Henriksen portrayed Frank Black, an offender profiler who worked for the Millennium Group, a private investigative organisation.

Black retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to move his wife (Gallagher) and daughter (Tiplady) to Seattle, where he began to consult on criminal cases for the Group.

After his wife's death, he returned to the FBI to work with new partner Emma Hollis (Scott) to discredit the Group.

[3] Millennium was nominated for three Canadian Society of Cinematographers awards, with nominee Robert McLachlan winning all three times.

Charles Nelson Reilly earned an acting nod for his guest role in "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense", losing out to The Practice's John Larroquette.

[11] Millennium was nominated for a Golden Reel Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors society at their 46th annual ceremony, in 1999.

[16] Millennium received one People's Choice Awards nomination, winning in the category "Favorite New TV Dramatic Series".

Tiplady's 1997 loss was to Ashli Amari Adams for her role in The Parent 'Hood,[19] later being beaten out by Scarlett Pomers for Star Trek: Voyager in 1999,[20] and Mae Middleton for Any Day Now in 2000.