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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

2012 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • Dishonored (Darren Chukitus)
  • Far Cry 3 (Dan Hay)
  • Journey (Robin Hunicke)
  • Mass Effect 3 (Jesse Houston)
  • The Walking Dead (Dan Connors & Kevin Bruner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed III, Borderlands 2, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, The Unfinished Swan, XCOM: Enemy Unknown)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Assassin's Creed III (Alex Hutchinson & Marc-Alexis Côté)
  • Borderlands 2 (Paul Hellquist)
  • Far Cry 3 (Patrick Plourde & Patrik Méthé)
  • Mass Effect 3 (Casey Hudson)
  • The Walking Dead (Sean Vanaman, Jake Rodkin, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Nick Herman & Sean Ainsworth)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Dishonored, Halo 4, Max Payne 3, Sleeping Dogs)

Best Game Design

  • Assassin's Creed III (Steven Masters)
  • Dishonored (Christophe Carrier)
  • Journey (Nicholas Clark, Bryan Singh & Chris Bell)
  • Mass Effect 3 (Preston Watamaniuk)
  • Xenoblade Chronicles (Koh Kojima)
    (Honourable Mentions: Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Far Cry 3, Sound Shapes, XCOM: Enemy Unknown)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Dance Central 3 (Matt Boch, Jon Carter & Naoko Takamoto)
  • Journey (Jenova Chen)
  • New Super Mario Bros. U (Masataka Takemoto)
  • Nintendo Land (Takayuki Shimamura & Yoshikazu Yamashita)
  • Skylanders: Giants (Nick Ruepp & David Nathanielsz)
    (Honourable Mentions: Just Dance 4, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, Rayman Jungle Run, Sound Shapes)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • FIFA 13 (David Rutter & Kazuya Makita)
  • LittleBigPlanet Karting (Andrew Bracken)
  • NBA 2K13 (Jeffrey J. Thomas)
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Alex Ward, Fiona Sperry & Matthew Webster)
  • Trials Evolution (Robby Zinchak)
    (Honourable Mentions: F1 2012, Forza Horizon, Madden NFL 13, New Star Soccer, Pro Evolution Soccer 2013)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Journey (John Edwards & Martin Middleton)
  • Kinect Sesame Street TV (Ken Diego & J Milligan)
  • Nintendo Land (Souichi Nakajima & Kenichi Nishida)
  • The Unfinished Swan (Joshua M. Sarfaty & Joshua Beeler)
  • The Walking Dead (Carl Muckenhoupt, Randy Tudor & Keenan Patterson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Fez, Max Payne 3, Sound Shapes, ZombiU)

Best Multiplayer

  • Assassin's Creed III (Mathieu Granjon & Michaël Denis-Servettaz)
  • Borderlands 2
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  • Journey
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Alex Veal, Andrew Broadbent, John Stanley & Simon Phipps)

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • Diablo III (Jay Wilson)
  • FTL: Faster Than Light (Justin Ma)
  • Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Daniel Kaplan & Markus Persson)
  • Tropico 4 (Gabriel Dobrev)
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Garth DeAngelis, Clint McCaul & Amber Hardin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dark Souls, Football Manager 2013, Great Big War Game, Orcs Must Die! 2, Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai)

Best Audio Design

  • Assassin's Creed III (Mathieu Jeanson, Jean-Dominic Audet, Hugo Bastien & Patrick Melanson)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Brian Tuey, Chris Cowell, Stephen McCaul & Collin Ayers)
  • Far Cry 3 (Jens Jungmark, Matthieu Dirrenberger, Nils Carlsson & Oliver Harrison)
  • Halo 4 (Sōtarō Tojima & Terry Jones)
  • Journey (Steve Johnson, Keith Charley, Gene Semel & David Wayne Collins)
    (Honourable Mentions: Mass Effect 3, Max Payne 3, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Resident Evil 6, Sound Shapes)

Best Music

  • Assassin's Creed III (Lorne Balfe)
  • Far Cry 3 (Brian Tyler)
  • Journey (Austin Wintory)
  • Mass Effect 3 (Sascha Dikiciyan, Sam Hulick, Christopher Lennertz, Clint Mansell & Cris Velasco)
  • The Unfinished Swan (Joel Corelitz)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Jack Wall, Dear Esther - Jessica Curry, The Last Story - Nobuo Uematsu, Thomas Was Alone - David Housden, The Walking Dead - Jared Emerson-Johnson)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

  • Gravity Rush (Keiichiro Toyama)
  • Resident Evil Revelations (Koshi Nakanishi)
  • Sound Shapes (Jonathan Mak & Shaw-Han Liem)
  • Uncharted: Golden Abyss (John Garvin)
  • The Walking Dead (Sean Vanaman, Jake Rodkin, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Nick Herman & Sean Ainsworth)
    (Honourable Mentions: Hero Academy, Kid Icarus: Uprising, New Star Soccer, Rayman Jungle Run, The Room)

Best Fighting Game

  • Persona 4 Arena (Kazuhisa Wada & Takumi Iguchiya)
  • PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (Omar Kendall)
  • Soul Calibur V (Daishi Odashima & Haruki Suzaki)
  • Street Fighter X Tekken (Taisaku Okada)
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Yuichi Yonemori)
    (Honourable Mentions: Awesomenauts, Dead or Alive 5, Karateka, UFC Undisputed 3, WWE 13)

Best Art Direction

  • Borderlands 2 (Jeramy Cooke)
  • Dishonored (Sébastien Mitton)
  • Far Cry 3 (Jean-Alexis Doyon)
  • Journey (Matt Nava & Aaron Jessie)
  • The Unfinished Swan (Hokyo Lim)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed III, Dear Esther, Halo 4, The Room, Spec Ops: The Line)

Best Animation

  • Assassin's Creed III (Guillaume Lefebvre, Elaine Duffy, Mike Mennillo & Philippe Trudelle)
  • Far Cry 3 (Robert Darryl Purdy, Jonathan Guay, Sébastien Lépine & Kevin Ngan)
  • Journey (Jacky Ke Jiang & Seiji Tanaka)
  • Max Payne 3 (Mark Tennant, Anthony Kwan, Jonathan Moyes & Duncan Shields)
  • Uncharted: Golden Abyss (James Conrad, Norman Cheng, DongJun Kim & Nathan Webb)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Borderlands 2, Hitman: Absolution, Mark of the Ninja, Persona 4 Arena)

Best Story/Writing

  • Dishonored (Harvey Smith, Austin Grossman & Terri Brosius)
  • Far Cry 3 (Jeffrey Yohalem & Lucien Soulban)
  • Journey (Jenova Chen)
  • Thomas Was Alone (Mike Bithell)
  • The Walking Dead (Sean Vanaman, Mark Darin & Gary Whitta)
    (Honourable Mentions: Borderlands 2, The Last Story, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Sleeping Dogs, Spec Ops: The Line)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Dameon Clarke - Borderlands 2 for voicing Handsome Jack
  • Dave Fennoy - The Walking Dead for voicing Lee Everett
  • Adrian Hough - Assassin's Creed III for voicing Haytham Kenway
  • Melissa Hutchinson - The Walking Dead for voicing Clementine
  • Nolan North - Uncharted: Golden Abyss for voicing Nathan Drake
    (Honourable Mentions: Nigel Carrington - Dear Esther, Rosario Dawson - Syndicate, Michael Mando - Far Cry 3, Emma Stone - Sleeping Dogs, Danny Wallace - Thomas Was Alone)

2012 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran (Jake Gosling)
  • "Home" - Phillip Phillips (Drew Pearson)
  • "I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz (Joe Chiccarelli)
  • "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye (Wally de Becker)
  • "We Take Care of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen (Ron Aniello & Bruce Springsteen)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Adorn" - Miguel, "Better Than I Know Myself" - Adam Lambert, "Climax" - Usher, "It Will Rain" - Bruno Mars, "Thinkin Bout You" - Frank Ocean)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
  • "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (Josh Ramsay)
  • "Domino" - Jessie J (Dr. Luke & Cirkut)
  • "Set Fire to the Rain" - Adele (Fraser T Smith)
  • "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson (Greg Kurstin)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" - P!nk, "Guardian" - Alanis Morissette, "Happy Pills" - Norah Jones, "Lights" - Ellie Goulding, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "I Will Wait" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
  • "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse & The Black Keys)
  • "Payphone" - Maroon 5, ft. Wiz Khalifa (Shellback & Benny Blanco)
  • "Some Nights" - fun. (Jeff Bhasker)
  • "Take Care" - Drake, ft. Rihanna (Jamie xx & Noah Shebib)
  • "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monáe (Jeff Bhasker)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Brokenhearted" - Karmin, "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers, "Shake It Out" - Florence + The Machine, "What Makes You Beautiful" - One Direction)

Best Album

  • Babel - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
  • Blunderbuss - Jack White (Jack White)
  • Channel Orange - Frank Ocean (Frank Ocean, Om'Mas Keith, Malay & Pharrell Williams)
  • El Camino - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse & The Black Keys)
  • Some Nights - fun. (Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie & Jake One)
    (Honourable Mentions: Ceremonials - Florence + The Machine, The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond - various artists, Making Mirrors - Gotye, Slipstream - Bonnie Raitt, The Truth About Love - P!nk)

Best Music Video

  • "Bad Girls" - M.I.A. (Romain Gavras, director/producer)
  • "Houdini" - Foster the People (Daniels & Foster the People, directors; Gaetano Crupi, Saul Levitz & Candice Ouaknine, producers)
  • "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye, ft. Kimbra (Natasha Pincus, director/producer)
  • "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monáe (Marc Klasfeld, director)
  • "We Found Love" - Rihanna, ft. Calvin Harris (Melina Matsoukas, director; Juliette Larthe, Candice Ouaknine & Inga Veronique, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood, "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen, "No Church in the Wild" - Jay-Z & Kanye West, ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream, "Ride" - Lana Del Rey, "Run Boy Run" - Woodkid)

Best Country Song

  • "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
  • "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" - Eli Young Band (Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke)
  • "Home" - Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers & Luke Wooten)
  • "Safe & Sound" - Taylor Swift, ft. The Civil Wars (T-Bone Burnett)
  • "Springsteen" - Eric Church (Jay Joyce)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Come Over" - Kenny Chesney, "Over" - Blake Shelton, "Over You" - Miranda Lambert, "Pontoon" - Little Big Town, "Wanted" - Hunter Hayes)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Bangarang" - Skrillex & Sirah (Sonny Moore)
  • "Don't You Worry, Child" - Swedish House Mafia, ft. John Martin (Swedish House Mafia)
  • "Good Time" - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen (Adam Young, Max Martin & Emily Wright)
  • "Let's Go" - Calvin Harris, ft. Ne-Yo (Calvin Harris)
  • "Levels" - Avicii (Avicii)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Feels So Close" - Calvin Harris, "I Can't Live Without You" - Al Walser, "The Night Out" - Martin Solveig, "We Found Love" - Rihanna, ft. Calvin Harris, "Where Have You Been" - Rihanna)

Best Pop Song

  • "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (Josh Ramsay)
  • "Home" - Phillip Phillips (Drew Pearson)
  • "Shake It Out" - Florence + The Machine (Paul Epworth)
  • "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye, ft. Kimbra (Wally de Becker)
  • "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monae (Jeff Bhasker)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Die Young" - Ke$ha, "I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz, "One More Night" - Maroon 5, "Part of Me" - Katy Perry, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson)

Best Rap Song

  • "Daughters" - Nas (No I.D.)
  • "Ni**as in Paris" - Jay-Z & Kanye West (Kanye West, Hit-Boy & Mike Dean)
  • "Take Care" - Drake, ft. Rihanna (Jamie xx & Noah Shebib)
  • "Wild Ones" - Flo Rida, ft. Sia (soFLY & Nius and Axwell)
  • "Young, Wild & Free" - Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg, ft. Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Cherry Wine" - Nas & Amy Winehouse, "Lotus Flower Bomb" - Wale & Miguel, "Mercy" - Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz, "The Motto" - Drake, ft. Lil' Wayne, "No Church in the Wild" - Jay-Z & Kanye West, ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream)

Best Rock Song

  • "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers (Julius Gatuma)
  • "I Will Wait" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
  • "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse & The Black Keys)
  • "Oh Love" - Green Day (Rob Cavallo & Green Day)
  • "We Take Care of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen (Ron Aniello & Bruce Springsteen)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Charlie Brown" - Coldplay, "Freedom at 21" - Jack White, "Hold On" - Alabama Shakes, "Little Talks" - Of Monsters and Men, "Lost in the Echo" - Linkin Park)

Best Songwriting

  • "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran)
  • "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay & Tavish Crowe)
  • "Home" - Phillip Phillips (Greg Holden & Drew Pearson)
  • "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson (Jörgen Elofsson, Greg Kurstin, David Gamson & Ali Tamposi)
  • "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monáe (Nate Reuss, Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost & Jeffrey Bhasker)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Adorn" - Miguel, "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood, "Shake It Out" - Florence + The Machine, "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye, ft. Kimbra, "We Found Love" - Rihanna, ft. Calvin Harris)

Best Original Score

  • The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • Hugo (Howard Shore)
  • Journey (Austin Wintory)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams, Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin, Brave - Patrick Doyle, The Hunger Games - James Newton Howard, Moonrise Kingdom - Alexandre Desplat)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

  • The Descendants (Music from the Motion Picture) (Dondi Bastone & Alexander Payne)
  • The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond (T-Bone Burnett)
  • Marley (Chris Blackwell & Barry Cole)
  • The Muppets: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Kaylin Frank & Mitchell Leib)
  • Rock of Ages (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Adam Anders, Peer Åström & Adam Shankman)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Breath of Life" - Snow White and the Huntsman (Florence Welch & Isabelle Summers)
  • "Learn Me Right" - Brave (Mumford and Sons)
  • "Let Me Be Your Star" - Smash (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman)
  • "Man or Muppet" - The Muppets (Bret McKenzie)
  • "Safe and Sound" - The Hunger Games (Taylor Swift, T-Bone Burnett, John Paul White & Joy Williams)

Best New Artist

  • Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Emeli Sandé
  • Frank Ocean
  • fun.
  • Gotye
  • Phillip Phillips
    (Honourable Mentions: Christina Perri, Ed Sheeran, The Lumineers, One Direction)

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

2012 Tyler's Choice Television Award

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Boardwalk Empire [HBO] (Martin Scorsese, Terence Winter, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson & Tim Van Patten)
  • Breaking Bad [AMC] (Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson & Michelle MacLaren)
  • Downton Abbey [PBS] (Julian Fellowes, Gareth Naeme & Rebecca Eaton)
  • Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Frank Doelger & Carolyn Strauss)
  • Homeland [Showtime] (Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Michael Cuesta, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir & Ran Tellem)
  • Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, The Good Wife, Justified, Southland)

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)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm [HBO] (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, Larry Charles, Tim Gibbons & Erin O'Malley)
  • Girls [HBO] (Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow & Jenni Konner)
  • Parks and Recreation [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein & David Miner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Community, Happy Endings, Louie, Modern Family)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Dante Di Loreto, executive producers; Alexis Martin Woodall & Chip Vucelich, producers)
  • Game Change [HBO] (Tom Hanks, Gary Goertzen & Jay Roach, executive producers; Amy Sayres, producer)
  • Hatfields & McCoys [History] (Leslie Greif, Nancy Dubuc & Dirk Hoogstra, executive producers; Kevin Costner, Darrell Fetty & Herb Nanas, producers)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn [HBO] (Peter Kaufman, James Gandolfini, Trish Hofmann, Alexandra Ryan & Barbara Turner, executive producers)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia [PBS] (Beryl Vertue, Steven Moffatt, Mark Gatiss, Rebecca Eaton & Bethan Jones, executive producers; Sue Vertue, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Appropriate Adult, Great Expectations, The Hour, Luther, Page Eight)

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)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! [ABC] (Jimmy Kimmel & Jill Leiderman)
  • Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Jonathan Krisel, Andrew Singer, Jennifer Caserta & Evan Shapiro)
  • Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
    (Honourable Mentions: Chelsea Lately, Inside Comedy, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Soup)

Best Variety Special

  • 65th Tony Awards [CBS] (Ricky Kirshner & Glenn Weiss, executive producers; Neil Patrick Harris, producer)
  • 84th Academy Awards [ABC] (Brian Grazer & Don Mischer, producers)
  • Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl [NBC] (Brad Lachman, Jon Macks & Steve Ridgeway, executive producers; Bill Bracken, producer)
  • The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Michael Stevens, producer)
  • Tony Bennett: Duets II [PBS] (Danny Bennett & David Horn, executive producer; Jennifer Lebeau, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: 54th Grammy Awards, Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony, Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again, A Very Gaga Thanksgiving)

Best Reality Series

  • Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
  • Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution [ABC] (Jamie Oliver, Ryan Seacrest, Craig Armstrong & Roy Ackerman)
  • MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Tracy Rudolph)
  • Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill & Phil Gurin)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? [NBC] (Alex Graham, Jennifer O'Connell, Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky & Al Edgington)
    (Honourable Mentions: Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Hoarders, An Idiot Abroad, Undercover Boss)

Best Reality-Competition Series

  • The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
  • America's Got Talent [NBC] (Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Ken Warwick, Jason Raff & 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)
  • The Voice [NBC] (Mark Burnett, John de Mol Jr., Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers & Lee Metzger)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Idol, The Glee Project, Project Runway, Survivor, The X Factor)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent
  • Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
  • Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
  • Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers
    (Honourable Mentions: Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?, Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters, Heidi Klum - Project Runway, Jeff Probst - Survivor, Mark L. Walberg - Antiques Roadshow)

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "Hot Water" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Nahnatchka Khan, executive producers; Chris Bennett, director; Judah & Murray Miller, writers)
  • Bob's Burgers - "Burgerboss" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive, executive producers; Jennifer Coyle, director; Scott Jacobson, writer)
  • Futurama - "The Tip of the Zoidberg" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening & David X. Cohen, executive producers; Raymie Muzquiz, director; Ken Keeler, executive producer/writer)
  • The Legend of Korra - "Welcome to Republic City" [Nickelodeon] (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, executive producers/writers; Joaquim Dos Santos, director)
  • The Simpsons - "Holidays of Future Passed" [FOX] (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & John Frink, executive producers; Rob Oliver, director; J. Stewart Burns, writer)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "To the Lost")
  • Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Crawl Space")
  • Kelsey Grammer - Boss (Episode: "Listen")
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
  • Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "Everyone Dies")
  • Damian Lewis - Homeland (Episode: "Marine One")
    (Honourable Mentions: Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey, Michael C. Hall - Dexter, Dustin Hoffman - Luck, Timothy Olyphant - Justified)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "Live from Studio 6H")
  • Don Cheadle - House of Lies (Episode: "The Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Duckling")
  • Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "Palestinian Chicken")
  • Joel McHale - Community (Episode: "Introduction to Finality")
  • Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Werewolf Transformation")
    (Honourable Mentions: Garret Dillahunt - Raising Hope, Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory, Adam Scott - Parks and Recreation, Elijah Wood - Wilfred)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Kevin Costner - Hatfields & McCoys
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock
  • Idris Elba - Luther
  • Woody Harrelson - Game Change
  • Clive Owen - Hemingway & Gellhorn
    (Honourable Mentions: Dylan McDermott - American Horror Story, Bill Nighy - Page Eight, Bill Paxton - Hatfields & McCoys, Dominic West - Appropriate Adult)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Glenn Close - Damages (Episode: "Failure is Lonely")
  • Claire Danes - Homeland (Episode: "The Vest")
  • Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Seven")
  • Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Parenting Made Easy")
  • Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
  • Anna Torv - Fringe (Episode: "One Night in October")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kathy Bates - Harry's Law, Jessica Pare - Mad Men, Emmy Rossum - Shameless, Katey Segal - Sons of Anarchy)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "She Did")
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "The Tuxedo Begins")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "Tears")
  • Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "The Debate")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "The Unbrave One")
    (Honourable Mentions: Laura Dern - Enlightened, Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie, Laura Linney - The Big C, Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Connie Britton - American Horror Story
  • Romola Garai - The Hour
  • Nicole Kidman - Hemingway & Gellhorn
  • Julianne Moore - Game Change
  • Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult
    (Honourable Mentions: Patricia Clarkson - Five, Ashley Judd - Missing, Melissa Leo - The Space Between, Emma Thompson - The Song of Lunch, Rachel Weisz - Page Eight)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

  • Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Blackwater")
  • Giancarlo Esposito - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Hermanos")
  • John Goodman - Damages (Episode: "There's Only One Way to Try a Case")
  • Jared Harris - Mad Men (Episode: "Commissions and Fees")
  • John Noble - Fringe (Episode: "Worlds Apart")
  • Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad (Episode: "End Times")
    (Honourable Mentions: Jim Carter - Downton Abbey, Mandy Patinkin - Homeland, Michael Pitt - Boardwalk Empire, Dax Shepard - Parenthood)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Disneyland")
  • Adam Driver - Girls (Episode: "She Did")
  • Max Greenfield - New Girl (Episode: "Control")
  • Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Katy Perry")
  • Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammys")
  • Ed O'Neill - Modern Family (Episode: "Baby on Board")
    (Honourable Mentions: Chris Colfer - Glee, Chris Pratt - Parks and Recreation, Danny Pudi - Community, Damon Wayans Jr. - Happy Endings)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Tom Berenger - Hatfields & McCoys
  • Martin Freeman - Sherlock
  • Ed Harris - Game Change
  • Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story
  • David Straitharn - Hemingway & Gellhorn
    (Honourable Mentions: Powers Boothe - Hatfields McCoys, Ralph Fiennes - Page Eight, Peter MacNicol - Game Change, Evan Peters - American Horror Story, Andrew Scott - Sherlock)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (Episode: "Alienation of Affection")
  • Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Cornered")
  • Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
  • Regina King - Southland (Episode: "Identity")
  • Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "To the Lost")
  • Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode One")
    (Honourable Mentions: Morena Baccarin - Homeland, Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey, Lena Headey - Game of Thrones, Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Shiny Trinket Manuever")
  • Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "Go Bullfrogs!")
  • Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Finishing the Hat")
  • Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (Episode: "Murphy Brown Lied to Us")
  • Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "No Kimono Zone")
  • Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Mick Jagger")
    (Honourable Mentions: Anna Chlumsky - Veep, Zosia Mamet - Girls, Naya Riviera - Glee, Maya Rudolph - Up All Night)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Gillian Anderson - Great Expectations
  • Frances Conroy - American Horror Story
  • Jessica Lange - American Horror Story
  • Sarah Paulson - Game Change
  • Mare Winningham - Hatfields & McCoys
    (Honourable Mentions: Judy Davis - Page Eight, Rosario Dawson - Five, Jenifer Lewis - Five, Lara Pulver - Sherlock, Lily Rabe - American Horror Story)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

  • Jeremy Davies - Justified (Episode: "Coalition")
  • Ben Feldman - Mad Men (Episode: "Dark Shadows")
  • Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (Episode: "Parenting Made Easy")
  • Mark Margolis - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Face Off")
  • Alfred Molina - Harry's Law (Episode: "Sins of the Father")
  • Matthew Perry - The Good Wife (Episode: "Pants on Fire")
    (Honourable Mentions: Andre Braugher - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Michael Gambon - Luck, Chris Messina - Damages, Jason Ritter - Parenthood)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

  • Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Idiots Are People Three!")
  • Wayne Brady - American Dad! (Episode: "Ricky Spanish")
  • Bobby Cannavale - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Disneyland Sucks")
  • Michael J. Fox - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "Larry vs. Michael J. Fox")
  • John Goodman - Community (Episode: "Introduction to Finality")
  • Paul Rudd - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "The Debate")
    (Honourable Mentions: Matt Bomer - Glee, Jon Hamm - 30 Rock, Greg Kinnear - Modern Family, Doug Stanhope - Louie)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "Can I Have a Mother?")
  • Loretta DeVine - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "If Only You Were Lonely")
  • Louise Fletcher - Shameless (Episode: "Can I Have a Mother?")
  • Lucy Liu - Southland (Episode: "Fallout")
  • Julia Ormond - Mad Men (Episode: "The Phantom")
  • Uma Thurman - Smash (Episode: "Tech")
    (Honourable Mentions: Martha Plimpton - The Good Wife, Anika Noni Rose - The Good Wife, Chloë Sevigny - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Jean Smart - Harry's Law)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Patricia Clarkson - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Ron and Tammys")
  • Lady Gaga - The Simpsons (Episode: "Lisa Goes Gaga")
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar - American Dad! (Episode: "Virtual In-Stanity")
  • Whoopi Goldberg - Glee (Episode: "Choke")
  • Dot-Marie Jones - Glee (Episode: "Props")
  • Chloë Moretz - 30 Rock (Episode: "Standards and Practices")
    (Honourable Mentions: Elizabeth Banks - 30 Rock, Ellen Barkin - Modern Family, Kathy Bates - Two and a Half Men, Cynthia Nixon - The Big C)

Best Directing - Drama

  • Michael Cuesta - Homeland (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Face Off")
  • Neil Marshall - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Blackwater")
  • Brian Percival - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Seven")
  • Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "To the Lost")
  • Gus Van Sant - Boss (Episode: "Listen")
    (Honourable Mentions: Phil Abraham - Mad Men, Michelle MacLaren - Breaking Bad, Matthew Weiner - Mad Men, Scott Winant - Breaking Bad)

Best Directing - Comedy

  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Duckling")
  • Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "She Did")
  • Jake Kasdan - New Girl (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (Episode: "Live from Studio 6H")
  • Shawn Murray - American Dad! (Episode: "Virtual In-Stanity")
  • Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "Palestinian Chicken")
    (Honourable Mentions: Alec Berg - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Joe Daniello - American Dad!, Steven Levitan - Modern Family, Jeffrey Melman - Community)

Best Directing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Philip Kaufman - Hemingway & Gellhorn
  • Paul McGuigan - Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
  • Sam Miller - Luther
  • Kevin Reynolds - Hatfields & McCoys
  • Jay Roach - Game Change
    (Honourable Mentions: Jennifer Aniston - Five, Brian Birk - Great Expectations, Bradley Buecker - American Horror Story, Patty Jenkins - Five, Jamie Payne - The Hour)

Best Writing - Drama

  • VJ Boyd - Justified (Episode: "Decoy")
  • Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Far Away Places")
  • Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "The Other Woman")
  • Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Seven")
  • Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff - Homeland (Episode: "Pilot")
  • George R.R. Martin - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Blackwater")
    (Honourable Mentions: Courtney Kemp Agboh, Robert King & Michelle King - The Good Wife, Andre & Maria Jacquemetton - Mad Men, George Mastras & Sam Catlin - Breaking Bad, Meredith Stiehm - Homeland)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Dave & John Chernin - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Episode: "The Gang Goes to Jersey Shore")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Pregnant")
  • Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Chris McKenna - Community (Episode: "Remedial Chaos Theory")
  • Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "The Debate")
  • Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz - American Dad! (Episode: "The Unbrave One")
    (Honourable Mentions: Jordan Blum & Parker Deay - American Dad!, Jack Burditt & Tina Fey - 30 Rock, Abraham Higginbotham & Dan O'Shannon - Modern Family, Michael Schur - Parks and Recreation)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Neil Cross - Luther
  • Bill Kirby, Ted Mann & Ronald Parker - Hatfields & McCoys
  • Steven Moffatt - Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
  • Abi Morgan - The Hour
  • Danny Strong - Game Change

Best Casting - Drama

  • Boardwalk Empire (Meredith Tucker)
  • Downton Abbey (Jill Trevellick)
  • Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
  • Homeland (Junie Lowry-Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Judy Henderson, Craig Fincannon & Lisa Mae Fincannon)
  • Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
    (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Fringe, The Good Wife, Justified, Southland)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
  • Girls (Jennifer Euston)
  • Modern Family (Jeff Greenberg)
  • New Girl (Seth Yanklewitz, Juel Bestrop, Anya Coloff & Michael Nicolo)
  • Nurse Jackie (Julie Tucker & Ross Meyerson)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Big C, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Glee, Parks and Recreation, Veep)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story (Robert Ulrich & Eric Dawson)
  • Five (Randi Hiller & Tamara-Lee Notcutt)
  • Game Change (David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran & Kathleen Chopin)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Fern Champion & Amy Hubbard)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Kate Rhodes James)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "21")
  • Breaking Bad - Michael Slovis (Episode: "Face Off")
  • Game of Thrones - Sam McCurdy (Episode: "Blackwater")
  • Homeland - Nelson Cragg (Episode: "Marine One")
  • Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "The Phantom")
    (Honourable Mentions: Boss - Kasper Tuxen, Downton Abbey - Gavin Struthers, Glee - Michael Goi, Pan Am - John Lindley, The Walking Dead - Rohn Schmidt)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Game Change (Jim Denault)
  • Great Expectations (Florian Hoffmeister)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Arthur Reinhart)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (Rogier Stoffers)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Fabian Wagner)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "21")
  • The Borgias - Gabriella Pescucci (Episode: "The Confession")
  • Downton Abbey - Susannah Buxton (Episode: "Episode 1")
  • Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "Garden of Bones")
  • Once Upon a Time - Eduardo Castro (Episode: "Hat Trick")
    (Honourable Mentions: Glee, Mad Men, Pan Am, Smash, Sons of Anarchy)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story (Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko)
  • Great Expectations (Annie Symons)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Karri Hutchinson)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (Ruth Myers)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Sarah Arthur)
    (Honourable Mentions: Game Change, The Hour, Luther, Page Eight, Treasure Island)

Best Editing - Series

  • 30 Rock - Meg Reticker (Episode: "Leap Day")
  • Breaking Bad - Skip MacDonald (Episode: "Face Off")
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm - Steven Rasch (Episode: "Palestinian Chicken")
  • Homeland - Jordan Goldman & David Tatham (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Mad Men - Chris Gay (Episode: "Far Away Places")
    (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad - Kelley Dixon, Game of Thrones - Oral Ottey, Louie - Louis C.K., Southland - Russell Denove)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story (Fabienne Bouville)
  • Game Change (Lucia Zucchetti)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Don Cassidy)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (Walter Murch)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Charlie Phillips)

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • Boardwalk Empire (Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Michael Stuhlbarg, Vincent Piazza, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jack Huston & Dabney Coleman, et. al.)
  • Downton Abbey (Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Elizabeth McGovern, Dan Stevens & Maggie Smith, et. al.)
  • Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Charles Dance, Richard Madden, Sophie Turner & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
  • Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Ben Feldman, Robert Morse & John Slattery, et. al.)
  • Parenthood (Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen, Sam Jaeger, Mae Whitman, Bonnie Bedelia & Craig T. Nelson, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Fringe, The Good Wife, Justified, Southland)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

  • American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
  • The Big Bang Theory (Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik & Melissa Rauch, et. al.)
  • Community (Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Danny Pudi, Jim Rash & Chevy Chase, et. al.)
  • Girls (Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet & Adam Driver, et. al.)
  • Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Rob Lowe, Adam Scott, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Jim O'Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt & Retta, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock, Glee, Happy Endings, Saturday Night Live, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story (Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Denis O'Hare, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy, Matt Ross & Jessica Lange, et. al.)
  • Five (Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonesca, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tony Shalhoub, Jenifer Lewis, Kathy Najimy, Alan Ruck & Bob Newhart, et. al.)
  • Game Change (Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris, Ron Livingston, Peter MacNicol, Jamey Sheridan, Bruce Altman, Colby French, Spencer Garrett & Sarah Paulson, et. al.)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger, Mare Winningham, Jena Malone, Boyd Holbrook, Matt Barr, Andrew Howard, Noel Fisher & Powers Boothe, et. al.)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Una Stubbs, Mark Gatiss, Louise Brealey, Andrew Scott, Jonathan Aris, Russell Tovey & Lara Pulver, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Great Expectations, Hemingway & Gellhorn, The Hour, Page Eight, Torchwood: Miracle Day)

Best Main Title Design

  • American Horror Story (Kyle Cooper, Juan Ruiz Anchía, Gabriel Diaz & Ryan Murphy)
  • Great Expectations (Nic Benns, Rodi Kaya & Tom Bromwich)
  • Luck (Justine Gerenstein & Ahmet Ahmet, et. al.)
  • Magic City (Ahmet Ahmet, Michelle Dougherty, Kathy Kelehan & Danielle White)
  • New Girl (Conn Reilly, Veva Burns & John Priday)
    (Honourable Mentions: Boss, Hell on Wheels, Homeland, Once Upon a Time, Veep)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • American Horror Story (Cesar Davila-Irizarry & Charlie Clouser)
  • Great Expectations (Martin Phipps)
  • Homeland (Sean Callery)
  • New Girl (Michael Andrews, Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Meriwether, Dave Finkel & Brett Baer)
  • Touch (Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Boss, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Hell on Wheels, Luck, Page Eight)

Best Makeup - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Michele Paris, Steven Lawrence & Michael Marino (Episode: "Georgia Peaches")
  • Game of Thrones - Paul Engelen, Conor O'Sullivan & Melissa Lackersteen (Episode: "Valar Morghulis")
  • Glee - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Jennifer Greenberg & Mike Mekash (Episode: "Yes/No")
  • Mad Men - Lana Grossman, Ron Pipes & Ken Niederbaumer (Episode: "Christmas Waltz")
  • The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "What Lies Behind")
    (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, Grimm, The Middle, Once Upon a Time, True Blood)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Silvina Knight)
  • Game Change (Sandra Linn Koepper & Ngozi Olandu Young)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Mario Michisanti & Francesca Tampieri)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (Gretchen Davis, Kyra Panchenko & Jamie Kelman)
  • Treasure Island (Dominique Borrel & Nadia Macari)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • 30 Rock - Jeff Richmond (Episode: "The Tuxedo Begins")
  • American Dad! - Asa Taccone (Episode: "Hot Water")
  • Downton Abbey - John Lunn (Episode: "Episode Six")
  • Mad Men - David Carbonara (Episode: "The Other Woman")
  • Smash - Christian Bacon & Marc Shaiman (Episode: "Publicity")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Borgias - Trevor Morris, Homeland - Sean Callery, Pan Am - Blake Neely, True Blood - Nathan Barr, The Walking Dead - Bear McCreary)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Game Change (Theodore Shapiro)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (John Debney & Tony Morales)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (Javier Navarrete)
  • Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (Michael Giacchino)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (David Arnold & Michael Price)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story - James Levine, Appropriate Adult - Dan Jones, The Hour - Daniel Giorgetti, Missing - Robert Duncan & Kim Planert, Page Eight - Paul Englishby)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • 65th Tony Awards - "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore" (Adam Schlesinger & David Javerbaum)
  • American Dad! - "Hot Tub of Love" (Asa Taccone)
  • Raising Hope - "Welcome Back to Hope" (Matthew W. Thompson)
  • Saturday Night Live - "I Can't Believe I'm Hosting" (Eli Brueggemann, Seth Meyers & John Mulaney)
  • Smash - "Let Me Be Your Star" (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman)

Best Production Design - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Bill Groom & Carol Silverman (Episode: "To the Lost")
  • Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Judy Farr (Episode: "Episode Four")
  • Game of Thrones - Gemma Jackson & Tina Jones (Episode: "Valar Morghulis")
  • Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "At the Codfish Ball")
  • Once Upon a Time - Mark Worthington & Mark Lane (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock, The Borgias, Hell on Wheels, Justified, Scandal)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story (Mark Worthington & Ellen Brill)
  • Great Expectations (David Roger & Jo Kornstein)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Derek R. Hill & Sally Black)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (Geoffrey Kirkland & Jim Erickson)
  • Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (Arwel Jones & Joelle Rumbelow)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

  • Adventure Time - "Fionna and Cake" [Cartoon Network] (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Larry Leichliter, director; Adam Muto & Rebecca Sugar, writers)
  • Phineas and Ferb - "The Doonkleberry Imperative" [Disney Channel] (Dan Povenmire & Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, executive producers; Jay Lender, director; Bernie Petterson & Mike Diederich, writers)
  • Regular Show - "Eggscellent" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez, animation director; Matt Price, Jack Thomas & John Infantino, writers)
  • Robot Chicken - "Fight Club Paradise" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green & Matthew Senreich, executive producers/writers; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Chris McKay, director; Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, head writers; Jordan Allen-Dutton, Matthew Beans, Mike Fasolo, Zeb Wells & Erik Wiener, writers) 
  • SpongeBob Squarepants - "Drive Thru" [Nickelodeon] (Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, executive producers; Tom Yasumi, director; Aaron Springer & Dani Michaeli, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • Breaking Bad - Nick Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "Face Off")
  • Fringe - Thomas A. Harris, Alexander Gruzdev & Rick Norman (Episode: "Letters of Transit")
  • Game of Thrones - Peter Brown, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "Blackwater")
  • Homeland - Craig Dellinger, Alan Decker & Nello Torri (Episode: "Marine One")
  • The Walking Dead - Jerry Ross, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers (Episode: "Beside the Dying Fire")
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, CSI: Miami, Covert Affairs, Downton Abbey, Person of Interest)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
  • Game Change (Paul Timothy Carden, Thomas O'Neil Younkman, Gabriel J. Serrano & Leslie Shatz)
  • Hatfields & McCoys (John Laing, Christian T. Cooke & Brad Zoern)
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (Douglas Murray, Lora Hirschberg & Pete Horner)
  • The River (Paula Fairfield, Dan Hiland & Gary D. Rogers)

Best Visual Effects

  • Boardwalk Empire - David Taritero, Robert Stromberg, Eran Dinur & Richard Friedlander (Episode: "Georgia Peaches")
  • Falling Skies - Andrew Orloff, Roberto Biagi, Curt Miller & Sean Tompkins (Episode: "Live and Learn/The Armory")
  • Fringe - Robert Habros, Jay Worth, Elizabeth Alvarez & John J. Renzulli (Episode: "Letters of Transit")
  • Game of Thrones - Rainer Gombos, Stefen Fangmeier, Juri Stanossek & Steve Kullback (Episode: "Valar Morghulis")
  • Touch - Mark Spatny, Tony Pirzadeh, Diego Galtieri & Christopher D. Martin (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story, Once Upon a Time, Terra Nova, True Blood, The Walking Dead)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Nancy Cartwright - The Simpsons for voicing Bart Simpson (and others) in "Beware My Cheating Bart"
  • Bryan Cranston - Archer for voicing Tony Drake in "Space Race"
  • Cee-Lo Green - American Dad! for voicing The Hot Tub in "Hot Water"
  • Brenda Strong - Desperate Housewives for voicing Mary Alice Young in "Finishing the Hat"
  • Kristen Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show for voicing Lola Bunny in "Double Date"
    (Honourable Mentions: Cate Blanchett - Family Guy, Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons, Jeremy Irons - The Simpsons, Tom Kenny - Adventure Time, Maurice LaMarche - Futurama)

Monday, June 30, 2025

2012 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • Argo (George Clooney, Ben Affleck & Grant Heslov)
  • Les Misérables (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward & Cameron Mackintosh)
  • Lincoln (Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson)
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich & Russell Smith)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Avengers, Django Unchained, The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Director

  • Ben Affleck - Argo
  • Wes Anderson - Moonrise Kingdom
  • Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
  • David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
  • Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
    (Honourable Mentions: Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master, Tom Hooper - Les Misérables, Ang Lee - Life of Pi, Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained, Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Lead Actor

  • Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
  • Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
  • Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
  • Denzel Washington - Flight
    (Honourable Mentions: Jack Black - Bernie, Richard Gere - Arbitrage, John Hawkes - The Sessions, Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Bill Murray - Hyde Park on the Hudson)

Best Lead Actress

  • Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
  • Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
  • Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
  • Naomi Watts - The Impossible
    (Honourable Mentions: Judi Dench - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Keira Knightley - Anna Karenina, Helen Mirren - Hitchcock, Meryl Streep - Hope Springs, Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
  • Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
  • Ezra Miller - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Bruce Willis - Moonrise Kingdom
    (Honourable Mentions: Alan Arkin - Argo, Javier Bardem - Skyfall, Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook, Dwight Henry - Beasts of the Southern Wild, Matthew McConaughey - Magic Mike)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Adams - The Master
  • Sally Field - Lincoln
  • Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
  • Helen Hunt - The Sessions
  • Emma Watson - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    (Honourable Mentions: Samantha Barks - Les Misérables, Judi Dench - Skyfall, Ann Dowd - Compliance, Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises, Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
  • Flight (John Gatins)
  • The Intouchables (Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano)
  • The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola)
    (Honourable Mentions: Amour, Brave, The Cabin in the Woods, Wreck-it Ralph, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Argo (Chris Terrio; based on the memoir "The Master of Disguise" by Tony Mendez and the article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (Lucy Aliban & Benh Zeitlin; based on the play "Juicy and Delicious" by Lucy Aliban)
  • Lincoln (Tony Kushner; based on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin)
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky; based on the novel by Stephen Chbosky)
  • Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell; based on the novel by Matthew Quick)
    (Honourable Mentions: 21 Jump Street, The Avengers, Life of Pi, The Sessions, Skyfall)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • The Avengers [Sarah Finn & Randi Hiller] (Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgard & Samuel L. Jackson, et. al.)
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [Michelle Guish & Seher Latif] (Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Winton, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie, Tina Desai & Dev Patel, et. al.)
  • Les Misérables [Nina Gold] (Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Daniel Huttlestone, Samantha Barks, Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter, et. al.)
  • Moonrise Kingdom [Douglas Aibel] (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban, Jason Schwartzman & Harvey Keitel, et. al.)
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower [Venus Kanini & Mary Vernieu] (Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, Mae Whitman, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Johnny Simmons, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott & Joan Cusack, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Argo, Django Unchained, Lincoln, Seven Psychopaths, Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

  • Jared Gilman - Moonrise Kingdom
  • Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
  • Tom Holland - The Impossible
  • Chloë Moretz - Dark Shadows
  • Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
    (Honourable Mentions: CJ Adams - The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Elle Fanning - Ginger & Rosa, Zachary Gordon - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Daniel Huttlestone - Les Misérables, Suraj Sharma - Life of Pi)

Best Foreign Language Film [TIE]

  • Amour [Austria] (Michael Haneke)
  • The Intouchables [France] (Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano)
  • Kon-Tiki [Norway] (Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg)
  • A Royal Affair [Denmark] (Nikolaj Arcel)
  • War Witch [Canada] (Kim Nguyen)
    (Honourable Mentions: Holy Motors, The Kid with a Bike, No, Rust and Bone, This is Not a Film)

Best Documentary Feature

  • Bully (Lee Hirsch & Cynthia Lowen)
  • The Imposter (Bart Layton & Dimitri Doganis)
  • The Queen of Versailles (Lauren Greenfield & Danielle Renfrew Behrens)
  • Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul & Simon Chinn)
  • West of Memphis (Amy Berg, Damien Echols, Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Central Park Five, Chasing Ice, How to Survive a Plague, The Invisible War, Jiro Dreams of Sushi)

Best Original Score

  • Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Brave (Patrick Doyle)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer)
  • Lincoln (John Williams)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (Alexandre Desplat)
    (Honourable Mentions: Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli, Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin, Life of Pi - Mychael Danna, The Master - Jonny Greenwood, Skyfall - Thomas Newman)

Best Original Song

  • "Into the Open Air" - Brave (Alex Mandel)
  • "Safe and Sound" - The Hunger Games (Taylor Swift, T-Bone Burnett, John Paul White & Joy Williams)
  • "Skyfall" - Skyfall (Adele & Paul Epworth)
  • "Suddenly" - Les Misérables (Claude-Michael Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer)
  • "When Can I See You Again?" - Wreck-it Ralph (Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen & Brian Lee)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ancora Qui" - Django Unchained, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" - Ted, "For You" - Act of Valor, "Still Alive" - Paul Williams Still Alive, "Touch the Sky" - Brave)

Best Sound Editing

  • The Avengers (Christopher Boyes & Frank Eulner)
  • Brave (Gary Rydstrom & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (Richard King)
  • Django Unchained (Wylie Stateman)
  • Skyfall (Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg)
    (Honourable Mentions: Argo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Life of Pi, Prometheus, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Sound Mixing

  • The Dark Knight Rises (Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker & Ed Novick)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges & Michael Semanick)
  • Les Misérables (Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson & Simon Hayes)
  • Life of Pi (Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill & Drew Kunin)
  • Skyfall (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell & Stuart Wilson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Argo, The Avengers, Cloud Atlas, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Animated Feature

  • Brave (Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman & Katherine Sarafian)
  • Frankenweenie (Tim Burton & Allison Abbate)
  • ParaNorman (Chris Butler, Sam Fell, Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner)
  • Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey, Christina Steinberg & Nancy Bernstein)
  • Wreck-it Ralph (Rich Moore & Clark Spencer)
    (Honourable Mentions: From Up on Poppy Hill, Hotel Transylvania, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Rabbi's Cat)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Jude Law - Rise of the Guardians for voicing Pitch Black
  • Kelly Macdonald - Brave for voicing Princess Merida
  • Frances McDormand - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted for voicing Chantal DuBois
  • John C. Reilly - Wreck-it Ralph for voicing Wreck-it Ralph
  • Adam Sandler - Hotel Transylvania for voicing Dracula
    (Honourable Mentions: Peter Dinklage - Ice Age: Continental Drift, Seth MacFarlane - Ted, Catherine O'Hara - Frankenweenie, Imelda Staunton - The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Alan Tudyk - Wreck-it Ralph)

Best Cinematography

  • The Dark Knight Rises (Wally Pfister)
  • Django Unchained (Robert Richardson)
  • Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)
  • Lincoln (Janusz Kamiński)
  • Skyfall (Roger Deakins)
    (Honourable Mentions: Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey, Beasts of the Southern Wild - Ben Richardson, Les Misérables - Danny Cohen, The Master - Mihai Mălaimare Jr., Moonrise Kingdom - Robert Yeoman)

Best Film Editing

  • Argo (William Goldenberg)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (Lee Smith)
  • Lincoln (Michael Kahn)
  • Silver Linings Playbook (Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers)
  • Zero Dark Thirty (William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor)
    (Honourable Mentions: Django Unchained - Fred Raskin, Les Misérables - Chris Dickens & Melanie Oliver, Life of Pi - Tim Squyres, The Master - Leslie Jones & Peter McNulty, Skyfall - Stuart Baird)

Best Production Design

  • Brave (Steve Pilcher)
  • Django Unchained (J. Michael Riva & Michael A. Pope)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright)
  • Les Misérables (Eve Stewart & Anna Lynch-Robinson)
  • Lincoln (Rick Carter & Jim Erickson)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran)
    (Honourable Mentions: Anna Karenina, Argo, Cloud Atlas, The Master, Skyfall)

Best Costume Design

  • Anna Karenina (Jacqueline Durran)
  • Les Misérables (Paco Delgado)
  • Lincoln (Joanna Johnston)
  • Mirror Mirror (Eiko Ishioka)
  • Snow White and the Huntsman (Colleen Atwood)
    (Honourable Mentions: Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Moonrise Kingdom, A Royal Affair)

Best Makeup

  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter "Swords" King, Richard Taylor & Tami Lane)
  • Les Misérables (Lisa Westcott & Julie Dartnell)
  • Lincoln (Lois Burwell & Kay Georgiou)
    (Honourable Mentions: Hitchcock, The Impossible, Looper, Men in Black III, Snow White and the Huntsman)

Best Visual Effects

  • The Avengers (Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams & Dan Sudick)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton & R. Christopher White)
  • Life of Pi (Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer & Donald R. Elliott)
  • Prometheus (Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley & Martin Hill)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Amazing Spider-Man, Cloud Atlas, John Carter, Skyfall, Snow White and the Huntsman)

2025 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

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