25th annual cadet tv awards 2020.

My Twitter feed on this year’s awards

DRAMA SERIES

The Crown (Netflix)

Euphoria (HBO)

The Good Fight (CBS All Access)

The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

The Mandalorian (Disney+)

The Morning Show (AppleTV+)

Outlander (Starz)

The Outsider (HBO)

Ozark (Netflix)

Succession (HBO)

Honourable Mentions: Better Call Saul, The Boys, The Expanse, Homecoming, Mindhunter, Pose, The Sinner, This Is Us, Yellowstone

COMEDY SERIES

After Life (Netflix)

The Conners (ABC)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

Dave (FXX)

The Great (Hulu)

High Fidelity (Hulu)

Insecure (HBO)

Love Life (HBO Max)

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Amazon)

Ramy (Hulu)

Honourable Mentions: #blackAF, Avenue 5, Dead to Me, Dickinson, Never Have I Ever, Schitt’s Creek, Upload, What We Do in the Shadows, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Defending Jacob (AppleTV+)

Devs (FX)

I Know This Much Is True (HBO)

The Loudest Voice (Showtime)

Mrs America (FX)

Mrs Fletcher (HBO)

The Plot Against America (HBO)

Unbelievable (Netflix)

Watchmen (HBO)

ZeroZeroZero (Amazon)

Honourable Mentions: Descendants 3, Dispatches From Elsewhere, Noelle, Unorthodox, Years and Years

VARIETY/NONFICTION SERIES

The Circus: Inside The Craziest Political Campaign On Earth (Showtime)

Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (Netflix)

Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special (CBS)

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

The Oscars (ABC)

Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj (Netflix)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Seven Worlds: One Planet (Netflix)

PERFORMER/HOST, VARIETY/NONFICTION SERIES

Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live

John Mulaney – Saturday Night Live

Eddie Murphy – Saturday Night Live

Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Saturday Night Live

Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness – Queer Eye

Nicole Byer – Nailed It!

John Oliver – Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

James Corden – The Late Late Show With James Corden

LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

Jason Bateman – Ozark

Matt Bomer – The Sinner

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us

Brian Cox – Succession

Sam Heughan – Outlander

Holt McCallany – Mindhunter

Ben Mendelsohn – The Outsider

Tobias Menzies – The Crown

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul

Jeremy Strong – Succession

LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Lauren Ambrose – Servant

Caitriona Balfe – Outlander

Christine Baranski – The Good Fight

Olivia Colman – The Crown

Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show

Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show

Laura Linney – Ozark

Janelle Monae – Homecoming

Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale

Zendaya – Euphoria

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

Dylan Baker – Hunters

Wes Bentley – Yellowstone

Billy Crudup – The Morning Show

Kieran Culkin – Succession

Nicholas Braun – Succession

Josh O’Connor – The Crown

Tom Pelphrey – Ozark

Bradley Whitford – The Handmaid’s Tale

Matthew Macfadyen – Succession

Richard Rankin – Outlander

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Shohreh Aghdashloo – The Expanse

J. Smith-Cameron – Succession

Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown

Hong Chau – Homecoming

Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale

Sophie Skelton – Outlander

Sarah Snook – Succession

Rhea Seahorn – Better Call Saul

Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid’s Tale

Alison Wright – Snowpiercer

GUEST ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

Jason Bateman – The Outsider

John Bell – Outlander

James Cromwell – Succession

O-T Fagbenle – The Handmaid’s Tale

Damon Herriman – Mindhunter

Duncan Lacroix – Outlander

Rob Reiner – The Good Fight

Edward Speleers – Outlander

GUEST ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Pamela Adlon – This Is Us

Alexis Bledel – The Handmaid’s Tale

Joan Cusack – Homecoming

Cherry Jones – Succession

Maria Doyle Kennedy – Outlander

Jane Lapotaire – The Crown

Phylicia Rashad – This Is Us

Harriet Walker – Succession

LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES

Ricky Gervais – After Life

Hugh Laurie – Avenue 5

Kenya Barris – #blackAF

Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm

Dave Burd – Dave

Ramy Youssef – Ramy

Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek

Robbie Ammell – Upload

LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate – Dead To Me

Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Linda Cardellini – Dead To Me

Elle Fanning – The Great

Issa Rae – Insecure

Anna Kendrick – Love Life

Zoe Kravitz – High Fidelity

Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek

SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES

Mahershala Ali – Ramy

Louie Anderson – Baskets

Skylar Astin – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Davionte ‘GaTa’ Ganter – Dave

Nicholas Hoult – The Great

Jake Lacy – High Fidelity

Andrew Santino – Dave

Michael Zegen – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES

Hiam Abbass – Ramy

Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Lauren Graham – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Selenis Leyva – Diary of a Future President

Zoe Chao – Love Life

Laurie Metcalf – The Conners

Yvonne Orji – Insecure

Da’Vine Joy Randolph – High Fidelity

GUEST ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES

Victor Garber – Schitt’s Creek

Jin Ha – Love Life

Jon Hamm – Curb Your Enthusiasm

Luke Kirby – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Zachary Levi – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Scoot McNairy – Love Life

Mike O’Malley – The Good Place

Dev Patel – Modern Love

GUEST ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES

Hope Davis – Love Life

Lisa Kudrow – The Good Place

Judith Light – The Politician

Valerie Mahaffey – Dead To Me

Bette Midler – The Politician

Estelle Parsons – The Conners

Maya Rudolph – The Good Place

Wanda Skyes – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

LEAD ACTOR, MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Jason Clarke – Catherine The Great

Russell Crowe – The Loudest Voice

Chris Evans – Defending Jacob

Hugh Jackman – Bad Education

Paul Mescal – Normal People

Nick Offerman – Devs

Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much Is True

Morgan Spector – The Plot Against America

LEAD ACTRESS, MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Cate Blanchett – Mrs America

Shira Haas – Unorthodox

Kathryn Hahn – Mrs Fletcher

Zoe Kazan – The Plot Against America

Regina King – Watchmen

Reese Witherspoon – Little Fires Everywhere

Andrea Riseborough – ZeroZeroZero

Merritt Wever – Unbelievable

SUPPORTING ACTOR, MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Anthony Boyle – The Plot Against America

Marcello Fonte – I Know This Much Is True

Jin Ha – Devs

Giuseppe De Domenico – ZeroZeroZero

Tim Blake Nelson – Watchmen

Amit Rahav – Unorthodox

Owen Teague – Mrs Fletcher

Harold Torres – ZeroZeroZero

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES

Toni Collette – Unbelievable

Eve Lindley – Dispatches From Elsewhere

Margo Martindale – Mrs America

Sienna Miller – The Loudest Voice

Rosie O’Donnell – I Know This Much Is True

Sarah Paulson – Mrs America

Alison Pill – Devs

Jean Smart – Watchmen

WRITING, COMEDY SERIES

After Life “Episode 5”

Dave “Jail”

The Great “The Great”

High Fidelity “Top Five Heartbreaks”

Love Life “The Person”

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel “Marvelous Radio”

Ramy “You Are Naked in Front of Your Sheikh”

What We Do in the Shadows “On the Run”

WRITING, DRAMA SERIES

Better Call Saul “Bad Choice Road”

Euphoria “Pilot”

The Good Fight “The Gang Deals With an Alternate Reality”

The Handmaid’s Tale “Liars”

Ozark “Fire Pink”

Pose “Never Knew Love Like This Before”

The Sinner “Part VIII”

Succession “This Is Not For Tears”

WRITING, LIMITED SERIES

Devs

Dispatches From Elsewhere

I Know This Much Is True

Little Fires Everywhere

Mrs Fletcher

The Plot Against America

Watchmen

ZeroZeroZero

WRITING, VARIETY/NONFICTION SERIES

Hannah Gadsby: Douglas

Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

The Oscars

Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj

Rob Delaney: Jackie

Saturday Night Live

DIRECTING COMEDY SERIES

David Schneider – Avenue 5 “This Is Physically Hurting Me”

Cheryl Hines – Curb Your Enthusiasm “Artificial Fruit”

Geeta V. Patel – The Great “The Beaver’s Nose”

Jeffrey Reiner – High Fidelity “Uptown”

Sam Boyd – Love Life “Augie Jeong”

Amy Sherman-Palladino – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel “It’s Comedy or Cabbage”

Greg Daniels – Upload “Welcome to Upload”

Richard Sherpard – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist “Pilot”

DIRECTING DRAMA SERIES

Sam Levinson – Euphoria “And Salt the Earth Behind You”

Kyle Patrick Alvarez – Homecoming “Giant”

Taika Waititi – The Mandalorian “Chapter 8: Redemption”

Andrew Dominik – Mindhunter “Episode 5”

Mimi Leder – The Morning Show “The Interview”

Jason Bateman – The Outsider “Fish in a Barrel”

Derek Simonds – The Sinner “Part VIII”

Mark Mylod – Succession “This Is Not For Tears”

DIRECTING LIMITED SERIES

Defending Jacob

Devs

I Know This Much Is True

The Loudest Voice

The Plot Against America

Unbelievable

Watchmen

ZeroZeroZero

DIRECTING VARIETY/REALITY SERIES

Cheer

The Circus: Inside The Craziest Political Campaign On Earth

Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special

The Oscars

Queer Eye

Saturday Night Live

Seven Worlds: One Planet

Survivor

MAIN TITLE DESIGN

Carnival Row

Defending Jacob

Dracula

Evil

Legendary

The Morning Show

Mrs America

NOS4A2

MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC

Nathan Barr – Carnival Row

Olafur Arnalds – Defending Jacob

Mark Isham – Little Fires Everywhere

Trevor Gureckis – Servant

Bear McCreary – Snowpiercer

Phillip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan – Tales From The Loop

Antonio Gambale – Unorthodox

Barry Burns and Mogwai – ZeroZeroZero

DRAMA ENSEMBLE

The Morning Show

Pose

Succession

This Is Us

Mrs America

Watchmen

Years and Years

ZeroZeroZero

COMEDY ENSEMBLE

#blackAF

Central Park

The Conners

High Fidelity

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Never Have I Ever

Saturday Night Live

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

VOICEOVER PERFORMANCE

Kristen Bell – Central Park

Jeff Bergman – Our Cartoon President

Josh Gad – Central Park

Kathryn Hahn – Central Park

Nick Kroll – Big Mouth

Nick Nolte – The Mandalorian

Taika Waititi – The Mandalorian

Lesley Manville – Love Life “Augie Jeong”

ANIMATED PROGRAM

Big Mouth

Bob’s Burgers

BoJack Horseman

Central Park

MUSIC COMPOSITION

Nathan Barr – Carnival Row “Kingdoms of the Moon”

Brian Salisbury, Geoff Barrow, The Insects – Devs “Episode 7”

Labrinth – Euphoria “Bonnie and Clyde”

Ludwig Goransson – The Mandalorian “Chapter 8: Redemption”

Carter Burwell – The Morning Show “The Interview”

Ronit Kirchman – The Sinner “Part VI”

Nicholas Britell – Succession “This Is Not For Tears”

Siddhartha Khosla – This Is Us “Strangers: Part Two”

Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian – Yellowstone “Sins of the Father”

Barry Burns and Mogwai – ZeroZeroZero “Same Blood”

MUSIC AND LYRICS

Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson – Central Park “Own It”

Sara Barielles and Brent Knopf – Central Park “Weirdos Make Great Superheroes”

Hailee Steinfeld, Kennedi Lykken, Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen – Dickinson “Afterlife”

Labrinth – Euphoria “All For Us”

John Legend – Godfather of Harlem “In These Streets”

Emile Dernst and David Bowden – Insecure “Cadillac Drive”

Siddhartha Khosla and Taylor Goldsmith – This Is Us “Memorized”

Tova Kitvin and Doug Rockwell – Zombies 2 “Flesh & Bone”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Marshall Adams – Better Call Saul “Bagman”

Tim Orr – Dickinson “We Lose – Because We Win”

Jas Shelton – Homecoming “Giant”

Adriano Goldman – The Crown “Aberfan”

Marcell Rev – Euphoria “Shook Ones Pt. II”

Stuart Biddlecombe – The Handmaid’s Tale “Household”

Christina Voros – Yellowstone “Enemies By Monday”

Paolo Carnera – ZeroZeroZero “Tampico Skies”

Rob Hardy – Devs “Episode 7”

COSTUME DESIGN

Catherine The Great “Episode One”

The Crown “Cri De Coeur”

Dickinson “There’s a Certain Slant of Light”

The Expanse “Jetsam”

The Good Fight “The Gang is Satirized and Doesn’t Like It”

The Handmaid’s Tale “Household”

The Mandalorian “Chapter 3: The Sin”

Outlander “The Fiery Cross”

PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Boys “The Fame of the Species”

Carnival Row “Kingdoms of the Moon”

Catherine the Great “Episode One”

Devs “Episode 1”

The Mandalorian “Chapter 1: The Mandalorian”

Outlander “Journeycake”

Tales From The Loop “Loop”

Westworld “Parce Domine”

EDITING

Matt Ramsay – Homecoming “People”

Jeff Seibenick – The Mandalorian “Chapter 8: Redemption”

Kirk Baxter – Mindhunter “Episode 2”

Ken Eluto – Succession “DC”

Stephen Semel – Westworld “Parce Domine”

Brian A. Kates – The Plot Against America “Part 6”

Henk Van Eeghan – Watchmen “A God Walks In To Abar”

Herve Schneid, Anita Roth – ZeroZeroZero “Tampico Skies”

MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING

Carnival Row “Aisling”

Dracula “The Rules of the Beast”

Evil “Genesis 1”

The Loudest Voice “2015”

The Mandalorian “Chapter 6: The Prisoner”

Mindhunter “Episode 5”

NOS4A2 “Scissors For the Drifter”

Star Trek: Picard “Absolute Candor”

SOUND

The Expanse “New Terra”

The Handmaid’s Tale “Mayday”

Mindhunter “Episode 2”

The Outsider “Must/Can’t”

Tales From The Loop “Enemies”

Yellowstone “Sins of the Father”

Devs “Episode 3”

Watchmen “This Extraordinary Being”

VISUAL EFFECTS

Carnival Row “Kingdoms of the Moon”

The Expanse “Saeculum”

The Mandalorian “Chapter 2: The Child”

Star Trek: Picard “Et In Arcadia Ego: Part 2”

Watchmen “See How They Fly”

Westworld “Crisis Theory”

Devs “Episode 8”

I Know This Much Is True “Episode One”

SCENE

The Crown “Aberfan” – school landslide

The Handmaid’s Tale “Mayday” – The children arrive in Canada

The Outsider “Tear-Drinker” – The entity appears to Jeannie

Ozark “Fire Pink” – Ben unravels in the taxi

Succession “This Is Not For Tears” – The press conference

The Expanse “New Terra” – The swarm attacks the settlement

Outlander “The Ballad of Roger Mac” – Murtagh is shot

The Sinner “Part IV” – Jamie breaks down at the school

High Fidelity “The Other Side of the Rock” – Cherise receives a package

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist “Zoey’s Extraordinary Dad” – American Pie

Devs “Episode 3” – Devs envisages Christ on the cross

The Plot Against America “Part 6” – Bess calms a distraught Seldon on the phone

Watchmen “A God Walks Into Abar” – Doctor Manhattan and Angela in the bar

ZeroZeroZero “Same Blood” – Emma receives payment from Manuel in Monterey

The Oscars – “Parasite” wins Best Picture

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.