Apple TV + led both the comedy and drama fields in terms of nominations for the second edition of the Hollywood Critics Association’s streaming HCA TV Awards. “Severance” from the outlet 12 nominations; “Ted Lasso” was next with 11 (or 12 in total, if you include the animated short “Ted Lasso Presents: The Missing Christmas Mustache”). “Severance” was recognized for airing drama series, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing and writing. “Ted Lasso” was nominated for streaming comedy series, actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing and writing; “Ted Lasso Presents: The Missing Christmas Mustache” was nominated for short animated series.
The HCA TV Awards are unique because they include various categories of drama and comedy for both broadcast and cable. And it is also unique in dividing the broadcast / cable and the broadcast into separate nominations and ceremonies. The streaming nominees will be announced this afternoon.
Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” and Hulu’s “Dopesick” got nine nominations each. Other major nominees included Netflix’s “Squid Game” with set, Apple’s TV + “The Afterparty”, Hulu’s limited series “The Dropout”, HBO Max’s “Hacks”, Disney’s “Loki” FX, the series only for Hulu “Under the Banner of Heaven.” all with six.
The HCA Broadcast and Cable Awards will be held at The Beverly Hilton on Saturday, August 13, 2022, while the broadcast event will take place the following night, Sunday, August 14. Here are all the nominees for the second night of the Second Edition of the HCA TV Awards:
Best Streaming Series, DramaLoki (Disney +) Ozark (Netflix) Pachinko (Apple TV +) Severance (Apple TV +) Squid Game (Netflix) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount +) Stranger Things (Netflix) The Morning Show (Apple TV +)
Best Streaming Series, Comedy Dickinson (Apple TV +) Hacks (HBO Max) Only Murders in The Building (Hulu) Reservation Dogs (FX to Hulu) Schmigadoon! (Apple TV +) Ted Lasso (Apple TV +) The Afterparty (Apple TV +) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Best Limited or Anthology Streaming SeriesDopesick (Hulu) Maid (Netflix) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Pam & Tommy (Hulu) Station Eleven (HBO Max) The Dropout (Hulu) The Staircase (HBO Max) Under the Banner of Heaven ( FX to Hulu))
Best Streaming MovieChip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney +) Fresh (Hulu) I Want You Back (Prime Video) Kimi (HBO Max) The Fallout (HBO Max) Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (Roku)
Best Standup Comedy or SpecialBo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes (YouTube) Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO) Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster (Netflix) Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix) Ricky Gervais: SuperNature (Netflix) Tiger Notary: Drawn (HBO )
Best International SeriesAcapulco (Apple TV +) Lupine (Netflix) Money Heist (The Paper House) (Netflix) Narcos: Mexico (Netflix) Pachinko (Apple TV +) Squid Game (Netflix)
Best documentary or non-fiction series in streamingBad Vegan: Fame. Frau. Fugitives (Netflix) George Carlin’s American Dream (HBO Max) Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix) Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (Prime Video) LuLaRich (Prime Video) McCartney 3, 2, 1 (Hulu) Prehistoric Planet (Apple TV +) The Beatles: Back (Disney +) The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney +) What Happened, Brittany Murphy (HBO Max)
Best Streaming TV DocumentaryBritney Vs. Spears (Netflix) Lucy & Desi (Prime Video) My Life by Mary J. Blige (Prime Video) Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (Disney +) Our Father (Netflix) Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Conegut (HBO Max) The Tinder Swindler (Netflix) White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (Netflix)
Best reality show or streaming competition seriesLegendary (HBO Max) Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video) Queer Eye (Netflix) RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars (Paramount +) Selena + Chef (HBO Max) Snoop & Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween (peacock)
Best Variety Sketch Series, Conversation Series or Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special: Return to Hogwarts (HBO Max) Murderville (Netflix) South Park: Post Covid (Paramount +) The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock) The Kids in the Hall (Prime Video)) The problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV +)
Best Animated Series or Streaming TV Movie Arcane (Netflix) Big Mouth (Netflix) Central Park (Apple TV +) Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount +) Undone (Prime Video) What if? (Disney +)
Best Actress in a Streaming Series, DramaBritt Lower, Severance (Apple TV +) Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show (Apple TV +) Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix) Ming-Na Wen, The Book of Boba Fett (Disney +) Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Program (Apple TV +) Simone Ashley, Bridgerton (Netflix) Victoria Pedretti, You (Netflix) Winona Ryder, Stranger Things (Netflix)
Best Actor in Streaming Series, Drama Adam Scott, Severance (Apple TV +) Gary Oldman, Slow Horses (Apple TV +) Henry Cavill, The Witcher (Netflix) Jason Bateman, Ozark (Netflix) Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game (Netflix) Penn Badgley, you (Netflix) Tom Ellis, Lucifer (Netflix) Tom Hiddleston, Loki (Disney +)
Best Streaming Series Actress, ComedyEle Fanning, The Great (Hulu) Hailee Steinfeld, Hawkeye (Disney +) Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max) Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) Kat Dennings, Dollface (Hulu) Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Tiffany Haddish, The Afterparty (Apple TV +)
Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso (Apple TV +) John Cena, Peacemaker (HBO Max) Keegan-Michael Key, Schmigadoon! (Apple TV +) Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Nicholas Hoult, The Great (Hulu) Rhys Darby, Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Sam Richardson, The Afterparty (Apple TV +) Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Buildings (Hulu)
Best Actress in a Limited Streaming Series or Anthology Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout (Hulu) Anne Hathaway, WeCrashed (Apple TV +) Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fresh (Hulu) Elle Fanning, The Girl from Plainville (Hulu) Jessica Biel, Candy (Hulu) Lily James, Pam and Tommy (Hulu) Margaret Qualley, Maid (Netflix) Toni Collette, The Staircase (HBO Max)
Best Actor in an Anthology Series or Movie or Streaming Movie: Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven (FX in Hulu) Colin Firth, The Staircase (HBO Max) Hamish Linklater, Midnight Mass (Netflix) Michael Keaton, Dopesick (Hulu) Oscar Isaac, Moon Knight (Disney +) Samuel L. Jackson, The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray (Apple TV +) Sebastian Stan, Fresh (Hulu) Sebastian Stan, Pam and Tommy (Hulu)
Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, DramaDichen Lachman, Severance (Apple TV +) Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix) Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game (Netflix) Maya Hawke, Stranger Things (Netflix) Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things (Netflix ) Patricia Arquette, Severance (Apple TV +) Sadie Sink, Stranger Things (Netflix) Sophia Di Martino, Loki (Disney +)
Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, DramaBilly Crudup, The Morning Show (Apple TV +) Christopher Walken, Severance (Apple TV +) Joe Keery, Stranger Things (Netflix) John Turturro, Severance (Apple TV +) Owen Wilson, Loki (Disney +) Park Hae-soo, Squid Game (Netflix) Tramell Tillman, Severance (Apple TV +) Zach Cherry, Severance (Apple TV +)
Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Amy Ryan, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Ariana DeBose, Schmigadoon! (Apple TV +) Florence Pugh, Hawkeye (Disney +) Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (HBO Max) Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso (Apple TV +) Juno Temple, Ted Lasso (Apple TV +) Kristin Chenoweth, Schmigadoon! (Apple TV +)
Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, ComedyBen Schwartz, The Afterparty (Apple TV +) Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso (Apple TV +) Nathan Lane, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso (Apple TV +) Paul W. Downs, Hacks (HBO Max) Taika Waititi, Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Toheeb Jimoh, Ted Lasso (Apple TV +) Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Anthology or Film Andie MacDowell, Maid (Netflix) Chloë Sevigny, The Girl From Plainville (Hulu) Daisy Edgar-Jones, Under the Banner of Heaven (FX to Hulu) Juno Temple, The Offer (Paramount +)) Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick (Hulu) Laurie Metcalf, The Dropout (Hulu) Melanie Lynskey, Candy (Hulu) Rosario Dawson, Dopesick (Hulu)
Best Supporting Actor in a Series or Anthology Movie or Limited Streaming MovieEthan Hawke, Moon Knight (Disney +) Matthew Goode, The Offer (Paramount +) Michael Stuhlbarg, Dopesick (Hulu) Naveen Andrews, The Dropout (Hulu) Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick (Hulu) Seth Rogen, Pam and Tommy (Hulu) Will Poulter, Dopesick (Hulu) Wyatt Russell, Under the Banner of Heaven (FX a Hulu)
Best Screenplay in a Streaming Series, Drama Chris Mundy, Ozark “A Hard Way to Go” (Netflix) Dan Erickson, Severance “The We We Are” (Apple TV +) David E. Kelly, Nine Perfect Strangers “Ever After” ( Prime Video)) Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game “One Lucky Day” (Netflix) Kerry Ehrin and Scott Troy, The Morning Show “La Amara Vita” (Apple TV +) Michael Waldron, Loki “Glorious Purpose” (Disney +) Soo Hugh , Pachinko “Chapter 1” (Apple TV +) The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things “Chapter Seven: The Hawkins Massacre” (Netflix)
Best Direction in a Streaming Series, DramaAoife McArdle, Severance “The You You Are” (Apple TV +) Ben Stiller, Severance “The We We Are” (Apple TV +) Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game Red Light, Green Light ”(Netflix) Jason Bateman, Ozark“ A Hard Way to Go ”(Netflix) Kate Herron, Loki“ Journey into Mystery ”(Disney +) M. Night Shyamalan, Serving “Donkey” (Apple TV +) Shawn Levy, Stranger Things “Chapter Four: Dear Billy” (Netflix) The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things “Chapter Seven: The Hawkins Lab Massacre” (Netflix)
Best Screenplay in a Streaming Series, ComedyBill Wrubel, Ted Lasso “Rainbow” (Apple TV +) Christopher Miller, The Afterparty “Maggie” (Apple TV +) Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, Schmigadoon! “Schmgadoon” (Apple TV +) James Gunn, pacifier “Is it a cow or …