Schitt’s Creek, the Pop TV comedy that went from cult favorite to mainstream hit, dominated the 2019/2020 Dorian Awards for Television winners, presented by the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA). The, which aired its final season earlier this year, won five of its seven nominations including Best TV Comedy and acting prizes for Catherine O’Hara, Dan Levy and Annie Murphy. Levy also picked out the group’s Wilde Wit of the Year award, which goes to “a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse.”
Watchmen was another big winner, taking home Best Limited Series and Most Visually Striking Show. Killing Eve was named Best TV Drama and Hugh Jackman was chosen as Best Actor for his performance Frank Tassone, the gay New York school superintendent who embezzled thousands of dollars from the school system.
A member myself, this was also the inaugural year for the Dorians TV Toast featuring a panel of GALECA members (even me!, full video here) talking about the last season of television including what defines ‘camp,’ what’s truly ‘unsung’ and where we see LGBTQ representation in media, both in front of and behind the camera, now and in the future.
Winners were announced by a superstar lineup that included Drag Race All Stars winner Chad Michaels, Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black, Disclosure), Margaret Cho and more. Awards were accepted by Harvey Gullién (Most Unsung Show winner What We Do In the Shadows) Billy Porter and Janelle Monáe (Best TV Musical Performance for their opening number at the 92nd Academy Awards), Regina King (Watchmen). Porter is also featured in a segment from my recent interview with the Emmy winner discussing awards and what they mean to him and to the work. Rosanna and David Arquette also paid special tribute to their sister Alexis, who passed away in 2016, as they advocated for trans rights and in support of the Alexis Project and the Alexis Arquette Family Foundation.
Here is the full list of the nominees and winners below.
2019/2020 DORIAN TV AWARDS WINNERS (in bold)
BEST TV DRAMA
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Killing Eve (BBC America/AMC) – WINNER
Ozark (Netflix)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Good Fight (CBS All Access)
BEST TV COMEDY
Better Things (FX)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Insecure (HBO)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop) – WINNER
The Good Place (NBC)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Bad Education (HBO)
Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
Mrs. America (FX/Hulu)
Normal People (Hulu)
Watchmen (HBO) – WINNER
BEST TV PERFORMANCE – ACTRESS
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix)
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America (FX/Hulu)
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me (Netflix)
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America/AMC)
Regina King, Watchmen (HBO)
Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix)
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek (Pop) – WINNER
BEST TV PERFORMANCE – ACTOR
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education (HBO) – WINNER
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop)
Paul Mescal, Normal People (Hulu)
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE – ACTRESS
Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America (FX/Hulu)
Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix)
Allison Janney, Bad Education (HBO)
Patti LuPone, Hollywood (Netflix)
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop) – WINNER
Jean Smart, Watchmen (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE – ACTOR
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop) – WINNER
Joe Mantello, Hollywood (Netflix)
Josh O’Connor, The Crown (Netflix)
Jim Parsons, Hollywood (Netflix)
BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Cynthia Erivo, “Stand Up”, 92nd Academy Awards (ABC)
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Music, Music Everywhere!”, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix)
Jennifer Lopez & Shakira, Halftime Show, Super Bowl LIV (Fox)
Janelle Monáe & Billy Porter, Opening Number, 92nd Academy Awards (ABC) – WINNER
Noah Reid, “Always Be My Baby”, Schitt’s Creek (Pop)
BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW
Bad Education (HBO)
Hollywood (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop) – WINNER
Vida (Starz)
We’re Here (HBO)
Work in Progress (Showtime)
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM
Cheer (Netflix)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – WINNER
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
Visible: Out on Television (Apple TV+)
BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform)
Gentified (Netflix)
The Good Fight (CBS All Access)
Mrs. Fletcher (HBO)
One Day at a Time (Pop)
Vida (Starz)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX) – WINNER
Work in Progress (Showtime)
MOST VISUALLY STRIKING SHOW
Hollywood (Netflix)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Watchmen (HBO) – WINNER
Westworld (HBO)
CAMPIEST TV SHOW
AJ and the Queen (Netflix)
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings (Netflix)
The Great (Hulu)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (Netflix) – WINNER
WILDE WIT AWARD
(Honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
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), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) 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.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. 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), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) 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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