Awards and Nominations
- Won
Emmy Awards:
- Best Director in a Drama Series – David Greene for "Part I"
- Best Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance – Louis Gossett, Jr.
- Best Editing in a Drama Series – Neil Travis for "Part I"
- Best Limited Series
- Best Music Composition for a Series – Dramatic Underscore – Gerald Fried and Quincy Jones for "Part I"
- Best Sound Editing in a Series
- Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series, Single Appearance – Edward Asner for "Part I"
- Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series, Single Appearance – Olivia Cole for "Part VIII"
- Best Writing in a Drama Series – Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn for "Part II"
Golden Globe Award:
- Best TV Series – Drama
- Nominations
Emmy Awards:
- Best Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance – LeVar Burton for "Part I"
- Best Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance – John Amos for "Part V"
- Best Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance – Ben Vereen for "Part VI"
- Best Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance – Madge Sinclair for "Part IV"
- Best Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance – Leslie Uggams for "Part VI"
- Best Art Direction or Scenic Design in a Drama Series ("Part II")
- Best Art Direction or Scenic Design in a Drama Series ("Part VI")
- Best Costume Design in a Drama or Comedy Series – Jack Martell for "Part I"
- Best Cinematography in Entertainment Programming in a Series – Stevan Larner for "Part II"
- Best Cinematography in Entertainment Programming in a Series – Joseph M. Wilcots for "Part VII"
- Best Director in a Drama Series – John Erman for "Part II"
- Best Director in a Drama Series – Marvin J. Chomsky for "Part III"
- Best Director in a Drama Series – Gilbert Moses for "Part VI"
- Best Editing in a Drama Series – James T. Heckert and Neil Travis for "Part II"
- Best Editing in a Drama Series – (Peter Kirby for "Part III"
- Best Editing in a Drama Series – James T. Heckert for "Part VIII"
- Best Music Composition for a Series in a Dramatic Underscore – Gerald Fried for "Part VIII"
- Best Sound Mixing ("Part I")
- Best Sound Mixing ("Part IV")
- Best Sound Mixing ("Part VII")
- Best Sound Mixing ("Part VIII")
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Performance – Moses Gunn for "Part I"
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series – Ralph Waite for "Part I"
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series – Robert Reed for "Part V"
- Best Supporting Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series – Cicely Tyson for "Part I"
- Best Supporting Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series – Sandy Duncan for "Part V"
- Best Writing in a Drama Series – M. Charles Cohen for "Part VIII"
- Best Writing in a Drama Series – James Lee for "Part V"
Golden Globe Award:
- Best TV Actress in a Drama – Leslie Uggams
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