Fallout (American TV series)

Fallout
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Genre	Action Drama Post-apocalyptic Sci-fi Western[1][2][3]
Created by	Graham Wagner Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Based on	Fallout by Bethesda Softworks[a]
Showrunners	Graham Wagner Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Starring	Ella Purnell Aaron Moten Kyle MacLachlan Moisés Arias Xelia Mendes-Jones Walton Goggins
Composer	Ramin Djawadi[b]
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Jonathan Nolan Lisa Joy Geneva Robertson-Dworet Graham Wagner Athena Wickham Todd Howard James Altman Margot Lulick James W. Skotchdopole
Producers	Crystal Whelan Halle Phillips Gursimran Sandhu Jake Bender Zach Dunn
Cinematography	Stuart Dryburgh Teodoro Maniaci
Editor	Ali Comperchio
Running time	45–74 minutes
Production companies	Kilter Films Big Indie Pictures Bethesda Game Studios Amazon MGM Studios
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10) – present (present)

Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky,^[a] the series stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Xelia Mendes-Jones, and Walton Goggins.

Amazon purchased the rights to produce a live-action project in 2020, and the series was announced that July, with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy's Kilter Films joined by Bethesda Game Studios in the production. Nolan directed the first three episodes. Bethesda Game Studios producer Todd Howard, who directed various games in the series, signed on to executive produce alongside Nolan and Joy. Robertson-Dworet and Wagner were hired as the series' showrunners in January 2022, and Goggins and Purnell were cast in February and March, respectively.

Fallout premiered on Prime Video on April 10, 2024. The series received critical acclaim, with praise for the performances (particularly of Purnell, Moten, and Goggins), writing, visuals, production design, and faithfulness to the source material. Later that month, the series was renewed for a second season. Fallout was also nominated for 17 Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Goggins.

Premise

See also: Fallout Series overview

The series depicts the aftermath of the Great War of 2077, an apocalyptic nuclear exchange between the United States and China. The series takes place in an alternate history of Earth where advances in nuclear technology after WWII led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society and a subsequent resource war.^[4] Many survivors took refuge in fallout bunkers known as Vaults, most being unaware that each Vault was designed to perform sociological and psychological experiments on the Vault Dwellers on behalf of Vault-Tec. More than 200 years later in 2296,^[5] a young woman named Lucy leaves her home in Vault 33 to venture out into the dangerously unforgiving wasteland of a devastated Los Angeles to look for her father, who has been kidnapped by wasteland raiders. Along the way, she meets a Brotherhood of Steel squire and a legendary ghoul bounty hunter, each having their own pasts and agendas to settle.

Cast and characters

Main

• Ella Purnell as Lucy MacLean, a Vault Dweller
  • Luciana VanDette portrays young Lucy MacLean
• Aaron Moten as Maximus, a squire of the Brotherhood of Steel and later ally of Lucy
  • Amir Carr portrays young Maximus in flashbacks
• Kyle MacLachlan^[c] as Hank MacLean, Lucy's father and Overseer of Vault 33
• Moisés Arias as Norm MacLean, Vault 33 resident and Lucy's brother
• Xelia Mendes-Jones^[c] as Dane, a scribe of the Brotherhood of Steel
• Walton Goggins as The Ghoul / Cooper Howard, a Hollywood actor and Vault-Tec ambassador before The War, who mutated into a ghoul and is now a gunslinger and bounty hunter

Recurring

• Sarita Choudhury as Lee Moldaver, a New California Republic commander
• Leslie Uggams as Betty Pearson, Vault 33 councillor and later Overseer
• Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus, a squire of the Brotherhood of Steel
• Zach Cherry as Woody Thomas, Vault 33 councillor
• Annabel O'Hagan as Stephanie Harper, pregnant Vault 33 resident
• Dave Register as Chet, Lucy's cousin and Vault 33 gatekeeper
• Rodrigo Luzzi as Reg McPhee, Vault 33 councillor
• Leer Leary as Davey, Vault 33 resident
• Elle Vertes as Rose MacLean, Lucy and Norm's mother
• Teagan Meredith as Janey Howard, Cooper's daughter
• Frances Turner as Barb Howard, Cooper's wife and high ranking Vault-Tec executive

Guest

• Michael Cristofer as Elder Cleric Quintus, Maximus's superior.
• Mykelti Williamson as Honcho, a bounty hunter who revives Cooper from imprisonment.
• Matt Berry
  • as "Mr. Handy", a General Atomics helper bot in 2077.
  • as "Snip Snip", a Mr. Handy turned organ harvester.
  • as Sebastian Leslie, an English actor who provided the voice of the Handys, and friend of Cooper before the Great War.
• Cameron Cowperthwaite as Monty, a raider who "married" Lucy as part of a ruse to kidnap Hank.
• Mike Doyle as Bob Spencer, Cooper's employer for a child's birthday party.
• Michael Emerson as Dr. Siggi Wilzig, an enigmatic wanderer from the Enclave whose head carries the solution to Cold Fusion.
• Michael Rapaport as Knight Titus, whom Maximus initially serves and later impersonates.
• Dale Dickey as Ma June, a cantankerous shopkeeper in the settlement of Filly.
• Jon Daly as the Snake Oil Salesman, who is a mercantile denizen of the wasteland.^[6]
• Michael Abbott Jr. as a lonesome farmer living just outside Filly.
• Neal Huff as Roger, a ghoul and friend of Cooper's, slowly succumbing to ferality.
• Michael Esper as Bud Askins / Brain-on-a-Roomba, a senior junior vice president of the Vault-Tec in 2077 and the overseer of Vault 31 post-war.
• Matty Cardarople and Elvis Valentino Lopez as Huey and Squirrel, a pair of bumbling organ harvesters.
• Chris Parnell as Ben, the Cyclops Overseer of Vault 4.
• Cherien Dabis as Birdie, a surface-born resident of Vault 4 and former resident of Shady Sands.
• Glenn Fleshler as Sorrel Booker, the self-titled "president" of The Govermint (sic) who seeks to maintain order in the Wasteland.
• Dallas Goldtooth as Charles Whiteknife, a pre-apocalypse actor friend of Cooper's.
• Eric Berryman as Lloyd Hawthorne, the first overseer of Vault 4.
• Angel Desai as Cassandra Hawthorne, Lloyd's wife.
• Fred Armisen as DJ Carl, the host of an old-timey radio station.
• Erik Estrada as Adam, a farmer/scavenger whose son is affiliated with Moldaver.
• Michael Mulheren as Frederick Sinclair, a top Big MT executive.
• Rafi Silver as Robert House, the CEO of RobCo Industries and ruler of the New Vegas Strip in 2281.
• James Yaegashi as Leon Von Felden, a top West-Tek executive.
• Rebecca Watson as Julia Masters, a top REPCONN executive.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"The End"	Jonathan Nolan	Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In 2077, actor Cooper Howard and his daughter Janey are caught in the middle of a nuclear attack against Los Angeles. 219 years later, Vault 33 dweller Lucy MacLean volunteers for an arranged marriage with a dweller from Vault 32, which is connected to 33 along with Vault 31. After the wedding, the Vault 32 visitors are revealed to be raiders led by Lee Moldaver. Lucy's father and overseer of Vault 33, Hank MacLean, is forced to leave with them. In defiance of Vault regulations, Lucy decides to go to the surface by herself to search for her father. Meanwhile, Brotherhood of Steel aspirant Maximus is promoted to the rank of squire and joins Knight Titus in hunting for a member of the Enclave. Elsewhere, several bounty hunters locate Cooper, who has been transformed by radiation into a ghoul, and attempt to recruit him to find the same Enclave member. Instead, the Ghoul kills them all and pursues the bounty alone.
2	"The Target"	Jonathan Nolan	Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In an Enclave facility, Dr. Siggi Wilzig develops a mysterious blue device before injecting it into his neck. He flees the facility with his experimental dog, CX404. In the wasteland, Lucy encounters Wilzig, who urges her to return to Vault 33. Maximus and Titus begin their search and are attacked by a mutant bear. Titus is wounded, but his mistreatment of Maximus prompts the squire to let him bleed out before taking the knight's power armor for himself. Lucy reunites with Wilzig in Filly, where he attempts to arrange safe passage to Moldaver. Seeking the bounty, the Ghoul attacks them but is distracted by Maximus, allowing Lucy to escape with Wilzig. A wounded CX404 is left behind, but the Ghoul heals the dog and uses her to track Wilzig. Severely wounded, Wilzig ingests cyanide as he believes he will slow Lucy down, instructing her to deliver his head to Moldaver in exchange for Hank.
3	"The Head"	Jonathan Nolan	Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Maximus assumes Titus's identity, and the Brotherhood sends a new squire, former bully Thaddeus, believing Maximus dead. Lucy is attacked by a mutated gulper which swallows Wilzig's head. The Ghoul arrives with CX404 and uses Lucy as bait to lure out the gulper, but the chems which maintain his health are destroyed in the attempt. Leaving CX404 behind, the Ghoul departs with Lucy as his prisoner. Maximus and Thaddeus track the head to the same location and defeat the gulper, recovering the head and taking custody of CX404. Back in Vault 33, Norm asks the council to execute several captured raiders for murder, but he is rebuffed. In 2077, Cooper becomes a celebrity spokesman for Vault-Tec at the encouragement of his wife, a top company executive.
4	"The Ghouls"	Daniel Gray Longino	Kieran Fitzgerald	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In Vault 33, Norm becomes suspicious after an exchange with a captive raider. He and Chet explore Vault 32, discovering that its residents died two years prior as a consequence of infighting and that someone used his deceased mother Rose's Pip-Boy to let the raiders in. The Ghoul encounters his friend Roger, a ghoul on the brink of going feral. He kills Roger and cannibalizes him in front of Lucy. The Ghoul takes Lucy to an abandoned supermarket. He trades her to a gang of organ harvesters for replacement chems but collapses before the trade is complete. About to be cut open, Lucy fights back and frees the captive ghouls held by the harvesters. The feral ghouls attack her and the gang, and Lucy is forced to kill for the first time. She leaves, but not before giving the Ghoul the chems he needs.
5	"The Past"	Clare Kilner	Carson Mell	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Maximus confesses his true identity to Thaddeus. Disgusted, Thaddeus disables Maximus's power armor and leaves with Wilzig's head and CX404. Lucy finds Maximus and they agree to work together to retrieve the head. The pair stumble upon the ruins of Shady Sands, a once thriving post-war city that was the capital of the prosperous New California Republic (NCR), and Maximus's former home. Maximus is injured by a cannibalistic Fiend, and while searching for medical supplies in an abandoned Vault-Tec building, the two accidentally fall into Vault 4. Back in Vault 33, council president Betty Pearson is elected as overseer by a 98% majority. Norm hacks Vault 32's central computer and finds that every overseer of Vaults 32 and 33 originally came from Vault 31, including his father, Hank. Betty orders that Vault 32 be repopulated by 33 once cleared of the deceased dwellers.
6	"The Trap"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Karey Dornetto	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Lucy and Maximus are greeted by Birdie, a Shady Sands survivor, and Ben, the Vault 4 overseer. They explain that Vault 4 has opened itself to the surface, taking in many refugees from Shady Sands and the surrounding area. While Maximus slowly acclimates to the Vault, Lucy is horrified over the refugees' eccentric rituals and worship of Moldaver as "The Flame Mother". The Ghoul wakes up to find an armed posse has arrested him for past crimes; he stalls for time to regain strength and then easily overpowers and kills them. Convinced that Vault 4 is hiding something, Lucy ventures to the forbidden level 12. She uncovers human experiments before getting caught, but it is explained to her that Vault 4 citizens fought back against these scientists and now live in peace. Pre-War, Cooper becomes conflicted over the secrecy of Barb's association with Vault-Tec. He is invited to a covert meeting to discuss the conspiracy behind Vault-Tec, hosted by a younger Moldaver.
7	"The Radio"	Frederick E. O. Toye, Clare Kilner	Chaz Hawkins	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Residents of Vault 4 gather as Lucy is prepped for expulsion from the vault. Maximus leaves with her, after a brief conflict with the vault residents. Lucy invites Maximus to live with her in Vault 33. Thaddeus abandons CX404 and makes contact with the Brotherhood. Lucy and Maximus eventually catch up with Thaddeus; after learning that he is turning into a ghoul, for which the Brotherhood would put him to death, Thaddeus relinquishes the head. Lucy continues her journey alone while Maximus stays behind to distract the Brotherhood. Norm secretly breaks into Vault 31. Meanwhile, the Ghoul, having determined Moldaver's location, reunites with CX404, renaming her Dogmeat. In 2077, a younger Moldaver (then named Ms. Williams) reveals that the war-profiting conglomerate behind Vault-Tec shelved her cold fusion research despite its potential to provide unlimited energy and prevent war with China over dwindling oil resources. She persuades Howard that he cannot trust his wife and should record all her conversations with the company board.
8	"The Beginning"	Wayne Yip	Gursimran Sandhu	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Lucy and Norm, independently, learn the truth of the war, while the Ghoul also reminisces about that truth. Pre-War, Cooper eavesdrops on Barb and her colleague, Bud Askins, to his horror learning they are explicitly managing Vault-Tec's plans to start a nuclear war to eliminate its competitors. Cooper also meets young Betty Pearson and Hank MacLean. Norm discovers Vault 31 contains the cryogenically stored junior executives of Vault-Tec, overseen by the cyborg brain-on-wheels of Bud, who traps Norm in Vault 31. Lucy turns the head over to Moldaver, who reveals that Rose had fled Vault 33 with her children years earlier. Hank tracked her down and was responsible for the nuclear bombing of Shady Sands, turning Rose into a feral ghoul. Maximus is forgiven by the Brotherhood and joins the battle against Moldaver's forces. Lucy convinces Hank to give Moldaver the code activating her cold fusion reactor. Maximus frees Lucy's father but attacks him after learning Hank's role in Shady Sands' destruction. Lucy disowns Hank for his actions after he attacks Maximus. The Ghoul, believing his family might still be alive, invites Lucy to travel with him and Dogmeat to find Vault-Tec's leaders. Lucy kills Rose and takes the Ghoul up on his offer. Moldaver activates the fusion reactor, powering Los Angeles just before she dies from her wounds. The Brotherhood forces assume that Maximus is responsible for Moldaver's death and acclaim him as Knight Maximus. Hank flees to the remains of New Vegas.

Production

Development

Bethesda had been approached multiple times about a television adaptation of the Fallout video games since the developer released Fallout 3 in 2008, according to Bethesda's Todd Howard, though he felt none of the suggestions met the vision of the Fallout series.^[7] Bethesda's marketing executive Pete Hines had also cautioned the company in 2015 about the potential impact of a poor adaptation of their video games, saying, "There's way more things that can go wrong than can go right with this," since the adaptation's director may override the vision of the series.^[8] Hines pointed to the example of the 2005 Doom film as an example of a bad adaptation.^[8]

The situation changed when Jonathan Nolan approached Bethesda with his idea of a Fallout television series, having been an avid player of the game series. Howard, having seen what Nolan had created with the Westworld series, found that Nolan had a clear vision for the adaptation, and agreed this approach was a good way to bring the game series to the television screen.^[7][9] Bethesda gave Nolan the freedom to craft a story as long as it remained true to the Fallout universe but served as its own unique narrative within the game series and not translate one of the existing games to television.^[9]

The television adaptation was formally announced in July 2020 under Amazon Studios (later renamed Amazon MGM Studios) with Nolan and Lisa Joy developing the work.^[10] Joy described the series as "a gonzo, crazy, funny, adventure, and mindfuck like none you've ever seen before".^[11]

In January 2022, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner were hired as showrunners for the series, with Nolan set to direct the pilot episode.^[12]

The series is canon within the Fallout continuity. Howard wanted an original story instead of an adaptation of the games,^[13] though the series incorporates game storylines and factions, such as the Brotherhood of Steel. The series' 2296 setting is the furthest in the future that the Fallout franchise has occurred.^[14] On April 18, 2024, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season, following the immense success of the first season's release.^[15] Season 1 of the show had a budget of $153 million.^[16]

Casting

In February 2022, Walton Goggins was cast in a lead role as Cooper Howard, a Hollywood actor who became a Ghoul after the bombs fell.^[17] In March 2022, Ella Purnell joined the cast as a peppy Vault-Dweller.^[18] In June 2022, Kyle MacLachlan (Hank MacLean), Xelia Mendes-Jones (Dane) and Aaron Moten (Maximus) joined as regulars.^[19]

In October 2023, additional casting including Sarita Choudhury (Moldaver), Michael Emerson (Dr. Siggi Wilzig), Leslie Uggams (Betty Pearson) and Zach Cherry (Woody Thomas) was announced.^[20]

In November 2024, Macaulay Culkin joined the cast for the second season in an undisclosed role.^[21]

Filming

An overhead shot of Kolmanskop, Namibia, which was used for filming shots in the wasteland.

Filming began on July 5, 2022, in New Jersey, New York and Utah,^[22] and was shot on 35mm film.^[23] Wasteland scenes were additionally filmed in Kolmanskop, a former mining operation-turned-ghost town, as well as on Namibia's infamous Skeleton Coast. The desolate location is where desert sands meet the sea, where the western Namib Desert reaches Namibia's South Atlantic coastline. As a result of the treacherous seas offshore, the "skeleton" coast is dotted with both historic and recent shipwrecks;^[24] some scenes were filmed at the wreck of the Eduard Bohlen.^[25] Nolan directed the first three episodes of the series, with Stuart Dryburgh and Teodoro Maniaci as cinematographers.^[26][27]

Primary filming of the second season will occur in Los Angeles and Toronto, to take advantage of a $25 million tax incentive offered by California.^[28] Filming was scheduled to begin in November 2024, and had begun by early December that same year.^[29][30]

Music

Main article: Fallout (soundtrack)

In January 2024, it was revealed that Ramin Djawadi had composed a score inspired by the works of Inon Zur's Fallout series compositions.^[31] Fallout also features a licensed soundtrack like the video game series.^[32][33]

The television series' first soundtrack was released by Amazon on April 8, 2024.^[34]

Post-production

Jay Worth was the production's visual effects supervisor,^[35] returning to work with director Jonathan Nolan and executive producer Lisa Joy following Person of Interest, Westworld, The Peripheral and Reminiscence. Grant Everett was the on-set visual effects supervisor who brought together a variety of visual effects studios for the environment, creatures, hard surface work and more. Framestore in Montreal took on the Yao Guai and Gulper creature work, RISE FX in Germany handled the Vertibird shots, Power Armor work and numerous environments, Swedish studio Important Looking Pirates took on the Cyclops overseer of Vault 4 and Snip-Snip.^[36] FutureWorks in India did the Ghoul nosework. Refuge, CoSA, Mavericks, One of Us, Studio 8 and Deep Water FX were also involved across the 3,300 visual effects shots of the season.^[37]

Release

Fallout was scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on April 12, 2024,^[38][20] but this date was later moved forward to be released on April 10, 2024, at 6 PM Pacific Time (GMT-8:00).^[39]

Reception

Viewership

According to Amazon, Fallout pulled in 65 million viewers in its first 16 days of availability. It was the second most-watched title in the history of the platform after The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in 2022.^[40] As of October 2024, the series has surpassed 100 million viewers.^[41]

The adaptation's success on Amazon Prime Video has led to renewed commercial success of the Fallout video games, including the original game; according to Steam Charts, it experienced the highest percentage increase in player base at 160%.^[42]

Critical response

Fallout received positive reviews from critics and fans.^[43] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating based on 128 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "An adaptation that feels like a true extension of the games, Fallout is a post-apocalyptic blast for newcomers and longtime fans alike."^[44] Metacritic assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[45]

Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly gave the series a B+ and said, "The eight-episode season exists in a vivid and captivating universe that will be familiar to gamers—though knowledge of the franchise isn't required to enjoy its darkly comic dystopian pleasures."^[46] Reviewing the series for the San Francisco Chronicle, Zaki Hasan gave a rating of 3/4 and wrote, "With a raft of unfolding mysteries, protagonists we care about and a quest we want to see through to the end, Fallout is well situated to grow the loyal fan base that has kept the video game franchise going for 27 years."^[47]

Multiple fans and critics called Fallout one of the best video game adaptations of all time.^[48] Film and television adaptations of videogames as a whole have a bad reputation due to multiple high-profile failures (such as the aforementioned Doom film) throughout the years. In this regard, commentators have been comparing the Fallout TV series to The Last of Us, another successful adaptation.^[49][50]

In a YouTube video, Tim Cain, the creator of Fallout, praised the adaptation for matching the mood of the series and for its easter eggs and characters. He also defended the adaptation from accusations of contradicting the Fallout canon.^[51][52][53]

Awards and nominations

Accolades for Fallout
Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2024	Gotham TV Awards	Breakthrough Drama Series	Fallout	Nominated	[54]
		Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series	Walton Goggins	Nominated
	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Fallout	Nominated	[55]
		Outstanding New Program		Nominated
	Gold Derby TV Awards	Drama Series	Fallout	Nominated	[56]
		Drama Actor	Walton Goggins	Nominated
		Drama Guest Actress	Dale Dickey	Nominated
		Drama Guest Actor	Michael Emerson	Nominated
			Kyle McLachlan	Nominated
		Performer of the Year	Ella Purnell	Nominated
	Astra TV Awards	Best Streaming Drama Series	Fallout	Nominated	[57]
		Best Actor in a Streaming Drama Series	Walton Goggins	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Streaming Drama Series	Ella Purnell	Nominated
		Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Kyle MacLachlan	Won
		Best Directing in a Streaming Drama Series	Jonathan Nolan (for "The End")	Nominated
		Best Writing in a Streaming Drama Series	Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (for "The End")	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, Athena Wickham, Todd Howard, James Altman, Margot Lulick, James W. Skotchdopole, Stephen Semel, Karey Dornetto, Carson Mell, Kieran Fitzgerald, Jill Footlick, Noreen O'Toole, Jay Worth, Crystal Whelan, Halle Phillips, Gursimran Sandhu, and Skye Wathen	Nominated	[58]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Walton Goggins (for "The Ghouls")	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner (for "The End")	Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Emerging Media Program	Fallout: Vault 33	Won
		Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes	Amy Westcott, Amy Burt, Wendy Yang, Jonathan Knipscher, and Cherie Cunningham Collins (for "The End")	Nominated
		Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)	Michael Harvey, Kimberly Amacker, and David Kalahiki (for "The Head")	Nominated
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup	Jake Garber, Rich Krusell, Lindsay Gelfand, Gregory Nicotero, Vincent Van Dyke, and Lisa Forst (for "The Beginning")	Nominated
		Outstanding Main Title Design	Patrick Clair, Lance Slaton, Raoul Marks, and Scott Geersen	Nominated
		Outstanding Music Supervision	Trygge Toven (for "The End")	Won
		Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series	Ali Comperchio (for "The End")	Nominated
		Yoni Reiss (for "The Ghouls")	Nominated
		Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)	Howard Cummings, Laura Ballinger Gardner, and Regina Graves (for "The End")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)	Sue Gamsaragan Cahill, Daniel Colman, Joseph Fraioli, Jane Boegel-Koch, Sara Bencivenga, Jonathan Golodner, Karen Triest, Randall Guth, Christopher Kaller, Clint Bennet, Nancy Parker, and Katie Rose (for "The Target")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)	Keith Rogers, Steve Bucino, and Tod A. Maitland (for "The Target")	Nominated
		Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie	Jay Worth, Andrea Knoll, Grant Everett, Jill Paget, Jacqueline VandenBussche, Devin Maggio, Andreas Giesen, Ahmed Gharraph, and Joao Sita	Nominated
		Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming	Casey O'Neill	Nominated
		Outstanding Stunt Performance	Justice Hedenberg, Hannah Scott, Adam Shippey, and Noelle Mulligan (for "The Target")	Nominated
	Golden Joystick Awards	Best Game Adaptation	Fallout	Won	[59]
	The Game Awards	Best Adaptation	Won	[60][61]
	Hollywood Music in Media Awards	Music Supervision – Television	Trygge Toven	Won	[62]
2025	American Cinema Editors Awards	Best Edited Drama Series	Ali Comperchio (for "The End")	Pending	[63]
	Artios Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Drama	John Papsidera, Julie Tucker, Ross Meyerson	Pending	[64]
	Costume Designers Guild Awards	Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television	Amy Westcott (for "The End")	Pending	[65]
	Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards	Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in a Television Series, Television Limited or Miniseries or Television New Media Series	Michael Harvey, Kim Amacker, David Kalahiki, Mara Palumbo	Pending	[66]
	Saturn Awards	Best Science Fiction Television Series	Fallout	Pending	[67]
		Best Actor in a Television Series	Walton Goggins	Pending
		Best Actress in a Television Series	Ella Purnell	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series	Aaron Moten	Pending
		Best Guest Star in a Television Series	Kyle McLachlan	Pending

Notes

1. Fallout was created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, and developed by Black Isle Studios, and formerly published by Interplay Entertainment from 1997 to 2004. It has been owned by ZeniMax Media and developed by Bethesda Game Studios since 2007.^[68]
2. Theme music writer by Inon Zur
3. Credited as part of the main cast only for episodes in which they appear.

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External links

• Official website
• Fallout at IMDb