‘This Is Us,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Atlanta’ Lead MTV Movie and TV Award Nominations
MTV on Thursday unveiled the (slightly confusing) list of nominees for its first-ever MTV Movie & TV Awards, which has TV and film competing in many of the same categories.
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For instance, The Flash‘s Grant Gustin and Arrow‘s Stephen Amell are competing against Rogue One‘s Felicity Jones (as well as Hidden Figures‘ Taraji P. Henson, who played a real-life person) for Best Hero, while the Oscar-winning Moonlight is pitted against black-ish and Transparent in the race for Best American Story.
Some categories are less confusing than others. Stranger Things, This Is Us and Atlanta are among the nominees for Show of the Year, while The Walking Dead‘s Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jane the Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez and Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke will compete for Best Actor in a Show. Other series up for top honors include Marvel’s Luke Cage, Pretty Little Liars, Empire, Insecure, Broad City and, umm, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party. (#PeakTV!)
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Adam Devine (who is nominated for Best Comedic Performance, on Workaholics) will serve as host of the basic cable awards gala, which will be air live on Sunday, May 7 at 8/7c. A complete list of nominees reads as follows:
SHOW OF THE YEAR
Atlanta
Game of Thrones
Insecure
Pretty Little Liars
Stranger Things
This Is Us
BEST ACTOR IN A SHOW
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, The Walking Dead
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
BEST REALITY COMPETITION
America’s Got Talent
MasterChef Junior
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Bachelor
The Voice
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Adam Devine, Workaholics
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, Broad City
Lil Rel Howery, Get Out
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Seth Rogen, Sausage Party
Will Arnett, The LEGO Batman Movie
BEST HERO
Felicity Jones, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Grant Gustin, The Flash
Mike Colter, Marvel’s Luke Cage
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Stephen Amell, Arrow
Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
BEST VILLAIN
Allison Williams, Get Out
Demogorgon, Stranger Things
Jared Leto, Suicide Squad
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, The Walking Dead
Wes Bentley, American Horror Story
BEST HOST
Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
John Oliver, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Samantha Bee, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Trevor Noah, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
BEST DUO
Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, The Voice
Daniel Kaluuya and Lil Rel Howery, Get Out
Brian Tyree Henry and Lakeith Stanfield, Atlanta
Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen, Logan
Josh Gad and Luke Evans, Beauty and the Beast
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg – Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
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BEST KISS
Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome, Moonlight
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, Beauty and the Beast
Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, Empire
Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates
TEARJERKER
Game of Thrones – Hodor’s Death
Grey’s Anatomy – Meredith tells her children about Derek’s death
Me Before You – Will tells Louisa he can’t stay with her
Moonlight – Paula tells Chiron that she loves him
This Is Us – Jack and Randall at karate
BEST AMERICAN STORY
black-ish
Fresh Off the Boat
Jane the Virgin
Moonlight
Transparent
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BEST FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM
Get Out
Hidden Figures
Loving
Marvel’s Luke Cage
Mr. Robot
NEXT GENERATION
Chrissy Metz
Daniel Kaluuya
Issa Rae
Riz Ahmed
Yara Shahidi
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Beauty and the Beast
Get Out
Logan
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Edge of Seventeen
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Hugh Jackman, Logan
James McAvoy, Split
Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
BEST DOCUMENTARY
13TH
I Am Not Your Negro
O.J.: Made in America
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
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