Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series

The Independent Spirit Award for New Scripted Series (or Best New Series) is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards, presented to recognize the best in independent filmmaking.

Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series
Awarded for	Best New Scripted Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Film Independent
First award	2020
Currently held by	Beef (2023)
Website	filmindependent.org

History

It was first awarded in 2020 with Michaela Coel's miniseries I May Destroy You being the first recipient of the award.

Criteria

Only first season series are eligible to compete, international series can compete as long as at least three episode aired on a US broadcaster within the calendar year.

Recipients

2020s

Year	Winner	Network	Creator(s)
2020 [1][2]	I May Destroy You	BBC One	Michaela Coel
	Little America	Apple TV+	Lee Eisenberg, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
	Small Axe	Prime Video	Steve McQueen
	A Teacher	FX	Hannah Fidell
	Unorthodox	Netflix	Anna Winger and Alexa Karolinski
2021 [3]	Reservation Dogs	FX	Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi
	Blindspotting	Starz	Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs
	It's a Sin	Channel 4	Russell T. Davies
	The Underground Railroad	Prime Video	Barry Jenkins
	We Are Lady Parts	Channel 4	Nida Manzoor
2022 [4]	The Bear	FX on Hulu	Christopher Storer
	Pachinko	Apple TV+	Soo Hugh
	The Porter	BET+ / CBC Television	Arnold Pinnock & Bruce Ramsay
	Severance	Apple TV+	Dan Erickson
	Station Eleven	HBO Max	Patrick Somerville
2023 [5]	Beef	Netflix	Lee Sung Jin
	Dreaming Whilst Black	Showtime	Adjani Salmon
	I'm a Virgo	Prime Video	Boots Riley
	Jury Duty	Freevee	Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky
	Slip	The Roku Channel	Zoe Lister-Jones
2024 [6]	Shōgun	FX	Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks
	Baby Reindeer	Netflix	Richard Gadd
	Diarra from Detroit	BET+	Diarra Kilpatrick
	English Teacher	FX	Brian Jordan Alvarez
	Fantasmas	HBO	Julio Torres