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‘Hacks,’ ‘Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire,’ and ‘Fellow Travelers’ dominate the 2024 Dorian TV Awards
The winners also include titles such as ‘Shōgun’ and ‘X-Men '97.’
The 2024 Dorian TV Awards presented by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced its winners, honoring the best in television and streaming. 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 Travelersearns two acting wins: Best TV Performance – Drama for Matt Bomer and Best Supporting TV Performance – Drama, Jonathan Bailey.
Other standout wins include 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 go to SYFY/USA’s doll-gone-wild comedy-chiller, Chucky. GALECA also bestows notable honors 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,” GALECA President Walt Hickey said in a statement. "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."
The GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Dorian Awards are chosen democratically by its membership, honoring TV, film, and Broadway/Off-Broadway throughout the year. Members are critics and journalists across a variety of mainstream and niche media outlets, such as 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.
With over 500 members, GALECA takes up the task of reminding society of the value of the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. As a nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially those in underrepresented communities.
Check out the complete list of winners below.
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