Thursday, July 10, 2025

2014 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Breaking Bad [AMC] (Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson & Michelle MacLaren)
  • Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger & Bernadette Caulfield)
  • The Good Wife [CBS] (Robert King, Michelle King, Ridley Scott, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Ted Humphrey, David W. Zucker & Brooke Kennedy)
  • House of Cards [Netflix] (David Fincher, Beau Willimon, Josh Donen, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs & David Manson)
  • Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher & Janet Leahy)
  • True Detective [HBO] (Nic Pizzolatto, Cary Joji Fukunga, Scott Stephens, Steve Golin, Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey & Richard Brown)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Bates Motel, Downton Abbey, Hannibal)

Best Television Series - Comedy

  • American Dad! [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Steve Callaghan, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & Brian Boyle) 
  • The Big Bang Theory [CBS] (Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Steven Molaro)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine [FOX] (Michael Schur, Dan Goor & David Miner)
  • Girls [HBO] (Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner & Ilene S. Landress)
  • Louie [FX] (Louis C.K., M. Blair Breard & Dave Becky)
  • Orange is the New Black [Netflix] (Jenji Kohan)
    (Honourable Mentions: Modern Family, Shameless, Silicon Valley, Veep)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt & Bradley Buecker, executive producers; Joseph Incaprera & Alexis Martin Woodall, producers)
  • Clear History [HBO] (Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, Greg Mottola & Bradley Thomas, executive producers; Larry David & Monica Levinson, producers)
  • Fargo [FX] (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Noah Hawley & Warren Littlefield, executive producers; Chad Oakes, Mike Frislev & Kim Todd, producers)
  • The Normal Heart [HBO] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Pitt, Jason Blum, Dante Di Loreto & Dede Gardner, executive producers; Scott Ferguson & Alexis Martin Woodall, producers)
  • The Spoils of Babylon [IFC] (Matt Piedmont, Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, Adam McKay & Nate Young, executive producers; Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig & Pavlina Hatopuis, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dancing on the Edge, Klondike, Sherlock: His Last Vow, Treme, The White Queen)

Best Variety Series

  • The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tom Purcell)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, Steve Bodow, Jennifer Flanz, Adam Lowitt & Rory Albanese)
  • The Graham Norton Show [BBC One] (Graham Stuart)
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson [CBS] (Billy Kimball & Peter Lassally)
  • Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel & Andrew Singer)
  • Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
    (Honourable Mentions: Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon)

Best Variety Special

  • 71st Golden Globe Awards [NBC] (Barry Adelman, Allen Shapiro & Michael G. Mahan, executive producers)
  • AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks [TNT] (Bob Gazzale, executive producer; Chris Merrill, producer)
  • Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays [HBO] (Billy Crystal, Janice Crystal, Larry Magid & David Steinberg, executive producers)
  • The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; George Stevens, Jr. & Michael Stevens, producers)
  • The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles [CBS] (Ken Ehrlich & R.A. Clark, executive producers; Renato Basile, producers)
Best Reality Series
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey [FOX/Nat Geo] (Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, Mitchell Cannold & Brannon Braga)
  • Diners, Drive-ins and Dives [Food Network] (Guy Fieri, Frank Matson, Kat Higgins & Tim McOsker)
  • MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe & Cameo Wallace)
  • Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill & Phil Gurin)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? [TLC] (Alex Graham, Pamela Healey, Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky, Al Edgington, Howard Lee, Amy Winter & Timothy Kuryak) 
    (Honourable Mentions: Antiques Roadshow, Deadliest Catch, Duck Dynasty, Undercover Boss, Wahlburgers)

Best Reality-Competition Series

  • The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
  • So You Think You Can Dance? [FOX] (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman, Allen Shapiro & Nigel Lythgoe)
  • Survivor [CBS] (Mark Burnett, Charlie Parsons & Tom Shelly)
  • Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Hillary Olsen, Tara Siener, Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi)
  • The Voice [NBC] (John de Mol Jr., Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers & Lee Metzger)
    (Honourable Mentions: America's Got Talent, American Idol, Hollywood Game Night, MasterChef, Project Runway)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Anthony Bourdain - The Taste
  • Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
  • Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson - Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
    (Honourable Mentions: Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent, Carson Daly - The Voice, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway, Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "Independent Movie" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle, executive producers; Shawn Murray, director; Judah Miller, writer)
  • Bob's Burgers - "The Equestranauts" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive, executive producers; Tyree Dillihay, director; Dan Mintz, writer)
  • Futurama - "Meanwhile" [Comedy Central] (Matt Groening, David X. Cohen & Josh Weinstein, executive producers; Peter Avanzino, director; Ken Keeler, executive producer/writer)
  • Rick and Morty - "Rixty Minutes" [Adult Swim] (Dan Harmon, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, James A. Fino & Joe Russo II, executive producers; Bryan Newton, director; Tom Kauffman, writer; Justin Roiland, executive producer/writer)
  • The Simpsons - "Brick Like Me" [FOX] (Matt Selman, Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon & John Frink, executive producers; Matthew Nastuk, director; Brian Kelley, writer)
  • Toy Story OF TERROR! [ABC] (John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton, executive producers; Galyn Susman, producer; Angus MacLane, director/writer)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
  • Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom (Episode: "News Night with Will McAvoy")
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
  • Matthew McConaughey - True Detective (Episode: "Form and Void")
  • Kevin Spacey - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 26")
  • James Spader - The Blacklist (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Woody Harrelson - True Detective, Freddie Highmore - Bates Motel, Mads Mikkelsen - Hannibal, Michael Sheen - Masters of Sex)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Pamela 3")
  • Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Cock of the Sleepwalk")
  • William H. Macy - Shameless (Episode: "Lazarus")
  • Thomas Middleditch - Silicon Valley (Episode: "The Cap Table")
  • Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Thanksgiving Decoupling")
  • Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "The Vulture")
    (Honourable Mentions: Don Cheadle - House of Lies, Ricky Gervais - Derek, Adam Scott - Parks and Recreation, Robin Williams - The Crazy Ones)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: His Last Vow
  • Larry David - Clear History
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor - Dancing on the Edge
  • Martin Freeman - Fargo
  • Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
    (Honourable Mentions: Idris Elba - Luther, Clarke Peters - Treme, Wendell Pierce - Treme, Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart, Ben Whishaw - The Hollow Crown)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Claire Danes - Homeland (Episode: "The Star")
  • Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "A Material World")
  • Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black (Episode: "By Means of Which Have Never Yet Been Tried")
  • Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
  • Keri Russell - The Americans (Episode: "Behind the Red Door")
  • Robin Wright - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 17")
    (Honourable Mentions: Lizzy Caplan - Masters of Sex, Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey, Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel, Kerry Washington - Scandal)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Birthday")
  • Lena Dunham - Girls (Episode: "Beach House")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "Crate")
  • Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Moving Up")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Killer Vacation")
  • Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "I Wasn't Ready")
    (Honourable Mentions: Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie, Mindy Kaling - The Mindy Project, Wendi McLendon-Covey - The Goldbergs, Emmy Rossum - Shameless, )

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Helena Bonham Carter - Burton and Taylor
  • Whoopi Goldberg - A Day Late and a Dollar Short
  • Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Coven
  • Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful
  • Kristen Wiig - The Spoils of Babylon
    (Honourable Mentions: Olivia Colman - Broadchurch, Minnie Driver - Return to Zero, Rebecca Ferguson - The White Queen, Holliday Grainger - Bonnie & Clyde)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

  • Josh Charles - The Good Wife (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
  • Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Laws of Gods and Men")
  • Mandy Patinkin - Homeland (Episode: "Gerontion")
  • Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Buried")
  • Jon Voight - Ray Donovan (Episode: "Fite Nite")
  • Jeffrey Wright - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Farewell Daddy Blues")
    (Honourable Mentions: Laurence Fishburne - Hannibal, Walton Goggins - Justified, Dean Norris - Breaking Bad, Peter Sarsgaard - The Killing)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Fred Armisen - Portlandia (Episode: "Pull Out King")
  • Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Full Boyle")
  • Ty Burrell - Modern Family (Episode: "Spring-a-Ding-Fling")
  • Adam Driver - Girls (Episode: "Sectionals")
  • Tony Hale - Veep (Episode: "Crate")
  • Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Deception Verification")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kumail Nanjiani - Silicon Valley, Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family, Jeremy Allen White - Shameless, James Wolk - The Crazy Ones)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart
  • Will Ferrell - The Spoils of Babylon
  • Martin Freeman - Sherlock: His Last Vow
  • Jon Hamm - Clear History
  • Jim Parsons - The Normal Heart
    (Honourable Mentions: Keith Carradine - Fargo, John Goodman - Dancing on the Edge, Colin Hanks - Fargo, Alfred Molina - The Normal Heart, Blair Underwood - The Trip to Bountiful)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Christine Baranski - The Good Wife (Episode: "The Last Call") 
  • Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Children")
  • Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
  • Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Strategy")
  • Michelle Monaghan - True Detective (Episode: "Form and Void")
  • Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight")
    (Honourable Mentions: Betsy Brandt - Breaking Bad, Lena Headey - Game of Thrones, Annet Mahendru - The Americans, Bellamy Young - Scandal)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Scavenger Vortex")
  • Julie Bowen - Modern Family (Episode: "Las Vegas")
  • Allison Janney - Mom (Episode: "Estrogen and a Hearty Breakfast")
  • Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Anna Kendrick")
  • Kate Mulgrew - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Tit Punch")
  • Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Flight")
    (Honourable Mentions: Danielle Brooks - Orange is thew New Black, Anna Chlumsky - Veep, Kaley Cuoco - The Big Bang Theory, Marcia Gay Harden - Trophy Wife)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Coven
  • Jacqueline Bisset - Dancing on the Edge
  • Ellen Burstyn - Flowers in the Attic
  • Julia Roberts - The Normal Heart
  • Alison Tolman - Fargo
    (Honourable Mentions: Amanda Abbington - Sherlock: His Last Vow, Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Coven, Audra McDonald - The Sound of Music LIVE!, Julianne Nicholson - The Red Road)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

  • Beau Bridges - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Love and Marriage")
  • Dan Bucatinsky - Scandal (Episode: "YOLO")
  • Paul Giamatti - Downton Abbey (Episode: "The London Season")
  • Nathan Lane - The Good Wife (Episode: "The Next Week")
  • Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
  • Ray Romano - Parenthood (Episode: "Promises")
    (Honourable Mentions: Dylan Baker - The Good Wife, Reg E. Cathey - House of Cards, Walton Goggins - Sons of Anarchy, Pedro Pascal - Game of Thrones)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

  • Curtis Armstrong - American Dad! (Episode: "Independent Movie")
  • Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Louis C.K.")
  • Brad Garrett - The Crazy Ones (Episode: "The Stan Wood Account")
  • Danny Glover - American Dad! (Episode: "Minstrel Krampus")
  • James Earl Jones - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Convention Conundrum")
  • Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Proton Displacement")
    (Honourable Mentions: Steve Buscemi - Portlandia, Gary Cole - Veep, Nathan Lane - Modern Family, Christopher Evan Welch - Silicon Valley)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Jane Fonda - The Newsroom (Episode: "Red Team III")
  • Allison Janney - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Brave New World")
  • Lisa Kudrow - Scandal (Episode: "Icarus")
  • Margo Martindale - The Americans (Episode: "Behind the Red Door")
  • Carrie Preston - The Good Wife (Episode: "Outside the Bubble")
  • Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose")
    (Honourable Mentions: Gillian Anderson - Hannibal, Kate Mara - House of Cards, C.C.H. Pounder - Sons of Anarchy, Dianne Wiest - The Blacklist)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied")
  • Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "Liver, I Hardly Know Her")
  • Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Independent Movie")
  • Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey")
  • Octavia Spencer - Mom (Episode: "Toilet Wine and the Earl of Sandwich")
  • June Squibb - Girls (Episode: "Flo")
    (Honourable Mentions: Sarah Baker - Louie, Kristen Bell - Parks and Recreation, Laverne Cox - Orange is the New Black, Melissa McCarthy - Saturday Night Live)

Best Direction - Drama

  • Cary Joji Fukunga - True Detective (Episode: "The Long Bright Dark")
  • Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Felina")
  • Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
  • Michelle MacLaren - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Buried")
  • John Madden - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Farewell Daddy Blues")
    (Honourable Mentions: Carl Franklin - House of Cards, Neil Marshall - Game of Thrones, David Slade - Hannibal, James Whitmore Jr. - The Good Wife) 

Best Direction - Comedy

  • Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Scavenger Vortex")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Elevator: Part 6")
  • Joe Daniello - American Dad! (Episode: "Familyland")
  • Brad Falchuk - Glee (Episode: "The Quarterback")
  • Jodie Foster - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied")
  • Mike Judge - Silicon Valley (Episode: "Minimum Viable Product")
  • Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Armando Iannucci - Veep, Gail Mancuso - Modern Family, Jesse Peretz - Girls)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Adam Bernstein - Fargo
  • Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - American Horror Story: Coven
  • Ryan Murphy - The Normal Heart
  • Matt Piedmont - The Spoils of Babylon
  • Stephen Poliakoff - Dancing on the Edge
    (Honourable Mentions: Stephen Frears - Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, Colin Bucksey - Fargo, Nick Hurran - Sherlock: His Last Vow, James Kent - The White Queen)

Best Writing - Drama

  • Michelle Ashford - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Manhigh")
  • Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Felina")
  • Robert & Michelle King - The Good Wife (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
  • Nic Pizzolatto - True Detective (Episode: "The Long Bright Dark")
  • Moira Walley-Beckett - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Ozymandias")
  • Carly Wray & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo")
    (Honourable Mentions: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones, Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey, Peter Gould - Breaking Bad, Oliver North & Tracey Scott Wilson - The Americans)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham & Jenni Konner - Girls (Episode: "Beach House")
  • Alec Berg - Silicon Valley (Episode: "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "So Did the Fat Lady")
  • Liz Friedman & Jenji Kohan - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "I Wasn't Ready")
  • Dan Goor & Michael Schur - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Operation Broken Feather")
  • Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds, Adam Faberman, Steven Molaro, Dan Goetsch & Steve Holland - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Convention Conundrum")
  • (Honourable Mentions: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - Veep, Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener - American Dad!, David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes, Kim Rosenstock - New Girl)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Larry David, Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg & David Mandel - Clear History
  • Noah Hawley - Fargo
  • Larry Kramer - The Normal Heart
  • Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk - American Horror Story: Coven
  • Matt Piedmont & Harper Steele - The Spoils of Babylon
    (Honourable Mentions: Neil Cross - Luther, Richard Eyre - The Hollow Crown, Steven Moffatt - Sherlock: His Last Vow, Eric Overmyer & David Simon - Treme)

Best Casting - Drama

  • Breaking Bad (Sharon Bialy & Sharon Thomas)
  • Game of Thrones (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
  • House of Cards (Laray Mayfield & Julie Schubert)
  • Masters of Sex (Risa Bramon Garcia & Bernard Telsey)
  • True Detective (Alexa L. Fogel & Christine Kromer)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Downton Abbey, The Good Wife, Hannibal, Mad Men)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Allison Jones & Juel Bestrop)
  • Girls (Jennifer Euston)
  • New Girl (Michael V. Nicolo)
  • Orange is the New Black (Jennifer Euston)
    (Honourable Mentions: Louie, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, Shameless, Veep)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Robert Ulrich, Eric Dawson & Meagan Lewis)
  • Clear History (Ronna Kress)
  • Fargo (Rachel Tenner & Jackie Lind)
  • The Normal Heart (Amanda Mackey & Cathy Sandrich Gelfond)
  • Treme (Alexa L. Fogel & Meagan Lewis)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dancing on the Edge, Psych: The Musical, Sherlock: His Last Vow, The Spoils of Babylon, The White Queen)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • Breaking Bad - Michael Slovis (Episode: "Ozymandias")
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Bill Pope (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way")
  • Game of Thrones - Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Two Swords")
  • House of Cards - Igor Martinovic (Episode: "Chapter 18")
  • True Detective - Adam Arkapaw (Episode: "Who Goes There")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans - Richard Rutkowski, Boardwalk Empire - David Franco, Game of Thrones - Anette Haellmigk, Hannibal - James Hawkinson, Homeland - David Klein)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Michael Goi)
  • Bonnie & Clyde (Francis Kenny)
  • Fargo (Matt Lloyd)
  • The Normal Heart (Danny Moder)
  • Sherlock: His Last Vow (Neville Kidd)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - John Dunn (Episode: "New York Sour")
  • Downton Abbey - Caroline McCall (Episode: "Episode Eight")
  • Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose")
  • Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "Time Zones")
  • Once Upon a Time - Eduardo Castro (Episode: "A Curious Thing")
    (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Hannibal, House of Cards, Ray Donovan, True Detective)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Lou Eyrich)
  • Dancing on the Edge (Lindsay Pugh)
  • House of Versace (Claire Nadon)
  • Sherlock: His Last Vow (Sarah Arthur)
  • The White Queen (Nic Ede)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde, Killing Kennedy, Lizzie Borden Took an Ax, The Normal Heart, The Spoils of Babylon)

Best Editing - Series

  • Breaking Bad - Kelley Dixon & Chris McCalebb (Episode: "Granite State")
  • Breaking Bad - Skip MacDonald (Episode: "Ozymandias")
  • The Good Wife - Scott Vickrey (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
  • Orange is the New Black - Michael S. Stern (Episode: "Can't Fix Crazy")
  • True Detective - Alfonso Gonçalves (Episode: "Who Goes There")
    (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad - Kelley Dixon, Game of Thrones - Katie Weiland, Hannibal - Ben Wilkinson, House of Cards - Byron Smith, Mad Men - Christopher Gay)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Stewart Schill)
  • Clear History (Steven Rasch)
  • Fargo (Skip MacDonald)
  • The Normal Heart (Adam Penn)
  • The Spoils of Babylon (David Trachtenberg)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde - John David Allen & David Beatty, Fargo - Regis Kimble, Mob City - Hunter M. Via, Sherlock: His Last Vow - Yan Miles, The White Queen - Ben Lester)

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • Breaking Bad (Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Bowen, Laura Fraser & Jesse Plemons, et. al.)
  • Downton Abbey (Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Robet James-Collier, Lily James, Elizabeth McGovern & Maggie Smith, et. al.)
  • Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Gwendoline Christie, Sophie Turner & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
  • The Good Wife (Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Makenzie Vega, Graham Phillips, Chris Noth & Alan Cumming, et. al.)
  • Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Kiernan Shipka, Robert Morse & John Slattery, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards, Parenthood, True Detective)

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.)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Perretti & Andre Braugher, et. al.)
  • Orange is the New Black (Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Michael J. Harney, Kate Mulgrew, Jason Biggs, Natasha Lyonne, Laverne Cox, Taryn Manning, Michelle Hurst & Uzo Aduba, et. al.)
  • Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Jim O'Heir, Retta & Rob Lowe, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Shameless, Silicon Valley, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Sarah Paulson, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Emma Roberts, Denis O'Hare, Kathy Bates & Jessica Lange, et. al.)
  • Clear History (Larry David, Bill Hader, Philip Baker Hall, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan & Liev Schreiber, et. al.)
  • Fargo (Billy Bob Thornton, Alison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Kate Walsh, Jordan Peele & Keegan-Michael Key, et. al.)
  • The Normal Heart (Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantella, B.D. Wong, Jonathan Groff, Stephen Spinella & Julia Roberts, et. al.)
  • The Spoils of Babylon (Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Tobey Maguire, Tim Robbins, Val Kilmer, Jessica Alba, David Spade, Molly Shannon & Haley Joel Osment, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dancing on the Edge, Flowers in the Attic, The Hollow Crown, Psych: The Musical, Sherlock: His Last Vow)

Best Main Title Design

  • Black Sails (Karin Fong, Michelle Dougherty, Alan Williams, Kris Kuksi & Brian Hatcher)
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Curtis Doss, Shaun Collings, Randall Smith, Tom Connors & Troy James Miller)
  • Masters of Sex (Leanne Dare, Yi-Jen Liu, Jon Forsman & Gabriel Britz)
  • Silicon Valley (Garson Yu & Mehmet Kizilay)
  • True Detective (Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks & Jennifer Sofio Hall)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Coven, The Bridge, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Orange is the New Black, The White Queen)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Dan Marocco)
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Alan Silvestri)
  • Orange is the New Black (Regina Spektor)
  • Sleepy Hollow (Brian Tyler & Robert Lydecker)
  • The Spoils of Babylon (Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Coven, Black Sails, Fargo, True Detective, The White Queen)

Best Makeup - Series

  • Breaking Bad - Tarra Day, Angela Maldone & Corey Welk (Episode: "Ozymandias")
  • Game of Thrones - Jane Walker, Barrie Gower & Nicola Matthews (Episode: "Oathkeeper")
  • Hannibal - François Dagenais, Michael J. Walsh & Steven Kostanski (Episode: "Takiawase")
  • True Detective - Felicity Bowring, Wendy Bell & Linda Dowds (Episode: "The Secret Fate of All Life")
  • The Walking Dead - Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger & Jake Garber (Episode: "A")
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Key and Peele, Mad Men, True Blood)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Michael Mekash)
  • Anna Nicole (David DeLeon, Todd McIntosh & Amber Crowe)
  • Bonnie & Clyde (Trefor Proud & Karri Farris)
  • The Normal Heart (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Sherri Berman Laurence & Christien Tinsley)
  • The White Queen (Caroline Greenough & Julie Jendrick)
    (Honourable Mentions: Burton and Taylor, Fargo, Mob City, Sherlock: His Last Vow, Treme)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Alan Silvestri (Episode: "Standing Up in the Milky Way")
  • Downton Abbey - John Lunn (Episode: "Episode Eight")
  • Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi (Episode: "The Mountain and the Viper")
  • The Good Wife - Tree Adams & T-Bone Burnett (Episode: "Hitting the Fan")
  • House of Cards - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Chapter 26")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans - Nathan Barr, Bates Motel - Chris Bacon, The Following - John Frizzell, Hannibal - Brian Reitzell, True Detective - T-Bone Burnett)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (James Levine)
  • Clear History (Ludovic Bource)
  • Fargo (Jeff Russo)
  • Sherlock: His Last Vow (David Arnold & Michael Price)
  • The White Queen (John Lunn)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • American Dad! - "We've Been Bad" (Asa Taccone)
  • The Big Bang Theory - "If I Didn't Have You (Bernadette's Song)" (Kate Micucci & Riki Lindhome)
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "I Like Paddy's Pub" (Charlie Day)
  • Saturday Night Live - "Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)" (Eli Brueggemann, Aidy Bryant, Chris Kelly, Kate McKinnon & Sarah Schneider)
  • The Simpsons - "Comic Book Guy's Lament" (Alf Clausen & Tim Long)
    (Honourable Mentions: 67th Tony Awards - "Bigger!", Bob's Burgers - "Nice Things Are Nice", Key & Peele - "Les Mis", Sons of Anarchy - "Day is Gone")

Best Production Design - Series

  • American Dad! - Fredrick Kim, Jon Fancher & Zeke Johnson (Episode: "Familyland")
  • Boardwalk Empire - Bill Groom & Carol Silverman (Episode: "Erlkönig")
  • Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Gina Cromwell (Episode: "Episode Eight")
  • Game of Thrones - Deborah Riley & Rob Cameron (Episode: "The Laws of Gods and Men")
  • True Detective - Alex DiGerlando & Cynthia Slagter (Episode: "Form and Void")
    (Honourable Mentions: Breaking Bad, Hannibal, House of Cards, Justified, Masters of Sex)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Mark Worthington & Ellen Brill)
  • Fargo (John Blackie & Paul Healy)
  • Mob City (Gregory Melton & Dorit Oberman Hurst)
  • Treme (Chester Kaczenski & Tim Cohn)
  • The White Queen (Martyn John & Linda Wilson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde, Dancing on the Edge, Killing Kennedy, Klondike, Sherlock: His Last Vow)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

  • Adventure Time - "Be More" [Cartoon Network] (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Nate Cash, supervising director; Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard, writers)
  • Mickey Mouse - "O Sole Minnie" [Disney Channel] (Paul Rudish, executive producer/director/writer; Graham MacDonald, animation director; Derek Dressier, Clay Morrow, Alonso Ramirez Ramos & Aaron Springer, writers)
  • Phineas and Ferb - "Thanks But No Thanks" [Disney Channel] (Dan Povenmire & Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, executive producers; Sue Perrotto, director; Antoine Guilbaud & Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, writers)
  • Regular Show - "The Last Laserdisc Player" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, executive producer/director; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez, animation director; John Davis Infantino & Sean Szeles, supervising directors/writers; Mike Roth, Calvin Wong, Toby Jones, Matt Price & Michele Cavin, writers)
  • Robot Chicken - "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" [Adult Swim] (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, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo & Breckin Meyer, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • Breaking Bad - Nick Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "Felina")
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Christopher Harvengt, Mark Hensley & Joel Catalan (Episode: "Standing Up on the Milky Way")
  • Game of Thrones - Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "The Watchers on the Wall")
  • The Simpsons - Terry Greene, Mark Linden & Tara A. Paul (Episode: "Married to the Blob")
  • True Detective - Eliza Paley, Martin Czembor & Geoffrey Patterson (Episode: "Who Goes There")
    (Honourable Mentions: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Sails, Glee, Homeland, The Walking Dead)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Coven (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
  • Fargo (Frank Larattta, Kevin W. Buchholz, Chris Philp & Mark Server)
  • Klondike (Lee Walpole, Mike Markiw & Stuart Hilliker)
  • Mob City (Matthew E. Taylor, Jerry Ross, Gary C. Bourgeois & Tom Marks)
  • Treme (Will Ralston, Andy Kris & Bruce Litecky)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bonnie & Clyde, Killing Kennedy, The Normal Heart, Sherlock: His Last Vow, The White Queen)

Best Visual Effects

  • The 100 - Andrew Orloff, Michael Cliett, Tyler Weiss & Wayne Szybunka (Episode: "We Are Grounders: Part 2")
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Mark Kolpack, Gary D'Amico, Sabrina Arnold & David Altenau (Episode: "T.A.H.I.T.I.")
  • American Horror Story: Coven - Jason Piccioni, Justin Ball, Donnie Dean & Tim Jacobsen (Episode: "Burn, Witch, Burn!")
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Rainer Gombos, Adica Manis, Natasha Ann Francis & Ryan Tudhope (Episode: "The Immortals")
  • Game of Thrones - Joe Bauer, Jörn Großhans, Steve Kullback & Adam Chazen (Episode: "The Children")
  • (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, Defiance, Falling Skies, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Steal This Episode"
  • Danny Glover - American Dad! for voicing Krampus in "Minstrel Krampus"
  • Maurice LaMarche - Futurama for voicing Calculon and Morbo in "Calculon 2.0"
  • Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! for voicing Hayley Smith in "She Swill Survive"
  • Justin Roiland - Rick and Morty for voicing Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith in "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Mind"
  • Billy West - Futurama for voicing Philip J. Fry (and others) in "Meanwhile"
    (Honourable Mentions: Joan Cusack - Toy Story OF TERROR!, Seth Green - Robot Chicken, Judy Greer - Archer, Carey Mulligan - The Spoils of Babylon)

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

2014 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan & James W. Skotchdopole)
  • Boyhood (Richard Linklater, Catherine Sutherland, John Sloss & Jonathan Sehring)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson)
  • How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Bonnie Arnold)
  • Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas & Lynda Obst)
  • Selma (Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner)
    (Honourable Mentions: Gone Girl, The LEGO Movie, Nightcrawler, Whiplash)

Best Director

  • Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Ava DuVernay - Selma
  • David Fincher - Gone Girl
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
  • Richard Linklater - Boyhood
  • Christopher Nolan - Interstellar
    (Honourable Mentions: Damien Chazelle - Whiplash, Dean DeBlois - How To Train Your Dragon 2, Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler, Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher)

Best Lead Actor

  • Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
  • Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
  • Michael Keaton - Birdman
  • David Oyelowo - Selma
  • Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
    (Honourable Mentions: Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game, Brendan Gleeson - Calvary, Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year, Andy Serkis - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)

Best Lead Actress

  • Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
  • Julianne Moore - Still Alice
  • Rosemund Pike - Gone Girl
  • Reese Witherspoon - Wild
  • Shailene Woodley - The Fault in Our Stars
    (Honourable Mentions: Amy Adams - Big Eyes, Jennifer Aniston - Cake, Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything, Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin, Kristen Wiig - The Skeleton Twins)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice
  • Toby Kibbell - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Edward Norton - Birdman
  • Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
  • J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
    (Honourable Mentions: Riz Ahmed - Nightcrawler, Robert Duvall - The Judge, Ethan Hawke - Boyhood, Alfred Molina - Love is Strange, Chris Pine - Into the Woods)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
  • Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
  • Rene Russo - Nightcrawler
  • Emma Stone - Birdman
  • Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
    (Honourable Mentions: Cate Blanchett - How To Train Your Dragon, Rose Byrne - Neighbors, Laura Dern - Wild, Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game, Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Birdman (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacabone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. & Armando Bo)
  • Boyhood (Richard Linklater)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness)
  • The LEGO Movie (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)
  • Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
    (Honourable Mentions: Foxcatcher, A Most Violent Year, Nightcrawler, Selma, Top Five)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn; based on the novel by Gillian Flynn)
  • How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Dean DeBlois; based on the book series by Cressida Cowell and the characters created by Will Davies, Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois)
  • The Imitation Game (Graham Moore; based on the book "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges)
  • Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson; based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon)
  • Wild (Nick Hornby; based on the memoir "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Sniper, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Fault in Our Stars, Guardians of the Galaxy, Snowpiercer)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • The Grand Budapeest Hotel [Douglas Aibel & Jina Jay] (Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Saorise Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, F. Murray Abraham, Jude Law & Harvey Keitel, et. al.)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy [Sarah Finn & Reg Poerscout-Edgerton] (Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio del Toro & Glenn Close, et. al.)
  • Into the Woods [Tiffany Little Canfield, Francine Maisler & Bernard Telsey] (Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone & Johnny Depp, et. al.)
  • The LEGO Movie [Mary Hidalgo] (Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill & Morgan Freeman, et. al.)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past [Andrea Kenyon, Roger Mussenden & Randi Wells] (James McAvoy, Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Nicolas Hoult, Elliott Page, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Birdman, Boyhood, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Selma, Top Five)

Best Young Actor (21 or Under)

  • Ellar Coltrane - Boyhood
  • Ansel Elgort - The Fault in Our Stars
  • Mackenzie Foy - Interstellar
  • Jaeden Lieberher - St. Vincent
  • Saoirse Ronan - The Grand Budapest Hotel
    (Honourable Mentions: Elle Fanning - Maleficent, Tony Revolori - The Grand Budapest Hotel, Tye Sheridan - Joe, Quvenzhané Wallis - Annie, Noah Wiseman - The Babadook)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Force Majeure [Sweden] (Ruben Östlund)
  • Ida [Poland] (Paweł Pawlikowski)
  • Leviathan [Russia] (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
  • Mommy [Canada] (Xavier Dolan)
  • The Tale of Princess Kaguya [Japan] (Isao Takahata)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Raid 2, Tangerines, Two Days One Night, Wild Tales)

Best Documentary Feature

  • Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy & Dirk Wilutzky)
  • Jodorowsky's Dune (Frank Pavich, Stephen Scarlata & Travis Stevens)
  • Life Itself (Steve James, Zak Piper & Garrett Basch)
  • The Overnighters (Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine)
  • Virunga (Orlando von Einsiedel & Joanna Natasegara)
    (Honourable Mentions: Finding Vivian Maier, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, Keep On Keepin' On, Last Days in Vietnam, The Salt of the Earth)

Best Original Score

  • Gone Girl (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)
  • The Theory of Everything (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
  • Unbroken (Alexandre Desplat)
    (Honourable Mentions: Birdman - Antonio Sánchez, Fury - Steven Price, How To Train Your Dragon 2 - John Powell, The Imitation Game - Alexandre Desplat, Under the Skin - Mica Levin)

Best Original Song

  • "Everything is Awesome!!" - The LEGO Movie (Shawn Patterson, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton & The Lonely Island)
  • "For the Dancing and the Dreaming" - How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Jónsi Birgisson, John Powell & Shane MacGowan)
  • "Glory" - Selma (John Legend, Common & Che Smith)
  • "Lost Stars" - Begin Again (Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley & Nick Southwood)
  • "Split the Difference" - Boyhood (Ethan Hawke)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Grateful" - Beyond the Lights, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" - Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, "Something So Right" - Muppets Most Wanted, "Where No One Goes" - How To Train Your Dragon 2, "Yellow Flicker Beat" - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1)

Best Sound Editing

  • Fury (Paul N.J. Ottosson)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (Christopher Boyes & Matthew Wood)
  • How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Randy Thom & Michael Silvers)
  • Interstellar (Richard King)
  • Unbroken (Becky Sullivan & Andrew DeCristofaro)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Sniper, Birdman, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)

Best Sound Mixing

  • Birdman (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño & Thomas Varga)
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges & Michael Semanick)
  • Interstellar (Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker & Mark Weingarten)
  • Unbroken (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño & David Lee)
  • Whiplash (Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins & Thomas Curley)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Sniper, Guardians of the Galaxy, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Into the Woods, Snowpiercer)

Best Animated Feature

  • The Boxtrolls (Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable, Travis Knight & David Ichioka)
  • How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Dean DeBlois)
  • The LEGO Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dan Lin & Roy Lee)
  • Song of the Sea (Tomm Moore, Ross Murray & Paul Young)
  • The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata & Yoshiaki Nishimura)
    (Honourable Mentions: Big Hero 6, The Book of Life, Cheatin', Penguins of Madagascar, Rio 2)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Cate Blanchett - How To Train Your Dragon 2 for voicing Valka
  • Bradley Cooper - Guardians of the Galaxy for voicing Rocket
  • Ben Kingsley - The Boxtrolls for voicing Archibald Snatcher
  • Liam Neeson - The LEGO Movie for voicing Good Cap/Bad Coop
  • Chris Pratt - The LEGO Movie for voicing Emmet Brickowski
    (Honourable Mentions: Scott Adsit - Big Hero 6, Jay Baruchel - How To Train Your Dragon 2, Will Ferrell - The LEGO Movie, America Ferrera - How To Train Your Dragon 2, Andy Garcia - Rio 2)

Best Cinematography

  • Birdman (Emmanuel Lubezki)
  • Interstellar (Hoyte van Hoytema)
  • Mr. Turner (Dick Pope)
  • Nightcrawler (Robert Elswit)
  • Unbroken (Roger Deakins)
    (Honourable Mentions: Gone Girl - Jeff Cronenweth, The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert Yeoman, Ida - Łukasz Żal & Ryszard Lenczewski, The Immigrant - Darius Khondji, Into the Woods - Dion Beebe)

Best Film Editing

  • Boyhood (Sandra Adair)
  • Edge of Tomorrow (James Herbert & Lisa Jennings)
  • Gone Girl (Kirk Baxter)
  • Interstellar (Lee Smith)
  • Whiplash (Tom Cross)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Sniper - Joel Cox & Gary D. Roach, Birdman - Douglas Crise & Stephen Mirrione, The Grand Budapest Hotel - Barney Pilling, Guardians of the Galaxy - Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne & Craig Wood, Nightcrawler - John Gilroy)

Best Production Design

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock)
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright)
  • Into the Woods (Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock)
  • Mr. Turner (Suzie Davies & Charlotte Watts)
  • Snowpiercer (Ondrej Nekvasil & Beatrice Brentnerova)
    (Honourable Mentions: How To Train Your Dragon 2, The Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, Interstellar, Song of the Sea)

Best Costume Design

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Milena Canonero)
  • Inherent Vice (Mark Bridges)
  • Into the Woods (Colleen Atwood)
  • Maleficent (Anna B. Sheppard)
  • Mr. Turner (Jacqueline Durran)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Boxtrolls, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Foxcatcher (Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard & Kathrine Gordon)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Frances Hannon & Mark Coulier)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou & David White)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Into the Woods, Mr. Turner)

Best Visual Effects

  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett & Erik Winquist)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (Stéphane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner & Paul Corbould)
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton & R. Christopher White)
  • Interstellar (Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter & Scott R. Fisher)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie & Cameron Waldbauer)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Edge of Tomorrow, Godzilla, Night at the Museum: Secret of hte Tomb, Snowpiercer)

Sunday, July 6, 2025

2013 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Martin Schelling)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (Imran Sarwar & Leslie Benzies)
  • The Last of Us (Evan Wells & Christophe Balestra)
  • Super Mario 3D World (Yoshiaki Koizumi)
  • Tearaway (Michelle Ducker)
    (Honourable Mentions: BioShock Infinite, Gone Home, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Papers, Please, Tomb Raider)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Jean Guesdon & Ashraf Ismail)
  • BioShock Infinite (Ken Levine)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (Andrew Semple)
  • The Last of Us (Bruce Straley & Neil Druckmann)
  • Tomb Raider (Noah Hughes, Daniel Chayer & Daniel Neuberger)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 4, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Saints Row IV, The Stanley Parable, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist)

Best Game Design

  • BioShock Infinite (François Roughol, Paul Green & Albert Meranda)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (Leslie Benzies & Imran Sarwar)
  • The Last of Us (Jacob Minkoff)
  • Papers, Please (Lucas Pope)
  • Super Mario 3D World (Yuichi Isawa, Eisaku Sato & Futoshi Shirai)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, The Stanley Parable, Tearaway, Tomb Raider)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Isao Moro & Aya Kyogoku)
  • Disney Infinity (John Vignocchi)
  • Skylanders: SWAP Force (Jeremy Russo)
  • Super Mario 3D World (Koichi Hayashida & Kenta Motokura)
  • Tearaway (Mark Healey & Siobhan Reddy)
    (Honourable Mentions: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Plants vs. Zombies, Pokémon X & Y, Rayman Legends)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • FIFA 14 (David Rutter & Kazuya Makita)
  • Forza Motorsport 5 (Dan Greenawalt)
  • Gran Turismo 6 (Kazunori Yamauchi)
  • NBA 2K14 (Jeffrey J. Thomas & Rob Jones)
  • NHL 14 (Cameron Boutin & Peter Sobczak)
    (Honourable Mentions: F1 2013, Madden NFL 25, MLB '13: The Show, Need for Speed Rivals, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Alexandre Begnoche & Julien Desaulniers)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (Adam Fowler)
  • The Last of Us (Travis McIntosh & Jason Gregory)
  • Papers, Please (Lucas Pope)
  • The Stanley Parable (Jesús Higueras)
    (Honourable Mentions: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Gone Home, Super Mario 3D World, Tearaway, Tomb Raider)

Best Multiplayer

  • Battlefield 4 (Fredrik Malmqvist & Aleksander Svendsen Grøndal)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (Andrew Duthie & Leslie Benzies)
  • The Last of Us (Erin Daly)
  • Super Mario 3D World
  • World of Tanks

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • Civilization V: Brave New World (Dennis Shirk)
  • Fire Emblem: Awakening (Kouhei Maeda & Genki Yokota)
  • Papers, Please (Lucas Pope)
  • Surgeon Simulator 2013 (Tom Jackson)
  • XCOM: Enemy Within (Clint McCaul & Garth DeAngelis)
    (Honourable Mentions: Democracy 3, Europa Universalis IV, Forza Motorsport 5, Plants vs. Zombies 2, SimCity)

Best Audio Design

  • BioShock Infinite (Scott Haraldsen, Patrick Balthrop & Jeffrey Seamster)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (Jeffrey R. Whitcher, Alistair McGregor, George Williamson & John McCavish)
  • The Last of Us (Phillip A. Kovats, Shannon Potter, Neil Uchitel & Scott Martin Gershin)
  • Saints Row IV (Brandon Bray, Aaron Gallant, Kyle Vander Slunt & Roel Sanchez)
  • Tomb Raider (Jack Grillo, Karl Gallagher & Alex Wilmer)
    (Honourable Mentions: Battlefield 4, Dead Space 3, God of War: Ascension, Puppeteer, Tearaway)

Best Music

  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Brian Tyler)
  • The Last of Us (Gustavo Santaolalla)
  • Puppeteer (Patrick Doyle)
  • Super Mario 3D World (Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi & Koji Kondo)
  • Tearaway (Kenneth C M Young & Brian D'Oliveira)
    (Honourable Mentions: Beyond: Two Souls - Lorne Balfe, God of War: Ascension - Brian Tyler, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Ryo Nagamatsu, Ni no Kumi: Wrath of the White Witch - Joe Hisaishi, Rayman Legends - Christophe Héral & Billy Martin)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

  • Fire Emblem: Awakening (Kouhei Maeda & Genki Yokota)
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Hiromasa Shikata)
  • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Bryce Holliday)
  • Pokémon X & Y (Junichi Masuda)
  • Tearaway (Mark Healey & Siobhan Reddy)
    (Honourable Mentions: Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Infinity Blade III, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Ridiculous Fishing, The Room Two)

Best Fighting Game

  • Divekick (Adam Heart)
  • Infinity Blade III (Donald Mustard)
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us (Ed Boon)
  • Killer Instinct (Ken Lobb, Adam Isgreen & Michael Donges)
  • Tekken Revolution (Yuichi Yonemori)

Best Art Direction

  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Raphaël Lacoste)
  • BioShock Infinite (Scott Sinclair)
  • The Last of Us (Erick Pangilinan & Nathan Wells)
  • Ni no Kumi: Wrath of the White Witch (Nobuyuki Yanai)
  • Tearaway (Kareem Ettouney)
    (Honourable Mentions: God of War: Ascension, Puppeteer, Rayman Legends, Ryse: Son of Rome, Tomb Raider)

Best Animation

  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Kama Dunsmore, Guillaume Lefebvre, Daniel Desjardins & Gaëlle Robert)
  • Beyond: Two Souls (Kenn McDonald, Clément Castanier & Teppei Takehana)
  • The Last of Us (Shaun Escayg, David Lam, Eric Baldwin & Troy Slough)
  • Ni no Kumi: Wrath of the White Witch (Kazuyoshi Onoda & Masafumi Yokota)
  • Tomb Raider (Brandon Fernandez, Jeff Wilcox, Erik Medina & Jake Spence)
    (Honourable Mentions: DuckTales: Remastered, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Puppeteer, Rayman Legends, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist)

Best Story/Writing

  • Beyond: Two Souls (David Cage)
  • BioShock Infinite (Ken Levine)
  • The Last of Us (Neil Druckmann)
  • The Stanley Parable (Davey Wreden & William Pugh)
  • Tomb Raider (Rhianna Pratchett & Susan O'Connor)
    (Honourable Mentions: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Deadpool, Gone Home, The Novelist, Remember Me)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Troy Baker - The Last of Us for voicing Joel
  • Willem Dafoe - Beyond: Two Souls for voicing Nathan Dawkins
  • Ashley Johnson - The Last of Us for voicing Ellie
  • Steven Ogg - Grand Theft Auto V for voicing Trevor Philips
  • Ellen Page - Beyond: Two Souls for voicing Jodie Holmes
    (Honourable Mentions: Kevan Brighting - The Stanley Parable, Courtnee Draper - BioShock Infinite, Stephen Greif - Puppeteer, Camilla Luddington - Tomb Raider, Alan Young - DuckTales: Remastered)

2013 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Gone, Gone, Gone" - Phillip Phillips (Gregg Wattenberg)
  • "Hold On, We're Going Home" - Drake (Noah Shebib, Nineteen85 & Majid Jordan)
  • "Lego House" - Ed Sheeran (Jake Gosling)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
    (Honourable Mentions: "It's a Beautiful Day" - Michael Bublé, "Let Her Go" - Passenger, "New" - Paul McCartney, "Riptide" - Vance Joy, "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" - David Bowie)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Brave" - Sara Bareilles (Mark Endert)
  • "Girl on Fire" - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys, Jeff Bhasker & Salaam Remi)
  • "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift (Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Next to Me" - Emeli Sandé (Craze and Hoax & Mojam Music)
  • "Skyfall" - Adele (Paul Epworth)
  • "Young and Beautiful" - Lana Del Rey (Rick Nowels & Al Shux)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Heart Attack" - Demi Lovato, "Royals" - Lorde, "Try" - P!nk, "Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Carry On" - fun. (Jeff Bhasker)
  • "Counting Stars" - OneRepublic (Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella)
  • "Just Give Me a Reason" - P!nk, ft. Nate Reuss (Jeff Bhasker)
  • "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons (Alex da Kid)
  • "Stay" - Rihanna, ft. Mikky Ekko (Mikky Ekko, Justin Parker & Kuk Harrell)
  • "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Best Song Ever" - One Direction, "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk, ft. Pharrell, "I Love It" - Icona Pop, ft. Charli XCX, "Safe and Sound" - Capital Cities)

Best Album

  • The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Rob Knox & Jerome Harmon)
  • The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
  • Random Access Memories - Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Julian Casablancas & DJ Falcon)
  • Red - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff, Jeff Bhasker, Max Martin & Dan Wilson)
  • Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons, Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson, Supa Dups & Emile Haynie)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Blessed Unrest - Sara Bareilles, Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City - Kendrick Lamar, The Next Day - David Bowie, Pure Heroine - Lorde, Same Trailer, Different Park - Kacey Musgraves)

Best Music Video

  • "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Jon Jon Augustavo, Jason Koenig & Ryan Lewis, directors; Tricia Davis, Honna Kimmerer & Jenny Koenig, producers)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Floria Sigismondi, director; Coleen Haynes & Dawn Rose, producers)
  • "Safe and Sound" - Capital Cities (Grady Hall, director; Buddy Enright, Javier Jimenez, Danny Lockwood & Daniel Weisman, producers)
  • "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Jay-Z (David Fincher, director; Timory King, producer)
  • "Try" - P!nk (Floria Sigismondi, director; Coleen Haynes & Dawn Rose, producers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke, ft. T.I. & Pharrell, "Carry On" - fun., "I'm Shakin'" - Jack White, "Lego House" - Ed Sheeran, "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons)

Best Country Song

  • "Highway Don't Care" - Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban (Byron Gallimore & Tim McGraw)
  • "I Drive Your Truck" - Lee Brice (Kyle Jacobs, Matt McClure & Lee Brice)
  • "Mama's Broken Heart" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf & Chuck Ainlay)
  • "Merry Go Round" - Kacey Musgraves (Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves)
  • "Wagon Wheel" - Darius Rucker (Frank Rogers)
    (Honourable Mentions: "The Accidental Racist" - Brad Paisley, ft. LL Cool J, "Begin Again" - Taylor Swift, "Downtown" - Lady Antebellum, "Mine Would Be You" - Blake Shelton, "The One That Got Away" - The Civil Wars)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

  • "Clarity" - Zedd, ft. Foxes (Zedd)
  • "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk, ft. Pharrell (Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo)
  • "I Love It" - Icona Pop, ft. Charli XCX (Patrik Berger)
  • "Summertime Sadness (Remix)" - Lana Del Rey, ft. Cedric Gervais (Cedric Gervais)
  • "Wake Me Up" - Avicii (Tim Bergling & Ash Pournouri)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Atmosphere" - Kaskade, "Need U (100%)" - Duke Dumont, ft. A*M*E & MNEK, "Odd Look" - Kavinsky, ft. The Weeknd, "Sweet Nothing" - Calvin Harris, ft. Florence Welch, "This is What It Feels Like" - Armin Van Buuren, ft. Trevor Guthrie)

Best Pop Song

  • "Counting Stars" - OneRepublic (Ryan Tedder & Noel Zancanella)
  • "Daylight" - Maroon 5 (Adam Levine & Max Martin)
  • "Live While We're Young" - One Direction (Rami Yacoub & Carl Falk)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Do What U Want" - Lady Gaga, ft. R. Kelly, "Feel This Moment" - Pitbull, ft. Christina Aguilera, "I Knew You Were Trouble" - Taylor Swift, "Stay" - Rihanna, ft. Mikky Ekko, "Wrecking Ball" - Miley Cyrus)

Best Rap Song

  • "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke, ft. T.I. & Pharrell (Pharrell Williams)
  • "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
  • "Holy Grail" - Jay-Z, ft. Justin Timberlake (Timbaland, Jerome Harmon & The-Dream)
  • "Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake, ft. Jay-Z (Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ryan Lewis)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Berzerk" - Eminem, "F***in' Problems" - A$AP Rocky, ft. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar, "Power Trip" - J. Cole, ft. Miguel, "Started from the Bottom" - Drake, "Swimming Pools (Drank)" - Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rock Song

  • "I'm Shakin'" - Jack White (Jack White)
  • "Panic Room" - Muse (Muse)
  • "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons (Alex da Kid)
  • "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" - David Bowie (David Bowie & Tony Visconti)
  • "Still Into You" - Paramore (Justin Meldal-Johnsen)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ain't Messin' 'Round" - Gary Clark, Jr., "Diane Young" - Vampire Weekend, "Doom and Gloom" - The Rolling Stones, "God is Dead?" - Black Sabbath, "Supersoaker" - Kings of Leon)

Best Songwriting

  • "Gone, Gone, Gone" - Phillip Phillips (Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark & Gregg Wattenberg)
  • "Hold On, We're Going Home" - Drake (Aubrey Graham, Noah Shebib, Majid Al Maskati, Jordan Ullman & Paul Jefferies)
  • "Just Give Me a Reason" - P!nk, ft. Nate Reuss (Alecia Moore, Jeff Bhasker & Nate Reuss)
  • "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley, Jerome Harmon & James Fauntleroy)
  • "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine & Andrew Wyatt)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Applause" - Lady Gaga, "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons, "Roar" - Katy Perry, "Royals" - Lorde, "Same Love" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)

Best Original Score

  • Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)
  • The Great Gatsby (Craig Armstrong)
  • Lincoln (John Williams)
  • Skyfall (Thomas Newman)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

  • Django Unchained: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Quentin Tarantino)
  • The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (Baz Luhrmann & Anthony Seyler)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Alexandra Patsavas)
  • Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe)
  • Sound City: Real to Reel (Butch Vig)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Atlas" - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Coldplay)
  • "Skyfall" - Skyfall (Adele & Paul Epworth)
  • "Suddenly" - Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer)
  • "Young and Beautiful" - The Great Gatsby (Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels)
  • "You've Got Time" - Orange is the New Black (Regina Spektor)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Almost Home" - Oz: The Great and Powerful, "Ancora Qui" - Django Unchained, "Over the Love" - The Great Gatsby, "Please, Mr. Kennedy" - Inside Llewyn Davis, "Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You) - Silver Linings Playbook)

Best New Artist

  • Imagine Dragons
  • Kacey Musgraves
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Lana Del Rey
  • Lorde
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    (Honourable Mentions: Capital Cities, Icona Pop, James Blake, The Weeknd)

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"

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