1st Annual TeleFilmiest Awards - Nominations

I hereby present the 1st Annual TeleFilmiest Awards, recognizing the best in television from the 2012-2013 season.  There was a lot of great stuff this year, so this was a tough venture.  Nevertheless, here are my nominations in 24 categories:

BEST COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
Arrested Development
Girls
Louie
New Girl
Parks and Recreation

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES

30 Rock

Arrested Development

Girls

New Girl

Parks and Recreation

Veep

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Fred Armisen as various characters in Portlandia

Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock

Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth in Arrested Development

Louis C.K. as Louie in Louie

Jake Johnson as Nick Miller in New Girl

Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt in Parks and Recreation

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Carrie Brownstein as various characters in Portlandia

Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day in New Girl

Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath in Girls

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer in Veep

Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford in Parks and Recreation

Will Arnett as Gob Bluth in Arrested Development

Max Greenfield as Schmidt in New Girl

Bill Hader as various characters in Saturday Night Live

Tony Hale as Buster Bluth in Arrested Development

Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Portia de Rossi as Lindsay Bluth Funke in Arrested Development

Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney in 30 Rock

Kate McKinnon as various characters in Saturday Night Live

Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation

Cecily Strong as various characters in Saturday Night Live

Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development

BEST GUEST ACTING IN A COMEDY SERIES

Maria Bamford as DeBrie Bardeaux in Arrested Development

Melissa Leo as Laurie in Louie

David Lynch as Jack Dall in Louie

Parker Posey as Liz in Louie

Ben Stiller as Tony Wonder in Arrested Development

Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy in 30 Rock

BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Louis C.K. for Louie (“Late Show Part 3”)

Mitchell Hurwitz & Troy Miller for Arrested Development (“Off the Hook”)

Beth McCarthy-Miller for 30 Rock (“Hogcock!”/”Last Lunch”)

Richard Shepard for Girls (“One Man’s Trash”)

Max Winkler for New Girl (“Cooler”)

Craig Zisk for Parks and Recreation (“Leslie and Ben”)

BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Jack Burditt & Colleen McGuinness for 30 Rock ("My Whole Life is Thunder")

Louis C.K. for Louie (“Daddy’s Girlfriend Part 2”)

Lena Dunham & Sarah Heyward for Girls (“Bad Friend”)

Tina Fey & Tracy Wingfield for 30 Rock (“Last Lunch”)

Dean Lorey & Richard Rosenstock for Arrested Development (“Queen B.”)

Michael Schur & Alan Yang for Parks and Recreation (“Leslie and Ben”)

BEST DRAMA SERIES

The Americans

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Orphan Black

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SEIRES

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

Homeland

House of Cards

Mad Men

The Newsroom

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in The Newsroom

Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men

Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Homeland

Matthew Rhys as Phillip Jennings in The Americans

Kevin Spacey as U.S. Rep. Francis Underwood in House of Cards

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Connie Britton as Rayna James in Nashville

Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland

Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates in Bates Motel

Tatiana Maslany as various characters in Orphan Black

Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in Mad Men

Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones

Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones

Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad

Kevin Rahm as Ted Chaough in Mad Men

Corey Stoll as U.S. Rep. Peter Russo in House of Cards

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones

Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Stark in Game of Thrones
Anna Gunn as Skyler White in Breaking Bad

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones

Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes in Nashville

Kiernan Shipka as Sally Draper in Mad Men

BEST GUEST ACTING IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing in The Newsroom

Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn in Homeland

Margo Martindale as Claudia in The Americans

Gerald McRaney as Raymond Tusk in House of Cards

Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones

James Wolk as Bob Benson in Mad Men

BEST DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

David Fincher for House of Cards (“Chapter 1”)
Alex Graves for Game of Thrones ("And Now His Watch Is Ended")

Rian Johnson for Breaking Bad (“Fifty-One”)

Lesli Linka Glatter for Homeland (“Q&A”)

David Nutter for Game of Thrones (“The Rains of Castamere”)

David O’Connor for The Americans (“Pilot”)

BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss for Game of Thrones (“The Rains of Castamere”)

Sam Catlin for Breaking Bad (“Fifty-One”)

Andre & Maria Jacquemetton for Mad Men (“The Quality of Mercy”)

Graeme Manson for Orphan Black (“Natural Selection”)

Meredith Stiehm for Homeland (“New Car Smell”)

Moira Walley-Beckett for Breaking Bad (“Gliding Over All”)

BEST MINISERIES/MOVIE

American Horror Story: Asylum

Behind the Candelabra

Political Animals

Top of the Lake

BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE

James Cronwell as Dr. Arthur Arden in American Horror Story: Asylum

Matt Damon as Scott Thorson in Behind the Candelabra

Michael Douglas as Liberace in Behind the Candelabra

Peter Mullan as Matt Mitcham in Top of the Lake

Al Pacino as Phil Spector in Phil Spector

Sebastian Stan as T.J. Hammond in Political Animals

BEST ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Jessica Lange as Sister Judy Martin in American Horror Story: Asylum

Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney Baden in Phil Spector

Elisabeth Moss as Det. Robin Griffin in Top of the Lake

Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters in American Horror Story: Asylum

Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice in American Horror Story: Asylum

Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish in Political Animals

BEST DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Jane Campion & Garth Davis for Top of the Lake

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon for American Horror Story: Asylum (“I Am Anne Frank, Part 2”)

Steven Soderbergh for Behind the Candelabra

BEST WRITING FOR A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Jane Campion & Gerard Lee for Top of the Lake

Brad Falchuk for American Horror Story: Asylum (“I Am Anne Frank, Part 2”)

Richard LaGravenese for Behind the Candelabra

BEST VARIETY SERIES

The Colbert Report

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Portlandia

Real Time with Bill Maher

Saturday Night Live

MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS:

Arrested Development, Game of Thrones - 11 nominations

30 Rock, Breaking Bad, Parks and Recreation - 9 nominations

Mad Men - 8 nominations

American Horror Story: Asylum, Homeland, Louie - 7 nominations

New Girl - 6 nominations

The Americans, Behind the Candelabra, Girls, House of Cards, Top of the Lake - 5 nominations

Saturday Night Live - 4 nominations

The Newsroom, Orphan Black, Political Animals, Portlandia - 3 nominations

Nashville, Veep - 2 nominations

Winners will be announced on August 1st.