Friday, July 18, 2025

2016 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • Arrival (Dan Levine, Shawn Levy & Aaron Ryder)
  • La La Land (Gary Gilbert, Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz & Marc Platt)
  • Manchester by the Sea (Matt Damon, Lauren Beck, Chris Moore & Kevin J. Walsh)
  • Moonlight (Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner)
  • Silence (Martin Scorsese, Barbara De Fina, Emma Tillinger Kosoff & Irwin Winkler)
    (Honourable Mentions: Fences, Kubo and the Two Strings, Lion, Loving, Zootopia)

Best Director

  • Damien Chazelle - La La Land
  • Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
  • Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
  • Martin Scorsese - Silence
  • Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
    (Honourable Mentions: Garth Davis - Lion, Barry Jenkins - Moonlight, David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water, Jeff Nichols - Loving, Denzel Washington - Fences)

Best Lead Actor

  • Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
  • Joel Edgerton - Loving
  • Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
  • Ryan Gosling - La La Land
  • Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
  • Denzel Washington - Fences
    (Honourable Mentions: Don Cheadle - Miles Ahead, Adam Driver - Paterson, Jake Gyllenhaal - Nocturnal Animals, Tom Hanks - Sully)

Best Lead Actress

  • Amy Adams - Arrival
  • Annette Bening - 20th Century Women
  • Ruth Negga - Loving
  • Natalie Portman - Jackie
  • Emma Stone - La La Land
    (Honourable Mentions: Isabelle Huppert - Elle, Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
  • Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
  • Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Dev Patel - Lion
  • Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals
    (Honourable Mentions: Alden Ehrenreich - Hail, Caesar!, John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane, David Oyelowo - Queen of Katwe, Alan Rickman - Eye in the Sky, Mykelti Williamson - Fences)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Viola Davis - Fences
  • Lupita Nyong'o - Queen of Katwe
  • Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures
  • Rachel Weisz - The Light Between Oceans
  • Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
    (Honourable Mentions: Naomie Harris - Moonlight, Nicole Kidman - Lion, Helen Mirren - Eye in the Sky, Julianne Moore - Maggie's Plan, Molly Shannon - Other People)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Marc Haimes, Chris Butler & Shannon Tindle)
  • La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
  • Loving (Jeff Nichols)
  • Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)
  • Zootopia (Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon & Jennifer Lee)
    (Honourable Mentions: 20th Century Women, Captain Fantastic, Everybody Wants Some!!, Hell or High Water, The Lobster)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Fences (August Wilson; based on the play by August Wilson)
  • Hidden Figures (Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi; based on the book "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race" by Margot Lee Shetterly)
  • Lion (Luke Davies; based on the memoir "A Long Way Home" by Saroo Brierley & Larry Buttrose)
  • Moonlight (Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney; based on the unpublished play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue" by Tarell Alvin McCraney)
  • Silence (Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese; based on the novel by Shūsaku Endō)
    (Honourable Mentions: Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, The Jungle Book, Nocturnal Animals, Sully)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • Fences [Victoria Thomas] (Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby & Mykelti Williamson, et. al.)
  • Hidden Figures [Victoria Thomas] (Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Glen Powell, Jim Parsons, Aldin Hodge & Mahershala Ali, et. al.)
  • La La Land [Deborah Aquila & Tricia Wood] (Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarry DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, Tom Everett Scott, Meagan Fay & J.K. Simmons, et. al.)
  • Silence [Ellen Chenoweth] (Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciaran Hinds, Issey Ogata, Shinya Tsukamoto & Liam Neeson, et. al.)
  • Zootopia [Jamie Sparer Roberts] (Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, Jenny Slate, Tommy Chong, Bonnie Hunt, Alan Tudyk, Shakira & J.K. Simmons, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: 20th Century Women, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight)

Best Young Actor (21 or Under)

  • Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
  • Madina Nalwanga - Queen of Katwe
  • Neel Sethi - The Jungle Book
  • Hailee Steinfeld - The Edge of Seventeen
  • Ferdia Walsh-Peelo - Sing Street
    (Honourable Mentions: Oakes Fegley - Pete's Dragon, Alex Hibbert - Moonlight, Lewis MacDougall - A Monster Calls, Sunny Pawar - Lion, Angourie Rice - The Nice Guys)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Elle [France] (Paul Verhoeven)
  • The Handmaiden [South Korea] (Park Chan-wook)
  • Neruda [Chile] (Pablo Larraín)
  • The Salesman [Iran] (Asghar Farhadi)
  • Toni Erdmann [Germany] (Maren Ade)
    (Honourable Mentions: Aquarius, Embrace of the Serpent, Julieta, A Man Called Ove, The Red Turtle)

Best Documentary Feature

  • 13th (Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick & Howard Barish)
  • Before the Flood (Fisher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brett Ratner & James Packer)
  • Gleason (Clay Tweel, Scott Fujita, Seth Gordon & Mary Rohlich)
  • Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams, Julie Goldman & Christopher Clements)
  • O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow & Connor Schell)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, Cameraperson, Fire at Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, Weiner)

Best Original Score

  • Arrival (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
  • La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
  • The Light Between Oceans (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Lion (Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Michael Giacchino)
    (Honourable Mentions: The BFG - John Williams, Jackie - Mica Levi, Kubo and the Two Strings - Dario Marianelli, Moonlight - Nicholas Britell, Nocturnal Animals - Abel Korzeniowski)

Best Original Song

  • "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
  • "City of Stars" - La La Land (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
  • "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Sing Street (Gary Clark)
  • "How Far I'll Go" - Moana (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • "A Letter to the Free" - 13th (Common, Kareem Riggins & Robert Glasper)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Another Day of Sun" - La La Land, "Can't Stop the Feeling!" - Trolls, "Runnin'" - Hidden Figures, "Try Everything" - Zootopia, "You're Welcome" - Moana)

Best Sound Editing

  • Arrival (Sylvain Bellemare)
  • Deepwater Horizon (Wylie Stateman)
  • Hacksaw Ridge (Robert Mackenzie & Andy Wright)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Christopher Scarabosio & Matthew Wood)
  • Sully (Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, La La Land)

Best Sound Mixing

  • Arrival (Bernard Gariépy Strobl & Claude Le Haye)
  • Hacksaw Ridge (Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright & Robert Mackenzie)
  • The Jungle Book (Christopher Boyes, Lora Hirschberg & Ron Judkins)
  • La La Land (Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee & Steven A. Morrow)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio & Stuart Wilson)
    (Honourable Mentions: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, Silence, Sully)

Best Animated Feature

  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner)
  • The Little Prince (Mark Osborne, Dimitri Rossam & Alexis Vonarb)
  • Moana (Ron Clements, John Musker & Osnat Shurer)
  • The Red Turtle (Michaël Dudok de Wit, Toshio Suzuki & Isao Takahata)
  • Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore & Clark Spencer)
    (Honourable Mentions: April and the Extraordinary World, Finding Dory, Kung Fu Panda 3, Sing, Your Name)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Jason Bateman - Zootopia for voicing Nick Wilde
  • Auli'i Cravalho - Moana for voicing Moana
  • Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Dory for voicing Dory
  • Charlize Theron - Kubo and the Two Strings for voicing Monkey
  • Alan Tudyk - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story for voicing K-2SO
    (Honourable Mentions: Idris Elba - The Jungle Book, Ginnifer Goodwin - Zootopia, Bill Murray - The Jungle Book, Liam Neeson - A Monster Calls, Art Parkinson - Kubo and the Two Strings)

Best Cinematography

  • Arrival (Bradford Young)
  • La La Land (Linus Sandgren)
  • The Light Between Oceans (Adam Arkapaw)
  • Moonlight (James Laxton)
  • Silence (Rodrigo Prieto)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Handmaiden - Chung Hoon-chung, Hell or High Water - Giles Nuttgens, Jackie - Stéphane Fontaine, Lion - Greig Fraser, Nocturnal Animals - Seamus McGarvey)

Best Film Editing

  • Arrival (Joe Walker)
  • Fences (Hughes Winborne)
  • Hacksaw Ridge (John Gilbert)
  • La La Land (Tom Cross)
  • Silence (Thelma Schoonmaker)
    (Honourable Mentions: Hell or High Water - Jake Roberts, Lion - Alexandre de Franceschi, Manchester by the Sea - Jennifer Lame, Moonlight - Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders, O.J.: Made in America - Bret Granato, Maya Mumma & Ben Sozanski)

Best Production Design

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Stuart Craig & Anna Pinnock)
  • Hail, Caesar! (Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh)
  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Nelson Lowry)
  • La La Land (David Wasco & Sandy Reynolds-Wasco)
  • Silence (Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo)
    (Honourable Mentions: Arrival, Doctor Strange, The Handmaiden, Passengers, The Witch)

Best Costume Design

  • Allied (Joanna Johnston)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Colleen Atwood)
  • Florence Foster Jenkins (Consolata Boyle)
  • Jackie (Madeline Fontaine)
  • La La Land (Mary Zophres)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alice Through the Looking Glass, Captain Fantastic, Hail, Caesar!, Love & Friendship, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Florence Foster Jenkins (J. Roy Helland & Daniel Phillips)
  • Silence (Howard Berger & Noriko Watanabe)
  • Star Trek Beyond (Joel Harlow & Richard Alonso)
    (Honourable Mentions: Deadpool, The Dressmaker, Hail, Caesar!, A Man Called Ove, Suicide Squad)

Best Visual Effects [TIE]

  • Deepwater Horizon (Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington & Burt Dalton)
  • Doctor Strange (Stéphane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vince Cirelli & Paul Corbould)
  • The Jungle Book (Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez & Dan Lemmon)
  • Kubo and the Two Strings (Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean & Brad Schiff)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel & Neil Corbould)
    (Honourable Mentions: Arrival, The BFG, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Star Trek Beyond, Warcraft)

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

2015 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • Bloodborne (Kentaro Motomura, Masaaki Yamagiwa & Teruyuki Toriyama)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Hideo Kojima & Kenichiro Imaizumi)
  • Splatoon (Hisashi Nogami)
  • Super Mario Maker (Takeshi Tezuka & Hiroyuki Kimura)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Piotr Krzywonosiuk & Jędrzej Mróz)
    (Honourable Mentions: Batman: Arkham Knight, Fallout 4, Her Story, Life is Strange, Undertale)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Batman: Arkham Knight (Sefton Hill)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Hideo Kojima)
  • Ori and the Blind Forest (Thomas Mahler)
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider (Noah Hughes, Brian Horton & Daniel Neuberger)
  • Star Wars: Battlefront (Robert Wasser)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Bloodborne, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Just Cause 3, Splatoon)

Best Game Design

  • Bloodborne (Kazuhiro Hamatani)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Hideo Kojima)
  • Rocket League (Corey Davis)
  • Splatoon (Seita Inoue & Keisuke Nishimori)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, Adam Wrotek & Lukasz Maj)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Fallout 4, Lara Croft Go, Super Mario Maker, Undertale)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Disney Infinity 3.0 (John Vignocchi & Mathew Solie)
  • LEGO Dimensions (Jon Burton & James McLoughlin)
  • Splatoon (Yusuke Amano & Tsubasa Sakaguchi)
  • Super Mario Maker (Yosuke Oshino & Yoshikazu Yamashita)
  • Yoshi's Woolly World (Atsushi Kono)
    (Honourable Mentions: FIFA 16, Guitar Hero Live, Rock Band 4, Skylanders: SuperChargers, Tearaway Unfolded)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • FIFA 16 (Scott Murray & Greg Palstra)
  • Forza Motorsport 6 (William Giese & Dan Greenawalt)
  • NBA 2K16 (Jeffrey J. Thomas & Mike Wang)
  • Need for Speed (Craig Sullivan)
  • Rocket League (Thomas Silloway)
    (Honourable Mentions: Dirt Rally, Madden NFL 16, MLB '15: The Show, Pro Evolution Soccer 2016, Project Cars)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Her Story (Sam Barlow)
  • Life is Strange (Julien Fryer, Sam Hocevar, Stéphane Hubart & Alexis Holstein)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Daizaburo Nakamura & Makoto Sonoyama)
  • Splatoon (Shintaro Sato)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Piotr Tomsiński, Michał Słapa, Marcin Gollent & Łukasz Mrozowski-Zięba)
    (Honourable Mentions: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Just Cause 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars: Battlefront, Until Dawn)

Best Multiplayer

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  • Destiny: The Taken King
  • Halo 5: Guardians (Kevin Franklin)
  • Rocket League
  • Splatoon

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • Cities: Skylines (Mariina Hallikainen)
  • Fallout Shelter (Craig Lafferty)
  • Heroes of the Storm (Dustin Browder & Alan Dabiri)
  • Kerbal Space Program (Ezequiel Ayarza & Adrian Goya)
  • StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void (Dustin Browder)
    (Honourable Mentions: Grey Goo, Invisible, Inc., Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Pillars of Eternity, Prison Architect)

Best Audio Design

  • Batman: Arkham Knight (Nick Arundel, Lee Banyard, Andrew Riley & Bryan O. Watkins)
  • Fallout 4 (Mark Lampert, Dave Schreiber & James Tanenbaum)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Makoto Yamakawa & Hiroyuki Nakayama)
  • Star Wars: Battlefront (Ben Minto, Philip Eriksson, Gustav Rathsman & Martin Wöhmer)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Piotr Malinowski, Hanna Obradovic, Paweł Daudzward & Krzysztof Lipka)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Crypt of the NecroDancer, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rise of the Tomb Raider)

Best Music

  • Assassin's Creed Syndicate (Austin Wintory)
  • Batman: Arkham Knight (Nick Arundel & David Buckley)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Ludvig Forssell, Justin Burnett & Daniel James)
  • Ori and the Blind Forest (Gareth Coker)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Marcin Przybyłowicz & Mikołaj Stroiński)
    (Honourable Mentions: Crypt of the NecroDancer - Danny Baranowsky, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Jessica Curry, Fallout 4 - Inon Zur, The Order: 1886 - Jason Graves, Undertale - Toby Tox)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

  • Fallout Shelter (Todd Howard & Craig Lafferty)
  • Her Story (Sam Barlow)
  • Lara Croft Go (Daniel Lutz)
  • Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Kaname Fujioka)
  • Pac-Man 256 (Andrew Sum & Matthew Hall)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alphabear, Downwell, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, The Room Three, Yo-Kai Watch)

Best Fighting Game

  • Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (Yohei Shimbori & Tom Lee)
  • Mortal Kombat X (Ed Boon)
  • Rising Thunder (Tom Cannon & Tony Cannon)

Best Art Direction

  • Assassin's Creed Syndicate (Thierry Dansereau)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Yoji Shinkawa)
  • Ori and the Blind Forest (Johannes Figlhuber)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Marian Chomiak)
  • Yoshi's Woolly World (Ayano Otsuka)
    (Honourable Mentions: Batman: Arkham Knight, Bloodborne, The Order: 1886, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars: Battlefront)

Best Animation

  • Batman: Arkham Knight (Zafer Coban, Max Fanning, David Houston & Adam Vincent)
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Yusuke Nishida, Masaaki Kawata, Masakazu Kato & Keiichiro Emura)
  • Ori and the Blind Forest (James Nicholas Benson)
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider (Brandon Fernandez, Jeff Wilcox, Tracy Jasperson & Benjamin Stanton)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Jamie Bury-Zawada, Daria Bury-Zawada, Michał Czerniec & Soheyl Mohammad)
    (Honourable Mentions: Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Fallout 4, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, The Order: 1886, Star Wars: Battlefront)

Best Story/Writing

  • Batman: Arkham Knight (Martin Lancaster, Sefton Hill & Ian Ball)
  • Her Story (Sam Barlow)
  • Life is Strange (Christian Divine & Jean-Luc Cano)
  • Tales from the Borderlands (Pierre Shorette, Jeremy Breslau, Chuck Jordan, Eric Stirpe, Brian Freyermuth, Anthony Burch & Zack Keller)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Marcin Blacha)
    (Honourable Mentions: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Fallout 4, Minecraft: Story Mode, Undertale, Until Dawn)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Ashly Burch - Life is Strange for voicing Chloe Price
  • Mark Hamill - Batman: Arkham Knight for voicing The Joker
  • Camilla Luddington - Rise of the Tomb Raider for voicing Lara Croft
  • Viva Seifert - Her Story for voicing Hannah Smith
  • Patrick Warburton - Tales from the Borderlands for voicing Hugo Vasquez
    (Honourable Mentions: Doug Cockle - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Merle Dandridge - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Brett Dalton - Until Dawn, John Noble - Batman: Arkham Knight, Catherine Taber - Minecraft: Story Mode)

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

2015 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "Budapest" - George Ezra (Cam Blackwood)
  • "Chains" - Nick Jonas (Jason Evigan)
  • "Earned It" - The Weeknd (Stephan Moccio & Jason Quenneville)
  • "Honey, I'm Good" - Andy Grammer (Nolan Sipe, Brian West & Steve Greenberg)
  • "Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran (Jake Gosling)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Alright" - Kendrick Lamar, "Cheerleader" - OMI, "Take Your Time" - Sam Hunt, "Traveller" - Chris Stapleton, "Want to Want Me" - Jason DeRulo)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Blank Space" - Taylor Swift (Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Confident" - Demi Lovato (Max Martin & Ilya)
  • "Elastic Heart" - Sia (Diplo & Greg Kurstin)
  • "Fight Song" - Rachel Platten (Jon Levine)
  • "Love Me Like You Do" - Ellie Goulding (Max Martin & Ali Payami)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Here" - Alessia Cara, "Hold My Hand" - Jess Glynne, "I Really Like You" - Carly Rae Jepsen, "One Last Time" - Ariana Grande, "Style" - Taylor Swift)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Believe" - Mumford and Sons (James Ford)
  • "FourFiveSeconds" - Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney (Kanye West & Paul McCartney)
  • "Glory" - John Legend & Common (John Legend)
  • "Sugar" - Maroon 5 (Ammo & Cirkut)
  • "Uptown Funk" - Mark Ronson, ft. Bruno Mars (Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker & Bruno Mars)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Blame" - Calvin Harris, ft. John Newman, "Locked Away" - R. City, ft. Adam Levine, "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa, ft. Charlie Puth, "Ship to Wreck" - Florence + The Machine, "Shut Up and Dance" - Walk the Moon)

Best Album

  • 1989 - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Ryan Tedder & Shellback)
  • Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters & Butch Vig)
  • Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes (Blake Mills & Alabama Shakes)
  • To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (Sounwave, Terrace Martin, Larrance Dopson & Pharrell Williams)
  • Wilder Mind - Mumford and Sons (James Ford)
    (Honourable Mentions: Beauty Behind the Madness - The Weeknd, Black Messiah - D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Hamilton: Original Broadcast Cast Recording - various artists, Traveller - Chris Stapleton, Uptown Special - Mark Ronson)

Best Music Video

  • "Blank Space" - Taylor Swift (Joseph Kahn, director; Jil Hardin, producer)
  • "Elastic Heart" - Sia (Daniel Askill & Sia Furler, directors; Jack Hogan, producer)
  • "One Man Can Change the World" - Big Sean, ft. Kanye West & John Legend (Andrew Hines, director; Nathan Scherrer, producer)
  • "Uptown Funk" - Mark Ronson, ft. Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, directors; Jeremy Sullivan, producer)
  • "Where Are Ü Now" - Skrillex & Diplo, ft. Justin Bieber (BREWER, directors; Nathan Scherrer, producer) 
    (Honourable Mentions: "Alright" - Kendrick Lamar, "Downtown" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Freedom" - Pharrell Williams, "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa, ft. Charlie Puth, "Ship to Wreck" - Florence + The Machine)

Best Country Song

  • "Girl Crush" - Little Big Town (Jay Joyce)
  • "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" - Keith Urban (Keith Urban & Dann Huff)
  • "Somebody to Love" - Kacey Musgraves (Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves)
  • "Take Your Time" - Sam Hunt (Zach Crowell & Shane McAnally)
  • "Traveller" - Chris Stapleton (Dave Cobb & Chris Stapleton)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Burning House" - Cam, "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" - Tim McGraw, "Homegrown" - Zac Brown Band, "Little Run Wagon" - Miranda Lambert, "Little Toy Guns" - Carrie Underwood,)
Best Dance/Electronic Song
  • "Blame" - Calvin Harris, ft. John Newman (Calvin Harris)
  • "Hey Mama" - David Guetta, ft. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack (David Guetta, Afrojack & Giorgio Tuinfort)
  • "Lean On" - Major Lazer & DJ Snake, ft. MØ (Major Lazer & DJ Snake)
  • "Runaway (U & I)" - Galantis (Galantis & Svidden)
  • "Where Are Ü Now" - Skrillex & Diplo, ft. Justin Bieber (Skrillex & Diplo)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Beautiful Now" - Zedd, ft. Jon Bellion, "Go" - The Chemical Brothers, ft. Q-Tip, "Never Catch Me" - Flying Lotus, ft. Kendrick Lamar, "Outside" - Calvin Harris, ft. Ellie Goulding, "Real Love" - Clean Bandit, ft. Jess Glynne)

Best Pop Song

  • "Blank Space" - Taylor Swift (Max Martin & Shellback)
  • "Shut Up and Dance" - Walk the Moon (Tim Pagnotta)
  • "Sugar" - Maroon 5 (Ammo & Cirkut)
  • "Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran (Jake Gosling)
  • "Uptown Funk" - Mark Ronson, ft. Bruno Mars (Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker & Bruno Mars)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Can't Feel My Face" - The Weeknd, "Love Me Like You Do" - Ellie Goulding, "One Last Time" - Ariana Grande, "Ship to Wreck" - Florence + The Machine, "Time of Our Lives" - Pitbull, ft. Ne-Yo)

Best Rap Song

  • "All Day" - Kanye West, ft. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney (Kanye West, French Montana & Puff Daddy)
  • "Alright" - Kendrick Lamar (Sounwave & Pharrell Williams)
  • "Glory" - John Legend & Common (John Legend)
  • "One Man Can Change the World" - Big Sean, ft. Kanye West & John Legend (DJ Mustard & Amaire Johnson)
  • "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa, ft. Charlie Puth (DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth & Andrew Cedar)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Apparently" - J. Cole, "Energy" - Drake, "King Kunta" - Kendrick Lamar, "The Night is Still Young" - Nicki Minaj, "Truffle Butter" - Nicki Minaj, ft. Drake & Lil' Wayne)

Best Rock Song

  • "Believe" - Mumford and Sons (James Ford)
  • "Don't Wanna Fight" - Alabama Shakes (Blake Mills)
  • "Ex's and Oh's" - Elle King (Dave Bassett)
  • "Hold Back the River" - James Bay (Jacquire King)
  • "Uma Thurman" - Fall Out Boy (Jake Sinclair & Young Wolf Hatchlings)
  • "What Kind of Man" - Florence + The Machine (Markus Dravs)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Hallelujah" - Panic! at the Disco, "I Bet My Life" - Imagine Dragons, "Rock or Bust" - AC/DC, "Something from Nothing" - Foo Fighters)

Best Songwriting

  • "Blank Space" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Karl Johan Schuster)
  • "FourFiveSeconds" - Rihanna, ft. Kanye West & Paul McCartney (Kanye West, Robyn Fenty, Paul McCartney, Dallas Austin & Mike Dean)
  • "Glory" - John Legend & Common (John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn & Che Smith)
  • "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa, ft. Charlie Puth (Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, Cameron Thomaz & Andrew Cedar)
  • "Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Alright" - Kendrick Lamar, "Elastic Heart" - Sia, "Fight Song" - Rachel Platten, "Girl Crush" - Little Big Town, "Traveller" - Chris Stapleton)

Best Original Score

  • Birdman (Antonio Sánchez)
  • Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
  • Inside Out (Michael Giacchino)
  • Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)
  • The Theory of Everything (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Creed - Ludwig Göransson, Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi, The Imitation Game - Alexandre Desplat, Whiplash - Justin Hurwitz)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 (Jim Beanz & Timbaland)
  • Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Mike Knobloch & Dana Sano)
  • Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ahmir Thompson, Bill Sherman & Alex Lacamoire)
  • Pitch Perfect 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Julianne Jordan, Harvey Mason Jr. & Julia Michels)
  • Selma: Music from the Motion Picture (Ava DuVernay)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Earned It" - Fifty Shades of Grey (The Weeknd, Stephan Moccio & Jason Quenneville)
  • "Glory" - Selma (John Legend, Common & Che Smith)
  • "Love Me Like You Do" - Fifty Shades of Grey (Max Martin, Ali Payami, Ilya & Tove Lo)
  • "See You Again" - Furious 7 (Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa & Andrew Cedar)
  • "Til it Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground (Lady Gaga & Diane Warren)
  • "Wait for It" - Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Grip" - Creed, "Immortals" - Big Hero 6, "No Apologies" - Empire, "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre)

Best New Artist

  • George Ezra
  • Hozier
  • James Bay
  • Sam Hunt
  • Walk the Moon
    (Honourable Mentions: Chris Stapleton, Elle King, Fifth Harmony, Leon Bridges, Tori Kelly)

2015 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

  • The Americans [FX] (Joel Fields, Joe Wiesberg, Darryl Frank, Graham Yost & Daniel Sackheim)
  • Empire [FOX] (Lee Daniels, Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken)
  • Game of Thrones [HBO] (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger & Bernadette Caulfield)
  • House of Cards [Netflix] (David Fincher, Beau Willimon, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Josh Donen, Eric Roth & John David Coles)
  • Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner, Scott Hornbacher & Janet Healy)
  • Masters of Sex [Showtime] (Michelle Ashford, Amy Lippmann, Carl Beverly, Judith Verno & Sarah Timberman)
    (Honourable Mentions: Better Call Saul, The Good Wife, Homeland, The Leftovers)

Best Television Series - Comedy

  • American Dad! [FOX/TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Steve Callaghan, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine [FOX] (Michael Schur, Dan Goor & David Miner)
  • Louie [FX] (Louis C.K., M. Blair Breard & Dave Becky)
  • Orange is the New Black [Netflix] (Jenji Kohan)
  • Parks and Recreation [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein, David Miner, Morgan Sackett & Dean Holland)
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt [Netflix] (Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond, David Miner & Jack Burditt)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Comeback, Modern Family, Silicon Valley, Transparent)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Crime [ABC] (John Ridley & Michael J. McDonald, executive producers; Lori-Etta Taub, producer)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show [FX] (Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong & Bradley Buecker, executive producers; Alexis Martin Woodall & Robert M. Williams Jr., producers)
  • Bessie [HBO] (Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere, Randi Michel & Shelby Stone, executive producers; Ron Schmidt, producer)
  • Olive Kitteridge [HBO] (Tom Hanks, Gary Goertzen, Jane Anderson & Frances McDormand, executive producers; David Coatsworth, producer)
  • Wolf Hall [PBS] (Colin Callender, John Yorke, Polly Hill & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Mark Pybus, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another Day, The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, The Missing, Nightingale)

Best Variety Series

  • The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Tom Purcell)
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, Adam Lowitt, Jennifer Flanz, Steve Bodow, Tim Greenberg & Jill Katz)
  • Key & Peele [Comedy Central] (Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Ian Roberts, Jay Martel, Joel Zadak, Peter Principato & Paul Young)
  • Late Show with David Letterman [CBS] (Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Rob Burnett & Jude Brennan)
  • Portlandia [IFC] (Lorne Michaels, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel & Andrew Singer)
  • Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
    (Honourable Mentions: Inside Amy Schumer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Nathan for You, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)

Best Variety Special

  • Bill Maher: Live from D.C. [HBO] (Bill Maher, Marc Gurvitz & Troy Miller, executive producers)
  • The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producers; George Stevens Jr. & Michael Stevens, producers)
  • Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs [CBS] (Jon Stewart, Robert Smigel, Carol Donovan & Chris McShane, executive producers)
  • Saturday Night Live: The 40th Anniversary Special [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, executive producers; Erin Doyle, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lindsay Shookus & Rhys Thomas, producers)
  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! [PBS] (Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, David Horn, Danny Bennett & Bobby Campbell, executive producers; Mitch Owgang, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, 68th Tony Awards, 72nd Golden Globe Awards, Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Live from Lincoln Center)

Best Reality Series

  • Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
  • Diners, Drive-ins and Dives [Food Network] (Guy Fieri, Frank Matson, Kat Higgins & Tim McOsker)
  • Duck Dynasty [A&E] (Adam Saltzburg, Mike Odair, Scott Gurney, Deirdre Gurney & Willie Robertson)
  • MythBusters [Discovery] (Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Dan Tapster, John Luscombe, Joshua C. Berkley & Cameo Wallace)
  • Shark Tank [ABC] (Mark Burnett, Clay Newbill & Phil Gurin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alaska: The Last Frontier, The Chair, Intervention, Property Brothers, Undercover Boss)

Best Reality-Competition Series

  • The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri & Mark Vertullo)
  • America's Funniest Home Videos [ABC] (Vin Di Bona, Michele Nasraway & Todd Thicke)
  • So You Think You Can Dance? [FOX] (Simon Fuller, Barry Adelman, Allen Shapiro, Nigel Lythgoe, James Breen & Jeff Thacker)
  • Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Doneen Arquines, Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi)
  • The Voice (John de Mol Jr., Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers & Lee Metzger)
    (Honourable Mentions: America's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, Face Off, Lip Sync Battle, Survivor)

Best Host - Reality Series

  • Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
  • Anthony Bourdain - The Taste
  • Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent
  • Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
  • Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night
    (Honourable Mentions: RuPaul Charles - RuPaul's Drag Race, Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters, Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway, Jeff Probst - Survivor)

Best Animated Program

  • American Dad! - "Holy Shit, Jeff's Back!" [TBS] (Seth MacFarlane, Matt Weitzman & Brian Boyle, executive producers; Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves, directors; Joe Chandler & Nic Wegener, writers)
  • Bob's Burgers - "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" [FOX] (Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive, executive producers; Jennifer Coyle, director; Nora Smith, writer)
  • Family Guy - "The Simpsons Guy" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, Steve Callaghan, Mark Hentemann, Danny Smith & Kara Vallow, executive producers; Peter Shin, director; Patrick Meighan, writer)
  • The Legend of Korra - "Day of the Colossus/The Last Stand" (Michael Dante DiMartino, executive producer/writer, Bryan Konietzko & Jae-Myoung Yoo, executive producers; Ian Graham & Melchior Zwyer, directors; Tim Hedrick, writer)
  • Over the Garden Wall - "The Unknown" [Cartoon Network] (Patrick McHale, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Rob Sorcher & Curtis Lelash, executive producers; Nate Cash, supervising director; Robert Alvarez, Larry Leichliter & Eddy Houchins, animation directors; Natasha Allegri, Jim Campbell & Tom Herpich, writers)
  • The Simpsons - "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" [FOX] (Al Jean, executive producer/writer; James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Matt Selman & John Frink, executive producers; David Silverman, director; David Mirkin, writer)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

  • Clark Gregg - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode: "A Fractured House")
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person")
  • Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Uno")
  • Matthew Rhys - The Americans (Episode: "Salang Pass")
  • Michael Sheen - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Fight")
  • Kevin Spacey - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 28")
    (Honourable Mentions: Kevin Bacon - The Following, Peter Capaldi - Doctor Who, Kyle Chandler - Bloodline, Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Bobby's House")
  • Billy Crystal - The Comedians (Episode: "Billy's Birthday")
  • William H. Macy - Shameless (Episode: "Drugs Actually")
  • Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Prom Equivalency")
  • Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Payback")
  • Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent (Episode: "The Wilderness")
    (Honourable Mentions: Anthony Anderson - Black-ish, Will Forte - The Last Man on Earth, Matt LeBlanc - Episoes, Thomas Middleditch - Silicon Valley)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Adrien Brody - Houdini
  • Ricky Gervais - Derek: The Final Chapter
  • Timothy Hutton - American Crime
  • Richard Jenkins - Olive Kitteridge
  • David Oyelowo - Nightingale
  • Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Live Another Day
    (Honourable Mentions: Bill Nighy - Worricker, Stephen Rea - The Honourable Woman, Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall, David Suchet - Agatha Christie's Poirot)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

  • Lizzy Caplan - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Fight")
  • Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder (Episode: "Let's Get to Scooping")
  • Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife (Episode: "Oppo Research")
  • Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "Time & Life")
  • Keri Russell - The Americans (Episode: "Open House")
  • Robin Wright - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 32")
    (Honourable Mentions: Claire Danes - Homeland, Taraji P. Henson - Empire, Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black, Ruth Wilson - The Affair)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

  • Zooey Deschanel - New Girl (Episode: "Girl Fight")
  • Ellie Kemper - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes Outside")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep (Episode: "East Wing")
  • Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Leslie and Ron")
  • Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Morning Mimosa")
  • Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Thirsty Bird")
    (Honourable Mentions: Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie, Sutton Foster - Younger, Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback, Amy Schumer - Inside Amy Schumer)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honourable Woman
  • Felicity Huffman - American Crime
  • Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show
  • Queen Latifah - Bessie
  • Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
    (Honourable Mentions: Aunjanue Ellis - The Book of Negroes, Kelly Garner - Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Lancashire - Happy Valley, Octavia Spencer - Red Band Society, Emma Thompson - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Live from Lincoln Center)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

  • Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Five-O")
  • Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Wars to Come")
  • Walton Goggins - Justified (Episode: "The Hunt")
  • Kit Harington - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome")
  • Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline (Episode: "Part 1")
  • John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Lost Horizon")
    (Honourable Mentions: Alan Cumming - The Good Wife, Noah Emmerich - The Americans, Vincent Kartheiser - Mad Men, Michael Kelly - House of Cards)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

  • Fred Armisen - Portlandia (Episode: "Healthcare")
  • Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Johnny and Dora")
  • Tituss Burgess - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to School")
  • Terry Crews - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Chocolate Milk")
  • Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "Leslie and Ron")
  • Timothy Omundson - Galavant (Episode: "Dungeons and Dragon Lady")
    (Honourable Mentions: Ty Burrell - Modern Family, Josh Gad - The Comedians, T.J. Miller - Silicon Valley, Sam Waterston - Grace and Frankie)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Michael Chiklis - American Horror Story: Freak Show
  • William Devane - 24: Live Another Day
  • Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall
  • Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge
  • Michael K. Williams - Bessie
    (Honourable Mentions: Richard Cabral - American Crime, Ralph Fiennes - Worricker, Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story: Freak Show, Cory Michael Smith - Olive Kitteridge, Finn Wittrock - American Horror Story: Freak Show)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

  • Lena Headey - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother's Mercy")
  • Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "Severance")
  • Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife (Episode: "Hail Mary")
  • Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Two")
  • Sissy Spacek - Bloodline (Episode: "Part 9")
  • Mary Steenburgen - Justified (Episode: "The Trash and the Snake")
    (Honourable Mentions: Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones, Carrie Coon - The Leftovers, Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel, Alison Wright - The Americans)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

  • Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Hugs Can Be Deceiving")
  • Stephanie Beatriz - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "The Road Trip")
  • Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Focus Attenuation")
  • Carrie Brownstein - Portlandia (Episode: "Fiancé")
  • Allison Janney - Mom (Episode: "Forged Resumes and the Recommended Dosage")
  • Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Taraji P. Henson")
    (Honourable Mentions: Anna Chlumsky - Veep, Jane Krakowski - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Aubrey Plaza - Parks and Recreation, Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Freak Show
  • Michelle Fairley - 24: Live Another Day
  • Regina King - American Crime
  • Mo'Nique - Bessie
  • Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Freak Show
    (Honourable Mentions: Khandi Alexander - Bessie, Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Freak Show, Claire Foy - Wolf Hall, Zoe Kazan - Olive Kitteridge, Janet McTeer - The Honourable Woman)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

  • Alan Alda - The Blacklist (Episode: "The Decembrist")
  • Beau Bridges - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax")
  • Bruce Greenwood - Mad Men (Episode: "The Forecast")
  • Frank Langella - The Americans (Episode: "EST Men")
  • Kyle MacLachlan - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode: "One of Us")
  • David Hyde Pierce - The Good Wife (Episode: "The Debate")
    (Honourable Mentions: F. Murray Abraham - Homeland, Andre Braugher - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Reg E. Cathey - House of Cards, Sam Elliott - Justified)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

  • Jim Carrey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jim Carrey")
  • Laurence Fishburne - Black-ish (Episode: "Parental Guidance")
  • Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Bill Hader")
  • Jon Hamm - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Rides a Bike")
  • Michael Rapaport - Louie (Episode: "Cop Story")
  • Billy Bob Thornton - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Misinterpretation Agitation")
    (Honourable Mentions: Mel Brooks - The Comedians, Seth Rogen - The Comeback, Dick Van Dyke - The Middle, Bradley Whitford - Transparent)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

  • Patricia Arquette - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Cuanto")
  • Allison Janney - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax")
  • Margo Martindale - The Americans (Episode: "I Am Abassin Zabran")
  • Carrie Preston - The Good Wife (Episode: "Shiny Objects")
  • Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones (Episode: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken")
  • Kiernan Shipka - Mad Men (Episode: "The Forecast")
    (Honourable Mentions: Rachel Brosnahan - House of Cards, Jennifer Hudson - Empire, Lois Smith - The Americans, Cicely Tyson - How to Get Away with Murder)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

  • Amy Adams - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Amy Adams")
  • Joan Cusack - Shameless (Episode: "The Two Lisas")
  • Tina Fey - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to Court")
  • Kyra Sedgwick - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Defense Rests")
  • Octavia Spencer - Mom (Episode: "Dirty Money and a Woman Named Mike")
  • Uma Thurman - American Dad! (Episode: "Now and Gwen")
    (Honourable Mentions: Pamela Adlon - Louie, Kathryn Hahn - Transparent, Jenifer Lewis - Black-ish, Laurie Metcalf - The Big Bang Theory)

Best Direction - Drama

  • Michael Apted - Masters of Sex (Episode: "Parallax")
  • Adam Bernstein - Better Call Saul (Episode: "Five-O")
  • Lee Daniels - Empire (Episode: "Pilot")
  • James Foley - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 32")
  • Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Eldorado")
  • Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person")
    (Honourable Mentions: Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland, Mimi Leder - The Leftovers, Miguel Sapochnik - Game of Thrones, Steven Soderbergh - The Knick)

Best Direction - Comedy

  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Bobby's House")
  • Jodie Foster - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "Thirsty Bird")
  • Mike Judge - Silicon Valley (Episode: "Severance Space")
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Rides a Bike")
  • Victor Nelli, Jr. - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Payback")
  • Joey Soloway - Transparent (Episode: "Pilot")
    (Honourable Mentions: Larry Charles - The Comedians, Roman Coppola - Mozart in the Jungle, Michael Patrick King - The Comeback, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - The Last Man on Earth)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Jon Cassar - 24: Live Another Day
  • Lisa Cholodenko - Olive Kitteridge
  • Ryan Murphy - American Horror Story: Freak Show
  • Dee Rees - Bessie
  • John Ridley - American Crime
    (Honourable Mentions: Angela Bassett - Whitney, Hugo Blick - The Honourable Woman, Laura Collyer - Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Uli Edel - Houdini, Peter Kosminsky - Wolf Hall)

Best Writing - Drama

  • Michelle Ashford - Masters of Sex (Episode: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised")
  • David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones (Episode: "High Sparrow")
  • Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday")
  • Jason Katims - Parenthood (Episode: "May God Bless and Keep You Always")
  • Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person")
  • Beau Willimon - House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 27")
    (Honourable Mentions: Joshua Brand - The Americans, Taylor Elmore - Justified, Gordon Smith - Better Call Saul, Sarah Treem & Hagai Levi - The Affair)

Best Writing - Comedy

  • Brian Boyle - American Dad! (Episode: "Big Stan on Campus")
  • Louis C.K. - Louie (Episode: "Cop Story")
  • Luke Del Tredici - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "Lockdown")
  • Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback (Episode: "Valerie Cooks in the Desert")
  • Jenji Kohan - Orange is the New Black (Episode: "We Have Manners, We're Polite")
  • Michael Schur & Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation (Episode: "One Last Ride")
    (Honourable Mentions: Alec Berg - Silicon Valley, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - Veep, David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik - Episodes, Joey Soloway - Transparent)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • Jane Anderson - Olive Kitteridge
  • Ricky Gervais - Derek: The Final Chapter
  • Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk - American Horror Story: Freak Show
  • John Ridley - American Crime
  • Peter Straughan - Wolf Hall
    (Honourable Mentions: Hugo Blick - The Honourable Woman, David Hare - Worricker: Turks and Caicos, Evan Katz & Manny Coto - 24: Live Another Day, Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois & Horton Foote - Bessie, Clement Virgo & Lawrence Hill - The Book of Negroes)

Best Casting - Drama

  • The Americans (Rori Bergman)
  • Game of Thrones (Nina Gold, Robert Sterne & Carol Stronge)
  • House of Cards (Laray Mayfield & Julie Schubert)
  • Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
  • Masters of Sex (Risa Bramon Garcia)
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Empire, The Good Wife, Justified)

Best Casting - Comedy

  • American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Juel Bestrop)
  • Galavant (Susan Vash)
  • Orange is the New Black (Jennifer Euston)
  • Transparent (Eyde Belasco)
    (Honourable Mentions: Louie, Modern Family, Silicon Valley, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Veep)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Crime (Kim Coleman & Beth Sepko Lindsay)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Robert Ulrich, Eric Dawson & Meagan Lewis)
  • Bessie (Billy Hopkins & Jackie Burch)
  • Olive Kitteridge (Laura Rosenthal & Carolyn Pickman)
  • Wolf Hall (Nina Gold & Robert Sterne)
    (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another Day, The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Texas Rising)

Best Cinematography - Series

  • The Americans - Richard Rutkowski (Episode: "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?")
  • Better Call Saul - Arthur Albert (Episode: "Bingo")
  • Game of Thrones - David Franco (Episode: "The Wars to Come")
  • House of Cards - Martin Ahlgren (Episode: "Chapter 29")
  • Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "Person to Person")
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire - Jonathan Freeman, Game of Thrones - Robert MacLachlan, Game of Thrones - Fabian Wagner, The Good Wife - Fred Murphy, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - Marc Smerling)

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Crime (Ramsey Nickell)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Michael Goi)
  • Houdini (Karl Walter Lindenlaub)
  • Texas Rising (Arthur Reinhart)
  • Wolf Hall (Gavin Finney)
    (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another - Jeffrey G. Mygatt, Bessie - Jeffrey Jur, Olive Kitteridge - Fred Elmes, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe - Christopher Manley, Whitney - Anastas N. Michos)

Best Costume Design - Series

  • Downton Abbey - Anna Robbins (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday")
  • Empire - Rita McGhee (Episode: "The Lyon's Roar")
  • Galavant - Susannah Buxton (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Game of Thrones - Michele Clapton (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons")
  • Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "Person to Person")
    (Honourable Mentions: The Americans, Boardwalk Empire, The Knick, Penny Dreadful, Transparent)

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Lou Eyrich)
  • Bessie (Michael T. Boyd)
  • Olive Kitteridge (Jenny Eagan)
  • Texas Rising (Karri Hutchinson)
  • Wolf Hall (Joanna Eatwell)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Houdini, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Whitney)

Best Editing - Series

  • The Americans - Michael Berenbaum (Episode: "EST Men")
  • Better Call Saul - Kelley Dixon (Episode: "Five-O")
  • Game of Thrones - Tim Porter (Episode: "Hardhome")
  • House of Cards - Byron Smith (Episode: "Chapter 30")
  • Mad Men - Tom Wilson (Episode: "Person to Person")
    (Honourable Mentions: Game of Thrones - Katie Weiland, The Good Wife - Matthew Kregor, The Leftovers - David Eisenberg, Transparent - Hilda Rasula, The Walking Dead - Rachel Goodlett Katz)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • 24: Live Another Day (Scott Powell)
  • American Crime (Joanne Yarrow)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Adam Penn)
  • Olive Kitteridge (Jeffrey M. Werner)
  • Wolf Hall (David Blackmore)
    (Honourable Mentions: 24: Live Another Day - Joe Hobeck, American Crime - Luyen Vu, Bessie - Brian A. Kates, Houdini - David Beatty & Sabrina Plisco, Texas Rising - Don Cassidy)

Best Ensemble - Drama

  • The Americans (Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Costa Ronin, Holly Taylor, Alison Wright & Noah Emmerich, et. al.)
  • Game of Thrones (Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aidan Gillen, Natalie Dormer, Stephen Dillane, Liam Cunningham & Maisie Williams, et. al.)
  • House of Cards (Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Elizabeth Marvel, Mahershala Ali, Derek Cecil, Nathan Darrow, Molly Parker, Jimmi Simpson & Kim Dickens, et. al.)
  • Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Rich Sommer, Kevin Rahm, Jay R. Ferguson, Stephanie Drake & John Slattery, et. al.)
  • Parenthood (Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Dax Shepard, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen, Sam Jaeger, Max Burkholder, Mae Whitman, Bonnie Bedelia & Craig T. Nelson, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Empire, The Good Wife, Justified)

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 & Kevin Sussman, 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, Michael J. Harney, Natasha Lyonne, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Lorraine Toussaint, Selenis Leyva & Uzo Aduba, et. al.)
  • Parks and Recreation (Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Jim O'Heir, Retta, Natalie Morales & Billy Eichner, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Comeback, Shameless, Silicon Valley, Transparent, Veep)

Best Ensemble - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • 24: Live Another Day (Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, William Devane, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Giles Matthey, Kim Raver, Benjamin Bratt & Michelle Fairley, et. al.)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Frances Conroy, Denis O'Hare, Finn Wittrock, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Jessica Lange, Jyoti Amge & Michael Chiklis, et. al.)
  • Bessie (Queen Latifah, Michael K. Williams, Khandi Alexander, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps, Tory Kittles, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Greenberg, Charles S. Dutton & Oliver Platt, et. al.)
  • Olive Kitteridge (Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan, Rosemarry DeWitt, Martha Wainwright, John Gallagher Jr., Devin Druid, Jesse Plemons, Peter Mullan & Bill Murray, et. al.)
  • Wolf Hall (Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Bernard Hill, Anton Lesser, Mark Gatiss, Mathieu Amalric, Tom Holland, Thomas Brodie-Sangster & Jonathan Pryce, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Crime, The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Texas Rising)

Best Main Title Design

  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Ryan Murphy, Kyle Cooper, Lee Nelson & Nadia Tzuo)
  • BoJack Horseman (Mike Roberts, Ben Bjelajac, Spencer Tucker & John Kedzie)
  • Daredevil (Patrick Clair, Andrew Romatz, Miguel Salek & Shahana Kahn)
  • The Leftovers (Garson Yu, Evan Jackson & Barry E. Jackson)
  • Olive Kitteridge (Garson Yu, Synderela Peng, Michael Lane Parks & Alex Pollini)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bosch, Empire, Halt and Catch Fire, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, Manhattan)

Best Main Title Theme Music

  • The Affair (Fiona Apple)
  • The Leftovers (Max Richter)
  • Texas Rising (Bruce Broughton & John Debney)
  • Transparent (Dustin O'Halloran)
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Jeff Richmond & The Gregory Brothers)
    (Honourable Mentions: BoJack Horseman, Halt and Catch Fire, Marco Polo, Olive Kitteridge, Penny Dreadful)

Best Makeup - Series

  • Boardwalk Empire - Michele Paris, Joseph Farulla & Alexandra Urvois (Episode: "What Jesus Said")
  • Game of Thrones - Jane Walker, Barrie Gower & Sarah Gower (Episode: "Hardhome")
  • The Knick - Nicki Ledermann, Stephanie Pasciov & Sunday Inglis (Episode: "Method and Madness")
  • Mad Men - Lana Horochowski, Ron Pipes & Maurine Burke (Episode: "Person to Person")
  • Sons of Anarchy - Tracey Anderson & Michelle Garbin (Episode: "Faith and Despondency")
    (Honourable Mentions: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Americans, Empire, Once Upon a Time, The Walking Dead)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers & Michael Mekash)
  • Bessie (Debi Young, Mi Young & Sian Richards)
  • Houdini (Gregor Eckstein)
  • Olive Kitteridge (Christien Tinsley, Gerald Quist & Robin Myriah Hatcher)
  • Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Jordan Samuel, Patricia Keighran & Susan Reilly LeHane)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Texas Rising, Whitney, Wolf Hall)

Best Music Composition - Series

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Bear McCreary (Episode: "What They Become")
  • Galavant - Alan Menken & Christopher Lennertz (Episode: "Pilot")
  • House of Cards - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Chapter 32")
  • The Knick - Cliff Martinez (Episode: "Method and Madness")
  • The Legend of Korra - Jeremy Zuckerman (Episode: "Day of the Colossus")
    (Honourable Mentions: Downton Abbey - John Lunn, Game of Thrones - Ramin Djawadi, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - John Kusiak & West Dylan Thordson, Mad Men - David Carbonara, Penny Dreadful - Abel Korzeniowski)

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • 24: Live Another Day (Sean Callery)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (James Levine)
  • Bessie (Rachel Portman)
  • The Missing (Dominik Scherrer)
  • Wolf Hall (Debbie Wiseman)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Horror Story: Freak Show - Mac Quayle, Away and Back - William Ross, The Honourable Woman - Martin Phipps, Olive Kitteridge - Carter Burwell, Texas Rising - Bruce Broughton & John Debney)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

  • 87th Academy Awards - "Moving Pictures" (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • American Dad! - "I'm Having a Crisis" (Walter Murphy & Erik Richter)
  • Galavant - "Goodnight, My Friend" (Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
  • Glee - "This Time" (Darren Criss)
  • The Simpsons - "Hopin' for a Dream" (Alf Clausen, Matt Selman & Matthew Sweet)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Comedians - "Kiss an Old Man", Empire - "No Apologies", Parks and Recreation - "Johnny Karate Says Goodbye", Sons of Anarchy - "Come Join the Murder", The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - "Pinot Noir")

Best Production Design - Series

  • Downton Abbey - Donal Woods & Linda Wilson (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday")
  • Empire - Steve Saklad, Sergio Medina & Caroline Perzan (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Galavant - Jeff Tessler & Paul Gilpin (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Game of Thrones - Deborah Riley & Rob Cameron (Episode: "High Sparrow")
  • Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Claudette Didul (Episode: "Person to Person")
    (Honourable Mentions: Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards, The Knick, Once Upon a Time, Outlander)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Mark Worthington & Cindy Slagter)
  • Bessie (Clark Hunter & Traci Kirshbaum)
  • Killing Jesus (Tom McCullagh & Elizabeth Brennan)
  • Olive Kitteridge (Julie Berghoff & Sophie Neudorfer)
  • Wolf Hall (Pat Campbell & Elaine McLenachen)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Book of Negroes, The Honourable Woman, Houdini, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Texas Rising)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

  • Adventure Time - "Jake the Brick" [Cartoon Network] (Pendleton Ward, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Rob Sorcher & Fred Seibert, executive producers; Kent Osborne, supervising director/writer)
  • Mickey Mouse - "Mumbai Madness" [Disney Channel] (Paul Rudish, executive producer/director/writer; Graham MacDonald, animation director; Darrick Bachman & Alonso Ramirez Ramos, writers)
  • Regular Show - "White Elephant Gift Exchange" [Cartoon Network] (J.G. Quintel, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Robert Alvarez, animation director; John Davis Infantino & Sean Szeles, supervising directors/writers; Benton Cooper, Matt Price, Madeline Queripel, Mike Roth & Michele Cavin, writers)
  • Star vs. The Forces of Evil - "Mewberty" [Disney XD] (Daron Nefcy, executive producer; Aaron Hammersley, director/writer; Dominic Bisignano, writer)
  • Steven Universe - "The Test" [Cartoon Network] (Rebecca Sugar, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash & Rob Sorcher, executive producers; Ian Jones-Quartey, supervising director; Hilary Florido & Katie Mitroff, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Daniel Colman, Robert Carr & Kenn Fuller (Episode: "What They Become")
  • Daredevil - Lauren Stephens, Marc Fishman & Adam Jenkins (Episode: "Speak of the Devil")
  • Empire - Craig A. Dellinger, Terry O'Bright & Nick Offord (Episode: "The Lyon's Roar")
  • Game of Thrones - Tim Kimmel, Onnalee Blank & Mathew Waters (Episode: "Hardhome")
  • Mad Men - Cormac Funge, Alec St. John & Ken Teaney (Episode: "Person to Person")
    (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, Homeland, The Legend of Korra, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

  • 24: Live Another Day (Jeffrey R. Whitcher, William Freesh, Kenneth Kobett & Mark Fleming)
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show (Gary Megregian, Doug Andham & Joe Earle)
  • Bessie (Damian Volpe, Devine Evans & Roberto Fernandez)
  • Houdini (Michael J. Benavente, Onnalee Blank & Kenneth R. Burton)
  • Texas Rising (John Laing, Tom Bjelic, Christian T. Cooke & Brad Zoern)
    (Honourable Mentions: American Crime, The Book of Negroes, Killing Jesus, The Missing, Whitney)

Best Visual Effects

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Mark Kolpack, Sabrina Arnold, Briana Aeby & Tracy Takahashi (Episode: "What They Become")
  • American Horror Story: Freak Show - Jason Piccioni, Justin Ball, Ryan Heustis & Jason C. Spratt (Episode: "Edward Mordrake: Part 2")
  • Daredevil - Bryan Godwin, David Van Dyke, Ashley Mayse & Julie Long (Episode: "Speak of the Devil")
  • The Flash - Armen V. Kevorkian, James Baldanzi, Marc Lougee & Jason Shulman (Episode: "Grodd Lives")
  • Game of Thrones - Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Adam Chazen & Jabbar Raisani (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons")
    (Honourable Mentions: Black Sails, Boardwalk Empire, Gotham, Vikings, The Walking Dead)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Will Arnett - BoJack Horseman for voicing BoJack Horseman in "The Telescope"
  • Hank Azaria - The Simpsons for voicing Moe Szyslak (and others) in "The Princess Guide"
  • Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Bart's New Friend"
  • Scott Grimes - American Dad! for voicing Steve Smith in "LGBSteve"
  • Trey Parker - South Park for voicing Eric Cartman (and others) in "#HappyHolograms"
  • Uma Thurman - American Dad! for voicing Gwen Ling in "Now and Gwen"
    (Honourable Mentions: Seth Green - Robot Chicken, Anthony Mendez - Jane the Virgin, John Roberts - Bob's Burgers, Janet Varney - The Legend of Korra)

2015 Tyler's Choice Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Picture

  • Inside Out (Jonas Rivera)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (Doug Mitchell, George Miller & P.J. Voeten)
  • The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Arnon Milchan & Mary Parent)
  • Spotlight (Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin & Michael Sugar)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy & Bryan Burk)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bridge of Spies, The Hateful Eight, The Martian, Room, Steve Jobs)

Best Director

  • Pete Docter - Inside Out
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant
  • Thomas McCarthy - Spotlight
  • George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Ridley Scott - The Martian
    (Honourable Mentions: Lenny Abrahamson - Room, Ryan Coogler - Creed, Alex Garland - Ex Machina, Adam McKay - The Big Short, Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies)

Best Lead Actor

  • Matt Damon - The Martian
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
  • Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
  • Ian McKellen - Mr. Holmes
  • Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
    (Honourable Mentions: Bryan Cranston - Trumbo, Johnny Depp - Black Mass, Michael B. Jordan - Creed, Will Smith - Concussion, Jacob Tremblay - Room)

Best Lead Actress

  • Cate Blanchett - Carol
  • Emily Blunt - Sicario
  • Brie Larson - Room
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
  • Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
    (Honourable Mentions: Blythe Danner - I'll See You in My Dreams, Amy Poehler - Inside Out, Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years, Maggie Smith - The Lady in the Van, Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio del Toro - Sicario
  • Tom Hardy - The Revenant
  • Michael Keaton - Spotlight
  • Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
  • Sylvester Stallone - Creed
    (Honourable Mentions: Christian Bale - The Big Short, Paul Dano - Love and Mercy, Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation, Michael Shannon - 99 Homes, Jason Statham - Spy)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
  • Rooney Mara - Carol
  • Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
  • Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
  • Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
    (Honourable Mentions: Elizabeth Banks - Love and Mercy, Rose Byrne - Spy, Olivia Cooke - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jane Fonda - Youth, Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Bridge of Spies (Matt Charman, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
  • Ex Machina (Alex Garland)
  • The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino)
  • Inside Out (Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley & Ronnie del Carmen)
  • Spotlight (Josh Singer & Thomas McCarthy)
    (Honourable Mentions: Love and Mercy, Sicario, Son of Saul, Straight Outta Compton, Trainwreck)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Big Short (Charles Randolph & Adam McKay; based on the book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" by Michael Lewis)
  • Brooklyn (Nick Hornby; based on the novel by Colm Tóibín)
  • Room (Emma Donoghue; based on the novel by Emma Donoghue)
  • Steve Jobs (Aaron Sorkin; based on the book by Walter Isaacson)
  • The Walk (Christopher Browne & Robert Zemeckis; based on the book "To Reach the Clouds" by Philippe Petit)
    (Honourable Mentions: Anomalisa, Carol, Creed, The Martian, The Revenant)

Best Cast Ensemble

  • The Hateful Eight [Victoria Thomas] (Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Channing Tatum & Bruce Dern, et. al.)
  • Inside Out [Natalie Lyon & Kevin Reher] (Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan & Richard Kind, et. al.)
  • Spotlight [Kerry Barden, John Buchan, Jason Knight & Paul Schnee] (Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Billy Crudup & Stanley Tucci, et. al.)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens [Nina Gold, Alyssa Weisberg & April Webster] (John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domnhall Gleeson, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher & Harrison Ford, et. al.)
  • Straight Outta Compton [Victoria Thomas & Cindy Tolan] (O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown, Jr., Corey Reynolds, Marlon Yates Jr., Keith Stanfield & Paul Giamatti, et. al.)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Big Short, Creed, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, Trumbo)

Best Young Actor (21 or Under)

  • Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
  • Kaitlyn Dias - Inside Out
  • Milo Parker - Mr. Holmes
  • Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
  • Jacob Tremblay - Room
    (Honourable Mentions: Raffey Cassidy - Tomorrowland, RJ Cyler - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Shameik Moore - Dope, Ed Oxenbould - The Visit, Ty Simpkins - Jurassic World)

Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Assassin [Taiwan] (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
  • Labyrinth of Lies [Germany] (Giulio Ricciarelli)
  • Mustang [France] (Deniz Gamze Ergüven)
  • Phoenix [Germany] (Christian Petzold)
  • Son of Saul [Hungary] (Laszló Nemes)
    (Honourable Mentions: Embrace of the Serpent, Goodnight Mommy, The Look of Silence, When Marnie Was There, Wild Tales)

Best Documentary Feature

  • Amy (Asif Kapadia & James Gay-Rees)
  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright & Kristen Vaurio)
  • The Hunting Ground (Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering)
  • The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer & Signe Byrge Sørensen)
  • Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, Carl Deal & Tia Lessin)
    (Honourable Mentions: Best of Enemies, Cartel Land, He Named Me Malala, Listen to Me Marlon, What Happened Miss Simone?)

Best Original Score

  • Bridge of Spies (Thomas Newman)
  • The Hateful Eight (Ennio Merricone)
  • Inside Out (Michael Giacchino)
  • Sicario (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams)
    (Honourable Mentions: Carol - Carter Burwell, Mad Max: Fury Road - Junkie XL, The Revenant - Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto, Steve Jobs - Daniel Pemberton, The Walk - Alan Silvestri)

Best Original Song

  • "Earned It" - Fifty Shades of Grey (The Weeknd, Stephan Moccio & Jason Quenneville)
  • "Feels Like Summer" - Shaun the Sheep Movie (Ilan Eshkeri, Nick Hodgson & Tim Wheeler)
  • "See You Again" - Furious 7 (Justin Franks, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa & Andrew Cedar)
  • "Til it Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground (Lady Gaga & Diane Warren)
  • "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre (Sam Smith & James Napier)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Better When I'm Dancin'"- The Peanuts Movie, "Love Me Like You Do" - Fifty Shades of Grey, "One Kind of Love" - Love and Mercy, "Simple Song #3" - Youth, "So Long" - Concussion)

Best Sound Editing

  • Inside Out (Shannon Mills)
  • Jurassic World (Al Nelson & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (Scott Hecker, Mark Mangini & David White)
  • Sicario (Alan Robert Murray)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Matthew Wood & David Acord)
    (Honourable Mentions: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ex Machina, The Martian, Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation, The Revenant)

Best Sound Mixing

  • Mad Max: Fury Road (Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff & Ben Osmo)
  • The Martian (Mac Ruth, Paul Massey & Mark Taylor)
  • The Revenant (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom & Chris Duesterdiek)
  • Spectre (Scott Millan, Gregg Rudloff & Stuart Wilson)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio & Stuart Wilson)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bridge of Spies, The Hateful Eight, Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation, Sicario, The Walk)

Best Animated Feature

  • Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, Rosa Tran & Dino Stamatopoulos)
  • Inside Out (Pete Docter)
  • The Peanuts Movie (Steve Martino, Paul Feig, Craig Schulz & Bryan Schulz)
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie (Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Paul Kewley & Julie Lockhart)
  • When Marnie Was There (Hiromasa Yonebayashi & Yoshiaki Nishimura) 
    (Honourable Mentions: Boy and the World, The Good Dinosaur, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, Regular Show: The Movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Lewis Black - Inside Out
  • Sandra Bullock - Minions
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh - Anomalisa
  • Lupita Nyong'o - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Amy Poehler - Inside Out
  • (Honourable Mentions: Mel Brooks - Hotel Transylvania 2, Jon Hamm - Minions, J.G. Quintel - Regular Show: The Movie, Noah Schnapp - The Peanuts Movie, Phyllis Smith - Inside Out)

Best Cinematography

  • Bridge of Spies (Janusz Kamiński)
  • The Hateful Eight (Robert Richardson)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)
  • The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki)
  • Sicario (Roger Deakins)
    (Honourable Mentions: Beasts of No Nation - Cary Fukunga, Brooklyn - Yves Bélanger, Carol - Edward Lachman, The Martian - Dariusz Wolski, Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation - Robert Elswit)

Best Film Editing

  • Bridge of Spies (Michael Kahn)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
  • The Revenant (Stephen Mirrione)
  • Sicario (Joe Walker)
  • Spotlight (Tom McArdle)
    (Honourable Mentions: The Big Short - Hank Corwin, Inside Out - Kevin Nolting, The Martian - Pietro Scalia, Room - Nathan Nugent, Steve Jobs - Elliot Graham)

Best Production Design

  • Bridge of Spies (Adam Stockhausen & Rena DeAngelo)
  • Cinderella (Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo)
  • Inside Out (Ralph Eggleston)
  • The Revenant (Jack Fisk & Hamish Purdy)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Rick Carter, Darren Gilford & Lee Sandales)
    (Honourable Mentions: Carol, Crimson Peak, The Danish Girl, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian)

Best Costume Design

  • Brooklyn (Odile Dicks-Mireaux)
  • Cinderella (Sandy Powell)
  • The Danish Girl (Paco Delgado)
  • Far from the Madding Crowd (Janet Patterson)
  • The Revenant (Jacqueline West)
    (Honourable Mentions: Carol, Crimson Peak, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, Mad Max: Fury Road, Trumbo)

Best Makeup and Hair

  • Mad Max: Fury Road (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega & Damian Martin)
  • The Revenant (Adrien Morot, Graham Johnston & Robert Pandini)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin & Neal Scanlan)
    (Honourable Mentions: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Black Mass, Concussion, The Hateful Eight, Mr. Holmes)

Best Visual Effects

  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (Christopher Townsend, Ben Snow, Alessandro Cioffi & Paul Corbould)
  • Jurassic World (Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, John Rosengrant & Michael Meinardus)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver & Andy Williams)
  • The Martian (Richard Stammers, Chris Lawrence, Anders Langlands & Steven Warner)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan & Chris Corbould)
    (Honourable Mentions: Ant-Man, Everest, Ex Machina, The Revenant, The Walk)

Friday, July 11, 2025

2014 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

  • Destiny (Jonty Barnes)
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition (Cameron Lee)
  • Far Cry 4 (Cedric Decelle)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Nathan Edson & Zeb Wedell)
  • Titanfall (Drew McCoy)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alien: Isolation, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Mario Kart 8, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Alien: Isolation (Alistair Hope)
  • Destiny (Jonty Barnes)
  • Far Cry 4 (Alex Hutchinson & Patrik Méthé)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Matthew T. Allen)
  • Titanfall (Steve Fukuda)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bayonetta 2, inFAMOUS Second Son, Shovel Knight, The Wolf Among Us, Wolfenstein: The New Order)

Best Game Design

  • Destiny (James McQuillan, Alex Pfeiffer, Jason Jones & Luke Smith)
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition (Sebastian Hanlon & Daniel Kading)
  • Far Cry 4 (Jean-Claude Rosay & Nicolas Duclos)
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Derek Sakamoto)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Michael de Plater)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alien: Isolation, Mario Kart 8, Monument Valley, Titanfall, Transistor)

Best Family/Casual Game

  • Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (John Vignocchi & Mathew Solie)
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Ryan Harris & Vince Joly)
  • Fantasia: Music Evolved (Daniel Sussman)
  • LittleBigPlanet 3 (Michelle Leonard, Simon Livesey & John O'Brien)
  • Mario Kart 8 (Kosuke Yabuki)
    (Honourable Mentions: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, The LEGO Movie Videogame, Project Spark, Skylanders Trap Team, Tomodachi Life)

Best Sport/Racing Game

  • The Crew (Julian Gerighty)
  • FIFA 15 (Simon Keith Humber)
  • Mario Kart 8 (Kosuke Yabuki)
  • NBA 2K15 (Jeffrey J. Thomas & Rob Jones)
  • Trials Fusion (Antti Ilvessuo)
    (Honourable Mentions: Forza Horizon 2, Madden NFL 15, Mario Golf: World Tour, MLB '14: The Show, OlliOlli)

Best Technical Innovation

  • Destiny (Chris Butcher & Ben Wallace)
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Mark Kockerbeck & Sasha Sydoruk)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Matthew Rice)
  • Monument Valley (Peter Pashley, Manesh Mistry & Van Le)
  • Titanfall (Richard A. Baker & Earl Hammon Jr.)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alien: Isolation, Far Cry 4, Project Spark, Sunset Overdrive, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter)

Best Multiplayer [TIE]

  • Destiny
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
  • Mario Kart 8
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
  • Titanfall

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

  • The Banner Saga (Lance James)
  • Civilization: Beyond Earth (Dennis Shirk & Lena Brenk)
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Robert Pardo & Hamilton Chu)
  • The Sims 4 (Michael Duke, James Rogers & Robert Vernick)
  • Tropico 5 (Gabriel Dobrev)
    (Honourable Mentions: Boom Beach, Dungeon of the Endless, Endless Legend, FTL: Faster Than Light, Monument Valley)

Best Audio Design

  • Alien: Isolation (Mark Ganus, Byron Bullock, James Magee & Sam Cooper)
  • Destiny (C Paul Johnson, Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori & Jay Weinland)
  • Far Cry 4 (Tony Gronick, Eduardo Vaisman, Martin Laplante & Kevin Vail)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Brian Pamintuan, Lucas Carlyle, Morgan Green & Jason Wolford)
  • Titanfall (Erik Kraber, Bryan O. Watkins, Mitchell Osias & Tyler Parsons)
    (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)

Best Music

  • The Banner Saga (Austin Wintory)
  • Destiny (Martin O'Donnell, C Paul Johnson, Michael Salvatori & Paul McCartney)
  • Far Cry 4 (Cliff Martinez)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Garry Schyman & Nathan Grigg)
  • Transistor (Darren Korb)
    (Honourable Mentions: Alien: Isolation, Child of Light, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Titanfall, The Wolf Among Us)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

  • Bravely Default (Kensuke Nakahara)
  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Robert Pardo & Hamilton Chu)
  • Shovel Knight (Sean Velasco)
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Masahiro Sakurai)
  • Tomodachi Life (Noriyuki Sato, Ryutaro Takahashi & Eisaku Nakae)
    (Honourable Mentions: 80 Days, Child of Light, Monument Valley, Threes!, The Walking Dead: Season Two)

Best Fighting Game

  • Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (Daisuke Ishiwatari & Takeshi Yamanaka)
  • Killer Instinct: Season Two (Ken Lobb, Adam Isgreen & Michael Donges)
  • Nidhogg (Mark Essen)
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Kazuhisa Wada, Seiji Fukumoto & Takumi Iguchiya)
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS (Masahiro Sakurai)

Best Art Direction

  • Assassin's Creed Unity (Mohamed Gambouz)
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition (Matthew M. Goldman)
  • Far Cry 4 (Jean-Alexis Doyon)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Philip Straub)
  • Monument Valley (Ken Wong & David Fernández Huerta)
    (Honourable Mentions: Child of Light, Sunset Overdrive, Transistor, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, The Wolf Among Us)

Best Animation

  • Assassin's Creed Unity (Mike Mennillo, Chi Chun Ng, Guillaume Lefebvre & Eduardo Simioni)
  • inFAMOUS Second Son (Jason Stansell, Erik Medina, Max Chapman & William Harper)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Camille Chu, John Piel, John Van Deusen & Patrick Watje)
  • Titanfall (Mark Grigsby & Paul Messerly)
  • Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Luca Erbetta, Valérie Geoffroy, Nicolas Léger & Stéphane Rose)
    (Honourable Mentions: Bayonetta 2, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Mario Kart 8, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Sunset Overdrive)

Best Story/Writing

  • Dragon Age: Inquisition (David Gaider)
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Christian Cantamessa)
  • South Park: The Stick of Truth (Trey Parker, Matt Stone & Eric Fenstermaker)
  • The Walking Dead: Season Two (Nick Breckon, Andrew Grant, Pierre Shorette, JT Petty & Eric Stirpe)
  • The Wolf Among Us (Pierre Shorette, Dave Grossman, Adam Hines, Dan Martin & Nicole Martinez)
    (Honourable Mentions: 80 Days, Broken Age, This War of Mine, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Wolfenstein: The New Order)

Best Voice-Over Performance

  • Troy Baker - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor for voicing Talion
  • Adam Harrington - The Wolf Among Us for voicing Bigby Wolf
  • Melissa Hutchinson - The Walking Dead: Season Two for voicing Clementine
  • Trey Parker - South Park: The Stick of Truth for voicing various characters
  • Kevin Spacey - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare for voicing Jonathan Irons
    (Honourable Mentions: Troy Baker - Far Cry 4, Logan Cunningham - Transistor, Phil LaMarr - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Hugh Laurie - LittleBigPlanet 3, Elijah Wood - Broken Age)

Thursday, July 10, 2025

2014 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

  • "All of Me" - John Legend (Dave Tozer & John Legend)
  • "Happy" - Pharrell Williams (Pharrell Williams)
  • "The Man" - Aloe Blacc (DJ Khalil & Dontae Winslow)
  • "Raging Fire" - Phillip Phillips (Gregg Wattenberg)
  • "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith (Jimmy Napes & Steve Fitzmaurice)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Don't" - Ed Sheeran, "Invisible" - Hunter Hayes, "Not a Bad Thing" - Justin Timberlake, "Take Me to Church" - Hozier, "Young Girls" - Bruno Mars)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

  • "Chandelier" - Sia (Greg Kurstin & Jesse Shatkin)
  • "Human" - Christina Perri (Martin Johnson)
  • "Let it Go" - Idina Menzel (Chris Montan & Tom MacDougall)
  • "Team" - Lorde (Joel Little)
  • "Unconditionally" - Katy Perry (Dr. Luke, Max Martin & Cirkut)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Automatic" - Miranda Lambert, "Boom Clap" - Charli XCX, "Partition" - Beyoncé, "Problem" - Ariana Grande, "West Coast" - Lana Del Rey)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

  • "Fancy" - Iggy Azalea, ft. Charli XCX (The Invisible Men & The Arcade)
  • "The Monster" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna (Frequency)
  • "Rather Be" - Clean Bandit, ft. Jess Glynne (Grace Chatto & Jack Patterson)
  • "Say Something" - A Great Big World, ft. Christina Aguilera (Dan Romer)
  • "Story of My Life" - One Direction (Julian Brunetta & John Ryan)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Ain't it Fun" - Paramore, "Anything Goes" - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, "Love Runs Out" - OneRepublic, "Maps" - Maroon 5, "A Sky Full of Stars" - Coldplay)

Best Album

  • Cheek to Cheek - Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Dae Bennett)
  • Mandatory Fun - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic)
  • The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem (Eminem, Rick Rubin, Jeff Bhasker & Luis Resto)
  • Platinum - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay & Glenn Worf)
  • Reflektor - Arcade Fire (Arcade Fire, Markus Dravs & James Murphy)
  • X - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran, Jeff Bhasker, Benny Blanco, Rick Rubin & Pharrell Williams)
    (Honourable Mentions: Beyoncé - Beyoncé, Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - various artists, In the Lonely Hour - Sam Smith, Morning Phase - Beck)

Best Music Video

  • "Chandelier" - Sia (Daniel Askill & Sia Furler, directors; Jennifer Heath & Jack Hogan, producer)
  • "Happy" - Pharrell Williams (Pierre Dupaquier & Clement Dirou, directors; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger & Cedric Troadec, producers)
  • "Say Something" - A Great Big World, ft. Christina Aguilera (Christopher Sims, director; Paul Bock, producer)
  • "Tacky" - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Al Yankovic, director; Chris Hardwick & Johnny Wickham, producers)
  • "The Writing's on the Wall" - OK Go (Aaron Duffy, Damian Kulash & Bob Partington, directors; Garrett P. Fennelly, producer)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Fancy" - Iggy Azalea, ft. Charli XCX, "The Monster" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna, "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith, "Turn Down for What" - DJ Snake, ft. Lil' Jon, "We Exist" - Arcade Fire)

Best Country Song

  • "Automatic" - Miranda Lambert (Frank Liddell & Glenn Worf)
  • "Give Me Back My Hometown" - Eric Church (Jay Joyce)
  • "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" - Glen Campbell (Julian Raymond)
  • "Invisible" - Hunter Hayes (Hunter Hayes & Dann Huff)
  • "Something Bad" - Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood (Frank Liddell, Chuck Ainlay & Glenn Worf)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Bartender" - Lady Antebellum, "Long Time Gone" - Billie Joe Armstrong, ft. Norah Jones, "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" - Tim McGraw, ft. Faith Hill, "Something in the Water" - Keith Urban, "This is How We Roll" - Florida Georgia Line, ft. Luke Bryan)

Best Dance Song

  • "Latch" - Disclosure, ft. Sam Smith (Disclosure)
  • "Rather Be" - Clean Bandit, ft. Jess Glynne (Grace Chatto & Jack Patterson)
  • "Shatter Me" - Lindsey Stirling, ft. Lzzy Hale (SILAS)
  • "Stay the Night" - Zedd, ft. Hayley Williams (Zedd)
  • "Summer" - Calvin Harris (Calvin Harris)
    (Honourable Mentions: "F for You" - Disclosure, ft. Mary J. Blige, "Hey Brother" - Avicii, "Hideaway" - Kiesza, "Timber" - Pitbull, ft. Ke$ha, "Turn Down for What" - DJ Snake, ft. Lil' Jon)

Best Pop Song

  • "Happy" - Pharrell Williams (Pharrell Williams)
  • "Love Runs Out" - OneRepublic (Ryan Tedder)
  • "Maps" - Maroon 5 (Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella & Benny Blanco)
  • "Say Something" - A Great Big World, ft. Christina Aguilera (Dan Romer)
  • "A Sky Full of Stars" - Coldplay (Coldplay, Avicii, Paul Epworth & Rik Simpson)
  • "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith (Jimmy Napes & Steve Fitzmaurice)
    (Honourable Mentions: "All of Me" - John Legend, "Best Day of My Life" - American Authors, "Chandelier" - Sia, "Love Never Felt So Good" - Michael Jackson, ft. Justin Timberlake)

Best Rap Song

  • "Drunk in Love" - Beyoncé, ft. Jay-Z (Beyoncé Knowles, Timbaland & Jerome Harmon)
  • "Fancy" - Iggy Azalea, ft. Charli XCX (The Invisible Men & The Arcade)
  • "i" - Kendrick Lamar (Rakhi)
  • "The Monster" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna (Frequency)
  • "Rap God" - Eminem (DVLP)
    (Honourable Mentions: "0 to 100 / The Catch Up" - Drake, "Headlights" - Eminem, ft. Nate Reuss, "Man of the Year" - Schoolboy Q, "Studio" - Schoolboy Q & BJ, the Chicago Kid, "Word Crimes" - "Weird Al" Yankovic)

Best Rock Song

  • "Ain't it Fun" - Paramore (Justin Meldal-Johnsen)
  • "Come with Me Now" - KONGOS (KONGOS)
  • "Fever" - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse & The Black Keys)
  • "Lazaretto" - Jack White (Jack White)
  • "Pompeii" - Bastille (Dan Smith & Mark Crew)
  • "Raging Fire" - Phillip Phillips (Gregg Wattenberg)
  • (Honourable Mentions: "Blue Moon" - Beck, "High Hopes" - Bruce Springsteen, "Reflektor" - Arcade Fire, "West Coast" - Lana Del Rey)

Best Songwriting

  • "Let it Go" - Idina Menzel (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • "The Monster" - Eminem, ft. Rihanna (Marshall Mathers, Robyn Fenty, Bryan Fryzel & Jon Bellion)
  • "Raging Fire" - Phillip Phillips (Phillip Phillips, Todd Clark, Derek Fuhrmann & Gregg Wattenberg)
  • "Say Something" - A Great Big World, ft. Christina Aguilera (Ian Axel, Chad Vaccarino & Mike Campbell)
  • "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith (Sam Smith, James Napier & William Phillips)
    (Honourable Mentions: "Chandelier" - Sia, "It Was Always You" - Maroon 5, "Rather Be" - Clean Bandit, ft. Jess Glynne, "Story of My Life" - One Direction, "Take Me to Church" - Hozier)

Best Original Score

  • Gone Girl (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Gravity (Steven Price)
  • Her (Arcade Fire)
  • Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
Best Compilation Soundtrack
  • American Hustle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Susan Jacobs & David O. Russell)
  • The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture) (Kevin Weaver & Season Kent)
  • Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan)
  • Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Peter Afterman & Harry Weinger)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Volume 1 (James Gunn)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

  • "Boom Clap" - The Fault in Our Stars (Charlotte Atchison, Fredrik Berger, Patrik Berger & Stefan Gräslund)
  • "Everything is Awesome!!" - The LEGO Movie (Shawn Patterson, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton & The Lonely Island)
  • "Let it Go" - Frozen (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
  • "Lost Stars" - Begin Again (Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisbeois, Nick Lashley & Nick Southwood)
  • "The Moon Song" - Her (Karen Orzolek & Spike Jonze)
    (Honourable Mentions: "For the Dancing and the Dreaming" - How To Train Your Dragon 2, "I See Fire" - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, "Ordinary Human" - The Giver, "Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, "Yellow Flicker Beat" - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1)

Best New Artist

  • Aloe Blacc
  • Bastille
  • A Great Big World
  • Iggy Azalea
  • Sam Smith
    (Honourable Mentions: 5 Seconds of Summer, Charli XCX, Disclosure, Haim, Lindsey Stirling)

2025 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

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