Saturday, July 19, 2025

2016 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • The Americans [FX] (Joel Fields, Joe Wiesberg, Graham Yost, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey & Chris Long)
  • Downton Abbey [PBS] (Julian Fellowes, Gareth Naeme, Liz Trubridge & Nigel Marchant)
  • 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, Robin Wright, Dana Brunetti, Josh Donen & Eric Roth)
  • The Knick [Cinemax] (Steven Soderbergh, Gregory Jacobs, Jack Amiel & Michael Begler)
  • Mr. Robot [USA] (Sam Esmail, Steve Golin & Chad Hamilton)
    (Honourable Mentions: Better Call Saul, Empire, Homeland, Outlander)

Best Television Series - Comedy

  • American Dad! [TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine [FOX] (Michael Schur, Dan Goor, David Miner & Luke Del Tredici)
  • Master of None [Netflix] (Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang, Michael Schur, David Miner & Dave Becky)
  • Orange is the New Black [Netflix] (Jenji Kohan)
  • Silicon Valley [HBO] (Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Michael Rotenberg & Tom Lassally)
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt [Netflix] (Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond & David Miner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Black-ish, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, Veep)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, executive producers; Alexis Martin Woodall, John Travolta & Chip Vucelich, producers)
  • A Deadly Adoption [Lifetime] (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Harper Steele, Sharon Bordas, Jessica Elbaum & Fernando Szew, executive producers; Fritz Manger, Max Osswald & Adam Silver, producers)
  • Fargo [FX] (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield & John Cameron, executive producers; Kim Todd, Chad Oakes & Michael Frislev, producers)
  • Roots [History] (Barry Jossen, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Will Packer, Marc Toberoff & Mark M. Wolper, executive producers; Ann Kindberg & Alissa M. Kantrow, producers)
  • Show Me a Hero [HBO] (Paul Haggis, David Simon, William F. Zorzi, Gail Mutrux & Nina K. Noble, executive producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: All the Way, Confirmation, The Night Manager, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day of Camp)

Best Variety Series

  • Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee [Crackle] (Jerry Seinfeld, George Shapiro, Howard West, Melissa Miller, Tammy Johnston & Denis Jensen)
  • Documentary NOW! [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Rhys Thomas & Andrew Singer)
  • Inside Amy Schumer [Comedy Central] (Amy Schumer, Daniel Jason Powell, Jessi Klein, Steven Ast & Tony Hernandez)
  • Key & Peele [Comedy Central] (Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Peter Principato, Paul Young & Joel Zadak)
  • Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel & Andrew Singer)
  • Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
    (Honourable Mentions: Billy on the Street, Drunk History, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon)

Best Variety Special

  • Adele: Live from New York City [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, Adele & Jonathan Dickins, executive producers; Matt Roberts, Lindsay Shookus, Erik Kenward, Erin David & Rhys Thomas, producers)
  • Craig Ferguson: Just Being Honest [Epix] (Mike Berkowitz, Ross Bernard, Cisco Henson, Jack Vaughn & Brian Volk-Weiss, executive producers; Craig Ferguson & Phillip Cottone, producers)
  • Grease: LIVE! [FOX] (Marc Platt, executive producer; Adam Siegel & Greg Sills, producers)
  • The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Ricky Kirshner & Glenn Weiss, executive producers)
  • Lemonade [HBO] (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Todd Tourso, Erinn Williams, Dora Melissa Vargas, Steve Pamon & Ed Burke, executive producers; Onye Anyanwu, Keenan Flynn, Nathan Scherrer & Laura Tunstall, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: 69th Tony Awards, 73rd Golden Globe Awards, 88th Academy Awards, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill)

Best Reality Series

  • Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
  • Born This Way [A&E] (Jonathan Murray, Gil Goldschein, Laura Karkoian, Barry Hennessey, Elaine Fountain Bryant, Shelly Tatro & Drew Tappon)
  • 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 & Joshua C. Berkley)
  • Project Greenlight [HBO] (Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, TJ Barrack, Perrin Chiles, Marc Joubert, Marshall Lewy, Alexandra Lipsitz & Gaylen Gawlowski)
  • Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill, Yun Lingner & Phil Gurin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Intervention, Lip Sync Battle, Undercover Boss, United Shades of America)

Best Reality-Competition Series

  • The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
  • Celebrity Family Feud [ABC] (Gaby Johnston, Thom Beers, Jennifer Mullins & Steve Harvey)
  • 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, Tara Steiner, Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi)
  • The Voice [NBC] (John de Mol Jr., Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Jay Bienstock, Lee Metzger & Chad Hines)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Ninja Warrior, Chopped, MasterChef Junior, Project Runway, Survivor)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
  • Steve Harvey - Celebrity Family Feud
  • Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters
  • Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
    (Honourable Mentions: Ted Allen - Chopped, Steve Harvey - Little Big Shots, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway, Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "The Two Hundred" [TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle, executive producers; Jansen Yee, director; Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia, writers)
  • Bob's Burgers - "The Horse Rider-er" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard, Jim Dauterive, Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi, executive producers; Tyree Dillihay, director; Nora Smith, writer)
  • BoJack Horseman - "Escape from L.A." [Netflix] (Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, Jane Wiseman, Will Arnett & Aaron Paul, executive producers; Amy Winfrey, director; Joe Lawson, writer)
  • Gravity Falls - "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls" [Disney XD] (Alex Hirsch, executive producer/writer; Stephen Sandoval, director; Shion Takeuchi, Mark Rizzo, Jeff Rowe & Josh Weinstein, writers)
  • Rick and Morty - "A Rickle in Time" [Adult Swim] (Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Wes Archer, director; Matt Roller, writer)
  • The Simpsons - "Halloween of Horror" [FOX] (Matt Selman, Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening & John Frink, executive producers; Mike B. Anderson, director; Carolyn Omine, writer) 
Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • Bobby Cannavale - Vinyl (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Paul Giamatti - Billions (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Klick")
  • Clive Owen - The Knick (Episode: "Whiplash")
  • Matthew Rhys - The Americans (Episode: "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The State of Liberty Disappears")
  • Kevin Spacey - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 42")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kyle Chandler - Bloodline, Freddie Highmore - Bates Motel, Rami Malek - Mr. Robot, Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Anthony Anderson - Black-ish (Episode: "The Word")
  • Aziz Ansari - Master of None (Episode: "Nashville")
  • William H. Macy - Shameless (Episode: "I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing")
  • Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "9 Days")
  • Joshua Sasse - Galavant (Episode: "Giants vs. Dwarves")
  • Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent (Episode: "Man on the Land")
    (Honourable Mentions: Gael Garcia Bernal - Mozart in the Jungle, Zach Galifianakis - Baskets, Thomas Middleditch - Silicon Valley, Patrick Stewart - Blunt Talk)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Bryan Cranston - All the Way
  • Idris Elba - Luther
  • Tom Hiddleston - The Night Manager
  • Oscar Isaac - Show Me a Hero
  • Courtney B. Vance - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
  • Patrick Wilson - Fargo
    (Honourable Mentions: Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Cuba Gooding Jr. - American Crime Story, Anthony Hopkins - The Dresser, Timothy Hutton - American Crime)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder (Episode: "What Did We Do?")
  • Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight")
  • Taraji P. Henson - Empire (Episode: "Poor Yorick")
  • Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black (Episode: "The Antisocialism of Sex")
  • Keri Russell - The Americans (Episode: "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears")
  • Robin Wright - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 49")
    (Honourable Mentions: Caitríona Balfe - Outlander, Lizzy Caplan - Masters of Sex, Claire Danes - Homeland, Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "Good Man")
  • Ellie Kemper - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Meets a Drunk Lady")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "Mother")
  • Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish (Episode: "Sink or Swim")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "The Nova Centauris-burgh Board or Tourism Presents: American Dad")
  • Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Tongue-Tied")
    (Honourable Mentions: Rachel Bloom - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane Fonda - Grace and Frankie, Laurie Metcalf - Getting On, Lily Tomlin - Grace and Frankie)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
  • Kirsten Dunst - Fargo
  • Felicity Huffman - American Crime
  • Sarah Paulson - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
  • Kristen Wiig - A Deadly Adoption
    (Honourable Mentions: Lady Gaga - American Horror Story: Hotel, Riley Keough - The Girlfriend Experience, Rachel McAdams - True Detective, Audra McDonald - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Kerry Washington - Confirmation)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

  • Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Bali Ha'i")
  • Jim Carter - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Three")
  • Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Winds of Winter")
  • Christopher Eccleston - The Leftovers (Episode: "No Room at the Inn")
  • Ray Romano - Vinyl (Episode: "Cyclone")
  • Christian Slater - Mr. Robot (Episode: "eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v")
    (Honourable Mentions: Michael Kelly - House of Cards, Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline, Mandy Patinkin - Homeland, Jon Voight - Ray Donovan)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Louie Anderson - Baskets (Episode: "Easter in Bakersfield")
  • Fred Armisen - Portlandia (Episode: "Going Gray")
  • Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "9 Days")
  • Tituss Burgess - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Gives Up")
  • Joe Lo Truglio - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Boyle's Hunch")
  • Timothy Omundson - Galavant (Episode: "World's Best Kiss")
    (Honourable Mentions: Terry Crews - Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Charlie Day - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Laurence Fishburne - Black-ish, Tony Hale - Veep)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Sterling K. Brown - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
  • Bradley Cooper - Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day of Camp
  • Hugh Laurie - The Night Manager
  • Alfred Molina - Show Me a Hero
  • Jesse Plemons - Fargo
    (Honourable Mentions: Martin Freeman - Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Anthony Mackie - All the Way, David Thewlis - Fargo, John Travolta - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Book of the Stranger")
  • Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Two")
  • Lena Headey - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Winds of Winter")
  • Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode One")
  • Maura Tierney - The Affair (Episode: "204")
  • Alison Wright - The Americans (Episode: "Glanders")
    (Honourable Mentions: Ann Dowd - The Leftovers, Regina King - The Leftovers, Rhea Seehorn - Better Call Saul, Constance Zimmer - UnReal)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Where My Dreidel At?")
  • Stephanie Beatriz - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Cheddar")
  • Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Opening Night Excitation")
  • Allison Janney - Mom (Episode: "Terrorists and Gingerbread")
  • Jane Krakowski - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Gives Up")
  • Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Ariana Grande")
    (Honourable Mentions: Anna Chlumsky - Veep, Jenifer Lewis - Black-ish, Judith Light - Transparent, Niecy Nash - Getting On)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Elizabeth Banks - Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day of Camp
  • Jamie Lee Curtis - Scream Queens
  • Regina King - American Crime
  • Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Hotel
  • Jean Smart - Fargo
    (Honourable Mentions: Connie Britton - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, Olivia Colman - The Night Manager, Catherine Keener - Show Me a Hero, Melissa Leo - All the Way, Anika Noni Rose - Roots)

Best Guest Actor - Drama [TIE]

  • Mahershala Ali - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 44")
  • Hank Azaria - Ray Donovan (Episode: "One Night in Yerevan")
  • Vincent D'Onofrio - Daredevil (Episode: "Seven Minutes in Heaven")
  • Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (Episode: "Taxed")
  • Ian McShane - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Broken Man")
  • Max von Sydow - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Door")
    (Honourable Mentions: Richard Armitage - Hannibal, Reg E. Cathey - House of Cards, Paul Sparks - House of Cards, B.D. Wong - Mr. Robot)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

  • Larry David - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Larry David")
  • Jeff Goldblum - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Meets a Celebrity")
  • Bill Hader - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "New Captain")
  • Dennis Haysbert - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Bureau")
  • Tracy Morgan - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tracy Morgan")
  • Bradley Whitford - Transparent (Episode: "Oscillate")
    (Honourable Mentions: Fred Armisen - Saturday Night Live, Sam Elliott - Grace and Frankie, Martin Mull - Veep, Peter Scolari - Girls)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Ellen Burstyn - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 40")
  • Whoopi Goldberg - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Institutional Fall")
  • Allison Janney - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Undue Influence")
  • Margo Martindale - The Americans (Episode: "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears")
  • Laurie Metcalf - Horace and Pete (Episode: "Episode 103")
  • Carrie Preston - The Good Wife (Episode: "Targets")
    (Honoruable Mentions: Famke Janssen - How to Get Away with Murder, Annet Mahendru - The Americans, Molly Parker - House of Cards, Kathleen Turner - The Path)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Claire Danes - Master of None (Episode: "The Other Man")
  • Christina Hendricks - Rick and Morty (Episode: "Auto Erotic Assimilation")
  • Anjelica Huston - Transparent (Episode: "Grey, Green, Brown and Copper")
  • Lisa Kudrow - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Finds Her Mom")
  • Mary Steenburgen - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Empathy is a Boner Killer")
  • Reese Witherspoon - The Muppets (Episode: "Walk the Swine")
    (Honourable Mentions: Ellen Burstyn - Mom, Natasha Lyonne - Orange is the New Black, Laurie Metcalf - The Big Bang Theory, Kyra Sedgwick - Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Best Direction - Drama

  • Jack Bender - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Door")
  • Vince Gilligan - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Klick")
  • Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland (Episode: "The Tradition of Hospitality")
  • Thomas Schlamme - The Americans (Episode: "Glanders")
  • Martin Scorsese - Vinyl (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Steven Soderbergh - The Knick (Episode: "You're No Rose")
    (Honourable Mentions: Michael Engler - Downton Abbey, Niels Arden Oplev - Mr. Robot, Miguel Sapochnik - Game of Thrones, Craig Zobel - The Leftovers)

Best Direction - Comedy

  • Phil Abraham - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Trust No Bitch")
  • Aziz Ansari - Master of None (Episode: "Parents")
  • Ryan Case - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Bureau")
  • Mike Judge - Silicon Valley (Episode: "Founder Friendly")
  • Shawn Levy - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Drives a Car")
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller - Black-ish (Episode: "Hope")
    (Honourable Mentions: Alec Berg - Silicon Valley, Jonathan Krisel - Baskets, Joey Soloway - Transparent, Dale Stern - Veep)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Adam Arkin - Fargo
  • Rick Famuyiwa - Confirmation
  • Paul Haggis - Show Me a Hero
  • Ryan Murphy - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
  • John Ridley - American Crime
    (Honourable Mentions: Susanne Bier - The Night Manager, Noah Hawley - Fargo, Jay Roach - All the Way, John Singleton - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson)

Best Writing - Drama

  • David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Door")
  • Louis C.K. - Horace and Pete (Episode: "Episode 1")
  • Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey (Episode: "The Finale")
  • Joel Fields & Joe Wiesberg - The Americans (Episode: "Persona Non Grata")
  • Steven Katz - The Knick (Episode: "Not Well at All")
  • Beau Willimon - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 52")
    (Honourable Mentions: Sam Esmail - Mr. Robot, Robert & Michelle King - The Good Wife, Damon Lindelof & Nick Cuse - The Leftovers, Stephen Schiff - The Americans)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang - Master of None (Episode: "Parents")
  • Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "The Panic in Central Park")
  • Tina Fey & Sam Means - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Finds Her Mom")
  • Dan Fogelman - Galavant (Episode: "A New Season, AKA: Suck It Cancellation Bear")
  • Jenji Kohan - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Mother's Day")
  • Joey Soloway - Transparent (Episode: "Kina Hora")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kenya Barris - Black-ish, Alec Berg - Silicon Valley, Louis C.K., Zach Galifianakis & Jonathan Krisel - Baskets, Dan O'Keefe - Silicon Valley)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski - American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
  • Noah Hawley - Fargo
  • Nic Pizzolatto - True Detective
  • John Ridley - American Crime
  • William F. Zorzi & David Simon - Show Me a Hero
    (Honourable Mentions: David Farr - The Night Manager, Lodge Kerrigan & Amy Seimitz - The Girlfriend Experience, Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal - Roots, Robert Schenkkan - All the Way)

Best Casting - Drama

  • The Americans (Rori Bergman)
  • Downton Abbey (Jill Trevellick)
  • Game of Thrones (Nina Gold, Robert Sterne & Carol Stronge)
  • House of Cards (Laray Mayfield & Julie Schubert)
  • Vinyl (Meredith Tucker & Ellen Lewis)
    (Honourable Mentions: Better Call Saul, The Good Wife, The Leftovers, Mr. Robot, UnReal)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Juel Bestrop)
  • Orange is the New Black (Jennifer Euston)
  • Silicon Valley (Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Harris & Leslie Woo)
  • Transparent (Eyde Belasco)
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Cindy Tolan)
    (Honourable Mentions: Black-ish, BoJack Horseman, Modern Family, Girls, Veep)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • All the Way (David Rubin)
  • American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson (Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman, Courtney Bright & Nicole Daniels)
  • Fargo (Rachel Tenner, Jackie Lind & Stephanie Gorin)
  • Grease: LIVE! (Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield & Justin Huff)
  • Roots (Victoria Thomas, Meagan Lewis, Leo Davis, Moonyeenn Lee & Lissy Holm)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Crime, Luther, The Night Manager, Show Me a Hero, Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day of Camp)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • The Americans - Alex Nepomniaschy (Episode: "Persona Non Grata")
  • Better Call Saul - Arthur Albert (Episode: "Inflatable")
  • Game of Thrones - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "The Door")
  • The Knick - Peter Andrews (Episode: "Not Well at All")
  • Vinyl - Rodrigo Prieto (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Bates Motel - John S. Bartley, Downton Abbey - Graham Frake, Hannibal - James Hawkinson, Homeland - David Dunlap, The Man in the High Castle - James Hawkinson)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson (Nelson Cragg)
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (Michael Goi)
  • Fargo (Dana Gonzales)
  • Show Me a Hero (Andrij Parekh)
  • True Detective (Nigel Bluck)
    (Honourable Mentions: All the Way - Jim Denault, Fargo - Craig Wrobleski, Luther - John Conroy, Root - Peter Menzies Jr., Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - Suzie Lavelle)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Downton Abbey - Anna Robbins (Episode: "Episode Eight") 
  • Empire - Paolo Nieddu (Episode: "Past is Prologue")
  • Galavant - Sheena Napier (Episode: "Giants vs. Dwarves")
  • Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Winds of Winter")
  • The Knick - Ellen Mirojnick (Episode: "Williams and Walker")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Good Wife, House of Cards, The Man in the High Castle, Outlander, Penny Dreadful)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • All the Way (Daniel Orlandi)
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (Lou Eyrich)
  • Roots (Ruth E. Carter & Diana Cilliers)
  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Sarah Arthur)
  • Show Me a Hero (Abigail Murray)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, Descendants, Fargo, Grease: LIVE!, True Detective)

Best Editing - Series

  • The Americans - Amanda Pollack (Episode: "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears")
  • Better Call Saul - Kelley Dixon (Episode: "Rebecca")
  • Game of Thrones - Katie Weiland (Episode: "Oathbreaker")
  • The Knick - Mary Ann Bernard (Episode: "This is All We Are")
  • The Leftovers - Henk Van Eeghen (Episode: "International Assassin")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans - Daniel A. Valverde, Game of Thrones - Tim Porter, House of Cards - Lisa Bromwell, Mr. Robot - Joe Bini, Veep - Steven Rasch)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Crime (Joanne Yarrow)
  • American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson (Adam Penn)
  • Fargo (Skip Macdonald)
  • Show Me a Hero (Kate Sanford)
  • True Detective (Alex Hall & Byron Smith)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson - Stewart Schill, American Horror Story: Hotel - Adam Penn, Roots - Greg Babor, Roots - James D. Wilcox, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - Andrew McClelland)

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • The Americans (Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Costa Ronin, Holly Taylor, Alison Wright & Noah Emmerich, et. al.)
  • Downton Abbey (Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier, Elizabeth McGovern & Maggie Smith, et. al.)
  • Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aidan Gillen, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Stephen Dillane & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
  • House of Cards (Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Mahershala Ali, Jayne Atkinson, Derek Cecil, Nathan Darrow, Elizabeth Marvel, Kim Dickens & Neve Campbell, et. al.)
  • The Leftovers (Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Christopher Eccleston, Regina King, Kevin Carroll, Amy Brennemann, Chris Zylika, Margaret Qualley, Janel Moloney & Jovan Adepo, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Better Call Saul, Empire, The Good Wife, Horace and Pete, Mr. Robot)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

  • American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
  • Black-ish (Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin, Laurence Fishburne & Jenifer Lewis, et. al.)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Perretti & Andre Braugher, et. al.)
  • Gravity Falls (Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal, Alex Hirsch, Linda Cardellini, Dee Bradley Baker, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jackie Buscarino, T.J. Miller, Keith Ferguson & J.K. Simmons, et. al.)
  • Orange is the New Black (Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Michael J. Harney, Kate Mulgrew, Uzo Aduba, Danielle Brooks, Samira Wiley, Taryn Manning, Nick Sandow & Selenis Leyva, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Silicon Valley, Transparent, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson (Cuba Gooding, Jr., Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown, Kenneth Choi, Christian Clemenson, Bruce Greenwood, Nathan Lane, Sarah Paulson, David Schwimmer & John Travolta, et. al.)
  • Fargo (Patrick Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, Ted Danson, Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jeffrey Donovan, Zahn McClarnon, Bokeem Woodbine, Brad Garrett & Jean Smart, et. al.)
  • Roots (Malachi Kirby, Anna Paquin, Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Regé-Jean Page, Matthew Goode, James Purefoy & Laurence Fishburne, et. al.)
  • A Very Murray Christmas (Bill Murray, Michael Cera, George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, David Johansen, Jenny Lewis, Rashida Jones, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock & Maya Rudolph, et. al.)
  • Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day of Camp (Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Lo Truglio, Christopher Meloni, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, David Hyde Pierce & John Slattery)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Hotel, The Night Manager, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Show Me a Hero, True Detective)

Best Main Title Design

  • Jessica Jones (Michelle Dougherty, Arisu Kashiwagi, Rod Basham, David Mack, Eric Demeusy & Thomas McMahan)
  • The Man in the High Castle (Patrick Clair, Paul Kim, Jose Limon & Raoul Marks)
  • Narcos (Tom O'Neill, Nik Kleverov, David Badounts & Josh Smith)
  • The Night Manager (Patrick Clair, Jeff Han, Paul Kim & Raoul Marks)
  • Vinyl (Alan Williams, Michelle Dougherty, Tess Sitzmann, Jon Hassell & Jessica Ledoux)
    (Honourable Mentions: 11.22.63, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Expanse, The Leftovers, The Shannara Chronicles)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Rachel Bloom & Adam Schlesinger)
  • Jessica Jones (Sean Callery)
  • Making a Murderer (Gustavo Santaolalla)
  • The Night Manager (Victor Reyes)
  • Sense8 (Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer)
    (Honourable Mentions: 11.22.63, The Expanse, Horace and Pete, The Man in the High Castle, Narcos)

Best Makeup - Series

  • Daredevil - Kymbra Kelley, Joelle Troisi & Josh Turi (Episode: ".380")
  • Game of Thrones - Jane Walker, Barrie Gower & Nicola Mathews (Episode: "The Door")
  • The Knick - Nicki Ledermann, Stephanie Pasicov & Sunday Inglis (Episode: "Whiplash")
  • Penny Dreadful - Nick Dudman, Sarita Allison & Enzo Mastrantonio (Episode: And Hell Itself My Only Foe")
  • Vinyl - Nicki Ledermann, Tania Ribalow & Sunday Inglis (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Hannibal, The Leftovers, Saturday Night Live, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • All the Way (Bill Corso, Francisco X. Perez & Andrew Clement)
  • American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Zoe Hay & Heather Plott)
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Michael Mekash)
  • Fargo (Gail Kennedy, Joanne Preece & Danielle Hanson)
  • Roots (Aimee Stuit, Christa Schoeman & Niqui da Silva)
    (Honourable Mentions: Grease: LIVE!, The Night Manager, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, The Wiz Live!, The X-Files)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • Bates Motel - Chris Bacon (Episode: "Forever")
  • Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi (Episode: "The Winds of Winter")
  • The Knick - Cliff Martinez (Episode: "Not Well at All")
  • Mr. Robot - Mac Quayle (Episode: "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov")
  • Penny Dreadful - Abel Korzeniowski (Episode: "And They Were Enemies")
    (Honourable Mentions: Downton Abbey - John Lunn, House of Cards - Jeff Beal, The Leftovers - Max Richter, The Man in the High Castle - Henry Jackman & Dominic Lewis, Minority Report - Sean Callery)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • All the Way (James Newton Howard)
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (James Levine)
  • Fargo (Jeff Russo)
  • The Night Manager (Victor Reyes)
  • True Detective (T-Bone Burnett)
    (Honourable Mentions: Descendants - David Lawrence, Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise - Jeff Beal, Roots - Alex Heffes & Philip Miller, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - David Arnold & Michael Price, War and Peace - Martin Phipps)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - "Settle for Me" (Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom & Jack Dolgen)
  • Empire - "Good People" (Jim Beanz)
  • Galavant - "A New Season" (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
  • The Hunting Ground - "Til it Happens to You" (Lady Gaga & Diane Warren)
  • Rick and Morty - "Goodbye, Moonmen" (Ryan Elder, Dan Harmon & David Phillips)
    (Honourable Mentions: Garfunkel and Oates - "Frozen Lullaby", Hannibal - "Love Crime", Key & Peele - "Pirate Chanty", South Park - "Safe Space", The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Ding-Dong Diddly Ding-Dong Do")

Best Production Design - Series

  • Daredevil - Jan Jericho & Stephanie Q. Bowen (Episode: "Regrets Only")
  • Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Linda Wilson (Episode: "Episode Seven")
  • Game of Thrones - Deborah Riley & Rob Cameron (Episode: "Blood of My Blood")
  • The Man in the High Castle - Drew Broughton & Brenda Meyers-Ballard (Episode: "The New World")
  • Outlander - Jon Gary Steele & Gina Cromwell (Episode: "Not in Scotland Anymore"
    (Honourable Mentions: Hannibal, House of Cards, The Knick, Penny Dreadful, Transparent)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • All the Way (Christopher Tandon & Jan Pascale)
  • American Horror Story: Hotel (Mark Worthington & Ellen Brill)
  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (Dafydd Shurmer & Hannah Nicholson)
  • Show Me a Hero (Laurence Bennett & Ellen Christiansen)
  • War and Peace (Chris Roope & Lina Geciene)
    (Honourable Mentions: 11.22.63, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, Fargo, The Night Manager, Roots)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

  • Adventure Time - "Bad Jubies" [Cartoon Network] (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Kirsten Lepore, director/writer)
  • Long Live the Royals - "Punk Show" [Cartoon Network] (Sean Szeles, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Phil Rynda, creative director; Cole Sanchez, supervising director)
  • SpongeBob Squarepants - "Company Picnic" [Nickelodeon] (Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, executive producers; Alan Smart & Tom Yasumi, animation directors; Kyle McCulloch & Jack Pendarvis, writers)
  • Star vs. The Forces of Evil - "Blood Moon Ball" [Disney XD] (Daron Nefcy, executive producer; Aaron Hammersley, director/writer; Dominic Bisignano, writer)
  • Steven Universe - "The Answer" [Cartoon Network] (Rebecca Sugar, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Byung Ki Lee & Nick DeMayo, animation directors; Joe Johnston, supervising director; Lamar Abrams & Katie Mitroff, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • The Americans - Neil Cedar, Ken Hahn & James Redding III (Episode: "Persona Non Grata")
  • Daredevil - Lauren Stephens, Joe Barnett & Adam Jenkins (Episode: "New York's Finest")
  • Game of Thrones - Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "The Door")
  • The Leftovers - Thomas deGorter, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers (Episode: "International Assassin")
  • Mr. Robot - Kevin Buchholz, John W. Cook II & William Freesh (Episode: "eps1.5_br4ve-trave1er.asf")
    (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, Empire, Hannibal, House of Cards, Vikings)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Hotel (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
  • Fargo (Joe Bracciale, Martin Lee & Kirk Lynds)
  • Roots (Gary Megregian, Joe Earle & Richard Schexnayder)
  • True Detective (Mandell Winter, Daniel J. Leahy & Steve Pedersen)
  • The X-Files (Thierry J. Couturier, Rick Ash & Mark Server)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, Descendants, The Night Manager, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride)

Best Visual Effects

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, Briana Aeby & Gary D'Amico (Episode: "Ascension")
  • The Flash - Armen V. Kevorkian, James Baldanzi, Charise E. Angone & Jason Shulman (Episode: "Gorilla Warfare")
  • Game of Thrones - Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Sam Conway & Derek Spears (Episode: "Battle of the Bastards")
  • Hannibal - Robert Crowther, Anthony Paterson, Tom Plaskett & Jay Stanners (Episode: "Primavera")
  • The Man in the High Castle - Curt Miller, Jeff Baksinski, Elizabeth Alvarez & Sean Tompkins (Episode: "The New World")
    (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, The Expanse, The Leftovers, Penny Dreadful, Vikings)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Will Arnett - BoJack Horseman for voicing BoJack Horseman in "Escape from L.A."
  • Hank Azaria - The Simpsons for voicing Professor John Frink in "Love is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"
  • Laurence Fishburne - Roots for narrating "Night One"
  • Eric Jacobson - The Muppets for voicing Miss Piggy in "A Tale of Two Piggies"
  • Trey Parker - South Park for voicing Eric Cartman in "Stunning and Brave"
  • Justin Roiland - Rick and Morty for voicing Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith in "The Ricks Must Be Crazy"
  • (Honourable Mentions: Keegan-Michael Key - SuperMansion, Anthony Mendez - Jane the Virgin, Paul F. Tompkins - BoJack Horseman, J.K. Simmons - Gravity Falls)

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