Ed Asner awards
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical - TV (nominee)
- Lou Grant [TV Series]
- 1980
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical - TV (nominee)
- Lou Grant [TV Series]
- 1981
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical - TV (winner)
- Lou Grant [TV Series]
- 1979
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical - TV (nominee)
- Lou Grant [TV Series]
- 1978
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical - TV (winner)
- Lou Grant [TV Series]
- 1977
- Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Pictu (winner)
- Rich Man, Poor Man
- 1976
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Teleivison Series - TV (winner)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show [TV Series]
- 1971
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Teleivison Series - TV (nominee)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show [TV Series]
- 1972
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Teleivison Series - TV (nominee)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show [TV Series]
- 1973
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - TV (nominee)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show [TV Series]
- 1974
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Teleivison Series - TV (winner)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show [TV Series]
- 1975
Screen Actors Guild
- Lifetime Achievement Award (winner)
- 2001
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (nominee)
- The Christmas Card
- 2007
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (nominee)
- CSI: NY [TV Series]
- 2009



