ALMA Awards
- Martin Sheen, Outstanding Actor in a Television Series (won)

American Cinema Editors
- Tina Hirsch, Best-Edited One-Hour Series for Television - for "What Kind of Day Has it Been" (won)

American Society of Cinematographers
- Thomas Del Ruth, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series � for "Noel" (won)

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

Cinema Audio Society
- Dan Hiland (re-recording mixer), Gary D. Rogers (re-recording mixer) and Mark Weingarten (production mixer), Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television � Series � for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (won)

Costume Designers Guild Awards
- Lyn Paolo, Excellence for Costume Design for Television � Contemporary (nominated)

Directors Guild of America
- Thomas Schlamme, Neil Ahern Jr. (unit production manager), Andrew Bernstein (first assistant director and Dylan K. Massin (first assistant director), Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' � Night � for "Noel" (won)
- Paris Barclay, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' � Night � for "The Portland Trip" (nominated)

Emmy Awards
- Kevin Scott, John Levey and Barbara Miller, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series (won)
- Thomas Del Ruth (director of photography), Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series � for "Noel" (won)
- Thomas Schlamme, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series � for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", parts I and II (won)
- Aaron Sorkin (executive producer), Thomas Schlamme (executive producer), John Wells (executive producer), Kevin Falls (co-executive producer), Lawrence O�Donnell Jr. (producer), Llewellyn Wells (producer), Michael Hissrich (producer) and Kristin Harms (producer), Outstanding Drama Series (won)
- Bill Johnson (editor), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series � for "Two Cathedrals" (won)
- Dan Hiland (re-recording mixer), Gary D. Rogers (re-recording mixer) and Mark Weingarten (production mixer), Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series � for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", part II (won)
- Bradley Whitford, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (won)
- Allison Janney, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (won)
- Kevin Hardy (production designer) and Ellen Totleben (set decorator), Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series � for "Noel" (nominated)
- Laura Innes, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series � for "Shibboleth" (nominated)
- Oliver Platt, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series � as Oliver Babish (nominated)
- Martin Sheen, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)
- Rob Lowe, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)
- W.G. Snuffy Walden, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) � for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (nominated)
- Richard Schiff, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)
- 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 "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", parts I and II (nominated)

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

GLAAD Media Awards
- Special Recognition (won)

Golden Globes
- Martin Sheen, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series � Drama (won)
- Best Television Series � Drama (won)
- Bradley Whitford, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (nominated)
- Rob Lowe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series � Drama (nominated)
- Allison Janney, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (nominated)

Golden Satellite Awards
- Allison Janney, Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Drama (won)
- Best Television Series, Drama (won)
- Special Achievement Award, Outstanding Television Ensemble (won)
- Martin Sheen, Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama (nominated)

Hollywood Make-Up Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
- Jeffrey Sacino and Tony Williams, Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Television (For a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama or Daytime) � for "Noel" (nominated)

Image Awards
- Dule Hill, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (nominated)

Motion Picture Sound Editors
- Walter Newman (supervising sound editor), Catherine Flynn (supervising dialogue editor), Thomas A. Harris (supervising sound editor/supervising adr editor), Jessica A. Dickson (sound editor), Golden Reel Award, Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic: Dialogue/ADR � for "What Kind of Day Has it Been" (nominated)

PGA Golden Laurels Awards
- Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme, John Wells, Michael Hissrich, and Llewellyn Wells, Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic � Drama (won)

Peabody Awards
- Peabody Award (won)

Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Allison Janney, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (won)
- Martin Sheen, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (won)
- Dule Hill, Allison Janney, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (won)

TV Guide Awards
- Martin Sheen, Actor of the Year in a Drama Series (won)
- Drama Series of the Year (won)
- Allison Janney, Actress of the Year in a Drama Series (nominated)
- Rob Lowe, Supporting Actor of the Year in a Drama Series (nominated)
- John Spencer, Supporting Actor of the Year in a Drama Series (nominated)
- Stockard Channing, Supporting Actress of the Year in a Drama Series (nominated)

Television Critics Association Awards
- Outstanding Achievement in Drama (tied with "The Sopranos")

Writers Guild of America
- Aaron Sorkin and Paul Redford, WGA Award (TV) Episodic Drama � for "In Excelsis Deo" (won)
- Ron Osborn (teleplay), Jeff Reno (teleplay), Rick Cleveland (story), Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. (story), Patrick Caddell (story) WGA Award (TV) Episodic Drama � for "Enemies" (nominated)
- Aaron Sorkin (teleplay/story), Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. (story), Paul Redford (story) WGA Award (TV) Episodic Drama � for "Take This Sabbath Day" (nominated)

Young Artist Awards
- Elisabeth Moss, Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress (nominated)