Abbott Elementary And The Bear Top 2023 Spirit Award TV Nominations

The movie honorees received their flowers last month and this morning, Film Independent revealed the highly anticipated television nominees for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Four programs took three nominations each: “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Severance” and “Station Eleven.” In the Best Scripted Series category, the latter three were joined by “The Porter” and “Pachinko” as “Abbott” did not make the cut.

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“Pachinko” was also rewarded with the Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series award for stars Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, and Yuh-jung Youn.

The Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series nominees include “Children of the Underground,” “Mind Over Murder,” “Pepsi, Where’s my Jet?,” “The Rehearsal” and “We Need to Talk About Cosby.” “Cosby” took the equivalent honor at the Gotham Awards a few weeks ago.

In a statement, Josh Welsh, longtime president of Film Independent noted, “As the television landscape continues to evolve, and independent artists expand the idea of how stories can be told, we’re proud to be changing with them. With our new categories and gender-neutral acting awards, we hope to better reflect the diversity of incredible work being created by these talented artists.”

Like the Gotham Awards and a number of critics group honors, Film Independent switched to gender-neutral acting awards this year. Additionally, a Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series award is being handed out for the first time.  

The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards will take place on Saturday, March 4, 2023. At this point, they will stream live online for the general public.

 The complete list of television nominees for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards are as follows:

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer) 

Children of the Underground 

Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Ted Gesing, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Kate Barry 

Co-Executive Producer: Julie Gaither 

Mind Over Murder 

Executive Producers: Marc Smerling, Nanfu Wang, Max Heckman, Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez 

Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? 

Executive Producers: Nick Boak, Andrew Renzi, Andrew D. Corkin, Theo James, Andrew Fried, Jordan Wynn, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma 

Co-Executive Producer: Jeremiah Murphy 

The Rehearsal 

Creator/Executive Producer: Nathan Fielder 

Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManus, Christie Smith 

Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola 

We Need to Talk About Cosby 

Executive Producers: W. Kamau Bell, Andrew Fried, Katie A. King, Vinnie Malhotra, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, Jordan Wynn 

Co-Executive Producer: Geraldine L. Porras 

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer) 

The Bear 

Creator/Executive Producer: Christopher Storer 

Executive Producers: Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson 

Co-Executive Producer: Rene Gube 

Pachinko 

Creator/Executive Producer: Soo Hugh 

Executive Producers: Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Theresa Kang-Lowe, Richard Middleton, Justin Chon, Kogonada 

Co-Executive Producers: Dani Gorin, Sebastian Lee, David Kim, Ethan Kuperberg 

The Porter 

Creators/Executive Producers: Marsha Greene, Annmarie Morais, Arnold Pinnock 

Creator/Co-Executive Producer: Bruce Ramsay 

Creator: Aubrey Nealon 

Executive Producers: Ian Dimerman, Jennifer Kawaja, Charles Officer, R.T. Thorne, Aml Ameen, Bruno Dubé, Alfre Woodard, Rose Catherine Pinkney, Devin Griffin 

Co-Executive Producers: Elise Cousineau, Andrea Glinski, Steve Cochrane, Daphne Park 

Severance 

Creator/Executive Producer: Dan Erickson 

Executive Producers: Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Andrew Colville, Chris Black, John Cameron 

Co-Executive Producers: Jill Footlick, Kari Drake 

Station Eleven 

Creator/Executive Producer: Patrick Somerville 

Executive Producers: Jessica Rhoades, Scott Steindorff, Dylan Russell, Scott Delman, Jeremy Podeswa, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson 

Co-Executive Producers: David Nicksay, Nick Cuse 

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES 

Aml Ameen 

The Porter 

Mohammed Amer 

Mo 

Quinta Brunson 

Abbott Elementary 

Bridget Everett 

Somebody Somewhere 

KaMillion 

Rap Sh!t 

Melanie Lynskey 

Yellowjackets 

Himesh Patel 

Station Eleven 

Sue Ann Pien 

As We See It 

Adam Scott 

Severance 

Ben Whishaw 

This is Going to Hurt 

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES 

Danielle Deadwyler 

Station Eleven   

Ayo Edibiri 

The Bear 

Jeff Hiller 

Somebody Somewhere 

Gbemisola Ikumelo 

A League of Their Own 

Janelle James 

Abbott Elementary 

Ebon Moss-Bachrach 

The Bear 

Frankie Quiñones 

This Fool 

Sheryl Lee Ralph 

Abbott Elementary 

Molly Shannon 

I Love That For You 

Tramell Tillman 

Severance 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES 

Pachinko 

Ensemble Cast: Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Yuh-jung Youn