2011 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire [HBO] (Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson & Tim Van Patten)
• Dexter [Showtime] (John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Chip Johannessen, Manny Coto, Scott Buck & Michael C. Hall)
• Friday Night Lights [NBC] (Peter Berg, Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey, David Hudgins & Jason Katims)
• Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff & D.B. Weiss)
• Justified [FX] (Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard, Michael Dinner, Carl Beverly, Fred Golan & Sarah Timberman)
• Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner & Scott Hornbacher)
  (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• 30 Rock [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, David Miner, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond & John Riggi)
• American Dad! [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan)
• The Big Bang Theory [CBS] (Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Lee Aronsohn)
• Glee [FOX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan & Dante Di Loreto)
• The Office [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant, Ben Silverman & Paul Lieberstein)
• Parks and Recreation [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein & David Miner)
  (Honourable Mentions: Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Modern Family, The United States of Tara)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite [HBO] (Gavin Polone & Zanne Devine, executive producers; Karyn McCarthy, producer)
• Downton Abbey [PBS] (Julian Fellowes, Gareth Naeme & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Nigel Marchant & Liz Trubridge, producers)
• Mildred Pierce [HBO] (Christine Vachon, John Wells, Pamela Koffler & Todd Haynes, executive producers)
• The Pillars of the Earth [Starz] (Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David A. Rosemont, David W. Zucker, Jonas Bauer, Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin & Michael Prupas, executive producers; John Ryan, producer)
  
• Too Big to Fail [HBO] (Curtis Hanson, Paula Weinstein & Jeffrey Levine, executive producers; Ezra Swerdlow, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: Carlos, The Kennedys, Luther, Sherlock: A Study in Pink, Thurgood)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tom Purcell)
• Conan [TBS] (Jeff Ross)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, Rory Albanese & Josh Lieb)
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
• Real Time with Bill Maher [HBO] (Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Brad Grey, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz & Billy Martin)
• Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)

Best Variety Special

• Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On [HBO] (Bette Midler, executive producer/producer; Seanne Farmer, producer)
• Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking [HBO] (Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, producers)
• The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Michael Stevens, producer)
• Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden [HBO] (Lady Gaga, Troy Carter, Vincent Herbert, Jimmy Iovine & Mo Morrison, executive producers; Dawn Robinson, producer)
• Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 [HBO] (Ricky Gervais, executive producer; John Moffitt & Pat Tourk Lee, producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 64th Tony Awards, 83rd Academy Awards, The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway, Tina Fey: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Comedy)

Best Reality Series

• Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
• Deadliest Catch [Discovery] (Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Paul Gasek & Tracy Rudolph)
• Hoarders [A&E] (Matt Chan, Dave Severson, Jodi Flynn, Robert Sharenow & Andrew Berg)
• MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Tracy Rudolph)
• Undercover Boss [CBS] (Eli Holzman, Stephen Lambert & Chris Carlson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Dirty Jobs, Intervention, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Who Do You Think You Are?)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
• American Idol [FOX] (Ken Warwick, Nigel Lythgoe, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
• America's Got Talent [NBC] (Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Ken Warwick, Jason Ruff & Georgie Hurford-Jones)
• So You Think You Can Dance? [FOX] (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman & Nigel Lythgoe)
• Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Andrew Cohen & Dave Serwatka)
  (Honourable Mentions: Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway, Survivor, The Voice)

Best Host - Reality Series

• Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
• Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent
• Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
• Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters
• Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
  (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race, Heidi Klum - Project Runway, Padma Lakshmi - Top Chef, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "100 A.D." [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan, executive producers; Tim Parsons, director; Keith Heisler, writer)
• Family Guy - "Road to the North Pole" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Mark Hentemann & Steve Callaghan; executive producers; Greg Colton, director; Chris Sheridan & Danny Smith, executive producers/writers)
• Futurama - "The Late Philip J. Fry" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening, David X. Cohen & Ken Keeler, executive producers; Peter Avanzino, director; Lew Morton, writer)
• Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode III" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green & Matthew Senreich, executive producers/writers; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Chris McKay, director; Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, head writers; Matthew Beans, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Geoff Johns, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick, Hugh Sterbakov & Zeb Wells, writers)
• The Simpsons - "Donnie Fatso" [FOX] (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & John Frink, executive producers; Ralph Sosa, director; Chris Cluess, writer)
• South Park - "Crack Baby Athletic Association" [Comedy Central] (Trey Parker, executive producer/director/writer; Matt Stone & Anne Garefino, executive producers)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "A Return to Normalcy")
• Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
• Michael C. Hall - Dexter (Episode: "My Bad")
• Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
• Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "After Hours")
• Timothy Olyphant - Justified (Episode: "Reckoning")
  (Honourable Mentions: Sean Bean - Game of Thrones, James Badge Dale - Rubicon, Peter Krause - Parenthood, William H. Macy - Shameless)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "100")
• Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons (Episode: "Donnie Fatso")
• Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Benefactor Factor")
• Matt LeBlanc - Episodes (Episode: "Episode Seven")
• Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection")
  (Honourable Mentions: Louis C.K. - Louie, Charlie Day - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob Lowe - Parks and Recreation, Matthew Morrison - Glee, )

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey
• Idris Elba - Luther
• Greg Kinnear - The Kennedys
• Barry Pepper - The Kennedys
• Édgar Ramirez - Carlos
  (Honourable Mentions: Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock, Laurence Fishburne - Thurgood, William Hurt - Too Big to Fail, Ian McShane - The Pillars of the Earth, Patrick Stewart - Macbeth)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Kathy Bates - Harry's Law (Episode: "Innocent Man")
• Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
• Mireille Enos - The Killing (Episode: "Missing")
• Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Getting Off")
• Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
• Anna Torv - Fringe (Episode: "Marionette")
  (Honourable Mentions: Lauren Graham - Parenthood, Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Emmy Rossum - Shameless, Katey Segal - Sons of Anarchy)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Rat Falls")
• Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
• Laura Linney - The Big C (Episode: "Pilot")
• Melissa McCarthy - Mike & Molly (Episode: "First Date")
• Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Flu Season")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
  (Honourable Mentions: Toni Collette - The United States of Tara, Courteney Cox - Cougar Town, Lea Michele - Glee, Martha Plimpton - Raising Hope)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Taraji P. Henson - Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
• Diane Lane - Cinema Verite
• Jean Marsh - Upstairs, Downstairs
• Elizabeth McGovern - Downton Abbey
• Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce
  

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Josh Charles - The Good Wife (Episode: "Closing Arguments")
• Alan Cumming - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
• Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Baelor")
• Walton Goggins - Justified (Episode: "The I of the Storm")
• John Noble - Fringe (Episode: "The Firefly")
• John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Hands and Knees")
  (Honourable Mentions: Andre Braugher - Men of a Certain Age, Shawn Hatosy - Southland, Michael B. Jordan - Friday Night Lights, Michael Shannon - Boardwalk Empire)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Good Cop Bad Dog")
• Chris Colfer - Glee (Episode: "Duets")
• Scott Grimes - American Dad! (Episode: "Son of Stan")
• Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammy Part 2")
• Ed O'Neill - Modern Family (Episode: "The Kiss")
• Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family (Episode: "Mother's Day")
  (Honourable Mentions: Aziz Ansari - Parks and Recreaiton, Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men, Donald Glover - Community, Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• James Gandolfini - Cinema Verite
• Paul Giamatti - Too Big to Fail
• Guy Pearce - Mildred Pierce
• Tom Wilkinson - The Kennedys
• James Woods - Too Big to Fail
  (Honourable Mentions: Brendan Coyle - Downton Abbey, Martin Freeman - Sherlock, Brian F. O'Byrne - Mildred Pierce, Tim Robbins - Cinema Verite, Donald Sutherland - The Pillars of the Earth)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
• Michelle Forbes - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
• Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Summer Man")
• Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Family Limitation")
• Margo Martindale - Justified (Episode: "Brother's Keeper")
• Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (Episode: "Getting Off")
  (Honourable Mentions: Khandi Alexander - Treme, Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones, Monica Potter - Parenthood, Sara Ramirez - Grey's Anatomy)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "Strangers on a Treadmill")
• Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (Episode: "Queen of Jordan")
• Jane Lynch - Glee (Episode: "Funeral")
• Sofía Vergara - Modern Family (Episode: "Slow Down Your Neighbors")
• Betty White - Hot in Cleveland (Episode: "Free Elka")
• Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jane Lynch")
  (Honourable Mentions: Wendie Malick - Hot in Cleveland, Heather Morris - Glee, Busy Philipps - Cougar Town, Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Melissa Leo - Mildred Pierce
• Alison Pill - The Pillars of the Earth
• Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
• Mare Winningham - Mildred Pierce
• Evan Rachel Wood - Mildred Pierce
  (Honourable Mentions: Gillian Anderson - Any Human Heart, Eileen Atkins - Upstairs, Downstairs, Kim Cattrall - Any Human Heart, Cynthia Nixon - Too Big to Fail, Ruth Wilson - Luther)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Beau Bridges - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "Brody")
• Jeremy Davies - Justified (Episode: "Reckoning")
• Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (Episode: "Poisoned Pill")
• Jack Huston - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Home")
• Jeremy Irons - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Mask")
• Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "Blowing Smoke")
  (Honourable Mentions: Bruce Dern - Big Love, Hal Holbrook - Sons of Anarchy, Paul McCrane - Harry's Law, Jonny Lee Miller - Dexter)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Plan B")
• Matt Damon - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
• Idris Elba - The Big C (Episode: "Blue-Eyed Iris")
• Will Ferrell - The Office (Episode: "Training Day")
• Zach Galifianakis - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Zach Galifianakis")
• Nathan Lane - Modern Family (Episode: "Boys' Night")
  (Honourable Mentions: Darren Criss - Glee, Paul Giamatti - 30 Rock, Eddie Izzard - The United States of Tara, Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live)
  
  

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father")
• Loretta DeVine - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "This is How We Do It")
• America Ferrera - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
• Mary McDonnell - The Closer (Episode: "Help Wanted")
• Julia Stiles - Dexter (Episode: "In the Beginning")
• Alfre Woodard - True Blood (Episode: "Night in the Sun")
  (Honourable Mentions: Shorheh Aghdashloo - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Randee Heller - Mad Men, Gretchen Mol - Boardwalk Empire, Jessica Pare - Mad Men)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Elizabeth Banks - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
• Kristin Chenoweth - Glee (Episode: "Rumours")
• Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey")
• Cloris Leachman - Raising Hope (Episode: "Don't Vote for This Episode")
• Megan Mullally - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammy Part 2")
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Glee (Episode: "The Substitute")
  (Honourable Mentions: Carol Burnett - Glee, Shelley Long - Modern Family, Cynthia Nixon - The Big C, Parker Posey - Parks and Recreation)

Best Direction - Drama

• Frank Darabont - The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
• Patty Jenkins - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
• Neil Jordan - The Borgias (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice")
• Jeremy Podeswa - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Anastasia")
• Martin Scorsese - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Tim Van Patten - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
  (Honourable Mentions: Felix Alcala - Southland, Robert King - The Good Wife, Michael Slovis - Rubicon, Alan Taylor - Game of Thrones)

Best Direction - Comedy

• Bob Bowen - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
• Bill Condon - The Big C (Episode: "Pilot")
• Paul Feig - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
• Pamela Fryman - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Subway Wars")
• Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (Episode: "Live Show")
• Michael Spiller - Modern Family (Episode: "Halloween")
  (Honourable Mentions: Eyal Gordin - Raising Hope, Steven Levitan - Modern Family, John Riggi - 30 Rock, Craig Zisk - The United States of Tara)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Olivier Assayas - Carlos
• Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini - Cinema Verite
• Todd Haynes - Mildred Pierce
• Curtis Hanson - Too Big to Fail
• Brian Percival - Downton Abbey
  (Honourable Mentions: Rupert Goold - Macbeth, Paul McGuigan - Sherlock, Saul Metzstein - Upstairs, Downstairs, Sam Miller - Luther, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan - The Pillars of the Earth)

Best Writing - Drama

• David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Baelor")
• Taylor Elmore - Justified (Episode: "Brother's Keeper")
• Jason Katims - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
• Veena Sud - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
• Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
• Terence Winter - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  (Honourable Mentions: Andre & Maria Jacquemetton - Mad Men, Robert & Michelle King - The Good Wife, Erin Levy - Mad Men, Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman - Fringe)

Best Writing - Comedy

• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Poker/Divorce")
• David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes (Episode: "Episode Seven")
• Greg Daniels - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
• Matt Hubbard - 30 Rock (Episode: "Reaganing")
• Laura McCreary - American Dad! (Episode: "Jenny Fromdabloc")
• Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
  (Honourable Mentions: Brad Falchuk - Glee, Andrew Guest - Community, Norm Hiscock - Parks and Recreation, Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman - Modern Family)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey
• Peter Gould - Too Big to Fail
• Todd Haynes & Jonathan Raymond - Mildred Pierce
• Steven Moffatt - Sherlock
• David Seltzer - Cinema Verite
  

Best Casting - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire (Ellen Lewis & Meredith Tucker)
• Friday Night Lights (Linda Lowy & John Brace)
• Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
• The Good Wife (Mark Saks)
• Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
  (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Killing, Rubicon, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Casting - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamra-Shroff & Katja Blichfeld)
• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Glee (Robert J. Ulrich & Eric Dawson)
• Modern Family (Jeff Greenberg)
• Nurse Jackie (Julie Tucker & Ross Meyerson)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Big C, Community, The Office, Parks and Recreation, The United States of Tara)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Randi Hiller)
• Downton Abbey (Jill Trevellick)
• Mildred Pierce (Laura Rosenthal)
• Too Big to Fail (Alexa L. Fogel & Christine Kromer)
  
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Andy Pryor)
  (Honourable Mentions: Carlos, Luther, The Pillars of the Earth, Sherlock, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena)

Best Cinematography - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Stuart Dryburgh (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Boardwalk Empire - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Home")
• The Borgias - Paul Sarossy (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice")
• Game of Thrones - Alik Sakharov (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
• Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "The Summer Man")
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire - Kramer Morgenthau, The Good Wife - Fred Murphy, The Killing - Peter Wunsdorf, Modern Family - James Bagdonas, The Walking Dead - David Tattersall)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Downton Abbey (David Katznelson)
• The Kennedys (David Moxness)
• Mildred Pierce (Edward Lachman)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Attila Szalay)
• Too Big to Fail (Kramer Morgenthau)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• The Borgias - Gabriella Pescucci (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding")
• Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Pointy End")
• Glee - Lou Eyrich (Episode: "New York")
• Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "The Beautiful Girls")
  (Honourable Mentions: Big Love, Saturday Night Live, Sons of Anarchy, Treme, True Blood)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Suttitrat Anne Larlarb)
• Downton Abbey (Susannah Buxton)
• The Kennedys (Christopher Hargadon)
• Mildred Pierce (Ann Roth)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Amy Roberts)

Best Editing - Series

• 30 Rock - Meg Reticker (Episode: "100")
• American Dad! - Rob DeSales (Episode: "100 A.D.")
• The Big Bang Theory - Peter John Chakos (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection")
• Boardwalk Empire - Sidney Wolinsky (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Mad Men - Tom Wilson (Episode: "The Suitcase")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dexter - Louis Cioffi, Friday Night Lights - Angela Catanzaro, The Killing - Elizabeth Kling, Mad Men - Pattye Rogers & Leo Trombetta, The Walking Dead - Hunter M. Via)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Sarah Flack & Robert Pulcini)
• Downton Abbey (John Wilson)
• The Kennedys (Don Cassidy)
• Mildred Pierce (Camila Toniolo)
• Too Big to Fail (Barbara Tulliver & Plummy Tucker)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire (Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Dabney Coleman, Anthony Lacuira, Gretchen Mol, Vincent Piazza, Michael Pitt, Michael Stuhlbarg, Shea Whigham & Michael Shannon, et. al.)
• Friday Night Lights (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Madison Burge, Grey Damon, Michael B. Jordan, Matt Lauria, Aimee Teegarden & Jurnee Smollett, et. al.)
• Game of Thrones (Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Richard Madden & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
• The Good Wife (Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Alan Cumming, Matt Czuchry, Chris Noth, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips, Mary Beth Peil & Makenzie Vega, et. al.)
• Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Kiernan Shipka, Rich Sommer & Robert Morse, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Justified, Rubicon, Shameless, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Keith Powell, John Lutz, Katrina Bowden & Judah Friedlander, et. al.)
• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson & Danny DeVito, et. al.)
• Modern Family (Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia Vergara & Ariel Winter, et. al.)
• Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Retta & Adam Scott, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Big Bang Theory, Community, Glee, The Office, The Simpsons)

Best Main Title Design

• Boardwalk Empire (Karin Fong, Michelle Dougherty, Lauren Hartshone & Cara McKenney)
• Game of Thrones (Angus Wall, Robert Feng, Kirk H. Shintani & Hameed Shaukat)
• Rubicon (Karin Fong, Jeremy Cox, Theodore Daley & Cara McKenney)
• Too Big to Fail (Michael Riley, Bob Swensen, Adam Bluming & Cory Shaw)
• The Walking Dead (Kyle Cooper, Paul McDonnell, Henry Hobson & Ryan Robertson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart, The Big C, Fairly Legal, The Killing, Mildred Pierce)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• The Borgias (Trevor Morris)
• Downton Abbey (John Lunn)
• Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
• Mildred Pierce (Carter Burwell)
• The Walking Dead (Bear McCreary & Steve Kaplan)
  (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart, Camelot, Episodes, The Kennedys, Rubicon)

Best Makeup - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Nicki Ledermann, Evelyne Noraz & Joseph Farulla (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Game of Thrones - Paul Engelen, Melissa Lackersteen & Conor O'Sullivan (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
• Glee - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Jennifer Greenberg & Mike Mekash (Episode: "The Rocky Horror Glee Show")
• Mad Men - Lana Grossman, Ron Pipes & Tricia Sawyer (Episode: "The Rejected")
• The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: The Cape, Community, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, True Blood)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Carlos (Christophe Giraud, Emmanuel Pitois & Dominique Plez)
• Cinema Verite (Mindy Hall & Julie Hewett)
• The Kennedys (Jordan Samuel, Linda Dowds & Colin Penman)
• Mildred Pierce (Patricia Regan & Linda Melazzo)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Colleen Quinton)

Best Music Composition - Series

• 30 Rock - Jeff Richmond (Episode: "100")
• Family Guy - Ron Jones (Episode: "Road to the North Pole")
• Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
• The Simpsons - Alf Clausen (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXI")
• The Walking Dead - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: American Masters - Garth Neustadter, Family Guy - Walter Murphy, Fringe - Chris Tilton, The Killing - Frans Bak, Rubicon - Peter Nashel)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Downton Abbey (John Lunn)
• Mildred Pierce (Carter Burwell)
• Sherlock (David Arnold & Michael Price)
• Thurgood (Rob Mathes)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Daniel Pemberton)
  (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart - Dan Jones, Cinema Verite - Rolfe Kent, The Kennedys - Sean Callery, The Pillars of the Earth - Trevor Morris, Too Big to Fail - Marcelo Zavros)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• Family Guy - "All I Want for Christmas" (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
• Family Guy - "Christmastime is Killing Us" (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
• Glee - "Get it Right" (Adam Anders, Nikki Hassman & Peer Åström)
• Saturday Night Live - "I Just Had Sex" (Jerrod Bettis, Justin Franks, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone)
• Saturday Night Live - "Jack Sparrow" (Mike Woods, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone)

Best Production Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Bob Shaw & Debra Schutt (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• The Borgias - François Séguin & Judit Varga (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding")
• Game of Thrones - Gemma Jackson & Richard Roberts (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
• Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "Public Relations")
• True Blood - Suzuki Ingerslev & Laura Richarz (Episode: "Beautifully Broken")
  (Honourable Mentions: Glee, How I Met Your Mother, The Killing, Modern Family, The Walking Dead)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Downton Abbey (Donal Woods & Gina Cromwell)
• The Kennedys (Rocco Matteo & Enrico Campana)
• Mildred Pierce (Mark Friedberg & Ellen Christiansen)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Miljen Kreka Kljakovic & Franco Fumagali)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (Eve Stewart & Julia Castle)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

• Adventure Time - "It Came from the Nightosphere" [Cartoon Network] (Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Larry Leichliter, supervising director; Adam Muto & Rebecca Sugar, writers)
• Regular Show - "Mordecai and the Rigbys" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez & Brian Sheesley, animation directors; Sean Szeles & Shion Takeuchi, writers)
• SpongeBob Squarepants - "That Sinking Feeling" [Nickelodeon] (Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, executive producers; Alan Smart, supervising director; Andrew Overtoom, animation director; Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier & Mr. Lawrence, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty & Tom Fleischman (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• Family Guy - Jordan Wilby, Patrick S. Clark & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Road to the North Pole")
• Game of Thrones - Stefan Henrix, Daniel Crowley & Mark Taylor (Episode: "A Golden Crown")
• Glee - Zeke Richardson, Doug Andham & Joe Earle (Episode: "The Substitute")
• The Walking Dead - Walter Newman, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Justified, Southland, True Blood)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cinema Verite (Douglas Murray, Lora Hirschberg & Scott R. Lewis)
• The Kennedys (Mark Gingras, Frank Morrone & Stephen Traub)
• Mildred Pierce (Thomas O'Neil Younkman, Simone Corelli & Leslie Shatz)
• The Pillars of the Earth (Antoine Morin, Dominik Pagacz, Gavin Fernandes & Louis Gignac)
• Too Big to Fail (Michael Kirchberger, Bob Beemer & Chris Jenkins)

Best Visual Effects

• Boardwalk Empire - David Taritero, Robert Stromberg, Paul Graff & Justin Ball (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
• The Borgias - Bob Munroe, Doug Campbell, Bill Halliday & Luke Groves (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin")
• Fringe - Robert Habros, Jay Worth, Bob Comer & Addie Manis (Episode: "Olivia")
• Game of Thrones - Adam McInnes, Angela Barson, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor & Henry Badgett (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
• The Walking Dead - Sam Nicholson, Jason Sperling, Kent Johnson & Gregory Nicotero (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  (Honourable Mentions: Gettsyburg, The Pillars of the Earth, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Stargate Universe, True Blood)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Joe Mantegna - The Simpsons for voicing "Fat Tony" D'Amico in "Donnie Fatso"
• Christopher Plummer - Moguls and Movie Stars for narrating "The Birth of Hollywood"
• Harry Shearer - The Simpsons for voicing C. Montgomery Burns in "The Fool Monty"
• Brenda Strong - Desperate Housewives for voicing Mary Alice Young in "Come on Over for Dinner"
• Marcia Wallace - The Simpsons for voicing Edna Krabappel in "The Ned-Liest Catch"
  (Honourable Mentions: Jeff Bergman - The Looney Tunes Show, John DiMaggio - Futurama, Maurice LaMarche - Futurama, Seth MacFarlane - American Dad!, Karl Pilkington - The Ricky Gervais Show)