacific theater.
Not on Indian OTT yetDramaWar & Politics - 1988

In early-twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community and ultimately leads to the arrest of a man who could actually be innocent.
Not on Indian OTT yetDramaCrime - 1987

A Year in the Life
7.2Dir. Joshua BrandFollowing the success of the three-part miniseries of the same name, the drama series follows the daily lives of Seattle's Gardner family. Joe Gardner is the owner of a successful plastics business and the father of four adult children. The Gardner family includes twice-divorced daughter Anne, who r
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1986

Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.
Not on Indian OTT yetWar & PoliticsDrama - 1985
The Jewel in the Crown was a pilot episode for a Spike Milligan sitcom. The episode was never broadcast and the sitcom never made.
Not on Indian OTT yet - 1984

Concealed Enemies is an American television docudrama of the events leading to the arrest, conviction, and imprisonment of former U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1983

Nicholas Nickleby
7.7Dir. David EdgarYoung Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister from depending upon his uncle, Ralph Nicklby. But he finds his first job as master at a Yorkshire school to be cruel, and runs away with one of the students. Meanwhile, Kate is subjected to the unwanted at
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1982

Marco Polo
6.7The life of the 13th-century Venetian explorer who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Not on Indian OTT yetDramaAction & Adventure - 1981

Shōgun
5.4Not on Indian OTT yetAnimation - 1980

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intention to marry her.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1979

Roots: The Next Generations
7.5Dir. Alex HaleyRoots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1978

Holocaust
7.3Dir. Gerald GreenBerlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holoca
Not on Indian OTT yetDramaWar & Politics - 1977

Roots
7.4Dir. Alex HaleyThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West A
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1976

Upstairs, Downstairs
7.8Dir. John HawkesworthUpstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1975

Benjamin Franklin is a 1974 American television miniseries that chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin. It was broadcast by CBS. It won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama - 1974

Columbo
8.1Dir. William LinkColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for det
Not on Indian OTT yetCrimeDrama - 1973

Tom Brown's Schooldays
7.9Dir. Anthony StevenIn 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.
Not on Indian OTT yetDrama
Emmys Limited Series winners on OTT — FAQ
- How many Emmys Limited Series winners can I watch on OTT in India?
- 16 of the 53 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series winners are streaming on an Indian OTT subscription right now. Use the "Streaming in India" filter above to see just those.
- What is the latest Emmys Limited Series winner?
- The most recent Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series winner is Adolescence (2025). You can stream it on Netflix in India.
- Which platform has the most Emmys winners in India?
- JioHotstar carries the most Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series winners on Indian OTT — 11 of them right now.
- Where can I watch Adolescence?
- Adolescence (2025), which won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, is streaming on Netflix in India.
- How often is this series availability updated?
- We refresh the streaming availability for every Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series winner regularly as titles move between Indian OTT platforms, so this list reflects where each winner streams now — not where it launched.
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