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The Seventh Annual Timmy Television Awards



The Timmys annually honor the best in television from the past season. Winners are in bold.

Best Comedy Series:

  • Veep (HBO)
  • Mom (CBS)
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
  • Search Party (TBS)
  • Shameless (Showtime)

Best Drama Series:

  • American Crime (ABC)
  • Bloodline (Netflix)
  • The Leftovers (HBO)
  • Stranger Things (Netflix)
  • This Is Us (NBC)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series:

  • Katy Mixon - American Housewife
  • Drew Barrymore - Santa Clarita Diet
  • Minnie Driver - Speechless
  • Emmy Rossum - Shameless
  • Anna Farris - Mom
  • Allison Janney - Mom
  • Sutton Foster - Younger

Best Actor in a Comedy Series:

  • William H. Macy - Shameless
  • Aziz Ansari - Master of None
  • Gael Garcia Bernal - Mozart in the Jungle 
  • Donald Glover - Atlanta
  • Timothy Olyphant - Santa Clarita Diet 
  • Ted Danson - The Good Place

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

  • Anna Chlumsky - Veep
  • Carol Kane - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Bernadette Peters - Mozart in the Jungle
  • Jaime Pressly - Mom
  • Andrea Martin - Great News
  • Debra Winger - The Ranch 

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

  • Tony Hale - Veep
  • Sam Elliot - The Ranch
  • Sam Richardson - Veep
  • Jeremy Allen White - Shameless
  • Tituss Burgess - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Matt Walsh - Veep

Best Actress in a Drama Series:

  • Tea Leoni - Madam Secretary
  • Felicity Huffman - American Crime
  • Carrie Coon - Fargo/The Leftovers
  • Mandy Moore - This Is Us
  • Chrissy Metz - This Is Us
  • Winona Ryder - Stranger Things
Best Actor in a Drama Series:
  • Kyle Chandler - Bloodline
  • Justin Theroux - The Leftovers
  • Kiefer Sutherland - Designated Survivor 
  • Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us
  • Milo Ventimiglia - This Is Us
  • Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

  • Linda Cardellini - Bloodline
  • Sissy Spacek - Bloodline
  • Jacinda Barrett - Bloodline
  • Chloe Sevigny - Bloodline
  • Bebe Neuwirth - Madam Secretary
  • Queen Latifah - Star
  • Madchen Amick - Riverdale

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:

  • Norbert Leo Butz - Bloodline
  • Jamie McShane - Bloodline
  • Justin Hartley - This Is Us
  • Ron Cephas Jones - This Is Us
  • John Lithgow - The Crown
  • Mandy Patinkin - Homeland

Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series:

  • Maya Rudolph - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Drew Barrymore - Odd Mom Out
  • Chris Pratt - Mom
  • Rashida Jones - blackish
  • Monica Bellucci - Mozart in the Jungle
  • Nathan Fillion - Santa Clarita Diet

Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series:

  • Brian Tyree Henry - This Is Us
  • Kristin Chenoweth - American Gods
  • Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline
  • Gerald McRaney - This Is Us
  • Alexis Bledel - The Handmaid's Tale
  • Aubrey Plaza - Criminal Minds
  • Skeet Ulrich - Riverdale

Best Writing in a Comedy Series:

  • Veep ("Justice") - Rachel Axler
  • Mom ("Cornbread and Cashmere Onesie") - Chuck Lorre, Gemma Baker, Eddie Gorodetsky, Marco pennette, and Susan McMartin
  • Santa Clarita Diet ("So Then a Bat or a Monkey") - Victor Fresco
  • The Good Place ("Everything is Fine") - Michael Schur
  • Great News ("Chuck Pierce is Blind") - Sam Means

Best Directing in a Comedy Series:

  • Veep ("Georgia") - Becky Martin
  • Younger ("Last Day of Books") - Tricia Brock
  • Shameless ("You'll Never Ever Get a Chicken in Your Whole Entire Life") - John Wells
  • Casual ("Ashes to Ashes") - Lynn Shelton
  • Mozart in the Jungle ("Not Yet Titled") - Roman Coppola

Best Writing in a Drama Series:

  • This Is Us ("Pilot") - Dan Fogelman 
  • This Is Us ("The Trip") -Vera Herbert
  • This Is Us ("Memphis") - Dan Fogelman
  • The Leftovers ("The Book of Kevin") - Damon Lindelof and Patrick Somerville
  • The Americans ("The Committee on Human Rights") - Hiary Bettis

Best Directing in a Drama Series:

  • Bloodline ("Part 24") - Todd A. Kessler
  • This Is Us ("Pilot") - John Requa and Glenn Ficara
  • Fargo ("The Law of Vacant Places") - Noah Hawley
  • The Crown ("Gloriana") - Philip Martin
  • Stranger Things ("Chapter Four: The Body") - Shawn Levy

Best Miniseries:

  • Feud - FX
  • Big Little Lies - HBO
  • The Night Of - HBO
  • The Young Pope - HBO
  • The White Princess - Starz

Best Television Movie:

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - HBO
  • Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Life - NBC
  • Custody - Lifetime
  • Garage Sale Mystery: Art of Murder - Hallmark Movies and Mysteries
  • Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution - BBC

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie:

  • Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies
  • Reese Witherspoon - Big Little Lies
  • Shailene Woodley - Big Little Lies
  • Susan Sarandon - Feud
  • Jodie Comer - The White Princess
  • Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie:

  • John Turturro - The Night Of
  • Riz Ahmed - The Night Of
  • Geoffrey Rush - Genius 
  • Toby Jones - Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution
  • Harvey Firestein - Hairspray Live!

Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie:

  • Laura Dern - Big Little Lies
  • Zoe Kravitz - Big Little Lies
  • Robin Weigert - Big Little Lies
  • Kelly Bishop - Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
  • Jennifer Nettles: Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
  • Andrea Risenborough - Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution

Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie:

  • Adam Scott - Big Little Lies
  • Alexander Skarsgard - Big Little Lies
  • Stanley Tucci - Feud
  • Alfred Molina - Feud
  • Courtney B. Vance - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  • Gerald McRaney - Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
Thoughts on this year's Timmys? Let me know in the comments!

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