Hulu Awards Week 6: Sam Christopher's List

This will be a slightly abbreviated list as Thanksgiving has really knocked me down this year—and I didn’t even go anywhere. Hope everyone else has had a safe and happy holiday. Here goes…

Round 3 Nominations:

Best Competitive Reality Show:
I didn’t like any of these final nominees, but, seriously, Project Runway? Make me a Supermodel? That these show have any audience whatever explains so much about America today. While toying with the idea of casting this vote for The Search for the Next Elvira in protest, my final choice:

Last Comic Standing

Best Non-Competitive Reality Show:
Again, meh. I know I nominated Ghost Hunters and Queer Eye but none of these others have ever caught my eye. At least I have my original first choice to fall back on:

America’s Most Wanted

Best Celebrity Reality Show:
I think I’ve made my feelings clear here. My niece, Samantha—who is named for Elizabeth Montgomery’s character on Bewitched (and I had nothing to do with that)—has chosen well enough that a couple of her picks have made it. Her first choice, in fact, is still here, the one I bumped for Work Out:

Kitchen Nightmares


Round 2 Nominations:

Best Comedy TV Series:

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. King of the Hill
3. The Tick
4. The Simpsons
5. Monk

Best Comedy Movie:
This was hard for me, as none of these were very good for me after Ghostbusters, but…

1. Ghostbusters
2. Bring It On
3. Men in Black
4. Jerry Maguire
5. Bedazzled

Best Comedy Short:
These were a little better, as this was a much more manageable list for me than the original.

1. Stricteternum - Amazing short. Very strange, cute story that, like the stellar dramatic short Save the Children, just stays with me.
2. Laid Off - Dark humor, deliberately underplayed.
3. How to Cope with Rejection - The story: Kurt Cobain hires a ninja to beat up Dave Murray’s gay son for stealing Misty Mundae’s sister away from him. What’s not to like?
4. Silencer - A live-action Ambush Bug story. Need I say more?
5. Dentally Disturbed - What’s a tampon? Reminiscent in an odd way of the old radio show Tunnel Under the World.

Round 1 Nominations:

Best Drama TV Series:

1. Hart to Hart - Just a cool little Nick and Nora Charles riff. Even brought in the Wonder Twins, Max and Freeway, to “help out”.
2. Bones - I loved the first season of this better than anything after it, especially… well, never mind. It annoys me too much to talk about it.
3. K-Ville - I liked this okay. A cop show in New Orleans. I thought it had some interesting stories.

Best Dramatic Movie:

1. Death Wish - Just a damn good vigilante movie from the early ‘70s. I always loved this film.
2. Lost Highway - I don’t understand why this wasn’t in horror, really, but either way a strange film that leaves you with an oddly unsettled feeling after watching it. So unlike Lynch’s other work ;).
3. In the Heat of the Night - There’s not much with Sidney Poitier I won’t watch, but this film didn’t even need his presence to be great. Just an excellent story with fine direction.

Short Format Comedy:
This wasn’t that great a category for me. I don’t understand why Back on Topps wasn’t here, but most of what I saw just wasn’t very good.

1. Mr. Justice and Powerful Girl - I guess they couldn’t get the rights to The Tick. Cute.

Short Format Non-Comedy:

1. Satacracy 88 - I really dug this. Soon as I get the chance I’ll be watching the rest of the series. Really cool, Buffy kind of story with a little more of a horror bent.
2. Devil’ Trade - If you saw Friday the 13th The Series, you’ve kind of got the idea, although just as Life on Mars is a kind of giant, superlong episode of Quantum Leap, so it is with this.
3. Pink: The Series - Another nugget. I really enjoyed this although it’s almost too short.
4. Gemini Division - Kind of like Fringe, which I’m really getting into lately.

That’s it for no, folks. Hopefully next week will be a little easier on me and things can get back to abnormal around here.

(Editor's Note: The general public can participate in the nominations as well. Go to the links above for any or all of the categories you are interested in and cast your vote for the shows you think should win. All of the general votes will be tallied up and count as one panelist in deciding the final winners. PSW)