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Voting for Primetime Emmy nominees started on June 12, so it's also time for Gold Derby's community of knowledgeable users to vote for nominees in our 22nd Annual Gold Derby TV Awards. Help us honor the best dramas, comedies, limited series and more that aired from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. Click here to vote today: https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/
Nobody knows awards better than the experts, editors and users at Gold Derby, so we launched our own prizes for film in 2002 and for TV in 2004. Vote for your favorites in 30 categories for the Gold Derby TV Awards Nominations 2025. You can rank your top four choices in each category. Vote by clicking on a category above. Below: Grab contenders one by one from the left column and add them to the right column by clicking on the green + symbol. Arrange in the order you choose to vote (No. 1 is your top choice). Grab each entry and move it up or down. You have until the end of July 6 to make or change your final selections.
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Last year Shōgun won Best Drama Series, but its on a long production delay, so we're guaranteed to crown a new winner this year. For Best Comedy Series, The Bear is the reigning two-time champ, and it is eligible to return this year for its third season, which premiered almost exactly a year ago. We also have special categories that even the Emmys don't offer: Ensemble of the Year, Performer of the Year, Breakthrough Performer of the Year, Comedy Episode of the Year, and Drama Episode of the Year.
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Below, see our complete list of Best Comedy and Best Drama winners from the last 21 years. What shows will join these lists this year?
BEST COMEDY SERIES
2004: Arrested Development 2005: Arrested Development 2006: The Office 2007: The Office 2008: 30 Rock 2009: The Office 2010: Modern Family 2011: Modern Family 2012: Community 2013: Parks and Recreation 2014: Orange is the New Black 2015: Parks and Recreation 2016: Veep 2017: Veep 2018: Atlanta 2019: Fleabag 2020: Schitt's Creek 2021: Ted Lasso 2022: Only Murders in the Building 2023: The Bear 2024: The Bear
BEST DRAMA SERIES
2004: The Sopranos 2005: Lost 2006: 24 2007: Lost 2008: Lost 2009: Mad Men 2010: Mad Men 2011: Mad Men 2012: Breaking Bad 2013: Breaking Bad 2014: Breaking Bad 2015: Game of Thrones 2016: Game of Thrones 2017: Stranger Things 2018: Game of Thrones 2019: Game of Thrones 2020: Succession 2021: The Crown 2022: Pachinko 2023: Succession 2024: Shōgun
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