Wells remained show runner for the second season in 1995 . He hired his '' China Beach '' colleague Carol Flint as a co-executive producer for the second season . Wells wrote four more episodes for the second season and he and the producers won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 1996 ceremony for their work on the second season . Wells was also nominated for a Humanitas Prize ( in the 60-minute category ) and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode " The Healers "
1996 ceremony
48th Primetime Emmy Awards
John Wells (filmmaker)