+ List of awards won by Boston Legal Awards and nominations Award Won NominatedArtios AwardsDirectors Guild of America AwardsEddie AwardsGolden Globe AwardsGLAAD Media AwardsHumanitas PrizesNAACP Image AwardsPeabody AwardsPeople's Choice AwardsProducers Guild AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsPrism AwardsSatellite AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsTotal number of wins and nominations Footnotes Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy that ran on ABC from October 3, 2004, to December 8, 2008. The show follows the cases and personal lives of the lawyers of law firm Crane, Pool and Schmidt. The show has been nominated for a variety of awards, including 26 Primetime Emmy Awards, eleven Screen Actors Guild Awards, six Satellite Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards and a Peabody Award.
Most of these nominations are for acting, of the show's ensemble cast numerous actors have received nominations. James Spader has received the most award nominations, 15 in total, while winning 3. Spader is closely followed by William Shatner, who received a total of 14 nominations, winning 3 awards as well. The crew members with most award nominations are producer and director Bill D'Elia, with six nominations and zero wins, and show creator David E. Kelley, with five nominations and one win. In total Boston Legal has been nominated for 62 awards, and won 14.
Emmy Awards The Primetime Emmy Awards are presented yearly by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, they are considered to be the television equivalent to the Academy Awards, and thus one of the highest honours for television shows. The awards are divided into regular Primetime Emmy Awards, which honour acting, directing and writing in television, and Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, which honour behind-the-scenes technical work such as editing and sound mixing. Boston Legal has been nominated for a total of 26 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five in total, four of which were for acting. The show was nominated for "Outstanding Drama Series" in 2007 and 2008 yet never won in that category.
Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result2005 Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series James Spader as Alan Shore "Death Not Be Proud" Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama Series William Shatner as Denny Crane "It Girls and Beyond" & "Tortured Souls" 2006 Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama Series William Shatner as Denny Crane "Witches of Mass Destruction" & "Live Big" Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series Michael J. Fox as Daniel Post Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series Christian Clemenson as Jerry "Hands" Espenson Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt "Ass Fat Jungle" & "Live Big" 2007 Outstanding Directing - Drama Series Bill D'Elia "Son of the Defender" Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama Series William Shatner as Denny Crane "Son of the Defender" Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series Christian Clemenson as Jerry "Hands" Espenson "Guise 'n Dolls" Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series James Spader as Alan Shore "Angel of Death" Outstanding Drama Series David E. Kelley, Bill D'Elia, Janet Leahy, Mike Listo, Steve Robin, Janet G. Knutsen "Lincoln", "On the Ledge", "The Good Lawyer", "Angel of Death", "Son of the Defender" & "Trial of the Century" 2008 Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series James Spader as Alan Shore "The Court Supreme" Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series William Shatner as Denny Crane "Mad About You" Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt "The Mighty Rogues" Outstanding Directing - Drama Series Arlene Sanford "The Mighty Rogues" Outstanding Drama Series David E. Kelley, Bill D'Elia, Lawrence Broch, Mike Listo, Steve Robin, Janet G. Knutsen "The Chicken and the Leg", "Mad About You", "Tabloid Nation", "The Mighty Rogues", "The Court Supreme" & "Patriot Acts" 2009Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series William Shatner as Denny Crane "Made in China/Last Call" Christian Clemenson as Jerry "Hands" Espenson "Roe" Outstanding Directing - Drama Series Bill D'Elia "Made in China/Last Call"
Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result2006 Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series Ken Miller & Nikki Valko Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Philip Carr Neel "Race Ipsa" Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series Craig Hunter, Peter Kelsey, Clark King, William Butler "Finding Nimmo" 2007 Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series Peter Kelsey, Clark King, David Rawlinson "Lincoln" 2008 Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Philip Carr Neel "The Mighty Rogues" Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series Peter Kelsey, Clark King, David Rawlinson "Beauty and the Beast" 2009 Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing For A Series Peter Kelsey, Clark King, David Rawlinson "Last Call"
Golden Globe Awards
Boston Legal has been nominated for four Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe Awards during its run, it has received one in 2005. Year Category Nominee(s) Result2005 Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama James Spader Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television William Shatner 2006 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Candice Bergen 2008 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television William Shatner
Satellite Awards The Satellite awards, presented annually by the International Press Academy, honour excellence in film and television. Of its total of six nominations, Boston Legal has won one, which went to James Spader in 2006.
Year Category Nominee(s) Result2004 Best Actor in a Series, Drama James Spader Best Television Series, Drama 2005 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series James Spader Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series Candice Bergen Best Series - Musical or Comedy 2006 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series James Spader
Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented annually by SAG-AFTRA. Boston Legal has received eleven nominations during its run, including three for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, but has never won any. James Spader has received most Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, four individual and three along with the rest of the cast.
Year Category Nominee(s) Result2006 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series René Auberjonois, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Justin Mentell, Rhona Mitra, Monica Potter, William Shatner, James Spader, Mark Valley Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Candice Bergen Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series William Shatner James Spader 2007 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series James Spader Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series René Auberjonois, Craig Bierko, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, William Shatner, James Spader, Mark Valley 2008 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series James Spader Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series René Auberjonois, Saffron Burrows, Christian Clemenson, Taraji P. Henson, John Laroquette, Tara Summers, Constance Zimmer, Gary Anthony Williams, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, William Shatner, James Spader, Mark Valley 2009Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series James Spader William Shatner Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Saffron Burrows, Christian Clemenson, Taraji P. Henson, John Laroquette, Tara Summers, Gary Anthony Williams, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, James Spader
Other Awards Boston Legal has been nominated for various guild and society awards, including Producers Guild of America Awards, a Directors Guild of America Award, American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards and a People's Choice Award. Amongst the wins for the series are four Prism Awards and a GLAAD Media Award. In 2005, Boston Legal was awarded a Peabody Award "for fearing neither silliness nor social commentary and for adroitly combining the two". Year Award Category Nominee Result 2004 Artios Award Best Casting - Episodic Drama Ken Miller & Nikki Valko 2006 Directors Guild of America Award Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series Arlene Sanford for "Breast in Show" 2005Eddie Awards Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Philip Carr Neel for "Hired Guns" 2006 Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television Philip Carr Neel 2009 Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television Craig Bench for "True Love" 2008 GLAAD Media Award Best Individual Episode - Series without a Regular LGBT Character "Do Tell" 2008 Humanitas Prize 60 Minute Category David E. Kelley, Susan Dickes, Jill Goldsmith 2005 Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series Kerry Washington 2005 Peabody Award — 20th Century Fox, David E. Kelley 2004 People's Choice Award Favorite New TV Series - Drama 2007Prism AwardsPerformance in a Drama Series, Multi-Episode Storyline Jayne Brook René Auberjonois 2009 Performance in a Drama Episode William Shatner Drama Episode "Smoke Signals" 2006Producers Guild of America Awards The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama David E. Kelley, Bill D'Elia, Mike Listo, Steve Robin, Janet G. Knutsen 2009 The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama David E. Kelley, Bill D'Elia, Mike Listo, Steve Robin, Janet G. Knutsen
References
External links Awards and Nominations for Boston Legal at the Internet Movie Database