Drew Grant of '' Observer '' ranked the miniseries as the worst made-for-TV King adaptation of all time , going so far as to describe it as a " crap-fest . " Tom Shales of '' The Washington Post '' , in his review titled " ' The Shining ' : Recycled Trash , " advised his readers to " avoid the miniseries like the plague , because it is the plague . " '' The Shining '' won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Makeup and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special . It was also nominated for Outstanding Miniseries but lost to '' Prime Suspect 5 : Errors of Judgement '' in the category . It also won two Saturn Awards for Best Single Genre Television Presentation and Best Genre TV Actor ( Steven Weber ) . Courtland Mead was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series : Young Actor Age 10 or Under
Young Artist Award
19th Youth in Film Awards
The Shining (miniseries)