Editing Dark Angel (American TV series) (section)

==Reception and legacy==
Initial reaction to the series and Max's character was mostly positive, with favorable reviews in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.{{sfn|Garcia|2012|page=59}} Hal Boedeker of the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' said: "Television's newest warrior woman possesses skills worthy of [[Catwoman]], [[Xena]], [[Emma Peel]], and [[Wonder Woman]]."<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716200807/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-10-03/lifestyle/0010030012_1_max-logan-cale-alba |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/10/03/dazzling-dark-angel/ |title=Dazzling 'Dark Angel' |last=Boedecker |first=Hal |date=October 3, 2000 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2015}}</ref> [[Howard Rosenberg]] said: "If pouty faces and sexy walks could destroy, the highly arresting Max would be wiping out the entire planet."{{sfn|Garcia|2012|page=59}} However [[Joyce Millman]] said Max was "little more than lips and ass" and considered the series to be an expensive [[Britney Spears]] music video.{{sfn|Garcia|2012|page=59}} ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' ran a negative review of the Pilot episode in October 2000,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926020359/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20132479%2C00.html |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20132479,00.html |title=Picks and Pans Main: Tube |date=October 9, 2000 |work=People |access-date=July 15, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> though in December they listed Alba's portrayal of Max as among the "breakthrough" performances of 2000.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923192256/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20133326%2C00.html |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20133326,00.html |title=Breakthroughs 2000 |date=December 25, 2000 |work=People |access-date=July 15, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The first episode was behind only ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' as the most watched new show of the week, albeit in a week with fewer new shows because of the presidential debate coverage. Fox chose to debut ''Dark Angel'' instead of airing the [[United States presidential election debates, 2000#First Presidential Debate — October 3|first presidential debate]], a move which TV analyst Marc Berman praised, saying: "The people who watch the debates aren't the people who'll tune into ''Dark Angel'' anyway", though he predicted that the premiere's high ratings would not hold up as the show competed against more varied competition in subsequent weeks.<ref name=sandra>{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626160150/http://www.ew.com/article/2000/10/03/dark-angel-could-trounce-wbs-angel-first |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/10/03/dark-angel-could-trounce-wbs-angel-first |title=''Dark Angel'' could trounce WB's ''Angel'' – at first |last=Angulo |first=Sandra P |date=October 3, 2000 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 20, 2015}}</ref> It was the tenth most popular show overall that week, attracting 17.4 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017133004/http://www.eonline.com/news/40578/premiere-week-ratings-everybody-loves-cbs |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/40578/premiere-week-ratings-everybody-loves-cbs |title=Premiere Week Ratings: Everybody Loves CBS? |last=Armstrong |first=Mark |date=October 10, 2000 |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=June 20, 2015}}</ref> The first season averaged 10.4 million viewers per episode, ranking number 59 for the 2000–01 season.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/06/01/bitter-end/ |title=The Bitter End |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 1, 2001 |access-date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> Cameron said he did not know if the broadcast time change for the second season would have a positive or negative effect on the show's ratings, though R. D. Heldenfels of the ''[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun Journal]]'' noted the [[Friday night death slot|poor ratings of Friday night television]], especially the low viewing rates among 18 to 24-year-olds, the age-group that ''Dark Angel'' was most popular with.<ref name=heldenfels/> The new time slot saw a ratings drop; for the second season ''Dark Angel'' averaged 6 million viewers, ranking number 114 for the 2001–02 season in the [[Nielsen ratings]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015225616/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2002/2002-05-28-year-end-chart.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2002/2002-05-28-year-end-chart.htm |work=USA Today |title=How did your favorite show rate? |date=May 28, 2002 |access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref>

Commenting on the release of the second season, Cynthia Fuchs of ''[[PopMatters]]'' said the first season of ''Dark Angel'' was one of the "few straight-up successes, a ratings hit among the coveted 'youth' demographic." She praised the series but clarified: "I'm not getting carried away: Jim Cameron is not going to be making revolutionary art anytime soon."<ref name=fuchs>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010041433/http://www.popmatters.com/review/dark-angel2/ |archive-date=October 10, 2015 |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/dark-angel2/ |title=Dark Angel |last=Fuchs |first=Cynthia |work=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> Michael Sauter of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the first season a B+ and spoke highly of Alba, saying that "for a while [she was] TV's hottest kick-butt heroine".<ref>{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717020500/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/05/23/dark-angel-complete-first-season |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2003/05/23/dark-angel-complete-first-season |title=Dark Angel: The Complete First Season |last=Sauter |first=Michael |date=May 23, 2003 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> Elka Karl of [[Common Sense Media]] gave the entire series 3 out of 5 stars, saying: "While the dialogue sometimes falls flat, overall the show is well-scripted and well acted, and Alba does an excellent job of carrying the series. Dark Angel isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it is compelling television that teen sci-fi fans will enjoy."<ref name=elka/> While praising the first season, Randy Dankievitch of ''[[TVOvermind]]'' labelled the second season "silly", criticizing "dumb stories" like Max's dream episode "Boo", the virus that prevents Logan and Max having physical contact, and the various half-animal Manticore experiments that are revealed.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716164256/http://www.tvovermind.com/dark-angel/dark-angels-first-season-better-second-244891 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |url=http://www.tvovermind.com/dark-angel/dark-angels-first-season-better-second-244891 |title=Why Dark Angel's First Season Is Better Than Its Second |last=Dankievitch |first=Randy |date=November 21, 2014 |work=[[TVOvermind]] |access-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref>

Writing in his book ''The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television'', John Kenneth Muir said it was necessary for Cameron to set ''Dark Angel'' in the future because the prosperity of the U.S. in 2000 "offered little possibility for crime, squalor and other societal problems". While criticizing certain plot elements in the second season as contributing to the show's downfall, Muir said that larger factors in ratings dropping were the [[September 11 attacks]], the [[Enron scandal]], and the depletion of the U.S. government's surplus, which changed ''Dark Angel's'' "futuristic vision of recession in a Third-World America" from an interesting, far-fetched premise to a "depressing reminder that things could still get worse".{{sfn|Muir|2008|page=246}}

In 2004, Max was ranked number 17 on ''[[TV Guide]]''{{'}}s list of the 25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends,<ref>{{cite journal |date=August 1, 2004 |title=25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends |journal=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref> and in 2012, Dave Golder of [[GamesRadar]] ranked her number 49 on his list of the 100 sexiest women in sci-fi.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017135649/http://www.gamesradar.com/top-200-sexiest-characters-in-sci-fi/ |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/top-200-sexiest-characters-in-sci-fi/ |title=Top 200 Sexiest Characters In Sci-Fi |last=Golder |first=Dave |date=March 27, 2012 |work=[[GamesRadar]] |access-date=October 11, 2015}}</ref>  In 2009, [[AfterEllen]] ranked Original Cindy number 6 on their list of the Top 11 Lesbian/[[Bisexuality|Bi]] Sidekicks.<ref name=ellen>{{cite news|url=http://www.afterellen.com/tv/53859-top-11-lesbianbi-sidekicks/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922050201/http://www.afterellen.com/tv/53859-top-11-lesbianbi-sidekicks/2 |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |title=Top 11 Lesbian/Bi Sidekicks |last=Hogan |first=Heather |date=July 9, 2009 |work=[[After Ellen]] |access-date=July 16, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> In 2015, Kayti Burt of ''[[Den of Geek]]'' included ''Dark Angel'' at the top of her list of "10 Sci-Fi Shows That Don't Get Enough Love".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/sci-fi-shows/245781/10-sci-fi-shows-that-dont-get-enough-love |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161019115325/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/sci-fi-shows/245781/10-sci-fi-shows-that-dont-get-enough-love |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |url-status=live |title=10 Sci-Fi Shows That Don't Get Enough Love |last=Burt |first=Kayti |work=Den of Geek |date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=October 19, 2016  }}</ref> In 2016, it was recognized that ''Dark Angel'' was the first American television series to feature an openly transgender actress playing a transgender character. In the season one episode "Out", transgender actress Jessica Crockett portrayed "Louise", a young woman on a date with Normal.<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |last1=Cailletet |first1=Marie |title="Trans, c'est mon genre", un nouveau documentaire manifeste d'Eric Guéret |trans-title="Trans, that's my gender", a new documentary film manifesto by Eric Guéret |url=http://television.telerama.fr/television/trans-c-est-mon-genre-un-nouveau-documentaire-manifeste-d-eric-gueret,149127.php |date=November 1, 2016 |editor-first=Emmanuelle |editor-last=Delapierre-Coulonnier |work=[[Télérama]] |location=Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104000707/http://television.telerama.fr/television/trans-c-est-mon-genre-un-nouveau-documentaire-manifeste-d-eric-gueret%2C149127.php |archive-date=November 4, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=June 28, 2017 |quote=It wasn't until 2001 and the James Cameron series ''Dark Angel'' that a trans actress, Jessica Crockett, was cast in the role of a transgender character. ''Il a fallu attendre 2001 et la série de James Cameron Dark Angel pour voir une actrice trans, Jessica Crockett, incarner une transgenre.''  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=fr |last1=Martin |first1=Charles |title=Ces personnages transgenres qui ont marqué le petit écran |trans-title=The transgender characters who have left their mark on the small screen |url=http://www.premiere.fr/Series/News-Series/Ces-personnages-transgenres-qui-ont-marque-le-petit-ecran |date=March 6, 2017 |editor=Réginald De Guillebon |work=[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]] |location=Paris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307022713/http://www.premiere.fr/Series/News-Series/Ces-personnages-transgenres-qui-ont-marque-le-petit-ecran |archive-date=March 7, 2017 |access-date=June 28, 2017 |url-status=live |quote=Small revolution on American TV: in this season 1 episode, actress Jessica Crockett is the first transgender actress to play a trans role on the small screen. She plays Louise, a young woman who has a date with Normal. ''Petite révolution à la télé US : dans cet épisode de la saison 1, l'actrice Jessica Crockett est la première actrice transgenre à jouer un personnage "trans" sur le petit écran. Elle incarne Louise, une jeune femme avec qui Normal a un rencard.'' }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc57.2016/-Feder-JuhaszTransActivism/index.html |title=Does visibility equal progress? A conversation on trans activist media |last1=Feder |first1=Sam |last2=Juhasz |first2=Alexandra |date=2016 |work=[[Jump Cut (journal)|Jump Cut]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180824015809/https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc57.2016/-Feder-JuhaszTransActivism/index.html |archive-date=August 24, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2018  }}</ref>

The 2007 film ''[[Hitman (2007 film)|Hitman]]'' re-used footage of Max and other Manticore children in training from ''Dark Angel''. It was used to portray the Hitman protagonist [[Agent 47]], a cloned assassin who, like the Manticore children, has a barcode on the back of his head.<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010211841/http://www.pcgamer.com/saturday-crapshoot-hitman-the-movie/ | archive-date=October 10, 2014 | url-status=live | url=http://www.pcgamer.com/saturday-crapshoot-hitman-the-movie/ | title=Saturday Crapshoot: Hitman: The Movie | last=Cobbett | first=Richard | date=July 21, 2012 | work=[[PC Gamer]] | access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>

===Accolades===
In its first season ''Dark Angel'' won the Favorite Television New Dramatic Series award at the [[27th People's Choice Awards]],<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016070612/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2001 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2001 |title=2001 Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[People's Choice Awards]] |access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> and was nominated for Best Television by the [[International Horror Guild Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815132224/http://horroraward.org/prevrec.html |archive-date=August 15, 2015 |url=http://www.horroraward.org/prevrec.html#2001 |title=IHG Award Recipients |publisher=[[International Horror Guild Award]] |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> The production team was nominated for the Excellence in Production Design Award by the [[Art Directors Guild]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908073301/http://www.adg.org/?art=2001_award |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url=http://www.adg.org/?art=2001_award |title=6th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards |publisher=[[Art Directors Guild]] |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> Editor Stephen Mark won Best Edited Motion Picture for Commercial Television at the [[American Cinema Editors#Eddie Award|Eddie Awards]] for the pilot episode,<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626153917/http://variety.com/2001/film/news/noon-aces-with-editors-1117792100/ |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/noon-aces-with-editors-1117792100/ |title='Noon' ACEs with editors |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=January 16, 2001 |work=Variety |access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27%27Gladiator%27%27+and+%27%27Almost+Famous%27%27+Take+Top+Film+Honors+at+the+51st...-a070873746 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914003107/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27%27Gladiator%27%27+and+%27%27Almost+Famous%27%27+Take+Top+Film+Honors+at+the+51st...-a070873746 |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |title=''Gladiator'' and ''Almost Famous'' Take Top Film Honors at the 51st Annual ACE Eddie Awards; Robert Zemeckis Honored As Filmmaker of The Year. |work=[[Business Wire]] |publisher=[[The Free Library]] |access-date=June 23, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and the pilot was also nominated for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects|Outstanding Special Visual Effects]] for the [[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626123210/http://www.emmys.com/shows/dark-angel |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/dark-angel#awards |title=Dark Angel |publisher=Emmy Award |access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> and "Best Visual Effects: Dramatic Series" by the [[Leo Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626134223/http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2001.pdf |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2001.pdf |title=2001 Leo Awards Nominees & Winners |publisher=[[Leo Awards]] |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> ''Dark Angel'' was nominated for the 2001 [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Dialogue/ADR|Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing – Television Movies and Specials – Dialogue & ADR]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mpse.org/awards/noms_tv48.html |title=Television Nominations (Final corrected list) |work=[[Motion Picture Sound Editors]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030510125453/http://www.mpse.org/awards/noms_tv48.html |archive-date=10 May 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and for Choice Drama at the [[2001 Teen Choice Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Surf's up! |magazine=[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]] |volume=60 |issue=7 |date=July 2001 |pages=131–132 |id={{ProQuest|1870597993}}}}</ref>

Jessica Alba won Best Actress on Television at the [[27th Saturn Awards]], Breakout Star of the Year at the [[TV Guide Award]]s,<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120116/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=108291 |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=108291 |title=Alba Worth It to L'Oreal |date=March 14, 2001 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> Outstanding Actress in a New Television Series at the [[ALMA Award]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://almaawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2001-NCLR-ALMA-AWARDS-NOMINEES.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022528/http://almaawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2001-NCLR-ALMA-AWARDS-NOMINEES.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=2001 NCLR ALMA Awards |publisher=[[ALMA Award]] |access-date=June 23, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://almaawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2001-NCLR-ALMA-AWARDS-RECIPIENTS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031651/http://almaawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2001-NCLR-ALMA-AWARDS-RECIPIENTS.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=2001 NCLR ALMA Awards |publisher=[[ALMA Award]] |access-date=June 23, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and Choice Actress at the 2001 Teen Choice Awards.<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626162508/http://www.hollywood.com/general/2001-teen-choice-awards-57162725/ |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/2001-teen-choice-awards-57162725/ |title=2001 Teen Choice Awards |date=August 12, 2001 |work=[[Hollywood.com]] |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> She also received nominations for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress – Television Series Drama]] for the [[58th Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111705 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161011124638/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111705 |archive-date=October 11, 2016 |title=NBC Tops TV Golden Globe Noms |date=December 21, 2000 |work=ABC News |access-date=June 25, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Leading Young Actress for the [[22nd Young Artist Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928181449/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2014 |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm |title=Twenty-Second Annual Young Artist Awards 1999–2000 |publisher=[[Young Artist Awards]] |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref>

''Dark Angel'' was nominated for fewer awards in its second season. It was nominated for Choice Drama/Action Adventure for the [[2002 Teen Choice Awards]], where Alba was also nominated for Choice Actress, Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/2002-teen-choice-awards/article/2803593/?page=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141027171848/http://newsok.com/2002-teen-choice-awards/article/2803593 |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |title=2002 Teen Choice Awards |date=August 18, 2002 |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |access-date=June 25, 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Alba was also nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Television Series for the ALMA Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://almaawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2002-NCLR-ALMA-AWARDS-NOMINEES.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222939/http://almaawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2002-NCLR-ALMA-AWARDS-NOMINEES.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=2002 NCLR ALMA Awards |publisher=[[Alma Award]] |access-date=June 25, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> At the Leo Awards the episode "Boo" received a nomination for Best Visual Effects: Dramatic Series, and David Geddes won Best Cinematography: Dramatic Series for the episode "Two".<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626113134/http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2002.pdf |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2002.pdf |title=2002 Leo Awards Nominees & Winners |publisher=[[Leo Awards]] |access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Event
! Award
! Nominee
! Result
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[27th Saturn Awards]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television|Best Actress on Television]]
|Jessica Alba
| {{won}}
|-
|[[58th Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]
|Jessica Alba
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=14|2001
|[[22nd Young Artist Awards]]
|Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Leading Young Actress
|Jessica Alba
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[27th People's Choice Awards]]
|Favorite Television New Dramatic Series
|''Dark Angel''
| {{won}}
|-
|[[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects|Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series]] (for Pilot episode)
|Special effects team
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2001 Teen Choice Awards]]
|TV – Choice Actress
|Jessica Alba
| {{won}}
|-
|TV – Choice Actor
|Michael Weatherly 
|{{nom}}
|-
|TV – Choice Drama
|''Dark Angel''
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[ALMA Award]]
|Outstanding Actress in a New Television Series
|Jessica Alba
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Art Directors Guild]]
|Excellence in Production Design Award
|Production team
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[American Cinema Editors#Eddie Awards|Eddie Award]]
|Best Edited Motion Picture for Commercial Television (for Pilot episode)
|Stephen Mark
| {{won}}
|-
|[[International Horror Guild Award]]
|Best Television
|''Dark Angel''
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Leo Awards]]
|Best Visual Effects: Dramatic Series (for Pilot episode)
|Visual effects team
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[TV Guide Award]]
|Breakout Star of the Year
|Jessica Alba
| {{won}}
|-
|Actress of the Year in a New Series
|Jessica Alba
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Award]]
|[[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Dialogue/ADR|Best Sound Editing – Television Movies and Specials – Dialogue & ADR]]
|Sound team
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=8|2002
|rowspan=3|[[28th Saturn Awards]]
|Best Network Television Series
|''Dark Angel''
| {{nom}}
|-
|Best Actress in a Television Series
|Jessica Alba
| {{nom}}
|-
|Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series
|Michael Weatherly
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2002 Teen Choice Awards]]
|TV – Choice Drama/Action Adventure
|''Dark Angel''
| {{nom}}
|-
|TV – Choice Actress, Drama
|Jessica Alba
| {{nom}}
|-
|ALMA Award
|Outstanding Actress in a Television Series
|Jessica Alba
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Leo Awards
|Best Visual Effects: Dramatic Series (for episode "Boo")
|Visual effects Team
| {{nom}}
|-
|Best Cinematography: Dramatic Series (for episode "Two")
|David Geddes
| {{won}}
|}