Reception
"Childhood's End" reached a Nielsen rating of 1.9, beating the rating for that weeks episode of the sister series, Stargate SG-1. The episode was first broadcast in the United States on August 13, 2004 on the Sci Fi Channel, later it was broadcast on Sky One in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2004. The episode debuted on broadcast syndication in the United States on October 24, 2005. The episode won three awards, the first two being the Chicago International Film Festival and WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival were the episode won in the category "Outstanding Achievement in a Television Drama Direction" for David Winning. It also won an New York Film Festival award in the category "Outstanding Achievement in a Television Drama". "Childhood's End" is the only episode in the series which has been nominated and won one of these awards.
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