Classic Bryan Awards- Part 1

Classic Bryan Awards

- The BC Bulletin Staff & Bryan Awards Committee
Just what are the Classic Bryan Awards exactly? The Classic Bryan Awards is a three-part series in which we go back in time to look back at the major winners of the first ten years, and to play with history and choose winners from the Golden Age of Television up to Y2K.
This Month, we will look back at Bryan Award winners from 2008 and 2004.
Next Month, we will take a look back at Bryan Award winners from last year, 2007, 2005, and 2002, and choose "winners" for 2000, 1997, 1995, 1992, 1990, 1986, 1984, 1981, 1977, 1975, 1971, 1969, 1966, 1963, 1961, 1958, 1957, 1955, and 1952.


(2008)

Comedy Series: 30 Rock (NBC)

Drama Series: Mad Men (AMC)

Daytime Soap: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Miniseries: John Adams (HBO)

Made for TV Movie: Recount (HBO)

Variety Series: Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Variety Special: Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow (HBO)

New Series: Mad Men (AMC)

Actor, Comedy: David Duchovny, Californication (Showtime)

Actress, Comedy: Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jeremy Piven, Entourage (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Jenna Fischer, The Office (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Actor, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (HBO)

Actress, Drama: Glenn Close, Damages (F/X)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Michael Emerson, Lost (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: January Jones, Mad Men (AMC)

Cast, Drama: Mad Men (AMC)

Younger Actor: Zach Gilford, Friday Night Lights (NBC)

Younger Actress: Adrianne Palicki, Friday Night Lights (NBC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giamatti, John Adams (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Kevin Kline, As You Like It (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, Recount (HBO)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: John Adams (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Anthony Geary, General Hospital (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Maura West, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Greg Rikaart, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: (TIE) Kathy Brier, One Life to Live (ABC) & Gina Tognoni, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Mick Hazen, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Rachel Melvin, Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Cast, Daytime: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

(2004)

Comedy Series: Arrested Development (Fox)

Drama Series: The Sopranos (HBO)

Daytime Soap: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Miniseries: Angels in America (HBO)

Made for TV Movie: Something the Lord Made (HBO)

Variety Series: Chappelle's Show (Comedy Central)

Animated Series: South Park (Comedy Central)

New Series: The Apprentice (NBC)

Actor, Comedy: Kelsey Grammer, Frasier (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Scott Patterson, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Kelly Bishop, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Cast, Comedy: Arrested Development (Fox)

Actor, Drama: Anthony LaPaglia, Without A Trace (CBS)

Actress, Drama: Amber Tamblyn, Joan of Arcadia (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Drea DeMatteo, The Sopranos (HBO)

Cast, Drama: The Sopranos (HBO)

Younger Actor: Martin Spanjers, Eight Simple Rules (ABC)

Younger Actress: Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls (WB)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, Angels in America (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Meryl Streep, Angels in America (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Jeffrey Wright, Angels in America (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Mary Louise Parker, Angels in America (HBO)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Angels in America (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Eric Braeden, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Cady McClain, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Greg Rikaart, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Alicia Minshew, All My Children (ABC)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Matthew Bomer, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Eden Riegel, All My Children (ABC)

Cast, Daytime: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

(1999)

Comedy Series: Ally McBeal (Fox)

Drama Series: The Sopranos (HBO)

Daytime Soap: General Hospital (ABC)

Miniseries: The '60s (NBC)

Made for TV Movie: The Rat Pack (HBO)

Variety Series: The Chris Rock Show (HBO)

Animated Series: South Park (Comedy Central)

New Series: The Sopranos (HBO)

Actor, Comedy: Michael J. Fox, Spin City (ABC)

Actress, Comedy: Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Robert Guillaume, Sports Night (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Lucy Liu, Ally McBeal (Fox)

Cast, Comedy: Ally McBeal (Fox)

Actor, Drama: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (HBO)

Actress, Drama: Edie Falco, The Sopranos (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Steven Hill, Law & Order (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Nancy Marchand, The Sopranos (HBO)

Cast, Drama: The Sopranos (HBO)

Younger Actor: Topher Grace, That '70s Show (Fox)

Younger Actress: Keri Russell, Felicity (WB)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Don Cheadle, A Lesson Before Dying (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, The Passion of Ayn Rand (Showtime)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Don Cheadle, The Rat Pack (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jacqueline Bisset, Joan of Arc (CBS)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: The Rat Pack (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Anthony Geary, General Hospital (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Kim Zimmer, Guiding Light (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Stuart Damon, General Hospital (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Sharon Case, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Jonathan Jackson, General Hospital (ABC)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Rebecca Herbst, General Hospital (ABC)

Cast, Daytime: General Hospital (ABC)

(1996)

If the Bryan Awards were around in 1996, the # 1 show on television that year, ER, would have won again for Drama Series. Friends, the show about six young twentysomethings in New York, would have been crowned top laffer. ABC's General Hospital would have been named Best Soap, with its groundbreaking teen AIDS storyline taking place that season. Murder One, Steven Bochco's critically acclaimed legal drama, would have been named Best New Series, despite the fact it would be cancelled at the end of its sophomore season.

Comedy Series: Friends (NBC)

Drama Series: ER (NBC)

Daytime Soap: General Hospital (ABC)

Miniseries: Gulliver Travels (NBC)

Made for TV Movie: Tuskegee Airmen (HBO)

Variety Series: Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Animated Program: The Simpsons (Fox)

New Series: Murder One (ABC)

Actor, Comedy: John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Helen Hunt, Mad About You (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jason Alexander, Seinfeld (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seinfeld (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Friends (NBC)

Actor, Drama: (TIE) George Clooney, ER (NBC) & Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue (ABC)

Actress, Drama: Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Wrote (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Stanley Tucci, Murder One (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Barbara Bosson, Murder One (ABC)

Cast, Drama: ER (NBC)

Younger Actor: Noah Wyle, ER (NBC)

Younger Actress: Sara Gilbert, Roseanne (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: (TIE) Alan Rickman, Rasputin (HBO) & Gary Sinise, Truman (HBO)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, A Streetcar Named Desire (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Sir Ian McKellen, Rasputin (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kathy Bates, The Late Shift (HBO)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Rasputin (HBO)

Actor, Daytime: Maurice Benard, General Hospital (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Erika Slezak, One Life to Live (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Michael Sutton, General Hospital (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Rosalind Cash, General Hospital (ABC)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Joshua Morrow, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Kimberly McCullough, General Hospital (ABC)

Cast, Daytime: General Hospital (ABC)

(1993)

Comedy Series: Seinfeld (NBC)

Drama Series: Picket Fences (CBS)

Daytime Soap: Guiding Light (CBS)

Miniseries: Queen (CBS)

Made for TV Movie: Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)

Variety Series: Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Animated Program: Batman- The Animated Series (Fox)

New Series: Picket Fences (CBS)

Actor, Comedy: Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Roseanne, Roseanne (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Michael Richards, Seinfeld (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne (ABC)

Cast, Comedy: Cheers (NBC)

Actor, Drama: Tom Skerritt, Picket Fences (CBS)

Actress, Drama: Kathy Baker, Picket Fences (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Fyvush Finkel, Picket Fences (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Mary Alice, I'll Fly Away (NBC)

Cast, Drama: Picket Fences (CBS)

Younger Actor: Chad Lowe, Life Goes On (ABC)

Younger Actress: Kellie Martin, Life Goes On (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Robert Morse, Tru- American Playhouse (PBS)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Holly Hunter, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleading-Murdering Mom (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Beau Bridges, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleading-Murdering Mom (HBO)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ann-Margret, Queen (CBS)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Queen (CBS)

Actor, Daytime: Peter Simon, Guiding Light (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Ellen Dolan, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Jerry ver Dorn, Guiding Light (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Ellen Parker, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Monti Sharp, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Heather Tom, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: Guiding Light (CBS)

(1991)

Comedy Series: Cheers (NBC)

Drama Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Daytime Soap: Guiding Light (CBS)

Made for TV Movie: The Josephine Baker Story (HBO)
Miniseries: Separate But Equal (NBC)

Variety Series: In Living Color (Fox)

Variety Special: The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (ABC)

New Series: Evening Shade (CBS)

Actor, Comedy: Craig T. Nelson, Coach (ABC)

Actress, Comedy: Kirstie Alley, Cheers (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: Jonathan Winters, Davis Rules (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Bebe Neuwirth, Cheers (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Cheers (NBC)

Actor, Drama: James Earl Jones, Gabriel's Fire (ABC)

Actress, Drama: Patricia Wettig, thirtysomething (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Drama: David Clennon, thirtysomething (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Amanda Donohoe, L.A. Law (NBC)

Cast, Drama: L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actor: Neil Patrick Harris, Doogie Howser M.D. (ABC)

Younger Actress: Danica McKellar, The Wonder Years (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Sidney Poitier, Separate But Equal (NBC)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Lynn Whitfield, The Josephine Baker Story (HBO)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Richard Kiley, Separate But Equal (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Vanessa Redgrave, Young Catherine (TNT)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Sarah, Plain and Tall (CBS)

Actor, Daytime: Peter Bergman, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Jeanne Cooper, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: William Roerick, Guiding Light (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Jess Walton, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Rick Hearst, Guiding Light (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Tricia Cast, The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: The Young and the Restless (CBS)

(1988)

Comedy Series: Frank's Place (CBS)

Drama Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Daytime Soap: All My Children (ABC)

Miniseries: Baby M (ABC)

Made for TV Movie: Foxfire- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Variety Program: Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (CBS)

New Series: thirtysomething (ABC)

Actor, Comedy: Dabney Coleman, The "Slap" Maxwell Story (ABC)

Actress, Comedy: Beatrice Arthur, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: John Larroquette, Night Court (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Estelle Getty, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: Cheers (NBC)

Actor, Drama: Richard Kiley, A Year in the Life (NBC)

Actress, Drama: Jill Eikenberry, L.A. Law (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Larry Drake, L.A. Law (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Christina Pickles, St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Cast, Drama: L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actor: Blair Underwood, L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actress: Danica McKellar, The Wonder Years (ABC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Hume Cronyn, Foxfire- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Tandy, Foxfire- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Dabney Coleman, Baby M (ABC)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jane Seymour, Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (ABC)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: Baby M (ABC)

Actor, Daytime: David Canary, All My Children (ABC)

Actress, Daytime: Erika Slezak, One Life to Live (ABC)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Justin Deas, Santa Barbara (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Ellen Wheeler, All My Children (ABC)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Andy Kavovit, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Martha Byrne, As the World Turns (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: Santa Barbara (NBC)

(1987)

As the World Turns is going to be history, this fall. If the Bryan Awards existed in 1987, the show would have replicated it's Daytime Emmy success that year at the Bryan Awards, but sweeping all of the main categories, something that has rarely happened in Awards history. In Primetime, L.A. Law, the hot rookie legal drama, ended St. Elsewhere's Drama Series winning streak with a win for Drama Series.

Comedy Series: The Golden Girls (NBC)

Drama Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Daytime Soap: As the World Turns (CBS)

Miniseries: A Year in the Life (NBC)

Made for TV Movie: Promise- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Variety Program: The Tracey Ullman Show (Fox)

New Series: L.A. Law (NBC)

Actor, Comedy: Michael J. Fox, Family Ties (NBC)

Actress, Comedy: Rue McClanahan, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Comedy: John Larroquette, Night Court (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Comedy: Estelle Getty, The Golden Girls (NBC)

Cast, Comedy: The Golden Girls (NBC)

Actor, Drama: William Daniels, St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Actress, Drama: Sharon Gless, Cagney & Lacey (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Drama: Ed Begley Jr., St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Drama: Bonnie Bartlett, St. Elsewhere (NBC)

Cast, Drama: L.A. Law (NBC)

Younger Actor: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, The Cosby Show (NBC)

Younger Actress: Michele Greene, L.A. Law (NBC)

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: James Woods, Promise- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ann Margret, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (NBC)

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Stephen Collins, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (NBC)

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Piper Laurie, Promise- Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

Cast, Miniseries or Movie: A Year in the Life (NBC)

Actor, Daytime: Larry Bryggman, As the World Turns (CBS)

Actress, Daytime: Elizabeth Hubbard, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actor, Daytime: Gregg Marx, As the World Turns (CBS)

Supporting Actress, Daytime: Lisa Brown, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actor, Daytime: Jon Hensley, As the World Turns (CBS)

Younger Actress, Daytime: Martha Byrne, As the World Turns (CBS)

Cast, Daytime: As the World Turns (CBS)