Have not really posted as much as I want to, but I am definitely going to make more of a habit of it for at least the rest of the next Oscar season as I will be taking a semester off from my college course. For now, enjoy my choices for the best in television for 2014, and oh man what a great year it was. I went back and forth on whom I want nominated for my awards. So after much deliberation, and without any further ado, here they are:
(Rules: Only 6-7 nominees per category for drama and comedy, 5-6 nominees for Miniseries/TV Movie. Both those categories are conjoined for mine. In addition, True Detective will say in miniseries because I consider it an anthology show, and as such stays in miniseries like American Horror Story.)
Best T.V. Series - Drama
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Mad Men
Masters of Sex
Best T.V. Series - Comedy
American Dad!
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Louie
Orange is the New Black
Best Miniseries/TV Movie
American Horror Story: Coven
Clear History
Fargo
The Normal Heart
The Spoils of Babylon
True Detective
Best Variety Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Portlandia
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Best Animated Program
American Dad! ("Independent Movie")
Bob's Burgers ("The Equestranauts")
Futurama ("Meanwhile")
Rick & Morty ("Rixty Minutes")
The Simpsons ("Brick Like Me")
Toy Story OF TERROR!
Best Actor - Drama
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
Clark Gregg - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
James Spader - The Blacklist
Best Actor - Comedy
Louis C.K. - Louie
Michael J. Fox - The Michael J. Fox Show
Seth MacFarlane - American Dad!
Thomas Middleditch - Silicon Valley
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock
Larry David - Clear History
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Dancing on the Edge
Woody Harrelson - True Detective
Matthew McConaughey - True Detective
Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
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
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Wendy Schaal - American Dad!
Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black
Best Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton & Taylor
Whoopi Goldberg - A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Coven
Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful
Kristen Wiig - The Spoils of Babylon
Best Sup. Actor - Drama
Josh Charles - The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad
Jon Voight - Ray Donovan
Jeffrey Wright - Boardwalk Empire
Best Sup. Actor - Comedy
Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ty Burrell - Modern Family
Adam Driver - Girls
Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory
Seth MacFarlane - American Dad!
T.J. Miller - Silicon Valley
Best Sup. Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie
Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart
Will Ferrell - The Spoils of Babylon
Martin Freeman - Sherlock
Jon Hamm - Clear History
Jim Parsons - The Normal Heart
Best Sup. Actress - Drama
Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones
Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
Annet Mahendru - The Americans
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
Best Sup. Actress - Comedy
Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Allison Janney - Mom
Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad!
Kate Mulgrew - Orange is the New Black
Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie
Best Sup. Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie
Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Coven
Ellen Burstyn - Flowers in the Attic
Michelle Monaghan - True Detective
Julia Roberts - The Normal Heart
Alison Tolman - Fargo
Best Guest Actor - Drama
Beau Bridges - Masters of Sex
Dan Bucatinsky - Scandal
Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife
Paul Giamatti - Downton Abbey
Robert Morse - Mad Men
Ray Romano - Parenthood
Best Guest Actor - Comedy
Curtis Armstrong - American Dad!
Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live
Danny Glover - American Dad!
James Earl Jones - The Big Bang Theory
Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory
Patton Oswalt - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best Guest Actress - Drama
Jane Fonda - The Newsroom
Allison Janney - Masters of Sex
Lisa Kudrow - Scandal
Margo Martindale - The Americans
Carrie Preston - The Good Wife
Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones
Best Guest Actress - Comedy
Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black
Joan Cusack - Shameless
Zooey Deschanel - American Dad!
Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live
Octavia Spencer - Mom
June Squibb - Girls
Best Direction - Drama
Carl Franklin - House of Cards
Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad
Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad
Michelle MacLaren - Breaking Bad
John Madden - Masters of Sex
Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire
Best Direction - Comedy
Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory
Louis C.K. - Louie
Joe Daniello - American Dad!
Brad Falchuk - Glee
Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Shawn Murray - American Dad!
Best Direction - Miniseries/TV Movie
Adam Bernstein - Fargo
Cary Fukunga - True Detective
Ryan Murphy - The Normal Heart
Matt Piedmont - The Spoils of Babylon
Stephen Poliakoff - Dancing on the Edge
Best Direction - Animation
Tyree Dillihay - Bob's Burgers
Angus MacLane - Toy Story OF TERROR!
Shawn Murray - American Dad!
Matthew Nastuk - The Simpsons
Bryan Newton - Rick & Morty
Trey Parker - South Park
Best Writing - Drama
Michelle Ashford - Masters of Sex
Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey
Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad
Robert & Michelle King - The Good Wife
Moira Walley-Beckett - Breaking Bad
Carly Wray & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men
Best Writing - Comedy
Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham & Jenni Konner - Girls
Louis C.K. - Louie
Liz Friedman & Jenji Kohan - Orange is the New Black
Dan Goor & Michael Schur - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Judah Miller - American Dad!
Kim Rosenstock - New Girl
Best Writing - Miniseries/TV Movie
Larry David, Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg & David Mandel - Clear History
Noah Hawley - Fargo
Larry Kramer - The Normal Heart
Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk - American Horror Story: Coven
Nic Pizzolatto - True Detective
Best Reality Series
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Deadliest Catch
Duck Dynasty
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Best Reality-Competition Series
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
So You Think You Can Dance?
Survivor
Top Chef
The Voice
Best Host - Reality Series
Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
Jeff Probst - Survivor
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
Neil deGrasse Tyson - Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Best Voice Acting
Tim Allen - Toy Story OF TERROR! (for playing Buzz Lightyear)
Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons (for playing Homer Simpson in "Steal This Episode")
Tom Hanks - Toy Story OF TERROR! (for playing Sheriff Woody)
Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! (for playing Hayley Smith in "She Swill Survive")
Justin Roiland - Rick & Morty (for playing Rick Sanchez in "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind")
Billy West - Futurama (for playing Philip J. Fry in "Meanwhile")
Creative Arts awards coming soon...
