TCA and Dorian Awards go all in for the Emmy frontrunners
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 11:24AM
NATHANIEL R in Dorian Awards, GALECA, HBO, TCA, TV, Watchmen, streaming

by Nathaniel R

The Television Academy has already begun their week long awards handout. The Creative Arts Emmys will run until the 17th and the Primetime Emmys wrap things up on the 20th.  With the Emmys upon us, the precursors have also come out to play. The TCA (Television Critics Association) and The Society for LGBTQ Entertainment Journalists, which hold the "Dorian Awards", have both recently announced their winners for the year and both loved on the Emmy frontrunners Watchmen and Schitt's Creek. Both organizations are stingy with acting honors, though, offering only two (in TCA's case) and four (at the Dorians), as opposed to Emmys 16 regular acting categories (barring voice and narration which would bring the number even higher). Couldn't there be a happy medium between 2-4 and 16+

The prizes are listed after the jump...

36th Annual TCA Awards

Outstanding New ProgramWatchmen (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in Movie Or MiniseriesWatchmen (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in DramaSuccession (HBO)
Outstanding Achievement in ComedySchitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
Program of the YearWatchmen (HBO)

Individual Achievement in Drama: Regina King (Watchmen, HBO)
Individual Achievement in Comedy: Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV)
Outstanding Achievement in News and InformationThe Last Dance (ESPN)
Outstanding Achievement in Reality ProgrammingCheer (Netflix)
Outstanding Achievement in Youth ProgrammingMolly of Denali (PBS Kids)
Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety ShowsA Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Alex Trebek
Heritage AwardStar Trek (CBS)

 

1st annual Dorian TV Awards*

Best Drama Killing Eve
Best Comedy Schitt's Creek
Best Limited Series Watchmen
Best LGBTQ Show Schitt's Creek

Best Performances, Actress Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Best Performance, Actor Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Best Performance, Supporting Actress Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
Best Performance, Supporting Actor Dan Levy, Schitt's Creek
Best Musical Performance Janelle Monáe & Billy Porter, Opening Number 92nd Academy Awards

Best Current Affairs Program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Best Unsung TV Show What We Do in the Shadows
Most Visually Striking Show Watchmen
Campiest Show Tiger King: Murder Mayhem and Madness
Wilde Wit Award Dan Levy

This numbering is a misnomer as GALECA has been giving out TV awards for 12 years now. It's just that now GALECA -- whose membership roster includes a few of us here at TFE -- has decided to split them away from the movies, doing a reverse Golden Globe.

Some multiple win trivias: This is Billy Porter's 3rd award from GALECA (he won this exact award before for singing "Home" on Pose as well as a Best Actor win for that show, this is Schitt's Creek 3rd win, too (it previously won both Best Comedy and Best Unsung TV Show), and Catherine O'Hara won last year for "Timeless Star" a career achievement prize you can only win once)

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