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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.
Industry awards
Year
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Category
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Nominee(s)
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Episode(s)
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Result
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2008
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Heritage Award
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Season 5
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Won
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Individual Achievement in Drama
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David Simon
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Nominated
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Outstanding Achievement in Drama
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Nominated
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Program of the Year
|
|
Nominated
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2007
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Outstanding Achievement in Drama
|
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Season 4
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Nominated
|
Program of the Year
|
|
Nominated
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2004
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Outstanding Drama[6]
|
|
Season 2
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Nominated
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2003
|
New Program of the Year[7]
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Season 1
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Nominated
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Outstanding Drama[7]
|
|
Nominated
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Program of the Year[7]
|
|
Nominated
|
Year
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Category
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Nominee(s)
|
Episode(s)/Season(s)
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Result
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2009
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Dramatic series[8]
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Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi
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Season 5
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Nominated
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2008
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Dramatic series[9]
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Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi
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Season 4
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Won
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Episodic drama[9]
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David Simon and Ed Burns
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"Final Grades"
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Nominated
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Other awards
Year
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Award
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Category
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Nominee(s)
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Episode(s)/Season(s)
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Result
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2009
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Crime Thriller Awards[10]
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The TV Dagger
|
|
Season 5
|
Won
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Crime Thriller Awards[10]
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Best Actor
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Dominic West
|
Season 5
|
Won
|
DGA Award
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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night
|
Daniel Attias
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"Transitions"
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Won
|
Eddie Award
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Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television
|
Kate Sanford
|
"More With Less"
|
Nominated
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IFTA Award
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Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television
|
Aidan Gillen
|
Season 5
|
Won
|
2007
|
Eddie Award
|
Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television
|
Kate Sanford
|
"Boys of Summer"
|
Won
|
Edgar Award
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Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay[1]
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Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi
|
Season 4
|
Won
|
Golden Reel Award
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Best Sound Editing in Television: Short Form - Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement
|
Jennifer Ralston, Igor Nikolic, and Matthew Haasch
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"Misgivings"
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Nominated
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2006
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Satellite Award
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Best Television Series, Drama
|
|
Season 4
|
Nominated
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2005
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GLAAD Media Award
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Outstanding Drama Series
|
|
Season 3
|
Nominated
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2004
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ASCAP Award
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Top TV Series
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Tom Waits
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Season 2
|
Won
|
2003
|
Artios Award
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Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Pilot
|
Alexa L. Fogle and Pat Moran
|
"The Target"
|
Won
|
Edgar Award
|
Best Television Episode
|
David Simon and Ed Burns
|
"The Target"
|
Nominated
|
GLAAD Media Award
|
Outstanding Drama Series
|
|
Season 2
|
Nominated
|
Peabody Award
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Area of Excellence
|
|
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Won[11]
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Critics polls
Year
|
Award
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Category
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Nominee(s)
|
Episode(s)
|
Result
|
2006
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Broadcasting & Cable Critics Poll
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Best Drama[12]
|
|
Season 4
|
Won
|
2006
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Broadcasting & Cable Critics Poll
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Best Show[12]
|
|
Season 4
|
Won
|
2006
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Time Magazine's Best/Worst List
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Top Television Show[13]
|
|
Season 3
|
Won
|
2002
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Time Magazine's Best/Worst List
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Top Television Show[14]
|
|
Season 1
|
Won
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References
- ^ a b "Curtains Receives Edgar Award Nomination". Theatre Mania. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008.
- ^ "George Foster Peabody Award Winners Book (page 73)". University of Georgia. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
- ^ "60th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
- ^ "57th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on June 29, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "2007 Image Award nominees and winners". Hollywood Reporter. 2007. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
- ^ "Television Critics Association Introduces 2004 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association.
- ^ a b c "Television Critics Association Introduces 2003 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association. Archived from the original on October 13, 2006.
- ^ "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
- ^ a b "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2007.
- ^ a b Flood, Alison (October 22, 2009). "British readers vote Harlan Coben their favourite crime writer". London: guardian.co.uk (Guardian News & Media). Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ 63rd Annual Peabody Awards, May 2004.
- ^ a b Michael Malone (2006). "Critics Poll". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- ^ James Poniewozik. "10 Best TV Shows". TIME. p. 184.
- ^ "TIME: Best and Worst of Television in 2002". TIME. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009.