2012 Tyler's Choice Television Award

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire [HBO] (Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson & Tim Van Patten)
• Breaking Bad [AMC] (Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson & Michelle MacLaren)
• Downton Abbey [PBS] (Julian Fellowes, Gareth Naeme & Rebecca Eaton)
• Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Frank Doelger & Carolyn Strauss)
• Homeland [Showtime] (Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Michael Cuesta, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir & Ran Tellem)
• Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton)
  (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Good Wife, Justified, Southland)

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)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm [HBO] (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, Larry Charles, Tim Gibbons & Erin O'Malley)
• Girls [HBO] (Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow & Jenni Konner)
• Parks and Recreation [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein & David Miner)
  (Honourable Mentions: Community, Happy Endings, Louie, Modern Family)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Dante Di Loreto, executive producers; Alexis Martin Woodall & Chip Vucelich, producers)
• Game Change [HBO] (Tom Hanks, Gary Goertzen & Jay Roach, executive producers; Amy Sayres, producer)
• Hatfields & McCoys [History] (Leslie Greif, Nancy Dubuc & Dirk Hoogstra, executive producers; Kevin Costner, Darrell Fetty & Herb Nanas, producers)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn [HBO] (Peter Kaufman, James Gandolfini, Trish Hofmann, Alexandra Ryan & Barbara Turner, executive producers)
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia [PBS] (Beryl Vertue, Steven Moffatt, Mark Gatiss, Rebecca Eaton & Bethan Jones, executive producers; Sue Vertue, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: Appropriate Adult, Great Expectations, The Hour, Luther, Page Eight)

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)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! [ABC] (Jimmy Kimmel & Jill Leiderman)
• Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Jonathan Krisel, Andrew Singer, Jennifer Caserta & Evan Shapiro)
• Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
  (Honourable Mentions: Chelsea Lately, Inside Comedy, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Soup)

Best Variety Special

• 65th Tony Awards [CBS] (Ricky Kirshner & Glenn Weiss, executive producers; Neil Patrick Harris, producer)
• 84th Academy Awards [ABC] (Brian Grazer & Don Mischer, producers)
• Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl [NBC] (Brad Lachman, Jon Macks & Steve Ridgeway, executive producers; Bill Bracken, producer)
• The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Michael Stevens, producer)
• Tony Bennett: Duets II [PBS] (Danny Bennett & David Horn, executive producer; Jennifer Lebeau, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: 54th Grammy Awards, Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony, Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again, A Very Gaga Thanksgiving)

Best Reality Series

• Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
• Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution [ABC] (Jamie Oliver, Ryan Seacrest, Craig Armstrong & Roy Ackerman)
• MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Tracy Rudolph)
• Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill & Phil Gurin)
• Who Do You Think You Are? [NBC] (Alex Graham, Jennifer O'Connell, Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky & Al Edgington)
  (Honourable Mentions: Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Hoarders, An Idiot Abroad, Undercover Boss)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
• America's Got Talent [NBC] (Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Ken Warwick, Jason Raff & 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)
• The Voice [NBC] (Mark Burnett, John de Mol Jr., Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers & Lee Metzger)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Idol, The Glee Project, Project Runway, Survivor, The X Factor)

Best Host - Reality Series

• Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
• Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent
• Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
• Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
• Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers
  (Honourable Mentions: Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?, Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters, Heidi Klum - Project Runway, Jeff Probst - Survivor, Mark L. Walberg - Antiques Roadshow)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "Hot Water" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan, executive producers; Chris Bennett, director; Judah & Murray Miller, writers)
• Bob's Burgers - "Burgerboss" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive, executive producers; Jennifer Coyle, director; Scott Jacobson, writer)
• Futurama - "The Tip of the Zoidberg" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening & David X. Cohen, executive producers; Raymie Muzquiz, director; Ken Keeler, executive producer/writer)
• The Legend of Korra - "Welcome to Republic City" [Nickelodeon] (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, executive producers/writers; Joaquim Dos Santos, director)
• The Simpsons - "Holidays of Future Passed" [FOX] (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & John Frink, executive producers; Rob Oliver, director; J. Stewart Burns, writer)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "To the Lost")
• Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Crawl Space")
• Kelsey Grammer - Boss (Episode: "Listen")
• Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
• Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "Everyone Dies")
• Damian Lewis - Homeland (Episode: "Marine One")
  (Honourable Mentions: Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey, Michael C. Hall - Dexter, Dustin Hoffman - Luck, Timothy Olyphant - Justified)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "Live from Studio 6H")
  
• Don Cheadle - House of Lies (Episode: "The Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments")
• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Duckling")
• Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "Palestinian Chicken")
• Joel McHale - Community (Episode: "Introduction to Finality")
• Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Werewolf Transformation")
  (Honourable Mentions: Garret Dillahunt - Raising Hope, Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory, Adam Scott - Parks and Recreation, Elijah Wood - Wilfred)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Kevin Costner - Hatfields & McCoys
• Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock
• Idris Elba - Luther
• Woody Harrelson - Game Change
• Clive Owen - Hemingway & Gellhorn
  (Honourable Mentions: Dylan McDermott - American Horror Story, Bill Nighy - Page Eight, Bill Paxton - Hatfields & McCoys, Dominic West - Appropriate Adult)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Glenn Close - Damages (Episode: "Failure is Lonely")
• Claire Danes - Homeland (Episode: "The Vest")
• Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Seven")
• Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Parenting Made Easy")
• Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
• Anna Torv - Fringe (Episode: "One Night in October")
  (Honourable Mentions: Kathy Bates - Harry's Law, Jessica Pare - Mad Men, Emmy Rossum - Shameless, Katey Segal - Sons of Anarchy)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "She Did")
• Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "The Tuxedo Begins")
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "Tears")
• Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "The Debate")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "The Unbrave One")
  (Honourable Mentions: Laura Dern - Enlightened, Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie, Laura Linney - The Big C, Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Connie Britton - American Horror Story
• Romola Garai - The Hour
• Nicole Kidman - Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Julianne Moore - Game Change
• Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult
  (Honourable Mentions: Patricia Clarkson - Five, Ashley Judd - Missing, Melissa Leo - The Space Between, Emma Thompson - The Song of Lunch, Rachel Weisz - Page Eight)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Blackwater")
• Giancarlo Esposito - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Hermanos")
• John Goodman - Damages (Episode: "There's Only One Way to Try a Case")
• Jared Harris - Mad Men (Episode: "Commissions and Fees")
• John Noble - Fringe (Episode: "Worlds Apart")
• Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad (Episode: "End Times")
  (Honourable Mentions: Jim Carter - Downton Abbey, Mandy Patinkin - Homeland, Michael Pitt - Boardwalk Empire, Dax Shepard - Parenthood)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Disneyland")
• Adam Driver - Girls (Episode: "She Did")
• Max Greenfield - New Girl (Episode: "Control")
• Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Katy Perry")
• Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammys")
• Ed O'Neill - Modern Family (Episode: "Baby on Board")
  (Honourable Mentions: Chris Colfer - Glee, Chris Pratt - Parks and Recreation, Danny Pudi - Community, Damon Wayans Jr. - Happy Endings)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Tom Berenger - Hatfields & McCoys
• Martin Freeman - Sherlock
• Ed Harris - Game Change
• Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story
• David Straitharn - Hemingway & Gellhorn
  (Honourable Mentions: Powers Boothe - Hatfields McCoys, Ralph Fiennes - Page Eight, Peter MacNicol - Game Change, Evan Peters - American Horror Story, Andrew Scott - Sherlock)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (Episode: "Alienation of Affection")
• Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Cornered")
• Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
• Regina King - Southland (Episode: "Identity")
• Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "To the Lost")
  
• Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode One")
  (Honourable Mentions: Morena Baccarin - Homeland, Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey, Lena Headey - Game of Thrones, Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Shiny Trinket Manuever")
• Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "Go Bullfrogs!")
• Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Finishing the Hat")
• Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (Episode: "Murphy Brown Lied to Us")
• Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "No Kimono Zone")
• Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Mick Jagger")
  (Honourable Mentions: Anna Chlumsky - Veep, Zosia Mamet - Girls, Naya Riviera - Glee, Maya Rudolph - Up All Night)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Gillian Anderson - Great Expectations
• Frances Conroy - American Horror Story
• Jessica Lange - American Horror Story
• Sarah Paulson - Game Change
• Mare Winningham - Hatfields & McCoys
  (Honourable Mentions: Judy Davis - Page Eight, Rosario Dawson - Five, Jenifer Lewis - Five, Lara Pulver - Sherlock, Lily Rabe - American Horror Story)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Jeremy Davies - Justified (Episode: "Coalition")
• Ben Feldman - Mad Men (Episode: "Dark Shadows")
• Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (Episode: "Parenting Made Easy")
• Mark Margolis - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Face Off")
• Alfred Molina - Harry's Law (Episode: "Sins of the Father")
• Matthew Perry - The Good Wife (Episode: "Pants on Fire")
  (Honourable Mentions: Andre Braugher - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Michael Gambon - Luck, Chris Messina - Damages, Jason Ritter - Parenthood)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Idiots Are People Three!")
• Wayne Brady - American Dad! (Episode: "Ricky Spanish")
• Bobby Cannavale - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Disneyland Sucks")
• Michael J. Fox - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "Larry vs. Michael J. Fox")
• John Goodman - Community (Episode: "Introduction to Finality")
• Paul Rudd - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "The Debate")
  (Honourable Mentions: Matt Bomer - Glee, Jon Hamm - 30 Rock, Greg Kinnear - Modern Family, Doug Stanhope - Louie)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "Can I Have a Mother?")
• Loretta DeVine - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "If Only You Were Lonely")
• Louise Fletcher - Shameless (Episode: "Can I Have a Mother?")
• Lucy Liu - Southland (Episode: "Fallout")
• Julia Ormond - Mad Men (Episode: "The Phantom")
• Uma Thurman - Smash (Episode: "Tech")
  (Honourable Mentions: Martha Plimpton - The Good Wife, Anika Noni Rose - The Good Wife, Chloë Sevigny - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Jean Smart - Harry's Law)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Patricia Clarkson - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammys")
• Lady Gaga - The Simpsons (Episode: "Lisa Goes Gaga")
• Sarah Michelle Gellar - American Dad! (Episode: "Virtual In-Stanity")
• Whoopi Goldberg - Glee (Episode: "Choke")
• Dot-Marie Jones - Glee (Episode: "Props")
• Chloë Moretz - 30 Rock (Episode: "Standards and Practices")
  (Honourable Mentions: Elizabeth Banks - 30 Rock, Ellen Barkin - Modern Family, Kathy Bates - Two and a Half Men, Cynthia Nixon - The Big C)

Best Directing - Drama

• Michael Cuesta - Homeland (Episode: "Pilot")
• Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Face Off")
• Neil Marshall - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Blackwater")
• Brian Percival - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Seven")
• Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "To the Lost")
• Gus Van Sant - Boss (Episode: "Listen")
  (Honourable Mentions: Phil Abraham - Mad Men, Michelle MacLaren - Breaking Bad, Matthew Weiner - Mad Men, Scott Winant - Breaking Bad)

Best Directing - Comedy

• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Duckling")
• Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "She Did")
• Jake Kasdan - New Girl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (Episode: "Live from Studio 6H")
• Shawn Murray - American Dad! (Episode: "Virtual In-Stanity")
• Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "Palestinian Chicken")
  (Honourable Mentions: Alec Berg - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Joe Daniello - American Dad!, Steven Levitan - Modern Family, Jeffrey Melman - Community)

Best Directing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Philip Kaufman - Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Paul McGuigan - Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
  
• Sam Miller - Luther
• Kevin Reynolds - Hatfields & McCoys
• Jay Roach - Game Change
  (Honourable Mentions: Jennifer Aniston - Five, Brian Birk - Great Expectations, Bradley Buecker - American Horror Story, Patty Jenkins - Five, Jamie Payne - The Hour)

Best Writing - Drama

• VJ Boyd - Justified (Episode: "Decoy")
• Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Far Away Places")
• Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
• Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Seven")
• Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff - Homeland (Episode: "Pilot")
• George R.R. Martin - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Blackwater")
  (Honourable Mentions: Courtney Kemp Agboh, Robert King & Michelle King - The Good Wife, Andre & Maria Jacquemetton - Mad Men, George Mastras & Sam Catlin - Breaking Bad, Meredith Stiehm - Homeland)

Best Writing - Comedy

• Dave & John Chernin - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Episode: "The Gang Goes to Jersey Shore")
• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Pregnant")
• Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "Pilot")
• Chris McKenna - Community (Episode: "Remedial Chaos Theory")
• Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "The Debate")
• Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz - American Dad! (Episode: "The Unbrave One")
  (Honourable Mentions: Jordan Blum & Parker Deay - American Dad!, Jack Burditt & Tina Fey - 30 Rock, Abraham Higginbotham & Dan O'Shannon - Modern Family, Michael Schur - Parks and Recreation)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Neil Cross - Luther
• Bill Kirby, Ted Mann & Ronald Parker - Hatfields & McCoys
• Steven Moffatt - Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
• Abi Morgan - The Hour
• Danny Strong - Game Change

Best Casting - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire (Meredith Tucker)
• Downton Abbey (Jill Trevellick)
• Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
• Homeland (Junie Lowry-Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Judy Henderson, Craig Fincannon & Lisa Mae Fincannon)
• Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
  (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Fringe, The Good Wife, Justified, Southland)

Best Casting - Comedy

• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Girls (Jennifer Euston)
• Modern Family (Jeff Greenberg)
• New Girl (Seth Yanklewitz, Juel Bestrop, Anya Coloff & Michael Nicolo)
• Nurse Jackie (Julie Tucker & Ross Meyerson)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Big C, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Glee, Parks and Recreation, Veep)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story (Robert Ulrich & Eric Dawson)
• Five (Randi Hiller & Tamara-Lee Notcutt)
• Game Change (David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran & Kathleen Chopin)
• Hatfields & McCoys (Fern Champion & Amy Hubbard)
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Kate Rhodes James)

Best Cinematography - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "21")
• Breaking Bad - Michael Slovis (Episode: "Face Off")
• Game of Thrones - Sam McCurdy (Episode: "Blackwater")
• Homeland - Nelson Cragg (Episode: "Marine One")
• Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "The Phantom")
  (Honourable Mentions: Boss - Kasper Tuxen, Downton Abbey - Gavin Struthers, Glee - Michael Goi, Pan Am - John Lindley, The Walking Dead - Rohn Schmidt)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Game Change (Jim Denault)
• Great Expectations (Florian Hoffmeister)
• Hatfields & McCoys (Arthur Reinhart)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (Rogier Stoffers)
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Fabian Wagner)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "21")
• The Borgias - Gabriella Pescucci (Episode: "The Confession")
• Downton Abbey - Susannah Buxton (Episode: "Episode 1")
• Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "Garden of Bones")
• Once Upon a Time - Eduardo Castro (Episode: "Hat Trick")
  (Honourable Mentions: Glee, Mad Men, Pan Am, Smash, Sons of Anarchy)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story (Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko)
• Great Expectations (Annie Symons)
• Hatfields & McCoys (Karri Hutchinson)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (Ruth Myers)
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Sarah Arthur)
  (Honourable Mentions: Game Change, The Hour, Luther, Page Eight, Treasure Island)

Best Editing - Series

• 30 Rock - Meg Reticker (Episode: "Leap Day")
• Breaking Bad - Skip MacDonald (Episode: "Face Off")
  
• Curb Your Enthusiasm - Steven Rasch (Episode: "Palestinian Chicken")
• Homeland - Jordan Goldman & David Tatham (Episode: "Pilot")
• Mad Men - Chris Gay (Episode: "Far Away Places")
  (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad - Kelley Dixon, Game of Thrones - Oral Ottey, Louie - Louis C.K., Southland - Russell Denove)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story (Fabienne Bouville)
• Game Change (Lucia Zucchetti)
• Hatfields & McCoys (Don Cassidy)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (Walter Murch)
  
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Charlie Phillips)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• Boardwalk Empire (Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Stuhlbarg, Vincent Piazza, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jack Huston & Dabney Coleman, et. al.)
• Downton Abbey (Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Elizabeth McGovern, Dan Stevens & Maggie Smith, et. al.)
• Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Charles Dance, Richard Madden, Sophie Turner & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
• Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Ben Feldman, Robert Morse & John Slattery, et. al.)
• Parenthood (Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen, Sam Jaeger, Mae Whitman, Bonnie Bedelia & Craig T. Nelson, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Fringe, The Good Wife, Justified, Southland)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
• The Big Bang Theory (Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik & Melissa Rauch, et. al.)
• Community (Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Danny Pudi, Jim Rash & Chevy Chase, et. al.)
• Girls (Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet & Adam Driver, et. al.)
• Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Rob Lowe, Adam Scott, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Jim O'Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt & Retta, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock, Glee, Happy Endings, Saturday Night Live, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story (Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Denis O'Hare, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy, Matt Ross & Jessica Lange, et. al.)
• Five (Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonesca, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tony Shalhoub, Jenifer Lewis, Kathy Najimy, Alan Ruck & Bob Newhart, et. al.)
• Game Change (Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris, Ron Livingston, Peter MacNicol, Jamey Sheridan, Bruce Altman, Colby French, Spencer Garrett & Sarah Paulson, et. al.)
• Hatfields & McCoys (Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger, Mare Winningham, Jena Malone, Boyd Holbrook, Matt Barr, Andrew Howard, Noel Fisher & Powers Boothe, et. al.)
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Una Stubbs, Mark Gatiss, Louise Brealey, Andrew Scott, Jonathan Aris, Russell Tovey & Lara Pulver, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Great Expectations, Hemingway & Gellhorn, The Hour, Page Eight, Torchwood: Miracle Day)

Best Main Title Design

• American Horror Story (Kyle Cooper, Juan Ruiz Anchía, Gabriel Diaz & Ryan Murphy)
• Great Expectations (Nic Benns, Rodi Kaya & Tom Bromwich)
• Luck (Justine Gerenstein & Ahmet Ahmet, et. al.)
• Magic City (Ahmet Ahmet, Michelle Dougherty, Kathy Kelehan & Danielle White)
• New Girl (Conn Reilly, Veva Burns & John Priday)
  (Honourable Mentions: Boss, Hell on Wheels, Homeland, Once Upon a Time, Veep)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• American Horror Story (Cesar Davila-Irizarry & Charlie Clouser)
• Great Expectations (Martin Phipps)
• Homeland (Sean Callery)
• New Girl (Michael Andrews, Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Meriwether, Dave Finkel & Brett Baer)
• Touch (Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin)
  (Honourable Mentions: Boss, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Hell on Wheels, Luck, Page Eight)

Best Makeup - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Michele Paris, Steven Lawrence & Michael Marino (Episode: "Georgia Peaches")
• Game of Thrones - Paul Engelen, Conor O'Sullivan & Melissa Lackersteen (Episode: "Valar Morghulis")
• Glee - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Jennifer Greenberg & Mike Mekash (Episode: "Yes/No")
• Mad Men - Lana Grossman, Ron Pipes & Ken Niederbaumer (Episode: "Christmas Waltz")
• The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "What Lies Behind")
  (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, Grimm, The Middle, Once Upon a Time, True Blood)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Silvina Knight)
• Game Change (Sandra Linn Koepper & Ngozi Olandu Young)
• Hatfields & McCoys (Mario Michisanti & Francesca Tampieri)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (Gretchen Davis, Kyra Panchenko & Jamie Kelman)
  
• Treasure Island (Dominique Borrel & Nadia Macari)

Best Music Composition - Series

• 30 Rock - Jeff Richmond (Episode: "The Tuxedo Begins")
• American Dad! - Asa Taccone (Episode: "Hot Water")
• Downton Abbey - John Lunn (Episode: "Episode Six")
• Mad Men - David Carbonara (Episode: "The Other Woman")
• Smash - Christian Bacon & Marc Shaiman (Episode: "Publicity")
  (Honourable Mentions: The Borgias - Trevor Morris, Homeland - Sean Callery, Pan Am - Blake Neely, True Blood - Nathan Barr, The Walking Dead - Bear McCreary)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Game Change (Theodore Shapiro)
• Hatfields & McCoys (John Debney & Tony Morales)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (Javier Navarrete)
• Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (Michael Giacchino)
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (David Arnold & Michael Price)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story - James Levine, Appropriate Adult - Dan Jones, The Hour - Daniel Giorgetti, Missing - Robert Duncan & Kim Planert, Page Eight - Paul Englishby)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• 65th Tony Awards - "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" (Adam Schlesinger & David Javerbaum)
• American Dad! - "Hot Tub of Love" (Asa Taccone)
• Raising Hope - "Welcome Back to Hope" (Matthew W. Thompson)
• Saturday Night Live - "I Can't Believe I'm Hosting" (Eli Brueggemann, Seth Meyers & John Mulaney)
• Smash - "Let Me Be Your Star" (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman)

Best Production Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Bill Groom & Carol Silverman (Episode: "To the Lost")
• Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Judy Farr (Episode: "Episode Four")
• Game of Thrones - Gemma Jackson & Tina Jones (Episode: "Valar Morghulis")
• Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "At the Codfish Ball")
• Once Upon a Time - Mark Worthington & Mark Lane (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock, The Borgias, Hell on Wheels, Justified, Scandal)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story (Mark Worthington & Ellen Brill)
• Great Expectations (David Roger & Jo Kornstein)
• Hatfields & McCoys (Derek R. Hill & Sally Black)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (Geoffrey Kirkland & Jim Erickson)
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Arwel Jones & Joelle Rumbelow)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

• Adventure Time - "Fionna and Cake" [Cartoon Network] (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Larry Leichliter, director; Adam Muto & Rebecca Sugar, writers)
• Phineas and Ferb - "The Doonkleberry Imperative" [Disney Channel] (Dan Povenmire & Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, executive producers; Jay Lender, director; Bernie Petterson & Mike Diederich, writers)
• Regular Show - "Eggscellent" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez, animation director; Matt Price, Jack Thomas & John Infantino, writers)
• Robot Chicken - "Fight Club Paradise" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green & Matthew Senreich, executive producers/writers; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Chris McKay, director; Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, head writers; Jordan Allen-Dutton, Matthew Beans, Mike Fasolo, Zeb Wells & Erik Wiener, writers) 
• SpongeBob Squarepants - "Drive Thru" [Nickelodeon] (Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, executive producers; Tom Yasumi, director; Aaron Springer & Dani Michaeli, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

• Breaking Bad - Nick Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "Face Off")
• Fringe - Thomas A. Harris, Alexander Gruzdev & Rick Norman (Episode: "Letters of Transit")
• Game of Thrones - Peter Brown, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "Blackwater")
• Homeland - Craig Dellinger, Alan Decker & Nello Torri (Episode: "Marine One")
• The Walking Dead - Jerry Ross, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers (Episode: "Beside the Dying Fire")
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, CSI: Miami, Covert Affairs, Downton Abbey, Person of Interest)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
• Game Change (Paul Timothy Carden, Thomas O'Neil Younkman, Gabriel J. Serrano & Leslie Shatz)
• Hatfields & McCoys (John Laing, Christian T. Cooke & Brad Zoern)
• Hemingway & Gellhorn (Douglas Murray, Lora Hirschberg & Pete Horner)
• The River (Paula Fairfield, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers)

Best Visual Effects

• Boardwalk Empire - David Taritero, Robert Stromberg, Eran Dinur & Richard Friedlander (Episode: "Georgia Peaches")
• Falling Skies - Andrew Orloff, Roberto Biagi, Curt Miller & Sean Tompkins (Episode: "Live and Learn/The Armory")
• Fringe - Robert Habros, Jay Worth, Elizabeth Alvarez & John J. Renzulli (Episode: "Letters of Transit")
• Game of Thrones - Rainer Gombos, Stefen Fangmeier, Juri Stanossek & Steve Kullback (Episode: "Valar Morghulis")
• Touch - Mark Spatny, Tony Pirzadeh, Diego Galtieri & Christopher D. Martin (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story, Once Upon a Time, Terra Nova, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Nancy Cartwright - The Simpsons for voicing Bart Simpson (and others) in "Beware My Cheating Bart"
• Bryan Cranston - Archer for voicing Tony Drake in "Space Race"
• Cee-Lo Green - American Dad! for voicing The Hot Tub in "Hot Water"
• Brenda Strong - Desperate Housewives for voicing Mary Alice Young in "Finishing the Hat"
• Kristen Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show for voicing Lola Bunny in "Double Date"
  (Honourable Mentions: Cate Blanchett - Family Guy, Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons, Jeremy Irons - The Simpsons, Tom Kenny - Adventure Time, Maurice LaMarche - Futurama)