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Kung Fu
2021–2023
· TV Show
· 3 seasons
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A young Chinese American woman, Nicky Shen, leaves college and makes a life-changing journey to a Shaolin monastery in China. She returns to her hometown and uses her martial arts skills to fight crime and corruption.
Details
- Created by
- Christina M. Kim
- Released
- 7 April 2021
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 39 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 5 wins, 12 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →4 major awards won · 5 wins from 17 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Primetime Emmy Award 1973 | Best Director – Drama Series | Jerry Thorpe, episode "An Eye for an Eye". | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 1973 | Best Cinematography – One Hour Drama | Jack Woolf, episode "An Eye for an Eye". | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Award 1973 | Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama | Herman Miller, episode "King of the Mountain" | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 1972 | Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) | Frank Westmore, for ABC Movie of the Week (pilot) | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 1975 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Lew Ayres, Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Television Film | Kung Fu: Pilot Television Movie | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | David Carradine, Best Television Actor – Drama Series | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Award 1973 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | David Carradine, Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series – Continuing) | Nominee |
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Primetime Emmy Award
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography – One Hour Drama | Jack Woolf, episode "An Eye for an Eye". | Winner |
| Best Director – Drama Series | Jerry Thorpe, episode "An Eye for an Eye". | Winner |
| Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) | Frank Westmore, for ABC Movie of the Week (pilot) | Winner |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Jerry Thorpe, Outstanding Drama Series – Continuing | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | David Carradine, Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series – Continuing) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) | Frank Westmore, Outstanding Achievement in Makeup | Nominee |
| Outstanding New Series | Jerry Thorpe, Outstanding New Series | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Lew Ayres, Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama | Herman Miller, episode "King of the Mountain" | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | David Carradine, Best Television Actor – Drama Series | Nominee |
| Best Television Film | Kung Fu: Pilot Television Movie | Nominee |
Teleprograma magazine, Spain
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | David Carradine, Mejor Actor Extranjero | Winner |
| Best Foreign Series | Kung Fu, Mejor Serie Extranjera | Nominee |
| Most Popular Character | Kung Fu ( David Carradine ), Personaje más popular | Nominee |
Troféu Imprensa, Brasil
2 nominations
| Best Series | Melhor Série | Nominee |
| Best Television Program | Melhor Programa de TV | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination
| Best Edited Drama Series for Commercial Television | Joseph Dervin, Best Edited Episode for a Television Series | Nominee |