Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay, TV Movie or Limited Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Screenplay of a Television Movie or Limited Series. As of the 2016 ceremony, Reggie Rock Bythewood is the only writer to win the award twice and David Simon is the only other person to have achieved a second nomination. In May 2017 the category was moved from the film awards as part of the Black Reel Awards for Television honors thus resulting in two separate winners in 2017.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Total awards by network

 * HBO - 7
 * BET - 2
 * FX - 2
 * Netflix - 2
 * ABC - 1
 * Amazon Studios - 1
 * CBS - 1
 * Lifetime - 1
 * Showtime - 1

Individuals with multiple awards

 * 2 awards
 * Reggie Rock Bythewood

Individuals with multiple nominations

 * 4 Nominations
 * Ava DuVernay


 * 3 Nominations
 * Rhonda Baraka
 * Reggie Rock Bythewood
 * John Ridley


 * 2 Nominations
 * Julian Breece
 * Michaela Coel
 * Joe Robert Cole
 * Damon Lindelof
 * Attica Locke
 * Dee Rees
 * David Simon
 * Abdul Williams

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 6 nominations
 * American Crime


 * 4 nominations
 * When They See Us


 * 2 nominations
 * American Crime Story
 * I May Destroy You
 * Watchmen
 * The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.