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

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominee(s)	Episode	Result
2008	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series[3]	David Simon and Ed Burns	"-30-"	Nominated
2005	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series[4]	David Simon and George Pelecanos	"Middle Ground"	Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Category	Nominee(s)	Episode(s)	Result
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
2004	Outstanding Drama Series		Season 2	Nominated
2003	Outstanding Drama Series		Season 1	Nominated

TCA 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
2007	Program of the Year		Season 4	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

WGA Awards

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
2008	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	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

"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.
"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.
"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.
"2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2007.
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.
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.

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[Edgar_Win-1] "Curtains Receives Edgar Award Nomination". Theatre Mania. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008.

[Peabody-2] "George Foster Peabody Award Winners Book (page 73)". University of Georgia. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2007.

[3] "60th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 21, 2008.

[4] "57th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on June 29, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2009.

[Hollywood_Reporter_Image_2007-5] "2007 Image Award nominees and winners". Hollywood Reporter. 2007. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.

[6] "Television Critics Association Introduces 2004 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association.

[TCA-7] "Television Critics Association Introduces 2003 Award Nominees". Television Critics Association. Archived from the original on October 13, 2006.

[WGA_09_Official-8] "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.

[WGA_08_Official-9] "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2007.

[Crime_Thriller-10] 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.

[11] 63rd Annual Peabody Awards, May 2004.

[B&C_poll-12] Michael Malone (2006). "Critics Poll". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 5, 2009.

[t06-13] James Poniewozik. "10 Best TV Shows". TIME. p. 184.

[TIM-14] "TIME: Best and Worst of Television in 2002". TIME. Archived from the original on April 3, 2009.