Saturday 29 June 2013

Tyler's Choice Television Awards 2013 ~ Winners

Here are a collection of the winners from my nominations. Every year they get somewhat harder and harder to pick ones, but I think that these are some of the best decisions I have made. I hope you agree and enjoy reading this. Boldface indicates winner, and the only one with the award.

NOMINEES: http://tylertheawesomeguy.blogspot.ca/2013/06/tylers-choice-television-awards-2013.html

Best Drama Series

1st: Homeland
2nd: Breaking Bad
3rd: Mad Men

Best Comedy Series

1st: The Big Bang Theory
2nd: 30 Rock
3rd: Louie

Best Miniseries/TV Movie

1st: Behind the Candelabra
2nd: American Horror Story: Asylum
3rd: Parade's End

Best Animated Program (with Episode)

1st: Futurama "The Bots and the Bees"
2nd: The Simpsons "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"
3rd: American Dad! "Lost in Space"

Best Actor - Drama

1st: Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
2nd: Damian Lewis - Homeland
3rd: Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Best Actor - Comedy

1st: Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory
2nd: Louis C.K. - Louie
3rd: Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Best Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

1st: Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra
2nd: Al Pacino - Phil Spector
3rd: Benedict Cumberbatch - Parade's End

Best Actress - Drama

1st: Claire Danes - Homeland
2nd: Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
3rd: Keri Russell - The Americans

Best Actress - Comedy

1st: Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
2nd: Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
3rd: Zooey Deschanel - New Girl

Best Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

1st: Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Asylum
2nd: Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake
3rd: Laura Linney - The Big C: Hereafter

Best Sup. Actor - Drama 

1st: Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad and John Noble - Fringe
2nd: Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
3rd: Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones

Best Sup. Actor - Comedy

1st: Max Greenfield - New Girl
2nd: Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory
3rd: Ty Burrell - Modern Family

Best Sup. Actor - Miniseries

1st: Zachary Quinto - American Horror Story: Asylum
2nd: James Cromwell - American Horror Story: Asylum
3rd: James Woods - Mary and Martha

Best Sup. Actress - Drama

1st: Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
2nd: Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
3rd: Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad

Best Sup. Actress - Comedy

1st: Julie Bowen - Modern Family
2nd: Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
3rd: Betty White - Hot in Cleveland 

Best Sup. Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

1st: Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Asylum
2nd: Lily Rabe - American Horror Story: Asylum
3rd: Ellen Burstyn - Political Animals

Best Guest Actor - Drama

1st: Ray Romano - Parenthood
2nd: Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife
3rd: Nathan Lane - The Good Wife

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

1st: Will Arnett - 30 Rock and Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory
2nd: Patrick Stewart - American Dad!
3rd: Martin Short - Saturday Night Live

Best Guest Actress - Drama

1st: Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey
2nd: Jane Fonda - The Newsroom
3rd: Stockhard Channing - The Good Wife

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

1st: Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock
2nd: Parker Posey - Louie
3rd: Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live

Best Direction - Drama

1st: David Fincher - House of Cards
2nd: Greg Mottola - The Newsroom
3rd: Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad

Best Direction - Comedy

1st: Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock
2nd: Louis C.K. - Louie
3rd: Jesse Peretz - Girls

Best Direction - Miniseries/TV Movie

1st: Steven Soderbergh - Behind the Candelabra
2nd: Michael Lehmann - American Horror Story: Asylum
3rd: Susannah White - Parade's End

Best Direction - Animation

1st: Stephen Sandoval - Futurama
2nd: Joe Daniello - American Dad!
3rd: Matthew Faughnan - The Simpsons

Best Writing - Drama

1st: Beau Willimon - House of Cards
2nd: Meredith Stiehm - Homeland
3rd: J.H. Wyman - Fringe

Best Writing - Comedy

1st: Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield - 30 Rock
2nd: Lena Dunham & Sarah Heyward - Girls
3rd: Elizabeth Meriwether - New Girl

Best Writing - Miniseries/TV Movie

1st: Richard LaGravenese - Behind the Candelabra
2nd: Tom Stoppard - Parade's End
3rd: David Mamet - Phil Spector

Best Writing - Animation

1st: Matt Selman - The Simpsons
2nd: Trey Parker - South Park
3rd: Patrick Meighan - Family Guy

Best Host - Reality Show

1st: Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
2nd: Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
3rd: Ryan Seacrest - American Idol

Best Voice Acting

1st: Kristen Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show
2nd: Dee Bradley Baker - American Dad!
3rd: John DiMaggio - Futurama

Monday 24 June 2013

Tyler's Choice Awards 2012

Here are my selections to the best of film in the year 2012. I hope you like them. Boldface indicates winner.

Best Picture

-Argo (George Clooney, Ben Affleck & Grant Heslov)
-The Avengers (Kevin Feige)
-The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas & Charles Roven)
-Django Unchained (Reginald Hudlin, Stacy Sher & Pilar Savone)
-Les Miserables (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward & Cameron Mackintosh)
-Lincoln (Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy)
-Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson)
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich & Russell Smith)
-Silver Linings Playbook (Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti & Jonathan Wilson)
-Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, Colin Wilson, Greg Shapiro & Megan Ellison)

Best Director

Ben Affleck - Argo
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper - Les Miserables
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
John Hawkes - The Sessions
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard - Rust & Bone
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best Sup. Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Ezra Miller - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Bruce Willis - Moonrise Kingdom

Best Sup. Actress

Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Maggie Smith - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Best Original Screenplay

Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
Flight (John Gatins)
The Intouchables (Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano)
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo (Chris Terrio)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Lucy Aliban & Benh Zeitlin)
Lincoln (Tony Kushner)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)

Best Original Score

Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
Brave (Patrick Doyle)
The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer)
Lincoln (John Williams)
Moonrise Kingdom (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Original Song

"Into the Open Air" - Brave (Alex Mandel)
"Safe & Sound" - The Hunger Games (Taylor Swift, T-Bone Burnett, John Paul White & Joy Williams)
"Skyfall" - Skyfall (Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth)
"Suddenly" - Les Miserables (Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer)
"When Can I See You Again?" - Wreck-it Ralph (Adam Young, Matt Theissen & Brian Lee)

Best Sound Editing

The Avengers (TBA)
Brave (Gary Rydstrom & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle)
The Dark Knight Rises (Richard King)
Django Unchained (Wylie Stateman)
Skyfall (Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg)

Best Sound Mixing

The Avengers (TBA)
The Dark Knight Rises (Ed Novick, Gary A. Rizzo & Gregg Landaker)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges & Tony Johnson)
Les Miserables (Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson & Mark Paterson)
Skyfall (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell & Stuart Wilson)

Best Animated Feature

Brave (Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman)
Frankenweenie (Tim Burton)
ParaNorman (Chris Butler & Sam Fell)
Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey)
Wreck-it Ralph (Rich Moore)

Best Cinematography

The Dark Knight Rises (Wally Pfister)
Django Unchained (Robert Richardson)
Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)
Lincoln (Janusz Kaminski)
Skyfall (Roger Deakins)

Best Makeup

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lincoln
Men in Black III 

Best Art Direction/Production Design

Brave (Steve Pilcher)
Django Unchained (J. Michael Riva & Michael A. Pope)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright)
Les Miserables (Eve Stewart & Anna Lynch-Robinson)
Lincoln (Rick Carter & Jim Erickson)
Moonrise Kingdom (Adam Stockhausen & Kris Moran)

Best Costume Design

Anna Karenina (Jacqueline Durran)
Les Miserables (Paco Delgado)
Lincoln (Joanna Johnston)
Mirror Mirror (Eiko Ishioka)
Snow White and the Huntsman (Colleen Atwood)

Best Film Editing

Argo (William Goldenberg)
The Dark Knight Rises (Lee Smith)
Lincoln (Michael Kahn)
Silver Linings Playbook (Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers)
Zero Dark Thirty (William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor)

Best Visual Effects

The Avengers (Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams & Dan Sudick)
The Dark Knight Rises (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton & R. Christopher White)
Life of Pi (Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer & Donald R. Elliott)
Prometheus (Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley & Martin Hill)

Best Cast Ensemble

The Avengers
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Rock of Ages

Best Young Actor (18 or Under)

Jared Gilman - Moonrise Kingdom
Zachary Gordon - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland - The Impossible
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild 

Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards 2012

My choices for the best in video gaming for 2012. Kind of obscure, but had a good source. Hope you enjoy my picks. Boldface indicates winner.

Best Video Game

Far Cry 3
FIFA 2013
Journey
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead

Best Action-Adventure Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Far Cry 3
Halo 4
Hitman: Absolution
Mass Effect 3

Best Sports Game

Far Cry 3
FIFA 2013
Journey
New Star Soccer
Trials Evolution

Best Music in a Video Game

Assassin's Creed III
Diablo III
Journey
The Unfinished Swan
The Walking Dead

Best Strategy Game

Diablo III
Football Manager 2013
Great Big War Game
Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best Multiplayer Game

Assassin's Creed III
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
Journey
Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Best Use of Audio

Assassin's Creed III
Borderlands 2
Far Cry 3
Halo 4
Journey

Best Family Game

Just Dance 4
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Lego The Lord of the Rings
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Skylanders: Giants

Most Innovative

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Journey
Kinect Sesame Street TV
The Unfinished Swan
Wonderbook: Book of Spells

Best Handheld/Mobile Game

LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
New Star Soccer
The Room
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
The Walking Dead

Tyler's Choice Stinker Awards 2012

Similar in a lot of ways to the Razzies, these are my choices for the worst in film for 2012. Boldface indicates winner... as always.

Worst Picture

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Timur Bekmambetov, Tim Burton & Jim Lemley)
Battleship (Peter Berg, Brian Goldner & Scott Stuber)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Steven Paul, Michael De Luca & Avi Arad)
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (Gayle Dickie & Kenn Viselman)
That's My Boy (Adam Sandler, Allen Covert & Jack Giarraputo)
A Thousand Words (Alain Chabat, Nicolas Cage & Brian Robbins)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt & Stephenie Meyer)
The Watch (Shawn Levy)
What to Expect When You Are Expecting (Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer & David Thwaites)
Wrath of the Titans (Basil Iwanyk & Polly Cohen Johnsen)

Worst Director

Sean Anders - That's My Boy
Peter Berg - Battleship
Bill Condon - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Matthew Diamond - The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Jonathan Liebseman - Wrath of the Titans

Worst Actor

Nicolas Cage - Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Eddie Murphy - A Thousand Words
Robert Pattinson - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Adam Sandler - That's My Boy
Sam Worthington - Wrath of the Titans

Worst Actress

Cameron Diaz - What to Expect When You Are Expecting
Katherine Heigl - One for the Money
Jennifer Lawrence - House at the End of the Street
Amanda Seyfried - Gone
Kristen Stewart - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2  

Worst Sup. Actor

Willem Dafoe - John Carter
Ralph Fiennes - Wrath of the Titans
Matthew Fox - Alex Cross
Taylor Lautner - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Andy Samberg - That's My Boy

Worst Sup. Actress

Jessica Biel - Total Recall
Jennifer Lopez - What to Expect When You Are Expecting
Rihanna - Battleship
Sofia Vergara - The Three Stooges
Kerry Washington - A Thousand Words

Worst Original Screenplay

Dark Shadows (Seth Grahame-Smith & John August)
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (Scott Stabile)
That's My Boy (David Caspe)
A Thousand Words (Steve Koren)
The Watch (Jared Stern, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg)

Worst Adapted Screenplay

Battleship (Jon & Erich Hoeber)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Scot Gimple, Seth Hoffman & David S. Goyer)
John Carter (Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews & Michael Chabon)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Melissa Rosenberg & Stephenie Meyer)
What to Expect When You Are Expecting (Shauna Cross & Heather Hach)

Worst Animated or Kiddie Film

Ice Age: Continental Drift (Steve Martino & Mike Thurmeier)
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (Matthew Diamond)
Secret of the Wings (Bradley Raymond) 

Worst Onscreen Couple or Team

Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington - A Thousand Words
The Oogieloves - The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Adam Sandler & Andy Samberg - That's My Boy
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill & Richard Ayoade - The Watch

Worst Editing

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (William Hoy)
Battleship (Colby Parker Jr., Billy Rich & Paul Rubell)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Brian Berdan)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Virginia Katz)
Wrath of the Titans (Martin Walsh)

Worst Cast Ensemble

Battleship (Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgaard, Liam Neeson, Brooklyn Decker & Rihanna)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Johnny Witwirth, Christopher Lambert & Idris Elba)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz & Michael Sheen)
What to Expect When You Are Expecting (Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Chris Rock & Elizabeth Banks)
Wrath of the Titans (Sam Worthington, Rosemund Pike, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston & Ralph Fiennes)

Tyler's Choice Music Awards 2012

Here are my choices for the best in music for the year 2012, composed in my own, unique categories. I hope you enjoy reading these. Boldface indicates Winner.

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

"Home" by Phillip Phillips
"I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz
"Let Me Love You" by Ne-Yo
"Somebody I Used to Know" by Gotye
"We Take Care of Our Own" by Bruce Springsteen

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
"Domino" by Jessie J
"Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Never Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

"I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons
"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys
"Oh Love" by Green Day
"We Are Young" by fun.
"What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction

Best Album

Babel - Mumford & Sons
Blunderbuss - Jack White
El Camino - The Black Keys
Some Nights - fun.
Talk That Talk - Rihanna

Best Music Video

"Bad Girls" by M.I.A.
"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
"Houdini" by Foster the People
"We Are Young" by fun.
"We Found Love" by Rihanna, ft. Calvin Harris

Best Country Song

"Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood
"Even If it Breaks Your Heart" by Eli Young Band
"Home" by Dierks Bentley
"Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift, ft. The Civil Wars
"Springsteen" by Eric Church

Best Pop Song

"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
"Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele 
"Sexy and I Know it" by LMFAO
"Somebody I Used to Know" by Gotye
"We Are Young" by fun.

Best Rap Song

"Daughters" by Nas
"Starships" by Nicki Minaj
"Talk That Talk" by Rihanna, ft. Jay-Z
"Wild Ones" by Flo Rida, ft. Sia
"Young, Wild and Free" by Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg, ft. Bruno Mars

Best Rock Song

"Hold On" by Alabama Shakes
"I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons
"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys
"Oh Love" by Green Day
"We Take Care of Our Own" by Bruce Springsteen 

Best Songwriting

"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" by P!nk
"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
"Home" by Phillip Phillips
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" by Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young" by fun.

Best Original Score

The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams
The Artist - Ludovic Bource
The Dark Knight Rises - Hans Zimmer
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross 
Hugo - Howard Shore

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Abraham's Daughter" in The Hunger Games
"Learn Me Right" in Brave
"Life's a Happy Song" in The Muppets
"Man or Muppet" in The Muppets
"Safe & Sound" in The Hunger Games

Best New Artist

Carly Rae Jepsen
fun.
Gotye
One Direction
Phillip Phillips

Saturday 22 June 2013

Tyler's Choice Television Awards 2012

Here are the Tyler's Choice Television Awards for the year 2012. Eligibility periods are from June 1st, 2011 to May 31st, 2012. The nominations are either 6 or 7 contenders per category at one time, except for the Miniseries/TV Movie categories, which always get 5 contenders. I hope you enjoy reading through these. Boldface indicates winner.

Best T.V. Series - Drama

-Boardwalk Empire
-Breaking Bad
-Downton Abbey
-Game of Thrones
-Homeland
-Mad Men


Best T.V. Series - Comedy

-30 Rock
-The Big Bang Theory
-Curb Your Enthusiasm
-Girls
-Louie
-New Girl

Best Miniseries/TV Movie

American Horror Story
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sherlock


Best Animated Series (with Episode)

American Dad! (for the episode "The Unbrave One")
Archer (for the episode "Space Race")
Bob's Burgers (for the episode "Burgerboss")
Futurama (for the episode "The Tip of the Zoidberg")
The Simpsons (for the episode "Holidays of Future Passed")

Best Actor - Drama

Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Kelsey Grammer - Boss
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
Damian Lewis - Homeland

Best Actor - Comedy

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Don Cheadle - House of Lies
Louis C.K. - Louie
Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm
Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Best Actor - Miniseries

Kevin Costner - Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock
Idris Elba - Luther
Woody Harrelson - Game Change
Clive Owen - Hemingway & Gellhorn

Best Actress - Drama

Glenn Close - Damages
Claire Danes - Homeland
Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Anna Torv - Fringe

Best Actress - Comedy

Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Wendy Schaal - American Dad!

Best Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

Connie Britton - American Horror Story
Ashley Judd - Missing
Nicole Kidman - Hemingway & Gellhorn
Julianne Moore - Game Change
Rachel Weisz - Page Eight

Best Sup. Actor - Drama

Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
John Goodman - Damages
John Noble - Fringe
Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad
John Slattery - Mad Men

Best Sup. Actor - Comedy

Ty Burrell - Modern Family
Chris Colfer - Glee
Scott Grimes - American Dad!
Max Greenfield - New Girl
Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live
Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation

Best Sup. Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

Tom Berenger - Hatfields & McCoys
Martin Freeman - Sherlock
Ed Harris - Game Change 
Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story
David Straitharn - Hemingway & Gellhorn

Best Sup. Actress - Drama

Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
Regina King - Southland
Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey

Best Sup. Actress - Comedy

Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family
Betty White - Hot in Cleveland
Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live

Best Sup. Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

Frances Conroy - American Horror Story
Judy Davis - Page Eight
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story
Sarah Paulson - Game Change
Mare Winningham - Hatfields & McCoys

Best Guest Actor - Drama

Jeremy Davies - Justified
Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife
T.R. Knight - Law & Order: SVU
Mark Margolis - Breaking Bad
Robert Morse - Mad Men
Matthew Perry - The Good Wife

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

Alan Alda - The Big C
Will Arnett - 30 Rock
Wayne Brady - American Dad!
Bobby Cannavale - Nurse Jackie
Michael J. Fox - Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Best Guest Actress - Drama

Joan Cusack - Shameless
Loretta DeVine - Grey's Anatomy
Louise Fletcher - Shameless
Chloe Sevigny - Law & Order: SVU
Jean Smart - Harry's Law
Uma Thurman - Smash

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

Kathy Bates - Two and a Half Men
Lady Gaga - The Simpsons
Sarah Michelle Gellar - American Dad!
Dot-Marie Jones - Glee
Melissa McCarthy - Saturday Night Live
Maya Rudolph - Saturday Night Live

Best Direction - Drama

Michael Cuesta - Homeland
Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad
Neil Marshall - Game of Thrones
Brian Percival - Downton Abbey
Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire
Gus Van Sant - Boss

Best Direction - Comedy

Alec Berg - Curb Your Enthusiasm
Louis C.K. - Louie
Joe Daniello - American Dad!
Jeffrey Melman - Community
Fred Savage - Modern Family
Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthuisasm

Best Direction - Miniseries/TV Movie

Philip Kaufman - Hemingway & Gellhorn
Paul McGuigan - Sherlock
Sam Miller - Luther
Kevin Reynolds - Hatfields & McCoys 
Jay Roach - Game Change

Best Direction - Animation

Joe Daniello - American Dad!
Adam Davidson - Community
Steven Dean Moore - The Simpsons
Shawn Murray - American Dad! 
Raymie Muzquiz - Futurama
Rob Oliver - The Simpsons

Best Writing - Drama

VJ Boyd - Justified
Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men
Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men
Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey
Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff - Homeland
George R.R. Martin - Game of Thrones

Best Writing - Comedy

J. Stewart Burns - The Simpsons
Dave & John Chernin - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Louis C.K. - Louie
Lena Dunham - Girls
Chris McKenna - Community
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz - American Dad!

Best Writing - TV Movie/Miniseries

Neil Cross - Luther
Bill Kirby, Ted Mann & Ronald Parker - Hatfields & McCoys
Steve Moffatt - Sherlock
Danny Strong - Game Change 

Best Writing - Animation

Jordan Blum & Parker Deay - American Dad!
J. Stewart Burns - The Simpsons
Mark Hentemann - Family Guy
Ken Keeler - The Simpsons
Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball - The Simpsons
Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz - American Dad!

Best Reality Show

Antiques Roadshow 
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss

Best Reality-Competition Show

The Amazing Race
America's Got Talent
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

Best Host - Reality Show

Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Best Voice Acting

Nancy Cartwright - The Simpsons (for playing Bart Simpson in "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts")
Scott Grimes - American Dad! (for playing Steve Smith in "The Unbrave One")
Jon Heder - Napoleon Dynamite (for playing Napoleon Dynamite in "Ligertown")
Mila Kunis - Family Guy (for playing Meg Griffin in "Seahorse Seashell Party")
Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (for playing Francine Smith in "The Unbrave One")
Kristen Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show (for playing Lola Bunny in "Double Date")

Tyler's Choice Television Awards 2013

Here are the Tyler's Choice Television Awards for the year 2013. Eligibility periods are from June 1st, 2012 to May 31st, 2013. The nominations are either 6 or 7 contenders per category at one time, except for the Miniseries/TV Movie categories, which always get 5 contenders. I hope you enjoy reading through these.

Best T.V. Series - Drama

-The Americans
-Breaking Bad
-Downton Abbey
-Game of Thrones
-Homeland
-House of Cards
-Mad Men

Best T.V. Series - Comedy

30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
New Girl

Best Miniseries/TV Movie

American Horror Story
Behind the Candelabra
The Bible
Parade's End
Phil Spector
Top of the Lake

Best Animated Series (with Episode)

American Dad! ("Lost in Space")
Bob's Burgers ("Ear-sy Rider")
Family Guy ("Yug Ylimaf")
Futurama ("The Bots and the Bees")
The Simpsons ("The Day the Earth Stood Cool")
South Park ("Raising the Bar")

Best Actor - Drama

Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Damian Lewis - Homeland
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

Best Actor - Comedy

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
Louis C.K. - Louie
Jake Johnson - New Girl
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Best Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

Kenneth Branagh - Wallender
Benedict Cumberbatch - Parade's End
Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra
Al Pacino - Phil Spector

Best Actress - Drama

Claire Danes - Homeland
Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Keri Russell - The Americans
Robin Wright Penn - House of Cards

Best Actress - Comedy

Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Lena Dunham - Girls
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Wendy Schaal - American Dad!

Best Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney - The Big C: Hereafter
Helen Mirren - Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake
Sigourney Weaver - Political Animals

Best Sup. Actor - Drama

Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Noah Emmerich - The Americans
John Noble - Fringe
Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad
Sam Waterston - The Newsroom

Best Sup. Actor - Comedy

Will Arnett - Arrested Development
Ty Burrell - Modern Family
David Cross - Arrested Development
Max Greenfield - New Girl
Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory
Jeffrey Tambor - Arrested Development

Best Sup. Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

Dan Aykroyd - Behind the Candelabra
James Cromwell - American Horror Story: Asylum
Zachary Quinto - American Horror Story: Asylum
Jeffrey Tambor - Phil Spector
James Woods - Mary and Martha

Best Sup. Actress - Drama

Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife
Monica Potter - Parenthood
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey

Best Sup. Actress - Comedy

Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock
Jessica Walter - Arrested Development
Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie
Betty White - Hot in Cleveland

Best Sup. Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

Ellen Burstyn - Political Animals
Holly Hunter - Top of the Lake
Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Asylum
Lily Rabe - American Horror Story: Asylum
Gabourey Sidibe - The Big C: Hereafter

Best Guest Actor - Drama

Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife
Nathan Lane - The Good Wife
Robert Morse - Mad Men
Matthew Perry - The Good Wife
Ray Romano - Parenthood
Jimmy Smits - Sons of Anarchy

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

Will Arnett - 30 Rock
Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live
Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory
Martin Short - Saturday Night Live
Patrick Stewart - American Dad!
Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live

Best Guest Actress - Drama

Stockhard Channing - The Good Wife
Joan Cusack - Shameless
Jane Fonda - The Newsroom
Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey
Margo Martindale - The Americans
Carrie Preston - The Good Wife

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

Elizabeth Banks - Modern Family
Melissa Leo - Louie
Liza Minnelli - Arrested Development
Parker Posey - Louie
Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock
Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live

Best Direction - Drama

Phil Abraham - Mad Men
David Fincher - House of Cards
Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland
Rian Johnson - Breaking Bad
Greg Mottola - The Newsroom
Tim Van Patten - Boardwalk Empire

Best Direction - Comedy

Mark Cendrowski - The Big Bang Theory
Louis C.K. - Louie
Joe Daniello - American Dad!
Mitchell Hurwitz & Troy Miller - Arrested Development
Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock
Jesse Peretz - Girls

Best Direction - Miniseries/TV Movie

Jane Campion & Garth Davis - Top of the Lake
Michael Engler - The Big C: Hereafter
Michael Lehmann - American Horror Story: Asylum
Steven Soderbergh - Behind the Candelabra
Susannah White - Parade's End

Best Direction - Animation

Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh - SpongeBob Squarepants
Anthony Chun - Bob's Burgers
Joe Daniello - American Dad!
Matthew Faughnan - The Simpsons
Tim Parsons & Jennifer Graves - American Dad!
Stephen Sandoval - Futurama

Best Writing - Drama

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss - Game of Thrones
Julian Fellowes - Downton Abbey
Aaron Sorkin - The Newsroom
Meredith Stiehm - Homeland
Beau Willimon - House of Cards
Carly Wray & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men
J.H. Wyman - Fringe

Best Writing - Comedy

Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield - 30 Rock
Louis C.K. - Louie
Lena Dunham & Sarah Heyward - Girls
Elizabeth Meriwether - New Girl
Matt Selman - The Simpsons
Matt Weitzman - American Dad!

Best Writing - Miniseries/TV Movie

Greg Berlanti - Political Animals
Jane Campion & Gerard Lee - Top of the Lake
Richard LaGravenese - Behind the Candelabra
David Mamet - Phil Spector
Tom Stoppard - Parade's End

Best Writing - Animation

Tom Gammill & Max Pross - The Simpsons
Eric Horsted - Futurama
Patrick Meighan - Family Guy
Trey Parker - South Park
Matt Selman - The Simpsons
Matt Weitzman - American Dad!

Best Reality-Competition Show

The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance?
Top Chef

Best Host - Reality Show

Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
Jeff Probst - Survivor
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Best Voice Acting

Dee Bradley Baker - American Dad! (for playing Klaus Heissler in "Da Flippity Flop")
Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons (for playing Homer Simpson in "Homer Goes to Prep School")
John DiMaggio - Futurama (for playing Bender in "The Bots and the Bees")
Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (for playing Francine Smith in "Killer Vacation")
Patrick Stewart - American Dad! (for playing Avery Bullock in "Finger Lenting Good")
Kristen Wiig - The Looney Tunes Show (for playing Lola Bunny in "The Black Widow")