Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The 2015 Silver Garbage Award Nominations

The 2015 Silver Garbage Award Nominees




The 2015 Silver Garbage Award nominations were announced today.  Winners will be announced at a private cocktail party on Emmy Eve, September 19.




WORST NEW SERIES:
Allegiance (NBC)
Bad Judge (NBC)
The McCarthys (CBS)
Mulaney (Fox)
The Mysteries of Laura (NBC)
Utopia (Fox)

WORST COMEDY SERIES:
Bad Judge (NBC)
Manhattan Love Story (ABC)
The McCarthys (CBS)
Mulaney (Fox)
One Big Happy (NBC)
Weird Loners (Fox)

WORST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Charlie Sheen (Anger Management, FXX)
Will Arnett (The Millers, CBS)
Tyler Ritter (The McCarthys, CBS)
John Mulaney (Mulaney, Fox)
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men, CBS)

WORST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Kelly Brook (One Big Happy, NBC)
Laura Bell Bundy (Anger Management, FXX)
Elisha Cuthbert (One Big Happy, NBC)
Karen Gillan (Selfie, ABC)
Ari Graynor (Bad Teacher, CBS)
Kate Walsh (Bad Judge, NBC)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Elliott Gould (Mulaney, Fox)
Jack McGee (The McCarthys, CBS)
Joey McIntire (The McCarthys, CBS)
Zack Pearlman (Mulaney, Fox)
Martin Short (Mulaney, Fox)
Seaton Smith (Mulaney, Fox)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Maggie Lawson (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Laurie Metcalf (The McCarthys, CBS)
Margo Martindale (The Millers, CBS)
Nasim Pedrad (Mulaney, Fox)
Meera Rohit Kumbhani (Weird Loners, Fox)
Becki Newton (Weird Loners, Fox)

WORST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Michael Bolton (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Sean Hayes (The Millers, CBS)
Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Nick Kroll (Mulaney, Fox)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Metta World Peace (The Millers, CBS)

WORST GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Lorraine Bracco (Mulaney, Fox)
Nora Dunn (Mulaney, Fox)
Natasha Leggero (Marry Me, NBC)
Amber Rose (Selfie, ABC)
Maria Thayer (Mulaney, Fox)
Courtney Thorne-Smith (Two and a Half Men, CBS)

WORST WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Bad Judge (NBC)
Manhattan Love Story (ABC)
The McCarthys (CBS)
Mulaney (Fox)
The Odd Couple (CBS)

WORST DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES:
The McCarthys (CBS)
Mulaney (Fox)
Selfie (ABC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Weird Loners (Fox)

WORST ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Manhattan Love Story (ABC)
The McCarthys (CBS)
Mulaney (Fox)
Selfie (ABC)
Weird Loners (Fox)


WORST DRAMA SERIES:
Allegiance (NBC)
Backstrom (Fox)
The Following (Fox)
The Mysteries of Laura (NBC)
Red Band Society (Fox)
Stalker (CBS)

WORST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Dave Annable (Red Band Society, Fox)
Kevin Bacon (The Following, Fox)
Scott Cohen (Allegiance, NBC)
Dylan McDermott (Stalker, CBS)
Alex O’Loughlin (Hawaii Five-O, CBS)
Rainn Wilson (Backstrom, Fox)

WORST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Hope Davis (Allegiance, NBC)
Alana De La Garza (Forever, ABC)
Maggie Q (Stalker, CBS)
Katherine Heigl (State of Affairs, NBC)
Debra Messing (The Mysteries of Laura, NBC)
Octavia Spencer (Red Band Society, Fox)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Lucas Black (NCIS: New Orleans, CBS)
Thomas Dekker (Backstrom, Fox)
Vincent D’Onofrio (Marvel’s Daredevil, ABC)
Max Jenkins (The Mysteries of Laura, NBC)
Kal Penn (Battle Creek, CBS)
Gavin Stenhouse (Allegiance, NBC)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Margarita Levieva (Allegiance, NBC)
Janet McTeer (Battle Creek, CBS)
Alexandra Peters (Allegiance, NBC)
Rebecca Rittenhouse (Red Band Society, Fox)
Elisabeth Rohm (Stalker, CBS)
Alfre Woodard (State of Affairs, NBC)

WORST GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Dan Bakkedahl (Battle Creek, CBS)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (Forever, ABC)
Eric McCormack (The Mysteries of Laura, NBC)
Amaury Nolasco (Gang Related, Fox)
Joe Spano (NCIS & NCIS: New Orleans, CBS)
Fred Dalton Thompson (Allegiance, NBC)

WORST GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Candice Bergen (Battle Creek, CBS)
Liza Lapira (Battle Creek, CBS)
Mandy Moore (Red Band Society, Fox)
Jane Seymour (Forever, ABC)
Bella Thorne (Red Band Society, Fox)
Robin Weigert (The Following, Fox)

WORST WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Allegiance (NBC)
American Odyssey (NBC)
Red Band Society (Fox)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)

WORST DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Allegiance (NBC)
CSI: Cyber (CBS)
The Mysteries of Laura (NBC)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
Red Band Society (Fox)

WORST ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Allegiance (NBC)
Backstrom (Fox)
Battle Creek (CBS)
Red Band Society (Fox)
State of Affairs (NBC)

WORST REALITY PROGRAM:
Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC)
Keeping Up With The Kardashians (E!)
Sex Box (WE)
Utopia (Fox)

WORST SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM:
Beautiful & Twisted (Lifetime)
Cleveland Abduction (Lifetime)
Sharknado 2: The Second One (SyFy)
The Slap (NBC)
Victoria's Secret Special (CBS)
Whitney (Lifetime)

WORST SPECIAL CLASS ACTOR:
Arlen Escarpeta (Whitney, Lifetime)
Rob Lowe (Beautiful & Twisted, Lifetime)
Peter Sarsgaard (The Slap, NBC)
Donald Trump (Celebrity Apprentice, NBC)
Ian Ziering (Sharknado 2: The Second One, SyFy)

WORST SPECIAL CLASS ACTRESS:
Candice Cameron Bure (A Bone To Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery; Christmas Under Wraps; Just the Way You Are, Various Networks)
YaYa DaCosta (Whitney, Lifetime)
Taryn Manning (Cleveland Abduction, Lifetime)
Tara Reid (Sharknado 2: The Second One, SyFy)
Paz Vega (Beautiful & Twisted, Lifetime)

WORST SPECIAL CLASS SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Mark McGrath (Sharknado 2: The Second One, SyFy)
Nick Nolte (Gracepoint, Fox)
Zachary Quinto (The Slap, NBC)
Thomas Sadoski (The Slap, NBC)
Christopher Walken (Peter Pan Live, NBC)

WORST SPECIAL CLASS SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Candice Bergen (Beautiful & Twisted, Lifetime)
Melissa George (The Slap, NBC)
Thandie Newton (The Slap, NBC)
Barbara Niven (Murder She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Murder Mystery, Hallmark)
Uma Thurman (The Slap, NBC)

WORST SPECIAL CLASS WRITING:
Bad Hair Day (Disney?)
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (Lifetime)
Sharknado 2: The Second One (SyFy)
The Slap (NBC)
Whitney (Lifetime)

WORST SPECIAL CLASS DIRECTING:
Murder She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Murder Mystery (Hallmark)
Sharknado 2: The Second One (SyFy)
The Slap (NBC)
Victoria's Secret Special (CBS)
Whitney (Lifetime)

WORST ENSEMBLE:
Murder She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Murder Mystery (Hallmark)
Sharknado 2: The Second One (SyFy)
The Slap (NBC)
Utopia (Fox)
Whitney (Lifetime)

WORST REMAKE or SPIN-OFF:
Allegiance (NBC) – Half Rip-Off of The Americans, Half Rip-Off of Homeland
CSI: Cyber (CBS) – Spin-Off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mulaney (Fox) – Rip-Off of Seinfeld
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) – Spin-Off of NCIS
The Odd Couple (CBS) – Remake of 1968 Movie and 1970s Sitcom
Sharknado 2: The Second One (SyFy) – Sequel to 2013 Sharknado Movie

WORST SCREEN COUPLE:
Cristin Milioti & Ben Feldman (A to Z, NBC)
Josh Duhamel & Dean Winters (Battle Creek, CBS)
Elisha Cuthbert, Kelly Brook, & Nick Zano (One Big Happy, NBC)
Any two doctors or patients (Red Band Society, Fox)
Ashton Kutcher & Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
YaYa DaCosta & Arlen Escarpeta (Whitney, Lifetime)



Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The 15th Annual Bryan Award Nominations

The 15th Annual Bryan Award Nominations




Acting Categories

Writing & Directing

Technical Categories

New Series

Programming

The nominations were announced on Monday evening on "The DJBC Happy Hour" radio program on WCRS-FM.  "General Hospital" leads all programs with 28 nominations.  The most nominated primetime series is "Mad Men" (which finished a seven season run in May) with 21 nominations.  The most nominated new series is the Golden Globe-winning Amazon series "Transparent" with 16 nominations.

Winners in 40 categories will be announced on WCRS-FM in Columbus, Ohio (102.1 or 98.3 FM) the week of August 23.  The winners in the remaining categories will be announced the weekend of August 15.  Feel free to share this post or talk up the Bryan Awards within your inner circles with the Hashtag #BryanAwards15.