Trip Down Memory Lane

Well, most of you don't know who was succesful in the major awards for the first two years so I decided to release them to you all. Enjoy, and hopefully looking at this will remind you of the great shows that have existed in the time of my award show. I will put the winners, comments about it, and nominees with some comments.



Don Awards 1 (2004-2005):

Best Television Show:
Winner: Lost (season 1) ~Easy decision. This was by far the best show on television in its pilot season, as while it started a bit slowly, it then took off. By the end of the season, I knew the future was bright, but never knew it looks so bright
Other Nominees: OC (season 2), 24 (season 4), Survivor: All Stars, American Dreams (season 3) ~The defending champ of the best show, OC, took a huge drop in the second season, along with the story pathlines of once superpower American Dreams. It got cancelled afterwords, which was sad but understand. Survivor All-Stars was the sleeper as it was intriguing, but not enough to put any threat

Best Male Character:
Winner: Ryan Atwood (OC) ~ Despite the fall of season 2, Ryan still impressed and continued his dominance. However, it was a close and a decision I didn't make until the last minute. His dominance never let up, as he has been nominated every single year of the awards for his show.
Other Nominees: JJ Prior (American Dreams), Sawyer Ford (Lost), Boone Carlyle (Lost), Tony Almeda (24) ~ The biggest competition came from the Lost duo, as Sawyer was consistantly interesting, while Boone's heart was always in the right place til' the end. In the end it was those two who put the pressure on, and sadly for Sawyer with nominations every year he has still yet to win.

Best Female Character
Winner: Shannon Rutherford (Lost) ~Out of all my winners, this was possibly the weakest, as none of the big shows this year really had strong star female characters. Shannon always was an enjoyable character as the stepsister for Boone, but looking back it still surprises me that she stole this reward
Other Nominees: Meg Prior (American Dreams), Michelle Dessler (24), Amber Bkrich (Survivor: All Stars), Kirsten Cohen (OC) ~The thing that stands out most, is that because of the weakness here, a reality player got into the character awards. I frown greatly on this, but looking back whatever choice did I have. I mean, Michelle and Meg where career strong players who had down years, so in the end completely unimpressive looking back. Now if I had been watching House during its first season, Cameron would've cleaned up in this category, but I wasn't.

Best Reoccuring Character:
Winner: Andy Hargrove (One Tree Hill) ~ The out of nowhere winner, he was the one bright spot in the second season, and him and Karen Roe was the strength of it. The Australian was in a ton of episodes and deserving of more, but sadly never returned. Great character during the fall of One Tree Hill
Other Nominees: Christian Shepherd (Lost), Paul Raines (24), Curtis Manning (24), Carter Buckley (OC) ~ Alot stands out here, mainly Jack's dad being a competitor here. During this season he appeared 4 times, including his powerful scene with Sawyer in his flashback. Looking back, I am surprised he lost, but Andy was powerful. The other three character, great, but in comparison to other casts of reoccuring characters... weak

Best Episode:
Winner: Deux Ex Machina (Lost) ~Great episode, that had it all. Emotion, an interesting flashback with big implications, and of course Boone and alot of it. I watched the trailer for this episode a million times, and looking back, I would still pick this episode everytime.Other Nominees: Do No Harm (Lost), Confidence Man (Lost), Tidings of Comfort and Joy (American Dreams), The Dearly Beloved (OC) ~ What stands out, is how Lost dominated this category, but there is none you could omit. Do No Harm (along with Tidings of Comfort and Joy of AD) both evoked more emotion that any other tv show sense, and Confidence Man was the episode that created my love for Lost. Really only Dearly Beloved looks weak looking back, but oh well, I couldn't just nominate another Lost episode.

Don Awards 2 (2005-2006):

Best Television Show

Winner: Lost (Season 2): ~ I remember this being real close. Prison Break brought alot of competition, and I hate having repeat winners, but in the end Lost was just too good to skip out on, so it became the first ever show to be my top show for back to back years (preluding the official awards, there still was best show in the past)
Other Nominees: Prison Break (Season 1), 24 (Season 5), House (Season 2), Survivor: Exile Island ~ What really stands out here, is I am surprised O.C was not part of this list. I mean there were tough calls, but including this years lack of O.C nods, and this past year, they have been the first one out back-to-back years. That is tough.

Best Male Character:
Winner: Michael Schofield: ~ When I look at this, I see how much he has fallen by breaking out of prison. This was easily the best character last season, and this season he wasn't even close. I still like him, but he belongs in a Prison setting, and hopefully he rebounds next year
Other Nominees: "Sawyer" Ford (Lost), Ryan Atwood (O.C), Jack Shepherd (Lost), Bill Buchanan (24)~ Two dominate career participants are here, but the closest competion (whom wasn't that close) was Jack in by far his best season, and the best acting job in all of television this year. The extent of his emotions were amazing, but Schofield was just a more enjoyable character

Best Female Character:
Winner: Veronica Donnel (Prison Break) ~ While Prison Break, didn't win best show, it dominated in the character department. Sadly, Veronica never had a chance to defend her title as she was killed off very early in the second season, but she was a shoo in and did a great job.
Other Nominees: Allison Cameron (O.C), Karen Hayes (24), Kate Austin (Lost), Sun Paik-Kwon (24) ~To begin with both members of Lost on here were weak nominees, and Karen Hayes just fell into place. All three of these characters had a chance to repeat this season in nominee, but none made it. Allison Cameron was the biggest competition, and is definitely one of the strongest candidates this year, so I am pleased with her placement in this past season.

Best Reoccuring Character:
Winner: Henry Gale (Lost) ~ We all know him better as Benjamin Linus, this season. It was fitting that my winner of this award was elevated to a regular this season. Basically if you've seen any episode with him, you understand, he dominated.
Other Nominees: Taylor Townsend (OC), Kevin Volchek (OC), "Tweener" Apolkis (Prison Break), Nick Savarin (Prison Break) ~Bizzarre group with only two shows represented in the section. What stands out is Taylors move to regular made her even more powerful, and Tweener's fall from this nominee, to now a trial of manslaughter after drinking and driving. Oh well, for some time raises their stock, other times it decreases it.

Best Episode:
Winner: Go! (Prison Break) ~ Dominate winner, and another sign of Prison Breaks domination in all the awards but the most important one. This is the second to last episode where they actually get out, and it was amazing. The episode after, disapointing, but this one definitely was not.
Other Nominees: Detention (Cold Case), The Longest Con (Lost), The Party Favors (OC), Euphoria {2} (House) ~The Cold Case episode is still what stands out, because it was the best single episode of a detective show I have ever seen, and so heart warming. The Lost episode actually wasn't that close, and the other two were way outsiders. All in all, a strong grouping, but not nearly as good as the preceding award show


So there you go. A fun trip to see how television was the two seasons before this long, along with some great input by the award tycoon himself. Hopefully this kept you interested enough to keep tooning in, because if I am write, individuals awards are on Friday, and thats a huge event that you should be prepared for. Enjoy