Brooklynn Prince and Mckenna Grace to announce HCA TV Awards nominations
Awards ceremony to take place at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 22, 2021
The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announced today that Brooklynn Prince (Apple TV+’s Home Before Dark) and Mckenna Grace (Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale) will be announcing the nominations for the Inaugural HCA TV Awards on the HCA’s official YouTube channel beginning at 8am PT/11am ET on Thursday, July 8, 2021.
Over the past three months, the HCA has been working closely with networks, streamers, and publicists on revamping their categories and selecting key dates for the upcoming ceremony. “The level of interest and support that we have received for this event has been incredibly humbling,” notes HCA Founder Scott Menzel. The organization received over 1,200 submissions prompting the need to reevaluate their initial category selections that were announced back in March.
“As the number of television productions continues to increase, we wanted to make sure that the categories we created were reflective of the current television landscape,” adds HCA Co-Chair Ashley Menzel. The HCA’s goal is to celebrate the very best television has to offer and we believe that means acknowledging a wide variety of stories that are being told across all platforms and networks.
“It is important to not forget television’s legacy and where it all began,” Scott Menzel continued. “As the rise of streaming services paves the way for more series and more stories, including ones with bigger budgets, we want to make sure that we continue to honor the legacy of television by commemorating broadcast and cable series as well as ones on streaming platforms. We hope our ceremony will shine a light on a number of series that would possibly be overlooked due to the limited number of spots found in traditional television categories.”
The full list of categories for the HCA TV Awards are:
Best Animated Series or Animated Television Movie
Best Broadcast Network Series, Drama
Best Cable Series, Drama
Best Broadcast Network Series, Comedy
Best Cable Series, Comedy
Best Broadcast Network Reality Series, Competition Series, or Game Show
Best Broadcast Network or Cable Sketch Series, Variety Series, Talk Show, or Comedy/Variety Special
Best Broadcast Network or Cable Docuseries, Documentary Television Movie, or Non-Fiction Series
Best Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Live-Action Television Movie
Best Streaming Series, Drama
Best Streaming Series, Comedy
Best Cable or Streaming Reality Series, Competition Series, or Game Show
Best Streaming Sketch Series, Variety Series, Talk Show, or Comedy/Variety Special
Best Streaming Docuseries, Documentary Television Movie, or Non-Fiction Series
Best Streaming Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Live-Action Television Movie
Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama
Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy
Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama
Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie
Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama
Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy
Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama
Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie
Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama
Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama
Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy
Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie
Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama
Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama
Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy
Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Television Movie
In addition to the TV Awards, the HCA has also finalized their dates for the HCA Film Awards, which will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 8, 2022, with a location to be determined at a later date.
The timeline for the HCA Film Awards is as follows:
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 – Nomination ballots will be emailed to all HCA members
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 – Ballots are due by 6 pm PT/9 pm ET.
Thursday, December 2, 2021 – HCA Film Awards nominations will be announced beginning at 8 am PT/11 pm ET via live stream and social media.
Saturday, January 8, 2021 – HCA Film Awards Ceremony
About the Hollywood Critics Association:
Founded in late 2016, the Hollywood Critics Association’s mission is to bring together a passionate group of critics and journalists who represent the voices of a new era in Hollywood.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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