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The Cadet Awards

For The 2002-2003 US Television Season

Best Drama Series

• 24 (Fox)
• Alias (ABC)
• Boomtown (NBC)
• Six Feet Under (HBO)
• The Sopranos (HBO)




Best Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
• The Office (BBC America)
• Scrubs (NBC)
• Sex and the City (HBO)




Best Television Movie

• Door To Door (TNT)
• Hysterical Blindness (HBO)
• Normal (HBO)
• RFK (FX)
• Taken (Sci-Fi)




Best Variety Series or Special

• 75th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
• Primetime Glick (Comedy Central)
• Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (HBO)
• Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied (Comedy Central)




Best Debut Series

• Boomtown (NBC)
• Monk (USA)
• The Office (BBC America)
• The Wire (HBO)
• Without a Trace (CBS)




Best Reality or Non-Fiction Program

• The Amazing Race (CBS)
• American Idol (Fox)
• Joe Millionaire (Fox)
• Survivor (CBS)
• Walking With Cavemen (Discovery)




Best Animated Series

• Futurama (Fox)
• The Simpsons (Fox)
• South Park (Comedy Central)




Best Lead Actor, Drama Series

• Ben Browder - Farscape
• Michael Chiklis - The Shield
• Peter Krause - Six Feet Under
• James Gandolfini - The Sopranos
• Anthony LaPaglia - Without a Trace




Best Lead Actress, Drama Series

• Jennifer Garner - Alias
• Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under
• Edie Falco - The Sopranos




Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series

• Xander Berkeley - 24
• Dennis Haysbert - 24
• Michael Vartan - Alias
• Neal McDonough - Boomtown
• Richard Schiff - The West Wing




Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series

• Penny Johnson-Jerald - 24
• Lauren Ambrose - Six Feet Under
• Lena Olin - Alias
• Drea De Matteo - The Sopranos
• CCH Pounder - The Shield




Best Guest Actor, Drama Series

• Ethan Hawke - Alias, “Double Agent"
• Neil Patrick Harris - Boomtown, “Monster's Brawl"
• Joe Penny - Boomtown, “Insured By Smith & Wesson”
• James Cromwell - Six Feet Under, recurring
• Charles S. Dutton - Without a Trace, “Between The Cracks" & "Hang on to Me"




Best Guest Actress, Drama Series

• Catherine O'Hara - Six Feet Under, recurring
• Azura Skye - Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “Help Me”, “Conversations With Dead People”
• Olivia D’Abo - Law & Order: Criminal Intent, “Anti-Thesis” and "A Person of Interest"
• Alfre Woodard - The Practice, “Down the Hatch”, “Final Judgement”
• Kathy Bates - Six Feet Under, recurring




Best Lead Actor, Comedy Series

• Matthew Perry - Friends
• John Corbett - Lucky
• Tony Shalhoub - Monk
• Ricky Gervais - The Office
• Zach Braff - Scrubs




Lead Actress, Comedy Series

• Lisa Kudrow - Friends
• Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls
• Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm in the Middle
• Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
• Debra Messing - Will & Grace




Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

• Brad Garrett - Everybody Loves Raymond
• Bryan Cranston - Malcolm in the Middle
• Mackenzie Crook - The Office
• Donald Faison - Scrubs
• John C. McGinley - Scrubs




Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

• Cheryl Hines - Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Melissa McCarthy - Gilmore Girls
• Judy Reyes - Scrubs
• Kristin Davis - Sex and the City
• Megan Mullally - Will & Grace




Best Debut Performance

• Donnie Wahlberg - Boomtown
• Neal McDonough - Boomtown
• Tony Shalhoub - Monk
• Anthony LaPaglia - Without a Trace
• Poppy Montgomery - Without a Trace




Best Guest Actor, Comedy Series

• Jon Lovitz - Friends, “The One With The Blind Dates'
• Rick Schroeder - Scrubs, recurring
• Nathan Lane - Sex and the City, “I Love a Charade”
• Dan Futterman - Will & Grace, recurring
• Gene Wilder - Will & Grace, recurring




Best Guest Actress, Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate - Friends, “The One With Rachel’s Other Sister”
• Aisha Tyler - Friends, recurring
• Cheri Oteri - Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Nanny From Hell”
• Heather Locklear - Scrubs, “My First Step”, “My Fruit Cups”
• Minnie Driver - Will & Grace, recurring




Best Lead Actor, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• William H Macy - Door To Door
• Brad Garrett - Gleason
• Tom Wilkinson - Normal
• James Spader - The Pentagon Papers
• Linus Roache - RFK




Best Lead Actress, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• Helena Bonham Carter - Live From Baghdad
• Maggie Smith - My House in Umbria
• Jessica Lange - Normal
• Helen Mirren - The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone
• Uma Thurman - Hysterical Blindness




Best Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• Ben Gazzara - Hysterical Blindness
• Chris Cooper - My House in Umbria
• Alan Arkin - The Pentagon Papers
• David Paymer - RFK
• Brian Dennehy - The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone




Best Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• Kathy Baker - Door to Door
• Helen Mirren - Door to Door
• Gena Rowlands - Hysterical Blindness
• Juliette Lewis - Hysterical Blindness
• Anne Bancroft - The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone




Best Performance, Variety Series or Special

• Steve Martin - 75th Annual Academy Awards
• Robin Williams - Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
• Conan O'Brien - Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Martin Short - Primetime Glick
• Wanda Sykes - Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied




Best Directing, Drama Series

• Ian Toynton - 24, "10.00PM - 11.00PM"
• Alan Poul - Six Feet Under, "Nobody Sleeps"
• Jack Bender - Alias, "Phase One"
• John Patterson - The Sopranos, "Whitecaps"
• Christopher Misiano - The West Wing, "25"




Best Writing, Drama Series

• JJ Abrams - Alias, "Phase One"
• Joss Whedon - Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Chosen"
• Eric Overmyer, Dick Wolf & Rene Balcer - Law & Order: Criminal Intent, "Anti-Thesis"
• Scott Buck - Six Feet Under, "Twilight"
• David Chase, Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess - The Sopranos, "Whitecaps"




Best Directing, Comedy Series

• David Steinberg - Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Mary, Joseph & Larry"
• Philip Rosenthal - Everybody Loves Raymond, "Robert's Wedding"
• Dean Parisot - Monk, "Mr Monk and the Candidate"
• Michael Engler - Sex and the City, "I Love a Charade"
• James Burrows- Will & Grace, "23"




Best Writing, Comedy Series

• Tucker Cawley - Everybody Loves Raymond, "Baggage"
• Daniel Palladino - Gilmore Girls, "A Big Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving"
• Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - The Office, "Episode 6"
• Matt Tarses & Tim Hobbes - Scrubs, "My Philosophy"
• Cindy Chupack & Michael Patrick King - Sex and the City, "I Love a Charade"




Best Directing, Television Movie/Mini-Series

• Stephen Schacter - Door to Door
• Mick Jackson - Live From Baghdad
• Richard Loncraine - My House in Umbria
• Robert Dornhelm - RFK
• Robert Allan Ackerman - The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone




Best Writing, Television Movie/Mini-Series

• William H. Macy & Stephen Schachter - Door to Door
• Laura Cahill - Hysterical Blindness
• Jane Anderson - Normal
• Leslie Bohem - Taken
• Jason Horwitch - The Pentagon Papers




Best Directing, Variety/Reality Series

• 75th Annual Academy Awards
• Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
• The Amazing Race
• Survivor
• Primetime Glick




Best Writing, Variety/Reality Series

• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
• Robin Williams: Live On Broadway
• Saturday Night Live
• 75th Annual Academy Awards
• Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied




Best Music Composition/Direction

• Alias, "Phase One"
• Boomtown, "Pilot"
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Chosen"
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Selfless"
• 24, "10.00 PM - 11.00 PM"




Best Main Theme Music

• Boomtown
• Monk
• Without a Trace




Best Main Titles sequence

• CSI: Miami
• Boomtown
• Taken
• Without a Trace




Best Editing

• Alias, "Phase One"
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent, "Anti-Thesis"
• The Shield, "Dominoes Falling"
• Six Feet Under, "Perfect Circles"
• 24, "10.00 PM - 11.00 PM"




Best Cinematography

• Alias, "The Telling"
• Alias, "Double Agent"
• Six Feet Under, "Perfect Circles"
• CSI: Miami, "Pilot"
• Boomtown, "Pilot"




Best Production Design

• Alias, "Phase One"
• Six Feet Under, "The Opening"
• The Sopranos, "Whitecaps"
• Farscape, "Terra Firma"
• Taken




Best Costume Design

• Alias, "The Telling"
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Selfless"
• Enterprise, "The Expanse"
• Gilmore Girls, "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?"
• Sex and the City, "I Love a Charade"




Best Makeup/Hairstyling

• Angel, "Shiny Happy People"
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Chosen"
• Firefly, "Out of Gas"
• Farscape, "Bad Timing"
• Six Feet Under, "Perfect Circles"




Best Sound

• Alias, "The Telling"
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Chosen"
• Enterprise, "The Expanse"
• Farscape, "Bad Timing"
• 24, "10.00 PM - 11.00 PM"




Best Visual Effects

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer, "Chosen"
• Enterprise, "The Expanse"
• Farscape, "Bad Timing"
• Firefly, "The Train Job"
• Stargate SG-1, "Unnatural Selection"




Network Nominations Tally

HBO 47 (down 6) * NBC 39 (up 8) * ABC 19 (down 8) * CBS 18 (up 2) * Fox 16 (down 4) * UPN 12 (even) * FX 11 (up 6) * Comedy Central 9 (up 6) * Sci-Fi 9 (up 6) * USA 5 (up 5) * BBC America 5 (up 5) * WB 5 (down 4) * Showtime 4 (down 6) * TNT 4 (down 5) * Discovery 1 (down 9).




Network Winners Tally

NBC 8 * HBO 8 * ABC 5 * CBS 3 * Fox 3 * TNT 3 * UPN 3 * Comedy Central 2 * Sci-Fi 2 * WB 2 * BBC America 1 * FX 1




Winners Tally

Alias (5)
Boomtown (4)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (3)
Door To Door (3)
Six Feet Under (3)
Gilmore Girls (2)
Primetime Glick (2)
Scrubs (2)
Sex and the City (2)
24 (1)
The Sopranos (1)
Without a Trace (1)
Farscape (1)
The West Wing (1)
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (1)
The Amazing Race (1)
Survivor (1)
The Simpsons (1)
The Office (1)
Malcolm in the Middle (1)
Will & Grace (1)
Hysterical Blindness (1)
Taken (1)
The Pentagon Papers (1)




Multiple Nominations Tally

Alias (14, up 1)

Six Feet Under (12, down 3)

Boomtown (11)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (9, up 2)

24 (8, down 8)
Scrubs (8, down 1)

Sex and the City (7, down 6)
The Sopranos (7)
Without a Trace (7)

Will & Grace (6, up 1)

Farscape (5, up 2)
Friends (5, up 1)
Monk (5)
The Office (5)

The 75th Annual Academy Awards (4, up 2)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (4, up 2)
Door To Door (4)
Everbody Loves Raymond (4, down 3)
Gilmore Girls (4, up 1)
Hysterical Blindness (4)
Normal (4)
RFK (4)
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (4)
Taken (4)

Enterprise (3, down 3)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (3, up 3)
My House in Umbria (3)
The Pentagon Papers (3)
Primetime Glick (3, up 1)
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (3)
The Shield (3, down 4)
Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied (3)

Firefly (2)
Law & Order: SVU (2, up 2)
The West Wing (2, down 3)
CSI: Miami (2)
The Daily Show (2)
The Amazing Race (2, down 1)
Survivor (2, up 1)
Malcolm in the Middle (2, down 2)
Live From Baghdad (2)