List of awards and nominations received by True Blood

This is the list of awards and nominations for the TV series True Blood .

By Awards

American Cinema Editors

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television	Michael Ruscio & Andy Keir (for "Strange Love")	Won	[1]
2010	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television	Louise Innes (for "Hard-Hearted Hannah")	Nominated	[2]

American Film Institute Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	One of the 10 Best TV Programs of 2009		Won	[3]

Art Directors Guild

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Episode of a One Hour Single-Camera Television Series	Suzuki Ingerslev (for "Burning House of Love")	Nominated	[4]
2010	Excellence in Production Design in TV for 2009	Suzuki Ingerslev (for "Never Let Me Go")	Nominated	[5]
2011	Episode of a One Hour Single-Camera Television Series	Suzuki Ingerslev (for "Trouble")	Nominated	[6]

BMI Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	True Blood Original Score	Nathan Barr	Won	[7]
	True Blood Theme Song	Jace Everett	Won
2010	Composers of Featured Music for Cable TV	Nathan Barr and Jace Everett	Won	[8]

Bravo A-List Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	A-List TV Show		Nominated	[9]
	Sexiest TV Moment	Bill and Sookie's Love Scene	Nominated

ASTRA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2012	Favorite International Show - Drama		Nominated

British Academy Television Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Best International TV Show		Nominated	[10]

Costume Designers Guild

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Excellence in Period or Fantasy Costume Design for Television Series	Audrey Fisher	Nominated	[11]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Outstanding Main Title Design	Rama Allen, Shawn Fedorchuk, Matthew Mulder, Morgan Henry, Camm Rowland & Ryan Gagnier	Nominated	[12]
	Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series	Junie Lowry Johnson & Libby Goldstein	Won
	Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series	Suzuki Ingerslev, Cat Smith & Rusty Lipscomb (for "Burning House of Love", "Cold Ground" & "Sparks Fly Out")	Nominated
	Breakthrough Performance (online voting)	Sookie meets Bill	Won
2010	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated	[13]
	Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series	Junie Lowry Johnson & Libby Goldstein	Nominated
	Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series	Suzuki Ingerslev, Cat Smith & Laura Richarz (for "Never Let Me Go", "I Will Rise Up" and "Frenzy")	Nominated
	Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Brigette Ellis, Ned Neidhardt, Bernhard Eichholz, Anthony Barlow, Sam Polin, Danielle Noe, Todd Masters & Daniel Rebert (for "Scratches")	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series	John Benson, Jason Krane, Stuart Martin, Brian Thomas Nist, Bruno Coon, Zane Bruce & Jeff Gunn (for "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'")	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series	Suzuki Ingerslev, Cat Smith and Laura Richarz (for "Beautifully Broken", "It Hurts Me Too" and "Trouble")	Nominated	[14]
	Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)	Brigette Myre Ellis and Lana Horochowski (for "9 Crimes")	Nominated
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Alfre Woodard	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series	John Benson, Jason Krane, Christian Buenaventura, Steve Stuhr, Stuart Martin, Fred Judkins, Eduardo Ponsdomenech, Zane Bruce and Jeff Gunn (for "Hitting the Ground")	Nominated
2013	Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series	Suzuki Ingerslev, Cat Smith and Ron V. Franco (for "Whatever I Am, You Made Me")	Nominated	[15]
2014	Outstanding Art Direction For A Contemporary Or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera	Suzuki Ingerslev, Cat Smith and Ron V. Franco (for "At Last", "Fuck the Pain Away" and "In the Evening")	Nominated	[16]
	Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Miniseries Or Movie	Hiro Koda	Nominated	[17]

Ewwy Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best Drama Series		Won	[18]
	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Nelsan Ellis	Won
2010	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Michelle Forbes	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Ryan Kwanten	Nominated

Genesis Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2011	Dramatic Series	"Hitting the Ground"	Won	[19]

GLAAD Media Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated	[20]
2010			Nominated	[21]
2011			Won	[22]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2008	Best Television Series – Drama		Nominated
	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama	Anna Paquin	Won
2009	Best Television Series – Drama		Nominated
	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama	Anna Paquin	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture or Television	Season One Soundtrack CD	Nominated	[23]
2011	Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or Television	"Kiss Like Your Kiss" (by Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello)	Nominated	[24]
	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture or Television	Season Two Soundtrack CD	Nominated
2012	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Season Three Soundtrack CD	Nominated	[25]

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Outstanding Music Supervision	Gary Calamar	Nominated	[26]
	Best Original Score – TV	Nathan Barr	Won
	Best Song	"Take Me Home" (by Nathan Barr and Lisbeth Scott)	Nominated
2010	Best Original Score – TV	Nathan Barr	Nominated	[27]

Motion Picture Sound Editors

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best Sound Editing – Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television	"The Fourth Man in the Fire"	Nominated	[28]
2010		"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"	Won	[29]

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Outstanding Writer in a Drama Series	Alexander Woo (for "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'")	Nominated	[30]
2011	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Nelsan Ellis	Nominated	[31]
	Outstanding Writer in a Drama Series	Alexander Woo (for "It Hurts Me Too")	Nominated

NewNowNext Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Brink of Fame: Actor	Nelsan Ellis	Won	[32]
	Best Show You're Not Watching		Won
2010	Brink of Fame: Actor	Alexander Skarsgård	Nominated	[33]
2011	'Cause You're Hot	Joe Manganiello	Won	[34]

People's Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show		Nominated	[35]
	Favorite TV Obsession		Won
2011	Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show		Nominated	[36]
	Favorite TV Obsession		Nominated
2012	Favourite Cable TV Drama		Nominated	[37]
	Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show		Nominated
2013	Favorite Premium Cable TV show		Won	[38]

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Episodic Television – Drama (The Normal Felton Producer of the Year Award)		Nominated	[39]
2011			Nominated	[40]

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2008	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Nelsan Ellis	Won	[41]
	Best Actress in a Series, Drama	Anna Paquin	Won
2009	DVD Release of a TV Show	True Blood – The Complete First Season	Won	[42]
	Best Television Ensemble (Special Achievement Award)		Won
2010	Best Actress in a Series, Drama	Anna Paquin	Nominated	[43]
	Best Actor in a Series, Drama	Stephen Moyer	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best Syndicated/Cable TV Series		Nominated	[44]
	Best Actress on Television	Anna Paquin	Nominated
2010	Best Syndicated/Cable TV Series		Nominated	[45]
	Best Actor in Television	Stephen Moyer	Nominated
	Best Actress in Television	Anna Paquin	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor in Television	Alexander Skarsgård	Nominated
	Best Guest Starring Role in Television	Michelle Forbes	Nominated
2011	Best Syndicated/Cable TV Series		Nominated	[46]
	Best Actor in Television	Stephen Moyer	Won
	Best Actress in Television	Anna Paquin	Nominated
	Best Guest Starring Role in Television	Joe Manganiello	Won [a]

1. Tied with Richard Dreyfuss for Weeds

Scream Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best TV Show		Won	[47]
	Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Best Horror Actor	Stephen Moyer	Won
		Ryan Kwanten	Nominated
	Best Horror Actress	Anna Paquin	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Nelsan Ellis	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Rutina Wesley	Nominated
	Best Villain	Alexander Skarsgård	Won
	Breakout Performance – Male	Sam Trammell	Nominated
	Best Scream Song of the Year	"Bad Things" (by Jace Everett)	Nominated
2010	The Ultimate Scream		Nominated	[48]
	Best TV Show		Won
	Best Horror Actor	Stephen Moyer	Nominated
		Alexander Skarsgård	Won
	Best Horror Actress	Anna Paquin	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Sam Trammell	Nominated
	Best Breakout Performance – Female	Deborah Ann Woll	Nominated
	Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Most Memorable Mutilation	Heart Cut Out of Chest, Cut Up into Souffle and Fed to People	Nominated
	Holy Sh*t! Scene of the Year	Head twisted 180 degrees during sex	Won
2011	Best TV Show		Nominated	[49]
	Best Horror Actor	Stephen Moyer	Nominated
		Alexander Skarsgård	Won
	Best Horror Actress	Anna Paquin	Nominated
	Best Breakout Performance – Male	Joe Manganiello	Won
	Best Ensemble		Won

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated	[50]
2011	Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series		Won	[51]

Shorty Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2010	Best in Entertainment		Won	[52]

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Choice Summer TV Star: Female	Anna Paquin	Nominated	[53]
	Choice Summer TV Star: Male	Stephen Moyer	Nominated
2010	Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Anna Paquin	Nominated	[54]
	Choice Summer TV Star: Female		Nominated
	Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Ryan Kwanten	Nominated
	Choice Summer TV Star: Male	Stephen Moyer	Nominated
2011	Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Anna Paquin	Nominated	[55]
	Choice Vampire	Alexander Skarsgård	Nominated
2012	Choice Tv Show Sci Fi Fantasy		Nominated

TCA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Outstanding New Program		Won	[56]

Tubey Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best New Show		Won	[57]
	Guiltiest Pleasure Show		Won

TV.com Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Show of the Year (2009)		Won
2010	Best Drama		Nominated
	Best Serious Actor	Denis O'Hare	Nominated
2011	Best Performance of a Non-Human Character	Alexander Skarsgård	Won	[58]
	Sexiest TV Couple	Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer	Won

TV DVD Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best Current Series	Season One	Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2009	Best Screenplay - New Series	Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver & Chris Offutt	Nominated	[59]
2010	Best Writing for Drama Series - Episodic	Nancy Oliver (for "I Will Rise Up")	Nominated	[60]

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