List of awards and nominations received by The West Wing

This is the list of awards and nominations received by the television series The West Wing (1999–2006).

Contents

By award

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Emmy Awards

ALMA Awards

3 wins

Art Directors Guild

1 win

Costume Designers Guild

Directors Guild of America

2 wins

Golden Globe Awards

2 wins

Producers Guild of America

2 wins

Peabody Awards

2 wins

Screen Actors Guild

6 wins

Writers Guild of America

2 wins

Seasons 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 by award

Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2000 Outstanding Drama Series[1] Kristin Harms, Thomas Schlamme, Aaron Sorkin, John Wells and Llewellyn Wells "Pilot"; "In Excelsis Deo"; "Take this Sabbath Day"; "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"; "The White House Pro-Am"; "The Crackpots and These Women"; "Celestial Navigation"; "What Kind of Day Has It Been" Won
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[1] Martin Sheen "Take this Sabbath Day" Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] Richard Schiff "In Excelsis Deo"; "Five Votes Down" Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] John Spencer "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet"; "Five Votes Down" Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[1] Allison Janney "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"; "Celestial Navigation" Won
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[1] Stockard Channing "The State Dinner"; "He Shall, from Time to Time..." Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Aaron Sorkin & Rick Cleveland "In Excelsis Deo" Won
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Aaron Sorkin "Pilot" Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series[1] Thomas Schlamme "Pilot" Won
2001 Outstanding Drama Series[1] Kevin Falls, Kristin Harms, Michael Hissrich, Lawrence O'Donnell, Thomas Schlamme, Aaron Sorkin, John Wells and Llewellyn Wells "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part I"; "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II"; "Shibboleth"; "The War at Home"; "Galileo"; "Noël"; "17 People"; "Two Cathedrals" Won
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[1] Martin Sheen "Two Cathedrals" Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[1] Rob Lowe "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] Bradley Whitford "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II"; "Noël" Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] John Spencer "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part I"; "The Leadership Breakfast" Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] Richard Schiff "The Leadership Breakfast"; "17 People" Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[1] Allison Janney "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II"; "Galileo" Won
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[1] Stockard Channing "Bartlet's Third State of the Union"; "The War At Home" Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Aaron Sorkin "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I & Part II" Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series[1] Thomas Schlamme "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I & Part II" Won
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series[1] Laura Innes "Shibboleth" Nominated
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series[1] Oliver Platt "Bad Moon Rising"; "The Fall's Gonna Kill You"; "18th and Potomac" Nominated
2004 Outstanding Drama Series[1] Eli Attie, Carol Flint, Alex Graves, Kristin Harms, Alexa Junge, Christopher Misiano, Peter Noah, Paul Redford, Andrew Stearn, John Wells, Llewellyn Wells and John Sacret Young Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series[1] Allison Janney Won
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[1] Martin Sheen Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] John Spencer Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[1] Stockard Channing Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[1] Janel Moloney Nominated
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series[1] Matthew Perry Nominated
2005 Outstanding Drama Series[1] Eli Attie, Carol Flint, Alex Graves, Kristin Harms, Michael Hissrich, Christopher Misiano, Peter Noah, Andrew Stearn, John Wells and John Sacret Young Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] Alan Alda Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[1] Stockard Channing Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series[1] Alex Graves "2162 Votes"[2] Nominated
2006 Outstanding Drama Series[1] Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Alex Graves, Kristin Harms, Michael Hissrich, Christopher Misiano, Peter Noah, Lawrence O'Donnell, Andrew Stearn, Patrick Ward, John Wells Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[1] Alan Alda Won
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[1] Martin Sheen Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series[1] Allison Janney Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series[1] Mimi Leder "Election Day"[3] Nominated

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2004 Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series[1] Laura Sciff Nominated
Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series[1] Kenneth Hardy and Ellen Totleben "Gaza"[4] Nominated
Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series[1] Patrick Hanson, Dan Hiland and Gary Rogers "Gaza"[4] Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series[1] Thomas Del Ruth "7A WF 83429"[4] Nominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series[1] Casey Crabtree, Mike Crabtree, Catherine Flynn, Rick Hammel, Troy Hardy, Tom Harris, Rick Hromadka, Walter Newman, Gabrielle Reeves, John Reynolds, David Werntz and Darren Wright "An Khe"[4] Nominated
2005 Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series[1] Patrick Hanson, Dan Hiland and Gary D. Rogers "2162 Votes"[2] Nominated
2006 Outstanding Multi-camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special[1] Edward J. Greene and Andrew Strauber "The Debate"[5] Won

Writers Guild of America Awards

Writers Guild of America Award

Year Category Nominee(s) Work Result
2004 Episodic Drama[6] Alexa Junge (teleplay and story) and Lauren Schmidt (story) "Disaster Relief" Nominated
2005 Episodic Drama[7] Debora Cahn "The Supremes" Won
Episodic Drama[8] John Sacret Young and Josh Singer "Memorial Day" Nominated
2006 Dramatic Series[9] Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Carol Flint, Mark Goffman, Alex Graves, Peter Noah, Lawrence O'Donnell, Lauren Schmidt, Josh Singer, Aaron Sorkin, John Wells, Bradley Whitford, John Sacret Young Nominated
Episodic Drama[9] Carol Flint "A Good Day" Nominated
2007 Episodic Drama[10] Eli Attie and John Wells "Election Day Part II" Nominated

Producers Guild of America Awards

Producers Guild of America Award

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2004 Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award – Episodic Drama[11] Nominated
2005 Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award – Episodic Drama[12] Nominated

Humanitas Prize

Humanitas Prize

Year Category Nominee(s) Work Result
2005 60-minute ($15,000)[13] John Wells "NSF Thurmont" Won
2007 60-minute ($15,000)[14] Eli Attie and John Wells "Election Day Part II" Nominated

Television Critics Association Awards

The TCA Awards are presented by the Television Critics Association.

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2006 Hallmark Hall of Fame Heritage Award[15] Won
Individual Achievement in Drama[16] Alan Alda Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Screen Actors Guild Award

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2004 Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series[17] Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series[17] Martin Sheen Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series[17] Stockard Channing Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series[17] Janel Maloney Nominated
2005 Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series[18] Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series[18] Allison Janney Nominated
2006 Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series[19] Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series[19] Alan Alda Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers Awards

American Society of Cinematographers

Year Category Nominee(s) Work Result
2003 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series[20] Thomas Del Ruth "7A WF 83429" Nominated
2004 Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series[20] Thomas Del Ruth "Gaza" Nominated

Golden Reel Awards

The Golden Reel Awards are presented annually by the Motion Picture Sound Editors.

Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result
2006 Best Sound Editing in Television: Short Form – Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement[21] Walter Newman, Thomas A. Harris, Catherine Flynn, Virginia Cook and Steffan Falesitch "The Ticket" Nominated

BMI Film & Television Awards

BMI Film & Television Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2004 BMI Television Award[22] W. G. "Snuffy" Walden Won
2005 BMI Television Award[23] W. G. "Snuffy" Walden Won

Environmental Media Awards

Environmental Media Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2004 Television Episodic – Drama[24] "Constituency of One" Nominated

ALMA Awards

ALMA Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2005 Best TV Series[25] Won
Best Actor in a TV Series[25] Jimmy Smits Won

Imagen Awards

Imagen Awards

Year Category Nominee(s) Work Result
2005 Best Primetime Series[26][27] John Wells, Christopher Misiano, Alex Graves, Jason Ensler, Eli Attie "La Palabra" Won
Best Actor in Television[26][27] Jimmy Smits "La Palabra" Won
2006 Best Primetime Series[28] John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television Won
Best Actor in Television[29] Jimmy Smits Nominated

Young Artist Awards

Young Artist Award

Year Category Nominee(s) Result
2006 Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama) – Guest Starring Young Actor[30] Seth Adkins Nominated

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