‘Interview With The Vampire’ And ‘Hacks’ Win Big At LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Awards

‘Interview With The Vampire’ And ‘Hacks’ Win Big At LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Awards

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PRESS RELEASE - Los Angeles / New York – Monday, August 12, 2024 -- GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced today the winners for the 2024 Dorian TV Awards, honoring the best in television and streaming networks. In the 16th go-around of GALECA’s TV honors, Max’s “Hacks” leads with four wins including Best TV Comedy, Best Written TV Show; AMC’s “Anne Rice’s Interview With The Vampire” with three wins including Best TV Drama, Best LGBTQ TV Show and Best Genre TV Show, and Showtime/Paramount+’s “Fellow Travelers” earns two acting wins: “Best TV Performance – Drama” for Matt Bomer and Best Supporting TV Performance – Drama, Jonathan Bailey. 

In the group’s more distinctive categories, FX’s final season of “Reservation Dogs,” about some close-knit Indigenous friends in rural Oklahoma, scored Best Unsung TV Show. Campiest TV Show honors went to SYFY/USA’s doll-gone-wild comedy-chiller, “Chucky.”  GALECA also bestowed notable accolades to Salvadoran-American writer, comedian and actor Julio Torres with the Wilde Wit Award; award-winning actor Alan Cumming (host of reality show winner “The Traitors”) with the GALECA TV Trailblazer Award; and legendary comedian, actress, singer and memoirist Carol Burnett with the GALECA TV Icon Award.

"Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 Dorian Television Awards,” said Walt Hickey, President, GALECA. "This group is second to none when it comes to elevating and advocating for innovative, daring work, and celebrating the creative efforts of the future of the film and television industry."

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorian Awards, chosen democratically by the membership, go to TV, film, and Broadway/Off-Broadway at different times of the year. Members work of freelance for a variety of mainstream and niche media outlets, including The New Yorker, Slate, Salon, The Daily Beast, Vulture, HuffPost, The Los Angeles Times, CNN online, MSNBC online, Today online, GMA online, Out, The Advocate, The Boston Globe, E!, GQ, Essence, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Emmy, The Wrap, People, Reuters, USA Today, TV Guide, Time, NPR, Nerdist, Playlist, Vanity Fair, Polygon, Jezebel, GLAAD, Rolling Stone, IndieWire, The Guardian, Decider, Collider, Vogue, Town and Country, ABC affiliates, Parade, among others. 

GALECA, which boasts over 500 members, reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially those in underrepresented communities. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media and find more information about who we are and what we do at GALECA.org

2024 DORIAN TV AWARD WINS/NOMINATIONS—FULL LIST

BEST TV DRAMA

  • Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

  • The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)

  • Fallout (Amazon Prime)

  • The Gilded Age (HBO)

  • Heartstopper (Netflix)

  • Shōgun (FX/Hulu)

BEST TV COMEDY

  • Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • The Bear (FX/Hulu)

  • Hacks (Max)

  • Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)

  • What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW 

  • Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

  • The Bear (FX/Hulu)

  • Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)

  • ️Hacks (Max)

BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW

  • Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

  • Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

  • Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)

  • Hacks (Max)

  • Heartstopper (Netflix)

BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

  • Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

  • Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)

  • Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)

  • Ripley (Netflix) 

  • True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW


  • Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

  • Chucky (Syfy/USA)

  • Our Flag Means Death (Max)

  • Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)

  • We Are Lady Parts (Peacock)

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW

  • Elite (Netflix)

  • Lupin (Netflix) 

  • ️Shōgun (FX/Hulu)

  • Tore (Netflix)

  • Young Royals (Netflix)


BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW (new category)

  • Drag Latina (Revry/LATV+)

  • Elite (Netflix)

  • Past Lies (Hulu)

  • Tore (Netflix)

  • ️Young Royals (Netflix)


BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA

  • Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

  • ️Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+) 

  • Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

  • Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

  • Ncuti Gatwa, Doctor Who (Disney+)

  • Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge (Hulu)

  • Tom Hollander, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)

  • Anna Sawai, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)

  • Andrew Scott, Ripley (Netflix)

  • Emma Stone, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)


BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA

  • ️Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+)

  • Christine Baranski, The Gilded Age (HBO)

  • Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (Netflix)

  • Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

  • Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun (FX/Hulu)

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fargo (FX)

  • Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

  • Jinkx Monsoon, Doctor Who (Disney+)

  • Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

  • Benny Safdie, The Curse (Showtime/Paramount+)


BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY

  • Matt Berry, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

  • Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX/Hulu) 

  • Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5Eva (Netflix)

  • Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu)

  • Maya Rudolph, Loot (Apple TV+)

  • Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

  • ️Jean Smart, Hacks (Max)

  • Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (FX/Hulu)

  • Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)


BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY

  • Joel Kim Booster, Loot (Apple TV+)

  • Carol Burnett, Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

  • ️Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max)

  • Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

  • Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Jamie Lee-Curtis, The Bear (FX/Hulu)

  • Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear (FX/Hulu)

  • Megan Stalter, Hacks (Max)

  • Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)


BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

  • Miley Cyrus, “Flowers,” 66th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS / Paramount+)

  • Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell, What Was I Made For?,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)

  • ️Ryan Gosling, “I’m Just Ken,” 96th Academy Awards (ABC)

  • Steve Martin, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?,” Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

  • Maya Rudolph, “Mother,” Saturday Night Live (NBC)


BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES


  • Black Twitter: A People’s History (Hulu)

  • Girls State (Apple TV+)

  • The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)

  • Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+)

  • ️Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Investigation Discovery)


BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

  • Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later (Showtime)

  • Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO)

  • ️Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (HBO)

  • Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (HBO)

  • The Stroll (HBO)


BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW

  • The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

  • Hot Ones (YouTube)

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

  • ️Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)


BEST REALITY SHOW


  • Rupaul's Drag Race (MTV)

  • Queer Eye (Netflix)

  • Top Chef (Bravo)

  • ️The Traitors (Peacock)

  • We’re Here (HBO)


BEST GENRE TV SHOW (new category)

  • ️Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

  • The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)

  • Fallout (Amazon Prime)

  • What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

  • Chucky (SyFy/USA)


BEST ANIMATED SHOW

  • Blue Eye Samurai (Netflix)

  • Bobs Burgers (Fox)

  • Harley Quinn (Max) 

  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)

  • ️X-Men '97 (Disney+)


MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW


Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

  • Fallout (Amazon Prime)

  • Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

  • ️ Ripley (Netflix) 

  • Shōgun (FX/Hulu)

  • True Detective: Night Country (HBO)

CAMPIEST TV SHOW

  • Bridgerton (Netflix)

  • ️Chucky (SyFy / USA)

  • Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans (FX/Hulu)

  • Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

  • The Traitors (Peacock)

WILDE WIT AWARD

—To a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse

  • Joel Kim Booster

  • Quinta Brunson

  • Ayo Edebiri

  • Hannah Einbinder

  • Julio Torres


GALECA TV Icon Award

—To a uniquely talented star we adore

  • Gillian Anderson

  • Angela Bassett

  • ️Carol Burnett

  • LeVar Burton

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award

—For creating art that inspires empathy, truth and equity

  • RuPaul Charles

  • Margaret Cho

  • ️Alan Cumming

  • Emma D'Arcy

  • Ncuti Gatwa

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