‘Hacks,’ ‘Interview with the Vampire,’ ‘Fellow Travelers’ Top 2024 LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian TV Awards
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced today the winners for the 2024 Dorian TV Awards, honoring the best in television and streaming networks. In the 16th annual GALECA’s TV honors, Max’s Hacks led with four wins including Best TV Comedy, Best Written TV Show, followed by AMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview With A Vampire with three wins including Best TV Drama, Best LGBTQ TV Show and Best Genre TV Show, and Fellow Travelers, from Showtime/Paramount+, earned two acting wins: Best Lead TV Performance – Drama for Matt Bomer and Best Supporting TV Performance – Drama, Jonathan Bailey.
FX’s final season of Reservation Dogs, about some close-knit Indigenous friends in rural Oklahoma, scored Best Unsung TV Show. Campiest TV Show honors went to SYFY/USA’s doll-gone-wild comedy-chiller, Chucky. GALECA also bestowed notable accolades to Salvadoran-American writer, comedian and actor Julio Torres with the Wilde Wit Award; award-winning actor Alan Cumming (host of reality show winner The Traitors) with the GALECA TV Trailblazer Award; and legendary comedian, actress, singer and memoirist Carol Burnett with the GALECA TV Icon Award.
Netflix’s Ripley, the richly shot black and white take on Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, earned the award for Most Visually Striking Show and Disney+’s X-Men ’97 won for Best Animated Show. In the LGBTQ-specific categories the winners included Netflix’s Young Royals for Best LGBTQ Non-English Language TV Show, a new category, and HBO’s Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York as Best LGBTQ Documentary or Documentary Series.
“Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 Dorian Television Awards,” said Walt Hickey, President, GALECA. “This group is second to none when it comes to elevating and advocating for innovative, daring work, and celebrating the creative efforts of the future of the film and television industry.”
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorian Awards, chosen by the membership of over 500 journalists, go to TV, film, and Broadway/Off-Broadway at different times of the year. Members work of freelance for a variety of mainstream and niche media outlets, including The New Yorker, Slate, Salon, The Daily Beast, Vulture, HuffPost, The Los Angeles Times, CNN online, MSNBC online, Today online, GMA online, Out, The Advocate, The Boston Globe, E!, GQ, Essence, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Emmy, The Wrap, People, Reuters, USA Today, TV Guide, Time, NPR, Nerdist, Playlist, Vanity Fair, Polygon, Jezebel, GLAAD, Rolling Stone, IndieWire, The Guardian, Decider, Collider, Vogue, Town and Country, ABC affiliates, Parade, among others.
2024 Dorian Awards TV winners (in bold):
BEST TV DRAMA
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
BEST TV COMEDY
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Hacks (Max)
Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Hacks (Max)
BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Hacks (Max)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Chucky (Syfy/USA)
Our Flag Means Death (Max)
Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW
Elite (Netflix)
Lupin (Netflix)
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Tore (Netflix)
Young Royals (Netflix)
BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW (new category)
Drag Latina (Revry/LATV+)
Elite (Netflix)
Past Lies (Hulu)
Tore (Netflix)
Young Royals (Netflix)
BEST LEAD TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who (Disney+)
Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge (Hulu)
Tom Hollander, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Anna Sawai, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Andrew Scott, Ripley (Netflix)
Emma Stone, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)
Christine Baranski, The Gilded Age (HBO)
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (Netflix)
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fargo (FX)
Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Jinkx Monsoon, Doctor Who (Disney+)
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
Benny Safdie, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)
BEST LEAD TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5Eva (Netflix)
Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)
Maya Rudolph, Loot (Apple TV+)
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Jean Smart, Hacks (Max)
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Joel Kim Booster, Loot (Apple TV+)
Carol Burnett, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max)
Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Jamie Lee-Curtis, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Megan Stalter, Hacks (Max)
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Miley Cyrus, “Flowers,” 66th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS / Paramount+)
Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, What Was I Made For?,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)
Ryan Gosling, “I’m Just Ken,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)
Steve Martin, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?,” Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Maya Rudolph, “Mother,” Saturday Night Live (NBC)
BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Black Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu)
Girls State (Apple TV+)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Investigation Discovery)
BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later (Showtime)
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO)
Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (HBO)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (HBO)
The Stroll (HBO)
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Hot Ones (YouTube)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
BEST REALITY SHOW
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Traitors (Peacock)
We’re Here (HBO)
BEST GENRE TV SHOW (new category)
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Chucky (SyFy/USA)
BEST ANIMATED SHOW
Blue Eye Samurai (Netflix)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Harley Quinn (Max)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
X-Men ’97 (Disney+)
MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
Ripley (Netflix)
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
CAMPIEST TV SHOW
Bridgerton (Netflix)
Chucky (SyFy / USA)
Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
The Traitors (Peacock)
WILDE WIT AWARD — To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse
Joel Kim Booster
Quinta Brunson
Ayo Edebiri
Hannah Einbinder
Julio Torres
GALECA TV Icon Award — To a uniquely talented star we adore
Gillian Anderson
Angela Bassett
Carol Burnett
LeVar Burton
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award — For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity
RuPaul Charles
Margaret Cho
Alan Cumming
Emma D’Arcy
Ncuti Gatwa
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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