The Best Of TV Awards 2013 winner in the category of Best Comedy Program is The Big Bang Theory (CBS). Four-Peat. One thing is constant in the Comedy categories, The Big Bang Theory wins the Best Program honour. While the actor category has had 3 winners from 3 different shows, and TBBT has split the best actress honours between two of their lead females, the show just cant be stopped. The group of 4 geeks & a hot girl has branched out over the past few years, and now sees a 7 character cast that seems to be nowhere near the end of its road in its 7th season. The Big Bang Theory nabbed 892 votes. Well back in 2nd is another CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother" with 453 votes. In 3rd was FOX hit "Glee" with 311 votes. In 4th "Psych". In 5th "Modern Family". In 6th "2 Broke Girls". In 7th "Community". In 8th "Parks And Recreation". In 9th "New Girl". In 10th "30 Rock". The Big Bang Theory took the lead immediately and never surrendered it. The Big Bang Theory sets a new category record for votes with 892, the previous record held by The Big Bang Theory in 2011 was 810 votes. The Big Bang Theory sets a new record for largest margain of victory in the category with 449 vote lead. Previous record in 2011 was 226 votes. The Big Bang Theory becomes the only program to win its category 4 times & 4 consecutive years. RESULTS 1st THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS) 892 2nd How I Met Your Mother (CBS) 453 3rd Glee (FOX) 311 4th Psych (USA) 306 5th Modern Family (ABC) 284 6th 2 Broke Girls (CBS) 262 7th Community (NBC) 221 8th Parks And Recreation (NBC) 180 9th New Girl (FOX) 164 10th 30 Rock (NBC) 92
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The Best Of TV Awards 2013 winner in the category of Best Comedy Actor is Chris Colfer "Glee". Most unexpected win this year may be Chris Colfer. Not even nominated last year, and only a semi-finalist in 2011, Colfer won this year despite being last after the 1st 2 days of the voting. Once fans of the man who brings openly gay character Kurt Hummel to life on "Glee" realized he was in the finals, they rallied support for him quickly. Colfer won with 917 votes. Runner up was the 2012 Winner Jim Parsons "The Big Bang Theory" with 727 votes. In 3rd was the 2011 Winner Neil Patrick Harris "How I Met Your Mother" with 624 votes. In 4th, 3 time finalist, the late Cory Monteith "Glee". In 5th Simon Helberg "The Big Bang Theory". In 6th James Roday "Psych". In 7th Timothy Omundson "Psych". In 8th Jason Segel "How I Met Your Mother". In 9th Danny Pudi "Community". In 10th Jake Johnson "New Girl". Day 1 Neil Patrick Harris had a comfortable lead. In day 2, NPH yielded the lead to Jim Parsons, who then held the lead till day 5 when Chris Colfer took over & held the lead till the end. Chris Colfer sets a new category record for votes with 917. The previous record was held by Neil Patrick Harris in 2011 with 763. Colfer also set a category record for largest margain of victory at 190. Previos record in 2011 by NPH at 108. RESULTS 1st CHRIS COLFER "Glee" 917 2nd Jim Parsons "The Big Bang Theory" 727 3rd Neil Patrick Harris "How I Met Your Mother" 624 4th Cory Monteith "Glee" 401 5th Simon Helberg "The Big Bang Theory" 263 6th James Roday "Psych" 235 7th Timothy Omundson "Psych" 186 8th Jason Segel "How I Met Your Mother" 167 9th Danny Pudi "Community" 150 10th Jake Johnson "New Girl" 126 The Best Of TV Awards 2013 winner in the category of Best Comedy Actress is Kaley Cuoco "The Big Bang Theory". After surrendering the 2012 honour to her "The Big Bang Theory" castmate Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco returns in 2013 to take the award. The "every geeks dream girl" Penny on the show has become a hit with many people around the world, and its vaulted Kaley into a level of fandom rarely seen with sitcom actresses. With 525 votes Kaley won handily. Runner up Mayim Bialik "The Big Bang Theory", the 2012 winner finished 2nd with 371 votes. In 3rd was Alyson Hannigan "How I Met Your Mother" with 344 votes. In 4th was Jane Lynch "Glee". In 5th was Zooey Deschanel "New Girl". In 6th Kat Dennings "2 Broke Girls". In 7th was Lea Michele "Glee". In 8th was Cobie Smulders "How I Met Your Mother". In 9th was Melissa Rauch "The Big Bang Theory". In 10th was Alison Brie "Community" Melissa Rauch & Mayim Bialik had a breif lead on day 1, before Kaley took the lead & never surrendered it. Kaley Cuoco becomes the 1st actor or actress in the Comedy categories to win multiple awards. RESULTS 1ST KALEY CUOCO "The Big Bang Theory" 525 2nd Mayim Bialik "The Big Bang Theory" 371 3rd Alyson Hannigan "How I Met Your Mother" 344 4th Jane Lynch "Glee" 315 5th Zooey Deschanel "New Girl" 296 6th Kat Dennings "2 Broke Girls" 260 7th Lea Michele "Glee" 257 8th Cobie Smulders "How I Met Your Mother" 244 9th Melissa Rauch "The Big Bang Theory" 232 10th Alison Brie "Community" 181 The Best Comedy Program, actor & actress categories were dominated by The Big Bang Theory last year. This year could end up the same way. Best Comedy Program category had very few shocks as the 3X Best Comedy Program winners The Big Bang Theory led voters with 147 votes. Well back in 2nd How I Met Your Mother with 104 votes. In 3rd was another CBS show 2 Broke Girls with 68 votes. Rounding out the top 6 was a 3 way tie for 4th, Modern Family, New Girl & Psych. The rest of the Finalists are - Glee, Community, Parks & Recreation & 30 Rock Missing the finals - Raising Hope by 5 votes, Wilfred by 10 votes, Girls by 11 votes & 2010 finalist Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia far back 20 votes out. Best Comedy Actor category might be on the verge of hits 3rd different winner in 3 years. Chris Colfer "Glee" led the semi-finals in voting with 201 votes. The 2011 winner Neil Patrick Harris "How I Met Your Mother" was 2nd with 155 votes, last years winner Jim Parsons "The Big Bang Theory" was 3rd with 141 votes. Rounding out the top 5 are the late Cory Monteith "Glee" & Simon Helberg "The Big Bang Theory". The rest of the finalists are - Jason Segel "How I Met Your Mother", Timothy Omundson "Psych", Jake Johnson "New Girl", Danny Pudi "Community" & James Roday "Psych". Missing the finals - 2011 finalist Joel McHale "Community" by 5 votes, Andy Samberg "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" by 7 votes. 2011 finalist Donald Glover "Community" was 14 votes back. Best Comedy Actress category looks like it will come down to a battle of the former champions. 2011 champ Kaley Cuoco "The Big Bang Theory" narrowly led the semi-finals with 100 votes over 2012 champion & cast mate Mayim Bialik with 98 votes. Alyson Hannigan "How I Met Your Mother" makes her 1st finals appearance after coming in 3rd with 83 votes. Rounding out the top 5. Zooey Deschanel "New Girl" & Kat Dennings "2 Broke Girls" The rest of the finalists are - Cobie Smulders "How I Met Your Mother", Melissa Rauch "The Big Bang Theory", last years runner-up Jane Lynch "Glee" Lea Michele "Glee" & Alison Brie "Community" Missing the finals - Sophia vergara "Modern Family" by 3 votes, Amy Poehler "Parks And Recreation" by 5 votes, & 2X finalist Maggie Lawson "Psych" by 10 votes The finals started January 5, 2014 for some categories. The Comedy category Finals begin later today January 18, 2014 and voting will happen HERE Dean Winchester, Crowley, Meg, Bobby Singer, Eve, Sam Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural) Emma Swan, Rumplestiltskin, Captain Hook, Snow White (Once Upon A Time) Dr. Spencer Reid, Penelope Garcia, Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds) Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, Dr. Walter Bishop (Fringe) Dr. Lauren Lewis, Bo, Kenzi (Lost Girl) Carlton Lassiter, Shawn Spencer, Burton Guster (Psych) Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Clark Kent (Smallville) Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Penny, Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory) Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak (Arrow) Richard Castle, Kate Beckett (Castle) Georgia Lass, Mason (Dead Like Me) Malcom "Mal" Reynolds, River Tam (Firefly) Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark (Game Of Thrones) Barney Stinson, Robin Scherbatsky (How I Met Your Mother) Fox Mulder, Dana Scully (The X-Files) Max Black (2 Broke Girls) Gob Bluth (Arrested Develpment) Abed Nadir (Community) Gil Grissom (CSI) Pacey Witter (Dawsons Creek) The Doctor (Doctor Who) Sherlock Holmes (Elementary) Alex P. Keaton (Family Ties) Bender (Futurama) The Fonz (Happy Days) Steve McGarrett (Hawaii Five-O) Dr. Gregory House (House MD) Lucy Ricardo {I Love Lucy) Judge Harold T. Stone (Night Court) Nikita (Nikita) Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock) Stephen Holder (The Killing) Will McAvoy (The Newsroom) Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries) Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead) Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars) 22 Group winners, and 5 highest scoring runner ups were selected to compete in the tournament. A series of run off polls took place, with results set to give those who had the best results in the 1st round of polls the best chance at a spot in the run off votes, while still giving those who didnt do as well in the 1st round of polls a chance still at a spot in the tournament. 15 shows have more than 1 challenger, with Supernatural having 7 & Once Upon A Time having 4. 23 spots are taken by characters that are on shows which have ended, or are currently in limbo. Soon, 32 of these names will be eliminated. Voting has begun, the first group of 8 match ups in TV Shows, and TV characters are here http://canadagraphs.weebly.com/tv-showdowns---show-vs-show-character-vs-character-battle.html for you to vote on. Below are the results from the voting on the nominees that decided the challengers in this tournament that did not get automatic spots (automatic spots were given to all BOTVA award winners & former May Madness winners) Arrested Development
Arrow Blossom Breaking Bad Buffy The Vampire Slayer Burn Notice Cagney And Lacey Castle Chuck Community Corner Gas Criminal Minds Dawsons Creek Dead Like Me Dexter Doctor Who Downton Abbey Elementary ER Eureka Firefly Friends Fringe Game Of Thrones Glee Greys Anatomy Hannibal Hawaii Five-O Homeland House How I Met Your Mother Justified Law And Order SVU Leverage Lost Lost Girl Married With Children Murder She Wrote New Girl Night Court Once Upon A Time Person Of Interest Psych Quantum Leap Sherlock Smallville Supernatural Sons Of Anarchy Stargate SG1 Stargate Universe SGU The Big Bang Theory The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air The Mentalist The Newsroom The Office The Simpsons The Walking Dead The West Wing The Wire The X-Files Torchwood Twin Peaks Veronica Mars Xena Warrior Princess 20 Group winners, and 20 group runner ups were selected to compete in the tournament. A series of run off polls took place, with results set to give those who had the best results in the 1st round of polls the best chance at a spot in the run off votes, while still giving those who didnt do as well in the 1st round of polls a chance still at a spot in the tournament. Soon, 32 of these names will be eliminated. Voting has begun, the first group of 8 match ups in TV Shows, and TV characters are here http://canadagraphs.weebly.com/tv-showdowns---show-vs-show-character-vs-character-battle.html for you to vote on. Below are the results from the voting on the nominees that decided the challengers in this tournament that did not get automatic spots (automatic spots were given to all BOTVA award winners & former May Madness winners) Best Of TV Awards - Semi-finalists for Best Comedy, Action/Drama, Sci-fi/Fantasy & New Programs.12/11/2012 Here are the results for the final set of categories to be voted on for the semi-finalists of the Canadagraphs BEST OF TV AWARDS 2012.
This set of categories dealt with Best Comedy, Sci-fi or Fantasy, Action or Drama & New Programs. This years Comedy batch Those who have advanced to the semi-finals will be in BOLD text. SEMI FINALIST VOTING FOR BEST COMEDY PROGRAM The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 142 How I Met Your Mother (CBS) 105 Psych (USA) 85 New Girl (FOX) 78 2 Broke Girls (CBS) 73 Community (NBC) 67 Modern Family (ABC) 58 Glee (FOX) 48 Parks And Recreation (NBC) 42 Futurama (COMEDY CENTRAL) 41 Family Guy (FOX) 24 The Office (NBC) 20 Girls (HBO) Childrens Hospital (ADULT SWIM) 9 Breaking In (FOX) 5 The Sci-Fi/Fantasy category had the 1st real large case of bot voting & because of it, over 3600 votes were thrown out for 1 show, included in there approximately 450 legitimate votes. I was going to add the show into the semi-finals if they somehow didnt manage to get enough votes to get back into the semi-final voting. However, they did... so no harm, no foul. The leaders in this category were Fringe, Lost Girl, Supernatural, Once Upon A Time & The Walking Dead. SEMI FINALIST VOTING FOR BEST SCI-FI OR FANTASY PROGRAM Fringe (FOX) 140 Lost Girl (SHOWCASE) 130 Supernatural (CW) 115 Once Upon A Time (ABC) 106 The Walking Dead (AMC) 89 Game Of Thrones (HBO) 71 Warehouse 13 (Syfy) 51 The Vampire Diaries (CW) 48 Grimm (NBC) 44 True Blood (HBO) 41 Eureka (Syfy) 29 Falling Skies (TNT) 22 Red Dwarf (DAVE) 20 The Secret Circle (CW) 2 (write in votes) The voting for Best Action Or Drama Program was heavily dominated by CBS programs, as the top 3, and 4 of the top 5 went to their network. Person Of Interest leading the way, The Mentalist, Hawaii Five-O completing the CBS top 3 sweep, while the 2011 winner Castle stopped CBS from taking a top 4 sweep as it took 4th ahead of another CBS show Criminal Minds to round out the top 5. SEMI FINALIST VOTING FOR BEST SCI-FI OR FANTASY PROGRAM Person of Interest (CBS) 324 The Mentalist (CBS) 176 Hawaii Five-O (CBS) 159 Castle (ABC) 155 Criminal Minds (CBS) 101 Homeland (HBO) 79 Dexter (SHOWTIME) 77 Greys Anatomy (ABC) 74 Revenge (ABC) 67 Burn Notice (USA) 66 Downton Abbey (ITV) 63 NCIS (CBS) 61 Leverage (TNT) 59 Sons Of Anarchy (FX) 56 White Collar (USA) 56 Justified (FX) 43 The Killing (AMC) 35 House (FOX) 33 Nikita (CW) 26 Suits (USA) 23 NCIS Los Angeles (CBS) 19 CSI (CBS) 18 Breaking Bad (AMC) 17 Unforgettable (CBS) 17 Mad Men (AMC) 13 Boardwalk Empire (HBO) 11 Bones (FOX) 8 (write in votes) 90210 (CW) 3 The Best New Show voting was completely dominated by action/dramas this year. Arrow taking the lead, Elementary 2nd, Revolution 3rd, Touch 4th, and 2 Canadian produced shows Continuum & Primeval New World rounding out the top 5. SEMI FINALIST VOTING FOR BEST NEW PROGRAM Arrow (CW) 102 Elementary (CBS) 69 Revolution (NBC) 63 Touch (FOX) 38 Continuum (SHOWCASE) 32 Primeval: New World (SPACE) 32 Last Resort (ABC) 30 The Newsroom (HBO) 24 Nashville (ABC) 20 Scandal (ABC) 20 Political Animals (USA) 18 Anger Management (FX) 17 666 Park Avenue (ABC) 15 Emily Owens MD (CW) 13 Veep (HBO) 11 The Client List (LIFETIME) 7 |
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