Thursday, August 14, 2025

2021 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Bridgerton [Netflix] (Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers & Chris Van Dusen)
  • The Crown [Netflix] (Stephen Daldry, Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw & Robert Fox)
  • The Handmaid's Tale [Hulu] (Bruce MIller, Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Daniel Wilson, Fran Spears, Eric Tuchman, Sheila Hockin, John Weber, Frank Siracusa, Kira Snyder & Yehlin Chang)
  • Lovecraft Country [HBO] (J.J. Abrams, Misha Green, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange & Ben Stephenson)
  • The Mandalorian [Disney+] (Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy & Colin Wilson)
  • This is Us [NBC] (Dan Fogelman, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Charles Gogolak, Ken Olin, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger & Jess Rosenthal)
    (Honourable Mentions: Cruel Summer, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, In Treatment, Perry Mason)

Best Television Series - Comedy

  • American Dad! [TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle)
  • Black-ish [ABC] (Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, E. Brian Dobbins, Michael Petok, Courtney Lilly & Laura Gutin Peterson)
  • The Flight Attendant [HBO Max] (Greg Berlanti, Kaley Cuoco, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ulin & Sarah Schechter)
  • The Kominsky Method [Netflix] (Chuck Lorre, Al Higgins & Michael Douglas)
  • Mythic Quest [Apple TV+] (Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Megan Ganz, Jason Altman, David Hornsby & Michael Rotenberg)
  • Ted Lasso [Apple TV+] (Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Jeff Ingold, Bill Wrubel & Tom Marshall)
    (Honourable Mentions: Cobra Kai, Girls5eva, Mom, Superstore)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • The Good Lord Bird [Showtime] (Jason Blum, Ethan Hawke, Ryan Hawke, Vinnie Malhotra, James McBride, Marshall Presinger, David L. Schiff, Brian Taylor, Padraic McKinley & Albert Hughes, executive producers; Alejandro Espinoza & O'Shea Read, producers)
  • The Queen's Gambit [Netflix] (William Horberg, Allan Scott & Scott Frank, executive producers; Mick Aniceto & Marcus Loges, producers)
  • Small Axe [BBC One] (Steve McQueen, Rose Garnett, Lucy Richer, Tracey Scoffield, Caroline Stone, David Tanner, Peter Hampden, Norman Merry & Paul Ashton, executive producers; Michael Elliott & Anita Overland, producers)
  • Uncle Frank [Amazon Prime] (Bob Osher, Andrew Golov, Christopher Tricario, Josh Peters & Isaac Ericson, executive producers; Alan Ball, Bill Block, Michael Costigan & Peter Macdissi, producers)
  • WandaVision [Disney+] (Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso & Matt Shakman & Jac Schaeffer, executive producers; Chuck Hayward, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fargo, Genius: Aretha, I May Destroy You, Mare of Easttown, The Underground Railroad)

Best Variety Series

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show [HBO] (Issa Rae, Robin Thede, Tony Hernandez, Brooke Posch, Dave Becky & Jonathan Berry)
  • Conan [TBS] (Conan O'Brien & Jeff Ross)
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [HBO] (John Oliver, Tim Carvell & Liz Stanton)
  • Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
  • Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready [Netflix] (Tiffany Haddish, Wanda Sykes & Page Hurwitz)
  • The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Amber Ruffin Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

Best Variety Special

  • 9/11 Remembered: The Day We Came Together [ABC] (David J. Goldberg & Don Mischer, executive producers)
  • All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief [Amazon Prime] (Melanie Fletcher, Bedonna Smith, Nina Soriano & Nikki Varhely-Gillingham, executive producers; Jason Koenig, Madeline Marotto, Trevor Rothman, Selina Peikert Shearer & Lana Womack, producers)
  • Bo Burnham: Inside [Netflix] (Bo Burnham, executive producer; Josh Senior, producer)
  • Borat Supplemental Reportings [Amazon Prime] (Sacha Baron Cohen, Jason Woliner, Peter Baynham, Monica Levinson & Lisa Rudin, executive producers; Eric Notarnicola, producer)
  • Hamilton [Disney+] (Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman & Maggie Brohn, executive producers; Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeffrey Seller, producers)
  • A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote [HBO Max] (Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme & Casey Patterson, executive producers; Brittany Mehmedovic, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Black is King, David Byrne's American Utopia, Friends: The Reunion, Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist)

Best Reality Series

  • Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
  • Court Cam [A&E] (Dan Abrams, Paul Kaup, Rachel Stockman & Shelly Tatro)
  • Indian Matchmaking [Netflix] (Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, J.C. Begley & Smriti Mundhra)
  • Running Wild with Bear Grylls [Nat Geo] (Bear Grylls, Delbert Shoopman, Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Rob Buchta, Drew Buckley, Chris Grant, Liz Schulze & Bengt Anderson)
  • Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill, Yun Lingner, Max Swedlow, Phil Gurin, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec & Brandon Wallace)
    (Honourable Mentions: Below Deck, Couples Therapy, Queer Eye, Selena + Chef, Selling Sunset)

Best Reality-Competition Series

  • The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo & Phil Keoghan)
  • Nailed It! [Netflix] (Casey Kriley, Jo Sharon, Patrick Doody, Shea Spencer & Nicole Byer)
  • Penn & Teller: Fool Us [The CW] (Penn Jillette, Teller, Peter Adam Golden & Andrew J. Golder)
  • Top Chef [Bravo] (Casey Krilye, Jo Sharon, Doneen Arquines, Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi)
  • The Voice [NBC] (John de Mol Jr., Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Adam Sher, Amanda Zucker & Kyra Thompson)
    (Honourable Mentions: America's Got Talent, The Great British Baking Show, Holey Moley, The Masked Singer, Tough as Nails)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Nicole Byer - Nailed It!
  • Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John & Kevin O'Leary - Shark Tank
  • Selena Gomez - Selena + Chef
  • Tiffany Haddish - Kids Say the Darndest Things
  • Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio & Gail Simmons - Top Chef
    (Honourable Mentions: Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Anton Porowski & Jonathan Van Ness - Queer Eye, Terry Crews - America's Got Talent, Leslie Jones - Supermarket Sweep, Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race, Jane Lynch - Weakest Link)

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "300" [TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle, executive producers; Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves, directors; Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener, writers)
  • Black-ish - "Election Special: Part 2" [ABC] (Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Rodrigo Amador, Jonas Diamond, E. Brian Dobbins, Courtney Lilly, Laura Gutin Peterson, Michael Petok & Helen Sugland, executive producers; Matthew A. Cherry, director; Ben Deeb & Graham Towers, writers)
  • Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal - "Plague of Madness" [Cartoon Network] (Genndy Tartakovsky, executive producer/director; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Ulysse Malassagne & Erika Forzy, executive producers; Darrick Bachman, head writer; David Krentz, writer)
  • Invincible - "Where I Really Come From" [Amazon Prime] (Robert Kirkman, executive producer/writer; Simon Racioppa, David Alpert, Catherine Winder, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, executive producers; William Ruzicka, director)
  • Pacific Rim: The Black - "From the Shadows" [Netflix] (Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle, executive producers/writers; Shūzō John Shiota, executive producer; Takeshi Iwata, Susumu Sugai & Masayuki Uemoto, directors)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks - "Crisis Point" [CBS All Access] (Mike McMahan, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Trevor Roth & Rod Roddenberry, executive producers; Bob Suarez, director; Ben Rodgers, writer)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • Sterling K. Brown - This is Us (Episode: "Forty: Part 2")
  • Josh O'Connor - The Crown (Episode: "Avalanche")
  • Regé-Jean Page - Bridgerton (Episode: "Art of the Swoon")
  • Pedro Pascal - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 15: The Believer")
  • Matthew Rhys - Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter 8")
  • Justin Theroux - The Mosquito Coast (Episode: "The Glass Sandwich")
    (Honourable Mentions: Freddie Highmore - The Good Doctor, Anthony Mackie - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Jonathan Majors - Lovecraft Country, Billy Porter - Pose)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Anthony Anderson - Black-ish (Episode: "What About Gary?")
  • Michael Douglas - The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 20: The Round Toes, of the High Shoes")
  • William H. Macy - Shameless (Episode: "Father Frank, Full of Grace")
  • Rob McElhenney - Mythic Quest (Episode: "Quarantine")
  • Jason Sudeikis - Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again")
  • Alan Tudyk - Resident Alien (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Ted Danson - Mr. Mayor, Ben Feldman - Superstore, Kenan Thompson - Kenan, William Zabka - Cobra Kai)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Paul Bettany - Uncle Frank
  • Bryan Cranston - Your Honor
  • Hugh Grant - The Undoing
  • Ethan Hawke - The Good Lord Bird
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton
    (Honourable Mentions: Paul Bettany - WandaVision, Jeff Daniels - The Comey Rule, Ewan McGregor - Halston, Leslie Odom, Jr. - Hamilton, Chris Rock - Fargo)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Uzo Aduba - In Treatment (Episode: "Brooke - Week 5")
  • Olivia Colman - The Crown (Episode: "48:1")
  • Emma Corrin - The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale")
  • Mandy Moore - This is Us (Episode: "The Ride")
  • Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home")
  • Sarah Paulson - Ratched (Episode: "Got No Strings")
    (Honourable Mentions: Phoebe Dynevor - Bridgerton, MJ Rodriguez - Pose, Jurnee Smollett - Lovecraft Country, Hilary Swank - Away)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • Kaley Cuoco - The Flight Attendant (Episode: "Rabbits")
  • Allison Janney - Mom (Episode: "My Kinda People and the Big To-Do")
  • Jane Levy - Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night")
  • Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish (Episode: "Babes in Boyland")
  • Jean Smart - Hacks (Episode: "1.69 Million")
  • Lena Waithe - Master of None (Episode: "Moments in Love: Chapter 3")
    (Honourable Mentions: Sara Bareilles - Girls5eva, Maya Erskine - PEN15, Charlotte Nicdao - Mythic Quest, Robin Thede - A Black Lady Sketch Show)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Cynthia Erivo - Genius: Aretha
  • Nicole Kidman - The Undoing
  • Elizabeth Olsen - WandaVision
  • Anya Taylor-Joy - The Queen's Gambit
  • Kate Winslet - Mare of Easttown
    (Honourable Mentions: Michaela Coel - I May Destroy You, Thuso Mbedu - The Underground Railroad, Tessa Thompson - Sylvie's Love, Ruth Wilson - Oslo)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

  • Jonathan Bailey - Bridgerton (Episode: "An Affair of Honor")
  • Giancarlo Esposito - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue")
  • John Lithgow - Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter 4")
  • Tobias Menzies - The Crown (Episode: "Gold Stick")
  • Bradley Whitford - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Testimony")
  • Michael K. Williams - Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Rewind 1921")
    (Honourable Mentions: Wes Bentley - Yellowstone, Daniel Brühl - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, O-T Fagbenle - The Handmaid's Tale, Chris Sullivan - This is Us)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Brett Goldstein - Ted Lasso (Episode: "All Apologies")
  • Brendan Hunt - Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again")
  • Paul Reiser - The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 18: You Only Give Me Your Funny Paper")
  • Ray Romano - Made for Love (Episode: "Let's Meet")
  • Kenan Thompson - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle")
  • Bowen Yang - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Carey Mulligan")
    (Honourable Mentions: F. Murray Abraham - Mythic Quest, Laurence Fishburne - Black-ish, Nick Mohammed - Ted Lasso, Nico Santos - Superstore)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • John Boyega - Small Axe
  • Brendan Gleeson - The Comey Rule
  • Neil Patrick Harris - It's a Sin
  • Evan Peters - Mare of Easttown
  • Courtney B. Vance - Genius: Aretha
    (Honourable Mentions: Bill Camp - The Queen's Gambit, Daveed Diggs - Hamilton, Michael Stuhlbarg - Your Honor, Donald Sutherland - The Undoing, Glynn Turman - Fargo)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Gillian Anderson - The Crown (Episode: "Favourites")
  • Helena Bonham Carter - The Crown (Episode: "The Hereditary Principle")
  • Ann Dowd - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Progress")
  • Tatiana Maslany - Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter Two")
  • Yvonne Strahovski - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Home")
  • Samira Wiley - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Vows")
    (Honourable Mentions: Aunjanue Ellis - Lovecraft Country, Emerald Fennell - The Crown, Wunmi Mosaku - Lovecraft Country, Susan Kelechi Watson - This is Us)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Ashly Burch - Mythic Quest (Episode: "Everlight")
  • Michelle Gomez - The Flight Attendant (Episode: "Hitchcock Double")
  • Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Bill Burr")
  • Rosie Perez - The Flight Attendant (Episode: "Arrivals and Departures")
  • Juno Temple - Ted Lasso (Episode: "For the Children")
  • Hannah Waddingham - Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again")
    (Honourable Mentions: Ashley Nicole Black - A Black Lady Sketch Show, Mary Steenburgen - Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Cecily Strong - Saturday Night Live, Kathleen Turner - The Kominsky Method)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Jessie Buckley - Fargo
  • Kathryn Hahn - WandaVision
  • Marielle Hiller - The Queen's Gambit
  • Julianne Nicholson - Mare of Easttown
  • Letitia Wright - Small Axe
    (Honourable Mentions: Renée Elise Goldsberry - Hamilton, Anne Hathaway - Solos, Lily Rabe - The Undoing, Jean Smart - Mare of Easttown, Phillipa Soo - Hamilton)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

  • Michael Angarano - This is Us (Episode: "One Small Step...")
  • Don Cheadle - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Episode: "New World Order")
  • Charles Dance - The Crown (Episode: "Gold Stick")
  • Mark Hamill - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue")
  • Timothy Olyphant - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 9: The Marshal")
  • Courtney B. Vance - Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Whitey's on the Moon")
    (Honourable Mentions: Tom Burke - The Crown, Justin Kirk - Perry Mason, Norm Lewis - Pose, Carl Weathers - The Mandalorian)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

  • Dave Chappelle - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle")
  • Morgan Freeman - The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 20: The Round Toes, of the High Shoes")
  • Anthony Head - Ted Lasso (Episode: "For the Children")
  • William Hurt - Mythic Quest (Episode: "Peter")
  • Chris Rock - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Chris Rock")
  • John Slattery - Girls5eva (Episode: "Alf Musik")
    (Honourable Mentions: Aziz Ansari - Master of None, Alec Baldwin - Saturday Night Live, Stephen Colbert - Girls5eva, David Iacono - The Flight Attendant)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Alexis Bledel - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Testimony")
  • Rosario Dawson - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi")
  • Claire Foy - The Crown (Episode: "48:1")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Episode: "Truth")
  • Phylicia Rashad - This is Us (Episode: "I've Got This")
  • Diana Rigg - All Creatures Great and Small (Episode: "Another Farnon?")
    (Honourable Mentions: Amanda Brugel - The Handmaid's Tale, Jackée Harry - Pose, Regina Taylor - Lovecraft Country, Ming-Na Wen - The Mandalorian)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Adele - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adele")
  • Tina Fey - Girls5eva (Episode: "Carma")
  • Bernadette Peters - Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night")
  • Issa Rae - A Black Lady Sketch Show (Episode: "My Booty Look Juice, Don't It?")
  • Susan Sarandon - Search Party (Episode: "The Inferno")
  • Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Kristen Wiig")
    (Honourable Mentions: Andrea Anders - Ted Lasso, America Ferrera - Superstore, Elisabeth Shue - Cobra Kai, Ellie Taylor - Ted Lasso)

Best Direction - Drama

  • Benjamin Caron - The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale")
  • Jon Favreau - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 9: The Marshal")
  • Dave Filoni - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi") 
  • Jessica Hobbs - The Crown (Episode: "War")
  • Tim Van Patten - Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter 1")
  • Colin Watkinson - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Nightshade")
    (Honourable Mentions: Yann Demange - Lovecraft Country, Liz Garbus - The Handmaid's Tale, Michelle MacLaren - In Treatment, Peyton Reed - The Mandalorian)

Best Direction - Comedy

  • Aziz Ansari - Master of None (Episode: "Moments in Love, Chapter 4")
  • Zach Braff - Ted Lasso (Episode: "Biscuits")
  • Susanna Fogel - The Flight Attendant (Episode: "In Case of Emergency")
  • Chuck Lorre - The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 17: In All the Old Familiar Places")
  • Declan Lowney - Ted Lasso (Episode: "Make Rebecca Great Again")
  • Rob McElhenney - Mythic Quest (Episode: "Backstory!")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kenya Barris - Black-ish, MJ Delaney - Ted Lasso, Ruben Fleischer - Superstore, James Widdoes - Mom)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Scott Frank - The Queen's Gambit
  • Barry Jenkins - The Underground Railroad
  • Thomas Kail - Hamilton
  • Steve McQueen - Small Axe
  • Matt Shakman - WandaVision
    (Honourable Mentions: Susanne Bier - The Undoing, Bryan Cranston - Your Honor, Noah Hawley - Fargo, Anthony Hemingway - Genius: Aretha, Craig Zobel - Mare of Easttown)

Best Writing - Drama

  • Jon Favreau - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue")
  • Dave Filoni - The Mandalorian (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi")
  • Misha Green - Lovecraft Country (Episode: "Sundown")
  • Rolin Jones & Ron Fitzgerald - Perry Mason (Episode: "Chapter One")
  • Bruce Miller - The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Wilderness")
  • Peter Morgan - The Crown (Episode: "Fairytale")
    (Honourable Mentions: Yahlin Chang - The Handmaid's Tale, Eboni Freeman & Kay Oyegun - This is Us, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Steven Canals, Janet Mock & Our Lady J - Pose, Kira Snyder - The Handmaid's Tale)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe - Master of None (Episode: "Moments in Love, Chapter 4")
  • Kenya Barris & Peter Saji - Black-ish (Episode: "Please, Baby, Please")
  • Chuck Lorre - The Kominsky Method (Episode: "Chapter 17: In All the Old Familiar Places")
  • Zack Rosenblatt - American Dad! (Episode: "Businessly Brunette")
  • Meredith Scardino - Girls5eva (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt & Joe Kelly - Ted Lasso (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Shatsky - Hacks, Jonathan Green, Gabe Miller & Justin Spitzer - Superstore, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt & Joe Kelly - Ted Lasso, Steve Yockey - The Flight Attendant)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Alan Ball - Uncle Frank
  • Scott Frank - The Queen's Gambit
  • Noah Hawley - Fargo
  • Barry Jenkins - The Underground Railroad
  • Steve McQueen & Alistair Siddons - Small Axe
    (Honourable Mentions: Russell T. Davies - It's a Sin, Brad Ingelsby - Mare of Easttown, Mark Richard & Ethan Hawke - The Good Lord Bird, Jac Schaeffer - WandaVision)

Best Casting - Drama

  • The Crown (Robert Sterne)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (Sharon Bialy, Sharon Thomas, Russell Scott & Robin D. Cook)
  • Lovecraft Country (Kim Taylor-Coleman & Meagan Lewis)
  • The Mandalorian (Sarah Halley Finn)
  • This is Us (Bernard Telsey, Josh Einsohn & Tiffany Little Canfield)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bridgerton, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Perry Mason, Pose, Yellowstone)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • Cobra Kai (Alexis Frank Koczara, Christine Smith Shevchenko, Tara Feldstein & Chase Paris)
  • The Kominsky Method (Nikki Valko, Ken Miller & Tara Treacy)
  • Mythic Quest (Jeanne McCarthy & Nicole Abellera)
  • Ted Lasso (Theo Park)
  • Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer, Alex Newman & Robert J. Ulrich)
    (Honourable Mentions: A Black Lady Sketch Show, The Flight Attendant, Girls5eva, The Goldbergs, Hacks)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • The Good Lord Bird (Kim Coleman)
  • Mare of Easttown (Avy Kaufman)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Anna-Lena Slater, Tina Gerussi, Ellen Lewis, Olivia Scott-Webb & Kate Sprance)
  • Small Axe (Gary Davy)
  • The Underground Railroad (Francine Maisler & Meagan Lewis)
    (Honourable Mentions: Genius: Aretha, Hamilton, The Haunting of Bly Manor, I May Destroy You, WandaVision)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • The Crown - Adriano Goldman (Episode: "Fairytale")
  • Lovecraft Country - Robert McLachlan (Episode: "Sundown")
  • The Mandalorian - Baz Idione (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue")
  • Perry Mason - David Franco (Episode: "Chapter 1")
  • Raised by Wolves - Dariusz Wolski (Episode: "Raised by Wolves")
    (Honourable Mentions: Bridgerton - Jeffrey Jur, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - P.J. Dillon, The Handmaid's Tale - Stuart Biddlecombe, The Mandalorian - Matthew Jensen, The Umbrella Academy - Neville Kidd)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Fargo (Dana Gonzales)
  • The Good Lord Bird (Peter Deming)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Steven Meizler)
  • Small Axe (Shabier Kirchner)
  • The Underground Railroad (James Laxton)
    (Honourable Mentions: Halston - Tim Ives, The Haunting of Bly Manor - Maxime Alexandre, Mare of Easttown - Ben Richardson, Oslo - Janusz Kamiński, WandaVision - Jess Hall)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Bridgerton - Ellen Mirojnick & John W. Glaser III (Episode: "Diamond of the First Water")
  • The Crown - Amy Roberts (Episode: "Terra Nullius")
  • The Handmaid's Tale - Debra Hanson (Episode: "Nightshade")
  • The Mandalorian - Shawna Trpcic (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Rescue")
  • Ratched - Lou Eyrich & Rebecca Guzzi (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Flight Attendant, Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason, Pose, Star Trek: Discovery)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Genius: Aretha (Jennifer Bryan)
  • Halston (Jeriana San Juan)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Gabriele Binder)
  • The Underground Railroad (Caroline Eselin)
  • WandaVision (Mayes C. Rubeo
    (Honourable Mentions: Fargo, The Good Lord Bird, Hamilton, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Mare of Easttown)

Best Editing - Series

  • American Dad! - Rob DeSales (Episode: "300")
  • The Crown - Yan Miles (Episode: "Fairytale")
  • The Handmaid's Tale - Wendy Hallam Martin (Episode: "The Crossing")
  • The Mandalorian - Dylan Firshein & J. Erik Jessen (Episode: "Chapter 11: The Heiress")
  • The Mandalorian - Adam Gerstel (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Flight Attendant - Heather Parsons, Lovecraft Country - Marta Evry & Chris Wyatt, The Mandalorian - Andrew S. Eisen, Perry Mason - Mako Kamitsuna, Ted Lasso - A.J. Catoline)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • The Haunting of Bly Manor (Ken Blackwell & Jason Hellmann)
  • Oslo (Jay Rabinowitz)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Michelle Tesoro)
  • Small Axe (Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen)
  • WandaVision (Zene Baker & Michael A. Webber)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fargo - Regis Kimble, Hamilton - Jonah Moran, Mare of Easttown - Amy E. Duddleston, The Underground Railroad - Joi McMillon, WandaVision - Nona Khodai)

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • Bridgerton (Regé-Jean Page, Adjoh Andoh, Lorraine Ashbourne, Jonathan Bailey, Harriet Cairns, Phoebe Dynevor, Ruth Gemmell, Golda Rosheuvel, Luke Thompson & Julie Andrews, et. al.)
  • The Crown (Gillian Anderson, Marion Bailey, Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Emma Corrin, Emerald Fennell, Tobias Menzies, Josh O'Connor & Sam Phillips, et. al.)
  • Lovecraft Country (Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Aunjanue Ellis, Courtney B. Vance, Wunmi Mosaku, Abbey Lee, Jamie Chung, Jada Harris & Michael K. Williams, et. al.)
  • The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal, Amy Sedaris, Temuera Morrison, Giancarlo Esposito, Gina Carano, Omid Abtahi, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Timothy Olyphant & Ming-Na Wen, et. al.)
  • This is Us (Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Jon Huertas, Timothy Omundson & Asante Blackk, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Handmaid's Tale, In Treatment, Perry Mason, Pose)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

  • Black-ish (Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin, Peter Mackenzie, Deon Cole, Yara Shahidi, Laurence Fishburne & Jenifer Lewis, et. al.)
  • Close Enough (J.G. Quintel, Gabrielle Walsh, Jason Mantzoukas, Kimiko Glenn, Jessica DiCicco, Danielle Brooks, John Early & James Adomian, et. al.)
  • Girls5eva (Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, Busy Philipps, Daniel Breaker, Jonathan Hadary, Ashley Park & Erika Henningsen, et. al.)
  • Mythic Quest (Rob McElhenney, Ashly Burch, Jessie Ennis, Imani Hakim, David Hornsby, Charlotte Nicdao, Danny Pudi & F. Murray Abraham, et. al.)
  • Superstore (Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Sakuro, Kaliko Kauahi, Mark McKinney & America Ferrera, et. al.)
  • Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, James Lance, Nick Mohammed, Toheeb Jimoh & Juno Temple, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Cobra Kai, The Flight Attendant)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Rapp & Philipa Soo, et. al.)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Moses Ingram, Christiane Seidel, Rebecca Root, Chloe Pirrie, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Patrick Kennedy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster & Marielle Hiller, et. al.)
  • Small Axe (Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Micheal Ward, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Sheyi Cole, Robbie Gee, Kenyah Sandy, Sharlene Whyte, Steve Toussaint & John Boyega, et. al.)
  • The Underground Railroad (Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Peter Mullan, Mychal-Bella Bowman, Sheila Atim, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Damon Herriman, Fred Hechinger & Joel Edgerton, et. al.)
  • WandaVision (Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Debra Jo Rupp, Fred Melamed, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Paris, Randall Park, Kat Dennings & Evan Peters, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fargo, The Haunting of Bly Manor, It's a Sin, Mare of Easttown, Oslo)

Best Main Title Design

  • The Flight Attendant [HBO Max] (Taka Ikari, Karen Miller & Jim Jones)
  • The Good Lord Bird [Showtime] (Efrain Montanez, Eduardo Guisandes & Abigail Fairfax)
  • Lovecraft Country [HBO] (Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks & Ken Taylor)
  • Ratched [Netflix] (Heidi Berg, Felix Soletic, Vladan Jankovic & Adam Baxter)
  • WandaVision [Disney+] (John LePore, Doug Appleton, Nick Woythaler & Alex Rupert)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bridgerton, P-Valley, The Queen's Gambit, Raised by Wolves, Ted Lasso)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • Bridgerton [Netflix] (Kris Bowers & Michael Dean Parsons)
  • The Flight Attendant [HBO Max] (Blake Neely)
  • The Mosquito Coast [Apple TV+] (Antonio Pinto)
  • Ted Lasso [Apple TV+] (Tom Howe & Marcus Mumford)
  • WandaVision [Disney+] (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alien v. Farrow, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Girls5eva, P-Valley, Ziwe)

Best Makeup - Series

  • The Handmaid's Tale - Burton LeBlanc & Alastair Muir (Episode: "Pigs")
  • Lovecraft Country - Carey Jones, Sandra Linn Koepper & Mi Young (Episode: "I Am.")
  • The Mandalorian - Brian Sipe & Alexei Dmitriew (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi")
  • Ratched - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Michael Mekash (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Star Trek: Discovery - Glenn Hetrick, Rocky Faulkner, Shauna Llewellyn & Mike Smithson (Episode: "That Hope is You, Part 1")
    (Honourable Mentions: A Black Lady Sketch Show, Bridgerton, The Crown, Perry Mason, Pose)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Halston (Patricia Regan, Claus Lulla & Joseph A. Campayno)
  • Mare of Easttown (Carey Jones, Sandra Linn Koepper, Greg Nicotero & Debi Young)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Daniel Parker)
  • The Underground Railroad (Doniella Davy, Douglas Noe & Christopher Allen Nelson)
  • WandaVision (Tricia Sawyer, Vasilios Tanis & Jonah Levy)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fargo, Genius: Aretha, I May Destroy You)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • The Crown - Martin Phipps (Episode: "The Balmoral Test")
  • The Handmaid's Tale - Adam Taylor (Episode: "The Crossing")
  • Lovecraft Country - Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq (Episode: "Rewind 1921")
  • The Mandalorian - Ludwig Göransson (Episode: "Chapter 16: The Rescue")
  • Star Trek: Discovery - Jeff Russo (Episode: "Die Trying")
    (Honourable Mentions: Bridgerton - Kris Powers, Cobra Kai - Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson, Girls5eva - Jeff Richmond & Giancarlo Vulcano, Perry Mason - Terence Blanchard, This is Us - Siddharta Kholsa)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Black is King (James William Blades, MeLo-X & Derek Dixie)
  • Fargo (Jeff Russo)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Carlos Rafael Rivera)
  • The Underground Railroad (Nicholas Britell)
  • WandaVision (Christophe Beck)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Haunting of Bly Manor - The Newton Brothers, Mare of Easttown - Lele Marchitelli, Oslo - Jeff Russo & Zoë Keating, Small Axe - Mica Levin, The Third Day - Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Stephen Dobbie & Dickon Hinchliffe)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • All In: The Fight for Democracy - "Turntables" (Janelle Monáe & Nathaniel Irvin III)
  • Girls5eva - "I'm Afraid (Dawn's Song of Fears") (Sara Bareilles, Jeff Richmond & Meredith Scardino)
  • The Queen's Gambit - "I Can't Remember Love" (Anna Hauss, Robert Wienröder & William Horberg)
  • WandaVision - "Agatha All Along" (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist - "Crimson Love" (Harvey Mason Jr., Andrew Hey, Austin Winsberg & Lindsey Rosin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bo Burnham: Inside - "Comedy", Bo Burnham: Inside - "White Woman's Instagram", Girls5eva - "Four Stars", Soundtrack of Our Lives - "The End Titles", Ziwe - "Stop Being Pour")

Best Production Design - Series

  • The Crown - Martin Childs & Alison Harvey (Episode: "War")
  • The Handmaid's Tale - Elisabeth Williams & Rob Hepburn (Episode: "Chicago")
  • Love, Death + Robots - Robert Valley (Episode: "Ice")
  • The Mandalorian - Andrew L. Jones, Doug Chiang & Amanda Moss (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi")
  • Yellowstone - Cary White & Carla Curry (Episode: "Going Back to Cali")
    (Honourable Mentions: Bridgerton, The Flight Attendant, Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason, Ted Lasso)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Halston (Mark Ricker & Cherish M. Hale)
  • The Haunting of Bly Manor (Patricio M. Farrell & Mark Lane)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Uli Hanisch & Sabine Schaaf)
  • The Underground Railroad (Mark Friedberg & Lisa Scoppa)
  • WandaVision (Mark Worthington & Kathy Orlando)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fargo, Genius: Aretha, Hamilton, Mare of Easttown, The Undoing)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

  • Close Enough - "The Perfect House" [HBO Max] (J.G. Quintel, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Sean Szeles & Calvin Wong, directors; Randy Meyers, animation director; Minty Lewis, writer)
  • Love, Death + Robots - "Ice" [Netflix] (David Fincher, Tim Miller, Jennifer Miller, Joshua Donen, Cara Speller & Andrew Ruhemann, executive producers; Robert Valley, director; Jennifer Yuh Nelson, supervising director; Philip Gelatt, teleplay)
  • Maggie Simpson in: "The Force Awakens from His Nap" [Disney+] (James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Matt Selman, Richard Sakai, Denise Sirkot & Richard Raynis, producers; David Silverman, director; Joel H. Cohen, Al Jean & Michael Price, writers)
  • Robot Chicken - "Endgame" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, executive producers/writers; John Harvatine IV, Eric Towner, Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Tom Sheppard, director/writer; Alex Kamer, animation director; Mike Fasolo, Jared Gruszecki, Harmony McElligott, Michael Poisson & Ellory Smith, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Matthew Wood, Bonnie Wild & Tony Villaflor (Episode: "One World, One People")
  • Lovecraft Country - Tim Kimmel, Marc Fishman & Mathew Waters (Episode: "Sundown")
  • The Mandalorian - Matthew Wood, David Acord, Stephen Urata & Bonnie Wild (Episode: "Chapter 13: The Jedi")
  • Star Trek: Discovery - Matthew E. Taylor, Ed Carr & Todd Grace (Episode: "That Hope is You (Part 1)")
  • The Umbrella Academy - John Benson, Chris Carpenter & Joe DeAngelis (Episode: "The End of Something")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale, His Dark Materials, Love, Death + Robots, Star Trek: Lower Decks)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Genius: Aretha (Daniel Brennan, Daniel Pagan & Ken Hahn)
  • The Haunting of Bly Manor (Trevor Gates, Craig Stauffer & Jonathan Wales)
  • The Queen's Gambit (Eric Hirsch, Gregg Swiatlowski, Eric Hoehn & Leo Marcil)
  • The Underground Railroad (Luke Gibleon, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters)
  • WandaVision (Kim Foscato, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Matthew Wood & Danielle Dupre)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fargo, The Good Lord Bird, Hamilton, Mare of Easttown, Small Axe)

Best Visual Effects

  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Eric Leven, Joe Letteri, Alessandro Cioffi & Daniel Sudick (Episode: "New World Order")
  • Lovecraft Country - Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin, Pietro Ponti & J.D. Schwalm (Episode: "Strange Case")
  • The Mandalorian - Joe Bauer, Richard Bluff, Abbigail Keller, John Knoll & Hal Hickel (Episode: "Chapter 9: The Marshal")
  • Star Trek: Discovery - Jason Michael Zimmerman, Ante Dekovic, Aleksandra Kochoska & Charles Collyer (Episode: "Su'kal")
  • The Umbrella Academy - Everett Burrell, Phillip Hoffman, Jeff Campbell & R. Christopher White (Episode: "743")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Boys, The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale, Vikings, WandaVision)

Best Voice-Over Performance or Narration [TIE]

  • Julie Andrews - Bridgerton for voicing Lady Whistledown in "Diamond of the First Water"
  • Kaley Cuoco - Harley Quinn for voicing Harley Quinn in "Something Borrowed, Something Green"
  • Anthony Hopkins - Mythic Quest for narrating "Everlight"
  • Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! for voicing Hayley Smith in "First, Do No Farm"
  • Tawny Newsome - Star Trek: Lower Decks for voicing Beckett Mariner in "Crisis Point"
  • Gabrielle Walsh - Close Enough for voicing Emily Ramirez in "The Perfect House"
    (Honourable Mentions: Stacey Abrams - Black-ish, J.K. Simmons - Invincible, Stanley Tucci - Central Park, Jessica Walter - Archer)

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