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Black Sails
2014–2017
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 4 seasons
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #200
- IMDb #175
- Rotten Tomatoes #161
- Metacritic #246
- RatingGraph #69
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #249
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #129
- Metacritic Critics #303
- Metacritic Audience #174
- Criticker #78
- Trakt #130
Every rating
59–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 59, highest is RatingGraph on 84.
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Details
- Created by
- Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
- Released
- 25 January 2014
- Country
- South Africa, United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 38 across 4 seasons
- Awards
- 5 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 major awards won · 5 wins from 17 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| 68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2016 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin L. Cook, Susan Cahill, Stefan Henrix, Jeffrey A. Pitts, Tim Tuchrello, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit for "XX." | Winner |
| 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2014 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin L. Cook, Iain Eyre, Susan Cahill, Jeffrey A. Pitts, Tim Tuchrello, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, James Moriana for "I." | Winner |
| 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2014 | Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role | Erik Henry, Paul Graff, George Murphy, Annemarie Griggs, Mitch Claspy, Jeremy Hattingh, Doug Hardy, Nick Hsieh, Steven Messing for "I." | Winner |
| 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2017 | Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Ashley J. Ward, Kevin Rafferty, Paul Dimmer, Yafei Wu, Martin Lipmann, Nicklas Andersson, David Wahlberg for "XXIX." | Nominee |
| 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2017 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin Cook, Stefan Henrix, Mike Szakmeister, Shaughnessy Hare, Tim Tuchrello, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit for "XXXVII." | Nominee |
| 68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2016 | Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Ashley J. Ward, Jeremy Hattingh, Paul Stephenson, Aladino Debert, Greg Teegarden, Olaf Wendt, Yafei Wu for "XX." | Nominee |
| 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2015 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin L. Cook, Stefan Henrix, Susan Cahill, Jeffrey A. Pitts, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit for "XVIII." | Nominee |
| 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2015 | Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Erik Henry, Kevin Rafferty, Paul Stephenson, Annemarie Griggs, Mitch Claspy, Ken Mitchel Jones, Lari Karam, Whitman Lindstrom, Charles Baden for "XVIII." | Nominee |
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66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin L. Cook, Iain Eyre, Susan Cahill, Jeffrey A. Pitts, Tim Tuchrello, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, James Moriana for "I." | Winner |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role | Erik Henry, Paul Graff, George Murphy, Annemarie Griggs, Mitch Claspy, Jeremy Hattingh, Doug Hardy, Nick Hsieh, Steven Messing for "I." | Winner |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Karen Fong, Michelle Dougherty, Alan Williams, Kris Kuksi, Brian Butcher | Nominee |
| Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Bear McCreary | Nominee |
68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin L. Cook, Susan Cahill, Stefan Henrix, Jeffrey A. Pitts, Tim Tuchrello, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit for "XX." | Winner |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Ashley J. Ward, Jeremy Hattingh, Paul Stephenson, Aladino Debert, Greg Teegarden, Olaf Wendt, Yafei Wu for "XX." | Nominee |
67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin L. Cook, Stefan Henrix, Susan Cahill, Jeffrey A. Pitts, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit for "XVIII." | Nominee |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Erik Henry, Kevin Rafferty, Paul Stephenson, Annemarie Griggs, Mitch Claspy, Ken Mitchel Jones, Lari Karam, Whitman Lindstrom, Charles Baden for "XVIII." | Nominee |
69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Benjamin Cook, Stefan Henrix, Mike Szakmeister, Shaughnessy Hare, Tim Tuchrello, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit for "XXXVII." | Nominee |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Ashley J. Ward, Kevin Rafferty, Paul Dimmer, Yafei Wu, Martin Lipmann, Nicklas Andersson, David Wahlberg for "XXIX." | Nominee |
15th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Aladino Debert, Yafei Wu, Paul Stephenson for "XX." | Winner |
| Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode | Michael Melchiorre, Kevin Bouchez, Heather Hoyland, John Brennick for "XX." (Sailing Ships) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Thomas Montminy-Brodeur, Deak Ferrand, Pierre Rousseau, Mathieu Lapierre for "XXVIII." (Maroon Island) | Nominee |
16th Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Erik Henry, Terron Pratt, Yafei Wu, David Wahlberg, Paul Dimmer for "XXIX" | Winner |
14th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Aladino Debert, Matt Dougan, Greg Teegarden, Ken Jones for Charles Town Harbor | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Erik Henry, Annemarie Griggs, Kevin Rafferty, Aladino Debert, Paul Stephenson for "XVIII" | Nominee |
13th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program | Erik Henry, Annemarie Griggs, Paul Graff, George Murphy for "I." | Nominee |