List of awards and nominations received by Dexter (TV series)
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Dexter is an American drama series that has aired on Showtime since October 1, 2006. It has been nominated for a variety of awards, including eleven Primetime Emmy Awards (four wins), seven Golden Globe Awards (two wins), seven Screen Actors Guild Awards (one win), twelve Satellite Awards (seven wins), thirteen Saturn Awards (five wins), two PGA Awards, two TCA Awards (one win), five WGA Awards, a Peabody Award, and it was selected twice by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten best television programs of the year.
Michael C. Hall, who portrays the title character, is the most-nominated cast member, with twenty-seven nominations; Jennifer Carpenter is second, with seven nominations. Besides the show's cast members, the writers and producers of the show have also been nominated for various awards; writer, producer and showrunner Clyde Phillips has gained six nominations for his work on the show. As of February 2012, Dexter has been nominated for over 100 awards and has won 35.
The Emmy Awards have been awarded annually since 1949 by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to honor excellence in television; they are considered to be the television equivalent to the Academy Awards.Dexter has been nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards, which are awarded to honor excellence in acting and writing in primetime television, as well as Creative Arts Emmys, which are presented in recognition of technical and other related areas in American television programming. In 2007, Dexter received three Emmy Award nominations, all of which were Creative Arts Emmys. The show won two, one for editing and another for the show's opening titles. The following year, the show received five nominations, including nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Michael C. Hall). However, the show failed to win any awards that year, losing the award for Outstanding Drama Series to Mad Men and the award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series to Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad.
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