The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony. The award was established in 2013 as the awards restructured previous categories for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Nonfiction Special. The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series was also awarded prior to 1998, but from 1998–2012 was called Outstanding Nonfiction Series.
Note: Between 1998–2012, the award was bestowed as Outstanding Nonfiction Series.