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The 14th annual
cadet television awards 2009

drama series
 
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Nominees

   

   

comedy series
 
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Nominees

   

   

   

tv movie/mini-series
 

Generation Kill
(HBO)

Nominees
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (TNT)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
House of Saddam (HBO)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
variety series
 

Saturday Night Live
(NBC)

Nominees
Little Britain USA (HBO)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (Showtime)
The View (ABC)
reality/non-fiction series
 

Top Chef
(Bravo)

Nominees
Cities of the Underworld (History Channel)
Project Runway (Bravo)
The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo)
Survivor (CBS)
variety/reality/non-fiction special
 

81st Annual Academy Awards
(ABC)

Nominees
2008 Tony Awards (CBS)
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (HBO)
Michael J Fox: ...Incurable Optimist (ABC)
Ricky Gervais: Out of England (HBO)
new series
(not nominated as best series)
 

Fringe
(Fox)

Nominees
Dollhouse (Fox)
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (HBO)
Party Down (Starz)
True Blood (HBO)
Worst Week (CBS)
breakthrough performance
(not nominated elsewhere)
 

Aaron Paul
Breaking Bad

Nominees
Anna Torv Fringe
Alison Pill In Treatment
Jill Scott The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Ryan Kwanten True Blood
Rutina Wesley True Blood
lead actor, drama series
 

Bryan Cranston
Breaking Bad

Nominees
Michael C. Hall Dexter
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights
Gabriel Byrne In Treatment
Jon Hamm Mad Men
Denis Leary Rescue Me
Michael Chiklis The Shield
lead actress, drama series
 

Glenn Close
Damages

Nominees
Mary McDonnell Battlestar Galactica
Ginnifer Goodwin Big Love
Chloë Sevigny Big Love
Jeanne Tripplehorn Big Love
January Jones Mad Men
supporting actor, drama series
 

John Noble
Fringe

Nominees
James Callis Battlestar Galactica
Josh Holloway Lost
Steven Pasquale Rescue Me
John Scurti Rescue Me
Walton Goggins The Shield
supporting actress, drama series
 

Christina Hendricks
Mad Men

Nominees
Amanda Seyfried Big Love
Anna Gunn Breaking Bad
Rose Byrne Damages
Connie Britton Friday Night Lights
Callie Thorne Rescue Me
guest actor, drama series
 

John DeLancie
Breaking Bad

Nominees
Mark Margolis Breaking Bad
John Doman Damages
Patton Oswalt Dollhouse
Patrick Fischler Mad Men
Alexander Skarsgard True Blood
guest actress, drama series
 

Adina Porter
True Blood

Nominees
Kate Vernon Battlestar Galactica
Ellen Burstyn Big Love
Margo Martindale Dexter
Melinda McGraw Mad Men
Lois Smith True Blood
directing, drama series
 

Michael Rymer
Battlestar Galactica
"Daybreak, Part 2"

Nominees

Daniel Attias
Big Love
"Come, Ye Saints"

Charles Haid
Breaking Bad
"Grilled"

Brad Anderson
Fringe
"There's More Than
One of Everything"

Paris Barclay
In Treatment
"Gina: Week 4"

Anthony Minghella
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Pilot

Alan Ball
True Blood
"Strange Love"

writing, drama series
 

Ronald D. Moore
Battlestar Galactica
"Daybreak, Part 2"

Nominees

Vince Gilligan
Breaking Bad
"ABQ"

Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler
& Daniel Zelman
Damages
"I Lied, Too"

David Hudgens
Friday Night Lights
"Hello, Goodbye"

Matthew Weiner & Kate Gordon
Mad Men
"Meditations in an Emergency"

Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton
Mad Men
"Three Sundays"

Denis Leary & Peter Tolan
Rescue Me
"Perspective"

lead actor, comedy series
 

Jim Parsons
The Big Bang Theory

Nominees
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock
Steve Carell The Office
David Duchovny Californication
Ken Marino Party Down
Kyle Bornheimer Worst Week
lead actress, comedy series
 

Toni Collette
United States of Tara

Nominees
Tina Fey 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus New Adventures of Old Christine
Amy Poehler Parks & Recreation
Christina Applegate Samantha Who?
Mary-Louise Parker Weeds
supporting actor, comedy series
 

John Krasinski
The Office

Nominees
Simon Helberg The Big Bang Theory
Neil Patrick Harris How I Met Your Mother
Jason Segel How I Met Your Mother
Justin Kirk Weeds
Kurtwood Smith Worst Week
supporting actress, comedy series
 

Jenna Fischer
The Office

Nominees
Cobie Smulders How I Met Your Mother
Jane Lynch Party Down
Kristin Chenoweth Pushing Daisies
Jean Smart Samantha Who?
Rosemarie DeWitt United States of Tara
guest actor, comedy series
 

Albert Brooks
Weeds

Nominees
Alan Alda 30 Rock
Jon Hamm 30 Rock
Idris Elba The Office
J.K. Simmons Party Down
Rob Corddry United States of Tara
guest actress, comedy series
 

Christine Baranski
The Big Bang Theory

Nominees
Sara Gilbert The Big Bang Theory
Sarah Wynter Flight of the Conchords
Laura Prepon How I Met Your Mother
Kristin Johnston New Adventures of Old Christine
Kristin Bell Party Down
directing, comedy series
 

James Bobin
Flight of the Conchords
"The Tough Brets"

Nominees

Beth McCarthy
30 Rock
"Reunion"

Michel Gondry
Flight of the Conchords
"Unnatural Love"

Jeff Blitz
The Office
"Stress Relief"

Adam Kane
Pushing Daisies
"Bzzzzzzz!"

Adam Bernstein
Worst Week
Pilot

writing, comedy series
 

Paul Lieberstein
The Office
"Stress Relief"

Nominees

Tina Fey
30 Rock
"The Bubble"

Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock
30 Rock
"Kidney Now!"

Stephen Engel, Eric Kaplan, Bill Prady
and Richard Rosenstock
The Big Bang Theory
"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis"

Jennifer Celotta & Paul Lieberstein
The Office
"Company Picnic"

Diablo Cody
United States of Tara
Pilot

lead actor, tv movie/mini-series
 

Igal Naor
House of Saddam

Nominees
Alexander Skarsgard Generation Kill
Cuba Gooding Jr. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Brendan Gleeson Into the Storm
Kenneth Branagh Wallander: One Step Behind
lead actress, tv movie/mini-series
 

Sigourney Weaver
Prayers for Bobby

Nominees
Anna Paquin The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Drew Barrymore Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange Grey Gardens
Claire Foy Little Dorrit
supporting actor, tv movie/mini-series
 

James Ransone
Generation Kill

Nominees
Stark Sands Generation Kill
Lee Tergesen Generation Kill
Philip Arditti House of Saddam
Tom Courtenay Little Dorrit
supporting actress, tv movie/mini-series
 

Shohreh Aghdashloo
House of Saddam

Nominees
Marcia Gay Harden Courageous Heart Irena Sendler
Kimberley Elise Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Jeanne Tripplehorn Grey Gardens
Janet McTeer Into the Storm
directing, tv movie/mini-series
 

Susanna White & Simon Cellan-Jones
Generation Kill

Nominees

Alex Holmes & Jim O’Hanlon
House of Saddam

Thaddeus O’Sullivan
Into the Storm

Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh & Diarmuid Lawrence
Little Dorrit

Niall MacCormick
Wallander: One Step Behind

writing, tv movie/mini-series
 

David Simon & Ed Burns
Generation Kill

Nominees

John Pielmeier
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Alex Holmes & Stephen Butchard
House of Saddam

Hugh Whitemore
Into the Storm

Andrew Davies
Little Dorrit

australian program
 

Packed to the Rafters
(Seven)

Nominees
Masterchef Australia (Ten)
Project Runway Australia (Arena)
So You Think You Can Dance Australia (Ten)
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (Nine)
performance, australian program
 

Claudia Karvan
Saved (SBS)

Nominees
Diana Glenn Carla Cametti PD (SBS)
Don Hany East West 101 (SBS)
Rebecca Gibney Packed to the Rafters (Seven)
Hugh Sheridan Packed to the Rafters (Seven)
individual performance, variety/music program
 

Tina Fey
Saturday Night Live

Nominees
Hugh Jackman 81st Annual Academy Awards
Justin Timberlake Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
host/presenter/judge, reality/non-fiction program
 

Jeff Probst
Survivor

Nominees
Simon Cowell American Idol
Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race
Mike Rowe Dirty Jobs
Tim Gunn Project Runway
directing, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program
 

Survivor
(CBS)

Nominees
The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Little Britain USA (HBO)
The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo)
Top Chef (Bravo)
writing, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program
 

Saturday Night Live
(NBC)

Nominees
81st Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (HBO)
Little Britain USA (HBO)
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (Showtime)
ensemble, drama series
 

Rescue Me (FX)
Adam Ferrara, Denis Leary, Mike Lombardi, Larenz Tate, Tatum O'Neal, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth, John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata, Callie Thorne.

Nominees

Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Grae Park, Tahmoh Penikett, Katee Sackhoff.

Big Love (HBO)
Daveigh Chase, Bruce Dern, Shawn Doyle, Patrick Fabian, Garrett Grey, Ginnifer Goodwin, Keegan Holst, Branka Katic, Brian Kerwin, Tina Majorino, Joel McKinnon Miller, Bill Paxton, Mary Kay Place, Matt Ross, Chloe Sevigny, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Melora Walters, Jolean Wejbe, Grace Zabriskie.

In Treatment (HBO)
Gabriel Byrne, Hope Davis, John Mahoney, Alison Pill, Aaron Shaw, Russell Hornsby, Sherri Saum, Dianne Wiest.

Mad Men (NBC)
Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, Maggie Siff, John Slattery, Rich Sommoer, Aaron Staton.

True Blood (HBO)
Chris Bauer, Kristin Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Jim Parrack, Carrie Preston, Michael Raymond-James, William Sanderson, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley.

ensemble, comedy series
 

The Office (NBC)
Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, David Denman, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, John Krasinski, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson.
 

Nominees

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Jim Parsons.

Entourage (HBO)
Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara, Rex Lee, Jeremy Piven, Perrey Reeves.

How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders.

Samantha Who? (ABC)
Christina Applegate, Kevin Dunn, Jennifer Esposito, Melissa McCarthy, Tim Russ, Jean Smart, Barry Watson.

Weeds (Showtime)
Alexander Gould, Allie Grant, Justin Kirk, Kevin Nealon, Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Elizabeth Perkins.

 
ensemble, tv movie/mini-series
 

House of Saddam (HBO)
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Saïd Amadis, Philip Arditti, Uri Gavriel, Shivani Ghai, Makram Khoury, Akbar Kurtha, Daniel Lundh, Mounir Margoum, Igal Naor, Amber Rose Revah, Agni Scott, Christine Stephen-Daly, Saïd Taghmaoui, Amr Waked.

Nominees
Generation Kill (HBO)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Into the Storm (HBO)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
ensemble, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program
 

Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Fred Armisen, Abby Elliott, Will Forte, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Seth Meyers, Bobby Moynihan, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson, Michaela Watkins, Kristen Wiig, Casey Wilson.

Nominees
81st Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Project Runway (Bravo)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
voiceover performance
 

Seth McFarlane
Family Guy

Nominees
Brenda Strong Desperate Housewives
Alex Borstein Family Guy
Hank Azaria The Simpsons
Harry Shearer The Simpsons
casting
 

Lost

Nominees
Mad Men
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Survivor
United States of Tara

song (original or adapted)
 

"Motherlover"
(Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, Asa Taccone, Drew Campbell)
Saturday Night Live
"Justin Timberlake"

Nominees

"Negro Y Azul"
(Los Cuates de Sinaloa)
Breaking Bad
"Negro Y Azul"

"Carol Brown"
(James Bobin, Bret McKenzie,
Jemaine Clement)
Flight of the Conchords
"Unnatural Love"

"Hurt Feelings"
(James Bobin, Bret McKenzie,
Jemaine Clement)
Flight of the Conchords
"The Tough Brets"

"Sugalumps"
(James Bobin, Bret McKenzie,
Jemaine Clement)
Flight of the Conchords
"New Cup"

music composition/score
 

Gabriel Yared
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
"Pilot"

 

Nominees

Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica
"Daybreak, Part 2"

Daniel Licht
Dexter
"Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

Michael Giacchino, Chad Seiter & Chris Tilton
Fringe
"There's More Than One of Everything"

Michael Giacchino
Lost
"Dead is Dead"

main title theme music
 

Marty Davich
Southland

Nominees

John Lunn
Little Dorrit

Bob Thiele, Dave Kushner,
Curtis Stigers, Kurt Sutter
Sons of Anarchy

Bill Sherman
Storymakers

Jace Everett
True Blood

Tim DeLaughter
United States of Tara

main titles sequence
 

True Blood

Nominees

Crash | Fringe | The No.1 Ladies'
Detective Agency
| United States of Tara

film editing
 

Damages
"I Lied, Too"

Nominees
Dexter "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Friday Night Lights "Hello, Goodbye"
Generation Kill "Bomb in the Garden"
The Shield "Family Meeting"
cinematography
 

Breaking Bad
"4 Days Out"

Nominees
Battlestar Galactica "Blood on the Scales"
Big Love "Come, Ye Saints"
Fringe "The Arrival"
Lost "The Incident"
production design
 

Pushing Daisies
"Bzzzzzzz!"

Nominees
81st Annual Academy Awards
Little Dorrit "Episode 1"
Mad Men "The Jet Set"
True Blood "Burning House of Love"
costume design
 

Mad Men
"Three Sundays"

Nominees
Life on Mars "Pilot"
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency "Pilot"
The Tudors "207"
United States of Tara "Pilot"
makeup/hairstyling
 

Little Britain USA
"105"

Nominees
Fringe "Pilot"
How I Met Your Mother "The Front Porch"
Little Dorrit "Episode 1"
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union "205"
sound mixing
 

Big Love
"Come, Ye Saints"

Nominees
Battlestar Galactica "Daybreak, Part 2"
Breaking Bad "Grilled"
Damages "Trust Me"
Dollhouse "Omega"
sound editing
 

True Blood
"Escape From Dragon House"

Nominees
Dexter "Finding Freebo"
Generation Kill "The Cradle of Civilization"
Lost "The Incident"
Rescue Me "Sheila"
visual effects
 

Battlestar Galactica
"Daybreak, Part 2"

Nominees
Battlestar Galactica "Blood on the Scales"
Fringe "Pilot"
Generation Kill "The Cradle of Civilization"
True Blood "I Don't Wanna Know"
stunt co-ordination/ensemble
 

Dollhouse
"A Spy in the House of Love"

Nominees
Burn Notice "Lesser Evil"
Southland "Pilot"
Fringe "Pilot"
Lost "The Incident"
animated series
 

Family Guy

------------SPOILER WARNING------------

top 14 scenes of the 2008-2009 television season
(alphabetical order)

30 Rock
"Kidney Now!"

“Milton Green Needs a Kidney”

 

Battlestar Galactica
"Blood on the Scales"

Laura Roslin defiantly proclaims:
"No. Not now, not ever. Do you hear me?
I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet,
every weapon I have down to my own eye teeth to end you!
I swear it! I'm coming for all of you!"

 

Battlestar Galactica
"Daybreak, Part 2"

150,000 Years Later

 

Breaking Bad
"Grilled"

Ding!

 

Friday Night Lights
"It Aint Easy Being JD McCoy"

Jason Street sings to his baby boy:
“There’s a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza
there’s a hole in my bucket dear Liza, a hole.”

 

Fringe
"The Arrival"

Meet the Observer

 

Fringe
"There's More Than One of Everything"

The Final Scene

 

The Office
"Casual Friday"

Kevin's Famous Chili

 

The Office
"Company Picnic"

Pam explains her volleyball talents to camera:
“Maybe I played a little in junior high.
And in high school. Maybe a little in college…
And went to volleyball camp most summers.”

 

The Office
"Company Picnic"

The Good News

 

Rescue Me
"Sheila"

The Interview

 

Saturday Night Live
"Paul Rudd"

Single Ladies

 

Saturday Night Live
"Company Picnic"

Vice-Presidential Debate

 

The Shield
"Family Meeting"

The End of Vic Mackey

 


wins tally

Saturday Night Live 5 (up 5)

Breaking Bad 4 (up 2)
Generation Kill 4
The Office 4 (up 2)

Battlestar Galactica 3 (down 2)
The Big Bang Theory 3 (up 3)
House of Saddam 3
Mad Men 3 (down 2)
True Blood 3

Damages 2 (down 4)
Family Guy 2 (up 1)
Fringe 2
Survivor 2(up 2)

and with 1 each:
81st Annual Academy Awards (up 1)
Big Love (up 1)
Dollhouse
Flight of the Conchords (even)
Little Britain USA
Lost (down 1)
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Packed to the Rafters
Prayers for Bobby
Pushing Daisies (down 1)
Rescue Me 1 (up 1)
Saved
Southland
Top Chef (even)
United States of Tara
Weeds (up 1)

network wins tally

HBO 14 (up 4) * NBC 10 (up 5) * AMC 7 (even) * CBS 5 (up 4)
* Fox 5 (up 1) * FX 3 (down 3) * Sci-Fi 3 (down 2) * ABC 2 (down 2)
* Showtime 2 (down 6) * Bravo 1 (down 1) * Lifetime 1 (up 1).

network nominations tally

HBO 77 (up 24) * NBC 34 (up 5) * CBS 29 (up 15) * AMC 25 (up 4)
Showtime 24 (down 9) * Fox 22 (up 4) * FX 20 (up 5) * ABC 17 (down 9)
Sci-Fi 14 (down 5) * PBS 11 (up 3) * Bravo 8 (even) * Starz 6 (up 6)
DirecTV 5 (up 5) * TNT 4 (even) * Discovery 1 (up 1)
History 1 (down 3) * Lifetime 1 (up 1) * USA 1 (up 1).

multiple nominations tally

Battlestar Galactica 14 (down 3)

True Blood 13

Breaking Bad 12 (up 7)
Fringe 12
Mad Men 12 (down 4)
The Office 12 (up 8)

Generation Kill 11

Big Love 10 (up 3)

30 Rock 9 (down 2)
Saturday Night Live 9 (up 4)
United States of Tara 9

Rescue Me 8 (up 7)

The Big Bang Theory 7 (up 3)
Damages 7 (down 7)
Flight of the Conchords 7 (even)
House of Saddam 7
How I Met Your Mother 7 (up 2)
Little Dorrit 7
Lost 7 (down 1)
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 7

81st Annual Academy Awards 5 (up 4)
Dexter 5 (down 1)
Friday Night Lights 5 (down 1)
Grey Gardens 5
Into the Storm 5
Party Down 5
Survivor 5 (up 1)

Dollhouse 4
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story 4
In Treatment 4 (even)
Little Britain USA 4
The Shield 4 (even)
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union 4 (down 1)
Weeds 4 (even)
Worst Week 4

Family Guy 3 (even)
Project Runway 3 (down 1)
Pushing Daisies 3 (down 7)
Samantha Who? 3 (up 3)
Top Chef 3 (even)

Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger 2
Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler 2
Little Dorrit 2
New Adventures of Old Christine 2 (down 1)
Real Housewives of New Jersey 2
The Simpsons 2 (up 2)
Southland 2
Wallander: One Step Behind 2