The 2014 Bennys

 
1st Annual BENNYS

The year is 2014. Breaking Bad has been over for over a year, Survivor has an uninspiring season on, Netflix has become a real network, and miniseries like Fargo and True Detective wallop the quality of more long term projects. When I started this blog way back in the Summer, I wrote my first post about how flawed the annual television awards known as the Emmys are. Not only do I find their nominations to be wrong or wrongly categorized but also their timing is way off! The year that the Emmys measures stretches from August to August. Why not, if we're celebrating the television achievements of the year, go from December to December? It just makes more sense. Thus, I have composed my own Television awards: The Bennys. While maybe not as prestigious as the Emmys, give em time. When this blog goes viral a Benny will be worth real value! This is the inaugural Bennys. The nominations are below! I will begin to announce winners soon.





Best Drama TV Show
  1. Boardwalk Empire
  2. Mad Men
  3. The Walking Dead
  4. Game of Thrones
  5. The Leftovers
Best Lead Male Actor (Drama TV Show)
  1. Jon Hamm - "Don Draper" - Mad Men
  2. Steve Buscemi - "Enoch Thompson" - Boardwalk Empire
  3. Kevin Spacey - "Frank Underwood" - House of Cards
  4. Clive Owen - "John Thackery" - The Knick
  5. Anson Mount - "Cullen Bohannon" - Hell on Wheels
Best Lead Female Actor (Drama TV Show)
  1. Elisabeth Moss - "Peggy Olson" - Mad Men
  2. Taylor Schilling - "Piper Chapman"- Orange is the New Black
  3. Sarah Lancaster -  "Catherine Cawood" - Happy Valley
  4. Mireille Enos - "Sarah Linden" - The Killing
  5. Robin Wright - "Claire Underwood" - House of Cards
Best Supporting Male Actor (Drama TV Show)
  1. Christopher Heyerdahl - "Thor 'The Swede' Gunderson" - Hell on Wheels
  2. Stephen Graham - "Al Capone" - Boardwalk Empire
  3. Peter Dinklage - "Tyrion Lannister" - Game of Thrones
  4. Walton Goggins - "Boyd Crowder" - Justified
  5. Gerald McRaney - "Raymond Tusk" - House of Cards
Best Supporting Female Actor (Drama TV Show)
  1. Carrie Coon - "Nora Durst" - The Leftovers
  2. Melissa McBride - "Carol Peletier" - The Walking Dead
  3. Eve Hewson - "Lucy Elkins" - The Knick
  4. Lena Headey - "Circei Lannister" - Game of Thrones
  5. Uzo Aduba - "Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren - Orange is the New Black

Best Directing for Drama
  1. Mimi Ledder - The Leftovers - “The Prodigal Son Returns”
  2. Timothy Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire - “Eldorado”
  3. Neil Marshall - Game of Thrones - “The Watchers on the Wall”
  4. Steven Soderbergh - The Knick - “Method and Madness”
  5. Carl Franklin - House of Cards - “Chapter 14”
Best Writing for Drama
  1. Howard Korder - Boardwalk Empire - “Devil you Know”
  2. Chris Provenzano - Justified - “Shot all to Hell”
  3. Damon Lindelof - The Leftovers - “The Garveys at Their Best”
  4. Scott Gimple - The Walking Dead - “The Grove”
  5. Matthew Weiner - Mad Men - “Waterloo”
Best Comedy TV Show
  1. Archer
  2. Veep
  3. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  4. Wilfred
  5. Rick and Morty
Best Lead Male Actor (Comedy TV Show)
  1. H. Jon Benjamin - "Sterling Archer" - Archer
  2. Nick Kroll - "Rodney Ruxin" - The League
  3. Charlie Day - "Charlie Kelly" - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  4. Elijah Wood - "Ryan Newman" - Wilfred
  5. John Oliver - "Himself" - Last Week Tonight
Best Lead Female Actor (Comedy TV Show)
  1. Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Selina Meyer" - Veep
  2. Jessica Walter - "Mallory Archer" - Archer
  3. Amy Poehler - "Leslie Knope" - Parks and Recreation
  4. Mindy Kaling - "Mindy Lahiri" - Mindy Project
Best Supporting Male Actor (Comedy TV Show)
  1. Chris Parnell - "Cyril Figgus" - Archer
  2. Ike Barinholtz - "Morgan Tookers" - Mindy Project
  3. Tony Hale - "Gary Walsh" - Veep
  4. Zach Woods - "Donald 'Jared' Dunn" - Silicon Valley
  5. Timothy Simons - "Jonah Ryan" - Veep
Best Supporting Female Actor (Comedy TV Show)
  1. Anna Chlumsky - "Amy Brookheimer" - Veep
  2. Aisha Tyler - "Lana Kane" - Archer
  3. Kaitlin Olson - "Dee Reynolds" - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  4. Amy Sedaris - "Princess Carolyn" - BoJack Horseman
  5. Pamela Adlon - "Pamela" - Louie
Best Writing for a Comedy
  1. Armando Ianucci - Veep - “Clovis”
  2. David Zuckerman - Wilfred - “Happiness”
  3. Adam Reed - Archer - “Rules of Extraction”
  4. David Hornsby - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - “The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award”
  5. Armando Ianucci - Veep - “Debate”
Best Miniseries
  1. Fargo
  2. True Detective
  3. Over the Garden Wall
  4. American Horror Story: Freakshow
Best Lead Male Actor (Miniseries)
  1. Billy Bob Thornton - "Lorne Malvo" - Fargo
  2. Martin Freeman - "Lester Nygaard" - Fargo
  3. Matthew McConaughey - "Rustin Cohle" - True Detective
  4. Woody Harrelson - "Martin Hart" - True Detective
  5. Elijah Wood - "Wirt" - Over the Garden Wall
Best Lead Female Actor (Miniseries)
  1. Allison Tolman - "Molly Solverson" - Fargo
  2. Jessica Lange - "Elsa Mars" - American Horror Story: Freakshow
  3. Zoe Saldana - "Rosemary Woodhouse" - Rosemary’s Baby
Best Supporting Male Actor (Miniseries)
  1. Colin Hanks - "Gus Grimly" - Fargo
  2. Keith Carradine - "Lou Solverson" - Fargo
  3. Denis O’Hare - "Stanley" - American Horror Story: Freakshow
  4. Michael Chiklis - "Dell Toledo" - American Horror Story: Freakshow
  5. Oliver Platt - "Stavros Milos" - Fargo
Best Supporting Female Actor (Miniseries)
  1. Michelle Monaghan - "Maggie Hart" - True Detective
  2. Kathy Bates - "Ethel Darling" - American Horror Story: Freakshow
  3. Frances Conroy - "Gloria Mott" - American Horror Story: Freakshow
Best Writing for a Miniseries
  1. Nic Pizzolatto - True Detective - “The Long Bright Dark”
  2. Nic Pizzolatto - True Detective - “The Secret Fate of All Life”
  3. Patrick McHale - Over the Garden Wall - “Into The Unknown”
  4. Noah Hawley - Fargo - “A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage”
  5. Noah Hawley - Fargo - “The Crocodile’s Dilemma”
Best Directing for a Miniseries
  1. Colin Bucksey - Fargo - “Buridan’s Ass”
  2. Matt Shakman - Fargo - “Morton’s Fork”
  3. Cary Joji Fukunaga - True Detective - “The Secret Fate of all Life”
  4. Cary Joji Fukunaga - True Detective - “Who Goes There”
  5. Agnieszka Holland - Rosemary’s Baby - “Night 2”
Best Reality TV Show
  1. Survivor
  2. Survivor
  3. Survivor
  4. Survivor
  5. Survivor
Best New Show
  1. Rick and Morty
  2. The Leftovers
  3. Fargo
  4. True Detective
  5. The Knick
Best Opening Sequence
  1. True Blood
  2. Game of Thrones
  3. Hell on Wheels
  4. Boardwalk Empire
  5. The Leftovers

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