In the wake of allegations in 1987 over alleged plagiarism for her history book "The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga" (1987), source author Doris Kearns Goodwin resigned from the board of the Pulitzer Prize judges board on 31st May 2002. Goodwin had been a member of the board since 1999. The resignation followed a probe since January 2002 of possible plagiarism in other books of hers. She acknowledged she had long before made cash payment to author Lynne McTaggart to settle a dispute over charges that Goodwin had plagiarized from her book, "Kathleen Kennedy".
This mini-series TV production won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
This TV mini-series was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards including Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for Annette O'Toole and of the three nominations won one Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for Charles Durning.
This TV mini-series was nominated for Eight Emmy Awards including Outstanding Miniseries but won just the one Emmy for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special for Costume Designer Shelley Komarov for Part I.
The production won the Artios Award for Best Casting for a TV Miniseries for Casting Director Pam Dixon awarded by the Casting Society of America.
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