Saturday, July 5, 2025

2013 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Breaking Bad [AMC] (Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson & Michelle MacLaren)
  • Downton Abbey [PBS] (Julian Fellowes & Gareth Naeme)
  • Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger & Bernadette Caulfield)
  • Homeland [Showtime] (Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Michael Cuesta, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir, Ran Tellem, Meredith Stiehm, Chip Johannessen, Alexander Cary & Henry Bromell)
  • House of Cards [Netflix] (David Fincher, Joshua Donen, Eric Roth, Beau Willimon, John Melfi, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies & Michael Dobbs)
  • Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton & Janet Leahy)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, The Good Wife, Hannibal, The Newsroom)

Best Television Series - Comedy

  • 30 Rock [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, David Miner, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond & Jack Burditt)
  • Arrested Development [Netflix] (Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely & Troy Miller)
  • The Big Bang Theory [CBS] (Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Steven Molaro)
  • Girls [HBO] (Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow & Jenni Konner)
  • Louie [FX] (Louis C.K., M. Blair Breard & Dave Becky)
  • New Girl [FOX] (Elizabeth Meriwether, Peter Chernin & Katherine Pope)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Veep)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto & Tim Minear, executive producers; Alexis Martin Woodall & Chip Vucelich, producers)
  • Behind the Candelabra [HBO] (Jerry Weintraub, executive producers; Susan Ekins, Gregory Jacobs & Michael Polaire, producers)
  • Parade's End [HBO] (Tom Stoppard, Michele Buck, Ben Donald, Judith Louis, Damien Timmer, Laurens Geels & Simon Vaughan, executive producers; David Parfitt & Selwyn Roberts, producers)
  • Phil Spector [HBO] (Barry Levinson & David Mamet, executive producers; Michael Hausman, producer)
  • Top of the Lake [Sundance] (Emile Sherman, Iain Canning & Jane Campion, executive producers; Philippa Campbell, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, The Bible, The Big C: Hereafter, The Hour, Political Animals)

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)
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson [CBS] (Billy Kimball & Peter Lassally)
  • Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Jonathan Krisel & Andrew Singer)
  • Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
    (Honourable Mentions: Chelsea Lately, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Soup)

Best Variety Special

  • 66th Tony Awards [CBS] (Ricky Kirshner & Glenn Weiss, executive producers; Neil Patrick Harris, producer)
  • 70th Golden Globe Awards [NBC] (Barry Adelman, Orly Adelson & Allen Shapiro)
  • The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Michael Stevens, producer)
  • Louis C.K.: Oh My God! [HBO] (Louis C.K., Dave Becky, M. Blair Breard & Mike Berkowitz, executive producers)
  • Mel Brooks Strikes Back! With Mel Brooks and Alan Yentob [HBO] (Mel Brooks, executive producer; Steve Haberman & Rudy De Luca, producers)

Best Reality Series

  • Antiques Roadshow (Marsha Bemko)
  • Deadliest Catch (Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy & David Pritikin)
  • Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (Frank Matson, Kat Higgins & Tim McOsker)
  • MythBusters (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Cameo Wallace)
  • Shark Tank (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill & Phil Gurin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Duck Dynasty, Push Girls, Undercover Boss, Who Do You Think You Are?)

Best Reality-Competition Series

  • The Amazing Race (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
  • America's Got Talent (Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Ken Warwick, Jason Raff & Georgie Hurford-Jones)
  • So You Think You Can Dance? (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman & Nigel Lythgoe)
  • Top Chef (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Andrew Cohen, Dave Serwatka & Tom Colicchio)
  • The Voice (John de Mol Jr., Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers & Lee Metzger)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Idol, Chopped, Dancing with the Stars, The Glee Project, Survivor)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
  • Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
  • Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
  • Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers
    (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Bourdain - The Taste, RuPaul Charles - RuPaul's Drag Race, Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "Lost in Space" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz, executive producers; Chris Bennett, director; Mike Barker, executive producer/writer)
  • Bob's Burgers - "Ear-sy Rider" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive, executive producers; Anthony Chun, director; Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi, writers)
  • Futurama - "The Bots and the Bees" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening, David X. Cohen & Ken Keeler, executive producers; Stephen Sandoval, director; Eric Horsted, writer)
  • Gravity Falls - "Tourist Trapped" [Disney XD] (Alex Hirsch, executive producer/writer; John Aoshima, director)
  • The Simpsons - "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" [FOX] (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham & John Frink, executive producers; Matthew Faughnan, director; Matt Selman, executive producer/writer)
  • South Park - "Raising the Bar" [Comedy Central] (Trey Parker, executive producer/director/writer; Matt Stone & Anne Garefino, executive producers)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Say My Name")
  • Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom (Episode: "We Just Decided To")
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "In Care Of")
  • Damian Lewis - Homeland (Episode: "Q&A")
  • Matthew Rhys - The Americans (Episode: "Duty and Honor")
  • Kevin Spacey - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 1")
    (Honourable Mentions: Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire, Hugh Dancy - Hannibal, Andrew Lincoln - The Walking Dead, Timothy Olyphant - Justified)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "My Whole Life is Thunder")
  • Jason Bateman - Arrested Development (Episode: "Flight of the Phoenix")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Daddy's Girlfriend: Part 1")
  • Jake Johnson - New Girl (Episode: "Models")
  • Matt LeBlanc - Episodes (Episode: "Episode Two")
  • Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Hesitation Ramification")
    (Honourable Mentions: Don Cheadle - House of Lies, Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory, Joel McHale - Community, Adam Scott - Parks and Recreation)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Kenneth Branagh - Wallander: An Event in Autumn
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - Parade's End
  • Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra
  • Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra
  • Al Pacino - Phil Spector
    (Honourable Mentions: Toby Jones - The Girl, Rufus Sewell - Restless, Ben Whishaw - The Hour, Aden Young - Rectify)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Connie Britton - Nashville (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Claire Danes - Homeland (Episode: "Q&A")
  • Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Red Team, Blue Team")
  • Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "The Better Half")
  • Keri Russell - The Americans (Episode: "Covert War")
  • Robin Wright - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 10")
    (Honourable Mentions: Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey, Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel, Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black, Emmy Rossum - Shameless)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Cooler")
  • Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "Bad Friend")
  • Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Hogcock!/Last Lunch")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "Running")
  • Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Leslie and Ben")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Killer Vacation")
    (Honourable Mentions: Laura Dern - Enlightened, Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie, Sutton Foster - Bunheads, Martha Plimpton - Raising Hope)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Asylum
  • Laura Linney - The Big C: Hereafter
  • Helen Mirren - Phil Spector
  • Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake
  • Sigourney Weaver - Political Animals
    (Honourable Mentions: Angela Bassett - Betty & Coretta, Romola Garai - The Hour, Rebecca Hall - Parade's End, Sienna Miller - The Girl)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama [TIE]

  • Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Second Sons")
  • Noah Emmerich - The Americans (Episode: "Safe House")
  • John Noble - Fringe (Episode: "Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There")
  • Mandy Patinkin - Homeland (Episode: "The Choice")
  • Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Buyout")
  • Sam Waterston - The Newsroom (Episode: "The 112th Congress")
    (Honourable Mentions: Bobby Cannavale - Boardwalk Empire, Laurence Fishburne - Hannibal, Walton Goggins - Justified, Corey Stoll - House of Cards)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Will Arnett - Arrested Development (Episode: "Colony Collapse")
  • Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Heart Broken")
  • Max Greenfield - New Girl (Episode: "Marriage")
  • Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Seth MacFarlane")
  • Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Love Spell Potential")
  • Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Animal Control")
    (Honourable Mentions: David Cross - Arrested Development, Adam Driver - Girls, Tony Hale - Veep, Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Dan Aykroyd - Behind the Candelabra
  • James Cromwell - American Horror Story: Asylum
  • Peter Mullan - Top of the Lake
  • Zachary Quinto - American Horror Story: Asylum
  • James Woods - Mary and Martha
    (Honourable Mentions: Michael Gambon - Restless, Rob Lowe - Behind the Candelabra, Evan Peters - Behind the Candelabra, Sebastian Stan - Political Animals)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Morena Baccarin - Homeland (Episode: "State of Independence")
  • Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Fifty-One")
  • Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "A Tale of Two Cities")
  • Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (Episode: "Invitation to an Inquest")
  • Monica Potter - Parenthood (Episode: "Keep on Rowing")
  • Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode One")
    (Honourable Mentions: Christine Baranski - The Good Wife, Jennifer Carpenter - Dexter, Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones, Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Fish Guts Displacement")
  • Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "A Slight at the Opera")
  • Anna Chlumsky - Veep (Episode: "First Response")
  • Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (Episode: "Hogcock!/Last Lunch")
  • Jessica Walter - Arrested Development (Episode: "Queen B")
  • Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Teachable Moments")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kelly Bishop - Bunheads, Kaley Cuoco - The Big Bang Theory, Eden Sher - The Middle, Allison Williams - Girls)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Ellen Burstyn - Political Animals
  • Holly Hunter - Top of the Lake
  • Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Asylum
  • Lily Rabe - American Horror Story: Asylum
  • Gabourey Sidibe - The Big C: Hereafter
    (Honourable Mentions: Janet McTeer - Parade's End, Charlotte Rampling - Restless, Debbie Reynolds - Behind the Candelabra, Imelda Staunton - The Girl, Alfre Woodard - Steel Magnolias)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

  • Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (Episode: "Boom De Ya Da")
  • Rupert Friend - Homeland (Episode: "Q&A")
  • Harry Hamlin - Mad Men (Episode: "A Tale of Two Cities")
  • Nathan Lane - The Good Wife (Episode: "Anatomy of a Joke")
  • Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "For Immediate Release")
  • Jimmy Smits - Sons of Anarchy (Episode: "Authority Vested")
    (Honourable Mentions: Jim Beaver - Justified, Dan Bucatinsky - Scandal, Eddie Izzard - Hannibal, Ray Romano - Parenthood)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy [TIE]

  • Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Game Over")
  • Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Louis C.K.")
  • Charlie Day - American Dad! (Episode: "Adventures in Hayley-sitting")
  • Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Proton Resurgence")
  • Patrick Stewart - American Dad! (Episode: "Finger Lenting Good")
  • Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake")
    (Honourable Mentions: Nathan Lane - Modern Family, David Lynch - Louie, Patton Oswalt - Parks and Recreation, Patrick Wilson - Girls)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Linda Cardellini - Mad Men (Episode: "Man with a Plan")
  • Stockhard Channing - The Good Wife (Episode: "A Defense of Marriage")
  • Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "A Long Way from Home")
  • Jane Fonda - The Newsroom (Episode: "The 112th Congress")
  • Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Two")
  • Margo Martindale - The Americans (Episode: "The Colonel")
  • Carrie Preston - The Good Wife (Episode: "Je Ne Sais What?")
    (Honourable Mentions: Gillian Anderson - Hannibal, Alison Brie - Mad Men, Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Elizabeth Banks - Modern Family (Episode: "Best Man")
  • Michelle Monaghan - American Dad! (Episode: "Max Jets")
  • Parker Posey - Louie (Episode: "Daddy's Girlfriend: Part 2")
  • Molly Shannon - Enlightened (Episode: "The Ghost is Seen")
  • Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock (Episode: "My Whole Life is Thunder")
  • Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Kristen Wiig")
    (Honourable Mentions: Allison Janney - Veep, Regina King - The Big Bang Theory, Melissa Leo - Louie, Liza Minnelli - Arrested Development)

Best Directing - Drama

  • Phil Abraham - Mad Men (Episode: "The Better Half")
  • David Fincher - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 1")
  • Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland (Episode: "Q&A")
  • Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Fifty-One")
  • Greg Mottola - The Newsroom (Episode: "We Just Decided To")
  • Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Margate Sands")
    (Honourable Mentions: Michelle MacLaren - Breaking Bad, George Mastras - Breaking Bad, David Nutter - Game of Thrones, David Slade - Hannibal)

Best Directing - Comedy

  • Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Proton Resurgence")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "New Years' Eve")
  • Joe Daniello - American Dad! (Episode: "Finger Lenting Good")
  • Mitchell Hurwitz & Troy Miller - Arrested Development (Episode: "Flight of the Phoenix") 
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (Episode: "Hogcock!/Last Lunch")
  • Jesse Peretz - Girls (Episode: "It's a Shame About Ray")
    (Honourable Mentions: Rebecca Asher - Raising Hope, Lena Dunham - Girls, Steven Levitan - Modern Family, Anthony Rich - The Big Bang Theory)

Best Directing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Bradley Buecker - American Horror Story: Asylum
  • Jane Campion & Garth Davis - Top of the Lake
  • Michael Engler - The Big C: Hereafter
  • Steven Soderbergh - Behind the Candelabra
  • Susannah White - Parade's End
    (Honourable Mentions: Allison Anders - Ring of Fire, Greg Berlanti - Political Animals, Julian Jarrold - The Girl, David Mamet - Phil Spector, Jonas Pate - Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome)

Best Writing - Drama

  • David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Rains of Castamere")
  • Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Journey to the Highlands")
  • Aaron Sorkin - The Newsroom (Episode: "We Just Decided To")
  • Meredith Stiehm - Homeland (Episode: "Q&A")
  • Beau Willimon - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 1")
  • Carly Wray & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "In Care Of")
  • J.H. Wyman - Fringe (Episode: "An Enemy of Fate")
    (Honourable Mentions: Henry Bromell - Homeland, Joel Fields & Joe Wiesberg - The Americans, Robert King & Michelle King - The Good Wife)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield - 30 Rock (Episode: "Hogcock!/Last Lunch")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "New Years' Eve")
  • Greg Daniels - The Office (Episode: "Finale")
  • Lena Dunham & Sarah Heyward - Girls (Episode: "Bad Friend")
  • Elizabeth Meriwether - New Girl (Episode: "Virgins")
  • Matt Weitzman - American Dad! (Episode: "Da Flippity Flop")
    (Honourable Mentions: David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes, Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely - Arrested Development, Armando Iannucci - Veep, Michael Schur - Parks and Recreation)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Jane Campion & Gerard Lee - Top of the Lake
  • Richard LaGravenese - Behind the Candelabra
  • David Mamet - Phil Spector
  • Abi Morgan - The Hour
  • Tom Stoppard - Parade's End
    (Honourable Mentions: Greg Berlanti - Political Animals, Jenny Bicks & Darlene Hunt - The Big C: Hereafter, William Boyd - Restless, Brad Falchuk - American Horror Story: Asylum, Gwyneth Hughes - The Girl)

Best Casting - Drama

  • Downton Abbey (Jill Trevellick)
  • Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
  • The Good Wife (Mark Saks)
  • Homeland (Judy Henderson, Craig Fincannon & Lisa Mae Fincannon)
  • House of Cards (Laray Mayfield & Julie Schubert)
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, The Newsroom, Parenthood, Southland, The Walking Dead)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamara-Shroff, Katja Blichfeld & Jessica Daniels)
  • Girls (Jennifer Euston)
  • Modern Family (Jeff Greenberg)
  • New Girl (Michael V. Nicolo)
  • Veep (Allison Jones, Pat Moran & Meredith Tucker)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, Arrested Development, Community, Nurse Jackie, Parks and Recreation)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Robert Ulrich & Eric Dawson)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Carmen Cuba)
  • Parade's End (Karen Lindsay-Stewart)
  • Political Animals (David Rubin & Diane Heery)
  • Top of the Lake (Kirsty McGregor & Tina Cleary)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Bible, The Hour, Phil Spector, Restless, Steel Magnolias)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Bill Coleman (Episode: "Margate Sands")
  • Breaking Bad - Michael Slovis (Episode: "Gliding Over All")
  • Game of Thrones - Robert McLachlan (Episode: "Mhysa")
  • House of Cards - Eigil Bryld (Episode: "Chapter 1")
  • Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "The Doorway")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans - Richard Rutkowski, Bates Motel - John Bartley, Boardwalk Empire - Bill Coleman, Hannibal - James Hawkinson, Homeland - Nelson Cragg)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Michael Goi)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Peter Andrews)
  • The Girl (John Pardue)
  • Parade's End (Mike Eley)
  • Top of the Lake (Adam Arkapaw)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Lukas Ettlin, The Hour - David Luther, Phil Spector - Juan Ruiz Anchía, Political Animals - Michael Mayers, Restless - David Higgs)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "The Pony")
  • The Borgias - Gabriella Pescucci (Episode: "The Gunpowder Plot")
  • Downton Abbey - Caroline McCall (Episode: "Episode Four")
  • Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "Second Sons")
  • Once Upon a Time - Eduardo Castro (Episode: "Queen of Hearts")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Arrested Development, Glee, Mad Men, Vikings)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Lou Eyrich)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Ellen Mirojnick)
  • The Bible (Ros Little)
  • The Girl (Diana Cilliers)
  • Parade's End (Sheena Napier)
    (Honourable Mentions: Killing Lincoln, Phil Spector, Political Animals, Restless, Top of the Lake)

Best Editing - Series

  • 30 Rock - Ken Eluto & Meg Reticker (Episode: "Hogcock!/Last Lunch")
  • Breaking Bad - Kelley Dixon (Episode: "Gliding Over All")
  • Game of Thrones - Oral Ottey (Episode: "The Rains of Castamere")
  • House of Cards - Kirk Baxter (Episode: "Chapter 1")
  • Louie - Susan E. Morse (Episode: "Daddy's Girlfriend: Part 2")
    (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad - Skip MacDonald, Hannibal - Art Jones, Homeland - Joe Hobeck, The Office - David Rogers & Claire Scanlon, Southland - Kevin D. Ross)

Best Editing - Minsieries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Fabienne Bouville)
  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Stewart Schill)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Mary Ann Bernard)
  • Phil Spector (Barbara Tulliver)
  • Top of the Lake (Alexandre de Franceschi & Scott Gray)
    (Honourable Mentions: Coma - Scott Vickrey, The Girl - Andrew Hulme, Killing Lincoln - Steve Polivka, Parade's End - Jason Krasucki, Political Animals - Barbara Gerard)

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • Breaking Bad (Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Laura Fraser & Jesse Plemons, et. al.)
  • Downton Abbey (Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Allen Leach, Elizabeth McGovern, Rob James-Collier, Dan Stevens & Maggie Smith, et. al.)
  • Fringe (Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole & John Noble, et. al.)
  • Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Richard Madden, Iain Glen, Charles Dance, Stephen Dillane & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
  • Parenthood (Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen, Sam Jaeger, Max Burkholder, Mae Whitman, Craig T. Nelson & Ray Romano)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Mad Men, Southland)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

  • 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Keith Powell, Kevin Brown & John Lutz, et. al.)
  • The Big Bang Theory (Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch & Kevin Sussman, et. al.)
  • Girls (Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Alex Karpovsky & Adam Driver, et. al.)
  • New Girl (Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris & Hannah Simone, 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: American Dad!, Arrested Development, Community, Modern Family, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Zachary Quinto, Joseph Fiennes, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, James Cromwell, Lizzie Brocheré & Jessica Lange, et. al.)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula, Boyd Holbrook, Tom Papa, Nicky Katt, Paul Reiser & Debbie Reynolds, et. al.)
  • Parade's End (Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Miranda Richardson, Freddie Fox, Ned Dennehy, Janet McTeer, Alan Howard, Stephen Graham & Rupert Everett, et. al.)
  • Political Animals (Sigourney Weaver, Carla Gugino, James Wolk, Brittany Ishibashi, Sebastian Stan, Ciarán Hinds, Adrian Pasdar, Dylan Baker, Roger Bart & Ellen Burstyn, et. al.)
  • Top of the Lake (Elisabeth Moss, Peter Mullan, David Wenham, Tom Wright, Kip Chapman, Jacqueline Joe, Robyn Nevin, Calvin Tuteao & Holly Hunter, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Bible, The Girl, Phil Spector, Restless, Steel Magnolias)

Best Main Title Design

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Kyle Cooper, Ryan Murphy, Juan Ruiz Anchía & Kate Berry)
  • Da Vinci's Demons (Paul McDonnell, Hugo Moss, Nathan Mckenna & Tamsin McGee)
  • Elementary (Simon Clowes, Benji Bakshi, Kyle Cooper & Nate Park)
  • The Newsroom (Michael Riley, Denny Zimmerman, Cory Shaw & Justine Gerenstein)
  • Vikings (Rama Allen, Audrey Davis, Ryan McKenna & Westley Sarokin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Behind the Candelabra, Hannibal, House of Cards, Orphan Black, Top of the Lake)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • The Americans (Nathan Barr)
  • Da Vinci's Demons (Bear McCreary)
  • Gravity Falls (Brad Breeck)
  • House of Cards (Jeff Beal)
  • The Newsroom (Thomas Newman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Elementary, Hannibal, Hemlock Grove, Orphan Black, Top of the Lake)

Best Makeup - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Michele Paris, Steven Lawrence & Anette Lian-Williams (Episode: "Resolution")
  • Game of Thrones - Paul Engelen, Melissa Lackersteen & Martina Byrne (Episode: "Valar Doeharis")
  • Mad Men - Lana Grossman, Ron Pipes & Ken Niederbaumer (Episode: "The Doorway")
  • Once Upon a Time - Toby Lindala, Sarah Graham & Bev Wright (Episode: "The Evil Queen")
  • The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "This Sorrowful Life")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Borgias, Fringe, Glee, Grimm, Hannibal)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Silvina Knight)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Katie Biscoe, Deborah Lamia Denaver & Jamie Kelman)
  • Liz & Dick (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Myriam Arougheti)
  • Parade's End (Jan Archibald, Erika Ökvist & Paul McGuinness)
  • Phil Spector (Chris Bingham, Hildie Ginsburg & John Caglione Jr.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, The Bible, The Girl, Ring of Fire, Top of the Lake)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • American Dad! - Wax Fang (Episode: "Lost in Space")
  • Arrested Development - David Schwartz (Episode: "Fight of the Phoenix")
  • Downton Abbey - John Lunn (Episode: "Episode Six")
  • Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi (Episode: "Mhysa")
  • House of Cards - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Chapter 1")
  • Last Resort - Robert Duncan (Episode: "Captain")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Borgias - Trevor Morris, Homeland - Sean Callery, Justified - Steve Porcaro, The Walking Dead - Bear McCreary)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (James Levine)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Marvin Hamlisch)
  • Parade's End (Dirk Brossé)
  • Restless (Lorne Balfe)
  • Top of the Lake (Mark Bradshaw)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Girl - Philip Miller, Phil Spector - Marcelo Zavros, Political Animals - Blake Neely, Ring of Fire - Anton Sanko, World Without End - Mychael Danna)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • 30 Rock - "Rural Juror" (Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond & Tracey Wigfield)
  • Glee - "All or Nothing" (Adam Anders, Peer Åström & Shelly Peiken)
  • Nashville - "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" (Sarah Jane Buxton & Kate York)
  • The Neighbors - "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
  • Smash - "Hang the Moon" (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman)
    (Honourable Mentions: 66th Tony Awards - "If I Had Time", Raising Hope - "Rock the Torah", Saturday Night Live - "It's a Lovely Day", Smash - "I Hear Your Voice in a Dream", Smash - "Rewrite This Story")

Best Production Design - Series

  • American Dad! - Fredrick Kim, Tom Dankiewicz, Jon Fancher & Zeke Johnson (Episode: "Lost in Space")
  • Boardwalk Empire - Bill Groom & Carol Silverman (Episode: "Margate Sands")
  • Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Gina Cromwell (Episode: "Episode Seven")
  • Game of Thrones - Gemma Jackson & Rob Cameron (Episode: "Valar Doeharis")
  • Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "In Care Of")
    (Honourable Mentions: Bates Motel, The Borgias, The Newsroom, True Blood, Vikings)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Mark Worthington & Ellen Brill)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Howard Cummings & Barbara Munch)
  • The Girl (Darryl Hammer & Ashleigh Tobias)
  • Parade's End (Martin Childs & Barbara Herman-Skelding)
  • Phil Spector (Patrizia von Brandenstein & Diane Lederman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, The Bible, Restless, Top of the Lake, World Without End)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

  • Adventure Time - "Finn the Human" (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Larry Leichliter, supervising director; Tom Herpich & Jesse Moynihan, writers)
  • The Amazing World of Gumball - "The Meddler" (Benjamin Bocquelet, Michael Carrington & Daniel Lennard, executive producers; Mic Graves, director; Jon Foster & James Lamont, writers)
  • Mickey Mouse - "Croissant de Triomphe" (Paul Rudish, executive producer/director/writer)
  • Regular Show - "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese" (J.G. Quintel, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez, animation director; Mike Roth, Calvin Wong, Toby Jones, Matt Price, John Infantino & Michele Cavin, writers)
  • Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special" (Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, executive producers/writers; John Harvatine IV, Eric Towner, Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Zeb Wells, director/writer; Matthew Beans, Mike Fasolo & Mehar Sethi, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • American Dad! - Shawn Ian Kerkhoff & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Lost in Space")
  • Boardwalk Empire - Fred Rosenberg, Tom Fleischman & Frank Stettner (Episode: "The Milkmaid's Lot")
  • Breaking Bad - Nick Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "Dead Freight")
  • Game of Thrones - Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "And Now His Watch Has Ended")
  • Homeland - Craig Dellinger, Alan Decker & Nello Torri (Episode: "Beirut is Back")
    (Honourable Mentions: Fringe, Justified, Mad Men, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Asylum (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (Daniel Colman, Jack Levy & John W. Cook II)
  • Behind the Candelabra (Larry Blake & Thomas Vicari)
  • The Bible (Marc Lawes, Scott Jones, Dan Johnson & Nigel Squibbs)
  • Phil Spector (Michael Kirchberger, Michael Barry & Roy Waldspurger)
    (Honourable Mentions: Coma, Parade's End, Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden, Top of the Lake, World Without End)

Best Visual Effects

  • Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, David Takemura & Heather McAuliff
  • Falling Skies - Andrew Orloff, Curt Miller, Suzanne MacLennan & Leah Orsini (Episode: "Worlds Apart")
  • Fringe - Robert Habros, Jay Worth, Erin Perkins & Stephen W. Pugh (Episode: "An Enemy of Fate")
  • Game of Thrones - Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Steve Kullback & Adam Chazen (Episode: "Valar Doeharis")
  • Last Resort - David Altenau, Tim Jacobsen, Eric Frazier & Matt von Brock (Episode: "Captain")
    (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Asylum, Boardwalk Empire, Hannibal, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Dee Bradley Baker - American Dad! for voicing Klaus Heissler in "Da Flippity Flop"
  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Homer Goes to Prep School"
  • Seth Green - Robot Chicken for voicing various characters in "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special"
  • Kristen Schaal - Gravity Falls for voicing Mabel Pines in "Tourist Trapped"
  • Patrick Stewart - American Dad! for voicing Avery Bullock in "Finger Lenting Good"
  • Kristen Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show for voicing Lola Bunny in "The Black Widow"

2013 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = winner)

Best Picture

  • American Hustle (Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison & Jonathan Gordon)
  • Captain Phillips (Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti & Michael De Luca)
  • Her (Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze & Vincent Landay)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen & Anthony Katagas)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, Riz Aziz & Emma Tillinger Kosoff)
    (Honourable Mentions: Before Midnight, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks, Star Trek into Darkness)

Best Director

  • Joel & Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
  • Steve McQueen - Twelve Years a Slave
  • David O. Russell - American Hustle
  • Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street
    (Honourable Mentions: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity, Ron Howard - Rush, Spike Jonze - Her, Baz Luhrmann - The Great Gatsby, Richard Linklater - Before Midnight)

Best Lead Actor

  • Bruce Dern - Nebraska
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor - Twelve Years a Slave
  • Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers' Club
  • Robert Redford - All is Lost
    (Honourable Mentions: Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips, Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis, Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt, Joaquin Phoenix - Her, Forest Whitaker - Lee Daniels' The Butler)

Best Lead Actress

  • Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
  • Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
  • Judi Dench - Philomena
  • Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
  • Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
    (Honourable Mentions: Amy Adams - American Hustle, Adèle Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Color, Brie Larson - Short Term 12, Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Enough Said, Kate Winslet - Labor Day)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - Star Trek Into Darkness
  • Michael Fassbender - Twelve Years a Slave
  • Matthew McConaughey - Mud
  • Sam Rockwell - The Way, Way Back
    (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Brühl - Rush, Bradley Cooper - American Hustle, Harrison Ford - 42, James Gandolfini - Enough Said, Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers' Club)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Scarlett Johansson - Her
  • Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
  • Lupita Nyong'o - Twelve Years a Slave
  • Octavia Spencer - Fruitvale Station
  • Oprah Winfrey - Lee Daniels' The Butler
    (Honourable Mentions: Naomie Harris - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine, Léa Seydoux - Blue is the Warmest Color, June Squibb - Nebraska, Emily Watson - The Book Thief)

Best Original Screenplay

  • American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russell)
  • Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
  • Her (Spike Jonze)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen)
  • The Way, Way Back (Jim Rash & Nat Faxon)
    (Honourable Mentions: Enough Said, Frances Ha, Mud, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • August: Osage County (Tracy Letts; based on the play by Tracy Letts)
  • Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; based on the characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan)
  • Philomena (Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan; based on the book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" by Martin Sexsmith)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (John Ridley; based on the memoir by Solomon Northup)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter; based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort)
    (Honourable Mentions: Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now, The Wind Rises)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • American Hustle [Lindsay Graham & Mary Vernieu, casting directors] (Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Pena & Shea Whigham, et. al.)
  • August: Osage County [Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee, casting directors] (Meryl Streep, Sam Shepard, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Abigail Breslin, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch & Margo Martindale, et. al.)
  • Lee Daniels' The Butler [Leah Daniels-Butler & Billy Hopkins, casting directors] (Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Liev Schreiber, James Marsden & Alan Rickman, et. al.)
  • Prisoners [Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee, casting directors] (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Dylan Minnette & Paul Dano, et. al.)
  • The Way, Way Back [Allison Jones, casting director] (Liam James, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet, Robert Capron & Maya Rudolph, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks, Twelve Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Young Actor (21 or Under)

  • Adèle Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Color
  • Liam James - The Way, Way Back
  • Sophie Nélisse - The Book Thief
  • Tye Sheridan - Mud
  • Ty Simpkins - Iron Man 3
    (Honourable Mentions: Asa Butterfield - Ender's Game, Jacob Lofland - Mud, Chloë Moretz - Carrie, Saoirse Ronan - How I Live Now, Dylan Sprayberry - Man of Steel)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Blue is the Warmest Color [France] (Abdellatif Kechiche)
  • The Great Beauty [Italy] (Paolo Sorrentino)
  • The Hunt [Denmark] (Thomas Vinterburg)
  • The Past [Iran] (Asghar Farhadi)
  • The Wind Rises [Japan] (Hayao Miyazaki)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Act of Killing, The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Grandmaster, The Missing Picture, Wadjda)

Best Documentary Feature

  • 20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers)
  • The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer & Signe Byrge Sørensen)
  • The Armstrong Lie (Alex Gibney, Frank Marshall & Matt Tolmach)
  • Blackfish (Gabriela Cowperthwaite & Manuela V. Oteyza)
  • Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley & Anita Lee)
    (Honourable Mentions: 56 Up, Cutie and the Boxer, Muscle Shoals, The Square, Tim's Vermeer)

Best Original Score

  • Gravity (Steven Price)
  • Her (Arcade Fire)
  • Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer)
  • Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Hans Zimmer)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Book Thief - John Williams, Frozen - Christophe Beck, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - James Newton Howard, Philomena - Alexandre Desplat, Rush - Hans Zimmer)

Best Original Song [TIE]

  • "Atlas" - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin)
  • "Let it Go" - Frozen (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • "The Moon Song" - Her (Karen Orzolek & Spike Jonze)
  • "Please, Mr. Kennedy" - Inside Llewyn Davis (Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
  • "Young and Beautiful" - The Great Gatsby (Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Almost Here" - Oz: The Great and Powerful, "Amen" - All is Lost, "Happy" - Despicable Me 2, "Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, "Stay Alive" - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Best Sound Editing

  • All is Lost (Steve Boeddeker & Richard Hymns)
  • Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
  • Man of Steel (Eric A. Norris & Scott Hecker)
  • Pacific Rim (Scott Martin Gershin)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood)
    (Honourable Mentions: Captain Phillips, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Iron Man 3, Lone Survivor, Rush)

Best Sound Mixing

  • Captain Phillips (Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith & Chris Munro)
  • Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead & Chris Munro)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges & Michael Semanick)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff & Peter Kurland)
  • Pacific Rim (Tim LeBlanc, John Reitz & Gregg Rudloff)
    (Honourable Mentions: Frozen, Lone Survivor, Man of Steel, Rush, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Animated Feature

  • Despicable Me 2 (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Janet Healy & Chris Meledandri)
  • Ernest & Celestine (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner & Didier Brunner)
  • Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Peter Del Vecho)
  • Monsters University (Dan Scanlon & Kori Rae)
  • The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki)
    (Honourable Mentions: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, Epic, A Letter to Momo, Turbo)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Steve Carell - Despicable Me 2 for voicing Gru
  • Billy Crystal - Monsters University for voicing Mike Wazowski
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for voicing Smaug
  • Scarlett Johansson - Her for voicing Samantha
  • Idina Menzel - Frozen for voicing Elsa
    (Honourable Mentions: Nicolas Cage - The Croods, Terry Crews - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Paul Giamatti - Turbo, Helen Mirren - Monsters University, Kristen Wiig - Despicable Me 2)

Best Cinematography

  • Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)
  • Prisoners (Roger Deakins)
  • Rush (Anthony Dod Mantle)
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Stuart Dryburgh)
    (Honourable Mentions: Captain Phillips, The Grandmaster, The Great Gatsby, To the Wonder, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Film Editing

  • American Hustle (Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten)
  • Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)
  • Rush (Mike Hill & Daniel P. Hanley)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Joe Walker)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Thelma Schoonmaker)
    (Honourable Mentions: Gravity, Her, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Pacific Rim, Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Production Design

  • The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin & Beverley Dunn)
  • Her (K.K. Barrett & Gene Serdena)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful (Robert Stromberg & Nancy Haigh)
  • Twelve Years a Slave (Adam Stockhausen & Alice Baker)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Hustle, Elysium, Frozen, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pacific Rim)

Best Costume Design

  • American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)
  • The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Trish Summerville)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful (Gary Jones)
  • Saving Mr. Banks (Daniel Orlandi)
    (Honourable Mentions: Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers' Club, The Grandmaster, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • American Hustle (Evelyn Noraz, Kathrine Gordon & Lori McCoy-Bell)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Richard Taylor & Peter King)
  • Lee Daniels' The Butler (Matthew W. Mungle, Debra Danson & Candace Neal)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dallas Buyers' Club, The Great Gatsby, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Rush, Twelve Years a Slave)

Best Visual Effects [TIE]

  • Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk & Neil Corbould)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton & Eric Reynolds)
  • Iron Man 3 (Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash & Dan Sudick)
  • Man of Steel (Joe Letteri, John Desjardin, Dan Lemmon & Allen Hall)
  • Pacific Rim (John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Lindy De Quattro & Nigel Sumner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Elysium, Oblivion, Star Trek Into Darkness, Thor: The Dark World, World War Z)

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)

2025 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

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