Best Episode/Best Overall Show

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE

"A Good Days Work"- Rubicon

"Banne"- Sons of Anarchy

"Chuck versus the Push Mix"- Chuck: This is Chucks third episode nomination.

"Pilot"- Walking Dead

"Teenage Wasteland"- Dexter: This is Dexter's second episode nomination.

BEST TELEVISION SHOW

"Friday Night Lights" (DirecTV/NBC): This is Friday Night Lights fourth nomination for best overall show, with two prior Don Awards (the past two years)

"Game of Thrones"(HBO)

"Greek" (ABC Family)

"Vampire Diaries" (CW): This is Vampire Diaries second nomination of overall show.

"Walking Dead" (AMC)

Best Supporting Actor/Actress/Reoccuring

SUPPORTING ACTOR/CHARACTER

Troy Barnes (Donald Glover): Community

Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins): Justified: Second nomination for Walton Goggins, previous one for Re-occuring character

Kale Ingram (Arliss Howard): Rubicon

Jon Snow (Kit Harington): Game of Thrones

Blake Sterling (Zjelko Ivanic): The Event

SUPPORTING ACTRESS/CHARACTER

Katie Andrews (Autumn Reeser): No Ordinary Family: Third nomination for Autumn Reeser. Both previously were for her role in "The O.C" as Taylor Townsend. Has one Don Award for Best Female Character.

Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola): Vampire Diaries

Rebecca Logan (Dilshad Vadsaria): Greek

Lumen Pierce (Julia Stiles): Dexter

Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke): Game of Thrones

REOCCURING/GUEST STAR

Jordan Chase (Jonny Lee Miller): Dexter

Elijah (Daniel Gilles): Vampire Diaries

Morgan Jones (Lennie James): Walking Dead: Second nomination for Lennie James, with one previous Don Award for Best Male Character for his role of Robert Hawkins on "Jericho"

Loretta McCready (Kaitlyn Dever): Justified

Alexei Volkoff (Timothy Dalton): Chuck

Lead Actor and Actress 2010-11

-Some Big Changes afoot this year, with the expanding of Don Award Categories from 5 to 7. Basically I took the character awards from best male character and best female character, and separated them into leads and supporting. This could have a huge effect on the amount of awards and nominees sent out, but I felt it was due time for the move.

BEST LEAD ACTOR/CHARACTER:

Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi): Chuck: This is Zachary Levi's second nominee for a Don Award.

Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant): Justified:

Ray Grimes (Andrew Lincoln): Walking Dead

Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall): Dexter: This is Michael C. Halls second nominee for a Don Award, and has won it once previously.

Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler): Friday Night Lights

BEST LEAD ACTRESS/CHARACTER:

Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev): Vampire Diaries: This is Nina Dobrev's Second Nomination for a Don Award, and has won it once previously.

Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos): The Killing

Sally Malik (Meaghan Rath): Being Human

Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Pacquin): True Blood: This is Anna Pacquin's Third Don Award Nomination.

Tami Taylor (Connie Britton): Friday Night Lights

Don Award Introduction

~Welcome to this years Don Awards for Television. It's a new era with LOST no longer in the picture, which means everything is completely wide open. A lot of shows were watched this year to compile this list, but I am doing it anyway. Basically I am going to do the nominees in 3 separate posts, then one post for my view on the television year, and then finally 1 post for all the winners. Not nearly as many as some years, but more than last year, so it rounds out well. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!