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The Emmy Awards

During Hawaii Five-O’s 12-year run, it was nomintated a number of times for the coveted golden statuette, but won only once for music composition for a single episode.

The jazzy beat of the music of Morton Stevens brought him a nomination in 1969 for outstanding musical composition. 1973 was the year the show recieved its only nomination for outstanding drama series, five years after the series debut. Cinematography and music were the catagories that garnered the most nominations for the series. 

1974 was the year where the music of Hawaii Five-O dominated the music catagory where  Stevens was again nominated for his music, this time for the episode ‘Hookman.’  His fellow nominees were also recognized for their compositions for the show, hence the show competed against itself, Stevens won. This was to be the only Emmy the show ever won.  Listed below are all the years the show was nominated and for which catagory.

In the 1978 broadcast Jack Lord made a rare appearance on stage and presented the award for Lead Actress in a Limited Series.  Meryl Streep won forher role in “Holocaust” but was not in attendance to accept the award herself.

(The Hawaii Five-O nominations are in italics and the winner is in bold.)

1969

Outstanding Cinematography

19th Summer Olympic Games Special Reports - Robert Riger
Hawaii Five-O - "Up-Tight" - Frank Phillips
Here's Peggy Fleming - George Folsey
Land of the Giants - "The Crash" - Howard Schwartz

Outstanding Musical Composition

Hawaii Five-O - Morton Stevens
Heidi - John T. Williams
Hemingway's Spain A Love Affair - Jacques Belasco
Mission: Impossible - "The Heir Apparent" - Lalo Schifrin
The Outcasts - "Take Your Lover in the Ring" - Hugo Montenegro

1970

Outstanding Musical Composition

Apollo: Journey to the Moon - Jacques Belasco
Charlie, The Lonesome Cougar - Franklyn Marks
Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls with 50 Girls, Count'em 50 - Van Alexander
Hawaii Five-O - "A Thousand Pardons, You're Dead" - Morton Stevens
The Bill Cosby Show - Quincy Jones
The Challengers - Pete Rugolo

1971

Outstanding Film Editing

Hawaii Five-O - "Over 50? Steal"
The Bold Ones - The Senator - "A Continual Roar of Musketry"
The Bold Ones - The Senator - "To Taste of Death But Once

Outstanding Directing - Drama

James Goldstone - A Clear and Present Danger
Peter Wood - "Hamlet" - Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bob Sweeney - "Over 50?  Steal" - Hawaii Five-O
Daryl Duke - "The Day the Lion Died" - The Bold Ones - The Senator
Fielder Cook - "The Price" - Hallmark Hall of Fame
Joseph Sargent - Tribes

1972

Outstanding Cinematography

Arne - "The Only Way to Go" - Charles Clarke
Brian's Song - Joseph Biroc
Columbo - "Blue Print for Murder" - Lloyd Ahern
Duel - Jack Marta
Hawaii Five-O - Robert Morrison
The Snow Goose - Ray Henman

1973

Outstanding Drama Series

Cannon
Columbo
Hawaii Five-O
Kung Fu
Mannix
The Waltons

1974

Best Cinematography

Columbo - "Any Old Port in a Storm" - Harry Wolf
Hawaii Five-O - Robert Morrison, Jack Whitman, Bill Huffman
It's Good to be Alive - Ted Voigtlander
Kojak - Gerald Perry Finnerman
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John - Walter Strenge
The Man Without a Country - Andrew Laszlo
The Migrants - Richard Kratina
Trapped - Fred Mandl

Best Music Composition - Series

Hawaii Five-O - "Hookman" - Morton Stevens
Hawaii Five-O - "Nightmare in Blue" - Don B. Ray
Hawaii Five-O - "The $100,000 Nickel" - Bruce Broughton

1976

Outstanding Actress
Single Performance Drama or Comedy Series

Helen Hayes - "Retire in Sunny Hawaii...Forever" - Hawaii Five-O
Sheree North - "How Do You Know What Hurts Most" - Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pamela Payton-Wright - "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" - The Adams Chronicles
Martha Raye - "Greed" - McMillan and Wife
Kathryn Walker - "John Adams, Lawyer" - The Adams Chronicles