Table: er_awards_nominations
Columns: year
category
nominee_s
episode
result

Question: When the nominee(s) is john wells what is the episode for a year before 2004?
SQL: SELECT "episode" FROM er_awards_nominations WHERE "year" < 2004 AND "nominee_s" = 'john wells'

Question: What is the result when the nominee(s) of janine sherman?
SQL: SELECT "result" FROM er_awards_nominations WHERE "nominee_s" = 'janine sherman'

Question: What is the result for a year after 2003, when the nominee(s) is john wells?
SQL: SELECT "result" FROM er_awards_nominations WHERE "year" > 2003 AND "nominee_s" = 'john wells'

Question: What is the earliest year with a result of nominated, and a nominee(s) of john wells, for an episode of "makemba"?
SQL: SELECT MIN("year") FROM er_awards_nominations WHERE "result" = 'nominated' AND "nominee_s" = 'john wells' AND "episode" = '"makemba"'