The 2015 Benny Nominations

The 2015 Bennys are here!

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, people of all of world... Welcome to the 2015 edition of the annual BENNY awards!

Unlike those awful Emmy awards, these are nominated and given out by someone who actually watches the shows nominated, instead of just picking one comedy and one drama and throwing awards at them.

Today, December 1st, the nominations are announced. During the last three days of the year, the awards themselves will be given out!

This year, our categories range from classic categories like "best drama" and "best comedy" to more abstract ones, such as "best new show" and "best opening sequence."

Let the games begin!
Best Drama:
  1. Better Call Saul
  2. Justified
  3. Mad Men
  4. The Leftovers
  5. The Knick
Best Miniseries:
  1. Show Me A Hero
  2. The Jinx
  3. Fargo
  4. Wayward Pines
  5. American Crime
Best New Show:
  1. Narcos
  2. Better Call Saul
  3. The Man in the High Castle
  4. Mr. Robot
  5. The Comedians
  6. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Best Opening Sequence:
  1. Game of Thrones
  2. The Man in the High Castle
  3. Hell on Wheels
  4. The Leftovers
  5. Mad Men
  6. True Detective
Best Lead Male Actor (Drama):
  1. Rami Malek - “Elliot Alderson” - Mr. Robot
  2. Jon Hamm - “Don Draper” - Mad Men
  3. Bob Odenkirk - “Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman” - Better Call Saul
  4. Kevin Spacey - “Frank Underwood” - House of Cards
  5. Timothy Olyphant - “Raylan Givens” - Justified
  6. Clive Owen - “John Thackery” - The Knick
  7. Oscar Isaac - “Nick Wasicsko” - Show Me a Hero

Best Lead Female Actor (Drama):
  1. Elisabeth Moss - “Peggy Olson” - Mad Men
  2. Lena Headey - “Cirsei Lannister” - Game of Thrones
  3. Carrie Coon - “Nora Durst” - The Leftovers
  4. Jean Smart - “Floyd Gerhardt” - Fargo
  5. Rachel McAdams - “Ani Bezzerides” - True Detective
  6. Kirsten Dunst - “Peggy Blomquist” - Fargo
Best Supporting Male Actor (Drama):
  1. Angus MacFadyen - “Robert Rogers” - Turn: Washington’s Spies
  2. Christopher Heyerdahl - “Thor ‘The Swede’ Gundersen” - Hell on Wheels
  3. Rufus Sewell - “Obergruppenfuhrer John Smith” - The Man in the High Castle
  4. Bokeem Woodbine - “Mike Milligan” - Fargo
  5. Jonathan Banks - “Mike Ehrmantraut” - Better Call Saul
  6. Walton Goggins - “Boyd Crowder” - Justified
  7. Robin Lord Taylor - “Oswald Cobblepot” - Gotham
  8. Peter Dinklage - “Tyrion Lannister” - Game of Thrones
Best Supporting Female Actor (Drama):
  1. Robin Wright - “Claire Underwood” - House of Cards
  2. Melissa McBride - “Carol Peletier” - The Walking Dead
  3. Christina Hendricks - “Joan Holloway” - Mad Men
  4. Ann Dowd - “Patti Levin” - The Leftovers
  5. Mary Steenburgen - “Katherine Hale” - Justified
  6. Eve Hewson - “Lucy Elkins” - The Knick
Best Directing for Drama:
  1. Mimi Leder - The Leftovers - “Axis Mundi”
  2. Matthew Weiner - Mad Men - “The Milk and Honey Route”
  3. Steven Soderbergh - The Knick - “Ten Knots”
  4. Miguel Sapochnik - Game of Thrones - “Hardhome”
  5. Vince Gilligan - Better Call Saul - “Uno”
  6. Keith Gordon - Fargo - “Did You Do This? No, You Did It!”
Best Writing for Drama:
  1. Thomas Schnauz - Better Call Saul - “Pimento”
  2. Noah Hawley - Fargo - “Rhinoceros”
  3. Damon Lindelof - The Leftovers - “International Assassin”
  4. Matthew Weiner - Mad Men - “The Milk and Honey Route”
  5. Graham Yost - Justified - “The Promise”
  6. Scott M. Gimple - The Walking Dead - “Here’s Not Here”
Best Guest Actor/Actress on a Drama:
  1. John Carroll Lynch - “Eastman” - The Walking Dead
  2. Raymond Cruz - “Tuco Salamanca” - Better Call Saul
  3. Bruce Campbell - “Ronald Reagan” - Fargo
  4. Diana Rigg - “Olenna Tyrell” - Game of Thrones
  5. Catherine Keener - “Mary Dorman” - Show Me a Hero
  6. Damon Herriman - “Dewey Crowe” - Justified
Best Comedy:
  1. Veep
  2. BoJack Horseman
  3. Rick and Morty
  4. Archer
  5. Silicon Valley
  6. Ash vs. Evil Dead
Best Lead Male Actor (Comedy):
  1. H. Jon Benjamin - “Sterling Archer” - Archer
  2. Justin Roiland - “Rick Sanchez/Morty Smith” - Rick and Morty
  3. Will Arnett - “BoJack Horseman” - BoJack Horseman
  4. Billy Crystal - “Billy Crystal” - The Comedians
  5. Bruce Campbell - “Ash Williams” - Ash vs. Evil Dead
  6. Patrick Stewart - “Walter Blunt” - Blunt Talk
Best Lead Female Actor (Comedy):
  1. Amy Poehler - “Leslie Knope” - Parks and Recreation
  2. Ellie Kemper - “Kimmy Schmidt” - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  3. Kaitlyn Olson - “Dee Reynolds” - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  4. Mindy Kaling - “Mindy Lahiri” - The Mindy Project
  5. Julia Louis Dreyfus - “Selina Meyer” - Veep
Best Supporting Male Actor (Comedy):
  1. Paul Scheer - “Andre Nowzick” - The League
  2. Charlie Day - “Charlie Kelly” - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  3. Tony Hale - “Gary Walsh” - Veep
  4. Chris Parnell - “Cyril Figgus” - Archer
  5. Kevin Dunn - “Ben Cafferty” - Veep
  6. Zach Woods - “Donald ‘Jared’ Dunn” - Silicon Valley
Best Supporting Female Actor (Comedy):
  1. Jane Krakowski - “Jacqueline Voorhees” - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  2. Jessica Walter - “Malory Archer” - Archer
  3. Anna Chlumsky - “Amy Brookheimer” - Veep
  4. Suzanne Cryer - “Laurie Bream” - Silicon Valley
  5. Amy Sedaris - “Princess Carolyn” - BoJack Horseman
  6. Judy Greer - “Cheryl Tunt” - Archer
Best Writing for a Comedy:
  1. Adam Reed - Archer - “Vision Quest”
  2. Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Tom Spezialy - Ash vs. Evil Dead - “El Jefe”
  3. Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Glenn Howerton - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - “Charlie Work”
  4. Joe Lawson - BoJack Horseman - “Escape From L.A.”
  5. Armando Ianucci, Simon Blackwell, and Tony Roche - Veep - “Election Night”
  6. Alec Berg - Silicon Valley - “Bad Money”
Best Survivor Season:
  1. Survivor: Worlds Apart
  2. Survivor Cambodia: Second Chances
Best Male Survivor Player 2015:
  1. Spencer Bledsoe - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
  2. Mike Holloway - Survivor: Worlds Apart
  3. Jeremy Collins - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
  4. Rodney Lavoie Jr. - Survivor: Worlds Apart
  5. Stephen Fishbach - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
  6. Joe Anglim - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
Best Female Survivor Player 2015:
  1. Tasha Fox - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
  2. Carolyn Rivera - Survivor: Worlds Apart
  3. Kelley Wentworth - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
  4. Kass McQuillen - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
  5. Jenn Brown - Survivor: Worlds Apart
  6. Ciera Eastin - Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance
Best Prejury Survivor Player 2015:
  1. Peih-Gee Law - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance
  2. Terry Deitz - Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance
  3. So Kim - Survivor: Worlds Apart
  4. Jeff Varner - Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance
  5. Vince Sly - Survivor: Worlds Apart
  6. Woo Hwang - Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance

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