Awards
Picket Fences won fourteen Emmy Awards (including "Best Dramatic Series" twice) and one Golden Globe in its four-year run. A substantial following for the show persists today, and it is popular as reruns in western Europe, especially in France, Germany, and Denmark. It was rerun in French in Canada on Radio-Canada under the title Bienvenue à Rome, USA. It is currently airing in the UK on The Hallmark Channel.
In 1997, the episode "Heart of Saturday Night" was ranked #96 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
In 2002, the character of Douglas Wambaugh was ranked 47th on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Characters of All Time list.
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