Kicking off what looks to be an oddly quiet awards show season (the Golden Globes have already canceled the big awards gala in favor of a news conference, since the actors will be honoring the WGA strike and not showing up), the 35th annual People’s Choice Awards were handed out in a televised program on 8 January. The awards come in a whole slew of categories. Those of most interest to genre fans include:
Favorite New TV Comedy: Samantha Who? beat out Aliens in America, Back to You, The Big Bang Theory, Carpoolers, Cavemen, Chuck, Reaper, and Pushing Daisies (yes, it was a big category).
Favorite New TV Drama: Moonlight beat out Big Shots, Bionic Woman, Cane, Dirty Sexy Money, Gossip Girl, Journeyman, K-Ville, Life, Life Is Wild, Private Practice, and Women’s Murder Club.
Favorite Sci-Fi Show: Stargate Atlantis beat out Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who.
Favorite Move: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End beat out The Bourne Ultimatum and Transformers.
Favorite Movie Drama: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix beat out Disturbia and Premonition.
Favorite Action Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum beat out 300 and Transformers.
Favorite Family Movie: Shrek the Third beat out Evan Almighty and Ratatouille.
Favorite Threequel: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End beat out The Bourne Ultimatum and Spider-Man 3.
Favorite Leading Lady: Drew Barrymore won over Jessica Alba and Queen Latifah.
Favorite Leading Man: Joaquin Phoenix won over Jamie Foxx and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Favorite Funny Female Star: Ellen DeGeneres won over Whoopi Goldberg and Wanda Sykes.
Favorite Funny Male Star: Robin Williams won over Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler.
Favorite Female Action Star: Keira Knightley won over Jessica Alba and Jodie Foster.
Favorite Male Action Star: Matt Damon won over Johnny Depp and Bruce Willis.
Favorite Female Movie Star: Reese Witherspoon won over Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock.
Favorite Male Movie Star: Johnny Depp won over Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis
To see a list of all the categories (and they include music, too), check out this page.