Tyler's Choice Television Awards 2013

Here are the Tyler's Choice Television Awards for the year 2013. Eligibility periods are from June 1st, 2012 to May 31st, 2013. The nominations are either 6 or 7 contenders per category at one time, except for the Miniseries/TV Movie categories, which always get 5 contenders. I hope you enjoy reading through these.

Best T.V. Series - Drama

-The Americans
-Breaking Bad
-Downton Abbey
-Game of Thrones
-Homeland
-House of Cards
-Mad Men

Best T.V. Series - Comedy

30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
New Girl

Best Miniseries/TV Movie

American Horror Story
Behind the Candelabra
The Bible
Parade's End
Phil Spector
Top of the Lake

Best Animated Series (with Episode)

American Dad! ("Lost in Space")
Bob's Burgers ("Ear-sy Rider")
Family Guy ("Yug Ylimaf")
Futurama ("The Bots and the Bees")
The Simpsons ("The Day the Earth Stood Cool")
South Park ("Raising the Bar")

Best Actor - Drama

Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Damian Lewis - Homeland
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

Best Actor - Comedy

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
Louis C.K. - Louie
Jake Johnson - New Girl
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Best Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

Kenneth Branagh - Wallender
Benedict Cumberbatch - Parade's End
Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra
Al Pacino - Phil Spector

Best Actress - Drama

Claire Danes - Homeland
Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Keri Russell - The Americans
Robin Wright Penn - House of Cards

Best Actress - Comedy

Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Lena Dunham - Girls
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Wendy Schaal - American Dad!

Best Actress - Miniseries/TV 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

Best Sup. Actor - Drama

Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Noah Emmerich - The Americans
John Noble - Fringe
Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad
Sam Waterston - The Newsroom

Best Sup. Actor - Comedy

Will Arnett - Arrested Development
Ty Burrell - Modern Family
David Cross - Arrested Development
Max Greenfield - New Girl
Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory
Jeffrey Tambor - Arrested Development

Best Sup. Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

Dan Aykroyd - Behind the Candelabra
James Cromwell - American Horror Story: Asylum
Zachary Quinto - American Horror Story: Asylum
Jeffrey Tambor - Phil Spector
James Woods - Mary and Martha

Best Sup. Actress - Drama

Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife
Monica Potter - Parenthood
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey

Best Sup. Actress - Comedy

Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock
Jessica Walter - Arrested Development
Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie
Betty White - Hot in Cleveland

Best Sup. Actress - Miniseries/TV 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

Best Guest Actor - Drama

Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife
Nathan Lane - The Good Wife
Robert Morse - Mad Men
Matthew Perry - The Good Wife
Ray Romano - Parenthood
Jimmy Smits - Sons of Anarchy

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

Will Arnett - 30 Rock
Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live
Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory
Martin Short - Saturday Night Live
Patrick Stewart - American Dad!
Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live

Best Guest Actress - Drama

Stockhard Channing - The Good Wife
Joan Cusack - Shameless
Jane Fonda - The Newsroom
Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey
Margo Martindale - The Americans
Carrie Preston - The Good Wife

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

Elizabeth Banks - Modern Family
Melissa Leo - Louie
Liza Minnelli - Arrested Development
Parker Posey - Louie
Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock
Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live

Best Direction - Drama

Phil Abraham - Mad Men
David Fincher - House of Cards
Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland
Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad
Greg Mottola - The Newsroom
Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire

Best Direction - Comedy

Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory
Louis C.K. - Louie
Joe Daniello - American Dad!
Mitchell Hurwitz & Troy Miller - Arrested Development
Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock
Jesse Peretz - Girls

Best Direction - Miniseries/TV Movie

Jane Campion & Garth Davis - Top of the Lake
Michael Engler - The Big C: Hereafter
Michael Lehmann - American Horror Story: Asylum
Steven Soderbergh - Behind the Candelabra
Susannah White - Parade's End

Best Direction - Animation

Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh - SpongeBob Squarepants
Anthony Chun - Bob's Burgers
Joe Daniello - American Dad!
Matthew Faughnan - The Simpsons
Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves - American Dad!
Stephen Sandoval - Futurama

Best Writing - Drama

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones
Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey
Aaron Sorkin - The Newsroom
Meredith Stiehm - Homeland
Beau Willimon - House of Cards
Carly Wray & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men
J.H. Wyman - Fringe

Best Writing - Comedy

Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield - 30 Rock
Louis C.K. - Louie
Lena Dunham & Sarah Heyward - Girls
Elizabeth Meriwether - New Girl
Matt Selman - The Simpsons
Matt Weitzman - American Dad!

Best Writing - Miniseries/TV Movie

Greg Berlanti - Political Animals
Jane Campion & Gerard Lee - Top of the Lake
Richard LaGravenese - Behind the Candelabra
David Mamet - Phil Spector
Tom Stoppard - Parade's End

Best Writing - Animation

Tom Gammill & Max Pross - The Simpsons
Eric Horsted - Futurama
Patrick Meighan - Family Guy
Trey Parker - South Park
Matt Selman - The Simpsons
Matt Weitzman - American Dad!

Best Reality-Competition Show

The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance?
Top Chef

Best Host - Reality Show

Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
Jeff Probst - Survivor
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Best Voice Acting

Dee Bradley Baker - American Dad! (for playing Klaus Heissler in "Da Flippity Flop")
Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons (for playing Homer Simpson in "Homer Goes to Prep School")
John DiMaggio - Futurama (for playing Bender in "The Bots and the Bees")
Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (for playing Francine Smith in "Killer Vacation")
Patrick Stewart - American Dad! (for playing Avery Bullock in "Finger Lenting Good")
Kristen Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show (for playing Lola Bunny in "The Black Widow")