title: Traffic (miniseries)
text: # Traffic (miniseries)
  
  Traffic: The Miniseries is a 2004 three-part feature on the United States cable channel USA Network, featuring an ensemble cast portraying the complex world of drugs, their distribution, the associated violence, and the wide variety of people whose lives are touched by it all.
  
  ## Production
  
  The miniseries was inspired by the 1989 Channel 4 UK television miniseries Traffik and the 2000 motion picture Traffic directed by Steven Soderbergh.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The American version was nominated for three Emmy Awards.
  
  | Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2004 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Miniseries | Ron Hutchinson (executive producer) Colin Cotter (executive producer) Graham King (executive producer) Stephen Hopkins (producer) Jay Benson (produced by) | Nominated |
  | 2004 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Mary Jo Slater (casting by) Steve Brooksbank (casting by) Stuart Aikins (casting by) | Nominated |
  | 2004 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Kevin Patrick Burns (re-recording mixer) Marc Fishman (re-recording mixer) Tony Lamberti (re-recording mixer) Eric Batut (production sound mixer) | Nominated |
  | 2004 | Casting Society of America | Best Casting for TV Miniseries | Mary Jo Slater (casting by) Steve Brooksbank (casting by) Stuart Aikins (casting by) | Won |
  | 2004 | Gold Derby Awards | TV Miniseries | | Nominated |
  | 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Best Miniseries | | Nominated |
  | 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | | Nominated |
  | 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Eric Bross Stephen Hopkins | Nominated |
  | 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Ron Hutchinson | Nominated |
  | 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Best Editing in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | | Nominated |
  | 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Best Sound in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | | Nominated |
  | 2005 | Prism Award | TV Movie or Miniseries | | Nominated |
  | 2005 | Prism Award | Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Mary McCormack | Nominated |
  | 2005 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Balthazar Getty | Nominated |
  