18th annual cadet tv awards 2013

drama series
Breaking Bad – AMC
The Americans – FX
Game of Thrones – HBO
The Good Wife – CBS
Homeland – Showtime
House of Cards – Netflix

comedy series
Veep – HBO
The Big Bang Theory – CBS
Episodes – Showtime
Girls – HBO
Louie – FX
Nurse Jackie – Showtime

tv movie/mini-series
American Horror Story: Asylum – FX
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome – Syfy
Behind the Candelabra – HBO
The Big C: Hereafter – Showtime
Political Animals – USA
Top of the Lake – Sundance

new series
Orphan Black – BBC America
Bates Motel – A&E
Elementary – CBS
Hannibal – NBC
The Newsroom – HBO
Vikings – History

reality/non-fiction program
Survivor – CBS
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN
Inside the Actor’s Studio – Bravo
The Voice – NBC
Vice – HBO

variety program
Real Time with Bill Maher – HBO
70th Annual Golden Globe Awards – NBC
Inside Comedy – Showtime
Louis CK: Oh My God – HBO
Saturday Night Live – HBO

youth performance
Kiernan Shipka – Mad Men
Max Burkholder – Parenthood
Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones

variety/non-fiction performer
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler – 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Seth MacFarlane – The Oscars
Bill Maher – Real Time with Bill Maher
Justin Timberlake – Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig – Saturday Night Live

lead actor, drama series
Damian Lewis – Homeland
Matthew Rhys – The Americans
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Hugh Dancy – Hannibal
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Jon Hamm – Mad Men

lead actress, drama series
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Keri Russell – The Americans
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Claire Danes – Homeland
Robin Wright – House of Cards
Kerry Washington – Scandal

supporting actor, drama series
Bobby Cannavale – Boardwalk Empire
Noah Emmerich – The Americans
Jonathan Banks – Breaking Bad
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Game of Thrones
Laurence Fishburne – Hannibal
Corey Stoll – House of Cards

supporting actress, drama series
Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad
Morena Baccarin – Homeland
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
Lauren Graham – Parenthood
Monica Potter – Parenthood
Bellamy Young – Scandal

guest actor, drama series
Matt Lauria – Parenthood
Derek Luke – The Americans
Nathan Lane – The Good Wife
Conleth Hill – Game of Thrones
Eddie Izzard – Hannibal
Rupert Friend – Homeland

guest actress, drama series
Laura Fraser – Breaking Bad
Margo Martindale – The Americans
Shirley MacLaine – Downton Abbey
Diana Rigg – Game of Thrones
Stockard Channing – The Good Wife
Jane Fonda – The Newsroom

directing, drama series
David Fincher – House of Cards “Chapter 1”
Tim Van Patten – Boardwalk Empire – “Margate Sands”
Michelle MacLaren – Breaking Bad – “Madrigal”
George Mastras – Breaking Bad – “Dead Freight”
Michelle MacLaren – Game of Thrones – “The Bear and the Maiden Fair”
Lesli Linka Glatter – Homeland -“Q&A”

writing, drama series
George Mastras – Breaking Bad – “Dead Freight”
Joel Fields & Joe Wesiberg – The Americans – “The Colonel”
Thomas Schnauz – Breaking Bad – “Say My Name”
Robert King & Michelle King – The Good Wife – “Red Team/Blue Team”
Meredith Stiehm – Homeland – “New Car Smell”
Aaron Sorkin – The Newsroom – “Bullies”

lead actor, comedy series
Louis CK – Louie
Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
Matt LeBlanc – Epiosdes
Stephen Mangan – Episodes
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Jake Johnson – New Girl

lead actress, comedy series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Tamsin Greig – Episodes
Lena Dunham – Girls
Melissa McCarthy – Mike and Molly
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

supporting actor, comedy series
Tony Hale – Veep
David Cross – Arrested Development
Simon Helberg – The Big Bang Theory
Ed O’Neill – Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
Max Greenfield – New Girl

supporting actress, comedy series
Kathleen Rose Perkins – Episodes
Jessica Walter – Arrested Development
Kaley Cuoco – The Big Bang Theory
Allison Williams – Girls
Merritt Wever – Nurse Jackie
Anna Chlumsky – Veep

guest actor, comedy series
Adam Ferrera – Nurse Jsckie
Bob Newhart – The Big Bang Theory
Patrick Wilson – Girls
Morris Chestnut – Nurse Jackie
Gary Cole – Veep

guest actress, comedy series
Parker Posey – Louie
Melissa Leo – Louie
Chloe Sevigny – Louie
Elaine Stritch – 30 Rock
Allison Janney – Veep
Sally Phillips – Veep

directing, comedy series
Armando Ianucci – Veep – “First Response”
Jim Field Smith – Episodes – “The Affair”
Lena Dunham – Girls – “On All Fours”
Louis CK – Louie – “New Years Eve”
Steven Levitan – Modern Family – “Goodnight Gracie”
Tim Kirby – Veep – “Running”

writing, comedy series
David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes – “The Guest Star”
Louis CK & Pamela Adlon – Louie – “Daddy’s Girlfriend, Part 1”
Louis CK – Louie – “New Years Eve”
Abe Sylvia, Clyde Phillips & Tom Straw – Nurse Jackie – “Soul”
Armando Ianucci – Veep – “D.C.”
Roger Drew & Armando Ianucci – Veep – “First Response”

actor, tv movie/mini-series
Michel Douglas – Behind the Candelabra
Evan Peters – American Horror Story: Asylum
Zachary Quinto – American Horror Story: Asylum
Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra
Peter Mullan Top of the Lake

actress, tv movie/mini-series
Elisabeth Moss – Top of the Lake
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Asylum
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney – The Big C: Hereafter
Sigourney Weaver – Political Animals

directing, movie/mini-series
American Horror Story: Asylum
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome
Behind the Candelabra
Political Animals
Top of the Lake

writing, movie/mini-series
Top of the Lake
American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind the Candelabra
The Hour
Political Animals

dramatic ensemble
Parenthood
American Horror Story: Asylum
The Americans
Breaking Bad
Suits
Top of the Lake

comedic ensemble
Veep
Arrested Development
Episodes
Girls
Nurse Jackie
Saturday Night Live

animated program
Family Guy – Fox
Futurama – Fox
The Simpsons – Fox – Saturday Night Live

music composition/score
House of Cards – “Chapter 1” – Netflix
Downton Abbey – “Part 4” – PBS
Game of Thrones – “Myhsa” – HBO
Hunted – “Mort” – Cinemax
Last Resort – “Captain” – ABC

main title theme music
House of Cards – Netflix
The Americans – FX
Hemlock Grove – Netflix
Orphan Black – BBC America
Vikings – History

main title design
American Horror Story: Asylum – FX
The Americans – FX
Defiance – Syfy
Elementary – CBS
Orphan Black – BBC America

film editing
Breaking Bad – “Dead Freight” – AMC
House of Cards – “Chapter 11” – Netflix
Louie – “New Years Eve” – FX
Southland – “Bleed Out” – TNT
Top of the Lake – “Part 5” – Sundance

cinematography
The Americans – “The Colonel” – FX
Game of Thrones – “Myhsa” – HBO
Hannibal – “Entree” – NBC
House of Cards – “Chapter 1” – Netflix
Mad Men – “In Care Of” – AMC
Top of the Lake – “Part 5” – Sundance

production design
The Americans – “Pilot” – FX
American Horror Story: Asylum – “Welcome to Briarcliff” – FX
Mad Men – “In Care Of” – AMC
The Newsroom – “We Just Decided To” – HBO
Vikings – “Dispossessed” – History

costume design
The Americans – “Pilot” – ABC
American Horror Story: Asylum “Madness Ends” – FX
Downton Abbey – “Episode 5” – PBS
Game of Thrones – “Walk of Punishment” – HBO
Once Upon a Time – “Queen of Hearts” – ABC

makeup/hairstyling
Orphan Black – “Unnatural Selection” – BBC America
American Horror Story: Asylum – “I Am Anne Frank, Part 1” – FX
Behind the Candelabra – HBO
Once Upon a Time – “The Evil Queen” – ABC
The Walking Dead – “This Sorrowful Life” – AMC

casting
Homeland – Showtime
Game of Thrones – HBO
The Good Wife – CBS
House of Cards – Netflix
Veep – HBO

sound
American Horror Story: Asylum – “Welcome to Briarcliff” – FX
Breaking Bad – “Dead Freight” – AMC
Game of Thrones – “And Now His Watch is Ended” – HBO
Homeland – “Beirut is Back” – Showtime
Hunted – “Mort” – Cinemax

visual effects
Orphan Black – “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” – BBC America
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome – Syfy
Defiance – “Pilot” – Syfy
Game of Thrones – “And Now His Watch is Ended” – Fox
Last Resort – “Captain” – ABC

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top 6 scenes of the 2012-2013 television season (alphabetical order)
Breaking Bad – “Dead Freight” – The Boy
Game of Thrones – “The Rains of Castamere” – Massacre
Louie – “New Years Eve” – The Doll
House of Cards – “Chapter 11” – Garage Murder
The Newsroom – “Bullies” – Santorum Aide Interview
Veep – “The Vic Allen Dinner” – Selina Sings