Welcome to the 2019 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards, where we here at ComicBook.com take a look back at the year that was and choose the best of the best in comics and related media. Here we’re looking at television, and what a year it has been for quality TV.
In 2019, the opening salvo was fired in the streaming wars. The battle will be fully joined this year when NBC and Warner Bros. get into the mix, but Disney has set the pace with its launch of Disney+ and Star Wars: The Mandalorian. HBO proved premium cable television is still alive and well. There were high expectations for Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series, but few could have guessed it would have been as universally acclaimed as it has been. Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service had a banner year, launching The Boys, its superhero satire based on the popular comic, it had a cult hit in its adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens, and it even rescued the beloved sci-fi series The Expanse.
But you can never count out Netflix. The streaming service that started it all launched a new superhero series of its own with The Umbrella Academy, and continued to put out quality animated television with the likes to She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Disenchantment, and BoJack Horseman.
The staff of ComicBook.com considered all of this and more in coming up with our list of nominees for the Golden Issues television awards. Our finalized list of nominees follow.
Best TV Series
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The nominees are:
The Boys (Amazon Prime)
Good Omens (Amazon Prime)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix
Watchmen (HBO)
Best Animated TV Series
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The nominees are
BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
Disenchantment (Netflix)
Harley Quinn (DC Universe)
Rick andMorty (Adult Swim)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
Best TV Actor
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The nominees are:
Aidan Gallagher as Number Five - The Umbrella Academy
Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt - Watchmen
Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin - The Mandalorian
Antony Starr as The Homelander - The Boys
David Tennant as Crowley - Good Omens
Best TV Actress
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The nominees are:
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen - Game of Thrones
Rachel Keller as Sydney "Syd" Barrett - Legion
Regina King as Angela Abar/Sister Night -- Watchmen
Jean Smart as Laurie Blake - Watchmen
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark - Game of Thrones
Best TV Ship
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The nominees are:
Catradora (Catra & Adora) - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Gendrya (Gendry & Arya Stark) - Game of Thrones
The Ineffable Husband (Aziraphale & Crowley) - Good Omens
Jaime x Brienne (Jaime Lannister & Brienne of Tarth) - Game of Thrones
Supercorp (Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor) - Supergirl
Most Shocking TV Moment
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The nominees are:
Arya kills the Night King - Game of Thrones
Cal is Doctor Manhatten - Watchmen
Daenerys razes King's Landing - Game of Thrones
Oliver learns he's going to die - Arrow
Meeting Baby Yoda - The Mandalorian
Most Tragic TV Death
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The nominees are:
Daenerys Targaryen - Game of Thrones
The casualties of the Battle of Winterfell - Game of Thrones
