The program must tell a complete, non-recurring story, and not have an ongoing storyline or main characters in subsequent seasons.
In 2011, due to a low number of eligible miniseries in recent years, the categories were again merged as Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, before reverting in 2014, following an influx in limited series following the critically and commercial popularity of the FX anthology series American Horror Story.
What has been unique about this award in recent years (and even so today) is that there is almost always at least one nominee originating from Great Britain.
Likewise, the 2019 winner, Chernobyl, was a co-production of British and American companies (in this case, Sky UK and HBO).
Before the inaugurated category in 1973, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci marked the first non-English language television program to be nominated.