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The Cadet Awards
For The 2001-2002 Television Season

Best Drama Series

24 (Fox)
Alias (ABC)
Once and Again (ABC)
Six Feet Under (HBO)
The West Wing (NBC)


Best Comedy Series

Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Friends (NBC)
Gilmore Girls (WB)
Scrubs (NBC)
Sex and the City (HBO)


Best Television Movie

The Gathering Storm (HBO)
The Laramie Project (HBO)
James Dean (TNT)
Dinner With Friends (HBO)
The Believer (Showtime)


Best Mini-Series

Band of Brothers (HBO)
The Mists of Avalon (TNT)
Shackleton (A&E)
Victoria & Albert (A&E)
Uprising (NBC)


Best Variety Program

74th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (ABC)
Primetime Glick (Comedy Central)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)


Best Debut Series

24 (Fox)
Alias (ABC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Enterprise (UPN)
Scrubs (NBC)
Six Feet Under (HBO)
The Shield (FX)


Best Reality or Non-Fiction Program

9/11 (CBS)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life (Discovery)
Survivor (CBS)
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts (Discovery)


Best Animated Series

Futurama (Fox)
Justice League (Cartoon Network)
The Simpsons (Fox)


Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series

David Boreanaz as Angel - Angel (WB)
Billy Campbell as Rick Sammler- Once and Again (ABC)
Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey - The Shield (FX)
Peter Krause as Nate Fisher - Six Feet Under (HBO)
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer - 24 (Fox)


Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Frances Conroy as Ruth Fisher - Six Feet Under (HBO)
Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow - Alias (ABC)
Rachel Griffiths as Brenda Chenowith - Six Feet Under (HBO)
Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg - The West Wing (NBC)
Sela Ward as Lily Manning - Once and Again (ABC)


Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Victor Garber as Jack Bristow - Alias (ABC)
Dennis Haysbert as Senator Palmer - 24 (Fox)
Jay Karnes as Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach - The Shield (FX)
Freddy Rodriguez as Frederico Diaz - Six Feet Under (HBO)
Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn - Alias (ABC)


Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Lauren Ambrose as Claire Fisher- Six Feet Under (HBO)
Amber Benson as Tara - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (WB)
Leslie Hope as Teri Bauer - 24 (Fox)
Camryn Manheim as Eleanor Frutt - The Practice (ABC)
Susanna Thompson as Karen Sammler - Once and Again (ABC)


Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Zach Braff as Dr John Dorian - Scrubs (NBC)
Denis Leary as Mike McNeil - The Job (ABC)
Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani - Friends (NBC)
Eric McCormack as Will Truman - Will & Grace (NBC)
Ray Romano as Ray Barone - Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)


Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green - Friends (NBC)
Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore - Gilmore Girls (WB)
Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone - Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Jane Kaczmarek as Lois - Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw - Sex and the City (HBO)


Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

John Corbett as Aidan Shaw - Sex and the City (HBO)
Bryan Cranston as Hal - Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)
Brad Garrett as Robert Barone - Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland - Will & Grace (NBC)
John C. McGinley as Dr Perry Cox - Scrubs (NBC)


Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones - Sex and the City (HBO)
Kristin Davis as Charlotte York - Sex and the City (HBO)
Megan Mullally as Karen Walker - Will & Grace (NBC)
Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes - Sex and the City (HBO)
Doris Roberts as Marie Barone - Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)


Best Performance in a Debut Drama Series

Michael Chiklis as Det. Vic Mackey - The Shield (FX)
Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow - Alias (ABC)
Dennis Haysbert as Senator David Palmer - 24 (Fox)
Penny Johnson-Jerald as Sherry Palmer - 24 (Fox)
Leslie Hope as Teri Bauer - 24 (Fox)
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer - 24 (Fox)


Best Performance in a Debut Comedy Series

Judy Reyes as Nurse Carla Espinosa - Scrubs (NBC)
Zach Braff as Dr John Dorian - Scrubs (NBC)
Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Richmond - The Ellen Show (CBS)
Bernie Mac as Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough - The Bernie Mac Show (Fox)
John C. McGinley as Dr Perry Cox - Scrubs (NBC)


Best Variety Performance

Jack Black - MTV Movie Awards (MTV)
Ellen DeGeneres - 53rd Annual Emmy Awards (CBS)
Whoopi Goldberg - 74th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Madonna - Drowned World Tour (HBO)
Martin Short - Primetime Glick (Comedy Central)


Best Lead Actor in a Television Movie/Mini-Series

Albert Finney - The Gathering Storm (HBO)
James Franco - James Dean (TNT)
Ryan Gosling - The Believer (Showtime)
Giovanni Ribisi - Shot in the Heart (HBO)
Richard Dreyfus - The Day Reagan Was Shot (Showtime)


Best Lead Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-Series

Vanessa Redgrave - The Gathering Storm (HBO)
Neve Campbell - Last Call (Showtime)
Yolonda Ross - Stranger Inside (HBO)
Stockard Channing - The Matthew Shepard Story (NBC)
Julianna Margulies - The Mists of Avalon (TNT)


Best Supporting Actor in a Television Movie/Mini-Series

Jim Broadbent - The Gathering Storm (HBO)
Greg Kinnear - Dinner With Friends (HBO)
Donald Sutherland - Path To War (HBO)
Elias Koteas - Shot in the Heart (HBO)
Michael Moriarty - James Dean (TNT)


Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie/Mini-Series

Amy Madigan - The Laramie Project (HBO)
Toni Collette - Dinner With Friends (HBO)
Diana Rigg - Victoria & Albert (A&E)
Joan Allen - The Mists of Avalon (TNT)
Holland Taylor - The Day Reagan Was Shot (Showtime)


Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Mark Feuerstein as Cliff Calley - The West Wing (NBC)
Patrick Dempsey as Aaron Brooks - Once and Again (ABC)
Adam Arkin as Dr Stanley Keyworth - The West Wing (NBC)
Bruce McGill as Judge Fleming - The Practice (ABC)
John Ritter as John Covington - Felicity (WB)


Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Illeana Douglas as Angela - Six Feet Under (HBO)
Karina Arroyave as Jamey Farrell - 24 (Fox)
Dierdre O’Connell as Jenny Baldwin - The Practice (ABC)
Ally Sheedy as Miriam - Once and Again (ABC)
Patricia Clarkson as Sarah Fisher - Six Feet Under (HBO)


Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Michael Douglas as Detective Gavin Hutch - Will & Grace (NBC)
Anthony LaPaglia as Simon Moon - Frasier (NBC)
Matt Damon as Owen - Will & Grace (NBC)
Brendan Fraser as Ben - Scrubs (NBC)
Ben Stiller as Arthur -The King of Queens (CBS)


Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Sonia Braga as Maria - Sex and the City (HBO)
Margaret Cho as Lyn Cameron - Sex and the City (HBO)
Julia Louis Dreyfus as herself - Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Cloris Leachman as Grandma Ida - Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)
Susan Sarandon as Meg - Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)


Best Writing in a Drama Series

Joss Whedon - Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “Once More With Feeling” (UPN)
Richard Kramer - Once and Again, “Gardenia” (ABC)
J.J. Abrams - Alias, “Almost Thirty Years” (ABC)
Joel Surnow and Michael Loceff - 24, “7.00 am – 8.00 am” (Fox)
Shawn Ryan - The Shield, “Pilot” (FX)


Best Directing in a Drama Series

Joss Whedon - Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “Once More With Feeling” (UPN)
Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz - Once and Again, “Gardenia” (ABC)
Alan Ball - Six Feet Under, “Pilot” (HBO)
Steven Hopkins - 24, “11.00 am – Midnight” (Fox)
J.J. Abrams - Alias, “Truth Be Told” (ABC)


Best Writing in a Comedy Series

Jennifer Crittenden - Everybody Loves Raymond, “Marie’s Sculpture” (CBS)
Michael Patrick King- Sex and the City, “Belles of the Balls” (HBO)
Michael Patrick King - Sex and the City, “The Real Me” (HBO)
Amy Sherman-Palladino and John Stephens - Gilmore Girls, “I Can’t Get Started” (WB)
Elisa Zuritsky and Julie Rottenberg - Sex and the City, “My Motherboard, My Self” (HBO)


Best Directing in a Comedy Series

Gary Halvorson - Everybody Loves Raymond, “The Angry Family” (CBS)
Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Doll” (HBO)
Kevin Bright - Friends, “The One Where Rachel Has a Baby” (NBC)
Adam Bernstein - Scrubs, “My Best Friend's Mistake” (NBC)
Michael Engler - Sex and the City, “My Motherboard, My Self” (HBO)


Best Writing in a Television Movie/Mini-Series

Erik Berk, E. Max Frye, Tom Hanks, Erik Jendersen, Bruce C. McKenna, John Orloff and Grahame Yost - Band of Brothers (HBO)
Israel Horovitz - James Dean (TNT)
Cyrus Nowrasteh - The Day Reagan Was Shot (Showtime)
Daniel Giat - Path To War (HBO)
Allison Anders and Kurt Voss - Things Behind the Sun (Showtime)


Best Directing in a Television Movie/Mini-Series

John Frankenheimer - Path to War (HBO)
Norman Jewison - Dinner With Friends (HBO)
Mark Rydell - James Dean (TNT)
the team from - Band of Brothers (HBO)
Charles Sturridge - Shackleton (A&E)


Best Music Composition/Direction

Alias “Truth Be Told” (ABC)
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life “Ocean World” (Discovery)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer “Once More With Feeling” (UPN)
24 “7.00 am – 8.00 am” (Fox)
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts “Land of Giants” (Discovery)


Best Main Theme Music

The Amazing Race (CBS)
Alias (ABC)
Six Feet Under (HBO)
24 (Fox)
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts (Discovery)


Best Main Titles Sequence

Band of Brothers (HBO)
Enterprise (UPN)
24 (Fox)
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts (Discovery)
Six Feet Under (HBO)


Best Editing

Angel “Sleep Tight” (WB)
24 “7.00 am – 8.00 am” (Fox)
The Shield “Pilot” (FX)
Six Feet Under “Driving Mr Mossback” (HBO)
The West Wing “Enemies, Foreign and Domestic” (NBC)


Best Cinematography

The Blue Planet: Seas of Life “Ocean World” (Discovery)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer “Once More With Feeling” (UPN)
Alias “Truth Be Told” (ABC)
Queer as Folk “Episode 201”(Showtime)
The Shield “Blowback” (FX)


Best Production Design

Alias “Truth Be Told” (ABC)
Farscape “Into the Lion’s Den: Lambs to the Slaughter” (Sci-Fi)
Band of Brothers “Part 7: Breaking Point” (HBO)
Six Feet Under “Pilot” (HBO)
Enterprise “Broken Bow” (UPN)


Best Costume Design

Anne Rice’s The Feast of All Saints “Part 1” (Showtime)
Farscape “Into the Lion’s Den: Lambs to the Slaughter”(Sci-Fi)
James Dean (TNT)
Sex and the City “The Real Me” (HBO)
Enterprise “Broken Bow” (UPN)


Best Makeup/Hairstyling

Angel “A New World” (WB)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer “Hell’s Bells” (UPN)
Alias “Q and A” (ABC)
Six Feet Under “A Private Life” (HBO)
Enterprise “Broken Bow” (UPN)


Best Sound

24”Midnight – 1.00 am” (Fox)
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life “Deep” (Discovery)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”Chasing The Bus” (CBS)
Angel “Sleep Tight” (WB)
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts “Land of Giants” (Discovery)


Best Visual Effects

Farscape “Into the Lion’s Den: Lambs to the Slaughter” (Sci-Fi)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer “Grave” (UPN)
Enterprise “Broken Bow” (UPN)
Stargate SG-1 “Enemies” (Showtime)
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts (Discovery)


Network Nominations Tally

HBO 53 (up 14) * NBC 31 (up 2) * ABC 27 (down 12) * Fox 20 (down 3) * CBS 16 (down 6) * UPN 12 (up 8) * Discovery 10 (up 6) * Showtime 10 (up 2) * TNT 9 (up 5) * WB 9 (down 15) * FX 5 (up 5) * A&E 4 (up 1) * Comedy Central 3 (up 1) * Sci-Fi 3 (down 4) * MTV 1 (up 1)

Multiple Nominations Tally

24 (16)
Six Feet Under (15)
Alias (13)
Sex and the City (13, up 8)
Scrubs (9)
Once and Again (8, down 2)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (7, down 3)
Everybody Loves Raymond (7, down 4)
The Shield (7)
Enterprise (6)
James Dean (6)
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts (6)
Band of Brothers (5)
The West Wing (5, down 5)
Will & Grace (5, up 2)
Angel (4, up 1)
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life (4)
Dinner With Friends (4)
Friends (4, up 3)
The Gathering Storm (4)
Malcolm in the Middle (4, down 4)
The Amazing Race (3)
The Day Reagan Was Shot (3)
Farscape (3, up 2)
Gilmore Girls (3, even)
The Mists of Avalon (3)
Path To War (3)
The Practice (3, down 3)
The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2)
The Believer (2)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2, even)
The Laramie Project (2)
Primetime Glick (2)
Shackleton (2)
Shot in the Heart (2)
Victoria & Albert (2)
and with one each (in no particular order): Uprising, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, SNL, 9/11, Survivor, Stargate SG-1, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Anne Rice’s The Feast of all Saints, Queer as Folk, King of Queens, Frasier, Felicity, The Job, The Ellen Show, The Bernie Mac Show, MTV Movie Awards, The 54th Annual Emmy Awards, The Drowned World Tour, Last Call, Stranger Inside, The Matthew Shepard Story, Things Behind The Sun.