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===2006 Hugo Awards===
===2006 Hugo Awards===
*'''Nominated ''': Mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''
*'''Nominated''': Mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''


===2007 Hugo Awards===
===2007 Hugo Awards===
*'''Nominated ''': Season 2 episode, "[[Downloaded]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''
*'''Nominated''': Season 2 episode, "[[Downloaded]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''


==[[Wikipedia:Peabody Award|Peabody Award]]==
==[[Wikipedia:Peabody Award|Peabody Award]]==

Revision as of 19:46, 1 May 2007

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

2005 Emmy Awards (Season 1)[edit]

  • 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)[edit]

Hugo Awards[edit]

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[edit]

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

2006 Hugo Awards[edit]

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

2007 Hugo Awards[edit]

  • Nominated: Season 2 episode, "Downloaded," for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Peabody Award[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

2004 2nd Annual VES Awards[edit]

  • 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[edit]

2006 4th Annual VES Awards[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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[edit]

2005 31st Annual Awards[edit]

2006 32nd Annual Awards[edit]

2007 33rd Annual Awards (Nominations)[edit]

The winners will be announced at this year's 33rd Annual Saturn Awards which takes place on Thursday, May 10, 2007 in Universal City.

Leo Awards[edit]

2006 Leo Awards[edit]

IGN.COM Awards[edit]

Best of 2006 : TV (Season 3.1)[edit]

Others, 2006[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

2005[edit]

2006[edit]

  • Salon.com recipient of the Buffy Award for Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica "the most underappreciated show in all of TV land"[4]

Various critic's Best of 2006[edit]

  • Arizona Republic (Position: #7)
  • Chicago Tribune (Position: #NA)
  • Entertainment Weekly's (Position: #3)
  • Metacritic (Position: #2)
  • Newsday (Position: #3)
  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Position: #3)
  • San Jose Mercury-News (Position: #5)
  • TV Guide (Position: #5)

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2007[edit]

Comments and Quotes[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Battlestar Galactica: "Occupation/Precipice" Advance Review (backup available on Archive.org) . (HTML) (2006-10-19). Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
  2. Battlestar Galactica: "Exodus, Part 2" Advance Review (backup available on Archive.org) . (HTML) (2006-10-19). Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
  3. Best of 2005: Television (backup available on Archive.org) . (HTML) (2005-12-15). Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
  4. And the Buffy goes to... (backup available on Archive.org) . (HTML) (2006-08-26). Retrieved on 2006-11-23.
  5. BBC reports the American Film Institute's top 10 TV shows of the year (backup available on Archive.org) . (HTML) (2006-12-11). Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
  6. Best of 2006: Television (backup available on Archive.org) . (HTML) (2006-12-17). Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  7. Bests of 2006 Television (backup available on Archive.org) . (HTML) (2006-12-17). Retrieved on 2007-01-14.