Game of Thrones Finale Lowest Rated Episode Ever to Be Nominated for Emmy

Despite being the lowest-rated episode of the entire series, the Game of Thrones finale was recently nominated in the “Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series” category. The nomination is a tough pill for many to swallow, but it got us thinking — could this be the worst-rated TV episode to ever earn a nomination in this category?

So, here at Streaming Observer, we went back 64 years and looked at all 336 nominees in the history of the writing category. In the process, we found that “The Iron Throne” GoT finale has the lowest rating of any episode of television ever nominated for an Emmy in “Outstanding Writing” and it wasn’t really all that close.

Only two other TV episodes nominated in the writing category — Hallmark Hall of Fame “The Patriots” (1964) and Ford Startime “The Turn of the Screw” (1960) had IMDb scores below 5. The average IMDb score for episodes nominated for their writing is about 8.4, two times higher than “The Iron Throne” episode, which received a 4.2 our of 10.

You can view the entire report here: https://www.streamingobserver.com/game-of-thrones-emmy-nomination/ and view the chart below

Check out the chart below for the complete rankings of shows nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series:

Program	Episode	Year	IMDb Rating
Game of Thrones	The Iron Throne	2019	4.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame	“The Patriots”	1964	4.7
Ford Startime	“The Turn of the Screw”	1960	4.8
Climax!	“An Error in Chemistry”	1955	5
The Loretta Young Show	“The Pearl”	1957	5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour	“Miracle on 34th Street”	1956	5.9
The Good Wife	End	2016	6
Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre	“The Loudmouth”	1959	6.4
L.A. Law	“Mutinies on the Banzai”	1991	6.4
Producers’ Showcase	“Our Town”	1956	6.6
Ben Casey	“I Remember a Lemon Tree”	1962	6.6
L.A. Law	“His Suit Is Hirsute”	1989	6.6
L.A. Law	“On the Toad Again”	1991	6.6
L.A. Law	“Beauty and Obese”	1988	6.7
L.A. Law	“Bang… Zoom… Zap”	1990	6.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	“Fog Closing In”	1957	6.8
The Dain Curse	NA	1978	6.8
Lou Grant	“Blacklist”	1982	6.8
Four Star Playhouse	“The Answer”	1955	6.9
L.A. Law	“Full Martial Jacket”	1988	6.9
L.A. Law	“I’m in the Nude for Love”	1989	6.9
L.A. Law	“Urine Trouble Now”	1989	6.9
St. Elsewhere	“All About Eve”	1984	7
L.A. Law	“Lie Harder”	1991	7
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse	“Tragedy in a Temporary Town”	1957	7.1
Lou Grant	“Strike”	1981	7.1
L.A. Law	“Sidney the Dead-Nosed Reindeer”	1987	7.1
Beauty and the Beast	“Pilot”	1988	7.1
The 20th Century Fox Hour	“The Ox-Bow Incident”	1956	7.2
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	“The Buntime”	1957	7.3
Alcoa Premiere	“People Need People”	1962	7.3
Cagney & Lacey	“Child Witness”	1985	7.3
L.A. Law	“The Venus Butterfly”	1987	7.3
Gunsmoke	“Born to Hang”	1958	7.4
Lou Grant	“Lou”	1980	7.4
Skag	“Pilot”	1980	7.4
Hill Street Blues	“A Hair of the Dog”	1983	7.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame	“Eagle in a Cage”	1966	7.5
I Spy	“A Cup of Kindness”	1966	7.5
CBS Playhouse	“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”	1968	7.5
L.A. Law	“Blood, Sweat & Fears”	1990	7.5
ER	“Hell and High Water”	1996	7.5
Studio One in Hollywood	“Twelve Angry Men”	1955	7.6
NBC Sunday Showcase	“The Sacco-Vanzetti Story”	1961	7.6
My Sweet Charlie (NBC World Premiere Movie)		1970	7.6
Columbo	“Etude in Black”	1973	7.6
Lou Grant	“Marathon”	1979	7.6
Lou Grant	“Vet”	1979	7.6
Hill Street Blues	“Personal Foul”	1982	7.6
Hill Street Blues	“Officer of the Year”	1983	7.6
ER	“The Healers”	1996	7.6
Columbo	“Death Lends a Hand”	1972	7.7
Columbo	“Murder by the Book”	1972	7.7
Columbo	“Suitable for Framing”	1972	7.7
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe	“Pilot”	1980	7.7
Hill Street Blues	“No Body’s Perfect”	1983	7.7
Hill Street Blues	“Doris in Wonderland”	1984	7.7
NYPD Blue	“Where’s Swaldo?”	1997	7.7
NYPD Blue	“Taillight’s Last Gleaming”	1997	7.7
Kraft Television Theatre	“Patterns”	1956	7.8
Peter Gunn	“The Kill”	1959	7.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame	“The Invincible Mr. Disraeli”	1963	7.8
Mission: Impossible	“Pilot”	1967	7.8
Police Story	“Robbery: 48 Hours”	1975	7.8
Roots	“Part V”	1977	7.8
Lou Grant	“Dying”	1979	7.8
Hill Street Blues	“The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall”	1985	7.8
Moonlighting	“Twas the Episode Before Christmas”	1986	7.8
NYPD Blue	“Personal Foul”	1994	7.8
ER	“Whose Appy Now?”	1997	7.8
The Waltons	“The Scholar”	1973	7.9
Upstairs, Downstairs	“The Bolter”	1975	7.9
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (Great Performances)	NA	1976	7.9
Roots	“Part VIII”	1977	7.9
Lou Grant	“Rape”	1981	7.9
ER	“Love’s Labor Lost”	1995	7.9
UnREAL	Return	2016	7.9
Father Knows Best	“Margaret Hires a Gardener”	1958	8
I Spy	“The Warlord”	1967	8
CBS Playhouse	“Dear Friends”	1968	8
The Waltons	“The Love Story”	1973	8
Kojak	“Death is Not a Passing Grade”	1974	8
Rich Man, Poor Man	“Part I”	1976	8
Lou Grant	“Brushfire”	1980	8
Hill Street Blues	“Jungle Madness”	1981	8
Hill Street Blues	“The Second Oldest Profession”	1982	8
Hill Street Blues	“Eugene’s Comedy Empire Strikes Back”	1983	8
St. Elsewhere	“The Last One”	1988	8
NYPD Blue	“Tempest in a C-Cup”	1994	8
Murder One	“Chapter One”	1996	8
ER	“Faith”	1997	8
The Practice	“Betrayal”	1998	8
ER	“On the Beach”	2002	8
The Good Wife	“Pilot”	2010	8
The Philco Television Playhouse	NA	1955	8.1
The Philco Television Playhouse	“A Man Is Ten Feet Tall”	1956	8.1
Leave It to Beaver	“Beaver Gets Spelled”	1958	8.1
Playhouse 90	“A Town has Turned to Dust”	1959	8.1
Holocaust	NA	1978	8.1
Cagney & Lacey	“Who Said It’s Fair, Part 2”	1985	8.1
Hill Street Blues	“What Are Friends For?”	1986	8.1
Law & Order	“Manhood”	1993	8.1
NYPD Blue	“Steroid Roy”	1994	8.1
NYPD Blue	“NYPD Lou”	1994	8.1
ER	“24 Hours”	1995	8.1
NYPD Blue	“The Backboard Jungle”	1996	8.1
The Shield	“Pilot”	2002	8.1
Battlestar Galactica	“Occupation” / “Precipice”	2007	8.1
Battlestar Galactica	“Six of One”	2008	8.1
That Was the Week That Was	NA	1965	8.1
Playhouse 90	“The Comedian”	1958	8.2
Playhouse 90	“Days of Wine and Roses”	1959	8.2
Hill Street Blues	“Freedom’s Last Stand”	1982	8.2
Hill Street Blues	“The World According to Freedom”	1982	8.2
Moonlighting	“I Am Curious… Maddie”	1987	8.2
Northern Exposure	“Pilot”	1991	8.2
Six Feet Under	“Twilight”	2003	8.2
Mad Men	“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”	2008	8.2
Lost	“The End”	2010	8.2
Downton Abbey	“Episode Seven”	2012	8.2
Downton Abbey	“Episode Four”	2013	8.2
The Defenders	NA	1962	8.2
Miami Vice	“Pilot”	1985	8.2
Playhouse 90	“Miracle Worker”	1958	8.3
The Defenders	“The Madman”	1963	8.3
Mission: Impossible	“The Seal”	1968	8.3
The Bold Ones: The Senator	“A Continual Roar of Musketry”	1971	8.3
Roots	“Part II”	1977	8.3
Hill Street Blues	“Hill Street Station”	1981	8.3
Hill Street Blues	“Trial by Fury”	1983	8.3
St. Elsewhere	“Newhart”	1984	8.3
St. Elsewhere	“Time Heals”	1986	8.3
Hill Street Blues	“It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”	1987	8.3
Northern Exposure	“Democracy in America”	1992	8.3
NYPD Blue	“Simone Says”	1995	8.3
The Sopranos	“Eloise”	2003	8.3
The Killing	“Pilot”	2011	8.3
The Americans	The Soviet Division	2017	8.3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	“Lamb to the Slaughter”	1959	8.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame	“Teacher, Teacher”	1969	8.4
The Bold Ones: The Senator	“To Taste of Death but Once”	1971	8.4
Lou Grant	“Cop”	1980	8.4
Moonlighting	“The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice”	1986	8.4
Moonlighting	“Atomic Shakespeare”	1987	8.4
China Beach	“Pilot”	1988	8.4
China Beach	“Hello-Goodbye”	1992	8.4
NYPD Blue	“Pilot”	1994	8.4
Alias	“Truth Be Told”	2002	8.4
Deadwood	“Deadwood”	2004	8.4
Mad Men	“The Jet Set”	2009	8.4
Mad Men	“A Night to Remember”	2009	8.4
Homeland	“Pilot”	2012	8.4
The Handmaid’s Tale	Offred (Pilot)	2017	8.4
The Handmaid’s Tale	Holly	2019	8.4
Dr. Kildare	“What’s God to Julius?”	1964	8.5
Upstairs, Downstairs	“Miss Forrest”	1975	8.5
The Norman Conquests	NA	1978	8.5
St. Elsewhere	“The Women”	1984	8.5
Hill Street Blues	“Grace Under Pressure”	1984	8.5
St. Elsewhere	“Qui Transulit Sustinet”	1984	8.5
St. Elsewhere	“Sweet Dreams”	1985	8.5
Cagney & Lacey	“Turn, Turn, Turn, Part 1”	1987	8.5
24	“12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.”	2002	8.5
Damages	“Get Me a Lawyer”	2008	8.5
The Americans	Persona Non Grata	2016	8.5
The Crown	Mystery Man	2018	8.5
Bodyguard	Episode 1	2019	8.5
Killing Eve	Nice and Neat	2019	8.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	“The Jar”	1964	8.6
Upstairs, Downstairs	“Another Year”	1976	8.6
St. Elsewhere	“Afterlife”	1987	8.6
Northern Exposure	“Kaddish for Uncle Manny”	1993	8.6
My So-Called Life	“Pilot”	1995	8.6
The X-Files	“Memento Mori”	1997	8.6
The Sopranos	“The Sopranos”	1999	8.6
The Sopranos	“Second Opinion”	2001	8.6
Mad Men	“Six Month Leave”	2009	8.6
Stranger Things	Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers	2017	8.6
Medic	“White is the Color”	1955	8.7
The Waltons	“The Easter Story”	1974	8.7
thirtysomething	“Business as Usual”	1988	8.7
Northern Exposure	“Burning Down the House”	1992	8.7
Northern Exposure	“Midnight Sun”	1993	8.7
The West Wing	“Pilot”	2000	8.7
The Sopranos	“Where’s Johnny?”	2004	8.7
Grey’s Anatomy	“Into You Like a Train”	2006	8.7
CBS Playhouse	“The Final War of Olly Winter”	1967	8.8
The Waltons	“The Thanksgiving Story”	1974	8.8
St. Elsewhere	“Haunted”	1986	8.8
thirtysomething	“First Day/Last Day”	1989	8.8
thirtysomething	“Second Look”	1991	8.8
Northern Exposure	“Seoul Mates”	1992	8.8
The X-Files	“Duane Barry”	1995	8.8
The X-Files	“The Post-Modern Prometheus”	1998	8.8
The Sopranos	“Nobody Knows Anything”	1999	8.8
The Sopranos	“Unidentified Black Males”	2004	8.8
Lost	“The 23rd Psalm”	2006	8.8
The Wire	“–30–”	2008	8.8
Killing Eve	Nice Face	2018	8.8
Studio One	“No Deadly Medicine”	1958	8.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	“Something About Lee Wiley”	1964	8.9
The Dick Van Dyke Show	“Never Bathe on Sunday”	1965	8.9
Meeting of Minds	NA	1978	8.9
thirtysomething	“The Mike Van Dyke Show”	1989	8.9
The Sopranos	“College”	1999	8.9
Rescue Me	“Guts”	2005	8.9
The Wire	“Middle Ground”	2005	8.9
Mad Men	“Blowing Smoke”	2011	8.9
Succession	Nobody is Ever Missing	2019	8.9
Twin Peaks	“Pilot”	1990	8.9
The Dick Powell Show	“The Price of Tomatoes”	1962	9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	“The Game”	1966	9
Twin Peaks	“Episode 3”	1990	9
The Sopranos	“Employee of the Month”	2001	9
The Sopranos	“Whitecaps”	2003	9
The Sopranos	“Kennedy and Heidi”	2007	9
Mad Men	“The Wheel”	2008	9
Mad Men	“Meditations in an Emergency”	2009	9
The Americans	“Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?”	2015	9
Mad Men	“Lost Horizon”	2015	9
The Handmaid’s Tale	June	2018	9
The Twilight Zone	NA	1960	9
The Twilight Zone	NA	1961	9
The Twilight Zone	NA	1962	9
East Side/West Side	“Who Do You Kill?”	1964	9.1
St. Elsewhere	“Murder, She Rote”	1985	9.1
thirtysomething	“The Go Between”	1990	9.1
NYPD Blue	“Lost Israel, Part 2”	1998	9.1
NYPD Blue	“Lost Israel, Part 1”	1998	9.1
The Sopranos	“Isabella”	1999	9.1
The Sopranos	“Amour Fou”	2001	9.1
The West Wing	“Posse Comitatus”	2002	9.1
The Sopranos	“Whoever Did This”	2003	9.1
The Sopranos	“Members Only”	2006	9.1
The Sopranos	“Made in America”	2007	9.1
Mad Men	“Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency”	2010	9.1
Mad Men	“Far Away Places”	2012	9.1
Homeland	“Q&A”	2013	9.1
Game of Thrones	“Mother’s Mercy”	2015	9.1
Downton Abbey	Episode 8	2016	9.1
Playhouse 90	“The Old Man”	1959	9.2
Sadbird (CBS Playhouse)		1970	9.2
Homefront	“The Lacemakers”	1993	9.2
The West Wing	“In Excelsis Deo”	2000	9.2
The Sopranos	“The Knight in White Satin Armor”	2000	9.2
The Sopranos	“Irregular Around the Margins”	2004	9.2
Lost	“Walkabout”	2005	9.2
The Sopranos	“The Second Coming”	2007	9.2
The Crown	Assassins	2017	9.2
The X-Files	“Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”	1996	9.3
The Sopranos	“Funhouse”	2000	9.3
The West Wing	“In the Shadow of Two Gunmen”	2001	9.3
The West Wing	“Twenty Five”	2003	9.3
Lost	“Pilot”	2005	9.3
Lost	“The Incident”	2009	9.3
Mad Men	“Person to Person”	2015	9.3
Mr. Robot	eps1.0_hellofriend.mov (Pilot)	2016	9.3
The Defenders	“Blacklist”	1964	9.4
Mad Men	“Commissions and Fees”	2012	9.4
Mad Men	“The Other Woman”	2012	9.4
Breaking Bad	“Say My Name”	2013	9.4
Stranger Things	Chapter Nine: The Gate	2018	9.4
Homicide: Life on the Street	“Three Men and Adena”	1993	9.5
NYPD Blue	“Hearts and Souls”	1999	9.5
The Sopranos	“Long Term Parking”	2004	9.5
Friday Night Lights	“The Son”	2010	9.5
Breaking Bad	“Dead Freight”	2013	9.5
Better Call Saul	“Five-O”	2015	9.5
Game of Thrones	The Dragon and The Wolf	2018	9.5
Ben Casey	“A Cardinal Act of Mercy”	1963	9.6
Homicide: Life on the Street	“Subway”	1998	9.6
House	“Three Stories”	2005	9.6
Grey’s Anatomy	“It’s the End of the World” / “As We Know It”	2006	9.6
Mad Men	“Shut the Door. Have a Seat.”	2010	9.6
Game of Thrones	“Baelor”	2011	9.6
House of Cards	“Chapter 14”	2014	9.6
True Detective	“The Secret Fate of All Life”	2014	9.6
Westworld	The Bicameral Mind	2017	9.6
Better Call Saul	Winner	2019	9.6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	“Hush”	2000	9.7
The Sopranos	“Pine Barrens”	2001	9.7
Lost	“Through the Looking Glass”	2007	9.7
Friday Night Lights	“Always”	2011	9.7
Mad Men	“The Suitcase”	2011	9.7
Game of Thrones	“The Children”	2014	9.7
Better Call Saul	Chicanery	2017	9.7
The Americans	Start	2018	9.7
Six Feet Under	“Everyone’s Waiting”	2006	9.8
Game of Thrones	“The Rains of Castamere”	2013	9.9
Breaking Bad	“Ozymandias”	2014	9.9
Breaking Bad	“Felina”	2014	9.9
Game of Thrones	Battle of the Bastards	2016	9.9
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse	“A Catered Affair”	1956	NA
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse	“Thunder Over Washington”	1956	NA
The United States Steel Hour	“Fearful Decision”	1956	NA
Ford Star Jubilee	“The Cain Mutiny Court-Martial”	1956	NA
Climax!	“The Champion”	1956	NA
Frontier	“Patrol”	1957	NA
Telephone Time	“Man With the Beard”	1957	NA
Playhouse 90	“Requiem for a Heavyweight”	1957	NA
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse	“Joey”	1957	NA
Kraft Television Theatre	“A Night to Remember”	1957	NA
Playhouse 90	“Sizeman and Son”	1957	NA
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	“The Lonely Wizard”	1958	NA
Frontiers of Faith	“A Chassidic Tale”	1958	NA
Hallmark Hall of Fame	“The Green Pastures”	1958	NA
Omnibus	“The Life of Samuel Johnson”	1958	NA
Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre	“Eddie”	1959	NA
General Electric Theater	“One is a Wanderer”	1959	NA
Hallmark Hall of Fame	“Little Moon of Alban”	1959	NA
Playhouse 90	“Child of Our Time”	1959	NA
Playhouse 90	“Project Immortality”	1960	NA
DuPont Show of the Month	“The Lincoln Murder Case”	1961	NA
The DuPont Show of the Week	“Big Deal in Laredo”	1963	NA
Alcoa Premiere	“The Voice of Charlie Pont”	1963	NA
Breaking Point	“And James was a very Small Snail”	1964	NA
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	“It’s Mental Work”	1964	NA
The Richard Boone Show	“The Hooligan”	1964	NA
The Defenders	“The 700 Year Old Gang”	1965	NA
Danny Thomas Special	“The Wonderful World of Burlesque”	1965	NA
Hallmark Hall of Fame	“The Magnificent Yankee”	1965	NA
Ironside	“Ironside: World Premiere Motion Picture”	1968	NA
CBS Playhouse	“The People Next Door”	1969	NA
CBS Playhouse	“The Experiment”	1969	NA
Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC Movie of the Week)		1970	NA
The Psychiatrist	“In Death’s Other Kingdom”	1971	NA
Benjamin Franklin	“The Ambassador”	1975	NA
Benjamin Franklin	“The Whirlwind”	1975	NA
The Adams Chronicles	“John Adams and Lawyer”	1976	NA
The Law	“Complaint Amended”	1976	NA
The Adams Chronicles	“Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain”	1977	NA
The Adams Chronicles	“John Quincy Adams: President”	1977	NA
King	NA	1978	NA
The Paper Chase	“The Late Mr. Hart”	1979	NA
American Dream	“Pilot”	1981	NA
I’ll Fly Away	“Master Magician”	1992	NA

*Note: About 10% of the episodes nominated did not have an IMDb rating available.

It’s interesting information, especially in light of the recent decision for show-runners and writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to cancel their upcoming Comic Con appearance.

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