Showing posts with label 2008 Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 Awards. Show all posts

Saturday, June 14, 2025

2008 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • Fallout 3 (Gavin Carter & Craig Lafferty)
  • Grand Theft Auto IV (Leslie Benzies)
  • LittleBigPlanet (Claire Boissiere, Michelle Ducker & Martin Lynagh)
  • Spore (Guillaume Pierre, Matthew J. Powers & Kip Katsarelis)
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Kensuke Tanabe, Keisuke Terasaki & Akiya Sakamoto)
    (Honourable Mentions: Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Mario Kart Wii, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Mirror's Edge)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Gears of War 2 (Michael V. Capps)
  • Grand Theft Auto IV (Andrew Semple)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Hideo Kojima)
  • Mirror's Edge (Senta Jakobsen)
  • Prince of Persia (Jean-Christophe Guyot)
    (Honourable Mentions: Braid, Dead Space, Fable II, Far Cry 2, Tomb Raider: Underworld)

Best Game Design

  • Fable II (Peter Molyneux)
  • Fallout 3 (Emil Pagliarulo)
  • LittleBigPlanet (Mark Healey & David Smith)
  • Spore (Will Wright, Alex Hutchinson & Jenna Chalmers)
  • World of Goo (Kyle Gabler)
    (Honourable Mentions: Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Mario Kart Wii, Mirror's Edge, Patapon)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Animal Crossing: City Folk (Hisashi Nogami & Isao Moro)
  • Boom Blox (Jason Chayes & Steven Spielberg)
  • LittleBigPlanet (Mark Healey)
  • Rock Band 2 (Josh Randall & Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom)
  • Wii Fit (Hiroshi Matsunaga)
    (Honourable Mentions: Braid, de Blob, Mario Kart Wii, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, World of Goo)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • Burnout Paradise (Alex Ward)
  • FIFA 09 (David Rutter)
  • Mario Kart Wii (Yasuyuki Oyagi)
  • Mario Super Sluggers (Hideki Tomida)
  • Wii Fit (Hiroshi Matsunaga)
    (Honourable Mentions: Madden NFL 09, MLB '08: The Show, NHL 09, Shaun White Snowboarding, WipeOut HD)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Fallout 3 (Guy Carver & Steven Meister)
  • LittleBigPlanet (Alex Evans & David Smith)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Yuji Korekado)
  • Spore (Andrew Willmott)
  • Wii Fit (Katsuhiro Nishimura)
    (Honourable Mentions: Boom Blox, Braid, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, Mirror's Edge)

Best Multiplayer

  • Call of Duty: World at War (David Vonderhaar)
  • Gears of War 2 (Diana Antczak)
  • Left 4 Dead
  • Mario Kart Wii
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin (Daisuke Nakajima & Masaki Tawara)
  • Civilization Revolution (Barry Caudill)
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Jill Eckhart)
  • Spore (Eric Todd)
  • Tom Clancy's EndWar (Michael de Plater)
  • Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (Gary Richards & Paul J. Machacek)
    (Honourable Mentions: Age of Booty, Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, Ninjatown, Sins of a Solar Empire)

Best Sound Design

  • Dead Space (David Feise, Andrew Lackey & David Swenson)
  • Fallout 3 (Mark Lampert)
  • LittleBigPlanet (Kenneth C M Young)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Sōtarō Tojami, Ryoji Makimura, Hiroyuki Nakayama & Masashi Watanabe)
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Darragh O'Farrell, Brian Tibbetts, Tom Bible & Erik Foreman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Auditorium, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead, Prince of Persia)

Best Music

  • Fable II (Russell Shaw & Danny Elfman)
  • Fallout 3 (Inon Zur)
  • LittleBigPlanet (Kenneth C M Young, Mat Clark & Daniel Pemberton)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Harry Gregson-Williams, Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori & Kazuma Jinnouchi)
  • Spore (Brian Eno & Cliff Martinez)
    (Honourable Mentions: Castle Crashers, de Blob, Dead Space, Mario Kart Wii, World of Goo)

Best Handheld Game

  • Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin (Daisuke Nakajima & Masaki Tawara)
  • Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Akihiro Minakata)
  • God of War: Chains of Olympus (Ru Weerasuriya)
  • Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Tatsuya Shinkai)
  • Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (Gary Richards & Paul J. Machacek)

Best Fighting Game

  • Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Ed Boon)
  • Soul Calibur IV (Katsutoshi Sasaki, Katsuhiro Harada & Daishi Odashima)
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Masahiro Sakurai)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bleach: Dark Souls, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, Naruto: The Broken Band, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2009)

Best Art Direction

  • Braid (David Hellman)
  • Fallout 3 (Istvan Pely)
  • Gears of War 2 (Christopher Perna)
  • LittleBigPlanet (Kareem Attouney)
  • Prince of Persia (Mickail Labat)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dead Space, Fallout 3, LEGO Indiana Jones, Mirror's Edge, Tomb Raider: Underworld)

Best Animation

  • Castle Crashers (Dan Paladin)
  • Gears of War 2 (Scott Dossett, Aaron Herzog, Alexander Whitney & Jay Hosfelt)
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Hiromi Sato, Masaaki Kawata, Tetsuya Wakao & Teppei Takehana)
  • Prince of Persia (Dennis Collantes, Daniel Desjardins, David Wilkinson & Marc De Flores)
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Noah Bordner, Kento Kojima, Patrick Przybyla & Tristan Sacramento)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Bourne Conspiracy, Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, Mirror's Edge, Spore)

Best Story/Writing

  • Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (Mike Neumann)
  • Fallout 3 (Emil Pagliarulo)
  • Grand Theft Auto IV (Dan Houser & Rupert Humphries)
  • Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Noriko Ikeura & Kazuya Kuranari)
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (W. Haden Blackman, Shawn Pitman, John Stafford & Cameron Suey)
    (Honourable Mentions: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Braid, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Fable II, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Nathalie Cox - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for voicing Juno Eclipse
  • Stephen Fry - LittleBigPlanet for voicing The Narrator
  • David Hayter - Super Smash Bros. Brawl for voicing Solid Snake
  • Michael Hollick - Grand Theft Auto IV for voicing Niko Bellic
  • Liam Neeson - Fallout 3 for voicing James
    (Honourable Mentions: John DiMaggio - Gears of War 2, Keeley Hawes - Tomb Raider: Underworld, David Hayter - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kiefer Sutherland - Call of Duty: World at War, Jason Zumwalt - Grand Theft Auto IV)

2008 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist
  • "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock (Kid Rock)
  • "Closer" - Ne-Yo (Stargate & Ne-Yo)
  • "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz (Martin Terefe)
  • "Say" - John Mayer (John Mayer)
  • "That Was Me" - Paul McCartney (David Kahne)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Fall for You" - Secondhand Serenade, "Love Remains the Same" - Gavin Rossdale, "Right Now (Na Na Na)" - Akon, "Wichita Lineman" - James Taylor, "With You" - Chris Brown)
Best Song by a Female Vocalist
  • "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis (Ryan Tedder)
  • "Chasing Pavements" - Adele (Eg White)
  • "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles (Eric Rosse)
  • "Mercy" - Duffy (Steve Booker)
  • "So What" - P!nk (Max Martin)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bust Your Windows" - Jazmine Sullivan, "Keeps Getting Better" - Christina Aguilera, "New Soul" - Yael Naim, "Not As We" - Alanis Morissette, "Pocketful of Sunshine" - Natasha Bedingfield)
Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band
  • "Apologize" - OneRepublic, ft. Timbaland (Greg Wells, Ryan Tedder & Timbaland)
  • "No Air" - Jordin Sparks, ft. Chris Brown (The Underdogs)
  • "Please Read the Letter" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (T-Bone Burnett)
  • "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay (Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins & Rik Simpson)
  • "Wanna Be Startin Something 2008" - Michael Jackson & Akon (Michael Jackson, Akon & Giorgio Tuinfort)
  • "Won't Go Home Without You" - Maroon 5 (Mike Elizondo, Spike Stent & Maroon 5)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Handlebars" - Flobots, "Nine in the Afternoon" - Panic! at the Disco, "Shadow of the Day" - Linkin Park, "Shake it" - Metro Station)
Best Album
  • In Rainbows - Radiohead (Nigel Godrich)
  • Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (T-Bone Burnett)
  • Rockferry - Duffy (Bernard Butler, Steve Booker & Jimmy Hogarth)
  • Spirit - Leona Lewis (Kara DioGuardi, Ryan Tedder, Steve Mac, Walter Afanasieff & Salaam Remi)
  • Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay (Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins & Rik Simpson)
  • Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo (Ne-Yo, Stargate, Polow Da Don & The Stereotypes)
Best Music Video
  • "4 Minutes" - Madonna, ft. Justin Timberlake (Jonas & François, directors; Greg Panteix, producer)
  • "Another Way to Die" - Jack White & Alicia Keys (P.R. Brown & MK12, directors; Dexton Deboree, Lance Ebeling, Mick Ebeling & Jane Tredget, producers)
  • "Honey" - Erykah Badu (Erykah Badu & Chris Robinson, directors; Megan Gutman, producer)
  • "Pork and Beans" - Weezer (Mathew Cullen, director; Bernard Rahill, producer)
  • "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay (Hype Williams, director)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis, "Handlebars" - Flobots, "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - The Ting Tings, "When I Grow Up" - The Pussycat Dolls, "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" - Gnarls Barkley)
Best Country Song
  • "Gunpowder and Lead" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke)
  • "In Color" - Jamey Johnson (The Kent Hardly Playboys)
  • "Last Name" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
  • "Stay" - Sugarland (Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush & Jennifer Nettles)
  • "You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins (Frank Rogers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Dig Two Graves" - Randy Travis, "For These Times" - Martina McBride, "Letter to Me" - Brad Paisley, "Troubadour" - George Strait, "Waiting in the Weeds" - Eagles)
Best Dance/Electronic Song
  • "Black & Gold" - Sam Sparro (Jesse Rogg & Sam Falson)
  • "Disturbia" - Rihanna (Brian Kennedy & Makeba Riddick)
  • "Forever" - Chris Brown (Polow da Don & Brian Kennedy)
  • "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007)" - Daft Punk (Daft Punk)
  • "Just Dance" - Lady Gaga, ft. Colby O'Donis (RedOne)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Battle Scars" - The Chemical Brothers, "Give It 2 Me" - Madonna, "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - The Ting Tings, "What Hurts the Most" - Cascada, "Wow" - Kylie Minogue)
Best Pop Song
  • "Apologize" - OneRepublic, ft. Timbaland (Greg Wells, Ryan Tedder & Timbaland)
  • "If I Never See Your Face Again" - Maroon 5, ft. Rihanna (Mark Endert, Mike Elizondo, Spike Stent, Maroon 5 & Tricky Stewart)
  • "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz (Maritn Terefe)
  • "Rich Woman" - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (T-Bone Burnett)
  • "Shadow of the Day" - Linkin Park (Rick Rubin & Mike Shinoda)
  • "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay (Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins & Rik Simpson)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis, "Closer" - Ne-Yo, "No Air" - Jordin Sparks, ft. Chris Brown, "Say" - John Mayer)
Best Rap Song
  • "American Boy" - Estelle, ft. Kanye West (Will.i.am)
  • "Handlebars" - Flobots (Flobots)
  • "Low" - Flo Rida, ft. T-Pain (DJ Montay & T-Pain)
  • "Paper Planes" - M.I.A. (M.I.A. & Diplo)
  • "Superstar" - Lupe Fiasco, ft. Matthew Santos (Soundtrakk)
  • "Swagga Like Us" - Jay-Z & T.I., ft. Kanye West & Lil' Wayne (Kanye West)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Dangerous" - Kardinal Offishall, ft. Akon, "Live Your Life" - T.I., ft. Rihanna, "A Milli" - Lil' Wayne, "Sexual Eruption" - Snoop Dogg)
Best Rock Song
  • "Girl in Their Summer Clothes" - Bruce Springsteen (Brendan O'Brien)
  • "Gravity" - John Mayer (Steve Jordan & John Mayer)
  • "Human" - The Killers (Stuart Price & The Killers)
  • "Leave Out All the Rest" - Linkin Park (Rick Rubin & Mike Shinoda)
  • "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon (Angelo Petraglia & Jacquire King)
  • "Violet Hill" - Coldplay (Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins & Rik Simpson)
  • "What About Now" - Daughtry (Howard Benson)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Long Road Out of Eden" - Eagles, "Pork and Beans" - Weezer, "That's What You Get" - Paramore)
Best Songwriting
  • "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis (Jesse McCartney & Ryan Tedder)
  • "Chasing Pavements" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Eg White)
  • "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz (Jason Mraz)
  • "Love Song" - Sara Bareilles (Sara Bareilles)
  • "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Apologize" - OneRepublic, ft. Timbaland, "Handlebars" - Flobots, "Leave Out All the Rest" - Linkin Park, "No Air" - Jordin Sparks, ft. Chris Brown, "Say" - John Mayer)
Best Original Score
  • The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard)
  • Enchanted (Alan Menken)
  • Iron Man (Ramin Djawadi)
  • There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
  • WALL·E (Thomas Newman)
Best Compilation Soundtrack
  • American Gangster (Kathy Nelson & Ridley Scott)
  • August Rush (Richard Lewis)
  • Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack (Benny Andersson)
  • Music from the Motion Picture Juno (Jason Reitman, Margaret Yen & Peter Afterman)
  • Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Alexandra Patsavas, Paul Katz & Mike Shinoda)
Best Song Written for Visual Media
  • "Decode" - Twilight (Hayley Williams, Josh Farro & Taylor York)
  • "Down to Earth" - WALL·E (Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman)
  • "Say" - The Bucket List (John Mayer)
  • "So Long" - Enchanted (Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz)
  • "That's How You Know" - Enchanted (Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz)
  • "Walk Hard" - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly)
Best New Artist
  • Adele
  • Duffy
  • Jazmine Sullivan
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Leona Lewis
    (Honourable Mentions: The Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks, OneRepublic, Sara Bareilles, Vampire Weekend)

2008 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama
  • Boston Legal (David E. Kelley & Bill D'Elia)
  • Dexter (John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Phillips & Daniel Cerone)
  • House (David Shore, Bryan Singer, Paul Attansio, Katie Jacobs, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & Thomas L. Moran)
  • Lost (J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk & Jack Bender)
  • Mad Men (Matthew Weiner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, Damages, Friday Night Lights, In Treatment, The Wire)
Best Television Series - Comedy
  • 30 Rock (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, David Miner & Robert Carlock)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel & Tim Gibbons)
  • Entourage (Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Doug Ellin & Rob Weiss)
  • The Office (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant & Ben Silverman)
  • The Simpsons (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & Tim Long)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, Pushing Daisies, Two and a Half Men)
Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Cranford (Kate Harwood & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Sue Birtwistle, producer)
  • Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & Jon Plowman, executive producers; Charlie Hanson, producer)
  • John Adams (Tom Hanks & Gary Goertzen, executive producers; David Coatsworth & Steven Shareshian, producers)
  • A Raisin in the Sun (Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Sean Combs, Carl Rumbaugh, Susan Batson & David Binder, executive producers; John M. Eckert, producer)
  • Recount (Paula Weinstein, Len Amato, Sydney Pollack & Jay Roach, executive producers; Michael Hausman, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Andromeda Strain, An American Crime, Comanche Moon, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Tin Man)
Best Variety Series
  • The Colbert Report (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Allison Silverman)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Jon Stewart & David Javerbaum)
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Lorne Michaels & Jeff Ross)
  • Late Show with David Letterman (Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Rob Burnett & Jude Brennan)
  • Saturday Night Live (Lorne Michaels)
  • Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (Tracey Ullmann, Allan McKeown & Bruce Wagner)
Best Variety Special
  • Bill Maher: The Decider (Bill Maher & Marc Gurvitz, executive producers; Pat Tourk Lee & John Moffitt, producers)
  • George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya! (George Carlin & Jerry Hamza, executive producers; Kimber Rickabaugh & Rocco Urbisci, producers)
  • James Taylor: One Man Band (Sydney Pollack & Michael Gorfaine, executive producers; Don Mischer, producer)
  • Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow (Justin Timberlake, Marty Callner & Randall Gladstein)
  • The Kennedy Center Honours (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; George Stevens Jr. & Michael Stevens, producers)
  • Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (Mike Richardson, Robert Engelman, Larry Rickles & John Landis, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: 61st Tony Awards, 80th Academy Awards, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino, We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song)
Best Reality Series
  • Antiques Roadshow (Marsha Bemko)
  • Dirty Jobs (Craig Piligian, Eddie Barbini & Mary Donahue)
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Denise Cramsey & Conrad L. Ricketts)
  • Intervention (Gary R. Benz, Michael Branton, Sam Mettler & Dan Partland)
  • MythBusters (John Luscombe, Dan Tapster & Mary Donahue)
Best Reality-Competition Series
  • The Amazing Race (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman & Hayma "Screech" Washington)
  • American Idol (Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
  • Deal or No Deal (Scott St. John)
  • Kitchen Nightmares (Arthur Smith, Patricia Llewellyn, Kent Weed & Gordon Ramsay)
  • Top Chef (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Andrew Cohen, Frances Berwick & Dave Serwatka)
Best Host - Reality Series
  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Howie Mandel - Deal or No Deal
  • Jeff Probst - Survivor
  • Gordon Ramsay - Kitchen Nightmares
  • Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
Best Animated Program
  • American Dad! - "Tearjerker" (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & David Zuckerman, executive producers; Albert Calleros, director; Jonathan Fener, writer)
  • AVATAR: The Last Airbender - "The Puppetmaster" (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko & Eric Coleman, executive producers; Joaquim Dos Santos, director; Tim Hedrick, writer)
  • Family Guy - "Blue Harvest" (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman & Chris Sheridan, executive producers; Dominic Polcino, director; Alec Sulkin, writer)
  • Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" (Seth Green, executive producer/director/writer; Matthew Senreich, executive producer/writer; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, head writers; Jordan Allen-Dutton, Mike Fasolo, Charles Horn, Breckin Meyer, Hugh Sterbakov & Erik Wiener, writers)
  • The Simpsons - "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & Tim Long, executive producers; Chuck Sheetz, director; J. Stewart Burns, writer)
    (Honourable Mentions: King of the Hill - "Death Picks Cotton", Moral Orel - "Nature Part 2", Phineas and Ferb - "Dude We're Getting the Band Back Together", South Park - "Imaginationland", SpongeBob Squarepants - "Inmates of Summer/Two Faces of Squidward")
Best Lead Actor - Drama
  • Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Michael C. Hall - Dexter (Episode: "There's Something About Harry")
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Wheel")
  • Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "House's Head")
  • James Spader - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Court Supreme")
    (Honourable Mentions: Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment, Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights, Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors, Edward James Olmos - Battlestar Galactica, Bill Paxton - Big Love)
Best Lead Actor - Comedy
  • Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
  • Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Toby")
  • Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Pie-lette")
  • Tony Shalhoub - Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Naked Man")
  • Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Is There a Mrs. Waffles?")
    (Honourable Mentions: David Duchovny - Californication, Zachary Levi - Chuck, Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory, Josh Radnor - How I Met Your Mother, James Roday - Psych)
Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
  • Ricky Gervais - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
  • Paul Giamatti - John Adams
  • Kevin Spacey - Recount
  • Tom Wilkinson - Recount
    (Honourable Mentions: Sean Combs - A Raisin in the Sun, Michael Imperioli - For One More Day, John Leguizamo - The Kill Point, David Oyelowo - Five Days, Daniel Radcliffe - My Boy Jack)
Best Lead Actress - Drama
  • Glenn Close - Damages (Episode: "Get Me a Lawyer")
  • Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "History Repeating")
  • Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Undercover")
  • Mary McDonnell - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Revelations")
  • Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (Episode: "Manhunt")
    (Honourable Mentions: Patricia Arquette - Medium, Calista Flockhart - Brothers & Sisters, Ginnifer Goodwin - Big Love, Holly Hunter - Saving Grace, Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love)
Best Lead Actress - Comedy
  • Christina Applegate - Samantha Who? (Episode: "The Restraining Order")
  • America Ferrera - Ugly Betty (Episode: "Odor in the Court")
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Sandwich Day")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine (Episode: "One and a Half Men")
  • Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds (Episode: "Bill Sussman")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Surro-Gate")
    (Honourable Mentions: Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives, Anna Friel - Pushing Daisies, Judy Greer - Miss Guided, Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State of the Union)
Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Judi Dench - Cranford
  • Catherine Keener - An American Crime
  • Laura Linney - John Adams
  • Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
  • Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris
    (Honourable Mentions: Ellen Burstyn - For One More Day, Bryce Dallas Howard - As You Like It, Jennifer Morrison - The Murder of Princess Diana, Elliot Page - An American Crime, Julie Walters - Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story)
Best Supporting Actor - Drama
  • Ted Danson - Damages (Episode: "Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker")
  • Michael Emerson - Lost (Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Željko Ivanek - Damages (Episode: "I Hate These People")
  • William Shatner - Boston Legal (Episode: "Mad About You")
  • John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Long Weekend")
    (Honourable Mentions: Henry Ian Cusick - Lost, John Hensley - Nip/Tuck, Michael Hogan - Battlestar Galactica, Matthew Rhys - Brothers & Sisters, Blair Underwood - In Treatment)
Best Supporting Actor - Comedy
  • Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Meander to Your Dander")
  • Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "The Goat")
  • Chi McBride - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Dummy")
  • Jeremy Piven - Entourage (Episode: "The Day Fuckers")
  • Rainn Wilson - The Office (Episode: "Launch Party")
    (Honourable Mentions: Rhys Darby - Flight of the Conchords, Kevin Dillon - Entourage, Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory, Justin Kirk - Weeds, Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock)
Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Stephen Dillane - John Adams
  • James Franco - An American Crime
  • Michael Keaton - The Company
  • Denis Leary - Recount
  • Tom Wilkinson - John Adams
    (Honourable Mentions: Bob Balaban - Recount, Hugh Bonneville - Five Days, Kevin Kline - As You Like It, David Morse - John Adams, Bradley Whitford - An American Crime)
Best Supporting Actress - Drama
  • Candice Bergen - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Mighty Rogues")
  • Rose Byrne - Damages (Episode: "There is No 'We' Anymore")
  • Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "The Becoming")
  • Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Six of One")
  • Dianne Wiest - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 6: Paul and Gina")
    (Honourable Mentions: Linda Cardellini - ER, Natalie Dormer - The Tudors, Rachel Griffiths - Brothers & Sisters, Christina Hendricks - Mad Men, Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy)
Best Supporting Actress - Comedy
  • Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Girth")
  • Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Haylias")
  • Amy Poehler - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey")
  • Jean Smart - Samantha Who? (Episode: "The Girlfriend")
  • Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty (Episode: "Bananas for Betty")
    (Honourable Mentions: Dana Delany - Desperate Housewives, Jenna Fischer - The Office, Alyson Hannigan - How I Met Your Mother, Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock, Holland Taylor - Two and a Half Men)
Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Eileen Atkins - Cranford
  • Laura Dern - Recount
  • Ashley Jensen - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
  • Audra McDonald - A Raisin in the Sun
  • Imelda Staunton - Cranford
    (Honourable Mentions: Kim Cattrall - My Boy Jack, Janet McTeer - Five Days, Sarah Polley - John Adams, Annie Potts - Queen Sized, Alfre Woodard - Pictures of Hollis Woods)
Best Guest Actor - Drama
  • Danny Glover - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "Separation Anxiety")
  • Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "Nixon vs. Kennedy")
  • Oliver Platt - Nip/Tuck (Episode: "Carly Summers")
  • Glynn Turman - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 8: Alex")
  • Robin Williams - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Authority")
    (Honourable Mentions: Steve Buscemi - ER, Keith Carradine - Dexter, Charles Durning - Rescue Me, Peter O'Toole - The Tudors, Stanley Tucci - ER)
Best Guest Actor - Comedy
  • Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Jack Gets in the Game")
  • Shelley Berman - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "The Rat Dog")
  • Dan Castellaneta - Entourage (Episode: "The Day Fuckers")
  • Tim Conway - 30 Rock (Episode: "Subway Hero")
  • Jerry Seinfeld - 30 Rock (Episode: "Seinfeld-Vision")
    (Honourable Mentions: Ted Danson - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Christopher Gorham - Ugly Betty, Ashton Kutcher - Miss Guided, Joel McHale - Pushing Daisies, Paul Reubens - Pushing Daisies)
Best Guest Actress - Drama
  • Ellen Burstyn - Big Love (Episode: "Take Me As I Am")
  • Sharon Gless - Nip/Tuck (Episode: "Candy Richards")
  • Anjelica Huston - Medium (Episode: "Wicked Game: Part II")
  • Cynthia Nixon - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Alternative")
  • Amy Ryan - The Wire (Episode: "Clarifications")
    (Honourable Mentions: Diahann Carroll - Grey's Anatomy, Anne Dudek - House, Jurnee Smollett - Grey's Anatomy, Mira Sorvino - House, Sonya Walger - Lost)
Best Guest Actress - Comedy
  • Edie Falco - 30 Rock (Episode: Episode 210)
  • Carrie Fisher - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
  • Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Welcome to Kanagawa")
  • Sarah Silverman - Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan")
  • Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock (Episode: "Ludachristmas")
    (Honourable Mentions: Polly Bergen - Desperate Housewives, Sarah Chalke - How I Met Your Mother, Amy Ryan - The Office, Kerry Washington - Psych)
Best Directing - Drama
  • Allen Coulter - Damages (Episode: "Get Me a Lawyer")
  • Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Michael Rymer - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Revelations")
  • Alan Taylor - Mad Men (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
  • Greg Yaitanes - House (Episode: "House's Head")
    (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Attias - The Wire, Paris Barclay - In Treatment, Jack Bender - Lost, Jim McKay - Big Love, Arlene Sanford - Boston Legal)
Best Directing - Comedy
  • Daniel Attias - Entourage (Episode: "No Cannes Do")
  • James Bobin - Flight of the Conchords (Episode: "Sally Returns")
  • Michael Engler - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
  • Paul Feig - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Toby")
  • Barry Sonnenfeld - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Pie-lette")
    (Honourable Mentions: David Grossman - Desperate Housewives, Pamela Fryman - How I Met Your Mother, Luke Greenfield - Aliens in America, Paul Lieberstein - The Office, Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock)
Best Directing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Bob Balaban - Bernard and Doris
  • Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
  • Tom Hooper - John Adams
  • Tommy O'Haver - An American Crime
  • Jay Roach - Recount
Best Writing - Drama
  • Michael Angeli - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Six of One")
  • Ed Burns & David Simon - The Wire (Episode: "-30-")
  • Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof - Lost (Episode: "The Constant")
  • Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman - Damages (Episode: "Get Me a Lawyer")
  • Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
    (Honourable Mentions: Peter Blake, David Foster, Garrett Lerner & Russel Friend - House, Vice Gilligan - Breaking Bad, Chris Provenzano - Mad Men, Scott Reynolds - Dexter, Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men)
Best Writing - Comedy
  • James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie - Flight of the Conchords (Episode: "Yoko")
  • Jack Burditt - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
  • Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky - The Office (Episode: "Dinner Party")
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Cooter")
  • Bryan Fuller - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Pie-lette")
    (Honourable Mentions: Andrew Guest & John Riggi - 30 Rock, Todd Holland - Miss Guided, Kari Lizer - The New Adventures of Old Christine, B.J. Novak - The Office)
Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Hugh Costello - Bernard and Doris
  • Kirk Ellis - John Adams
  • Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
  • Danny Strong - Recount
  • Heidi Thomas - Cranford
Best Casting - Drama
  • Brothers & Sisters (Jeanie Bacharach & Gillian O'Neill)
  • Damages (Julie Tucker & Ross Meyerson)
  • Friday Night Lights (Linda Lowy, John Brace & Beth Sepko)
  • Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
  • The Tudors (Nuala Moiselle, Frank Moiselle, Mary Jo Slater & Steve Brooksbank)
Best Casting - Comedy
  • 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamara-Shroff)
  • American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
  • Californication (Felicia Fasano & Pat McCorkle)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (Allison Jones)
  • Pushing Daisies (Cami Patton, Meg Liberman & Jennifer Lare)
Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • The Andromeda Strain (Denise Chamian & Scout Masterson)
  • The Bronx is Burning (Billy Hopkins & Paul Schnee)
  • The Company (Denise Chamian & Scout Masterson)
  • John Adams (Kathleen Chopin, Nina Gold & Tracey Kilpatrick)
  • Recount (David Rubin & Richard Hicks)
Best Cinematography - Series
  • Battlestar Galactica - Stephen McNutt (Episode: "Revelations")
  • Breaking Bad - John Toll (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Dexter - Romeo Tirone (Episode: "Morning Comes")
  • Lost - John Bartley (Episode: "The Constant")
  • Mad Men - Phil Abraham (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
    (Honourable Mentions: Californication (Peter Levy), Damages (Jonathan Freeman), Pushing Daisies (Michael Weaver), Rescue Me (Tom Houghton), The Tudors (Ousama Rawi))
Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • The Andromeda Strain (Jon Joffin)
  • Comanche Moon (Alan Caso)
  • John Adams (Tak Fujimoto & Danny Cohen)
  • Sense and Sensibility (Sean Bobbitt)
  • Tin Man (Thomas Burstyn)
Best Costume Design - Series
  • Desperate Housewives - Catherine Adair (Episode: "In Buddy's Eyes")
  • Mad Men - John Dunn (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
  • Pushing Daisies - Mary Vogt (Episode: "Pie-lette")
  • The Tudors - Joan Bergin (Episode: "Tears for Blood")
  • Ugly Betty - Eduardo Castro (Episode: "Bananas for Betty")
Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • Bernard and Doris (Joseph G. Aulisi)
  • Comanche Moon (Van Broughton Ramsey)
  • Cranford (Jenny Beavan)
  • John Adams (Donna Zakowska)
  • Tin Man (Angus Strathie)
Best Editing - Series
  • American Dad! - Kirk Benson (Episode: "Tearjerker")
  • Battlestar Galactica - Julius Ramsey (Episode: "He That Believeth in Me")
  • Breaking Bad - Lynne Willingham (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Heroes - Scott Boyd (Episode: "Powerless")
  • Lost - Robert Florio, Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel & Christopher Nelson (Episode: "There's No Place Like Home: Part II")
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Paul Karasick (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock (Ken Eluto), Damages (Daniel A. Valverde), Mad Men (Leo Trombetta), Pushing Daisies (Stuart Bass))
Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • The Andromeda Strain (Scott Vickrey)
  • Cranford (Frances Parker)
  • Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (Richard Halladey & Graham Barker)
  • John Adams (Melanie Oliver)
  • Recount (Alan Baumgarten)
Best Ensemble - Drama
  • The Closer (Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Robert Gossett, Corey Reynolds, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Jon Tenney, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz & Gina Ravera, et. al.)
  • Damages (Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Željko Ivanek, Noah Bean, Tate Donovan & Ted Danson, et. al.)
  • Friday Night Lights (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki, Scott Porter & Gaius Charles, et. al.)
  • Lost (Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell & Terry O'Quinn, et. al.)
  • Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer & John Slattery, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, Big Love, Brothers & Sisters, House, The Wire)
Best Ensemble - Comedy
  • 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell & Lonny Ross, et. al.)
  • American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
  • Entourage (Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara, Rex Lee, Perrey Reeves & Jeremy Piven, et. al.)
  • The Office (Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Angela Kinsey, Craig Robinson & Mindy Kaling, et. al.)
  • Pushing Daisies (Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Stephen Root, David Arquette, Jim Dale & Kristin Chenoweth, et. al.)
  • The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Russi Taylor & Tress MacNeille, et. al.)
Best Main Title Design
  • Bernard and Doris (Garson Yu, Synderela Peng, Etsuko Uji & Edwin Baker)
  • Chuck (Karin Fong, Jonathan Gershon & Dana Yee)
  • Flight of the Conchords (Robert Dahlin & Jay Odum)
  • Mad Men (Mark Gardner, Steve Fuller & Cara McKenney)
  • New Amsterdam (Johanna Marciano, Wendy Brovetto & Bryan Keeling)
    (Honourable Mentions: Californication, The Company, Damages, Hell's Kitchen, Pushing Daisies)
Best Main Title Theme Music
  • Californication (Tree Adams & Tyler Bates)
  • John Adams (Robert Lane & Joseph Vitarelli)
  • Mad Men (Ramble Krohn)
  • Phineas and Ferb (Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Michael Hirano Culross, Carl Hill Williams & Michael Walker)
  • Pirate Master (Russ Landau)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Big Bang Theory, Canterbury's Law, Journeyman, Kid Nation, Saving Grace)
Best Makeup - Series
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Melanie Levitt, Tom Hoerber & Matthew W. Mungle (Episode: "Dead Doll")
  • Mad Men - Debbie Zoller, Ron Pipes & Suzanne Diaz (Episode: "The Hobo Code")
  • Pushing Daisies - Todd McIntosh, David DeLeon & Bradley M. Look (Episode: "Dummy")
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Robert Hall, Clayton Martinez & Allan B. Holt (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Tracey Ullman's State of the Union - Sally Craven & Matthew W. Mungle (Episode: "Episode 102")
Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • The Andromeda Strain (Connie Parker, Jill Bailey & Nicholas Podbrey)
  • Comanche Moon (Tarra Day, Karen McDonald & Jessie Brown)
  • The Company (Katalin Jakots, Burton LeBlanc & Trefor Proud)
  • John Adams (John R. Bayless, Trefor Proud & Matthew W. Mungle)
  • Tin Man (Lisa Love & Rebecca Lee)
Best Music Composition - Series
  • American Dad! - Walter Murphy (Episode: "Tearjerker")
  • Battlestar Galatica - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Revelations")
  • Lost - Michael Giacchino (Episode: "The Constant")
  • Pushing Daisies - Jim Dooley (Episode: "Pigeon")
  • The Simpsons - Alf Clausen (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XVIII")
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Gnothi Seauton")
    (Honourable Mentions: House (Jon Ehrlich & Jason Derlatka), Little People, Big World (Joey Newman), Saving Grace (Keefus Ciancia & Susan Marder), The Tudors (Trevor Morris))
Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • As You Like it (Patrick Doyle)
  • Bernard and Doris (Alex Wurman)
  • The Company (Jeff Beal)
  • John Adams (Robert Lane)
  • Sense and Sensibility (Martin Phipps)
Best Original Music and Lyrics
  • American Dad! - "Oliver North" (Walter Murphy & Erik Sommers)
  • Flight of the Conchords - "Inner City Pressure" (James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! - "I'm Fucking Matt Damon!" (Tony Barbieri, Sal Iacono, Wayne McClammy, Sarah Silverman & Dan Warner)
  • MADtv - "Sad Fitty Cent" (Greg O'Connor, Jordan Peele & Jim Wise)
  • Phineas and Ferb - "I Ain't Got Rhythm" (Danny Jacob, Robert F. Hughes, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Martin Olson & Dan Povenmire)
Best Production Design - Series
  • Lost - James Newport & Carol Bayne Kelley (Episode: "The Economist")
  • Mad Men - Bob Shaw & Rena DeAngelo (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
  • Pushing Daisies - Michael Wiley & Halina Siwolop (Episode: "Pie-lette")
  • The Tudors - Tom Conroy & Jenny Oman (Episode: "Tears of Blood")
  • Ugly Betty - Mark Worthington & Archie D'Amico (Episode: "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back")
    (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, Dexter, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother)
Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • The Andromeda Strain (Jerry Wanek & Merlin Dervisevic)
  • Cranford (Donal Woods & Trisha Edwards)
  • John Adams (Gemma Jackson & Kathy Lucas)
  • Recount (Patti Podesta & Anuradha Mehta)
  • Tin Man (Michael Joy & Mark Lane)
Best Short Format Animated Program
  • Camp Lazlo - "Lazlo's First Crush" (Joe Murray & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Brian Sheesley, director; John Infantino & Piero Piluso, writers)
  • Chowder - "Burple Nurples" (C.H. Greenblatt & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Juli Hashiguchi, director; William Reiss, writer)
  • El Tigre - "A Fistful of Collars" (Jorge R. Gutierrez, Sandra Equihua & Eric Coleman, executive producers; Dave Thomas, director; Scott M. Gimple, writer)
  • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - "Dracula Must Die!" (Maxwell Atoms & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Eddy Houchins & Juli Hashiguchi, directors; C.H. Greenblatt, writer)
  • Squirrel Boy - "Gumfight at the S'Okay Corral" (Everett Peck & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Raymie Muzquiz, supervising director; Howard Margulies & Joseph Purdy, writers)
Best Sound Design - Series
  • American Dad! - Bob Newlan, Shawn Ian Kerkhoff & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Tearjerker")
  • Battlestar Galactica - Daniel Colman, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Revelations")
  • Breaking Bad - Nick Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Lost - Thomas deGorter, Frank Morrone & Scott Weber (Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come")
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Michael E. Lawshe, Rick Norman & Peter Michael Sullivan (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Burn Notice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, Smallville)
Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie
  • The Andromeda Strain (G. Michael Graham, Terry O'Bright & Keith Rogers)
  • John Adams (Stephen Hunter Flick, Marc Fishman & Tony Lamberti, Episode: "Don't Tread on Me")
  • John Adams (Stephen Hunter Flick, Bob Beemer & Michael Minkler, Episode: "Join or Die")
  • The Kill Point (Nick Forshager, Stephen Grubbs, Robert Appere, Ethan Beibel & Ross Davis) 
  • Tin Man (Mike Paprocki, James Wallace, Graeme Hughes & Paul A. Sharpe)
Best Visual Effects
  • Battlestar Galactica - Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, David Takemura & Doug Drexler (Episode: "He That Believeth in Me")
  • Heroes - Mark Spatny, Eric Grenaudier, Gary D'Amico & Diego Galtieri (Episode: "Four Months Ago...")
  • John Adams - Erik Henry, Jeff Goldman, Paul Graff & Steve Kullback (Episode: "Join or Die")
  • Lost - Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, Elizabeth Castro & Archie Ahuna (Episode: "Cabin Fever")
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - James Lima, Jon Massey, Andrew Orloff & Lane Jolly (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Andromeda Strain, Comache Moon, Life After People, Pushing Daisies, Stargate Atlantis)
Best Voice-Over Performance
  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"
  • Mike Judge - King of the Hill for voicing Hank Hill in "Suite Smell of Excess"
  • Tom Kenny - SpongeBob Squarepants for voicing SpongeBob Squarepants in "Spy Buddies"
  • Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! for voicing Roger Smith/Tearjerker (and others) in "Tearjerker"
  • Yeardley Smith - The Simpsons for voicing Lisa Simpson in "Smoke on the Daughter"

Friday, June 13, 2025

2008 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall & Ceán Chaffin)
  • The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas & Charles Roven)
  • Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Christian Colson)
  • WALL·E (Jim Morris)
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, In Bruges, Kung Fu Panda, Revolutionary Road, Tropic Thunder)

Best Director

  • Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
  • David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
  • Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
  • Andrew Stanton - WALL·E
    (Honourable Mentions: Clint Eastwood - Changeling, Jon Favreau - Iron Man, Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky, Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road, Gus Van Sant - Milk)

Best Lead Actor

  • Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man
  • Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  • Sean Penn - Milk
  • Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
    (Honourable Mentions: Christian Bale - The Dark Knight, Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino, Colin Farrell - In Bruges, Richard Jenkins - The Visitor, Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Lead Actress

  • Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
  • Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Angelina Jolie - Changeling
  • Meryl Streep - Doubt
  • Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
    (Honourable Mentions: Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Melissa Leo - Frozen River, Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long, Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!, Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Josh Brolin - Milk
  • Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
  • Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
  • Maddhur Mittal - Slumdog Millionaire
    (Honourable Mentions: Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder, James Franco - Milk, Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges, Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky, Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Adams - Doubt
  • Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Viola Davis - Doubt
  • Rosemarry DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
  • Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
    (Honourable Mentions: Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire, Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading, Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kate Winslet - The Reader)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
  • In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
  • Milk (Dustin Lance Black)
  • The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy)
  • WALL·E (Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon & Pete Docter)
    (Honourable Mentions: Burn After Reading, Changeling, Frozen River, Kung Fu Panda, The Wrestler)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Roth & Robin Swicord; based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
  • The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan & David S. Goyer; based on the characters from the DC Comics created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger)
  • Doubt (John Patrick Shanley; based on the play Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley)
  • Frost/Nixon (Peter Morgan; based on the play by Peter Morgan)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy; based on the novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup)
    (Honourable Mentions: Iron Man, Let the Right One In, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Wendy and Lucy)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • The Dark Knight [John Papsidera, casting director] (Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Néstor Carbonell & Morgan Freeman, et. al.)
  • Iron Man [Sarah Finn & Randi Hiller, casting directors] (Robert Downey, Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Paul Bettany, Clark Gregg, Jon Favreau & Gwyneth Paltrow, et. al.)
  • Rachel Getting Married [Bernard Telsey, casting director] (Anne Hathaway, Rosemarry DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Tamyra Gray, Sebastian Stan & Anna Deveare Smith, et. al.)
  • Slumdog Millionaire [Gail Stevens & Loveleen Tandan, casting directors] (Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Maddhur Mittal, Ayush Makesh Khedekar, Rubina Ali, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Tanay Chheda, Irrfan Khan & Anil Kapoor, et. al.)
  • Tropic Thunder [Kathy Driscoll & Francine Maisler, casting directors (Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Brandon T. Jackson & Tom Cruise, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Valkyrie)

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

  • Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees
  • Freddie Highmore - The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
  • Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
  • Brandon Walters - Australia
    (Honourable Mentions: Josh Hutcherson - Journey to the Center of the Earth, Skandar Keynes - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, David Kross - The Reader, Jaden Smith - The Day the Earth Stood Still, Catinca Untaru - The Fall)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (Uli Edel)
  • Gomorrah (Matteo Carrone)
  • Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
  • Mongol (Sergei Bodrov)
  • Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Che, A Christmas Tale, The Class, Departures, I've Loved You So Long)

Best Documentary Feature

  • Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, Erik Nelson & Henry Kaiser)
  • I.O.U.S.A. (Patrick Creadon & Christine O'Malley)
  • Man on Wire (James Marsh & Simon Chinn)
  • Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris & Julie Ahlberg)
  • Trouble the Water (Tia Lessin & Carl Deal)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Teen, Dear Zachary: A Letter to the Son from His Father, The Garden, Waltz with Bashir, Young@Heart)

Best Original Score

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat)
  • The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard)
  • Milk (Danny Elfman)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman)
  • WALL·E (Thomas Newman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Australia, Changeling, Defiance, Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda)

Best Original Song

  • "Down to Earth" - WALL·E (Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman)
  • "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman & Gulzar)
  • "The Wrestler" - The Wrestler (Bruce Springsteen)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Another Way to Die" - Quantum of Solace, "Dracula's Lament" - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, "Gran Torino" - Gran Torino, "Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records, "The Traveling Song" - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)

Best Sound Editing

  • Changeling (Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman)
  • The Dark Knight (Richard King)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Ben Burtt & Richard Hymns)
  • Iron Man (Christopher Boyes & Frank E. Eulner)
  • WALL·E (Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kung Fu Panda, Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, Wanted)

Best Sound Mixing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Mark Weingarten)
  • The Dark Knight (Gary Rizzo, Lora Hirschberg & Ed Novick)
  • Iron Man (Christopher Boyes, Lora Hirschberg & Mark Ulano)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke & Resul Pookutty)
  • WALL·E (Tom Myers, Michael Semanick & Ben Burtt
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Kung Fu Panda, Quantum of Solace, Wanted)

Best Animated Feature

  • Kung Fu Panda (Mark Osborne, John Stevenson & Melissa Cobb)
  • WALL·E (Andrew Stanton)
  • Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, Serge Lalou & Roman Paul)
    (Honourable Mentions: $9.99, Bolt, Horton Hears a Who!, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, The Sky Crawlers)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Ben Burtt - WALL·E
  • Dustin Hoffman - Kung Fu Panda
  • Angelina Jolie - Kung Fu Panda
  • Ian McShane - Kung Fu Panda
  • John Travolta - Bolt
    (Honourable Mentions: Jim Carrey - Horton Hears a Who!, John Cusack - Igor, Chris Rock - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Mark Walton - Bolt, Will.i.am - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa)

Best Cinematography

  • Changeling (Tom Stern)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Claudio Miranda)
  • The Dark Knight (Wally Pfister)
  • The Reader (Chris Menges & Roger Deakins)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Anthony Dod Mantle)
    (Honourable Mentions: Australia, The Fall, Let the Right One In, Milk, Revolutionary Road)

Best Film Editing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall)
  • The Dark Knight (Lee Smith)
  • Frost/Nixon (Mike Hill & Daniel P. Hanley)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (Chris Dickens)
  • WALL·E (Stephen Schaffer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, In Bruges, Iron Man, Milk, Tropic Thunder)

Best Art Direction

  • Changeling (James J. Murakami & Gary Fettis)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo)
  • The Dark Knight (Nathan Crowley & Peter Lando)
  • Revolutionary Road (Kristi Zea & Debra Schutt
  • WALL·E (Ralph Eggleston)
    (Honourable Mentions: Australia, City of Ember, The Duchess, Kung Fu Panda, Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Costume Design

  • Australia (Catherine Martin)
  • City of Ember (Ruth Myers)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Jacqueline West)
  • The Duchess (Michael O'Connor)
  • Revolutionary Road (Albert Wolsky)
    (Honourable Mentions: Changeling, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Makeup

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Greg Cannom)
  • The Dark Knight (John Caglione Jr. & Conor O'Sullivan)
  • Tropic Thunder (Rick Baker & Gerald Quist)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Frost/Nixon, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Synecdoche, New York, The Wrestler)

Best Visual Effects

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton & Craig Barron)
  • The Dark Knight (Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber & Paul Franklin)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Pablo Helman, Marshall Krasser, Christine Felman & Stephanie Hornish)
  • Iron Man (John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick & Shane Mahan)
  • Quantum of Solace (Chris Corbould, Angela Barson, Jon Thum & Alex Wuttke)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Cloverfield, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Speed Race, WALL·E)

2025 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

( Boldface  = winner; Italics = runner-up) Game of the Year Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (François Meurisse) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ...