Awards and Honors (RDM)

This article lists any awards, nominations or honors received by the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica episodes, its cast or crew.

Emmy Award Nominations or Wins

2004 Emmy Awards

• Nominated: Miniseries for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

2005 Emmy Awards

• Nominated: The first season premiere episode, "33", for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series
• Nominated: The episode "The Hand of God" for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series

Hugo Awards

The Hugo Award is presented each year in recognition of outstanding work in science fiction.

2005 Hugo Awards

• Winner: The first season premiere episode, "33", for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

2006 Hugo Awards

• Nominated: mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "Pegasus", for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Peabody Award

Battlestar Galactica received a 2006 Peabody Award. The Peabody Awards are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television.

Visual Effects Society Awards

2004 2nd Annual VES Awards

• Winner: Zoic Studios for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special, Miniseries
• Nominated: Zoic Studios for Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial, Miniseries

2005 3rd Annual VES Awards

• Nominated: Zoic Studios for Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Episode 101, "Cylon Character"

2006 4th Annual VES Awards

• Winner: Zoic Studios for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video, "Episode 203, Fragged", "Cylon Centurion"
• Nominated: Zoic Studios for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video, "Episode 202, Valley of Darkness", "Cylon"

The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards

2004 30th Annual Awards

• Nominated: Battlestar Galactica TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for Best Television Presentation
• Nominated: Katee Sackhoff for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series
• Nominated: "Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series" DVD Collection, for Best DVD Television Release

Miscellaneous

2005

• American Film Institute's top 10 Television shows of the year 2005
• Time Magazine's Best of 2005: Television (Position: #1) [1]
• TV Guide's and TV Land's The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments for "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II" (Position: #98)

Comments and Quotes

I didn't get into this business to get awards or get acclamation. I did it because I was searching for my own sense of who I was as a human being....

---Edward James Olmos, Scifi.com interview

See Also

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, home of the Emmy Awards

The Hugo Awards information from the World Science Fiction Society, its official servicemark holder

The Visual Effects Society Awards