The 'Most Outstanding' categories are voted on by a jury comprising members of the Australian TV industry and are thus industry awards.

Simon and Pelcanos collaborated to write the episode "Middle Ground" which received the show's first Emmy nomination, in the category Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

Simon and Burns collaborated to write the series finale "-30-" which received the show's second Emmy nomination, again in the category Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

On September 18, 2011 Scorsese won in the category Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, for his work on the series premiere of Boardwalk Empire.

Simon and Pelecanos' collaboration on "Middle Ground" received the show's first Emmy Award nomination, in the category Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

Diego has been nominated for seven Daytime Emmy awards, in the category Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series, for his work on Sesame Street.

The episode was also given up for consideration in the category Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on behalf of director Greg Yaitanes.

The spot was nominated in the Outstanding Commercial category for the 2004 Creative Arts Emmys.

Sean Whitesell submitted the episode on his behalf in the category Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.

Empaneled artist of the ICCR under Outstanding and senior category since 1995.