Television Awards Nominee List
Most Empowering TV Star, Drama
Asia Kate Dillon, Billions Camila Mendes, Riverdale Hunter Schafer, Euphoria Indya Adrianna Moore, Pose Mandy Moore, This is Us Regina King, Watchmen Tantoo Cardinal, Stumptown Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black Zendaya, Euphoria
Most Empowering TV Drama Series
Big Little Lies, HBO Dickinson, Apple TV+ Euphoria, HBO Jane the Virgin, The CW Pose, FX Riverdale, The CW Stranger Things, Netflix The Bold Type, Freeform This Is Us, NBC
Most Empowering TV Star, Comedy
Aidy Bryant, Shrill Jameela Jamil, The Good Place Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep Kristen Bell, The Good Place Logan Browning, Dear White People Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish Yara Shahidi, Black-ish
1 Most Empowering TV Comedy Series
Fleabag, Prime Video Grace and Frankie, Netflix Grown-ish, Freeform Jane the Virgin, The CW Pen15, Hulu Russian Doll, Netflix The Good Place, NBC The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Prime Video The Politician, Netflix
Most Empowering TV Star, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Danielle Panabaker, The Flash Emma Roberts, American Horror Story Jessica Biel, Limetown Jodie Whittaker, Doctor Who Lachlan Watson, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Melissa Benoist, Supergirl Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things Ruby Rose, Batwoman Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
Most Empowering TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series
Batwoman, The CW Charmed, The CW Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix Game of Thrones, HBO Nancy Drew, The CW Shadowhunters, Freeform Stranger Things, Netflix Supergirl, The CW Watchmen, HBO
Most Empowering TV Animation Series
Big Mouth, Netflix Disenchantment, Netflix My Hero Academia, Adult Swim She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Netflix Steven Universe, Cartoon Network Tuca & Bertie, Netflix
2 Most Empowering Reality TV Star
Bethenny Frankel, Real Housewives of New York Chelsea Handler, Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea. Hannah Brown, The Bachelorette Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye Karlie Kloss, Project Runway Kim Kardashian, Keeping Up with the Kardashians Lisa Vanderpump, Vanderpump Rules Miranda Cosgrove, Mission Unstoppable RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Most Empowering Reality TV Series
I am Jazz, TLC Making It, NBC Queer Eye, Netflix RuPaul’s Drag Race, VH1 Shark Tank, ABC The Voice, NBC
Most Empowering Badass TV Character
Angela Abar (Regina King), Watchmen Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), Game of Thrones Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch), Riverdale Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Grey’s Anatomy Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Stranger Things Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld), Dickinson Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), Game of Thrones Vanya Hargreeves (Ellen Page), The Umbrella Academy
Most Empowering Talk Show Host
Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen DeGeneres Show Lilly Singh, A Little Late with Lilly Singh Meghan McCain, The View Samantha Bee, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall Whoopi Goldberg, The View
3 Most Empowering TV News Personality
Cecilia Vega, Senior White House Correspondent, ABC News Gayle King, CBS This Morning, CBS Lisa Ling, This is Life, CNN Norah O’Donnell, CBS Evening News, CBS Rachel Maddow, The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC Robin Roberts, Good Morning America, ABC
Most Empowering Retro TV Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Charlie’s Angels Friends Gilmore Girls Girls The Mary Tyler Moore Show Sex and the City Sister, Sister Veronica Mars
Most Empowering Retro TV Actress
Carol Burnett, The Carol Burnett Show Debra Messing, Will and Grace Jennifer Aniston, Friends Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seinfeld Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City
Most Empowering Reality Show Judge or Host
Chrissy Teigen, Bring the Funny Gabrielle Union, America’s Got Talent Gwen Stefani, The Voice Jenna Dewan, The World of Dance Julianne Hough, America’s Got Talent Katy Perry, American Idol
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