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Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series

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{{Infobox award

| name = Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series

| awarded_for = Best New Scripted Series

| presenter = Film Independent

| country = United States

| year = 2020

| year2 =

| holder = Beef (2023)

| website = {{url|http://filmindependent.org/}}

}}

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.

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

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!width="450"|Winner

!width="450"|Network

!width="450"|Creator(s)

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2020
{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/nomadland-wins-four-independent-spirit-awards-on-road-to-oscars-1234742245/|title='Nomadland' Wins Independent Spirit Awards For Best Picture, Director, Editing & Cinematography, Further Solidifying Oscars Prospects|website=Deadline|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=April 22, 2021|accessdate=December 24, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/04/2021-independent-spirit-awards-winners-list-1234630882/|title=2021 Independent Spirit Awards Winner's List|website=IndieWire|first=Zack|last=Sharf|date=April 23, 2021|accessdate=December 24, 2021}}		style="background:#B0C4DE" |I May Destroy Youstyle="background:#B0C4DE" |BBC Onestyle="background:#B0C4DE" | Michaela Coel
Little AmericaApple TV+Lee Eisenberg, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Small AxePrime VideoSteve McQueen
| A TeacherFXHannah Fidell
UnorthodoxNetflixAnna Winger and Alexa Karolinski
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2021
{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/indie-spirit-awards-2022-nominations-full-list-1235132931/ |title=Indie Spirit Awards 2022: Full List of Nominations |first1=Brent |first2=Jazz |last1=Long |last2=Tangcay |work=Variety |date=December 14, 2021 |access-date=December 14, 2021}}		style="background:#B0C4DE" |Reservation Dogsstyle="background:#B0C4DE" |FXstyle="background:#B0C4DE" | Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi
BlindspottingStarzRafael Casal & Daveed Diggs
It's a SinChannel 4Russell T. Davies
The Underground RailroadPrime VideoBarry Jenkins
We Are Lady PartsChannel 4Nida Manzoor
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2022
{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1358159/2023-independent-spirit-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-tv-nominees |title=2023 Independent Spirit Awards: See the Complete List of TV Nominees |first=Daniel |last=Trainor|work=Eonline |date=December 13, 2022 |access-date=December 13, 2022}}		style="background:#B0C4DE" |The Bearstyle="background:#B0C4DE" |FX on Hulustyle="background:#B0C4DE" | Christopher Storer
PachinkoApple TV+Soo Hugh
The PorterBET+ / CBC TelevisionArnold Pinnock & Bruce Ramsay
SeveranceApple TV+Dan Erickson
Station ElevenHBO MaxPatrick Somerville
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2023
{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/results/2024-independent-spirit-award-winners-1234955321/ |title=2024 Independent Spirit Award Winners: 'Past Lives' Wins Best Feature (Complete Winners List) |last=Erbland |first=Kate |publisher=IndieWire |date=February 25, 2024 |access-date=February 25, 2024}}		style="background:#B0C4DE" | Beefstyle="background:#B0C4DE" | Netflixstyle="background:#B0C4DE" | Lee Sung Jin
Dreaming Whilst BlackShowtimeAdjani Salmon
I'm a VirgoPrime VideoBoots Riley
Jury DutyFreeveeLee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky
SlipThe Roku ChannelZoe Lister-Jones
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2024
{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2024-12-04 |title=Spirit Awards Best Feature Nominees Include ‘Anora’, ‘I Saw The TV Glow’, ‘Nickel Boys’, ‘Sing Sing’ & ‘The Substance’ |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/spirit-awards-nominations-2025-list-1236193844/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}		style="background:#B0C4DE" | Shōgunstyle="background:#B0C4DE" | FXstyle="background:#B0C4DE" | 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

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series}}

{{IS Awards Chron}}

Best New Scripted Film

Category:American television awards

Category:Awards established in 2020