Familiar Names Lead People’s Choice Nominees
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Old favorites like Kelsey Grammer, Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts led the nominees for the 30th People’s Choice Awards, a fan-driven list of honors in TV, movies and music announced on Tuesday.
As opposed to most other awards shows, where nominees are determined by industry peers, the People’s Choice Awards are determined by public polling by the Gallup Organization. The awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Jan. 11.
Among the TV networks, NBC led with 11 nominations, including two each for “Friends” and “Will & Grace” in the categories of favorite comedy series and favorite female performer (Jennifer Aniston and Debra Messing, respectively).
CBS came in second with eight nominations, including mentions for “Everybody Loves Raymond” and star Ray Romano. ABC garnered two nominations while Fox received just one.
The music nominations leaned heavily toward country, with leading acts like Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Alabama and Brooks & Dunn among those on the list. Two of rap’s hottest artists, Eminem and 50 Cent, also drew mentions, for favorite male musical performer.
The list of film honorees contained no surprises, with the likes of “Pirates of the Caribbean”‘s Johnny Depp and “Gothika”‘s Halle Berry receiving nominations.
A list of the People’s Choice Award nominees in the top 14 categories:
FAVORITE MALE TELEVISION PERFORMER
Kelsey Grammer
Ray Romano
Martin Sheen
FAVORITE FEMALE TELEVISION PERFORMER
Jennifer Aniston
Debra Messing
Oprah Winfrey
FAVORITE NEW TELEVISION DRAMATIC SERIES
“Cold Case”
“Joan of Arcadia”
“The O.C.”
FAVORITE NEW TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES
“Hope & Faith”
“Two and a Half Men”
“Whoopi”
FAVORITE TELEVISION DRAMATIC SERIES
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”
“ER”
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
FAVORITE TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES
“Everybody Loves Raymond”
“Friends”
“Will & Grace”
FAVORITE REALITY-BASED PROGRAM
“Fear Factor”
“Survivor: Pearl Islands”
“The Bachelor”
FAVORITE TALK SHOW HOST
“Jay Leno”
“David Letterman”
“Oprah Winfrey”
FAVORITE MALE MUSICAL PERFORMER
Eminem
50 Cent
Tim McGraw
FAVORITE FEMALE MUSICAL PERFORMER
Faith Hill
Beyonce Knowles
Shania Twain
FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP OR BAND
Alabama
Brooks & Dunn
Matchbox Twenty
FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTOR
Johnny Depp
Mel Gibson
Denzel Washington
FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTRESS
Halle Berry
Sandra Bullock
Julia Roberts
FAVORITE ALL-TIME ENTERTAINER
Bill Cosby
Clint Eastwood
Tom Hanks
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