2013 Silver Garbage Award Winners

September 21, 2013

Silver Garbage Awards Swim Along The ‘Lagoon’; ‘Made In Jersey’ Sweeps Drama

It was not a good idea to spend the 2012-13 television season along a lagoon, or as a New Jersey lawyer, as “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening” and “Made In Jersey” dominated the 2013 Silver Garbage Awards winning nine and six prizes, respectively this year.

“Blue Lagoon: The Awakening” was Lifetime’s remake of the 1980 Brooke Shields cult classic “The Blue Lagoon”, won the Silver Garbage Award for Worst Miniseries, Made for Television Movie, or Special.  “Lagoon”, the second-most nominated program with 15 nominations this year, won five of the six Silver Garbage Technical Awards on September 14 at the Silver Garbage Creative Arts Awards.  “Lagoon” also won for Worst Ensemble, Directing, and Supporting Actress (Denise Richards).

“Lagoon” faced stiff competition in the Special Class Categories with “Mockingbird Lane”, Bryan Fuller’s failed NBC pilot remake of the 1960s sitcom “The Munsters”, which out of 14 nominations, won four awards, including Worst Remake or Spin-Off.  Jerry O’Connell and Eddie Izzard won for Worst Lead Actor and Supporting Actor, respectively for their respective roles as Herman and Grandpa Munster.

But the 2013 Silver Garbage Awards were not just made in a Lagoon or on Mockingbird Lane, but in Jersey as well, as CBS’s legal flop “Made in Jersey” won six awards, including Worst Drama and Worst New Show.

“It was the first casualty of the fall season,” said Silver Garbage Awards creator Bryan Curtiss.  “I’ve seen cases like this through my time with this awards.  CBS kept overplaying the promos to death, and the show was pretty bad.”

“Made in Jersey”, which led all programs with 18 nominations, won for Worst Actress  for Janet Montgomery, as well as Worst Supporting Actor for Kyle MacLachlan, Writing, and Directing.

On the Comedy Side, CBS’s failed comedy “Partners” edged out NBC’s “Animal Practice” for the top prize.

“Partners” was a comedy about a straight man and his gay male best friend, which after CBS cancelled it in November, removed the show from the People’s Choice Awards Ballot.

“It seemed that CBS wanted to distance themselves from being associated with the show, because the show wasn’t even funny,” Curtiss said.

“Partners” only other win was for Worst Writing in a Comedy.

“Partners” star David Krumholtz was snubbed in the highly competitive Worst Actor race when the nominations were announced in July.  “Animal Practice” took advantage and won Worst Actor honors for “Weeds” co-star Justin Kirk, plus Supporting Actress honors for the non-human cast member, Crystal the Monkey, Worst Ensemble, and Worst Directing.

Other big winners included Whitney Cummings for Worst Actress in a Comedy for both of her cancelled shows, “I Love You, Mean It, Whitney Cummings” and “Whitney”; Robin Thicke and Cornell “Nelly” Hayes for Worst Supporting Actor and Worst Guest Actor, respectively for BET’s “Real Husbands of Hollywood”; “The Talk” co-host Sheryl Underwood for Guest Actress in a Drama for her cameo appearance on “The Young and the Restless”; “All My Children” vet Thorsten Kaye won Guest Actor in a Drama for his recurring role on NBC’s “Smash”; R&B star Ashanti won Worst Supporting Actress in a Drama for “Army Wives”; “ER” vet Anthony Edwards won Worst Actor in a Drama for ABC’s midseason futuristic flop “Zero Hour”; Lindsay Lohan won Worst Actress in a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her role as Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s “Liz and Dick”; Miley Cyrus won Worst Guest Actress in a Comedy for her role in “Two and a Half Men”, and could be on her way back for more prizes in 2014, after her performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards last month.

“After the VMA’s, it was pretty clear that this is not the last we’ve seen of Miley at the Silver Garbage Awards,” Curtiss joked.

The Silver Garbage Award winners were announced on the eve of the 65^th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which air tomorrow night on CBS, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.  On this podcast, Dracula and Cletus announce the Silver Garbage Award winners.

The Silver Garbage Awards - The Tally

18 Nominations - Made in Jersey (CBS)
15 Nominations - Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
14 Nominations - Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
13 Nominations - Animal Practice (NBC)
12 Nominations - Partners (CBS)
11 Nominations - Whitney (NBC)
10 Nominations - Zero Hour (ABC)
8 Nominations - Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
7 Nominations - Do No Harm (NBC), Pastor Brown (Lifetime)
6 Nominations - Jersey Shore Shore Shark Attack (SyFy), The Mob Doctor (Fox), 666 Park Avenue (ABC)
5 Nominations - Anger Management (F/X), Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET), Smash (NBC), Two and a Half Men (CBS)
4 Nominations - Army Wives (Lifetime), Lovestruck the Musical (ABC Family), Up All Night (NBC)
3 Nominations - Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC), Red Widow (ABC), Retired at 35 (TV Land), 3 (CBS), Trust Us With Your Life (ABC)
2 Nominations - Jersey Shore (MTV), Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!), Monday Mornings (TNT), Preacher's Daughters (Lifetime), Single Ladies (BET), Victoria's Secret Special (CBS)
1 Nomination - All other programs that are mentioned on the Nomination List

The 2013 Silver Garbage Awards - The Nominees

Worst Comedy Series:

Animal Practice (NBC)
Partners (CBS)
Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
Trust Us With Your Life (ABC)
Up All Night (NBC)
Whitney (NBC)

Worst Actress in a Comedy Series:

Christina Applegate - Up All Night (NBC)
Selma Blair - Anger Management (F/X)
Whitney Cummings - I Love You, Mean It, Whitney Cummings (E!) and Whitney (NBC)
Joanna Garcia - Animal Practice (NBC)
LisaRaye McCoy - Single Ladies (BET)
Denise Vasi - Single Ladies (BET)

Worst Actor in a Comedy Series:

Will Arnett - Up All Night (NBC)
Russell Brand - Brand X with Russell Brand (F/X)
Chris D’Elia - Whitney (NBC)
Justin Kirk - Animal Practice (NBC)
Johnathan McClain - Retired at 35 (TV Land)
Charlie Sheen - Anger Management (F/X)

Worst Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

Sophia Bush - Partners (CBS)
Zoe Lister-Jones - Whitney (NBC)
Crystal the Monkey - Animal Practice (NBC)
Maya Rudolph - Up All Night (NBC)
Rhea Seehorn - Whitney (NBC)
Marissa Jaret Winokur - Retired at 35 (TV Land)

Worst Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

Brad Garrett - How to Live With Your Parents... (ABC)
Angus T. Jones - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Brandon Routh - Partners (CBS)
Robin Thicke - Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
Michael Urie - Partners (CBS)
Fred Willard - Trust Us With Your Life (ABC)

Worst Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:

Miley Cyrus - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Brooke D’Orsay - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Hilary Duff - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Chelsea Handler - Whitney (NBC)
Kerri Kenney-Silver - Anger Management (F/X)
Natasha Leggero - Whitney (NBC)

Worst Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:

Diedrich Bader - The Exes (TV Land)
John Cleese - Whitney (NBC)
Cornell “Nelly” Hayes - Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
Terrell Owens - Go On (NBC)
Martin Sheen - Anger Management (F/X)
Fred Willard - Hot in Cleveland (TV Land) and Modern Family (ABC)

Worst Drama Series:

Army Wives (Lifetime)
Do No Harm (NBC)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
The Mob Doctor (Fox)
Red Widow (ABC)
Zero Hour (ABC)

Worst Actress in a Drama Series:

Cote d’Pablo - NCIS (CBS)
Alana de la Garza - Do No Harm (NBC)
Ivana Milicevic - Banshee (Cinemax)
Janet Montgomery - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Jordana Spiro - The Mob Doctor (Fox)
Rachael Taylor - 666 Park Avenue (ABC)

Worst Actor in a Drama Series:

Dave Annable - 666 Park Avenue (ABC)
Anthony Edwards - Zero Hour (ABC)
William Forsythe - The Mob Doctor (Fox)
Alfred Molina - Monday Mornings (TNT)
Steven Pasquale - Do No Harm (NBC)
Alex O’Loughlin - Hawaii Five-O (CBS)

Worst Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

Ashanti - Army Wives (Lifetime)
Jacinda Barrett - Zero Hour (ABC)
Erin Cummings - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Megalyn Echikunwoke - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Donna Murphy - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Jeri Ryan - Body of Proof (ABC)

Worst Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:

Jeremy Jordan - Smash (NBC)
Kyle MacLachlan - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Terry O’Quinn - 666 Park Avenue (ABC)
Kristopher Polaha - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Felix Solis - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Goran Visjnic - Red Widow (ABC)

Worst Guest Actress in a Drama Series:

Kim Delaney - Army Wives (Lifetime)
Jennifer Hudson - Smash (NBC)
Stephanie March - Made in Jersey (CBS)
Bernadette Peters - Smash (NBC)
Brooke Shields - Army Wives (Lifetime)
Sheryl Underwood - The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Worst Guest Actor in a Drama Series:

Charles S. Dutton - Zero Hour (ABC)
Sean Hayes - Smash (NBC)
Eddie Izzard - Hannibal (NBC)
Thorsten Kaye - Smash (NBC)
Michael Rapaport - The Mob Doctor (Fox)
Pablo Schreiber - Made in Jersey (CBS)

Worst Miniseries, Made for Television Movie, or Special:

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Lovestruck the Musical (ABC Family)
Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (SyFy)
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Special (CBS)

Worst Actor in a Miniseries, Made for Television Movie, or Special:

Grant Bowler - Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Rob Lowe - Prosecuting Casey Anthony (Lifetime)
Jerry O’Connell  - Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Brenton Thwaites - Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Isaiah Washington - The Undershepherd (TV One)

Worst Actress in a Miniseries, Made for Television Movie, or Special:

Mischa Barton - Cyberstalker (Lifetime)
Portia DeRossi - Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Indiana Evans - Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Lindsay Lohan - Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Salli Richardson-Whitfield - Pastor Brown (Lifetime)

Worst Supporting Actor in a Miniseries, Made for Television Movie, or Special:

Keith David - Pastor Brown (Lifetime)
Joey Fatone - Jersey Shore Shark Attack (SyFy)
Ernie Hudson - Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (Lifetime) & Pastor Brown (Lifetime)
Eddie Izzard - Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Cheyenne Jackson - Mockingbird Lane (NBC)

Worst Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Made for Television Movie, or Special:
Beth Grant - Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Camryn Manheim - The Makeover (ABC)
Nicole Ari Parker - Pastor Brown (Lifetime)
Denise Richards - Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Charity Wakefield - Mockingbird Lane (NBC)

Worst Reality Show:

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC)
Jersey Shore (MTV)
The Job (CBS)
Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!)
Preacher’s Daughters (Lifetime)
3 (CBS)

Worst Remake or Spin-Off:

Animal Practice (NBC) - Remake of “Scrubs”, “House Calls”, and “Me and the Chimp”
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime) - Remake of the 1980 film “The Blue Lagoon”
Do No Harm (NBC) - Remake of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Mockingbird Lane (NBC) - Remake of “The Munsters”
Partners (CBS) - Remake of “He & She”, “The Odd Couple”, “Will & Grace”, and the 1995 sitcom “Partners”
Trust Us With Your Life (ABC) - Remake of “This is Your Life” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

Worst Writing in a Comedy Series:

Animal Practice (NBC)
Partners (CBS)
Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Whitney (NBC)

Worst Directing in a Comedy Series:

Anger Management (F/X)
Animal Practice (NBC)
Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime)
Partners (CBS)
Whitney (NBC)

Worst Writing in a Drama Series:

Banshee (Cinemax)
CSI: New York (CBS)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
Zero Hour (ABC)

Worst Directing in a Drama Series:

Do No Harm (NBC)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
The Mob Doctor (Fox)
666 Park Avenue (ABC)
Zero Hour (ABC)

Worst Special Class Writing:

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Lovestruck the Musical (ABC Family)
Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Pastor Brown (Lifetime)

Worst Special Class Directing:

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Pastor Brown (Lifetime)
The Victoria’s Secret Special (CBS)

Worst Ensemble, Comedy Series:

Animal Practice (NBC)
Partners (CBS)
Real Husbands of Hollywood (BET)
Retired at 35 (TV Land)
Whitney (NBC)

Worst Ensemble, Drama Series:

Do No Harm (NBC)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
The Mob Doctor (Fox)
Monday Mornings (TNT)
Zero Hour (ABC)

Worst Ensemble, Reality Program (TIE):

The Bachelorette (ABC)
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC)
Jersey Shore (MTV)
Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!)
3 (CBS)

Worst Ensemble, Miniseries or Movie:

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (SyFy)
Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Lovestruck the Musical (ABC Family)
Pastor Brown (Lifetime)

Worst New Series (TIE):

Animal Practice (NBC)
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC)
The Job (CBS)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
Partners (CBS)
3 (CBS)

Worst On-Screen Pairing:

Animal Practice - Justin Kirk and Crystal the Monkey (NBC)

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening - Indiana Evans and Brenton Thwaites (Lifetime)
Guys With Kids - Any couple (NBC)
Liz & Dick - Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler (Lifetime)
Lovestruck the Musical - Jane Seymour and Tom Wopat (ABC Family)
Partners - David Krumholtz and either Michael Urie or Sophia Bush (CBS)

Technical Prizes

Worst Editing:

Animal Practice (NBC)
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Liz & Dick (Lifetime)
Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Partners (CBS)

Worst Cinematography:

Animal Practice (NBC)
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (SyFy)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
666 Park Avenue (ABC)

Worst Costumes:

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (SyFy)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Zero Hour (ABC)

Worst Hairstyling & Makeup:

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (SyFy)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
666 Park Avenue (ABC)

Worst Art Direction:

Animal Practice (NBC)
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Partners (CBS)
Red Widow (ABC)
Zero Hour (ABC)

Worst Achievement in Sound:

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (Lifetime)
Do No Harm (NBC)
Made in Jersey (CBS)
Mockingbird Lane (NBC)
Zero Hour (ABC)