"Heartstopper" and "Yellowjackets" take the Dorian Awards

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 6:00PM
NATHANIEL R in Abbott Elementary, Dorian Awards, Heartstopper, The White Lotus, Yellowjackets

 

by Nathaniel R

The 14th annual Dorian Award TV winners have been announced. Mike White's anthology series The White Lotus and Showtime's unnerving but supremely watchable Yellowjackets picked up the most prizes (2 each) while Netflix's high school romance Heartstopper was named the best LGBTQ show. GALECA, the organization behind the Dorian Awards, is comprised of 360 LGBTQ+ entertainment journalists across the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. (As you know a few members of Team Experience are in this organization.)

After the jump the winners for the TV season (the film nominations run on the calendar year like the Oscars and will be announced in January)...

 

BEST TV DRAMA

Yay!

BEST TV COMEDY

The Emmy race for Comedy Series feels like it's going to be a nailbiter, doesn't it? Ted Lasso could repeat. Hacks could overthrow it. But then there's Abbott Elementary as a debut sensation that people truly love. 

BEST LGBTQ SHOW

I knew Heartstopper would win this one. The gays genuinely adore it. I do, too, but I think the deep love is slightly more of a case of a retroactive soothing fantasy balm for everyone's much more traumatic than this show gay youth than a vote on quality. It is quality, don't misunderstand! It's just I think it's one of those "heart" votes that awards shows sometimes go with, for better (in this case because it's lovely) or worse (like CODA taking best picture this past Oscar season).  

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

This was a given and deserving, too.

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW

Another easy call.

BEST UNSUNG SHOW

Great choice for a winner here... though "unsung" also most definitely applies to Somebody Somewhere which is just delicate and real and surprising, too.

 

BEST TV PERFORMANCE

The rest of the world has finally caught up to us in loving Melanie Lynskey ("Yellowjackets")

The extremely rare case where my personal choice also threatens to sweep the season. Well done, Melanie.

 

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE

One sad thing about a genderless category is that we don't get to give His & Hers prizes to Murray Bartlett and Jennifer Coolidge and he's just as deserving. 

BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

 

BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

 

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM

 

BEST ANIMATED SHOW

BEST REALITY SHOW

 

MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW

I voted for Severance here because it's visually striking in spite of or perhaps because of brilliantly harnessing the antiseptic corporate minimalism. But obviously Euphoria remains a beauty so that's fine as a winner.

 

CAMPIEST TV SHOW

 

WILDE WIT AWARD
To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse

THE INAUGURAL “YOU DESERVE AN AWARD!” AWARD [TIE]
To a uniquely talented TV icon we adore

 

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER
for creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity

Jerrod Carmichael's confessional "Rothaniel"

Once again recommending you all watch Rothaniel, Jerrod Carmichael's confessional comedy special.

Article originally appeared on The Film Experience (http://thefilmexperience.net/).