Best Of TV Awards 2015 - WINNER - Best Director - CHRIS FISHER "If-Then-Else" (Person Of Interest)2/22/2016 The 2015 Best Of TV Awards Winner for Best Director is Chris Fisher "If-Then-Else" (Person Of Interest). For the first time ever, Best Director & Best Episode are a match. Chris Fisher directed the Best Episode winner "If-Then-Else" from Person Of Interest. The 11th episode of the season for POI garnered a lot of attention from everywhere. The comparisons to Groundhog Day, the kiss between the two shows lead females and the suspense of if they killed off a main character or not had a lot of people talking about this episode all year. Mixed in was slow-mo replays that showed the viewers how fast the Machine was thinking through all possible outcomes. Maybe my favorite little gag in it was when the Machine decided the simulation needed to go faster, so instead of us hearing each characters dialogue, we got them telling us a literal description of what they would have been saying. Fisher frequently had to film the same scenarios multiple times, but make them look "very similar, but slightly different" each time. All in all, a spectacular episode all around. His victory comes at the cost of the 2 time winner Jensen Ackles from Supernatural trying for his 3rd Directing award for "The Bad Seed". Both Ackles and Lexi Alexander "Beyond Redemption" from Arrow who nabbed 3rd marking the 2nd consecutive 3rd place finish for an Arrow director, had leads earlier on. Fisher took over the lead permanently in the final two days of the vote. In 4th, for a 2nd consecutive year Thomas J. Wright from Supernatural , this time for "Baby". Garry A. Brown "Melinda" Agents Of SHIELD nabbed 5th. Michael W Watkins "Tom Connolly" The Blacklist was 6th, Greg Nicotero "Conquer" The Walking Dead was 7th . John Fawcett "History Yet To Be Written" Orphan Black was 8th. Steve Shill "The Darkness And The Light" The Flash was 9th. Gregory Smith "Home Run" Rookie Blue got 10th. Complete Results
1st CHRIS FISHER "If-Then-Else" (Person Of Interest) 695 2nd JENSEN ACKLES "The Bad Seed" (Supernatural) 621 3rd LEXI ALEXANDER "Beyond Redemption" (Arrow) 354 4th THOMAS J. WRIGHT "Baby" (Supernatural) 283 5th GARRY A BROWN "Melinda" (Agents Of SHIELD) 182 6th MICHAEL W. WATKINS "Tom Connolly" (The Blacklist) 113 7th GREG NICOTERO "Conquer" (The Walking Dead) 83 8th JOHN FAWCETT "History Yet To Be Written" (Orphan Black) 76 9th STEVE SHILL "The Darkness And The Light" (The Flash) 72 10th GREGORY SMITH "Home Run" (Rookie Blue) 60 11th JENNIFER CHAMBERS-LYNCH "Spend" (The Walking Dead) 54 12th FRED TOYE "Asylum" (Person Of Interest) 51 13th MICHAEL RYMER "The Wrath Of The Lamb" (Hannibal) 41 14th ADAM KANE "Digestivo" (Hannibal) 35 15th GUILLERMO NAVARRO "The Number Of The Beast Is 666" (Hannibal) 23 To see the winners for all categories, you can find them on the 2015 BOTVA page HERE or on the all-time Best OF TV Awards winners page here.
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The 2015 Best Of TV Awards are about to start the Finals soon. The 6th annual BOTVA's are still closing out some polls for the run off round before we advance to the finals. We've already shattered the previous record for votes in the first round combined. With over 487,000 votes. The 2015 BOTVA's all time record of 575,000 votes in a year. The Semi-Final rounds for Best Episode, Director & Animated categories took place a couple weeks ago. Here are the complete results (BOLD nominees have qualified for the Finals) Best Episode IF-THEN-ELSE "Person of Interest" 480 M.I.A "Person of Interest" 332 YHWH "Person of Interest" 331 THE RETURN "Arrow" 330 HAUNTED "Arrow" 307 SUICIDAL TENDENCIES "Arrow" 290 BEYOND REDEMPTION "Arrow" 290 RISE "Lost Girl" 240 END OF FAES "Lost Girl" 212 LIKE HELL PART 1 "Lost Girl" 195 FAST ENOUGH "The Flash" 120 MELINDA "Agents Of SHIELD" 113 OUT OF TIME "The Flash" 108 SOS PART 2 "Agents Of SHIELD" 100 THE MAN WHO SAVED CENTRAL CITY "The Flash" 99 HISTORY YET TO BE WRITTEN "Orphan Black" 90 DAREDEVIL "Daredevil" 80 NELSON V MURDOCK "Daredevil" 79 PILOT "iZombie" 71 HOME RUN "Rookie Blue" 70 THE WRATH OF THE LAMB "Hannibal" 69 WORLD ON FIRE "Daredevil" 60 BABY "Supernatural" 60 MATERNITY LIV "iZombie" 59 THANK YOU "The Walking Dead" 57 HALLOWEEN PART III "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 53 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST IS 666 "Hannibal" 53 DEAD RAT, LIVE RAT, BROWN RAT, WHITE RAT "iZombie" 53 JSS "The Walking Dead" 53 DIGESTIVO "Hannibal" 53 THE MAGICIANS APPRENTICE "Doctor Who" 48 XY "Castle" 47 BROTHERS KEEPER "Supernatural" 45 CONQUER "The Walking Dead" 45 THE WITCH'S FAMILIAR "Doctor Who" 44 WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW "Glee" 41 IN PLANE SIGHT "Castle" 38 KIMMY GOES OUTSIDE "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 38 DARK DYNASTY "Supernatural" 37 EPS1.0_HELLOFRIEND.MKV "Mr. Robot" 36 JOHNNY AND DORA "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 35 DEAD FROM NEW YORK "Castle" 35 PILOT "Galavant" 34 THE DEVILS MARK "Outlander" 33 KIMMY MAKES WAFFLES "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 33 KIMMY GOES TO SCHOOL "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 30 THE PRESIDENT "Minority Report" 27 *RUN OFF VOTE ADDITIONS* JUST MY IMAGINATION "Supernatural" 172 MR. AND MRS. CASTLE "Castle" 135 DARK WATERS "Arrow" 130 FACE THE RAVEN "Doctor Who" 25 THE OPENING NIGHT EXCITATION "The Big Bang Theory" 23 Qualified votes, but did not finish in the top 3 for their show Terra Incognita "Person Of Interest" 274, Skip "Person Of Interest" 267, Guilty "Person of Interest" 263, Uprising "Arrow" 256, Flash Of Two Words "The Flash" 88, Rogue Air "The Flash" 86, Revenge Of The Rogues "The Flash" 76, The Ones We Leave Behind "Daredevil" 58, Max Wager "iZombie" 43, Grumpy Old Liv "iZombie" 41, Love And Basketball "iZombie" 40, Forget "The Walking Dead" 40, Into The Ring "Daredevil" 39, The Distance "The Walking Dead" 39, Blaines World "iZombie" 37, Dark Dynasty "Supernatural" 37, Hong Kong Hustle "Castle" 33, The Hunter Games "Supernatural" 33, Book Of The Damned "Supernatural" 32, Habeas Corpse "Castle" 32, The Prisoner "Supernatural" 30, Kimmy Has a Birthday "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 30, Kimmy Gets A Job "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 29, The Wrong Stuff "Castle" 28 Joust Friends "Galavant" 23, Dungeons And Dragon lady "Gotham" 23, Tom Keen "The Blacklist" 23, Comedy Gold "Galavant" 22, All Happy Families Are Alike "Gotham" 22, The Last Laugh "Gotham: 22, Beats Of Prey "Gotham" 21, Revelations "scream" 20, Rogues gallery "Gotham" 18, Mommys Little Monster "Gotham" 16, Final Hour "Continuum" 15, Knock Knock "Gotham" 15, Tom Connolly "The Blacklist" 15, House Rules "The Player" 15, The Desperate Hours "Continuum" 14, Damned If You Do "Gotham" 14, The Troll Farmer "The Blacklist" 13, The Kenyon Family "The Blacklist" 13, Sir Crispin Crandall "The Blacklist" 13, Goldbergs Feel Hard "The Goldbergs" 13, The Kanes "Archer" 12, Drastic Voyage Part 2 "Archer" 12, Leonard Caul "The Blacklist" 11, Van People "The Goldbergs" 11, DannyDonnyJoeyJonJordan "The Goldbergs" 9 Best Director LEXI ALEXANDER "Beyond Redemption" (Arrow) 259 JENSEN ACKLES "The Bad Seed" (Supernatural) 168 CHRIS FISHER "If-Then-Else" (Person of Interest) 167 GARRY A BROWN "Melinda" (Agents Of SHIELD) 132 FRED TOYE "Asylum" (Person Of Interest) 129 THOMAS J WRIGHT "Baby" (Supernatural) 119 STEVE SHILL "The Darkness And The Light" (The Flash) 95 GREG NICOTERO "Conquer" (The Walking Dead) 55 ADAM KANE "Digestivo" (Hannibal) 53 MICHAEL RYMER "The Wrath Of The Lamb" (Hannibal) 49 GUILLERMO NAVARRO "The Number Of The Beast is 666" (Hannibal) 44 JENNIFER CHAMBERS-LYNCH "Spend" (The Walking Dead) 43 JOHN FAWCETT "History Yet To Be Written" (Orphan Black) 37 GREGORY SMITH "Home Run" (Rookie Blue) 31 MICHAEL W WATKINS "Tom Connolly" (The Blacklist) 29 Michael W Watkins "The troll Farmer" (The Blacklist) 27, Michael McDonald "Halloween Part III" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) 26, David Wellington "74 Epiphanies" (Rookie Blue) 26, Patrick R Norris "Maternity Liv" (iZombie) 25, Danny cannon "All Happy Families Are Alike" (Gotham) 24, Niels Arden Oplev "eps1.0_hellofriend.mkv" (Mr. Robot) 20, Kenneth Fink "Mommys Little Helper" (Gotham) 19, Pat Williams "Final Hour" (Continuum) 16 Best Animated THE SIMPSONS (FOX) 93 FAMILY GUY (FOX) 50 SOUTH PARK (Comedy Central) 45 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Nickelodeon) 38 ARCHER (FX) 34 BOBS BURGERS (FOX) 30 American Dad (TBS) 24, Bojack Horseman (Netflix) 17, Wabbit (Cartoon) 13 The Best Episode category, which includes the secondary "late additions" vote for episodes that aired after November 14, 2015 that took place the last week of the year, will see Person Of Interest go in as the odds on favorites, with the top 3 vote getters in the semi-final round with If-Then-Else, M.I.A. and YHWH leading the voting. Last years winning show, Arrow notched 5 finalists, despite the maximum 3 rule, due to a tie in the semi-final voting for 3rd place from the show, and nabbing 1 of the spots in the run off late addition voting.
Other shows putting in multiple finalists the show with 2 Best Episode awards Supernatural with 4, Castle with 4, Daredevil, Doctor Who, Hannibal, Lost Girl, The Flash, The Walking Dead, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt with 3 Agents Of SHIELD, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, iZombie with 2. There are 8 shows with only 1 finalist, all 8 are 1st time finalists in the category. The Best Director Category will see the two time winner Jensen Ackles having some competition this time from "Arrow" director Lexi Alexander for Beyond Redemption and 2014 semi-finalist "Person of Interest" director Chris Fisher for If-Then-Else. With Hannibal having 3 finalists, Person of Interest, Supernatural and The Walking Dead all having two finalists each, the potential for vote splitting on those shows is going to give the lone Arrow candidate a serious chance to win. The Best Animated Program Category looks again like it will be dominated by The Simpsons. With very few serious contenders in the field, the longest running prime time animated series of all time looks poised to win its 3rd straight award. Perennial contenders Family Guy and South Park look to be the most probable competition. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Archer and Bobs Burgers will all be in the finals as well. The Final round of the 2015 Best Of TV Awards will be under way with some categories soon. Each voting round will last 3 to 6 days.. Voting, and a complete list of nominees in all categories can be found HERE |
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