TV Awards 2010/2011 + Community Appreciation Thread

Mr E

Thanks to everyone who voted!

A full breakdown of results is available here: http://www.urlx.ie/tvawards2011r/ (Flash Required)

Best Drama - Breaking Bad
Best Actor - Bryan Cranston (Walter White - Breaking Bad)
Best Actress - Maisie Williams (Arya Stark - Game of Thrones)
Best Single Episode of a TV Show - Community – A Fist Full of Paintballs
Best Reality Show - Come Dine With Me (UK)
Best Overall Show - Breaking Bad
Best New Show - Game of Thrones
Best Chat Show - Graham Norton
Best Documentary - Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Best Comedy - Community
Best Overall Character - Troy Barnes (Community)

Best Kids Show - The Simpsons
Best New Character - Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Best Season Finale - Joint Winners: Breaking Bad, Community
Best Home Produced Show - Republic of Telly
Worst Actor/Actress in a Mainstream Show - David Caruso (Horatio Caine - CSI Miami)
Best Twist - Joint Winners: Bones (Vincent Nigel-Murray's Fate), Southland (Nate's Fate)
Best Storyline / Story Arc - Misfits (Super Hoodie)
Best Full Season of a TV Show - Boardwalk Empire
Most Underrated Show - Community
Most Improved Show - Joint Winners: Stargate Universe, Parks & Recreation
Show That Should Have Been Cancelled - 2 and a Half Men

Hottest Male in a TV Show - Joint Winners: Timothy Olyphant (Raylan Givens – Justified), Alexander Skarsgard (Eric Northman – True Blood)
Hottest Female in a TV Show - Joint Winners: Kaley Cuoco (Penny - Big Bang Theory), Alison Brie (Annie Edison - Community)
Best Soap Opera - Coronation Street
Biggest Shark Jumper - Glee
Most Promising Show for 2011/2012 Season - Alcatraz
Character You Love To Hate The Most - Crowley (Supernatural)
Most Overrated Show - Glee
Most Memorable Scene - Breaking Bad - 'Run!'
Show That Shouldn't Have Been Cancelled - Joint Winners: Stargate Universe, Chicago Code
Standout Performance in a Single Episode - Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad - Full Measure)
Worst TV Ad - 1890 222222 - Pat Shortt
Best TV Ad - The Force - Volkswagen

Mr E

Stuff I learned today:

1. I think I'm going to have to check out Community!
2. The Glee honeymoon period is definitely over.

JP Liz V1

I expected more love for Boardwalk Empire and Justified

Well done Mr. E for all your work and effort with this

pickarooney

Mr E wrote: »

Stuff I learned today:

1. I think I'm going to have to check out Community!

How on earth are you allowed mod this place and not watch Community?

Virtually all my picks won. Yayy!

Mr E

pickarooney wrote: »

How on earth are you allowed mod this place and not watch Community?

Ouch. :pac:

phasers

Why doesn't this forum control the Emmys?

Brilliant selection of winners, almost all my picks won!

Basq

Great job Dave..

.. results pretty much echo my votes alright!

Oh, and you REALLY need to watch 'Community'.

RolandIRL

ixoy's going to be so disappointed about Smallville :pac:

only SGU won for my votes. must check out Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones, though the hype so many put on them kinda puts me off watching them

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Great to see Community pick up some well deserved awards.
I'll have to get back into Breaking Bad it seems. Watched season 1, but never got around to the rest. It seems that Southland and Justified are two others I should have a gander at...

Poochie05

CaptainNegative wrote: »

Great to see Community pick up some well deserved awards.
I'll have to get back into Breaking Bad it seems. Watched season 1, but never got around to the rest. It seems that Southland and Justified are two others I should have a gander at...

Definitely have a look at Southland and Justified, 2 top shows!

In turn, I guess I'd better give Community another shot, I watched the first one and wasn't moved enough to continue. But given I usually give a programme a few episodes before deciding, now that I have more viewing time available, i'll give it another go, sounds as if it'd be worth it.

ixoy

whiteman19 wrote: »

ixoy's going to be so disappointed about Smallville :pac:

Fix much? I've reported the TV mods for blatantly disregarding popular sentiment on this.

As to the other ones - a lot of what I chose got picked. Great to see "Community" getting acknowledgement here as hardly anybody knows about it in Ireland. I'm about 1/3 of the way through S2 and it's still great.
"Breaking Bad" has always been popular, so it wasn't a surprise to see it. Pleasant to see "Game of Thrones" securing a few areas, especially for Arya.

What a refreshing set of awards from the usual dull results from the US!

Mr E

I just watched the first two episodes of Community.
Laughed my f**king ass off.

There goes the weekend.

Richard Dower

Even though Nikita didn't win i think it's a testament to the quality and support it has at being nommed...and it's a CW show!!!

Richard Dower

Mr E wrote: »

I just watched the first two episodes of Community.
Laughed my f**king ass off.

There goes the weekend.

I'm going to give it a shot as well, because i've fallen hard for Allison Bree

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Mr E wrote: »

I just watched the first two episodes of Community.
Laughed my f**king ass off.

There goes the weekend.

Wahey, another member of the cult that is Community...
The first few episodes suck in comparison to when it hits it stride about episode 6/7...
Enjoy - make sure to keep us updated as to how you're enjoying it...

mikemac

I'm new to Community, saw it nominated and won so thought I'd check it out

Good stuff!
I'm up to that Spanish episode, it's 3 or 4.

Delighted that Community won awards and, in doing so, has introduced new people to it! Also quite delighted that Super Hoodie won best story arch.

Basq

Mr E wrote: »

I just watched the first two episodes of Community.
Laughed my f**king ass off.

There goes the weekend.

I gave up after the first few episodes.. but am so glad I went back to it.

As I've said before, it's the first show since 'Spaced' to really do pop-culture / movie / TV references really well.

Superb.. and Donald Glover is an absolute legend!

Superbus

Basq wrote: »

Spaced

You mentioned Spaced.

I must watch Community now.

Mr E

The whole cast is great - there isn't one bad character. I've watched the first 20 episodes, and its absolutely brilliant.

Edit: Now 21. Goodfellas Chicken Fingers = LOL.

pickarooney

Justified and Series 2 of Southland now added to my list.

I liked Southland and got pissed off when they cancelled it and haven't trusted TV enough to watch it since.

Mr E

That paintball episode the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Basq

Mr E wrote: »

That paintball episode the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Just wait for the two-part sequel.. even better!

POP-POP!

It kills me that I can't buy the show on Region 2 DVD.. none of my friends have heard of it!

Poochie05

Just finished the first season and really enjoyed it, brilliant stuff, so glad I went back to it. I agree the paintball episode was brilliant, so I look forward to the sequel!

phasers

Basq wrote: »

Just wait for the two-part sequel.. even better!

POP-POP!

It kills me that I can't buy the show on Region 2 DVD.. none of my friends have heard of it!

it's like they want you to download it*! I'm still pissed off that no Irish or British channel has shown it properly.


Disclaimer: they probably don't actually want you to download it.

Mr E

49 episodes in 12 days. Pop Pop.

Basq

Mr E wrote: »

49 episodes in 12 days. Pop Pop.

Great to see another convert!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IQJjm-YrRM

Richard Dower

Pop!....wait, what
Don't get the magnitude love but fully embrace the Alison Brie lovefest

ixoy

Halfway through Season 2 and loving it still. The Christmas episode is a great example of how the show is not afraid to try something different and produce great results.
So many great lines. From last night:
"You're ignoring me because I'm Korean!"
"You're Chinese!"
"Like there's a difference!"

and kids chanting "We want drugs!"

So very brilliant.

Basq

ixoy wrote: »

Halfway through Season 2 and loving it still. The Christmas episode is a great example of how the show is not afraid to try something different and produce great results.
So many great lines. From last night:
"You're ignoring me because I'm Korean!"
"You're Chinese!"
"Like there's a difference!"

and kids chanting "We want drugs!"

So very brilliant.

This thread has somewhat turned into a "Community love-in".. I do think that "drugs" episode was probably the weakest of the season.

The most under-rated episode of the season is definitely the D&D episode with "Fat Neil" - so well made and hilarious to boot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwOLED0kRDY

tvnutz

Never heard of the show somehow,got the first season and have watched the first 4 episodes. Its very good,very witty as well which you don't get with a lot of these comedies. Didn't think Chevey Chase would ever be in anything good again and the rest of the characters are excellent as well,especially Abed. I'll hopefully get through the first season soon enough.

DingDong

I'm another Community convert. I usually avoid US comedy TV. Most of the time it very forced and unfunny but this is quality stuff.

Poochie05

Mods can we change the title of this thread to 'The Community Appreciation Thread'?

Mr E

DingDong wrote: »

I usually avoid US comedy TV. Most of the time it very forced and unfunny but this is quality stuff.

Great to see something like this could chang your opinion.

DingDong

Mr E wrote: »

Great to see something like this could chang your opinion.

I usually go for the darker humour of shows like Supernatural or breaking bad.

Basq

Was just rewatching a few episodes and forgot about this hilarious nod to a YouTube video..

You know those YouTube videos that have sly glances and insignificant moments between two characters / possibly love interests? This was made for Annie & Jeff by a YT user VeritasProductions back in November 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBvqDwVqwc

And Community's response (or dedication) to it from April 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPzrtGWYE_4

That was brilliant! Only Community could get away with doing a clip show of episodes that never happened.

Richard Dower

Poochie05 wrote: »

Mods can we change the title of this thread to 'The Community Appreciation Thread'?

Saucy pic of Alison Brie and Gillian Jacobs

DingDong

Mr E wrote: »

That paintball episode the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Just made it to the Modern Warfare paint ball episode absolutely brilliant so many LOL moments.

JP Liz V1

I didn't want to watch it at first because of Joel McHale (I thought oh that annoying twat from The Soup) but after watching a few episodes I was very wrong and McHale is excellent as Jeff, Community plus Raising Hope are the two best comedies on tv imo

don ramo

Mr E wrote: »

Most Promising Show for 2011/2012 Season - Alcatraz

how much further off could we have been:D

Also Starring LeVar Burton

don ramo wrote: »

how much further off could we have been:D

This year for most promising show, I don't think I'll even nominate a drama series...
Comedies are where its at nowadays...
And I reckon NBC, ABC and Fox will all be extending there comedy hours in September, anyway, so watch this space...

don ramo

CaptainNegative wrote: »

This year for most promising show, I don't think I'll even nominate a drama series...
Comedies are where its at nowadays...
And I reckon NBC, ABC and Fox will all be extending there comedy hours in September, anyway, so watch this space...

yeah but they are so hard to figure out i think, i always find them very hit and miss,

id say anything sci-fi-ey will be off the cards, it just seems an impossible area for anyone to cover these days,