List of awards and nominations received by The Wire
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The Wire has been nominated for a variety of different awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, fifteen NAACP Image Awards, two Edgar Awards (one win[1]), three Writers Guild of America Awards (one win), one Directors Guild of America Award, and has also won a Peabody Award.[2] The series has been nominated for forty three industry awards and has won eight. It has also topped several critics polls.
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[edit] Industry awards
[edit] Primetime Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Episode | Result |
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| 2005 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series[3] | David Simon and George Pelecanos | "Middle Ground" | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series[4] | David Simon and Ed Burns | "-30-" | Nominated |
[edit] NAACP Image Awards
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Episode(s) | Result |
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| 2009 | Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Seith Mann | "The Dickensian Aspect" | Nominated |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Season 5 | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Michael K. Williams | Season 5 | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Sonja Sohn | Season 5 | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series[5] | Michael K. Williams | Season 4 | Nominated |
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series[5] | Seith Mann | "Home Rooms" | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Drama Series[5] | Season 4 | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[5] | Wendell Pierce | Season 4 | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[5] | Glynn Turman | Season 4 | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Outstanding Drama Series | Season 3 | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Idris Elba | Season 3 | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Sonja Sohn | Season 3 | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Wendell Pierce | Season 2 | Nominated |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Season 2 | Nominated | ||
| 2003 | Outstanding Drama Series | Season 1 | Nominated |
[edit] TCA Awards
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Episode(s) | Result |
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| 2008 | Heritage Award | Season 5 | Won | |
| Individual Achievement in Drama | David Simon | Nominated | ||
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| Program of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2007 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Season 4 | Nominated | |
| Program of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2004 | Outstanding Drama[6] | Season 2 | Nominated | |
| 2003 | New Program of the Year[7] | Season 1 | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Drama[7] | Nominated | |||
| Program of the Year[7] | Nominated |
[edit] WGA Awards
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Episode(s)/Season(s) | Result |
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| 2009 | Dramatic series[8] | Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi |
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| 2008 | Dramatic series[9] | Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi |
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| Episodic drama[9] | David Simon and Ed Burns |
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[edit] Other awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Episode(s)/Season(s) | Result |
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| 2009 | Crime Thriller Awards[10] | The TV Dagger |
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| Crime Thriller Awards[10] | Best Actor | Dominic West |
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| DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night | Daniel Attias |
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| Eddie Award | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television | Kate Sanford |
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| IFTA Award | Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television | Aidan Gillen |
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| 2007 | Eddie Award | Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television | Kate Sanford |
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| Edgar Award | Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay[1] | Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi |
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| Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing in Television: Short Form - Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement | Jennifer Ralston, Igor Nikolic, and Matthew Haasch |
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| 2006 | Satellite Award | Best Television Series, Drama |
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| 2005 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Drama Series |
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| 2004 | ASCAP Award | Top TV Series | Tom Waits |
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| Peabody Award[2] |
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| 2003 | Artios Award | Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Pilot | Alexa L. Fogle and Pat Moran |
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| Edgar Award | Best Television Episode | David Simon and Ed Burns |
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| GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Drama Series |
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[edit] Critics polls
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Episode(s) | Result |
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| 2006 | Broadcasting & Cable Critics Poll | Best Drama[11] | Season 4 | Won | |
| 2006 | Broadcasting & Cable Critics Poll | Best Show[11] | Season 4 | Won | |
| 2006 | Time Magazine's Best/Worst List | Top Television Show[12] | Season 3 | Won | |
| 2002 | Time Magazine's Best/Worst List | Top Television Show[13] | Season 1 | Won |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Curtains Receives Edgar Award Nomination". Theatre Mania. http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/9924.
- ^ a b "George Foster Peabody Award Winners Book (page 73)". University of Georgia. http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/winners_book.php. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ^ "57th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ "60th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2008pte/60thpte_nomswin_pt.php?action=search_db#1. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ a b c d e "2007 Image Award nominees and winners". Hollywood Reporter. 2007. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/features/e3i1df4dfd4706f9fc31fefc3974392be1d. Retrieved 2007-11-05.[dead link]
- ^ "Television Critics Association Introduces 2004 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association. http://tvcritics.org/press/2004/07/television-critics-association.html.
- ^ a b c "Television Critics Association Introduces 2003 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association. http://tvcritics.org/press/2003/06/television-critics-association.html.
- ^ "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3410. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ a b "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. http://wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2653#TheWireHBO. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- ^ a b Flood, Alison (October 22, 2009). "British readers vote Harlan Coben their favourite crime writer". London: guardian.co.uk (Guardian News & Media). http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/22/british-harlan-coben-crime. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ a b Michael Malone (2006). "Critics Poll". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/106953-Critics_Poll.php. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ James Poniewozik. "10 Best TV Shows". TIME. p. 184.
- ^ "TIME: Best and Worst of Television in 2002". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2002/tv.html.[dead link]
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