2015 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

• The Americans [FX] (Joel Fields, Joe Wiesberg, Darryl Frank, Graham Yost & Daniel Sackheim)
• Empire [FOX] (Lee Daniels, Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken)
• Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger & Bernadette Caulfield)
• House of Cards [Netflix] (David Fincher, Beau Willimon, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Josh Donen, Eric Roth & John David Coles)
• Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher & Janet Healy)
• Masters of Sex [Showtime] (Michelle Ashford, Amy Lippmann, Carl Beverly, Judith Verno & Sarah Timberman)
  (Honourable Mentions: Better Call Saul, The Good Wife, Homeland, The Leftovers)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• American Dad! [FOX/TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Steve Callaghan, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle)
  
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine [FOX] (Michael Schur, Dan Goor & David Miner)
• Louie [FX] (Louis C.K., M. Blair Breard & Dave Becky)
• Orange is the New Black [Netflix] (Jenji Kohan)
• Parks and Recreation [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein, David Miner, Morgan Sackett & Dean Holland)
• The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt [Netflix] (Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond, David Miner & Jack Burditt)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Comeback, Modern Family, Silicon Valley, Transparent)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Crime [ABC] (John Ridley & Michael J. McDonald, executive producers; Lori-Etta Taub, producer)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong & Bradley Buecker, executive producers; Alexis Martin Woodall & Robert M. Williams Jr., producers)
• Bessie [HBO] (Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere, Randi Michel & Shelby Stone, executive producers; Ron Schmidt, producer)
• Olive Kitteridge [HBO] (Tom Hanks, Gary Goertzen, Jane Anderson & Frances McDormand, executive producers; David Coatsworth, producer)
• Wolf Hall [PBS] (Colin Callender, John Yorke, Polly Hill & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Mark Pybus, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another Day, The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, The Missing, Nightingale)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tom Purcell)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, Adam Lowitt, Jennifer Flanz, Steve Bodow, Tim Greenberg & Jill Katz)
• Key & Peele [Comedy Central] (Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Ian Roberts, Jay Martel, Joel Zadak, Peter Principato & Paul Young)
• Late Show with David Letterman [CBS] (Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Rob Burnett & Jude Brennan)
• Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel & Andrew Singer)
• Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
  (Honourable Mentions: Inside Amy Schumer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Nathan for You, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)

Best Variety Special

• Bill Maher: Live from D.C. [HBO] (Bill Maher, Marc Gurvitz & Troy Miller, executive producers)
• The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producers; George Stevens Jr. & Michael Stevens, producers)
• Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs [CBS] (Jon Stewart, Robert Smigel, Carol Donovan & Chris McShane, executive producers)
• Saturday Night Live: The 40th Anniversary Special [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, executive producers; Erin Doyle, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lindsay Shookus & Rhys Thomas, producers)
• Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! [PBS] (Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, David Horn, Danny Bennett & Bobby Campbell, executive producers; Mitch Owgang, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, 68th Tony Awards, 72nd Golden Globe Awards, Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Live from Lincoln Center)

Best Reality Series

• Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
• Diners, Drive-ins and Dives [Food Network] (Guy Fieri, Frank Matson, Kat Higgins & Tim McOsker)
• Duck Dynasty [A&E] (Adam Saltzburg, Mike Odair, Scott Gurney, Deirdre Gurney & Willie Robertson)
• MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe, Joshua C. Berkley & Cameo Wallace)
• Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill & Phil Gurin)
  (Honourable Mentions: Alaska: The Last Frontier, The Chair, Intervention, Property Brothers, Undercover Boss)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
• America's Funniest Home Videos [ABC] (Vin Di Bona, Michele Nasraway & Todd Thicke)
• So You Think You Can Dance? [FOX] (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman, Allen Shapiro, Nigel Lythgoe, James Breen & Jeff Thacker)
• Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Doneen Arquines, Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi)
• The Voice (John de Mol Jr., Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers & Lee Metzger)
  (Honourable Mentions: America's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, Face Off, Lip Sync Battle, Survivor)

Best Host - Reality Series

• Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
• Anthony Bourdain - The Taste
• Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent
• Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
• Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night
  (Honourable Mentions: RuPaul Charles - RuPaul's Drag Race, Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters, Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "Holy Shit, Jeff's Back!" [TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle, executive producers; Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves, directors; Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener, writers)
• Bob's Burgers - "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive, executive producers; Jennifer Coyle, director; Nora Smith, writer)
• Family Guy - "The Simpsons Guy" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Mark Hentemann, Danny Smith & Kara Vallow, executive producers; Peter Shin, director; Patrick Meighan, writer)
• The Legend of Korra - "Day of the Colossus/The Last Stand" (Michael Dante DiMartino, executive producer/writer, Bryan Konietzko & Jae-Myoung Yoo, executive producers; Ian Graham & Melchior Zwyer, directors; Tim Hedrick, writer)
• Over the Garden Wall - "The Unknown" [Cartoon Network] (Patrick McHale, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Rob Sorcher & Curtis Lelash, executive producers; Nate Cash, supervising director; Robert Alvarez, Larry Leichliter & Eddy Houchins, animation directors; Natasha Allegri, Jim Campbell & Tom Herpich, writers)
• The Simpsons - "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" [FOX] (Al Jean, executive producer/writer; James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Matt Selman & John Frink, executive producers; David Silverman, director; David Mirkin, writer)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• Clark Gregg - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode: "A Fractured House")
• Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person")
• Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Uno")
• Matthew Rhys - The Americans (Episode: "Salang Pass")
• Michael Sheen - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Fight")
• Kevin Spacey - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 28")
  (Honourable Mentions: Kevin Bacon - The Following, Peter Capaldi - Doctor Who, Kyle Chandler - Bloodline, Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Bobby's House")
• Billy Crystal - The Comedians (Episode: "Billy's Birthday")
• William H. Macy - Shameless (Episode: "Drugs Actually")
• Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Prom Equivalency")
• Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Payback")
• Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent (Episode: "The Wilderness")
  (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Anderson - Black-ish, Will Forte - The Last Man on Earth, Matt LeBlanc - Episoes, Thomas Middleditch - Silicon Valley)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Adrien Brody - Houdini
• Ricky Gervais - Derek: The Final Chapter
• Timothy Hutton - American Crime
• Richard Jenkins - Olive Kitteridge
• David Oyelowo - Nightingale
• Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Live Another Day
  (Honourable Mentions: Bill Nighy - Worricker, Stephen Rea - The Honourable Woman, Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall, David Suchet - Agatha Christie's Poirot)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Lizzy Caplan - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Fight")
• Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder (Episode: "Let's Get to Scooping")
• Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Oppo Research")
• Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "Time & Life")
• Keri Russell - The Americans (Episode: "Open House")
• Robin Wright - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 32")
  (Honourable Mentions: Claire Danes - Homeland, Taraji P. Henson - Empire, Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black, Ruth Wilson - The Affair)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Girl Fight")
• Ellie Kemper - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes Outside")
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "East Wing")
• Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Leslie and Ron")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Morning Mimosa")
• Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Thirsty Bird")
  (Honourable Mentions: Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie, Sutton Foster - Younger, Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback, Amy Schumer - Inside Amy Schumer)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honourable Woman
• Felicity Huffman - American Crime
• Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show
• Queen Latifah - Bessie
• Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
  (Honourable Mentions: Aunjanue Ellis - The Book of Negroes, Kelly Garner - Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Lancashire - Happy Valley, Octavia Spencer - Red Band Society, Emma Thompson - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Live from Lincoln Center)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Five-O")
• Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Wars to Come")
• Walton Goggins - Justified (Episode: "The Hunt")
• Kit Harington - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome")
• Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline (Episode: "Part 1")
• John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Lost Horizon")
  (Honourable Mentions: Alan Cumming - The Good Wife, Noah Emmerich - The Americans, Vincent Kartheiser - Mad Men, Michael Kelly - House of Cards)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Fred Armisen - Portlandia (Episode: "Healthcare")
• Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Johnny and Dora")
• Tituss Burgess - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to School")
• Terry Crews - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Chocolate Milk")
• Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Leslie and Ron")
• Timothy Omundson - Galavant (Episode: "Dungeons and Dragon Lady")
  (Honourable Mentions: Ty Burrell - Modern Family, Josh Gad - The Comedians, T.J. Miller - Silicon Valley, Sam Waterston - Grace and Frankie)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Michael Chiklis - American Horror Story: Freak Show
• William Devane - 24: Live Another Day
• Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall
• Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge
• Michael K. Williams - Bessie
  (Honourable Mentions: Richard Cabral - American Crime, Ralph Fiennes - Worricker, Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story: Freak Show, Cory Michael Smith - Olive Kitteridge, Finn Wittrock - American Horror Story: Freak Show)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Lena Headey - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother's Mercy")
• Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "Severance")
• Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (Episode: "Hail Mary")
• Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Two")
• Sissy Spacek - Bloodline (Episode: "Part 9")
• Mary Steenburgen - Justified (Episode: "The Trash and the Snake")
  (Honourable Mentions: Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones, Carrie Coon - The Leftovers, Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel, Alison Wright - The Americans)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Hugs Can Be Deceiving")
• Stephanie Beatriz - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "The Road Trip")
• Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Focus Attenuation")
• Carrie Brownstein - Portlandia (Episode: "Fiancé")
• Allison Janney - Mom (Episode: "Forged Resumes and the Recommended Dosage")
• Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Taraji P. Henson")
  (Honourable Mentions: Anna Chlumsky - Veep, Jane Krakowski - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Aubrey Plaza - Parks and Recreation, Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Freak Show
• Michelle Fairley - 24: Live Another Day
• Regina King - American Crime
• Mo'Nique - Bessie
• Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Freak Show
  (Honourable Mentions: Khandi Alexander - Bessie, Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Freak Show, Claire Foy - Wolf Hall, Zoe Kazan - Olive Kitteridge, Janet McTeer - The Honourable Woman)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Alan Alda - The Blacklist (Episode: "The Decembrist")
• Beau Bridges - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax")
• Bruce Greenwood - Mad Men (Episode: "The Forecast")
• Frank Langella - The Americans (Episode: "EST Men")
• Kyle MacLachlan - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode: "One of Us")
• David Hyde Pierce - The Good Wife (Episode: "The Debate")
  (Honourable Mentions: F. Murray Abraham - Homeland, Andre Braugher - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Reg E. Cathey - House of Cards, Sam Elliott - Justified)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Jim Carrey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jim Carrey")
• Laurence Fishburne - Black-ish (Episode: "Parental Guidance")
• Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Bill Hader")
• Jon Hamm - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Rides a Bike")
• Michael Rapaport - Louie (Episode: "Cop Story")
• Billy Bob Thornton - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Misinterpretation Agitation")
  (Honourable Mentions: Mel Brooks - The Comedians, Seth Rogen - The Comeback, Dick Van Dyke - The Middle, Bradley Whitford - Transparent)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Patricia Arquette - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Cuanto")
• Allison Janney - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax")
• Margo Martindale - The Americans (Episode: "I Am Abassin Zabran")
• Carrie Preston - The Good Wife (Episode: "Shiny Objects")
• Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken")
• Kiernan Shipka - Mad Men (Episode: "The Forecast")
  (Honourable Mentions: Rachel Brosnahan - House of Cards, Jennifer Hudson - Empire, Lois Smith - The Americans, Cicely Tyson - How to Get Away with Murder)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Amy Adams - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Amy Adams")
• Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "The Two Lisas")
• Tina Fey - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to Court")
• Kyra Sedgwick - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Defense Rests")
• Octavia Spencer - Mom (Episode: "Dirty Money and a Woman Named Mike")
• Uma Thurman - American Dad! (Episode: "Now and Gwen")
  (Honourable Mentions: Pamela Adlon - Louie, Kathryn Hahn - Transparent, Jenifer Lewis - Black-ish, Laurie Metcalf - The Big Bang Theory)

Best Direction - Drama

• Michael Apted - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax")
• Adam Bernstein - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Five-O")
• Lee Daniels - Empire (Episode: "Pilot")
• James Foley - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 32")
• Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Eldorado")
• Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person")
  (Honourable Mentions: Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland, Mimi Leder - The Leftovers, Miguel Sapochnik - Game of Thrones, Steven Soderbergh - The Knick)

Best Direction - Comedy

• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Bobby's House")
• Jodie Foster - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Thirsty Bird")
• Mike Judge - Silicon Valley (Episode: "Severance Space")
• Beth McCarthy-Miller - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Rides a Bike")
• Victor Nelli, Jr. - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Payback")
• Joey Soloway - Transparent (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: Larry Charles - The Comedians, Roman Coppola - Mozart in the Jungle, Michael Patrick King - The Comeback, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - The Last Man on Earth)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Jon Cassar - 24: Live Another Day
• Lisa Cholodenko - Olive Kitteridge
• Ryan Murphy - American Horror Story: Freak Show
• Dee Rees - Bessie
• John Ridley - American Crime
  (Honourable Mentions: Angela Bassett - Whitney, Hugo Blick - The Honourable Woman, Laura Collyer - Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Uli Edel - Houdini, Peter Kosminsky - Wolf Hall)

Best Writing - Drama

• Michelle Ashford - Masters of Sex (Episode: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised")
• David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones (Episode: "High Sparrow")
• Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday")
• Jason Katims - Parenthood (Episode: "May God Bless and Keep You Always")
• Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person")
• Beau Willimon - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 27")
  (Honourable Mentions: Joshua Brand - The Americans, Taylor Elmore - Justified, Gordon Smith - Better Call Saul, Sarah Treem & Hagai Levi - The Affair)

Best Writing - Comedy

• Brian Boyle - American Dad! (Episode: "Big Stan on Campus")
• Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Cop Story")
• Luke Del Tredici - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Lockdown")
• Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback (Episode: "Valerie Cooks in the Desert")
• Jenji Kohan - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "We Have Manners, We're Polite")
• Michael Schur & Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "One Last Ride")
  (Honourable Mentions: Alec Berg - Silicon Valley, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - Veep, David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes, Joey Soloway - Transparent)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Jane Anderson - Olive Kitteridge
• Ricky Gervais - Derek: The Final Chapter
• Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk - American Horror Story: Freak Show
• John Ridley - American Crime
• Peter Straughan - Wolf Hall
  (Honourable Mentions: Hugo Blick - The Honourable Woman, David Hare - Worricker: Turks and Caicos, Evan Katz & Manny Coto - 24: Live Another Day, Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois & Horton Foote - Bessie, Clement Virgo & Lawrence Hill - The Book of Negroes)

Best Casting - Drama

• The Americans (Rori Bergman)
• Game of Thrones (Nina Gold, Robert Sterne & Carol Stronge)
• House of Cards (Laray Mayfield & Julie Schubert)
• Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
• Masters of Sex (Risa Bramon Garcia)
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Empire, The Good Wife, Justified)

Best Casting - Comedy

• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Juel Bestrop)
  
• Galavant (Susan Vash)
• Orange is the New Black (Jennifer Euston)
• Transparent (Eyde Belasco)
  (Honourable Mentions: Louie, Modern Family, Silicon Valley, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Veep)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Crime (Kim Coleman & Beth Sepko Lindsay)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Robert Ulrich, Eric Dawson & Meagan Lewis)
• Bessie (Billy Hopkins & Jackie Burch)
  
• Olive Kitteridge (Laura Rosenthal & Carolyn Pickman)
• Wolf Hall (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
  (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another Day, The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Texas Rising)

Best Cinematography - Series

• The Americans - Richard Rutkowski (Episode: "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?")
• Better Call Saul - Arthur Albert (Episode: "Bingo")
• Game of Thrones - David Franco (Episode: "The Wars to Come")
• House of Cards - Martin Ahlgren (Episode: "Chapter 29")
• Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "Person to Person")
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire - Jonathan Freeman, Game of Thrones - Robert MacLachlan, Game of Thrones - Fabian Wagner, The Good Wife - Fred Murphy, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - Marc Smerling)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Crime (Ramsey Nickell)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Michael Goi)
• Houdini (Karl Walter Lindenlaub)
• Texas Rising (Arthur Reinhart)
• Wolf Hall (Gavin Finney)
  (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another - Jeffrey G. Mygatt, Bessie - Jeffrey Jur, Olive Kitteridge - Fred Elmes, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe - Christopher Manley, Whitney - Anastas N. Michos)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Downton Abbey - Anna Robbins (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday")
• Empire - Rita McGhee (Episode: "The Lyon's Roar")
• Galavant - Susannah Buxton (Episode: "Pilot")
• Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons")
• Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "Person to Person")
  (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Boardwalk Empire, The Knick, Penny Dreadful, Transparent)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Lou Eyrich)
• Bessie (Michael T. Boyd)
• Olive Kitteridge (Jenny Eagan)
• Texas Rising (Karri Hutchinson)
• Wolf Hall (Joanna Eatwell)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Houdini, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Whitney)

Best Editing - Series

• The Americans - Michael Berenbaum (Episode: "EST Men")
• Better Call Saul - Kelley Dixon (Episode: "Five-O")
• Game of Thrones - Tim Porter (Episode: "Hardhome")
• House of Cards - Byron Smith (Episode: "Chapter 30")
• Mad Men - Tom Wilson (Episode: "Person to Person")
  (Honourable Mentions: Game of Thrones - Katie Weiland, The Good Wife - Matthew Kregor, The Leftovers - David Eisenberg, Transparent - Hilda Rasula, The Walking Dead - Rachel Goodlett Katz)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Live Another Day (Scott Powell)
• American Crime (Joanne Yarrow)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Adam Penn)
• Olive Kitteridge (Jeffrey M. Werner)
• Wolf Hall (David Blackmore)
  (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another Day - Joe Hobeck, American Crime - Luyen Vu, Bessie - Brian A. Kates, Houdini - David Beatty & Sabrina Plisco, Texas Rising - Don Cassidy)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• The Americans (Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Costa Ronin, Holly Taylor, Alison Wright & Noah Emmerich, et. al.)
• Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aidan Gillen, Natalie Dormer, Stephen Dillane, Liam Cunningham & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
• House of Cards (Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Elizabeth Marvel, Mahershala Ali, Derek Cecil, Nathan Darrow, Molly Parker, Jimmi Simpson & Kim Dickens, et. al.)
• Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Rich Sommer, Kevin Rahm, Jay R. Ferguson, Stephanie Drake & John Slattery, et. al.)
• Parenthood (Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen, Sam Jaeger, Max Burkholder, Mae Whitman, Bonnie Bedelia & Craig T. Nelson, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Empire, The Good Wife, Justified)

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 & Kevin Sussman, 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, Michael J. Harney, Natasha Lyonne, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Lorraine Toussaint, Selenis Leyva & Uzo Aduba, et. al.)
• Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Jim O'Heir, Retta, Natalie Morales & Billy Eichner, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Comeback, Shameless, Silicon Valley, Transparent, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Live Another Day (Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, William Devane, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Giles Matthey, Kim Raver, Benjamin Bratt & Michelle Fairley, et. al.)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Frances Conroy, Denis O'Hare, Finn Wittrock, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Jessica Lange, Jyoti Amge & Michael Chiklis, et. al.)
• Bessie (Queen Latifah, Michael K. Williams, Khandi Alexander, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps, Tory Kittles, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Greenberg, Charles S. Dutton & Oliver Platt, et. al.)
• Olive Kitteridge (Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan, Rosemarry DeWitt, Martha Wainwright, John Gallagher Jr., Devin Druid, Jesse Plemons, Peter Mullan & Bill Murray, et. al.)
• Wolf Hall (Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Bernard Hill, Anton Lesser, Mark Gatiss, Mathieu Amalric, Tom Holland, Thomas Brodie-Sangster & Jonathan Pryce, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Crime, The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Texas Rising)

Best Main Title Design

• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Ryan Murphy, Kyle Cooper, Lee Nelson & Nadia Tzuo)
  
• BoJack Horseman (Mike Roberts, Ben Bjelajac, Spencer Tucker & John Kedzie)
• Daredevil (Patrick Clair, Andrew Romatz, Miguel Salek & Shahana Kahn)
• The Leftovers (Garson Yu, Evan Jackson & Barry E. Jackson)
• Olive Kitteridge (Garson Yu, Synderela Peng, Michael Lane Parks & Alex Pollini)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bosch, Empire, Halt and Catch Fire, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, Manhattan)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• The Affair (Fiona Apple)
• The Leftovers (Max Richter)
• Texas Rising (Bruce Broughton & John Debney)
• Transparent (Dustin O'Halloran)
• The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Jeff Richmond & The Gregory Brothers)
  (Honourable Mentions: BoJack Horseman, Halt and Catch Fire, Marco Polo, Olive Kitteridge, Penny Dreadful)

Best Makeup - Series

• Boardwalk Empire - Michele Paris, Joseph Farulla & Alexandra Urvois (Episode: "What Jesus Said")
• Game of Thrones - Jane Walker, Barrie Gower & Sarah Gower (Episode: "Hardhome")
• The Knick - Nicki Ledermann, Stephanie Pasciov & Sunday Inglis (Episode: "Method and Madness")
• Mad Men - Lana Horochowski, Ron Pipes & Maurine Burke (Episode: "Person to Person")
• Sons of Anarchy - Tracey Anderson & Michelle Garbin (Episode: "Faith and Despondency")
  (Honourable Mentions: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Americans, Empire, Once Upon a Time, The Walking Dead)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Michael Mekash)
• Bessie (Debi Young, Mi Young & Sian Richards)
  
• Houdini (Gregor Eckstein)
• Olive Kitteridge (Christien Tinsley, Gerald Quist & Robin Myriah Hatcher)
• Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Jordan Samuel, Patricia Keighran & Susan Reilly LeHane)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Texas Rising, Whitney, Wolf Hall)

Best Music Composition - Series

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Bear McCreary (Episode: "What They Become")
• Galavant - Alan Menken & Christopher Lennertz (Episode: "Pilot")
• House of Cards - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Chapter 32")
• The Knick - Cliff Martinez (Episode: "Method and Madness")
• The Legend of Korra - Jeremy Zuckerman (Episode: "Day of the Colossus")
  (Honourable Mentions: Downton Abbey - John Lunn, Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - John Kusiak & West Dylan Thordson, Mad Men - David Carbonara, Penny Dreadful - Abel Korzeniowski)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Live Another Day (Sean Callery)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show (James Levine)
• Bessie (Rachel Portman)
• The Missing (Dominik Scherrer)
• Wolf Hall (Debbie Wiseman)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Freak Show - Mac Quayle, Away and Back - William Ross, The Honourable Woman - Martin Phipps, Olive Kitteridge - Carter Burwell, Texas Rising - Bruce Broughton & John Debney)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• 87th Academy Awards - "Moving Pictures" (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
• American Dad! - "I'm Having a Crisis" (Walter Murphy & Erik Richter)
• Galavant - "Goodnight, My Friend" (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
• Glee - "This Time" (Darren Criss)
• The Simpsons - "Hopin' for a Dream" (Alf Clausen, Matt Selman & Matthew Sweet)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Comedians - "Kiss an Old Man", Empire - "No Apologies", Parks and Recreation - "Johnny Karate Says Goodbye", Sons of Anarchy - "Come Join the Murder", The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Pinot Noir")

Best Production Design - Series

• Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Linda Wilson (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday")
• Empire - Steve Saklad, Sergio Medina & Caroline Perzan (Episode: "Pilot")
• Galavant - Jeff Tessler & Paul Gilpin (Episode: "Pilot")
• Game of Thrones - Deborah Riley & Rob Cameron (Episode: "High Sparrow")
• Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "Person to Person")
  (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards, The Knick, Once Upon a Time, Outlander)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Mark Worthington & Cindy Slagter)
• Bessie (Clark Hunter & Traci Kirshbaum)
• Killing Jesus (Tom McCullagh & Elizabeth Brennan)
• Olive Kitteridge (Julie Berghoff & Sophie Neudorfer)
• Wolf Hall (Pat Campbell & Elaine McLenachen)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Houdini, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Texas Rising)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

• Adventure Time - "Jake the Brick" [Cartoon Network] (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Kent Osborne, supervising director/writer)
• Mickey Mouse - "Mumbai Madness" [Disney Channel] (Paul Rudish, executive producer/director/writer; Graham MacDonald, animation director; Darrick Bachman & Alonso Ramirez Ramos, writers)
• Regular Show - "White Elephant Gift Exchange" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez, animation director; John Davis Infantino & Sean Szeles, supervising directors/writers; Benton Cooper, Matt Price, Madeline Queripel, Mike Roth & Michele Cavin, writers)
• Star vs. The Forces of Evil - "Mewberty" [Disney XD] (Daron Nefcy, executive producer; Aaron Hammersley, director/writer; Dominic Bisignano, writer)
• Steven Universe - "The Test" [Cartoon Network] (Rebecca Sugar, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Ian Jones-Quartey, supervising director; Hilary Florido & Katie Mitroff, writers)
  

Best Sound Design - Series

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Daniel Colman, Robert Carr & Kenn Fuller (Episode: "What They Become")
• Daredevil - Lauren Stephens, Marc Fishman & Adam Jenkins (Episode: "Speak of the Devil")
• Empire - Craig A. Dellinger, Terry O'Bright & Nick Offord (Episode: "The Lyon's Roar")
• Game of Thrones - Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "Hardhome")
• Mad Men - Cormac Funge, Alec St. John & Ken Teaney (Episode: "Person to Person")
  (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, Homeland, The Legend of Korra, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Live Another Day (Jeffrey R. Whitcher, William Freesh, Kenneth Kobett & Mark Fleming)
• American Horror Story: Freak Show (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
• Bessie (Damian Volpe, Devine Evans & Roberto Fernandez)
• Houdini (Michael J. Benavente, Onnalee Blank & Kenneth R. Burton)
• Texas Rising (John Laing, Tom Bjelic, Christian T. Cooke & Brad Zoern)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Crime, The Book of Negroes, Killing Jesus, The Missing, Whitney)

Best Visual Effects

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, Briana Aeby & Tracy Takahashi (Episode: "What They Become")
• American Horror Story: Freak Show - Jason Piccioni, Justin Ball, Ryan Heustis & Jason C. Spratt (Episode: "Edward Mordrake: Part 2")
• Daredevil - Bryan Godwin, David Van Dyke, Ashley Mayse & Julie Long (Episode: "Speak of the Devil")
• The Flash - Armen V. Kevorkian, James Baldanzi, Marc Lougee & Jason Shulman (Episode: "Grodd Lives")
• Game of Thrones - Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Adam Chazen & Jabbar Raisani (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons")
  (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, Boardwalk Empire, Gotham, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Will Arnett - BoJack Horseman for voicing BoJack Horseman in "The Telescope"
• Hank Azaria - The Simpsons for voicing Moe Szyslak (and others) in "The Princess Guide"
• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Bart's New Friend"
• Scott Grimes - American Dad! for voicing Steve Smith in "LGBSteve"
• Trey Parker - South Park for voicing Eric Cartman (and others) in "#HappyHolograms"
• Uma Thurman - American Dad! for voicing Gwen Ling in "Now and Gwen"
  (Honourable Mentions: Seth Green - Robot Chicken, Anthony Mendez - Jane the Virgin, John Roberts - Bob's Burgers, Janet Varney - The Legend of Korra)