29th annual cadet tv awards 2024

drama

best drama series
3 Body Problem (Netflix)
The Curse (Showtime)
Mr & Mrs Smith (Amazon)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)

best lead actor, drama series
Idris Elba – Hijack
Donald Glover – Mr & Mrs Smith
Ben Mendelsohn – The New Look
Cosmo Jarvis – Shōgun
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Anson Mount – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

best lead actress, drama series
Jess Hong – 3 Body Problem
Imelda Staunton – The Crown
Anna Sawai – Shōgun
Zoe Saldana – Special Ops: Lioness
Sonequa Martin Green – Star Trek: Discovery
Ruth Wilson – The Woman in the Wall

best supporting actor, drama series
Alex Sharp – 3 Body Problem
Ed McVey – The Crown
Benny Safdie – The Curse
Owen Wilson – Loki
Wilson Cruz – Star Trek: Discovery
Ethan Peck – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

best supporting actress, drama series
Rosalind Chao – 3 Body Problem
Marlo Kelly – 3 Body Problem
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown
Cynthia Nixon – The Gilded Age
Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness
Stephanie Nur – Special Ops: Lioness

best guest actor, drama series
Corbin Bernsen – The Curse
Paul Dano – Mr & Mrs Smith
Wagner Moura – Mr & Mrs Smith
Mark Lewis Jones – Outlander
David Cronenberg – Star Trek: Discovery
Paul Wesley – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

best guest actress, drama series
Zine Tseng – 3 Body Problem
Michaela Coel – Mr & Mrs Smith
Sarah Paulson – Mr & Mrs Smith
Parker Posey – Mr & Mrs Smith
Rashida Jones – Silo
Yetide Badaki – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

best writing, drama series
Meriel Sheibani-Clare and Peter Morgan – The Crown, “Ritz”
Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie – The Curse, “Green Queen”
Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie – The Curse, “Land of Enchantment”
Francesca Sloane & Donald Glover – Mr & Mrs Smith, “First Date”
Will Smith – Slow Horses, “Negotiating with Tigers”
Dana Horgan – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Ad Astra Per Aspera”

best directing, drama series
Minkie Spiro – 3 Body Problem, “Judgment Day”
Nathan Fielder – The Curse, “Green Queen”
Michael Engler – The Gilded Age, “In Terms of Winning and Losing”
Hiro Murai – Mr & Mrs Smith, “First Date”
John Hillcoat – Special Ops: Lioness, “Sacrificial Soldiers”
Olatunde Osunsanmi – Star Trek: Discovery, “Red Directive”

comedy

best comedy series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX)
Bookie (Max)
Colin from Accounts (Paramount+)
Hacks (Max)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

best lead actor, comedy series
Chris Messina – Based on a True Story
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Patrick Brammall – Colin from Accounts
Jharrel Jerome – I’m a Virgo
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building

best lead actress, comedy series
Tiffany Haddish – The Afterparty
Ayo Adebiri – The Bear
Harriet Dyer – Colin from Accounts
Jean Smart – Hacks
Kristin Wiig – Palm Royale
Isla Fisher – Wolf Like Me

best supporting actor, comedy series
Chris Perfetti – Abbot Elementary
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear
Oliver Platt – The Bear
Omar J. Dorsey – Bookie
Paul W. Downs – Hacks
Paul Rudd – Only Murders in the Building

best supporting actress, comedy series
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Lisa Ann Walter – Abbott Elementary
Liza Colon-Zayas – The Bear
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building

best guest actor, comedy series
Rob Corddry – Bookie
Jon Bernthal – The Bear
Will Poulter – The Bear
Darren Gilshenan – Colin from Accounts
Tim Bagley – Hacks
Bruce Dern – Palm Royale

best guest actress, comedy series
Olivia Colman – The Bear
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Bear
Annie Maynard – Colin from Accounts
Jane Adams – Hacks
Helen Hunt – Hacks
Kaitlin Olsen – Hacks

best writing, comedy series
Craig Rosenberg – Based on a True Story, “The Great American Artform”
Joanna Calo & Christopher Storer – The Bear, “Fishes”
Alex Russell – The Bear, “Forks”
Patrick Brammall & Harriet Dyer – Colin from Accounts, “The Flash”
Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky & Paul W. Downs – Hacks, “Bulletproof”
Tate Taylor – Palm Royale, “Pilot”

best directing, comedy series
Christopher Storer – The Bear, “Fishes”
Christopher Storer – The Bear, “Forks”
Ramy Youssef – The Bear, “Honeydew”
Trent O’Donnell – Colin from Accounts, “The Flash”
Lucia Aniello – Hacks “Bulletproof”
John Hoffman – Only Murders in the Building, “The Show Must…”

longform

best tv movie or limited series
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Paramount+)
Fargo (FX)
No One Will Save You (Hulu)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

best lead actor, tv movie or limited series
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Kiefer Sutherland – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Todd Hollander – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
Anthony Boyle – Manhunt
Tobias Menzies – Manhunt
Andrew Scott – Ripley

best lead actress, tv movie or limited series
Nicole Kidman – Expats
Carla Gugino – The Fall of the House of Usher
Juno Temple – Fargo
Julianne Moore – Mary & George
Kaitlyn Dever – No One Will Save You
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country

best supporting actor, tv movie or limited series
Jason Clarke – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Brian Tee – Expats
Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers
Sam Spruell – Fargo
Robert Downey Jr – The Sympathizer
Harris Dickinson – A Murder at the End of the World

best supporting actress, tv movie or limited series
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer
Salma Hayek Pinault – Black Mirror
Sarayu Blue – Expats
Mary McDonnell – The Fall of the House of Usher
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country

best writing, tv movie or limited series
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Charlie Brooker – Black Mirror, “Joan is Awful”
Lulu Wang – Expats, “Central”
Noah Hawley – Fargo, “The Tragedy of the Commons”
Mike Flanagan & Kiele Sanchez – The Fall of the House of Usher, “The Raven”
Issa Lopez – True Detective: Night Country, “Part 1”

best directing, tv movie or limited series
John Crowley – Black Mirror, “Beyond the Sea”
William Friedkin – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Lulu Wang – Expats
Gus Van Sant – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, “Pilot”
Steven Zaillian – Ripley
Issa Lopez – True Detective: Night Country, “Part 1”

general

best reality or variety program
Below Deck: Mediterranean (Bravo)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Survivor (CBS)
The Traitors (Peacock)

best performer in a reality or variety series
Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live
Sydney Sweeney – Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig – Saturday Night Live
Ryan Gosling – Saturday Night Live
Stanley Tucci – Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Alan Cumming – The Traitors

best voiceover performance
John Mulaney – Big Mouth
Sandra Oh – Invincible
Julianne Grossman – Star Trek: Discovery
Tawny Newsome – Star Trek: Lower Decks
Jack Quaid – Star Trek: Lower Decks
Will Arnett – Twisted Metal

best dramatic ensemble
3 Body Problem
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Fargo
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Gilded Age
Shōgun

best comedic ensemble
Abbott Elementary
Based on a True Story
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Palm Royale
What We Do in the Shadows

best animated program
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Invincible (Amazon)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)

best casting
3 Body Problem
Black Mirror
The Crown
Full Circle
Mr & Mrs Smith
True Detective: North Country

best music composition
Ramin Djawadi – 3 Body Problem, “Countdown”
Jeff Russo – Fargo, “Blanket”
Oliver Coates – Mary & George, “Second Sons”
David Fleming – Mr & Mrs Smith, “First Date”
Jeff Russo – Ripley, “VII Macabre Entertainment”
Andrew Lockington – Special Ops: Lioness, “Gone is the Illusion of Order”

best song or track
“Bulletproof” by Ramin Djawadi (3 Body Problem)
“Horror” by Jeff Russo (Fargo)
“Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” by Pasek, Paul, Shaiman, Wittman (Only Murders in the Building)
“Sicily” by Jeff Russo (Ripley)
“Marine” by Andrew Lockington (Special Ops: Lioness)
“We Are One” by Tom Polce and Kay Hanley (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

best main title theme music
Kevin Kilner – Ahsoka
Ramin Djawadi – 3 Body Problem
Thomas Newman – Feud: Capote vs. The Swan
James S. Levine – The New Look
Atli Orvarsson – Silo
Andrew Lockington – Special Ops: Lioness

best main title design
Feud: Capote vs. The Swan
Mary & George
The New Look
Palm Royale
Shōgun
True Detective: Night Country

best cinematography
The Fall of the House of Usher, “The Raven”
Mr & Mrs Smith, “First Date”
Ripley, “V Lucio”
Shōgun, “Anjin”
Slow Horses, “Footprints”
True Detective: Night Country, “Part 1”

best costume design
The Crown, “Sleep, Dearie Sleep”
The Gilded Age, “You Don’t Even Like Opera”
Mary & George, “Not So Much by Love as by Awe”
The New Look, “What a Day This Has Been”
Palm Royale, “Maxine’s Like a Dellacorte”
Shōgun, “Ladies of the Willow World”

best production design
3 Body Problem, “Red Coast”
The Curse, “Green Queen”
A Murder at the End of the World
No One Will Save You
Shōgun, “Anjin”
Silo, “Freedom Day”

best editing
Black Mirror, “Beyond the Sea”
Expats, “Central”
Loki, “1893”
No One Will Save You
Slow Horses, “Strange Games”
Special Ops: Lioness, “Gone is the Illusion of Order”

best makeup and hairstyling
3 Body Problem, “Judgment Day”
The Gilded Age, “You Don’t Even Like Opera”
Manhunt, “Pilot”
Shōgun, “A Dream of a Dream”
Star Trek: Discovery, “Life, Itself”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Ad Astra per Aspera”

best sound
3 Body Problem, “Judgment Day”
Halo, “Halo”
No One Will Save You
Outer Range, “The End of Innocence”
Special Ops: Lioness, “The Choice is Failure”
Star Trek: Discovery, “Red Directive”

best visual effects
3 Body Problem, “Judgment Day”
The Curse, “Green Queen”
Loki, “Glorious Purpose”
Silo, “Freedom Day”
Star Trek: Discovery, “Red Directive”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Hegemony”

best stunts
Ahsoka
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Special Ops: Lioness
Shōgun
Silo
Twisted Metal

best scene
3 Body Problem – Panama Canal (“Judgment Day”)
Ripley – The Boat (“III Sommerso”)
Silo – Outside (“Freedom Day”)
Special Ops: Lioness – Escape (“Gone is the Illusion of Order”)
Star Trek: Discovery – Burnham vs. Burnham (“Face the Strange”)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Zero-Gravity Gorn fight (“Hegemony”)

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.