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| Award | Year (↑) | Category | Nominee / Winner | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcasting & Cable Critics Poll | 2006 | Best Overall Program (#1) | Voted | |
| USA Today's Best & Worst of TV | 2006 | Best of TV (#3) | Winner | |
| Golden Satellite Award | 2006 | Best Television Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Entertainment Weekly's Best/Worst List | 2006 | The Ten Best (#1) | Winner | |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Writing in a Drama Series | Nominee | David Simon |
| Edgar Allen Poe Award | 2007 | Best Television Feature or Miniseries | Winner | Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon & William F. Zorzi |
| Variety Top 10 | 2007 | 10 Dramatic Moments (#10) | Winner | |
| Golden Eddie Award | 2007 | Best Edited One Hour Television Series for Non-Commercial Television | Winner | Kate Sanford |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2007 | Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Banff World Television Award | 2007 | Best Continuing Series | Nominee | |
| Golden Reel Award (MPSE) | 2007 | Outstanding Sound Editing in Short Form Television - Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement | Nominee | |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Directing in a Drama Series | Nominee | Ernest Dickerson |
| Time Magazine's 100 Best TV Shows | 2007 | One of the 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time | Winner | |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Drama Series | Nominee | |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominee | Michael Hyatt |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series | Nominee | Seith Mann |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Michael K. Williams |
| Calvin Award | 2007 | Best TV Show (#8) | Winner | |
| RATTY Award | 2007 | Best Series | Nominee | |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominee | |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Glynn Turman |
| futoncritic's Best Eps | 2007 | 50 Best Eps of 2006 (#2) | Winner | |
| NAMIC Vision Award | 2007 | Outstanding Drama Program | Nominee | |
| NAACP Image Award | 2007 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Wendell Pierce |
| TelevisionWeek's Critics Poll | 2007.01 | Best Television (#1) | Winner | |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Episode of a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Asian Excellence Award | 2008 | Outstanding Supporting Television Actress | Winner | Sonja Sohn |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Writers Guild Award | 2008 | Best Writing in an Episodic Drama Series for Television | Nominee | David Simon; Ed Burns |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominee | Isiah Whitlock Jr. |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominee | Amy Ryan |
| Mark Award | 2008 | Digital Media Promotion/Campaign | Finalist | HBO On Demand: The Wire Re-Up |
| Writers Guild Award | 2008 | Best Writing Team for a Television Drama Series | Winner | |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Winner | ||
| EW's All Time Greatest/Worst Lists | 2008 | 100 New TV Classics (#11) | Winner | |
| Mark Award | 2008 | Digital Media Promotion/TV Spot/Promo | Finalist | The Wire Prequel: Young Omar |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Outstanding Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | |
| Emmy Award | 2008 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Nominee | David Simon; Ed Burns |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Drama Series | Nominee | David Simon |
| Television Critics Association Award | 2008 | Outstanding Program of the Year | Nominee | |
| RATTY Award | 2008 | Best Series | Nominee | |
| Empire | 2008 | 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (#8) | Winner | |
| TelevisionWeek's Critics Poll | 2008.02 | Best Television (#2) | Winner |
