ABC Shows Strong In Saturn Award Nominations

Fine, you guys at the Academy want to all but ignore The Dark Knight? Those Emmy dudes just can’t seem to wrap their heads around the fact Michael Hogan deserves at least a nomination for his role as Col Tigh on Battlestar Galactica? It’s OK because the Saturn Awards are here to rectify the situation. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror Films has announced its nominees for this year. ABC, which you may remember was pointed out as a “chick network” to me, leads the networks with 13 nominations.

Below you’ll find the complete list of nominees from the field of Television. Immediately I notice that two great new shows have been given their appropriate due: both Life on Mars and Leverage have been nominated for best TV series. But still Michael Hogan goes unrecognized. Noah Wylie in The Librarian? Really people. I know that Tigh’s story hasn’t been as heavy as past seasons, but on a bad day that guy deserves a nod. Not that it matters because Bryan Cranston had better take home the award for Breaking Bad.

Again the TV list is below. For a complete list of nominations in film for the 35th Annual Saturn Awards click over here. The awards will be presented on June 25th in a location yet to be decided.

Best Network Television Series

Fringe
Heroes
Life On Mars
Lost
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Supernatural

Best Syndicated / Cable Television Series

Battlestar Galactica
The Closer
Dexter
Leverage
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
True Blood

Best Presentation on Television

24: Redemption
The Andromeda Strain
Breaking Bad
Jericho
The Last Templar
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

Best Actor in Television

Bryan Cranston - (Breaking Bad)
Matthew Fox - (Lost)
Michael C. Hall - (Dexter)
Timothy Hutton - (Leverage)
Edward James Olmos - (Battlestar Galactica)
Noah Wiley - (The Librarian: The Curse of The Judas Chalice)

Best Actress in Television

Lena Headey - (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Jennifer Love Hewitt - (The Ghost Whisperer)
Evangeline Lilly - (Lost)
Mary McDonnell - (Battlestar Galactica)
Anna Paquin - (True Blood)
Kyra Sedgwick - (The Closer)
Anna Torv - (Fringe)

Best Supporting Actor in Television

Henry Ian Cusick - (Lost)
Thomas Dekker - (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Michael Emerson - (Lost)
Josh Holloway - (Lost)
Adrian Pasdar - (Heroes)
Milo Ventimiglia - Heroes)

Best Supporting Actress in Television

Jennifer Carpenter - (Dexter)
Summer Glau - (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Yunjin Kim - (Lost)
Elizabeth Mitchell - (Lost)
Hayden Panettiere - (Heroes)
Katee Sackhoff - (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Guest Starring Role in a Television Series

Kristen Bell - (Heroes)
Alan Dale - (Lost)
Kevin Durand - (Lost)
Robert Forster - (Heroes)
Jimmy Smits - (Dexter)
Sonya Walger - (Lost)