Homicide: Life on the Streets

I just finished watching the DVDs of Homicide: Life on the Streets, Seasons 1&2. It's pretty crazy how many awards the people associated with this show win or get nominated for. There is of course the regular cast, which for these two seasons included Andre Braugher (4 Emmy nom (1 win), 1 Golden Globe (GG) nomination), Ned Beatty (1 Oscar win (Best Supporting Actor in Network, 2 Emmy noms, 1 GG nom), Yaphet Kotto (1 Emmy nom), and Clark Johnson (1 Emmy nomination for directing the pilot of The Sheild). And the creator Paul Attanasio got Oscar nominations for his screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco. And executive producer Barry Levinson has 6 Oscar nominations (1 win), 5 Emmy noms (4 wins), and 3 GG noms. And writer/executive producer Tom Fontana has received an absurd 17 Emmy nominations (only 3 wins though) in addition to creating the Fontanaverse. I knew about all these. However, what surprised me was how every episode had an actor who was nominated for something in it:

Season One, Episode:

1. Small role for Stephen Harris, later to get two Supporting Actor Emmy nominations for The Practice
   
2. Stretching it with Matthew Cowles, who had received two Daytime Emmy nominations.
   
3. While the guests are not highly nominated, Tom Fontana and Frank Pugliese won a Writers' Guilde Award for writing this episode.
   
4. Guest Stars Edie Falco (5 Emmy noms, 3 wins) and Luis Guzman (sadly no individual nominations.)
   
5. More Edie Falco, plus a Daytime Emmy nominee Jennifer Harmon and it was directed by 9-time Emmy nominee Bruce Paltrow
   
6. The only guest star in this episode, which takes place almost entirely in a single room, was Moses Gunn, who received an Emmy nomination for his role in Roots. One of Tom Fontana's 3 Emmy wins was for writing this episode.
   
7. No outstanding award winners here, but quality regular Zeljko Ivanek is in it, as is guest star Ling Bai, who has received a couple nominations for her interesting Chinese film Dumblings.
   
8. More Edie Falco, plus Michael Constantine (2 Emmy nom, 1 win) and Lisa Gay Hamilton.
   
9. The bartender is played by John Waters.
   

Season Two, Episodes:

1. Guest star Wilford Brimley
   
2. Guest star Julianna Marguilles has 6 Emmy noms (1 win) and 6 GG noms.
   
3. More Julinna Marguilles
   
4. Guest star Robin Williams received an Emmy nominated for this role (He has 5 others (1 win), 4 Oscar noms (1 win), and 10 GG noms (4 wins) plus 2 special Golden Globe awards). Also guest starring as the Williams' character's son is a 14-year-old Jake Gyllanhaal (1 Oscar nomination) whose father Stephen (1 Emmy nom) directed the episode. Also guest starred Al Freeman, Jr., who has 2 Emmy noms and 3 Daytime Emmy noms.
   

It is understandable why this show, which debuted after the Super Bowl, was cancelled four episodes into the second season. Good thing it came back for 5 full seasons.