The 3rd annual Gotham TV Awards were held on Monday evening in New York City, with major Emmy players getting well-deserved public-relations boosts. Designated for first-year programs, “I Love LA” took the Breakthrough Comedy Series honor while “Pluribus” won the Breakthrough Drama Series award. The second season of “DTF St. Louis” won the Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series despite winning Breakthrough Series in 2023.
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Other winners included “Katrina: Come Hell or High Water” for Breakthrough Nonfiction Series, “The Testaments'” Chase Infiniti for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series and “Alien: Earth’s” Babou Ceesay for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series. Tim Robinson of “The Chair Company” won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series and Laurie Metcalf took Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series for “Big Mistakes.”
Whether film or television, the Gotham ceremonies always feature several honorary tributes. This year, the Ensemble Tribute went to FX’s “Love Story.” Kerry Washington was presented with the Spotlight Tribute while “The Beast in Me” star Claire Danes was honored with the Performer Tribute. “The Madison” and “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” star Michelle Pfeiffer landed the Legend Tribute, and Matt and Ross Duffer took the Visionary Tribute for Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
This year’s nominees and winners are as follows:
Breakthrough Comedy Series
Big Mistakes
Dan Levy, Rachel Sennott, creators; Etan Frankel, Timothy Greenberg, Dean Holland, Dan Levy, Anne-Marie McGintee, Rachel Sennott, executive producers (Netflix)
The Chair Company
Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, creators; Andrew DeYoung, Zach Kanin, Adam McKay, Tim Robinson, Todd Schulman, Igor Srubshchik, executive producers (HBO Max)
I Love LA – ***WINNER***
Rachel Sennott, creator; Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers, Lorene Scafaria, Rachel Sennott, Max Silvestri, executive producers (HBO Max)
Long Story Short
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator; Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, executive producers (Netflix)
Too Much
Lena Dunham, Luis Felber, creators; Tim Bevan, Michael P. Cohen, Lena Dunham, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Bruce Eric Kaplan, executive producers (Netflix)
Breakthrough Drama Series
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
George R.R. Martin, Ira Parker, creators; Sarah Bradshaw, Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, George R.R. Martin, Ira Parker, executive producers (HBO Max)
Alien: Earth
Noah Hawley, creator; Dana Gonzales, Noah Hawley, Joseph E. Iberti, Clayton Krueger, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, executive producers (FX/Hulu)
Dept. Q
Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, creators; Rob Bullock, Scott Frank, Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore, executive producers (Netflix)
Pluribus – ***WINNER***
Vince Gilligan, creator; Jeff Frost, Vince Gilligan, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, executive producers (Apple TV)
Task
Brad Ingelsby, creator; David Crockett, Brad Ingelsby, Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, Mark Ruffalo, Ron Schmidt, Salli Richardson Whitfield, Jeremiah Zagar, executive producers (HBO Max)
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Beef
Lee Sung Jin, creator; Sam French, Oscar Isaac, Lee Sung Jin, Ethan Kuperberg, Charles Melton, Anna Ouyang Moench, Carey Mulligan, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich, Kitao Sakurai, Jake Schreier, Cailee Spaeny, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, executive producers (Netflix)
Death by Lightning
Mike Makowsky, creator; David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Mike Makowsky, Matt Ross, D.B. Weiss, executive producers (Netflix)
DTF St. Louis – ***WINNER***
Steven Conrad, creator; Molly Allen, Jason Bateman, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steven Conrad, Michael Costigan, David Harbour, James Lasdun, Michael Nelson, Jennifer Scher, Bruce Terris, Steve Tisch, K.C. Wenson, executive producers (HBO Max)
Half Man
Richard Gadd, creator; executive producers to be determined (HBO Max)
Lord of the Flies
Jack Thorne, creator; Jamie Campbell, Amanda Duthie, Nawfal Faizullah, Marc Munden, Cailah Scobie, Jack Thorne, Joel Wilson, executive producers (Netflix)
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
High Horse: The Black Cowboy
Kadine Anckle, Tom Casciato, Mari Keiko Gonzalez, Sacha Jenkins, Liz Yale Marsh, Keith McQuirter, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Keisha Senter, Jamal M. Watson, executive producers, Jason Perez, director (Peacock)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water – ***WINNER***
Geeta Gandbhir, Spike Lee, Sam Pollard, executive producers (Netflix)
Mr. Scorsese
Damon Cardasis, Chris Donnelly, Rebecca Miller, Cindy Tolan, Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, executive producers (Apple TV)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Brad Bernstein, Ariel Brozell, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, David Karabinas, Stacy Scripter, Alexandria Stapleton, executive producers (Netflix)
The Yogurt Shop Murders
Nancy Abraham, Avi Belkin, Margaret Brown, Beth Garrabrant, Lisa Heller, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emily Osborne, Sara Rodriguez, Limor Gott Ronen, Mickey Stanley, Emma Stone, Nicole Stott, executive producers (HBO Max)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series
Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
Dan Levy, Big Mistakes (Netflix)
Taylor Ortega, Big Mistakes (Netflix)
Tim Robinson, The Chair Company (HBO Max) – ***WINNER***
Rachel Sennott, I Love LA (HBO Max)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series
Malin Åkerman, The Hunting Wives (Netflix)
Sydney Chandler, Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu)
Peter Claffey, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Max)
Chase Infiniti, The Testaments (Hulu) – ***WINNER***
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus (Apple TV)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series
Riz Ahmed, Bait (Amazon Prime Video)
Jamie Bell, Half Man (HBO Max)
Matthew Macfadyen, Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Carey Mulligan, Beef (Netflix)
Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (FX/Hulu)
Lili Reinhart, Hal & Harper (MUBI)
Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning (Netflix) – ***WINNER***
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
Odessa A’zion, I Love LA (HBO Max)
Erika Alexander, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (Peacock)
Laurie Metcalf, Big Mistakes (Netflix) – ***WINNER***
Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
Daniel Radcliffe, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (Peacock)
Haley Lu Richardson, Ponies (Peacock)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
Dexter Sol Ansell, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Max)
Babou Ceesay, Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu) – ***WINNER***
Zach Galifianakis, The Audacity (AMC)
Tom Pelphrey, Task (HBO Max)
Karolina Wydra, Pluribus (Apple TV)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series
Linda Cardellini, DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
David Harbour, DTF St. Louis (HBO Max) – ***WINNER***
David McKenna, Lord of the Flies (Netflix)
Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Cailee Spaeny, Beef (Netflix)
Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming
Color Theories by Julio Torres
Julio Torres, director; Matthew Vaughan, producer (HBO Max)
People We Meet on Vacation
Brett Haley, director; Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, producers (Netflix)
Reflection in a Dead Diamond – ***WINNER***
Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, directors; Pierre Foulon, producer (Shudder)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Olivia Newman, director; Peter Craig, David Levine, Bryan Unkeless, producers (Netflix)
#Skyking
Patricia E. Gillespie, director; Christopher G. Cowan, Patricia E. Gillespie, David Sloan, Claire Weinraub, producers (Hulu)
Outstanding Performance in an Original Film
Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)
Allison Janney, Miss You, Love You (HBO Max)
Cassandra Naud, Influencers (Shudder)
Yannick Renier, Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Shudder)
Cory Michael Smith, Mountainhead (HBO Max) – ***WINNER***
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