List of awards and nominations received by Scrubs

List of awards won by Scrubs

Zack Braff has been critically lauded for his portrayal of J.D. and has been nominated for 14 awards including one Emmy and three Golden Globe Awards, despite never winning any.
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 15 86
Footnotes

Scrubs is an American comedy-drama series. It has been nominated for a variety of different awards including 17 Emmy Awards (with two wins), in categories such as casting, cinematography, directing, editing, and writing. Its fourth season earned the series its first nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Series regulars Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes and Christa Miller earned all nominations for their acting. Braff's performance was very praised, and he was nominated for an Emmy and three Golden Globe Awards. Despite, only Faison and Reyes won awards.

"My Musical" is one of the most critically acclaimed episodes of Scrubs and was nominated for five Emmmy Awards, a Cinema Audio Society Award and a Golden Reel Award, with one Emmy and one Golden Reel Award won.[1]

The show won the 2002, 2008, and 2009 Humanitas Prize in the 30-minute category for the episodes "My Old Lady", "My Long Goodbye" and "My Last Words" respectively.[2] While the episodes "My Screw Up", "My Way Home" and "My Fallen Idol" received nominations.

The fifth season episode "My Way Home" earned the show a Peabody Award, the industry’s most competitive honor.[3]

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American Latino Media Arts Award

The ALMA Awards are awarded to Latino performers only. Judy Reyes, the only Latino member of the cast, has been nominated three times for two wins, and Linda Mendoza, who had directed an episode, also received a nomination.

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2002 Outstanding Actress in a Television Series Judy Reyes Nominated
2006 Won
2007 Outstanding Director - Television Series, Mini-Series, Television Movie Linda Mendoza My Déjà Vu, My Déjà Vu Nominated
2008 Outstanding Female Performance in a Comedy Television Series Judy Reyes Won

Artios Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2002 Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic Brett Benner and Debby Romano Nominated
Best Casting for TV, Comedy Pilot "My First Day" Won
2003 Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic Nominated
2004 Nominated
2005 Nominated
2006 Nominated

BET Comedy Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2004 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Donald Faison Won
2005 Won

BMI TV Music Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2003 BMI TV Music Award Tim Bright, Chad Fischer, Chris Link and Jan Stevens Won
2004 Won

Cinema Audio Society Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2008 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film Joe Foglia, John W. Cook II and Peter Nusbaum "My Musical" Nominated

Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2002 Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Brett Benner and Debby Romano Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Marc Buckland "My Old Lady" Nominated
2003 Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Brett Benner and Debby Romano Nominated
2004 Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series John Michel "My Screw Up" Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan Nominated
2005 Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Brett Benner and Debby Romano Nominated
Outstanding Comedy Series Bill Lawrence, Randall Winston, Tim Hobert, Matt Tarses, Eric Weinberg, Gabrielle Allan, Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Tad Quill, Bill Callahan and Mike Schwartz Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor Zach Braff Nominated
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series John Michel "My Life in Four Cameras" Won
2006 Outstanding Comedy Series Bill Lawrence, Randall Winston, Tim Hobert, Eric Weinberg, Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Tad Quill, Bill Callahan, Mike Schwartz, Janae Bakken, Debra Fordham and Mark Stegemann Nominated
2007 Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Will Mackenzie "My Musical" Nominated
Outstanding Music Direction Jan Stevens Nominated
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Debra Fordham, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Nominated
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (for the songs ("Everything Comes Down to Poo" and "Guy Love") Debra Fordhman and Paul F. Perry Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation Joe Foglia, John W. Cook II and Peter Nusbaum Won
2008 Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series John Inwood "My Princess" Nominated
2009 Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation Joe Foglia, Eric Pierce, John W. Cook II and Peter Nusbaum "My Jerks" Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Braff was nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical in 2005, 2006 and 2007, but lost to Jason Bateman of Arrested Development in 2005, to Steve Carell of The Office in 2006, and to Alec Baldwin of 30 Rock in 2007.[4]

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2005 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy Zach Braff Nominated
2006 Nominated
2007 Nominated

Golden Reel Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2003 Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic - Music Becca Borawski "My Overkill" Nominated
2004 "My Philosophy" Nominated
2008 Best Sound Editing - Music for Short Form Television Becca Borawski and Lisa A. Arpino "My Musical" Won

Hollywood Foreign Press Association Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2005 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Zach Braff Nominated
2006 Nominated

Humanitas Prize

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2002 Humanitas Prize (30 Minute Category) Matt Tarses "My Old Lady" Won
2004 Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan "My Screw Up" Nominated
2006 "My Way Home" Nominated
2007 Bill Callahan "My Fallen Idol" Nominated
2008 Dave Tennant "My Long Goodbye" Won
2009 Aseem Batra "My Last Words" Won

Imagen Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2005 Best Actress - Television Judy Reyes Nominated
2007 Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2005 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Donald Faison Nominated
2006 Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2007 Nominated
2008 Nominated
2009 Nominated
2010 Nominated

Peabody Awards

Year Category Episode Result
2006 Peabody Award "My Way Home" Won

People's Choice Awards

Year Category Result
2005 Favorite Television Comedy Nominated

Producers of the Year Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2004 Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic - Comedy Bill Lawrence and Randall Winston Nominated
2005 Nominated
2006 Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2003 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy John C. McGinley Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Television Series Christa Miller Nominated
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Nominated
2004 Best Supporting Actress – Television Series Christa Miller Nominated
2005 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy Zach Braff Nominated
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

The Teen Choice Awards are voted on by teenagers. Scrubs has been nominated for 15 awards, but has never won. Zach Braff has been nominated for five awards and Donald Faison has been nominated for four. In 2003, Sarah Chalke had received her only nomination for her role on Scrubs.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2002 Choice TV: Comedy Series Nominated
Choice TV: Comedy Actor Zach Braff Nominated
Choice TV: Breakout Show Nominated
2003 Choice TV: Comedy Series Nominated
Choice TV: Comedy Actor Zach Braff Nominated
Choice TV: Comedy Actress Sarah Chalke Nominated
2004 Choice TV: Comedy Series Nominated
Choice TV: Comedy Actor Zach Braff Nominated
Choice TV: Sidekick Donald Faison Nominated
2005 Choice TV: Comedy Series Nominated
Choice TV: Comedy Actor Zach Braff Nominated
Choice TV: Sidekick Donald Faison Nominated
2006 Choice TV: Comedy Actor Zach Braff Nominated
Choice TV: Sidekick Donald Faison Nominated
2007 Choice TV: Sidekick Nominated

Television Critics Association Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2002 Individual Achievement in Comedy John C. McGinley Nominated
TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Nominated
2006 Nominated

TV Land Awards

Year Category Result
2002 Future Classic Award Won

Writers Guild of America TV Awards

Year Category Result
2003 Episodic Comedy Nominated

Young Artists Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2003 Best Performance in a TV Comedy or Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress Age Ten or Under Christina Lee Nominated

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