Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) Astra TV Awards: ‘The Boys’ Has Strong Showing, Ayo Edebiri Nabs 3 Awards

Two nights after the Hollywood Critics Alliances gave out their awards to the best films of 2024, the critics guild had a ceremony tonight to honor the best of television of last year. 

Succession took home multiple awards, including Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series and Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series for Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen, respectively. HBO’s drama also took home the awards for Best Writing and Best Directing. Other winners in drama included Pedro Pascal in Lead Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama for The Last of Us and Keri Russell for Lead Actress in a Streaming Drama for The Diplomat. 

In comedy, Ayo Edebiri was the night’s big winner. She took home the awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Comedy for The Bear, Guest Actress in a Network Comedy for Abbott Elementary, and Writing for a Cable Comedy for her work on What We Do in the Shadows. Edebiri’s co-star from The Bear, Jeremy Allen White, took home the award for Lead Actor in a Streaming Comedy, with the series also picking up a win for series creator Christopher Storer’s writing. Party Down and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel both took home awards for Series, the former for Cable and the latter, Streaming. 

Niecy Nash-Betts found herself in the winners circle for the Supporting Actress in a Streaming Limited Series category for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, with co-star Evan Peters taking home the win for his lead performance in the series. Ali Wong won Lead Actress in a Streaming Limited Series for Beef, the series that also won Streaming Limited Series. Over on the Broadcast Network or Cable side of things, A Small Light nabbed the win.

Here are the full list of winners from the Hollywood Critics Alliance TV Awards: 

Best Broadcast Network Drama Series: Will Trent (ABC)

Best Cable Drama Series: Succession (HBO)

Best Streaming Drama Series: The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Broadcast Network Comedy Series: Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Cable Comedy Series: Party Down (Starz)

Best Streaming Comedy Series: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Best Streaming Limited Series: Beef (Netflix)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series: A Small Light (NatGeo)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable TV Movie: Black Girl Missing (Lifetime)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Animated Series or Television Movie: South Park (Comedy Central)

 Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series: Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us (HBO)

Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series: Sarah Snook – Succession – (HBO)

Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series: Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series: Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series: Succession – Jesse Armstrong, “Connor’s Wedding” (HBO)

Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series: Succession – Mark Mylod, “Connor’s Wedding” (HBO)

Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series or TV Movie: Michael Shannon – George & Tammy (Showtime); Alexander Skarsgård – Documentary Now! (IFC) [TIE]

Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series or TV Movie: Jessica Chastain – George & Tammy (Showtime)

Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series or TV Movie: Liev Schreiber – A Small Light (NatGeo)

Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series or TV Movie: Hannah Waddingham – Tom Jones: Masterpiece (PBS)

Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series or TV Movie: Documentary Now! – John Mulaney, Soldier of Illusion Part 1 (IFC)

Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series or TV Movie: A Small Light – Susanna Fogel, “Pilot” (NatGeo)

Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series: Utkarsh Ambudkar – Ghosts (CBS)

Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series: Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Supporting Actor in Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series: Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Supporting Actress in Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series: Danielle Pinnock – Ghosts (CBS)

Best Writing in Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series: What We Do In The Shadows – Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, Private School (FX)

Best Directing in Broadcast Network or Cable Comedy Series: Party Down – Ken Marino, “KSGY-95 Prizewinner’s Luau” (Starz) 

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Nick Offerman – The Last of Us (HBO)

Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Regina Taylor – CSI: Vegas (CBS)

Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Pedro Pascal – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Ayo Edebiri – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Animated Series or Television Movie: South Park (Comedy Central)

Best Talk Series: The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Best Variety Series or Special: A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Documentary: Love to Love You: Donna Summer (HBO)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Nonfiction Series: 30 for 30 (ESPN)

Best Contemporary Costumes: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

Best Game Show: Jeopardy Masters (ABC)

Best Cable Reality or Competition Series: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

Best Broadcast Network Reality Show or Competition Series: MasterChef (FOX)

Best Casting in a Comedy Series: Ghosts (CBS)

Best Actor in a Streaming Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (FX) 

Best Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series: Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Comedy Series: James Marsden – Jury Duty (Freevee)

Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series: Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (FX); Christina Ricci – Wednesday (Netflix)

Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series: The Bear – Christopher Storer – “System” (FX on Hulu)

Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series: UnPrisoned – Numa Perrier, Nigrescence (Hulu)

Best Streaming Movie: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku)

Best Actor In a Streaming Limited Series or TV Movie: Evan Peters – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Streaming Limited Series or TV Movie: Ali Wong – Beef (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Streaming Movie: Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird (Apple TV+)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Streaming Movie: Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

Best Writing in a Streaming Limited Series or TV Movie: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – Al Yankovic & Eric Appel (Roku)

Best Directing in a Streaming Limited Series or TV Movie: Beef – Lee Sung Jin, Figure of Light – (Netflix)

Best Actor in a Streaming Drama Series: Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Actress in a Streaming Drama Series: Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Drama Series: Jensen Ackles – The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Drama Series: Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown (Netflix); Jeri Ryan, Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+) [TIE]

Best Directing in a Streaming Drama Series: The Boys – Nelson Cragg, “Herogasm” (Prime Video)

Best Writing in a Streaming Drama Series: Star Trek: Picard – Terry Matalas, The Last Generation (Paramount+)

Best Short Form Series: Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple TV+) 

Best Streaming Animated Series or TV Movie: Attack on Titan (Crunchyroll)

Best Streaming Documentary Movie: Judy Blume Forever (Prime Video)

Best Streaming Nonfiction Series: The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy (Apple TV+)

Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Costumes: Wednesday (Netflix)

Best Period Costumes: The Crown (Netflix)

Best Original Song: Your Personal Trash Man Can – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Best Main Title Design: Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Best Stunts: The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Streaming Reality or Competition Series: Love is Blind (Netflix)

Best Casting in a Drama Series: The Boys (Prime Video)

Best Casting in a Limited Series or TV Movie: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku)

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