Showing posts with label 2011 Awards. Show all posts
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Friday, June 27, 2025

2011 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • Batman: Arkham City (Daniel Bailie & Nathan Burlow)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Craig Lafferty & Ashley Cheng)
  • L.A. Noire (Josh Needleman & Naresh Hirani)
  • Portal 2 (Gabe Newell & Bill van Buren)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Evan Wells & Christophe Balestra)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, LittleBigPlanet 2)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Alexandre Amancio)
  • Batman: Arkham City (Sefton Hill)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Bret Robbins & Glen Schofield)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Hidemaro Fujibayashi)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Amy Hennig & Justin Richmond)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 3, Dead Space 2, Gears of War 3, L.A. Noire, Saints Row: The Third)

Best Game Design

  • Batman: Arkham City (Ian Ball & Frank Rooke)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bruce Nesmith)
  • L.A. Noire (Alex Carlyle)
  • Portal 2 (Matt T. Wood)
  • Super Mario 3D Land (Kenta Motokura)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bastion, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, From Dust, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, LittleBigPlanet 2)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Dance Central 2 (Kasson Crooker, Jon Carter & Naoko Takamoto)
  • Just Dance 3 (Stephan Logier)
  • LittleBigPlanet 2 (Mark Healey & Siobhan Reddy)
  • Rayman Origins (Michel Ancel & Sébastien Morin)
  • Super Mario 3D Land (Koichi Hayashida)
    (Honourable Mentions: Jetpack Joyride, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, Mario Kart 7, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Sonic Generations)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • FIFA 12 (David Rutter)
  • Kinect Sports: Season Two (Mark Findlay & Scott Henson)
  • MLB '11: The Show (Chris Gill, Jody Kelsey & Jason Villa)
  • NBA 2K12 (Jeffrey J. Thomas)
  • NHL 12 (David Littman & Sean Ramjagsingh)
    (Honourable Mentions: Driver: San Francisco, Forza Motorsport 4, Madden NFL 12, Mario Kart 7, Need for Speed: The Run)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Bastion (Gavin Simon & Andrew F. Wang)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Guy Carver)
  • L.A. Noire (Franta Frulin)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Toshio Iwawaki & Kazuaki Morita)
  • Portal 2 (Garrett Rickey & Jeep Barnett)
    (Honourable Mentions: Batman: Arkham City, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Rayman Origins, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception)

Best Multiplayer

  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Hugo Simard)
  • Battlefield 3 (Lars Gustavsson, Inge-Jøran Holberg & Niklas Åstrand)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  • LittleBigPlanet 2
  • Portal 2

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (Natsuki Isaki)
  • Dark Souls (Hidetaka Miyazaki)
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Jean-François Dugas)
  • From Dust (Éric Chahi)
  • Total War: Shogun 2 (Mike Simpson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Iron Brigade, Orcs Must Die!, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, Toy Soldiers: Cold War)

Best Sound Design

  • Batman: Arkham City (Nick Arundel, Lee Banyard, Andrew Riley & Kevin Vail)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Stephen Miller)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Mark Lampert)
  • L.A. Noire (Matthew Smith, Alastair McGregor & Jeffrey R. Whitcher)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Mark Jasper, Lydian Tone, Chris Pinkston & Ronald Dutch Hill)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bastion, Battlefield 3, Dead Space 2, Need for Speed: The Run, Portal 2)

Best Music

  • Batman: Arkham City (Nick Arundel & Ron Fish)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Jeremy Soule)
  • LittleBigPlanet 2 (Kenneth C M Young, Paul Thomson, Richard Jacques, Winifred Phillips, Baiyon, Keith Tenniswood & Daniel Pemberton)
  • Portal 2 (Mike Morasky)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Greg Edmonson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Lorne Balfe & Jesper Kyd, Bastion - Darren Korb, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Brian Tyler, L.A. Noire - Andrew & Simon Hale, Rayman Origins - Christophe Héral & Billy Martin)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

  • Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Shu Takumi)
  • Infinity Blade II (Donald Mustard)
  • Mario Kart 7 (Kosuke Yabuki)
  • Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Usuke Kumagai)
  • Super Mario 3D Land (Koichi Hayashida)
    (Honourable Mentions: Contre Jour, Dead Space, Jetpack Joyride, Kirby Mass Attack, Tiny Tower)

Best Fighting Game

  • The King of Fighters XIII (Kei Yamamoto)
  • Mortal Kombat (Ed Boon)
  • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Hiroyuki Nara & Go Usuma)

Best Art Direction

  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Raphaël Lacoste)
  • Batman: Arkham City (David Hego)
  • Portal 2 (Jeremy Bennett & Randall Lundeen)
  • Rayman Origins (Céline Tellier)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Erick Pangilinan & Robh Ruppel)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, LittleBigPlanet 2)

Best Animation

  • Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Kama Dunsmore, Daniel Desjardins, Michael Donnell & Vincent Presseau)
  • Batman: Arkham City (Zafer Coban, Max Fanning, David Houston & Adam Vincent)
  • L.A. Noire (Jim Jagger, Felipe Busquets, Dermot Bailie & Francesca Howard)
  • Rayman Origins (Anthony Le Du, Nicolas Athane, Anaïs Dusautois & Eric Verwaerde)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Josh Scherr, Eric Baldwin, Jeremy Yates & Kion Phillips)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Dead Space 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, LittleBigPlanet 2, Portal 2)

Best Story/Writing

  • Bastion (Greg Kasavin)
  • Batman: Arkham City (Paul Dini, Paul Crocker & Sefton Hill)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Emil Pagliarulo)
  • Portal 2 (Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton & Chet Faliszek)
  • Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Amy Hennig)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Catherine, L.A. Noire, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Stephen Fry - LittleBigPlanet 2 for voicing The Narrator
  • Mark Hamill - Batman: Arkham City for voicing The Joker
  • Ellen McLain - Portal 2 for voicing GLaDOS
  • Nolan North - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception for voicing Nathan Drake
  • Elias Toufexis - Deus Ex: Human Revolution for voicing Adam Jensen
    (Honourable Mentions: Troy Baker - Catherine, Logan Cunningham - Bastion, Stephen Merchant - Portal 2, Aaron Staton - L.A. Noire, J.K. Simmons - Portal 2)

2011 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "A Better Place" - Glen Campbell (Julian Raymond & Howard Willing)
  • "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
  • "Hollywood" - Michael Bublé (Bob Rock)
  • "If I Had You" - Adam Lambert (Max Martin, Shellback & Kristian Lundlin)
  • "Yeah 3x" - Chris Brown (DJ Frank E)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Black and Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa, "The Lazy Song" - Bruno Mars, "Marry You" - Bruno Mars, "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" - Skrillex, "So Beautiful or So What" - Paul Simon)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "The Edge of Glory" - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga & Fernando Garibay)
  • "Firework" - Katy Perry (Stargate & Sandy Vee)
  • "F**kin' Perfect" - P!nk (Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele (Paul Epworth)
  • "Rumour Has It" - Adele (Ryan Tedder)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Back to December" - Taylor Swift, "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga, "Far Away" - Marsha Ambrosius, "Mr. Know-It-All" - Kelly Clarkson, "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Body and Soul" - Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse (Phil Ramone)
  • "The Cave" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
  • "Holocene" - Bon Iver (Justin Vernon)
  • "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 (Shellback & Benny Blanco)
  • "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People (Mark Foster)
  • "Titanium" - David Guetta, ft. Sia (David Guetta, Afrojack & Giorgio Tuinfort)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Good Life" - OneRepublic, "Just Can't Get Enough" - Black Eyed Peas, "The Lady is a Tramp" - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, "Price Tag" - Jessie J, ft. B.O.B.)

Best Album

  • 21 - Adele (Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Ryan Tedder & Fraser T Smith)
  • Born This Way - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga, Fernando Garibay, Paul Blair, Mutt Lange & RedOne)
  • Doo-Wops and Hooligans - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons, Needlz & Supa Dups)
  • Torches - Foster the People (Mark Foster, Paul Epworth, Rich Costey, Tony Hoffer & Greg Kurstin)
  • Wasting Light - Foo Fighters (Butch Vig)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Duets II - Tony Bennett & various artists, Loud - Rihanna, Speak Now - Taylor Swift, Turtleneck & Chain - The Lonely Island)

Best Music Video

  • "Firework" - Katy Perry (Dave Meyers, director; Robert Bray & Danny Lockwood, producers)
  • "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (Nabil Elderkin, director)
  • "Lotus Flower" - Radiohead (Garth Jennings, director/producer)
  • "Perform This Way" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic, director; Cisco Newman, producer)
  • "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele (Sam Brown, director; Hannah Chandler, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: "All is Not Lost" - OK Go, "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" - Coldplay, "First of the Year (Equinox)" - Skrillex, "Holocene" - Bon Iver, "Yonkers" - Tyler, the Creator)

Best Country Song [TIE]

  • "Barton Hollow" - The Civil Wars (Charlie Peacock)
  • "Dirt Road Anthem" - Jason Aldean (Michael Knox)
  • "Just a Kiss" - Lady Antebellum (Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley)
  • "Mean" - Taylor Swift (Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift)
  • "You and Tequila" - Kenny Chesney, ft. Grace Potter (Buddy Cannon)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" - Thompson Square, "God Gave Me You" - Blake Shelton, "Heart Like Mine" - Miranda Lambert, "A Little Bit Stronger" - Sara Evans, "Mama's Song" - Carrie Underwood)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Call Your Girlfriend" - Robyn (Klas Åhlund & Jayce Lewis)
  • "Cinema (Skrillex remix)" - Benny Benassi, Gary Go & Skrillex (Benny Benassi)
  • "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull, ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (Afrojack)
  • "Hello" - Martin Solveig & Dragonette (Martin Solveig)
  • "Save the World" - Swedish House Mafia (Swedish House Mafia)
  • "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" - Skrillex (Sonny Moore)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Barbra Streisand" - Duck Sauce, "Champagne Showers" - LMFAO, ft. Natalia Kills, "Judas" - Lady Gaga, "On the Floor" - Jennifer Lopez, ft. Pitbull, "Tonight Tonight" - Hot Chelle Rae)

Best Pop Song

  • "Firework" - Katy Perry (Stargate & Sandy Vee)
  • "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
  • "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5, ft. Christina Aguilera (Shellback & Benny Blanco)
  • "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO (Redfoo & GoonRock)
  • "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People (Mark Foster)
  • "Someone Like You" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Dan Wilson)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga, "Good Life" - OneRepublic, "Just Can't Get Enough" - Black Eyed Peas, "Titanium" - David Guetta, ft. Sia)

Best Rap Song

  • "All of the Lights" - Kanye West, ft. Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi (Kanye West)
  • "Black and Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa (Stargate)
  • "Otis" - Jay-Z & Kanye West, ft. Otis Redding (Kanye West)
  • "The Show Goes On" - Lupe Fiasco (Kane Beatz)
  • "Written in the Stars" - Tinie Tempah, ft. Eric Turner (iSHi)
    (Honourable Mentions: "I Need a Doctor" - Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skyler Grey, "Lighters" - Bad Meets Evil, ft. Bruno Mars, "Look at Me Now" - Chris Brown, Lil' Wayne & Busta Rhymes), "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj, "Yonkers" - Tyler, the Creator)

Best Rock Song

  • "The Cave" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
  • "Down by the Water" - The Decembrists (Tucker Martine)
  • "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" - Coldplay (Markus Dravs, Rik Simpson & Daniel Green)
  • "Hey Ahab" - Elton John & Leon Russell (T-Bone Burnett)
  • "Walk" - Foo Fighters (Butch Vig)
    (Honourable Mentions: "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" - Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Back Down South" - Kings of Leon, "Lotus Flower" - Radiohead, "Perth" - Bon Iver, "Walk with Me" - Neil Young)

Best Songwriting

  • "The Cave" - Mumford and Sons (Marcus Mumford, Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett & Country Wilson)
  • "F**kin' Perfect" - P!nk (Alecia Moore, Max Martin & Karl Johan Schuster)
  • "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Claude Kelly, Brody Brown & Andrew Wyatt)
  • "Holocene" - Bon Iver (Justin Vernon)
  • "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele (Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth)
    (Honourable Mentions: "All of the Lights" - Kanye West, ft. Rihanna, Fergie & Kid Cudi, "Firework" - Katy Perry, "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People, "Someone Like You" - Adele, "Walk" - Foo Fighters)

Best Original Score

  • Black Swan (Clint Mansell)
  • The Book of Mormon (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone)
  • The King's Speech (Alexandre Desplat)
  • The Social Network (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • TRON: Legacy (Daft Punk)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

  • Boardwalk Empire Volume 1: Music from the HBO Original Series (Kevin Weaver, Randall Poster & Stewart Lerman)
  • Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry & Tricky Stewart)
  • Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (Adam Anders, Peer Åström & Ryan Murphy)
  • Tangled (Alan Menken)
  • True Blood: Volume 3 (Gary Calamar)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Christmastime is Killing Us" - Family Guy (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
  • "I Believe" - The Book of Mormon (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez & Matt Stone)
  • "I See the Light" - Tangled (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
  • "So Long" - Winnie the Pooh (Zooey Deschanel)
  • "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" - Burlesque (Diane Warren)

Best New Artist

  • Bon Iver
  • Foster the People
  • Jessie J
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Skrillex
    (Honourable Mentions: Christina Perri, Ellie Goulding, Jackie Evancho, Marsha Ambrosius, Wiz Khalifa)

2011 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Boardwalk Empire [HBO] (Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson & Tim Van Patten)
  • Dexter [Showtime] (John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Chip Johannessen, Manny Coto, Scott Buck & Michael C. Hall)
  • Friday Night Lights [NBC] (Peter Berg, Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey, David Hudgins & Jason Katims)
  • Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff & D.B. Weiss)
  • Justified [FX] (Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard, Michael Dinner, Carl Beverly, Fred Golan & Sarah Timberman)
  • Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner & Scott Hornbacher)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead)

Best Television Series - Comedy

  • 30 Rock [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, David Miner, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond & John Riggi)
  • American Dad! [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan)
  • The Big Bang Theory [CBS] (Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Lee Aronsohn)
  • Glee [FOX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan & Dante Di Loreto)
  • The Office [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant, Ben Silverman & Paul Lieberstein)
  • Parks and Recreation [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein & David Miner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Modern Family, The United States of Tara)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Cinema Verite [HBO] (Gavin Polone & Zanne Devine, executive producers; Karyn McCarthy, producer)
  • Downton Abbey [PBS] (Julian Fellowes, Gareth Naeme & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Nigel Marchant & Liz Trubridge, producers)
  • Mildred Pierce [HBO] (Christine Vachon, John Wells, Pamela Koffler & Todd Haynes, executive producers)
  • The Pillars of the Earth [Starz] (Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David A. Rosemont, David W. Zucker, Jonas Bauer, Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin & Michael Prupas, executive producers; John Ryan, producer)
  • Too Big to Fail [HBO] (Curtis Hanson, Paula Weinstein & Jeffrey Levine, executive producers; Ezra Swerdlow, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Carlos, The Kennedys, Luther, Sherlock: A Study in Pink, Thurgood)

Best Variety Series

  • The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tom Purcell)
  • Conan [TBS] (Jeff Ross)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, Rory Albanese & Josh Lieb)
  • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
  • Real Time with Bill Maher [HBO] (Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Brad Grey, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz & Billy Martin)
  • Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
Best Variety Special

  • Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On [HBO] (Bette Midler, executive producer/producer; Seanne Farmer, producer)
  • Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking [HBO] (Sheila Nevins, executive producer; Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, producers)
  • The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Michael Stevens, producer)
  • Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden [HBO] (Lady Gaga, Troy Carter, Vincent Herbert, Jimmy Iovine & Mo Morrison, executive producers; Dawn Robinson, producer)
  • Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 [HBO] (Ricky Gervais, executive producer; John Moffitt & Pat Tourk Lee, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 64th Tony Awards, 83rd Academy Awards, The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway, Tina Fey: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Comedy)

Best Reality Series

  • Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
  • Deadliest Catch [Discovery] (Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Paul Gasek & Tracy Rudolph)
  • Hoarders [A&E] (Matt Chan, Dave Severson, Jodi Flynn, Robert Sharenow & Andrew Berg)
  • MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Tracy Rudolph)
  • Undercover Boss [CBS] (Eli Holzman, Stephen Lambert & Chris Carlson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Dirty Jobs, Intervention, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Who Do You Think You Are?)

Best Reality-Competition Series

  • The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
  • American Idol [FOX] (Ken Warwick, Nigel Lythgoe, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
  • America's Got Talent [NBC] (Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Ken Warwick, Jason Ruff & Georgie Hurford-Jones)
  • So You Think You Can Dance? [FOX] (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman & Nigel Lythgoe)
  • Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Andrew Cohen & Dave Serwatka)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway, Survivor, The Voice)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent
  • Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
  • Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters
  • Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
    (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race, Heidi Klum - Project Runway, Padma Lakshmi - Top Chef, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "100 A.D." [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan, executive producers; Tim Parsons, director; Keith Heisler, writer)
  • Family Guy - "Road to the North Pole" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Mark Hentemann & Steve Callaghan; executive producers; Greg Colton, director; Chris Sheridan & Danny Smith, executive producers/writers)
  • Futurama - "The Late Philip J. Fry" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening, David X. Cohen & Ken Keeler, executive producers; Peter Avanzino, director; Lew Morton, writer)
  • Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode III" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green & Matthew Senreich, executive producers/writers; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Chris McKay, director; Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, head writers; Matthew Beans, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Geoff Johns, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick, Hugh Sterbakov & Zeb Wells, writers)
  • The Simpsons - "Donnie Fatso" [FOX] (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & John Frink, executive producers; Ralph Sosa, director; Chris Cluess, writer)
  • South Park - "Crack Baby Athletic Association" [Comedy Central] (Trey Parker, executive producer/director/writer; Matt Stone & Anne Garefino, executive producers)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "A Return to Normalcy")
  • Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
  • Michael C. Hall - Dexter (Episode: "My Bad")
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
  • Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "After Hours")
  • Timothy Olyphant - Justified (Episode: "Reckoning")
    (Honourable Mentions: Sean Bean - Game of Thrones, James Badge Dale - Rubicon, Peter Krause - Parenthood, William H. Macy - Shameless)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "100")
  • Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons (Episode: "Donnie Fatso")
  • Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Benefactor Factor")
  • Matt LeBlanc - Episodes (Episode: "Episode Seven")
  • Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection")
    (Honourable Mentions: Louis C.K. - Louie, Charlie Day - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rob Lowe - Parks and Recreation, Matthew Morrison - Glee, )

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey
  • Idris Elba - Luther
  • Greg Kinnear - The Kennedys
  • Barry Pepper - The Kennedys
  • Édgar Ramirez - Carlos
    (Honourable Mentions: Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock, Laurence Fishburne - Thurgood, William Hurt - Too Big to Fail, Ian McShane - The Pillars of the Earth, Patrick Stewart - Macbeth)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Kathy Bates - Harry's Law (Episode: "Innocent Man")
  • Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
  • Mireille Enos - The Killing (Episode: "Missing")
  • Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Getting Off")
  • Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
  • Anna Torv - Fringe (Episode: "Marionette")
    (Honourable Mentions: Lauren Graham - Parenthood, Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Emmy Rossum - Shameless, Katey Segal - Sons of Anarchy)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Rat Falls")
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
  • Laura Linney - The Big C (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Melissa McCarthy - Mike & Molly (Episode: "First Date")
  • Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Flu Season")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
    (Honourable Mentions: Toni Collette - The United States of Tara, Courteney Cox - Cougar Town, Lea Michele - Glee, Martha Plimpton - Raising Hope)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Taraji P. Henson - Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
  • Diane Lane - Cinema Verite
  • Jean Marsh - Upstairs, Downstairs
  • Elizabeth McGovern - Downton Abbey
  • Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

  • Josh Charles - The Good Wife (Episode: "Closing Arguments")
  • Alan Cumming - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
  • Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Baelor")
  • Walton Goggins - Justified (Episode: "The I of the Storm")
  • John Noble - Fringe (Episode: "The Firefly")
  • John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Hands and Knees")
    (Honourable Mentions: Andre Braugher - Men of a Certain Age, Shawn Hatosy - Southland, Michael B. Jordan - Friday Night Lights, Michael Shannon - Boardwalk Empire)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Good Cop Bad Dog")
  • Chris Colfer - Glee (Episode: "Duets")
  • Scott Grimes - American Dad! (Episode: "Son of Stan")
  • Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammy Part 2")
  • Ed O'Neill - Modern Family (Episode: "The Kiss")
  • Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family (Episode: "Mother's Day")
    (Honourable Mentions: Aziz Ansari - Parks and Recreaiton, Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men, Donald Glover - Community, Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • James Gandolfini - Cinema Verite
  • Paul Giamatti - Too Big to Fail
  • Guy Pearce - Mildred Pierce
  • Tom Wilkinson - The Kennedys
  • James Woods - Too Big to Fail
    (Honourable Mentions: Brendan Coyle - Downton Abbey, Martin Freeman - Sherlock, Brian F. O'Byrne - Mildred Pierce, Tim Robbins - Cinema Verite, Donald Sutherland - The Pillars of the Earth)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
  • Michelle Forbes - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Summer Man")
  • Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Family Limitation")
  • Margo Martindale - Justified (Episode: "Brother's Keeper")
  • Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (Episode: "Getting Off")
    (Honourable Mentions: Khandi Alexander - Treme, Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones, Monica Potter - Parenthood, Sara Ramirez - Grey's Anatomy)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "Strangers on a Treadmill")
  • Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (Episode: "Queen of Jordan")
  • Jane Lynch - Glee (Episode: "Funeral")
  • Sofía Vergara - Modern Family (Episode: "Slow Down Your Neighbors")
  • Betty White - Hot in Cleveland (Episode: "Free Elka")
  • Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jane Lynch")
    (Honourable Mentions: Wendie Malick - Hot in Cleveland, Heather Morris - Glee, Busy Philipps - Cougar Town, Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Melissa Leo - Mildred Pierce
  • Alison Pill - The Pillars of the Earth
  • Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
  • Mare Winningham - Mildred Pierce
  • Evan Rachel Wood - Mildred Pierce
    (Honourable Mentions: Gillian Anderson - Any Human Heart, Eileen Atkins - Upstairs, Downstairs, Kim Cattrall - Any Human Heart, Cynthia Nixon - Too Big to Fail, Ruth Wilson - Luther)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

  • Beau Bridges - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "Brody")
  • Jeremy Davies - Justified (Episode: "Reckoning")
  • Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (Episode: "Poisoned Pill")
  • Jack Huston - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Home")
  • Jeremy Irons - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Mask")
  • Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "Blowing Smoke")
    (Honourable Mentions: Bruce Dern - Big Love, Hal Holbrook - Sons of Anarchy, Paul McCrane - Harry's Law, Jonny Lee Miller - Dexter)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

  • Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Plan B")
  • Matt Damon - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
  • Idris Elba - The Big C (Episode: "Blue-Eyed Iris")
  • Will Ferrell - The Office (Episode: "Training Day")
  • Zach Galifianakis - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Zach Galifianakis")
  • Nathan Lane - Modern Family (Episode: "Boys' Night")
    (Honourable Mentions: Darren Criss - Glee, Paul Giamatti - 30 Rock, Eddie Izzard - The United States of Tara, Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live)


Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father")
  • Loretta DeVine - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "This is How We Do It")
  • America Ferrera - The Good Wife (Episode: "Silver Bullet")
  • Mary McDonnell - The Closer (Episode: "Help Wanted")
  • Julia Stiles - Dexter (Episode: "In the Beginning")
  • Alfre Woodard - True Blood (Episode: "Night in the Sun")
    (Honourable Mentions: Shorheh Aghdashloo - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Randee Heller - Mad Men, Gretchen Mol - Boardwalk Empire, Jessica Pare - Mad Men)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Elizabeth Banks - 30 Rock (Episode: "Double-Edged Sword")
  • Kristin Chenoweth - Glee (Episode: "Rumours")
  • Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey")
  • Cloris Leachman - Raising Hope (Episode: "Don't Vote for This Episode")
  • Megan Mullally - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammy Part 2")
  • Gwyneth Paltrow - Glee (Episode: "The Substitute")
    (Honourable Mentions: Carol Burnett - Glee, Shelley Long - Modern Family, Cynthia Nixon - The Big C, Parker Posey - Parks and Recreation)

Best Direction - Drama

  • Frank Darabont - The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
  • Patty Jenkins - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Neil Jordan - The Borgias (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice")
  • Jeremy Podeswa - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Anastasia")
  • Martin Scorsese - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • Tim Van Patten - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
    (Honourable Mentions: Felix Alcala - Southland, Robert King - The Good Wife, Michael Slovis - Rubicon, Alan Taylor - Game of Thrones)

Best Direction - Comedy

  • Bob Bowen - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
  • Bill Condon - The Big C (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Paul Feig - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
  • Pamela Fryman - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Subway Wars")
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (Episode: "Live Show")
  • Michael Spiller - Modern Family (Episode: "Halloween")
    (Honourable Mentions: Eyal Gordin - Raising Hope, Steven Levitan - Modern Family, John Riggi - 30 Rock, Craig Zisk - The United States of Tara)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Olivier Assayas - Carlos
  • Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini - Cinema Verite
  • Todd Haynes - Mildred Pierce
  • Curtis Hanson - Too Big to Fail
  • Brian Percival - Downton Abbey
    (Honourable Mentions: Rupert Goold - Macbeth, Paul McGuigan - Sherlock, Saul Metzstein - Upstairs, Downstairs, Sam Miller - Luther, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan - The Pillars of the Earth)

Best Writing - Drama

  • David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Baelor")
  • Taylor Elmore - Justified (Episode: "Brother's Keeper")
  • Jason Katims - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Always")
  • Veena Sud - The Killing (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase")
  • Terence Winter - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
    (Honourable Mentions: Andre & Maria Jacquemetton - Mad Men, Robert & Michelle King - The Good Wife, Erin Levy - Mad Men, Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman - Fringe)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Poker/Divorce")
  • David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes (Episode: "Episode Seven")
  • Greg Daniels - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Michael")
  • Matt Hubbard - 30 Rock (Episode: "Reaganing")
  • Laura McCreary - American Dad! (Episode: "Jenny Fromdabloc")
  • Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz - American Dad! (Episode: "White Rice")
    (Honourable Mentions: Brad Falchuk - Glee, Andrew Guest - Community, Norm Hiscock - Parks and Recreation, Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman - Modern Family)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey
  • Peter Gould - Too Big to Fail
  • Todd Haynes & Jonathan Raymond - Mildred Pierce
  • Steven Moffatt - Sherlock
  • David Seltzer - Cinema Verite

Best Casting - Drama

  • Boardwalk Empire (Ellen Lewis & Meredith Tucker)
  • Friday Night Lights (Linda Lowy & John Brace)
  • Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
  • The Good Wife (Mark Saks)
  • Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Killing, Rubicon, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamra-Shroff & Katja Blichfeld)
  • American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
  • Glee (Robert J. Ulrich & Eric Dawson)
  • Modern Family (Jeff Greenberg)
  • Nurse Jackie (Julie Tucker & Ross Meyerson)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Big C, Community, The Office, Parks and Recreation, The United States of Tara)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Cinema Verite (Randi Hiller)
  • Downton Abbey (Jill Trevellick)
  • Mildred Pierce (Laura Rosenthal)
  • Too Big to Fail (Alexa L. Fogel & Christine Kromer)
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (Andy Pryor)
    (Honourable Mentions: Carlos, Luther, The Pillars of the Earth, Sherlock, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Stuart Dryburgh (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • Boardwalk Empire - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Home")
  • The Borgias - Paul Sarossy (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice")
  • Game of Thrones - Alik Sakharov (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
  • Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "The Summer Man")
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire - Kramer Morgenthau, The Good Wife - Fred Murphy, The Killing - Peter Wunsdorf, Modern Family - James Bagdonas, The Walking Dead - David Tattersall)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Downton Abbey (David Katznelson)
  • The Kennedys (David Moxness)
  • Mildred Pierce (Edward Lachman)
  • The Pillars of the Earth (Attila Szalay)
  • Too Big to Fail (Kramer Morgenthau)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • The Borgias - Gabriella Pescucci (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding")
  • Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Pointy End")
  • Glee - Lou Eyrich (Episode: "New York")
  • Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "The Beautiful Girls")
    (Honourable Mentions: Big Love, Saturday Night Live, Sons of Anarchy, Treme, True Blood)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Cinema Verite (Suttitrat Anne Larlarb)
  • Downton Abbey (Susannah Buxton)
  • The Kennedys (Christopher Hargadon)
  • Mildred Pierce (Ann Roth)
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (Amy Roberts)

Best Editing - Series

  • 30 Rock - Meg Reticker (Episode: "100")
  • American Dad! - Rob DeSales (Episode: "100 A.D.")
  • The Big Bang Theory - Peter John Chakos (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection")
  • Boardwalk Empire - Sidney Wolinsky (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • Mad Men - Tom Wilson (Episode: "The Suitcase")
    (Honourable Mentions: Dexter - Louis Cioffi, Friday Night Lights - Angela Catanzaro, The Killing - Elizabeth Kling, Mad Men - Pattye Rogers & Leo Trombetta, The Walking Dead - Hunter M. Via)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Cinema Verite (Sarah Flack & Robert Pulcini)
  • Downton Abbey (John Wilson)
  • The Kennedys (Don Cassidy)
  • Mildred Pierce (Camila Toniolo)
  • Too Big to Fail (Barbara Tulliver & Plummy Tucker)

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • Boardwalk Empire (Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Dabney Coleman, Anthony Lacuira, Gretchen Mol, Vincent Piazza, Michael Pitt, Michael Stuhlbarg, Shea Whigham & Michael Shannon, et. al.)
  • Friday Night Lights (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Madison Burge, Grey Damon, Michael B. Jordan, Matt Lauria, Aimee Teegarden & Jurnee Smollett, et. al.)
  • Game of Thrones (Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Richard Madden & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
  • The Good Wife (Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Alan Cumming, Matt Czuchry, Chris Noth, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips, Mary Beth Peil & Makenzie Vega, et. al.)
  • Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Kiernan Shipka, Rich Sommer & Robert Morse, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Justified, Rubicon, Shameless, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

  • 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Keith Powell, John Lutz, Katrina Bowden & Judah Friedlander, et. al.)
  • American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson & Danny DeVito, et. al.)
  • Modern Family (Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia Vergara & Ariel Winter, et. al.)
  • Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Retta & Adam Scott, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Big Bang Theory, Community, Glee, The Office, The Simpsons)

Best Main Title Design

  • Boardwalk Empire (Karin Fong, Michelle Dougherty, Lauren Hartshone & Cara McKenney)
  • Game of Thrones (Angus Wall, Robert Feng, Kirk H. Shintani & Hameed Shaukat)
  • Rubicon (Karin Fong, Jeremy Cox, Theodore Daley & Cara McKenney)
  • Too Big to Fail (Michael Riley, Bob Swensen, Adam Bluming & Cory Shaw)
  • The Walking Dead (Kyle Cooper, Paul McDonnell, Henry Hobson & Ryan Robertson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart, The Big C, Fairly Legal, The Killing, Mildred Pierce)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • The Borgias (Trevor Morris)
  • Downton Abbey (John Lunn)
  • Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
  • Mildred Pierce (Carter Burwell)
  • The Walking Dead (Bear McCreary & Steve Kaplan)
    (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart, Camelot, Episodes, The Kennedys, Rubicon)

Best Makeup - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Nicki Ledermann, Evelyne Noraz & Joseph Farulla (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • Game of Thrones - Paul Engelen, Melissa Lackersteen & Conor O'Sullivan (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
  • Glee - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Jennifer Greenberg & Mike Mekash (Episode: "The Rocky Horror Glee Show")
  • Mad Men - Lana Grossman, Ron Pipes & Tricia Sawyer (Episode: "The Rejected")
  • The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Cape, Community, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, True Blood)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Carlos (Christophe Giraud, Emmanuel Pitois & Dominique Plez)
  • Cinema Verite (Mindy Hall & Julie Hewett)
  • The Kennedys (Jordan Samuel, Linda Dowds & Colin Penman)
  • Mildred Pierce (Patricia Regan & Linda Melazzo)
  • The Pillars of the Earth (Colleen Quinton)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • 30 Rock - Jeff Richmond (Episode: "100")
  • Family Guy - Ron Jones (Episode: "Road to the North Pole")
  • Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi (Episode: "Winter is Coming")
  • The Simpsons - Alf Clausen (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXI")
  • The Walking Dead - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
    (Honourable Mentions: American Masters - Garth Neustadter, Family Guy - Walter Murphy, Fringe - Chris Tilton, The Killing - Frans Bak, Rubicon - Peter Nashel)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Downton Abbey (John Lunn)
  • Mildred Pierce (Carter Burwell)
  • Sherlock (David Arnold & Michael Price)
  • Thurgood (Rob Mathes)
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (Daniel Pemberton)
    (Honourable Mentions: Any Human Heart - Dan Jones, Cinema Verite - Rolfe Kent, The Kennedys - Sean Callery, The Pillars of the Earth - Trevor Morris, Too Big to Fail - Marcelo Zavros)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • Family Guy - "All I Want for Christmas" (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
  • Family Guy - "Christmastime is Killing Us" (Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith)
  • Glee - "Get it Right" (Adam Anders, Nikki Hassman & Peer Åström)
  • Saturday Night Live - "I Just Had Sex" (Jerrod Bettis, Justin Franks, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone)
  • Saturday Night Live - "Jack Sparrow" (Mike Woods, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone)

Best Production Design - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Bob Shaw & Debra Schutt (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • The Borgias - François Séguin & Judit Varga (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding")
  • Game of Thrones - Gemma Jackson & Richard Roberts (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
  • Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "Public Relations")
  • True Blood - Suzuki Ingerslev & Laura Richarz (Episode: "Beautifully Broken")
    (Honourable Mentions: Glee, How I Met Your Mother, The Killing, Modern Family, The Walking Dead)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Downton Abbey (Donal Woods & Gina Cromwell)
  • The Kennedys (Rocco Matteo & Enrico Campana)
  • Mildred Pierce (Mark Friedberg & Ellen Christiansen)
  • The Pillars of the Earth (Miljen Kreka Kljakovic & Franco Fumagali)
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (Eve Stewart & Julia Castle)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

  • Adventure Time - "It Came from the Nightosphere" [Cartoon Network] (Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Larry Leichliter, supervising director; Adam Muto & Rebecca Sugar, writers)
  • Regular Show - "Mordecai and the Rigbys" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez & Brian Sheesley, animation directors; Sean Szeles & Shion Takeuchi, writers)
  • SpongeBob Squarepants - "That Sinking Feeling" [Nickelodeon] (Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, executive producers; Alan Smart, supervising director; Andrew Overtoom, animation director; Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier & Mr. Lawrence, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty & Tom Fleischman (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • Family Guy - Jordan Wilby, Patrick S. Clark & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Road to the North Pole")
  • Game of Thrones - Stefan Henrix, Daniel Crowley & Mark Taylor (Episode: "A Golden Crown")
  • Glee - Zeke Richardson, Doug Andham & Joe Earle (Episode: "The Substitute")
  • The Walking Dead - Walter Newman, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
    (Honourable Mentions: Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Justified, Southland, True Blood)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Cinema Verite (Douglas Murray, Lora Hirschberg & Scott R. Lewis)
  • The Kennedys (Mark Gingras, Frank Morrone & Stephen Traub)
  • Mildred Pierce (Thomas O'Neil Younkman, Simone Corelli & Leslie Shatz)
  • The Pillars of the Earth (Antoine Morin, Dominik Pagacz, Gavin Fernandes & Louis Gignac)
  • Too Big to Fail (Michael Kirchberger, Bob Beemer & Chris Jenkins)

Best Visual Effects

  • Boardwalk Empire - David Taritero, Robert Stromberg, Paul Graff & Justin Ball (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire")
  • The Borgias - Bob Munroe, Doug Campbell, Bill Halliday & Luke Groves (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin")
  • Fringe - Robert Habros, Jay Worth, Bob Comer & Addie Manis (Episode: "Olivia")
  • Game of Thrones - Adam McInnes, Angela Barson, Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor & Henry Badgett (Episode: "Fire and Blood")
  • The Walking Dead - Sam Nicholson, Jason Sperling, Kent Johnson & Gregory Nicotero (Episode: "Days Gone Bye")
    (Honourable Mentions: Gettsyburg, The Pillars of the Earth, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Stargate Universe, True Blood)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Joe Mantegna - The Simpsons for voicing "Fat Tony" D'Amico in "Donnie Fatso"
  • Christopher Plummer - Moguls and Movie Stars for narrating "The Birth of Hollywood"
  • Harry Shearer - The Simpsons for voicing C. Montgomery Burns in "The Fool Monty"
  • Brenda Strong - Desperate Housewives for voicing Mary Alice Young in "Come on Over for Dinner"
  • Marcia Wallace - The Simpsons for voicing Edna Krabappel in "The Ned-Liest Catch"
    (Honourable Mentions: Jeff Bergman - The Looney Tunes Show, John DiMaggio - Futurama, Maurice LaMarche - Futurama, Seth MacFarlane - American Dad!, Karl Pilkington - The Ricky Gervais Show)

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

2011 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture
  • The Help (Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan & Brunson N. Green)
  • Hugo (Tim Headington, Graham King, Johnny Depp & Martin Scorsese)
  • Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks & Gary Goertzen)
  • Moneyball (Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz & Brad Pitt)
  • Super 8 (J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg & Bryan Burk)
  • War Horse (Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Separation, The Tree of Life)
Best Director
  • David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
  • Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
  • Martin Scorsese - Hugo
  • Steven Spielberg - War Horse
    (Honourable Mentions: J.J. Abrams - Super 8, George Clooney - The Ides of March, Bennett Miller - Moneyball, Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive, Steven Soderbergh - Contagion)
Best Lead Actor
  • George Clooney - The Descendants
  • Michael Fassbender - Shame
  • Ryan Gosling - Drive
  • Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • Brad Pitt - Moneyball
    (Honourable Mentions: Demián Bichir - A Better Life, Jean Dujardin - The Artist, Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50, Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March, Michael Shannon - Take Shelter)
Best Lead Actress
  • Viola Davis - The Help
  • Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
  • Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
    (Honourable Mentions: Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs, Olivia Colman - Tyrannosaur, Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene, Charlize Theron - Young Adult, Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids)
Best Supporting Actor
  • Albert Brooks - Drive
  • Jonah Hill - Moneyball
  • Brad Pitt - The Tree of Life
  • Christopher Plummer - Beginners
  • Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    (Honourable Mentions: Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn, Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March, Ezra Miller - We Need to Talk About Kevin, Nick Nolte - Warrior, Alan Rickman - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2)
Best Supporting Actress
  • Jessica Chastain - The Help
  • Elle Fanning - Super 8
  • Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus
  • Julia Roberts - Larry Crowne
  • Octavia Spencer - The Help
    (Honourable Mentions: Sareh Bayet - A Separation, Bérénice Bejo - The Artist, Bryce Dallas Howard - The Help, Carey Mulligan - Shame, Kate Winslet - Carnage)
Best Original Screenplay
  • The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
  • Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig)
  • Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks & Nia Varadalos)
  • Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
  • Young Adult (Diablo Cody)
    (Honourable Mentions: 50/50, Margin Call, Rango, A Separation, Source Code)
Best Adapted Screenplay
  • The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon; based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hennings)
  • The Help (Tate Taylor; based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett)
  • The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon; based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon)
  • Moneyball (Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian & Stan Chervin; based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis)
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan; based on the novel by John le Carré)
    (Honourable Mentions: Drive, Hugo, The Muppets, War Horse, We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best Cast Ensemble
  • Bridesmaids [Allison Jones] (Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Chris O’Dowd, Jill Clayburgh, Matt Lucas & Rebel Wilson, et. al.)
  • The Help [Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee] (Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Ahna O’Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Chris Lowell, Mike Vogel & Cicely Tyson, et. al.)
  • The Ides of March [Ellen Chenoweth] (Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella, Gregory Itzin & Jennifer Ehle, et. al.)
  • Larry Crowne [Jeanne McCarthy] (Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Bryan Cranston, Rami Malek & George Takei, et. al.)
  • Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol [April Webster & Alyssa Weisberg] (Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Lea Seydoux & Anil Kapoor, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, Carnage, Contagion, Margin Call, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Best Young Actor (18 or Under)
  • Asa Butterfield - Hugo
  • Elle Fanning - Super 8
  • Dakota Goyo - Real Steel
  • Chloë Moretz - Hugo
  • Saoirse Ronan - Hanna
    (Honourable Mentions: Robert Capron - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules!, Joel Courtney - Super 8, Zachary Gordon - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules!, Thomas Horn - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Hunter McCracken - The Tree of Life)
Best Foreign Language Film
  • Bullhead [Belgium] (Michaël R. Roskam)
  • In Darkness [Poland] (Agnieszka Holland)
  • Pina [Germany] (Wim Wenders)
  • A Separation [Iran] (Asghar Farhadi)
  • The Skin I Live In [Spain] (Pedro Almodóvar)
    (Honourable Mentions: 13 Assassins, Certified Copy, Footnote, Miss Bala, Mysteries in Lisbon)
Best Documentary Feature
  • Buck (Cindy Meehl & Julie Goldman)
  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog & Erik Nelson)
  • Hell and Back Again (Danfung Dennis & Mike Lerner)
  • Project Nim (James Marsh & Simon Chinn)
  • Undefeated (Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Seth Gordon & Ed Cunningham)
    (Honourable Mentions: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, The Interrupters, Page One: Inside the New York Times, Senna)
Best Original Score
  • The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
  • Hugo (Howard Shore)
  • Thor (Patrick Doyle)
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias)
  • War Horse (John Williams)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams, Drive - Cliff Martinez, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Hanna - The Chemical Brothers, Super 8 - Michael Giacchino)
Best Original Song
  • "Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs (Brian Byrne & Glenn Close)
  • "Life's a Happy Song" - The Muppets (Bret McKenzie)
  • "The Living Proof" - The Help (Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman & Harvey Mason Jr.)
  • "Pictures in My Head" - The Muppets (Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis & Chen Neeman)
  • "So Long" - Winnie the Pooh (Zooey Deschanel)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Collision of Worlds" - Cars 2, "Hello Hello" - Gnomeo & Juliet, "Man or Muppet" - The Muppets, "Masterpiece" - W.E., "Star Spangled Man" - Captain America: The First Avenger)
Best Sound Editing
  • The Adventures of Tintin (Brent Burge & Chris Ward)
  • Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Richard Hymns)
  • Super 8 (Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood)
  • Thor (Richard King)
  • War Horse (Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hymns)
    (Honourable Mentions: Drive, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Source Code, Transformers: The Dark of the Moon)
Best Sound Mixing
  • Drive (Robert Eber, Robert Fernandez & Dave Paterson)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Bo Persson)
  • Super 8 (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Tom Johnson & Mark Ulano)
  • Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush & Peter J. Devlin)
  • War Horse (Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson & Stuart Wilson)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo, Moneyball, The Tree of Life)
Best Animated Feature
  • The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy & Peter Jackson)
  • Chico & Rita (Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Cristina Huete & Martin Pope)
  • Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jennifer Yuh Nelson & Melissa Cobb)
  • Rango (Gore Verbinski, Graham King & John B. Carls)
  • Winnie the Pooh (Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall, Peter Del Vecho & Clark Spencer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Arthur Christmas, A Cat in Paris, Puss in Boots, Rio, Wrinkles)
Best Voice-Over Performance
  • Michael Caine - Cars 2 for voicing Finn McMissile
  • Jim Cummings - Winnie the Pooh for voicing Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
  • Johnny Depp - Rango for voicing Rango
  • Zach Galifianakis - Puss in Boots for voicing Humpty Alexander Dumpty
  • Gary Oldman - Kung Fu Panda 2 for voicing Lord Shen
    (Honourable Mentions: Antonio Banderas - Puss in Boots, Jack Black - Kung Fu Panda 2, Jemaine Clement - Rio, Ashley Jensen - Arthur Christmas, Bill Nighy - Arthur Christmas)
Best Cinematography
  • Drive (Newton Thomas Sigel)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Jeff Cronenweth)
  • Hugo (Robert Richardson)
  • The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
  • War Horse (Janusz Kamiński)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman, Moneyball - Wally Pfister, Source Code - Don Burgess, Take Shelter - Adam Stone, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Hoyte van Hoytema)
Best Film Editing
  • Drive (Mat Newman)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall)
  • Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker)
  • Super 8 (Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey)
  • War Horse (Michael Kahn)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius, The Descendants - Kevin Tent, Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol - Paul Hirsch, Moneyball - Christopher Tellefsen, The Tree of Life - Hank Corwin, Billy Weber, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende & Mark Yoshikawa)
Best Art Direction
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Stuart Craig & Stephenie McMillan)
  • Hugo (Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo)
  • Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows (Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer)
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Maria Djurkovic & Tom Brown)
  • War Horse (Rick Carter & Lee Sandales)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Artist, The Help, Kung Fu Panda 2, Midnight in Paris, Thor)
Best Costume Design
  • The Artist (Mark Bridges)
  • The Help (Sharen Davis)
  • Hugo (Sandy Powell)
  • Jane Eyre (Michael O'Connor)
  • Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows (Jenny Beavan)
    (Honourable Mentions: Anonymous, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Immortals, My Week with Marilyn, W.E.)
Best Makeup
  • Captain America; The First Avenger (David White & Lisa Westcott)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight & Lisa Tomblin)
  • The Iron Lady (Mark Coulier & J. Roy Helland)
    (Honourable Mentions: Albert Nobbs, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, J. Edgar, Thor, X-Men: First Class)
Best Visual Effects
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler & John Richardson)
  • Real Steel (Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor & Swen Gillberg)
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White & Daniel Barrett)
  • Super 8 (Steven Riley, Russell Earl, Kim Libreri & Dennis Muren)
  • Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler & John Frazier)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Adventures of Tintin, Hugo, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Source Code, Thor)

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 ...