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The Cadet Awards

For The 2003-2004 US Television Season

Best Drama Series

• Alias (ABC)
• Boomtown (NBC)
• Deadwood (HBO)
• The Shield (FX)
• The Sopranos (HBO)




Best Comedy Series

• Arrested Development (Fox)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
• Friends (NBC)
• Scrubs (NBC)
• Sex and the City (HBO)




Best Television Movie/Mini-Series

• Angels in America (HBO)
• Battlestar Galactica: The Mini-Series (Sci-Fi)
• The Lion in Winter (Showtime)
• Prime Suspect 6 (PBS)
• Traffic: The Miniseries (USA)




Best Variety Series or Special

• 76th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
• Chris Rock: Never Scared (HBO)
• Chapelle's Show (Comedy Central)
• Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now (HBO)
• Saturday Night Live (NBC)




Best Debut Drama Series

• Deadwood (HBO)
• Joan of Arcadia (CBS)
• Nip/Tuck (FX)
• The O.C. (Fox)
• Tru Calling (Fox)




Best Debut Comedy, Variety or Reality Series

• The Apprentice (NBC)
• Arrested Development (Fox)
• Dead Like Me (Showtime)
• Queer Eye For the Straight Guy (Bravo)
• Wonderfalls (Fox)




Best Reality or Non-Fiction Program

• The Amazing Race (CBS)
• The Apprentice (NBC)
• Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (MTV)
• Queer Eye For the Straight Guy (Bravo)
• Survivor (CBS)




Best Animated Series

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




Best Lead Actor, Drama Series

• Michael Chiklis - The Shield
• James Gandolfini - The Sopranos
• Ian McShane - Deadwood
• James Spader - The Practice
• Michael Vartan - Alias




Best Lead Actress, Drama Series

• Jennifer Garner - Alias
• Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Joely Richardson - Nip/Tuck
• Edie Falco - The Sopranos
• Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia




Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series

• Adam Brody - The O.C.
• Vincent Curatola - The Sopranos
• Michael Imperioli - The Sopranos
• Benito Martinez - The Shield
• Jason Ritter - Joan of Arcadia




Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series

• Reiko Aylesworth - 24
• Drea De Matteo - The Sopranos
• Camryn Manheim - The Practice
• C.C.H. Pounder - The Shield
• Robin Weigert - Deadwood




Best Guest Actor, Drama Series

• Paul Blackthorne - 24, recurring
• Keith Carradine - Deadwood, recurring
• Ricky Gervais - Alias, "Facade"
• Stacy Keach - Boomtown, "Inadmissable"
• Robert Loggia - The Sopranos, recurring




Best Guest Actress, Drama Series

• Polly Bergen - The Sopranos, "In Camelot"
• Glenn Close - The West Wing, "The Supremes"
• Rebecca De Mornay - Boomtown, recurring
• Isabella Rossellini - Alias, recurring
• Sharon Stone - The Practice, recurring




Best Lead Actor, Comedy Series

• Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
• Zach Braff - Scrubs
• Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Matthew Perry - Friends
• Tony Shalhoub - Monk




Lead Actress, Comedy Series

• Courtney Cox Arquette - Friends
• Caroline Dhavernas - Wonderfalls
• Lisa Kudrow - Friends
• Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls
• Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City




Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

• Will Arnett - Arrested Development
• Michael Cera - Arrested Development
• Tony Hale - Arrested Development
• John Mahoney - Frasier
• Mandy Patinkin - Dead Like Me




Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

• Kim Cattrall - Sex and the City
• Kristin Davis - Sex and the City
• Portia de Rossi - Arrested Development
• Melissa McCarthy - Gilmore Girls
• Jessica Walter - Arrested Development




Best Debut Performance

• Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
• Adam Brody - The O.C.
• Ian McShane - Deadwood
• Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia
• Jessica Walter - Arrested Development




Best Guest Actor, Comedy Series

• David Duchovny - Sex and the City, "Boy, Interrupted"
• Michael J Fox - Scrubs, "My Porcelain God", "My Catalyst"
• Ben Stiller - Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Blind Date"
• John Turturro - Monk, "Mr Monk and the Three Pies"
• Henry Winkler - Arrested Development, recurring




Best Guest Actress, Comedy Series

• Julia Louis Dreyfus - Arrested Development, recurring
• Laura Linney - Frasier, recurring
• Laurie Metcalf - Malcolm in the Middle, "Lois’ Sister"
• Liza Minelli - Arrested Development, recurring
• Betty White - Malcolm in the Middle, "Victor’s Other Family"




Best Lead Actor, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• Justin Kirk - Angels in America
• Elias Koteas - Traffic: The Miniseries
• Edward James Olmos - Battlestar Galactica: The Mini-Series
• Al Pacino - Angels in America
• Patrick Stewart - The Lion in Winter




Best Lead Actress, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• Glenn Close - The Lion in Winter
• Glenn Close - Strip Search
• Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect 6
• Lynn Whitfield - Redemption
• Meryl Streep - Angels in America




Best Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• Eion Bailey - And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
• William H. Macy - Stealing Sinatra
• Ben Shenkman - Angels in America
• Patrick Wilson - Angels in America
• Jeffrey Wright - Angels in America




Best Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Mini-Series

• Penny Johnson-Jerald - DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
• Angelica Huston - Iron Jawed Angels
• Mary McCormack - Traffic: The Miniseries
• Diana Rigg - The Last King
• Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica: The Mini-Series




Best Performance, Variety Series or Special

• Chris Rock - Chris Rock: Never Scared
• Maya Rudolph - Saturday Night Live
• Jon Stewart - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Elaine Stritch - Elaine Stritch At Liberty
• Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales




Best Directing, Drama Series

• Jon Avnet - Boomtown, "The Love of Money"
• Rodrigo Garcia - Carnivale, "Milfay"
• Walter Hill - Deadwood, "Pilot"
• Constantine Makris - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Loss"
• Mike Figgis - The Sopranos, "Cold Cuts"




Best Writing, Drama Series

• Anne McGrail - Boomtown, "Inadmissable"
• Elizabeth Sarnoff - Deadwood, "Here Was a Man"
• Kim Clements - The Shield, "What Power Is"
• Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess - The Sopranos, "Irregular Around the Margins"
• Terence Winter - The Sopranos, "Long Term Parking"




Best Directing, Comedy Series

• Anthony Russo & Joe Russo - Arrested Development, "Pilot"
• Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm, "The Car Pool Lane"
• Scott Winant - Dead Like Me, "Pilot"
• Tim Van Patten - Sex and the City, "An American