GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Announce 2024 Winners
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- Category: Entertainment News
- Published on Thursday, 15 August 2024 10:01
- Written by A&E Contributing Editor
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced today the winners for the 2024 Dorian TV Awards, honoring the best in television and streaming networks. Carol Burnett, Alan Cumming and Julio Torres receive special accolades.
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 A Vampire" with three wins including Best TV Drama, Best LGBTQ TV Show and Best Genre TV Show, and Showtime/Paramount+'s "Fellow Travelers" earns two acting wins: "Best TV Performance – Drama" for Matt Bomer and Best Supporting TV Performance – Drama, Jonathan Bailey.
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In the group's more distinctive categories, 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 went to SYFY/USA's doll-gone-wild comedy-chiller, "Chucky."
GALECA also bestowed notable accolades 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. GALECA also bestowed honors to 'Baby Reindeer,' 'Reservation Dogs' and 'Shōgun.'
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"Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 Dorian Television Awards," said Walt Hickey, President, GALECA. "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."
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GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' Dorian Awards, chosen democratically by the membership, go to TV, film, and Broadway/Off-Broadway at different times of the year. Members work of freelance for a variety of mainstream and niche media outlets, including 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.
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GALECA, which boasts over 500 members, reminds society that the world values the informed Q+ eye on everything entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists, especially those in underrepresented communities. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media and find more information about who we are and what we do at GALECA.org.