Awards and Nominations
Soap was nominated for a total 17 Emmy Awards including:
- Outstanding Comedy Series - nominated: 1978, 1980, 1981
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Richard Mulligan) - won: 1980, nominated: 1981
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Cathryn Damon) - won: 1980, nominated: 1978, 1981
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Katherine Helmond) - nominated: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Robert Guillaume) - won: 1979
- Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series (Jay Sandrich) - nominated: 1978, 1979
- Outstanding Art Direction in a Comedy Series - won: 1978
- Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing in a Comedy Series - nominated: 1978
At the 1981 Golden Globe Awards, Katherine Helmond won Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Musical/Comedy. That same year, the program was also nominated for Best TV Series - Musical/Comedy
Director Jay Sandrich was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series' at the DGA Awards in 1978 and 1979.
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