2014 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

• Breaking Bad [AMC] (Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson & Michelle MacLaren)
• Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger & Bernadette Caulfield)
• The Good Wife [CBS] (Robert King, Michelle King, Ridley Scott, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Ted Humphrey, David W. Zucker & Brooke Kennedy)
• House of Cards [Netflix] (David Fincher, Beau Willimon, Josh Donen, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs & David Manson)
• Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher & Janet Leahy)
• True Detective [HBO] (Nic Pizzolatto, Cary Joji Fukunga, Scott Stephens, Steve Golin, Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey & Richard Brown)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Bates Motel, Downton Abbey, Hannibal)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• American Dad! [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Steve Callaghan, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Brian Boyle) 
• The Big Bang Theory [CBS] (Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Steven Molaro)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine [FOX] (Michael Schur, Dan Goor & David Miner)
• Girls [HBO] (Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner & Ilene S. Landress)
• Louie [FX] (Louis C.K., M. Blair Breard & Dave Becky)
• Orange is the New Black [Netflix] (Jenji Kohan)
  (Honourable Mentions: Modern Family, Shameless, Silicon Valley, Veep)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt & Bradley Buecker, executive producers; Joseph Incaprera & Alexis Martin Woodall, producers)
• Clear History [HBO] (Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, Greg Mottola & Bradley Thomas, executive producers; Larry David & Monica Levinson, producers)
• Fargo [FX] (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Noah Hawley & Warren Littlefield, executive producers; Chad Oakes, Mike Frislev & Kim Todd, producers)
• The Normal Heart [HBO] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Pitt, Jason Blum, Dante Di Loreto & Dede Gardner, executive producers; Scott Ferguson & Alexis Martin Woodall, producers)
• The Spoils of Babylon [IFC] (Matt Piedmont, Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, Adam McKay & Nate Young, executive producers; Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig & Pavlina Hatopuis, producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: Dancing on the Edge, Klondike, Sherlock: His Last Vow, Treme, The White Queen)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tom Purcell)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, Steve Bodow, Jennifer Flanz, Adam Lowitt & Rory Albanese)
• The Graham Norton Show [BBC One] (Graham Stuart)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson [CBS] (Billy Kimball & Peter Lassally)
• Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel & Andrew Singer)
• Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
  (Honourable Mentions: Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon)

Best Variety Special

• 71st Golden Globe Awards [NBC] (Barry Adelman, Allen Shapiro & Michael G. Mahan, executive producers)
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks [TNT] (Bob Gazzale, executive producer; Chris Merrill, producer)
• Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays [HBO] (Billy Crystal, Janice Crystal, Larry Magid & David Steinberg, executive producers)
• The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; George Stevens, Jr. & Michael Stevens, producers)
• The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles [CBS] (Ken Ehrlich & R.A. Clark, executive producers; Renato Basile, producers)

Best Reality Series

• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey [FOX/Nat Geo] (Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, Mitchell Cannold & Brannon Braga)
• Diners, Drive-ins and Dives [Food Network] (Guy Fieri, Frank Matson, Kat Higgins & Tim McOsker)
• MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Cameo Wallace)
• Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill & Phil Gurin)
  
• Who Do You Think You Are? [TLC] (Alex Graham, Pamela Healey, Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky, Al Edgington, Howard Lee, Amy Winter & Timothy Kuryak) 
  (Honourable Mentions: Antiques Roadshow, Deadliest Catch, Duck Dynasty, Undercover Boss, Wahlburgers)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
• So You Think You Can Dance? [FOX] (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman, Allen Shapiro & Nigel Lythgoe)
• Survivor [CBS] (Mark Burnett, Charlie Parsons & Tom Shelly)
• Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Hillary Olsen, Tara Siener, Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi)
• The Voice [NBC] (John de Mol Jr., Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers & Lee Metzger)
  (Honourable Mentions: America's Got Talent, American Idol, Hollywood Game Night, MasterChef, Project Runway)

Best Host - Reality Series

• Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
• Anthony Bourdain - The Taste
• Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
• Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
• Neil deGrasse Tyson - Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
  (Honourable Mentions: Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent, Carson Daly - The Voice, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway, Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "Independent Movie" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle, executive producers; Shawn Murray, director; Judah Miller, writer)
• Bob's Burgers - "The Equestranauts" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive, executive producers; Tyree Dillihay, director; Dan Mintz, writer)
• Futurama - "Meanwhile" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening, David X. Cohen & Josh Weinstein, executive producers; Peter Avanzino, director; Ken Keeler, executive producer/writer)
• Rick and Morty - "Rixty Minutes" [Adult Swim] (Dan Harmon, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, James A. Fino & Joe Russo II, executive producers; Bryan Newton, director; Tom Kauffman, writer; Justin Roiland, executive producer/writer)
• The Simpsons - "Brick Like Me" [FOX] (Matt Selman, Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon & John Frink, executive producers; Matthew Nastuk, director; Brian Kelley, writer)
• Toy Story OF TERROR! [ABC] (John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton, executive producers; Galyn Susman, producer; Angus MacLane, director/writer)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
• Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom (Episode: "News Night with Will McAvoy")
• Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
• Matthew McConaughey - True Detective (Episode: "Form and Void")
• Kevin Spacey - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 26")
• James Spader - The Blacklist (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: Woody Harrelson - True Detective, Freddie Highmore - Bates Motel, Mads Mikkelsen - Hannibal, Michael Sheen - Masters of Sex)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Pamela 3")
• Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Cock of the Sleepwalk")
• William H. Macy - Shameless (Episode: "Lazarus")
• Thomas Middleditch - Silicon Valley (Episode: "The Cap Table")
• Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Thanksgiving Decoupling")
• Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "The Vulture")
  (Honourable Mentions: Don Cheadle - House of Lies, Ricky Gervais - Derek, Adam Scott - Parks and Recreation, Robin Williams - The Crazy Ones)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: His Last Vow
• Larry David - Clear History
• Chiwetel Ejiofor - Dancing on the Edge
• Martin Freeman - Fargo
• Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
  (Honourable Mentions: Idris Elba - Luther, Clarke Peters - Treme, Wendell Pierce - Treme, Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart, Ben Whishaw - The Hollow Crown)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Claire Danes - Homeland (Episode: "The Star")
• Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "A Material World")
• Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black (Episode: "By Means of Which Have Never Yet Been Tried")
• Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
• Keri Russell - The Americans (Episode: "Behind the Red Door")
• Robin Wright - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 17")
  (Honourable Mentions: Lizzy Caplan - Masters of Sex, Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey, Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel, Kerry Washington - Scandal)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Birthday")
• Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "Beach House")
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "Crate")
• Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Moving Up")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Killer Vacation")
• Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "I Wasn't Ready")
  (Honourable Mentions: Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie, Mindy Kaling - The Mindy Project, Wendi McLendon-Covey - The Goldbergs, Emmy Rossum - Shameless, )

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Helena Bonham Carter - Burton and Taylor
• Whoopi Goldberg - A Day Late and a Dollar Short
• Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Coven
• Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful
• Kristen Wiig - The Spoils of Babylon
  (Honourable Mentions: Olivia Colman - Broadchurch, Minnie Driver - Return to Zero, Rebecca Ferguson - The White Queen, Holliday Grainger - Bonnie & Clyde)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Josh Charles - The Good Wife (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
• Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Laws of Gods and Men")
• Mandy Patinkin - Homeland (Episode: "Gerontion")
• Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Buried")
• Jon Voight - Ray Donovan (Episode: "Fite Nite")
• Jeffrey Wright - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Farewell Daddy Blues")
  (Honourable Mentions: Laurence Fishburne - Hannibal, Walton Goggins - Justified, Dean Norris - Breaking Bad, Peter Sarsgaard - The Killing)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Fred Armisen - Portlandia (Episode: "Pull Out King")
• Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Full Boyle")
• Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Spring-a-Ding-Fling")
• Adam Driver - Girls (Episode: "Sectionals")
• Tony Hale - Veep (Episode: "Crate")
• Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Deception Verification")
  (Honourable Mentions: Kumail Nanjiani - Silicon Valley, Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family, Jeremy Allen White - Shameless, James Wolk - The Crazy Ones)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart
• Will Ferrell - The Spoils of Babylon
• Martin Freeman - Sherlock: His Last Vow
• Jon Hamm - Clear History
• Jim Parsons - The Normal Heart
  (Honourable Mentions: Keith Carradine - Fargo, John Goodman - Dancing on the Edge, Colin Hanks - Fargo, Alfred Molina - The Normal Heart, Blair Underwood - The Trip to Bountiful)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (Episode: "The Last Call") 
• Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Children")
• Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
• Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Strategy")
• Michelle Monaghan - True Detective (Episode: "Form and Void")
• Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight")
  (Honourable Mentions: Betsy Brandt - Breaking Bad, Lena Headey - Game of Thrones, Annet Mahendru - The Americans, Bellamy Young - Scandal)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Scavenger Vortex")
• Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "Las Vegas")
  
• Allison Janney - Mom (Episode: "Estrogen and a Hearty Breakfast")
• Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Anna Kendrick")
• Kate Mulgrew - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Tit Punch")
• Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Flight")
  (Honourable Mentions: Danielle Brooks - Orange is thew New Black, Anna Chlumsky - Veep, Kaley Cuoco - The Big Bang Theory, Marcia Gay Harden - Trophy Wife)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Coven
• Jacqueline Bisset - Dancing on the Edge
• Ellen Burstyn - Flowers in the Attic
• Julia Roberts - The Normal Heart
• Alison Tolman - Fargo
  (Honourable Mentions: Amanda Abbington - Sherlock: His Last Vow, Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Coven, Audra McDonald - The Sound of Music LIVE!, Julianne Nicholson - The Red Road)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Beau Bridges - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Love and Marriage")
• Dan Bucatinsky - Scandal (Episode: "YOLO")
• Paul Giamatti - Downton Abbey (Episode: "The London Season")
• Nathan Lane - The Good Wife (Episode: "The Next Week")
• Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
• Ray Romano - Parenthood (Episode: "Promises")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dylan Baker - The Good Wife, Reg E. Cathey - House of Cards, Walton Goggins - Sons of Anarchy, Pedro Pascal - Game of Thrones)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Curtis Armstrong - American Dad! (Episode: "Independent Movie")
• Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Louis C.K.")
• Brad Garrett - The Crazy Ones (Episode: "The Stan Wood Account")
• Danny Glover - American Dad! (Episode: "Minstrel Krampus")
• James Earl Jones - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Convention Conundrum")
• Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Proton Displacement")
  (Honourable Mentions: Steve Buscemi - Portlandia, Gary Cole - Veep, Nathan Lane - Modern Family, Christopher Evan Welch - Silicon Valley)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Jane Fonda - The Newsroom (Episode: "Red Team III")
• Allison Janney - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Brave New World")
• Lisa Kudrow - Scandal (Episode: "Icarus")
• Margo Martindale - The Americans (Episode: "Behind the Red Door")
• Carrie Preston - The Good Wife (Episode: "Outside the Bubble")
• Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose")
  (Honourable Mentions: Gillian Anderson - Hannibal, Kate Mara - House of Cards, C.C.H. Pounder - Sons of Anarchy, Dianne Wiest - The Blacklist)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied")
• Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "Liver, I Hardly Know Her")
• Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Independent Movie")
• Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey")
• Octavia Spencer - Mom (Episode: "Toilet Wine and the Earl of Sandwich")
• June Squibb - Girls (Episode: "Flo")
  (Honourable Mentions: Sarah Baker - Louie, Kristen Bell - Parks and Recreation, Laverne Cox - Orange is the New Black, Melissa McCarthy - Saturday Night Live)

Best Direction - Drama

• Cary Joji Fukunga - True Detective (Episode: "The Long Bright Dark")
• Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Felina")
• Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
• Michelle MacLaren - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Buried")
• John Madden - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Pilot")
• Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Farewell Daddy Blues")
  (Honourable Mentions: Carl Franklin - House of Cards, Neil Marshall - Game of Thrones, David Slade - Hannibal, James Whitmore Jr. - The Good Wife) 

Best Direction - Comedy

• Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Scavenger Vortex")
• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Elevator: Part 6")
• Joe Daniello - American Dad! (Episode: "Familyland")
• Brad Falchuk - Glee (Episode: "The Quarterback")
• Jodie Foster - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied")
• Mike Judge - Silicon Valley (Episode: "Minimum Viable Product")
• Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: Armando Iannucci - Veep, Gail Mancuso - Modern Family, Jesse Peretz - Girls)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Adam Bernstein - Fargo
• Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - American Horror Story: Coven
• Ryan Murphy - The Normal Heart
• Matt Piedmont - The Spoils of Babylon
• Stephen Poliakoff - Dancing on the Edge
  (Honourable Mentions: Stephen Frears - Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, Colin Bucksey - Fargo, Nick Hurran - Sherlock: His Last Vow, James Kent - The White Queen)

Best Writing - Drama

• Michelle Ashford - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Manhigh")
• Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Felina")
• Robert & Michelle King - The Good Wife (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
• Nic Pizzolatto - True Detective (Episode: "The Long Bright Dark")
• Moira Walley-Beckett - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
• Carly Wray & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
  (Honourable Mentions: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones, Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey, Peter Gould - Breaking Bad, Oliver North & Tracey Scott Wilson - The Americans)

Best Writing - Comedy

• Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham & Jenni Konner - Girls (Episode: "Beach House")
• Alec Berg - Silicon Valley (Episode: "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency")
• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "So Did the Fat Lady")
• Liz Friedman & Jenji Kohan - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "I Wasn't Ready")
• Dan Goor & Michael Schur - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Operation Broken Feather")
• Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds, Adam Faberman, Steven Molaro, Dan Goetsch & Steve Holland - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Convention Conundrum")
• (Honourable Mentions: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - Veep, Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener - American Dad!, David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes, Kim Rosenstock - New Girl)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Larry David, Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg & David Mandel - Clear History
• Noah Hawley - Fargo
• Larry Kramer - The Normal Heart
• Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk - American Horror Story: Coven
• Matt Piedmont & Harper Steele - The Spoils of Babylon
  (Honourable Mentions: Neil Cross - Luther, Richard Eyre - The Hollow Crown, Steven Moffatt - Sherlock: His Last Vow, Eric Overmyer & David Simon - Treme)

Best Casting - Drama

• Breaking Bad (Sharon Bialy & Sharon Thomas)
• Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
• House of Cards (Laray Mayfield & Julie Schubert)
• Masters of Sex (Risa Bramon Garcia & Bernard Telsey)
• True Detective (Alexa L. Fogel & Christine Kromer)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Downton Abbey, The Good Wife, Hannibal, Mad Men)

Best Casting - Comedy

• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Allison Jones & Juel Bestrop)
• Girls (Jennifer Euston)
• New Girl (Michael V. Nicolo)
• Orange is the New Black (Jennifer Euston)
  (Honourable Mentions: Louie, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, Shameless, Veep)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Robert Ulrich, Eric Dawson & Meagan Lewis)
• Clear History (Ronna Kress)
• Fargo (Rachel Tenner & Jackie Lind)
• The Normal Heart (Amanda Mackey & Cathy Sandrich Gelfond)
• Treme (Alexa L. Fogel & Meagan Lewis)
  (Honourable Mentions: Dancing on the Edge, Psych: The Musical, Sherlock: His Last Vow, The Spoils of Babylon, The White Queen)

Best Cinematography - Series

• Breaking Bad - Michael Slovis (Episode: "Ozymandias")
• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Bill Pope (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way")
• Game of Thrones - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Two Swords")
• House of Cards - Igor Martinovic (Episode: "Chapter 18")
• True Detective - Adam Arkapaw (Episode: "Who Goes There")
  (Honourable Mentions: The Americans - Richard Rutkowski, Boardwalk Empire - David Franco, Game of Thrones - Anette Haellmigk, Hannibal - James Hawkinson, Homeland - David Klein)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Michael Goi)
• Bonnie & Clyde (Francis Kenny)
• Fargo (Matt Lloyd)
• The Normal Heart (Danny Moder)
• Sherlock: His Last Vow (Neville Kidd)
  

Best Costume Design - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "New York Sour")
• Downton Abbey - Caroline McCall (Episode: "Episode Eight")
• Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose")
• Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "Time Zones")
• Once Upon a Time - Eduardo Castro (Episode: "A Curious Thing")
  (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Hannibal, House of Cards, Ray Donovan, True Detective)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Lou Eyrich)
• Dancing on the Edge (Lindsay Pugh)
• House of Versace (Claire Nadon)
• Sherlock: His Last Vow (Sarah Arthur)
• The White Queen (Nic Ede)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde, Killing Kennedy, Lizzie Borden Took an Ax, The Normal Heart, The Spoils of Babylon)

Best Editing - Series

• Breaking Bad - Kelley Dixon & Chris McCalebb (Episode: "Granite State")
• Breaking Bad - Skip MacDonald (Episode: "Ozymandias")
• The Good Wife - Scott Vickrey (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
• Orange is the New Black - Michael S. Stern (Episode: "Can't Fix Crazy")
• True Detective - Alfonso Gonçalves (Episode: "Who Goes There")
  (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad - Kelley Dixon, Game of Thrones - Katie Weiland, Hannibal - Ben Wilkinson, House of Cards - Byron Smith, Mad Men - Christopher Gay)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Stewart Schill)
• Clear History (Steven Rasch)
• Fargo (Skip MacDonald)
• The Normal Heart (Adam Penn)
• The Spoils of Babylon (David Trachtenberg)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde - John David Allen & David Beatty, Fargo - Regis Kimble, Mob City - Hunter M. Via, Sherlock: His Last Vow - Yan Miles, The White Queen - Ben Lester)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• Breaking Bad (Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Bowen, Laura Fraser & Jesse Plemons, et. al.)
• Downton Abbey (Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Robet James-Collier, Lily James, Elizabeth McGovern & Maggie Smith, et. al.)
• Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Gwendoline Christie, Sophie Turner & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
• The Good Wife (Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Makenzie Vega, Graham Phillips, Chris Noth & Alan Cumming, et. al.)
• Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Kiernan Shipka, Robert Morse & John Slattery, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards, Parenthood, True Detective)

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.)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Perretti & Andre Braugher, et. al.)
• Orange is the New Black (Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Michael J. Harney, Kate Mulgrew, Jason Biggs, Natasha Lyonne, Laverne Cox, Taryn Manning, Michelle Hurst & Uzo Aduba, et. al.)
• Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Jim O'Heir, Retta & Rob Lowe, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Shameless, Silicon Valley, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Sarah Paulson, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Emma Roberts, Denis O'Hare, Kathy Bates & Jessica Lange, et. al.)
• Clear History (Larry David, Bill Hader, Philip Baker Hall, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan & Liev Schreiber, et. al.)
• Fargo (Billy Bob Thornton, Alison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Kate Walsh, Jordan Peele & Keegan-Michael Key, et. al.)
• The Normal Heart (Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantella, B.D. Wong, Jonathan Groff, Stephen Spinella & Julia Roberts, et. al.)
• The Spoils of Babylon (Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Tobey Maguire, Tim Robbins, Val Kilmer, Jessica Alba, David Spade, Molly Shannon & Haley Joel Osment, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Dancing on the Edge, Flowers in the Attic, The Hollow Crown, Psych: The Musical, Sherlock: His Last Vow)

Best Main Title Design

• Black Sails (Karin Fong, Michelle Dougherty, Alan Williams, Kris Kuksi & Brian Hatcher)
• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Curtis Doss, Shaun Collings, Randall Smith, Tom Connors & Troy James Miller)
• Masters of Sex (Leanne Dare, Yi-Jen Liu, Jon Forsman & Gabriel Britz)
• Silicon Valley (Garson Yu & Mehmet Kizilay)
• True Detective (Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks & Jennifer Sofio Hall)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Coven, The Bridge, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Orange is the New Black, The White Queen)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Dan Marocco)
• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Alan Silvestri)
• Orange is the New Black (Regina Spektor)
• Sleepy Hollow (Brian Tyler & Robert Lydecker)
• The Spoils of Babylon (Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Coven, Black Sails, Fargo, True Detective, The White Queen)

Best Makeup - Series

• Breaking Bad - Tarra Day, Angela Maldone & Corey Welk (Episode: "Ozymandias")
• Game of Thrones - Jane Walker, Barrie Gower & Nicola Matthews (Episode: "Oathkeeper")
• Hannibal - François Dagenais, Michael J. Walsh & Steven Kostanski (Episode: "Takiawase")
• True Detective - Felicity Bowring, Wendy Bell & Linda Dowds (Episode: "The Secret Fate of All Life")
• The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "A")
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Key and Peele, Mad Men, True Blood)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Michael Mekash)
• Anna Nicole (David DeLeon, Todd McIntosh & Amber Crowe)
• Bonnie & Clyde (Trefor Proud & Karri Farris)
• The Normal Heart (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Sherri Berman Laurence & Christien Tinsley)
• The White Queen (Caroline Greenough & Julie Jendrick)
  (Honourable Mentions: Burton and Taylor, Fargo, Mob City, Sherlock: His Last Vow, Treme)

Best Music Composition - Series

• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Alan Silvestri (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way")
• Downton Abbey - John Lunn (Episode: "Episode Eight")
• Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi (Episode: "The Mountain and the Viper")
• The Good Wife - Tree Adams & T-Bone Burnett (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
• House of Cards - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Chapter 26")
  (Honourable Mentions: The Americans - Nathan Barr, Bates Motel - Chris Bacon, The Following - John Frizzell, Hannibal - Brian Reitzell, True Detective - T-Bone Burnett)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (James Levine)
• Clear History (Ludovic Bource)
• Fargo (Jeff Russo)
• Sherlock: His Last Vow (David Arnold & Michael Price)
• The White Queen (John Lunn)
  

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• American Dad! - "We've Been Bad" (Asa Taccone)
• The Big Bang Theory - "If I Didn't Have You (Bernadette's Song)" (Kate Micucci & Riki Lindhome)
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "I Like Paddy's Pub" (Charlie Day)
• Saturday Night Live - "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)" (Eli Brueggemann, Aidy Bryant, Chris Kelly, Kate McKinnon & Sarah Schneider)
  
• The Simpsons - "Comic Book Guy's Lament" (Alf Clausen & Tim Long)
  (Honourable Mentions: 67th Tony Awards - "Bigger!", Bob's Burgers - "Nice Things Are Nice", Key & Peele - "Les Mis", Sons of Anarchy - "Day is Gone")

Best Production Design - Series

• American Dad! - Fredrick Kim, Jon Fancher & Zeke Johnson (Episode: "Familyland")
• Boardwalk Empire - Bill Groom & Carol Silverman (Episode: "Erlkönig")
• Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Gina Cromwell (Episode: "Episode Eight")
• Game of Thrones - Deborah Riley & Rob Cameron (Episode: "The Laws of Gods and Men")
• True Detective - Alex DiGerlando & Cynthia Slagter (Episode: "Form and Void")
  (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Hannibal, House of Cards, Justified, Masters of Sex)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Mark Worthington & Ellen Brill)
• Fargo (John Blackie & Paul Healy)
• Mob City (Gregory Melton & Dorit Oberman Hurst)
• Treme (Chester Kaczenski & Tim Cohn)
• The White Queen (Martyn John & Linda Wilson)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde, Dancing on the Edge, Killing Kennedy, Klondike, Sherlock: His Last Vow)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

• Adventure Time - "Be More" [Cartoon Network] (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Nate Cash, supervising director; Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard, writers)
• Mickey Mouse - "O Sole Minnie" [Disney Channel] (Paul Rudish, executive producer/director/writer; Graham MacDonald, animation director; Derek Dressier, Clay Morrow, Alonso Ramirez Ramos & Aaron Springer, writers)
• Phineas and Ferb - "Thanks But No Thanks" [Disney Channel] (Dan Povenmire & Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, executive producers; Sue Perrotto, director; Antoine Guilbaud & Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, writers)
• Regular Show - "The Last Laserdisc Player" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, executive producer/director; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez, animation director; John Davis Infantino & Sean Szeles, supervising directors/writers; Mike Roth, Calvin Wong, Toby Jones, Matt Price & Michele Cavin, writers)
• Robot Chicken - "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, executive producers/writers; John Harvatine IV, Eric Towner, Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Zeb Wells, director/writer; Matthew Beans, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo & Breckin Meyer, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

• Breaking Bad - Nick Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "Felina")
• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Christopher Harvengt, Mark Hensley & Joel Catalan (Episode: "Standing Up on the Milky Way")
• Game of Thrones - Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "The Watchers on the Wall")
• The Simpsons - Terry Greene, Mark Linden & Tara A. Paul (Episode: "Married to the Blob")
• True Detective - Eliza Paley, Martin Czembor & Geoffrey Patterson (Episode: "Who Goes There")
  (Honourable Mentions: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Sails, Glee, Homeland, The Walking Dead)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Coven (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
  
• Fargo (Frank Larattta, Kevin W. Buchholz, Chris Philp & Mark Server)
• Klondike (Lee Walpole, Mike Markiw & Stuart Hilliker)
• Mob City (Matthew E. Taylor, Jerry Ross, Gary C. Bourgeois & Tom Marks)
• Treme (Will Ralston, Andy Kris & Bruce Litecky)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde, Killing Kennedy, The Normal Heart, Sherlock: His Last Vow, The White Queen)

Best Visual Effects

• The 100 - Andrew Orloff, Michael Cliett, Tyler Weiss & Wayne Szybunka (Episode: "We Are Grounders: Part 2")
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Mark Kolpack, Gary D'Amico, Sabrina Arnold & David Altenau (Episode: "T.A.H.I.T.I.")
• American Horror Story: Coven - Jason Piccioni, Justin Ball, Donnie Dean & Tim Jacobsen (Episode: "Burn, Witch, Burn!")
• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Rainer Gombos, Adica Manis, Natasha Ann Francis & Ryan Tudhope (Episode: "The Immortals")
• Game of Thrones - Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Steve Kullback & Adam Chazen (Episode: "The Children")
• (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, Defiance, Falling Skies, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Steal This Episode"
• Danny Glover - American Dad! for voicing Krampus in "Minstrel Krampus"
• Maurice LaMarche - Futurama for voicing Calculon and Morbo in "Calculon 2.0"
• Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! for voicing Hayley Smith in "She Swill Survive"
• Justin Roiland - Rick and Morty for voicing Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith in "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Mind"
• Billy West - Futurama for voicing Philip J. Fry (and others) in "Meanwhile"
  (Honourable Mentions: Joan Cusack - Toy Story OF TERROR!, Seth Green - Robot Chicken, Judy Greer - Archer, Carey Mulligan - The Spoils of Babylon)