OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Amy Roberts for (“Queen Victoria Syndrome”), The Crown

Sharon Long for (“You the People”), The Great

Jany Temime for (“Second of His Name”), House of the Dragon

Donna Zakowska for (“Go Forward”), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Angus Strathie for (“Welcome to Schmicago”), Schmigadoon!

AND THE WINNER IS:

SHARON LONG FOR ("YOU THE PEOPLE"), THE GREAT

This is the first win and second nomination for Sharon Long. She was previously nominated for costume designing The Great (2022).

I have adored the costuming on The Great for all it's previous season and the only reasons the show has not won this prize before is due to extreme costuming competition. This third season the show came at the perfect time for me to award it this design prize. Yet again the costuming was expansive, so colourful and truly so incredible to behold. I am glad that the show has now won a costuming prize and will not go unrewarded in this category.

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Production Design by François-Renaud Labarthe; Set Decoration by Sandra Castello & Hélène Esselinck for Irma Vep

Production Design by Jim Clay; Set Decoration by Amparo Piñeiro & Claire Nia Richards for (“The Heirs of the Dragon”), House of the Dragon

Production Design by Bill Groom; Set Decoration by Mary Fellows for (“Susan”), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Production Design by Patrick Howe for (“Here's Looking at You”), Only Murders in the Building

Production Design by Mark Scruton; Set Decoration by Rob Hepburn for (“Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe”), Wednesday

AND THE WINNER IS:

PRODUCTION DESIGN BY JIM CLAY; SET DECORATION BY AMPARO PIÑEIRO & CLAIRE NIA RICHARDS FOR ("THE HEIRS OF THE DRAGON"), HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

These are the first wins and nominations for Jim Clay, Amparo Piñeiro & Claire Nia Richards.

Money was well spent on House of the Dragon. Truly this shows production design was so beyond brilliant that even as I had my concerns for the show earlier on I was always impressed by the level of production design on the show. If there was one award I was gonna give this series this year it has to be for it's impressive large scale production design.

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Nicholas Britell for (“Reckoning”), Andor

Martin Phipps for (“Queen Victoria Syndrome”), The Crown

Daniel Hart for (“In Throes of Increasing Wonder…”), Interview with the Vampire

Danny Elfman for (“Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe”), Wednesday

Cristobal Tapia de Veer for (“Arrivederci”), The White Lotus: Sicily

AND THE WINNER IS:

DANIEL HART FOR ("IN THROES OF INCREASING WONDER..."), INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

This is the first win and nomination for Daniel Hart.

Daniel Hart has been a brilliant film composer for years now with his frequent collaborations with David Lowery. With his work in TV this year it was the type of bombastic score that I adore that only assisted in telling this epic story about vampires. Hart's work really helped to heighten the drama and was such an important part of each episode of the series.

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Paul Donachie for (“Nippy”), Better Call Saul

Jody Lee Lipes & Laura Merians Gonçalves for (“One”), Dead Ringers

David Tattersall for (“A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart”), Interview with the Vampire

Ksenia Sereda for (“When You're Lost in the Darkness”), The Last of Us

Drew Daniels for (“Running Scared”), Swarm

AND THE WINNER IS:

PAUL DONACHIE FOR ("NIPPY"), BETTER CALL SAUL

This is the first win and nomination for Paul Donachie.

The visual choices taken during this last season of Better Call Saul rightfully has won it this cinematography prize. There were so many incredible photography choices throughout this particular episode and it made for a great send off to the show. By shooting the entire present plotline in black and white made me more invested in what was happening to Saul post BB. Truly incredible and standout cinematography

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY (DANCE/STUNT)

Jamaica Craft for P-Valley

Marguerite Derricks for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Christopher Gattelli for Schmigadoon!

Rowley Irlam for House of the Dragon

Amy Wright for The Boys

AND THE WINNER IS:

CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI FOR SCHMIGADOON!

This is the second (consecutive) win and third nomination for Christopher Gattelli. He previously was nominated for Schmigadoon (2022).

Yet again I couldn't help myself but want to award the choreography work on AppleTV+'s Schmigadoon!. Gattelli truly created some iconic dance routines this year with the standout being the "Bells and Whistels" number. The number was a showcase for Krakowski and I'm sure the two worked together so extememely well to make for an incredible dance number. No one did better than Christopher this year and I hope we get more Schmigadoon! to highlight his work especially.

OUTSTANDING VOICEOVER PERFORMANCE

Tituss Burgess as Cole Tillerman for (“Lunar Palaver”) in “CENTRAL PARK”

Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith for (“Bethic Twinstinct”) in “RICK AND MORTY”

Nick Kroll as Nick Birch / Maury Beverley / Rick / Rabbi Poblart for (“Andrew's Gonna Touch A Boob Tonight”) in “BIG MOUTH”

Leslie Odom Jr. as Owen Tillerman for (“A Star is Owen”) in “CENTRAL PARK”

Maya Rudolph as Connie LaCienega / Diane Birch for (“The Hookup House”) in “BIG MOUTH”

AND THE WINNER IS:

LESLIE ODOM JR. AS OWEN TILLERMAN FOR ("A STAR IS OWEN") IN "CENTRAL PARK"

This is the first win and nomination for Leslie Odom Jr.

Leslie Odom Jr. has been such a great performing on Central Park for three seasons now and what he does so wonderfully on the show is provide a great acted and sung performance all at the same time. In the third season premiere Odom performed at his series best with some wonderful sung musical numbers and some brilliantly delivered dialogue scenes. It is impressive how effective Leslie is in his voiceover performance and I for one adore whenever I head Odom's smooth voiceover work.

OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

The Crown (“The System”)

George & Tammy (“Stand By Your Man”)

The Great (“Choose Your Weapon”)

Poker Face (“Dead Man's Hand”)

Schmigadoon! (“Something Real”)

AND THE WINNER IS:

THE CROWN ("THE SYSTEM")

This is the first win and second nomination for the hairstyling team for The Crown.

Simply for recreating he iconic Diana 90's hairstyle I had to award the hairstyling team for their work this season of The Crown. Sure there were other great hairstyling moments on the series but truly everything they did with Diana was exactly what it needed to be and worthy of a hairstyling prize.

OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Isaac Hagy & Kyle Reiter for (“The Goof Who Sat by the Door”), Atlanta

Skip Macdonald for (“Saul Gone”), Better Call Saul

Timothy A. Good for (“When You're Lost in the Darkness”), The Last of Us

Andrew Fitzgerald for (“The Fielder Method”), The Rehearsal

Ken Eluto for (“The Munsters”), Succession

AND THE WINNER IS:

ISAAC HAGU & KYLE REITER FOR ("THE GOOF WHO SAT BY THE DOOR"), ATLANTA

These are the first wins for Isaac Hagy & Kyle Reiter. Kyle Reiter was previously nominated for Atlanta (2018).

While it is sad Atlanta as a series has now completed I am thankful for this season because it gave us this incredible documentary spoof episode. This truly was a special episode and stands out among many of the best episodes of the series. What I appreciated most about the editing of this episode is how the mocumentary style carried throughout entire episode and kept my attention. There were so many incredible reveals throughout the episode and I for one recommend anyone watch the episode even if you are not sure about tuning into the entirty of the Atlanta series.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL

Ryan McFaul for Inside Amy Schumer

Adriana Robles for Ziwe

Bridget Stokes for A Black Lady Sketch Show

Glenn Weiss for Oscars

Glenn Weiss for 75th Annual Tony Awards

AND THE WINNER IS:

BRIDGET STOKES FOR A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW

This is the second win and nomination for the Bridget Stokes. She won this category last year for directing A Black Lady Sketch Show (2022).

Yet again I find myself awarding the directing for A Black Lady Sketch Show and truly no matter how episodes or seasons I watch I constantly find myself impressed by the directional choices made by the team behind the sketches every year. I could watch the episodes so regularly and always find myself chuckling.

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES/SPECIAL

29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

75th Tony Awards

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Inside Amy Schumer

Ziwe

AND THE WINNER IS:

ZIWE

This is the second win and nomination for Ziwe in this category.

It saddens me that due to the cancellation of Ziwe this past year this is my last opportunity to award Ziwe the show. Yet again I was impressed by the string of episodes this year and it only felt right to award the series for it's quality but also as a great parting gift to a show ended far too soon.

24th "An Irish Person" TV AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Welcome yet again to my rundown of what I consider to be the best in television of this past year. This time it's for the 2022-2023 TV season. I watch and love a lot of tv so my nominees usually cover a variety of different shows. I will be starting to announce nominees and winners in all categories daily leading up to the actual Primetime Emmy Awards which this year will air on September 18th. While this date my not be fully the date to to the WGA and SAG strikes currently ongoing I will announce anyway cause i wanna celebrate the television I loved from this past year. I will start on the 22nd with "Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series/Special".