Tuesday, June 30, 2020

The First Dorian TV Awards Salute the Last of Schitt's Creek


Soar of the Roses

The final season of the international sleeper hit Schitt's Creek proved to be irresistible to GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics with their inaugural Dorian TV Awards. The beloved Canadian comedy (brought to us stateside by Pop TV) landed a leading seven nominations, including Best TV Comedy and individual nods for the entire Rose family: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy and Annie Murphy.


Netflix triumphed overall with a whopping 21 total nominations, most notably six for Hollywood, Ryan Murphy's glitzy re-imagining of Tinseltown's tawdry history, including four for its cast too (Jeremy Pope, Patti LuPone, Joe Mantello and Jim Parsons) but curiously not for Best TV Movie or Limited Series. Two HBO critical darlings, Bad Education and Watchmen, did land in that category, bringing their total haul to four nominations each, including a pair of acting nominations each (Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney for the former, Regina King and Jean Smart for the latter).

"Nun for me, thank you"

Other series reaping multiple mentions are Netflix's The Crown, Dead to Me and Ozark and FX's Mrs. America and What We Do in the Shadows, as well as previous Dorian Award winners Killing Eve, RuPaul's Drag Race and the Academy Awards. See the comments section below for the complete list of nominations.

Since 2009, GALECA (of which I and fellow Movie Dearest critic Chris Carpenter are longstanding members) has bestowed the annual Dorian Awards to both movies and TV at the beginning of the year, corresponding with the yearly film award season that culminates with the Oscars. However, this year marks the first time the Dorian TV Awards will fly solo, now more closely aligning with the television industry's highest honor, the Emmy Awards, which are handed out in the fall. The winners of the first annual Dorian TV Awards will be announced August 21st.

Stay tuned.....

1 comment:

Kirby Holt said...

BEST TV DRAMA
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Good Fight
Killing Eve
Ozark

BEST TV COMEDY
Better Things
Dead to Me
The Good Place
Insecure
Schitt's Creek
What We Do in the Shadows

BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Bad Education
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Normal People
Watchmen

BEST TV PERFORMANCE - ACTRESS
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Regina King, Watchmen
Laura Linney, Ozark

BEST TV PERFORMANCE - ACTOR
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
Ramy Youssef, Ramy

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE - ACTRESS
Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
Julia Garner, Ozark
Allison Janney, Bad Education
Patti LuPone, Hollywood
Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
Jean Smart, Watchmen

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE - ACTOR
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Joe Mantello, Hollywood
Josh O'Connor, The Crown
Jim Parsons, Hollywood

BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Cynthia Erivo, “Stand Up”, 92nd Academy Awards
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Music, Music Everywhere!”, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch
Jennifer Lopez & Shakira, Halftime Show, Super Bowl LIV
Janelle Monáe & Billy Porter, Opening Number, 92nd Academy Awards
Noah Reid, “Always Be My Baby”, Schitt’s Creek

BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW
Bad Education
Hollywood
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Schitt's Creek
Vida
We're Here
Work in Progress

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM
Cheer
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Rachel Maddow Show
Visible: Out on Television

BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
Gentified
The Good Fight
Mrs. Fletcher
One Day at a Time
Vida
What We Do in the Shadows
Work in Progress

MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW
The Crown
Hollywood
The Mandalorian
Watchmen
Westworld

CAMPIEST TV SHOW
AJ and the Queen
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings
The Great
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

WILDE WIT AWARD
Cate Blanchett
Hannah Gadsby
Dan Levy
Randy Rainbow
Trevor Noah

THE YOU DESERVE AN AWARD! AWARD
TBA