Three days into shooting its new season, and the CBS crime drama "Hawaii Five-0" is already having a week to remember. Thursday the series was nominated for two Emmy Awards, one for stunts and the other for visual effects.
Jeff Cadiente, the show’s stunt coordinator, was nominated for a body of work, and a nine-person team led by John Hartigan, the "Five-0" special-effects coordinator, was nominated for outstanding visual effects in a supporting role.
This is Cadiente’s third nomination for work on "Five-0." He was nominated in 2011 and 2012.
Hartigan’s team worked on an episode that was special to the cast and crew: a look at the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese citizens that followed.
An explosive scene was shot on Ford Island, and a World War II internment camp re-created in a Wahiawa field was accurate down to the dimensions of the guard tower.
Executive producer Peter Lenkov said he was ecstatic with the Emmy recognition.
"I’m going to throw out all humility and say we deserve the noms," he said. "We have the best crew working in TV, so it’s no surprise the voters recognize that, too."
Actor Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Chin Ho Kelly on the show, also heaped praise on the production team.
"The Emmys don’t often nominate crime procedurals like ours for awards, so it’s an honor and a big thrill, especially since the nomination is for the episode that dealt with the Japanese internment, a subject that means a great deal to me," he said in a text. "Those who follow me on social media though, already know I’ve been advocating award recognition for our stunt team for a while. I don’t think there’s another show on TV that does bigger stunts week in and week out than ‘Hawaii Five-0.’"
The competition is fierce in both categories. The stunt category includes "The Blacklist," "Grimm" and "Revolution" from NBC and "Game of Thrones" and "True Blood" from HBO.
The visual-effects category includes "Almost Human" and "Cosmos" from Fox, "Black Sails" and "Da Vinci’s Demons" from Starz, "Mob City" from TNT, "Vikings" from the History Channel and "The Walking Dead" from AMC.
Winners will be announced Aug. 25 on NBC.
