During the ceremony of 2017, three series received nominations in the category: House of Cards, The Crown, and Stranger Things.
During 2021, Emma Corrin was nominated for her role as Princess Diana and Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II, in The Crown.
In 2024, Imelda Staunton was nominated for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in the final season of The Crown.
In 2024, Jonathan Pryce received a nomination for his role as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the final season of The Crown.
Elizabeth Debicki was nominated for her role as Diana, Princess of Wales in the fifth and sixth season of The Crown.
Pablo Schreiber received a nomination for portraying George "Pornstache" Mendez in Orange Is the New Black.
During the 2016 ceremony, Mahershala Ali, Paul Sparks, and Reg E. Cathey were nominated for House of Cards.
During the 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Charles Dance received a nomination for his role as Lord Mountbatten in The Crown.
At the 2017 ceremony, the streaming service scored two nominations, with Shannon Purser for Stranger Things and Laverne Cox for Orange Is the New Black.
In 2024, Claire Foy received a fourth nomination for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown.
In 2022, Hwang Dong-hyuk was nominated for writing episode "One Lucky Day" from the first season of Squid Game.
During the 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Morgan Freeman received a nomination for his guest appearance in season three of The Kominsky Method.
In 2014, Jodie Foster was nominated for directing the episode "Lesbian Request Denied", from Orange Is the New Black.
In 2021, The Queen's Gambit won eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, becoming the first show on Netflix to win this category.
During the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Jharrel Jerome won for his portrayal of Korey Wise in the limited series When They See Us, becoming the first Afro–Latin American to win for an acting category.
In 2018, Jeff Daniels won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in Godless.
In 2019, It's Bruno!, produced by Amanda Bowers, Molly Conners, Vincent Morano and Solvan "Slick" Naim, was nominated.
Special was also nominated that year; the series is produced by Anna Dokoza, Eric Norsoph, Ryan O'Connell, Jim Parsons, and Todd Spiewak.
In 2019, sixth-place finisher Ryan O'Connell became the fifth nominee in the category after Jonathan Banks' nomination was revoked.
[240] In 2019, Special scored two nominations in the category with actresses Jessica Hecht and Punam Patel, for the first season of the series.
During the 2020 ceremony, Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up received a nomination and Cheer won the first Emmy for Netflix in the category.
Cheer was produced by Greg Whiteley, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jasper Thomlinson, Bert Hamelinck, Adam Leibowitz, Arielle Kilker and Chelsea Yarnell.
Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi won an Emmy for directing the episode "Fighting for Their Lives" from Making a Murderer.
During the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert won for American Factory.
In 2019, Hisham Abed won for directing the episode "Black Girl Magic", from Queer Eye.
13th, written by Ava DuVernay and Spencer Averick, won in 2017; Amanda Knox and Bill Nye Saves the World were also nominated.
Queer Eye has been nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program three consecutive years, winning in 2018 and 2019.
In 2019 and 2021, Love, Death & Robots received a nomination for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program.
In 2019, Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, Springsteen on Broadway, and Wanda Sykes: Not Normal received a nomination.
During the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Linda Mendoza received a nomination for directing the episode "Flame Monroe", from the variety series Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready.