ALMA Awards
- Martin Sheen, Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)

American Cinema Editors
- Christopher Nelson, Best-Edited One-Hour Series for Television - for the pilot (nominated)

American Cinema Foundation
- Television Series � Drama (nominated)

American Society of Cinematographers
- Thomas Del Ruth, Outstanding Achievement in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series � for the pilot (nominated)

Art Directors Guild
- John Hutman, Excellence in Production Award, Television Series � for the pilot (nominated)

Casting Society of America
- John Levey, Kevin Scott and Barbara Miller (executive), Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Pilot (won)
- Kevin Scott, Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic (nominated)

Cinema Audio Society
- Dan Hiland (re-recording mixer), Gary D. Rogers (re-recording mixer) and Kenneth B. Ross (production mixer), Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television � Series � for "In Excelsis Deo" (nominated)

Directors Guild of America
- Thomas Schlamme, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series � Night � for the pilot (nominated)

Emmy Awards
- John Hutman (production designer), Tony Fanning (art decorator) and Ellen Totleben (art decorator), Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series � for the pilot (won)
- Barbara Miller, John Levey and Kevin Scott, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series (won)
- Thomas Del Ruth (director of photography), Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series � for the pilot (won)
- Thomas Schlamme, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series � for the pilot (won)
- Aaron Sorkin (executive producer), Thomas Schlamme (executive producer), John Wells (executive producer), Kevin Falls (co-executive producer), Llewellyn Wells (producer) and Kristin Harms, Outstanding Drama Series (won)
- W.G. Snuffy Walden, Outstanding Main Title Theme Music (won)
- Richard Schiff, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (won)
- Allison Janney, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (won)
- Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series � for "In Excelsis Deo" (won)
- Lyn Paolo (costume designer) and Alice Daniels (costume supervisor), Outstanding Costumes for a Series � for "The State Dinner" (nominated)
- Martin Sheen, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)
- Billy Pittard (creative director) and Mark Johnston (title designer), Outstanding Main Title Design (nominated)
- Bill Johnson (editor), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series � for "In Excelsis Deo" (nominated)
- Dan Hiland (re-recording mixer), Kenneth B. Ross (production mixer), Dan Hiland (production mixer), Gary D. Rogers (production mixer) and Len Schmitz (production mixer), Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series � for "In Excelsis Deo" (won)
- John Spencer, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)
- Stockard Channing, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (nominated)
- Aaron Sorkin, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series � for the pilot (nominated)

Family Television Awards
- Family Televison Award, Drama (won)

Golden Globes
- Martin Sheen, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series � Drama (nominated)
- Best Television Series � Drama (nominated)
- Rob Lowe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series � Drama (nominated)

Golden Satellite Awards
- Best Television Series, Drama (won)
- Martin Sheen, Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama (nominated)

Humanitas Prize
- Aaron Sorkin (teleplay/story), Lawrence O�Donnel (story) and Paul Redford (story), Humanitas Prize, 60 Minute Category � for "Take This Sabbath Day" (won)

Imagen Foundation Awards
- Best Primetime TV Drama (won)

PGA Golden Laurels Awards
- Aaron Sorkin, Nova Award � Television (won � also for "Sports Night")
- John Wells, Vision Award � Television (won � also for "ER" and "Third Watch")
- Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme and John Wells, Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic � Drama (nominated)

Peabody Awards
- Peabody Award (won)

Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Martin Sheen, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)

TV Guide Awards
- Martin Sheen, Favorite Actor in a New Series (won)
- Favorite New Series (won)

Television Critics Association Awards
- New Program of the Year (won)
- Outstanding Achievement in Drama (won)
- Program of the Year (won)
- Allison Janney, Individual Achievement in Drama (nominated)
- Martin Sheen, Individual Achievement in Drama (nominated)
- Aaron Sorkin, Individual Achievement in Drama (nominated)

Viewers for Quality Television Awards
- Martin Sheen, Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series (won)
- Best Quality Drama Series (won)
- John Spencer, Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series (won)
- Bradley Whitford, Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series (nominated)
- Allison Janney, Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series (nominated)