List of awards and nominations received by The Wire
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 |
Category |
Nominee(s) |
Episode(s) |
Result |
| 2008 |
Heritage Award |
|
Season 5 |
Won |
| Individual Achievement in Drama |
David Simon |
Nominated |
| Outstanding Achievement in Drama |
|
Nominated |
| 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 |
| Year |
Category |
Nominee(s) |
Episode(s)/Season(s) |
Result |
| 2009 |
Dramatic series[8] |
Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi |
Season 5 |
Nominated |
| 2008 |
Dramatic series[9] |
Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. Zorzi |
Season 4 |
Won |
| Episodic drama[9] |
David Simon and Ed Burns |
"Final Grades" |
Nominated |
Other awards
| Year |
Award |
Category |
Nominee(s) |
Episode(s)/Season(s) |
Result |
| 2009 |
Crime Thriller Awards[10] |
The TV Dagger |
|
Season 5 |
Won |
| Crime Thriller Awards[10] |
Best Actor |
Dominic West |
Season 5 |
Won |
| DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night |
Daniel Attias |
"Transitions" |
Won |
| Eddie Award |
Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television |
Kate Sanford |
"More With Less" |
Nominated |
| IFTA Award |
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 |
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 |
Season 4 |
Won |
| Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing in Television: Short Form - Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement |
Jennifer Ralston, Igor Nikolic, and Matthew Haasch |
"Misgivings" |
Nominated |
| 2006 |
Satellite Award |
Best Television Series, Drama |
|
Season 4 |
Nominated |
| 2005 |
GLAAD Media Award |
Outstanding Drama Series |
|
Season 3 |
Nominated |
| 2004 |
ASCAP Award |
Top TV Series |
Tom Waits |
Season 2 |
Won |
| 2003 |
Artios Award |
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 |
Area of Excellence |
|
|
Won[11] |
Critics polls
| Year |
Award |
Category |
Nominee(s) |
Episode(s) |
Result |
| 2006 |
Broadcasting & Cable Critics Poll |
Best Drama[12] |
|
Season 4 |
Won |
| 2006 |
Broadcasting & Cable Critics Poll |
Best Show[12] |
|
Season 4 |
Won |
| 2006 |
Time Magazine's Best/Worst List |
Top Television Show[13] |
|
Season 3 |
Won |
| 2002 |
Time Magazine's Best/Worst List |
Top Television Show[14] |
|
Season 1 |
Won |
References
- 1 2 "Curtains Receives Edgar Award Nomination". Theatre Mania.
- ↑ "George Foster Peabody Award Winners Book (page 73)". University of Georgia. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ↑ "57th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ↑ "60th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2007 Image Award nominees and winners". Hollywood Reporter. 2007. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ↑ "Television Critics Association Introduces 2004 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association.
- 1 2 3 "Television Critics Association Introduces 2003 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association.
- ↑ "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- 1 2 "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Michael Malone (2006). "Critics Poll". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ↑ 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.
