Wednesday, July 23, 2014

2nd Annual TeleFilmiest Awards - Nominations

Welcome back! It's Emmy season, which means only one thing: it's time for the better and more welcoming TeleFilmiest Awards. I watched a large amount of television this year, some of it good some of it just... never again. However, I have compiled my personal nominees for the most outstanding actors, actresses, directors, writers and shows and I am pleased to announce them in 26 categories here.

The 2nd Annual TeleFilmiest Awards:

And the nominees are...


COMEDY ENSEMBLE:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
Stephanie Beatriz, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti and Andy Samberg

Community:
Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Danny Pudi and Jim Rash

Orange is the New Black:
Jason Biggs, Michael J. Harney, Michelle Hurst, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling

Parks and Recreation:
Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Jim O'Heir, Rob Lowe, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Retta and Adam Scott

Veep:
Sufe Bradshaw, Anna Chlumsky, Gary Cole, Kevin Dunn, Tony Hale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons and Matt Walsh


COMEDY GUEST ACTOR:
Brad Garrett as Gordon Lewis in The Crazy Ones
Andrew Rannells as Elijah Krantz in Girls
Jeremy Renner as Jeff Davis in Louie
Pablo Schreiber as George “Pornstache” Mendez in Orange is the New Black
Damon Wayans, Jr. as Coach in New Girl

COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS:
Pamela Adlon as Pamela in Louie
Uzo Aduba as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in Orange is the New Black
Sarah Baker as Vanessa in Louie
Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset in Orange is the New Black
Mimi Kennedy as Marjorie Armstrong in Mom

DRAMA GUEST ACTOR:
Beau Bridges as Provost Barton Scully in Masters of Sex
Robert Forster as Ed in Breaking Bad
Jack Gleeson as Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones
Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper in Mad Men
Pedro Pascal as Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones

DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS:
Annaleigh Ashford as Betty DiMello in Masters of Sex
Allison Janney as Margaret Scully in Masters of Sex
Margo Martindale as Claudia in The Americans
Julianne Nicholson as Dr. Lillian DePaul in Masters of Sex
Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones

DRAMA ENSEMBLE:
The Americans:
Noah Emmerich, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor and Alison Wright

Breaking Bad:
Betsy Brandt, Bryan Cranston, Laura Fraser, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Aaron Paul and Jesse Plemons

Game of Thrones:
Alfie Allen, John Bradley, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Liam Cunningham, Charles Dance, Stephen Dillane, Peter Dinklage, Natalie Dormer, Jerome Flynn, Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Conleth Hill, Kristofer Hivju, Sibel Kekilli, Rose Leslie, Rory McCrann, Hannah Murray, Iwan Rheon, Sophie Turner, Carice van Houton and Maisie Williams

House of Cards:
Mahershala Ali, Rachel Brosnahan, Nathan Darrow, Michel Gill, Sakina Jaffrey, Michael Kelly, Gerald McRaney, Molly Parker, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright

Mad Men:
Ben Feldman, Jay R. Ferguson, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Robert Morse, Elisabeth Moss, Jessica Pare, Kevin Rahm, Kiernan Shipka, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, Christopher Stanley and Aaron Staton

COMEDY DIRECTING:
Jorma Taccone for Brooklyn Nine-Nine (“Thanksgiving”)
Louis C.K. for Louie (“In The Woods”)
Jodie Foster for Orange is the New Black (“Lesbian Request Denied”)
Michael Trim for Orange is the New Black (“Can’t Fix Crazy”)
Chris Addison for Veep (“New Hampshire”)

COMEDY WRITING:
Andrew Haigh for Looking (“Looking for the Future”)
Louis C.K. for Louie (“So Did the Fat Lady”)
Nick Jones for Orange is the New Black (“Bora Bora Bora”)
Amy Poehler & Michael Schur for Parks and Recreation (“Second Chunce”)
David Quantick & Tony Roche for Veep (“Debate”)

DRAMA DIRECTING:
Charlotte Sieling for The Americans (“Behind the Red Door”)
Rian Johnson for Breaking Bad (“Ozymandias”)
Vince Gilligan for Breaking Bad (“Felina”)
Alex Graves for Game of Thrones (“The Lion and the Rose”)
Matthew Weiner for Mad Men (“Waterloo”)

DRAMA WRITING:
Oliver North & Tracey Scott Wilson for The Americans (“Martial Eagle”)
Gennifer Hutchison for Breaking Bad (“Confessions”)
Moira Walley-Beckett for Breaking Bad (“Ozymandias”)
Carly Wray & Matthew Weiner for Mad Men (“Waterloo”)
Sam Shaw & Michelle Ashford for Masters of Sex (“Catherine”)

MINISERIES/MOVIE DIRECTING:
Adam Bernstein for Fargo (“The Crocodile’s Dilemma”)
Ryan Murphy for The Normal Heart
Cary Joji Fukunaga for True Detective

MINISERIES/MOVIE WRITING:
Noah Hawley for Fargo
Matt Piedmont & Andrew Steele for The Spoils of Babylon
Nic Pizzolatto for True Detective

MINISERIES/MOVIE ACTOR:
Matt Bomer as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart
Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard in Fargo
Woody Harrelson as Martin Hart in True Detective
Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle in True Detective
Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo in Fargo

MINISERIES/MOVIE ACTRESS:
Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow in American Horror Story: Coven
Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode in American Horror Story: Coven
Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart
Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson in Fargo
Kristen Wiig as Cynthia Morehouse in The Spoils of Babylon

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Taran Killam as Various characters in Saturday Night Live
Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Reid Scott as Dan Egan in Veep
Timothy Simons as Jonah Ryan in Veep
James Wolk as Zach Cropper in The Crazy Ones

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry in Community
Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett in Mom
Kate McKinnon as Various characters in Saturday Night Live
Kate Mulgrew as Galina “Red” Reznikov in Orange is the New Black
Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti in Brooklyn Nine-Nine 

MINISERIES/MOVIE:
American Horror Story: Coven
Fargo
The Normal Heart
The Spoils of Babylon
True Detective

VARIETY SERIES:
The Colbert Report
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones
Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman in The Americans
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Homeland
Dean Norris as Hank Schrader in Breaking Bad 
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Anna Gunn as Skyler White in Breaking Bad
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones
Annet Mahendru as Nina Sergeevna in The Americans
Kiernan Shipka as Sally Draper in Mad Men
Allison Wright as Martha Hanson in The Americans

COMEDY LEAD ACTOR:
Fred Armisen as Various characters in Portlandia
Scott Aukerman as himself in Comedy Bang! Bang!
Louis C.K. as Louie in Louie
Jake Johnson as Nick Miller in New Girl
Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta in Brooklyn Nine-Nine

COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS:
Carrie Brownstein as Various characters in Portlandia
Anna Faris as Christy Plunkett in Mom
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer in Veep
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation
Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman in Orange is the New Black

DRAMA LEAD ACTOR:
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson in Homeland
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings in The Americans
Michael Sheen as Dr. William Masters in Masters of Sex

DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS:
Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson in Masters of Sex
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland
Tatiana Maslany as Various characters in Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in Mad Men
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood in House of Cards

COMEDY SERIES:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Louie
Orange is the New Black
Veep

DRAMA SERIES:
The Americans
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Masters of Sex

TOTALS

Breaking Bad - 11
Orange is the New Black - 10
The Americans - 9
Game of Thrones, Louie, Mad Men, Masters of Sex - 8
Veep - 7
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fargo - 6
True Detective - 5
The Normal Heart - 4
American Horror Story: Coven, Homeland, Mom, Parks and Recreation, Portlandia, Saturday Night Live, The Spoils of Babylon - 3
Comedy Bang! Bang!, Community, The Crazy Ones, Girls, House of Cards, New Girl - 2
The Colbert Report, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Looking, Orphan Black - 1


Winners will be announced on July 30th.