Golden Globes, USA 1978
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Winner Golden Globe |
Best Television Series - Drama |
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Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama Leslie Uggams |
Primetime Emmy Awards 1977
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Winner Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing for a Series Larry Carow (sound editor) Lawrence E. Neiman (sound editor) Donald L. Warner Jr. (sound editor) Colin C. Mouat (sound editor) George Fredrick (sound editor) David Pettijohn (sound editor) Bruce Richardson (sound editor)
For part II.
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Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) Quincy Jones (composer) Gerald Fried (composer)
For part I.
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series David Greene (director)
For part I.
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Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series Neil Travis (editor)
For part I.
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Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series Louis Gossett Jr.
For playing "Fiddler". For episode: "Part 2".
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Outstanding Limited Series David L. Wolper (executive producer) Stan Margulies (producer) |
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series Edward Asner
For playing "Captain Thomas Davies". For episode: "Part I".
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series Olivia Cole
For playing "Mathilda". For episode: "Part VIII".
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Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Ernest Kinoy (writer) William Blinn (writer)
For part II.
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Nominee Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series Jack Martell (costume designer)
For part I.
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Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing Willie D. Burton (sound mixer) George Porter (sound mixer) Eddie Nelson (sound mixer) Robert L. Harman (sound mixer)
For part IV.
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Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing Hoppy Mehterian (sound mixer) George Porter (sound mixer) Eddie Nelson (sound mixer) Arnold Braun (sound mixer)
For part VII.
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Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing George Porter (sound mixer) Eddie Nelson (sound mixer) Robert L. Harman (sound mixer) Arnold Braun (sound mixer)
For part VIII.
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Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing Bill Varney (sound mixer) Leonard Peterson (sound mixer) Robert J. Litt (sound mixer) Willie D. Burton (sound mixer)
For part I.
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Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) Gerald Fried (composer)
For part VIII.
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Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Drama Series Joseph R. Jennings (art director) Solomon Brewer (set decorator)
For part VI.
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Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Drama Series Jan Scott (art director) Charles C. Bennett (set decorator)
For part II.
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Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Series Stevan Larner (cinematographer)
For part II.
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Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Series Joseph M. Wilcots (cinematographer)
For part VII.
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series Marvin J. Chomsky (director)
For part III.
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series John Erman (director)
For part II.
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series Gilbert Moses (director)
For part VI.
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Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series James T. Heckert (editor)
For part VIII.
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Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series Peter Kirby (editor)
For part III.
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Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series Neil Travis (editor) James T. Heckert (editor)
For part II.
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Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series John Amos
For playing "Toby". For episode: "Part V".
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Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series LeVar Burton
For playing "Kunta Kinte". For episode: "Part I".
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Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series Ben Vereen
For playing "George Moore". For episode: "Part VI".
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Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series Madge Sinclair
For playing "Bell Reynolds". For episode: "Part IV".
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Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series Leslie Uggams
For playing "Kizzy Reynolds". For episode: "Part VI".
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series Moses Gunn
For playing "Kintango". For episode: "Part I".
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series Robert Reed
For playing "William Reynolds". For episode: "Part V".
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series Ralph Waite
For playing "Third mate Slater". For episode: "Part I".
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series Sandy Duncan
For playing "Missy Anne Reynolds". For episode: "Part V".
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series Cicely Tyson
For playing "Binta". For episode: "Part I".
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Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series M. Charles Cohen (writer)
For part VIII.
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Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series James Lee (writer)
For part V.
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American Cinema Editors, USA 1978
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Nominee Eddie |
Best Edited Television Special James T. Heckert Peter Kirby Neil Travis |
Bambi Awards 1979
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Winner Bambi |
TV Series International |
Directors Guild of America, USA 1978
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Winner DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night John Erman Herb Willis (unit production manager) (plaque) Mack Bing (first assistant director) (plaque) Michael Kusley (second assistant director) (plaque)
For show #2, second hour.
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Nominee DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality David Greene
For part I.
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Humanitas Prize 1977
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Winner Humanitas Prize |
60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television James Lee William Blinn
For Roots: Part IV (1977).
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Nominee Humanitas Prize |
60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television James Lee
For Roots: Part III (1977).
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90 Minute Category M. Charles Cohen
For episode "Show #8".
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Online Film & Television Association 1997
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Winner OFTA TV Hall of Fame |
Television Programs |
Peabody Awards 1978
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Winner Peabody Award |
David L. Wolper
(executive producer)
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Television Critics Association Awards 2008
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Nominee Heritage Award |
Television Critics Association Awards 2007
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Nominee Heritage Award |
TV Land Awards 2007
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Winner Anniversary Award |
LeVar Burton
Louis Gossett Jr. Leslie Uggams John Amos Ben Vereen Todd Bridges Cicely Tyson Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs Georg Stanford Brown Olivia Cole
For its 30th anniversary.
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Winner TV Land Award |
Miniseries You Didn't Miss a Moment Of |
