Awards and Honors (RDM)

This article lists awards and honors that the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series has recieved or been nominated for since its initial televesion debut as Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries. This includes awards for the series overall, individual episodes and cast and crew performances.

Emmy Award Nominations or Wins

The Emmy® Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment. The nominations below are for the annual Creative Arts Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

2004 Emmy Awards

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

2005 Emmy Awards (Season 1)

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

2006 Emmy Awards (Season 2)

• Nominated: The season finale, "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II," for Outstanding Costumes for a Series
• Nominated: The episode, "Scattered," for Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series
• Nominated: The episode, "Resurrection Ship, Part II," 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. They are given for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year and the awards are handed out at the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or "WorldCon".

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

The Peabody Awards are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. The awards are generally regarded as "the most prestigious awards within the fields of broadcast journalism, documentary making, educational programming, children's programming, and entertainment."

2006 Peabody Awards

• Winner: Battlestar Galactica and Sci Fi Channel received a 2006 Peabody Award for its "revitalized sci-fi television with its parallax considerations of politics, religion, sex, even what it means to be human." Press release of winners.

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, "33," "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

The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.

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

2005 31st Annual Awards

• Winner: Battlestar Galactica TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series

2006 32nd Annual Awards

• Winner: Battlestar Galactica TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
• Winner: James Callis as Gaius Baltar, for Best Supporting Actor on Television
• Winner: Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, for Best Supporting Actress on Television
• Nominated: Jamie Bamber as Lee "Apollo" Adama, for Best Supporting Actor on Television
• Nominated: Battlestar Galactica, for Best DVD Television release Season 1 & 2.0 (Universal)

Leo Awards

2006 Leo Awards

• Winner: Tricia Helfer in Battlestar Galactica episode "Pegasus" for Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series

Miscellaneous

2005

• American Film Institute's top 10 Television shows of the year 2005
• American Film Institute's Moments of significance 2005: Movies and Television Picture a Post 9/11 World
• Time Magazine's Best of 2005: Television (Position: #1)
• TV Guide's and TV Land's The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments for "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II" (Position: #98)

2006

• Salon.com recipient of the Buffy Award for Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica "the most underappreciated show in all of TV land"
• IGN.com's recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 premiere "Occupation."
• IGN.com's recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 episode "Exodus, Part II."
• American Film Institute's top 10 Television shows of the year 2006 (Position: #1)

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 Official Peabody Awards site
• The Visual Effects Society Awards
• The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards (Saturn Awards)