Best Dramatic Presentation, 1997
Babylon 5: “Severed Dreams”
David Eagle; Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Also on the ballot
- Star Trek: First Contact (1996)Jonathan Frakes; Screenplay by Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore
- Star Trek: Deep Space NineJonathan West; Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore & René Echévarria; Story by Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe
- Independence Day (1996)Roland Emmerich; Written by Dean Devlin & Roland Ememrich
- Mars Attacks! (1996)Tim Burton; Screenplay by Jonathan Gems; Screen Story by Jonathan Gems; based on the trading card series by Len Brown & Woody Gelman & Wally Wood & Bob Powell & Norman Saunders