2020 McCarville TV Awards

The **2020 McCarville TV Awards** honored the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2019 until May 31, 2020. The ceremony was held on Friday, June 6, 2020. The ceremony was hosted by Kristen Wiig.

The nominations were announced by Jane Levy and Skylar Astin on June 1, 2019. *Modern Family* was the most nominated Comedy series, with 10 nominations, while *Stranger Things*was the most nominated Drama series, and program overall, with 18 nominations. It was also tied with *Watchmen* for the most awarded series of the night, with five wins each.

## Winners and nominees

### **Programs**

	+ *The Conners* (ABC)
	+ *The Goldbergs* (ABC)
	+ *Legends of Tomorrow* (The CW)
	+ *Modern Family* (ABC)
	+ *Schooled* (ABC)
	+ *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (NBC)
	+ *Arrow* (The CW)
	+ *The Boys* (Prime Video)
	+ *Euphoria* (HBO)
	+ *Evil* (CBS)
	+ *For All Mankind* (Apple TV+)
	+ *Succession* (HBO)
 Best TV Special or Miniseries
 * ***Watchmen* (HBO)**
	+ *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ *A Parks and Recreation Special* (NBC)
	+ *The Boys* (Prime Video)
	+ *Euphoria* (HBO)
	+ *For All Mankind* (Apple TV+)
	+ *The Mandalorian* (Disney+)

### **Acting**

#### **Lead performances**

	+ Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson on *Black-ish* (Episode: "Love, Boat") (ABC)
	+ Brett Dier as C.B. on *Schooled* (Episode: "CB Saves the Planet") (ABC)
	+ Jeff Garlin as Murray Goldberg on *The Goldbergs* (Episode: "WrestleMania") (ABC)
	+ John Goodman as Dan Conner on *The Conners* (Episode: "Smoking Penguins and Santa on Santa Action") (ABC)
	+ Mark Paul-Gosselaar as Paul Johnson on *Mixed-ish* (Episode: "This Charming Man") (ABC)
	+ Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer on *Legends of Tomorrow* (Episode: "Romeo v. Juliet: Dawn of Justness") (The CW)
	+ Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy on *Modern Family* (Episode: "Finale, Part 2") (ABC)
	+ Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner on *The Conners* (Episode: "Slappy Holidays") (ABC)
	+ Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad") (NBC)
	+ Caity Lotz as Sara Lance on *Legends of Tomorrow* (Episode: "Meet the Legends") (The CW)
	+ Katy Mixon as Katie Otto on *American Housewife* (Episode: "Bed, Bath & Beyond Our Means") (ABC)
 Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 * **Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen on *Arrow* (Episode: "Purgatory") (The CW)**
	+ Mike Colter as David Acosta on *Evil* (Episode: "Exorcism Part 2") (CBS)
	+ Brian Cox as Logan Roy on *Succession* (Episode: "Hunting") (HBO)
	+ Aasif Mandvi as Ben Shakir on *Evil* (Episode: "2 Fathers") (CBS)
	+ Pedro Pascal as Din Jarrin on *The Mandalorian* (Episode: "Sanctuary") (Disney+)
	+ Antony Starr as Homelander on *The Boys* (Episode: "You Found Me") (Prime Video)
	+ Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy on *Succession* (Episode: "This Is Not For Tears") (HBO)
	+ Karl Urban as Billy Butcher on *The Boys* (Episode: "The Innocents") (Prime Video)
	+ Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy on *The Morning Show* (Episode: "Open Waters") (Apple TV+)
	+ Angela Bassett as Athena Nash on *9-1-1* (Episode: "Athena Begins") (Fox)
	+ Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers on *Supergirl* (Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One") (The CW)
	+ Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "The Battle of Starcourt") (Netflix)
	+ Cobie Smulders as Dex Parios on *Stumptown* (Episode: "Pilot") (ABC)
	+ Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy on *Succession* (Episode: "Tern Haven") (HBO)
 Best Actor in a TV Special or Miniseries
 * **Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Doctor Manhattan on *Watchmen* (HBO)**
	+ Jovan Adepo as Will Reeves on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ Chris Evans as Andy Barber on *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ Don Johnson as Judd Crawford on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ Rob Lowe as Chris Traeger on *A Parks and Recreation Special* (NBC)
	+ Jaeden Martell as Jacob Barber on *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ Tim Blake Nelson as Wade Tillman on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson on *A Parks and Recreation Special* (NBC)
	+ J.K. Simmons as William Barber on *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ Hong Chau as Lady Trieu on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ Danielle Deadwyler as June Reeves on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ Michelle Dockery as Laurie Barber on *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ Betty Gabriel as Pam Duffy on *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ Cherry Jones as Joanna Klein on *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins on *A Parks and Recreation Special* (NBC)
	+ Regina King as Angela Abar on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate on *A Parks and Recreation Special* (NBC)
	+ Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope on *A Parks and Recreation Special* (NBC)

#### **Supporting performances**

	+ Bryan Callen as Rick Mellor on *Schooled* (Episode: "The Rudy-ing of Toby Murphy") (ABC)
	+ Gary Cole as Harrison Jackson III on *Mixed-ish* (Episode: "You Got It All") (HBO)
	+ Laurence Fishburne as Earl Johnson on *Black-ish* (Episode: "Father Christmas") (ABC)
	+ Peter Gallagher as Mitch Clarke on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Dad") (NBC)
	+ Kyle MacLachlan as Stephen Frost on *Carol's Second Act* (Episode: "Secrets") (CBS)
	+ Tim Meadows as John Glascott on *Schooled* (Episode: "Singled Out") (ABC)
	+ Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory on *Legends of Tomorrow* (Episode: "Ship Broken") (The CW)
	+ Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker on *Modern Family*(Episode: "I'm Going to Miss This") (ABC)
	+ Nick Zano as Nate Heywood on *Legends of Tomorrow* (Episode: "The One Where We're Trapped on TV") (The CW)
	+ Cristina Anthony as Denise on *Mixed-ish* (Episode: "She Works Hard for the Money") (ABC)
	+ Lecy Goranson as Becky Conner on *The Conners* (Episode: "The Preemie Monologues") (ABC)
	+ Lauren Graham as Joan Bennett on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Boss")  (NBC)
	+ Jenifer Lewis as Ruby Johnson on *Black-ish* (Episode: "Feminisn't") (ABC)
	+ Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris on *The Conners* (Episode: "Slappy Holidays") (ABC)
	+ Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Charlie on *Legends of Tomorrow* (Episode: "Freaks and Greeks") (The CW)
	+ Mary Steenburgen as Maggie Clarke on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (Episode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Mother") (ABC)
	+ Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado on *Modern Family* (Episode: "Snapped") (ABC)
 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
 * **Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson on *This Is Us* (Episode: "A Hell of a Week: Part Two") (NBC)**
	+ Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson on *This Is Us* (Episode: "Clouds") (NBC)
	+ Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison on *The Morning Show* (Episode: "The Interview") (Apple TV+)
	+ Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy on *Succession* (Episode: "This Is Not For Tears") (HBO)
	+ Michael Dorman as Gordo Stevens on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Hi Bob") (Apple TV+)
	+ Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs on *Euphoria* (Episode: "And Salt the Earth Behind You") (HBO)
	+ Michael Emerson as Leland Townsend on *Evil* (Episode: "Justice × 2") (CBS)
	+ Ryan Guzman as Eddie Diaz on *9-1-1* (Episode: "Eddie Begins") (Fox)
	+ David Harbour as Jim Hopper on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt") (Netflix)
	+ Joe Keery as Steve Harrington on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "Chapter Seven: The Bite") (Netflix)
	+ Matthew MacFayden as Tom Wambsgans on *Succession* (Episode: "DC") (HBO)
	+ Oliver Stark as Evan Buckley on *9-1-1* (Episode: "Monsters") (Fox)
	+ Jodi Balfour as Ellen Waverly on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Hi Bob") (Apple TV+)
	+ Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "Chapter Two: The Mall Rats") (Netflix)
	+ Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley on *9-1-1* (Episode: "The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1") (Fox)
	+ Sarah Jones as Tracy Stevens on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Nixon's Women") (Apple TV+)
	+ Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Hannah Shoenfeld on *The Morning Show* (Episode: "Lonely at the Top") (Apple TV+)
	+ Katherine McNamara as Mia Queen on *Arrow* (Episode: "Green Arrow and the Canaries") (The CW)
	+ Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn on *Euphoria* (Episode: "Pilot") (HBO)
	+ Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Home Again") (Apple TV+)
	+ Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell on *The Boys* (Episode: "You Found Me") (Prime Video)
	+ Shantel VanSanten as Karen Baldwin on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Rupture") (Apple TV+)
	+ Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson on *This Is Us* (Episode: "The Dinner and the Date") (NBC)

#### **Guest performances**

	+ Drew Carey as Mr. Green on *American Housewife* (Episode: "Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems") (ABC)
	+ Vondie Curtis-Hall as Leon Acosta on *Evil* (Episode: "2 Fathers") (CBS)
	+ James Cromwell as Ewan Roy on *Succession* (Episode: "Dundee") (HBO)
	+ Colm Feore as Werner von Braun on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Home Again") (Apple TV+)
	+ Dan Fogler as Marvin Goldberg on The Goldbergs (Episode: "Angst-Giving") (ABC)
	+ Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "Chapter Seven: The Bite") (Netflix)
	+ John Glover as Byron Duke on *Evil* (Episode: "3 Stars") (CBS)
	+ Lenny Jacobson as Wayne Cobb on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Into the Abyss") (Apple TV+)]
	+ Haley Joel Osment as Mesmer on *The Boys* (Episode: "The Innocents") (Prime Video)
	+ Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy on *Modern Family* (Episode: "Legacy") (ABC)
	+ Chris Wood as Mon-El on *Supergirl* (Episode: "It's a Super Life") (The CW)
	+ Pamela Adlon as Dr. Leigh on *This Is Us* (Episode: "After the Fire") (NBC)
	+ Odette Annable as Samantha Arias on *Supergirl* (Episode: "It's a Super Life") (The CW)
	+ Annaleigh Ashford as Bridget Farrell on *Evil* (Episode: "Vatican III") (CBS)
	+ Connie Britton as Abby Clark on *9-1-1* (Episode: "What's Next?") (Fox)
	+ Jennifer Esposito as Susan Raynor on *The Boys* (Episode: "The Self-Preservation Society") (Prime Video)
	+ Renée Elise Goldsberry as Renée Harris on *Evil* (Episode: "Exorcism Part 2") (CBS)
	+ Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce on *Succession* (Episode: "Tern Haven") (HBO)
	+ Li Jun Li as Grace Ling on *Evil* (Episode: "Let x = 9") (CBS)
	+ Jennifer Morrison as Cassidy Sharpe on *This Is Us* (Episode: "Strangers") (NBC)
	+ Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand on *The Mandalorian* (Episode: "Chapter Five: The Gunslinger") (Disney+)
	+ Angelic Zambrana as Jessica Lee on *Bull* (Episode: "Billboard Justice") (CBS)

#### **Younger performances**

	+ Joshua Bassett as Ricky Bowen on *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* (Episode: "The Auditions") (Disney+)
	+ Daniel DiMaggio as Oliver Otto on *American Housewife* (Episode: "One Step Forward, Three Steps Back") (ABC)
	+ Niles Fitch as Randall Pearson on *This Is Us* (Episode: "A Hell of a Week: Part One") (NBC)
	+ Jack Gore as Charlie Crawford on *Bull* (Episode: "Safe and Sound") (CBS)
	+ Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt") (Netflix)
	+ Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz on *9-1-1* (Episode: "Sink or Swim") (Fox)
	+ Logan Shroyer as Kevin Pearson on *This Is Us* (Episode: "A Hell of a Week: Part Two") (NBC)
	+ Luna Blaise as Olive Stone on *Manifest* (Episode: "Coordinated Flight") (NBC)
	+ Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "Chapter Two: The Mall Rats") (Netflix)
	+ Julia Butters as Anna-Kat Otto on *American Housewife* (Episode: "The Great Cookie Challenge") (ABC)
	+ Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair on *Stranger Things* (Episode: "Chapter Four: The Sauna Test") (Netflix)
	+ Olivia Rodrigo as Nini Salazar-Roberts on *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* (Episode: "Act Two") (Disney+)
	+ Olivia Trujillo as Aleida Rosales on *For All Mankind* (Episode: "Bent Bird") (Apple TV+)
	+ Hannah Zeile as Kate Pearson on *This Is Us* (Episode: "The Cabin") (NBC)

### **Episodes**

	+ *American Housewife* ("The Minivan") (ABC)
	+ *Arrow* ("Starling City") (The CW)
	+ *Euphoria* ("Pilot") (HBO)
	+ *The Mandalorian* ("Chapter 1: The Mandalorian") (Disney+)
	+ *Stranger Things* ("Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy?") (Netflix)
	+ *Stumptown* ("Pilot") (ABC)
	+ *This Is Us* ("Strangers") (NBC)
	+ *American Housewife* ("The Bromance Before Christmas") (ABC)
	+ *Evil* ("7 Swans a Singin'") (CBS)
	+ *Stumptown* ("Dex Education") (ABC)
 Best Midseason Premiere
 * ***Modern Family* ("The Prescott") (ABC)**
	+ *Arrow* ("Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four") (The CW)
	+ *Bull* ("Don't Look Back in Anger") (CBS)
	+ *Evil* ("Room 320") (CBS)
	+ *Mixed-ish* ("When Doves Cry") (ABC)
	+ *The Boys* ("You Found Me") (Prime Video)
	+ *Evil* ("Book 27") (CBS)
	+ *For All Mankind* ("A City Upon a Hill") (Apple TV+)
	+ *Modern Family* ("Finale, Part 2") (ABC)
	+ *Succession* ("This Is Not For Tears") (HBO)
	+ *Watchmen* ("See How They Fly") (HBO)
 Best Episode of a Comedy Series
 * **"A Parks and Recreation Special" (NBC)**
	+ *American Housewife* ("The Great Cookie Challenge'") (ABC)
	+ *The Goldbergs* ("The Fake-Up") (ABC)
	+ *Modern Family* ("The Last Halloween") (ABC)
	+ *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* ("Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch") (NBC)
	+ *9-1-1* ("Eddie Begins") (Fox)
	+ *Defending Jacob* ("Job") (Apple TV+)
	+ *Evil* ("Vatican III") (CBS)
	+ *The Mandalorian* ("Chapter 7: The Reckoning") (Disney+)
	+ *Stranger Things* ("Chapter Six: E. Pluribus Unum") (Netflix)
	+ *Succession* ("DC") (HBO)
	+ *This Is Us* ("The Cabin") (NBC)

### **Technical**

	+ *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (ABC)
	+ *Defending Jacob* (Apple TV+)
	+ *Evil* (CBS)
	+ *Legends of Tomorrow* (The CW)
	+ *Succession* (HBO)
	+ *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (ABC)
	+ *Euphoria* (HBO)
	+ *For All Mankind* (Apple TV+)
	+ *The Mandalorian* (Disney+)
	+ *Stranger Things* (Netflix)
	+ *Succession* (HBO)
 Best Song
 * **"American Pie", performed by the cast of *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist*, on *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (NBC)**
	+ "All For Us", performed by Labrinth and Zendaya, on *Euphoria* (HBO)
	+ "Careless Whisper", performed by George Michael, on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire", performed by The Ink Spots, on *Watchmen* (HBO)
	+ "Just for a Moment", performed by the cast of *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*, on *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* (Disney+)
	+ "Material Girl", performed by Madonna, on *Stranger Things* (Netflix)
	+ "Sweet Caroline", performed by Neil Diamond, on *Stumptown* (ABC)
	+ "To Build a Home", performed by The Cinematic Orchestra, on *This Is Us* (NBC)
	+ *The Boys* (Prime Video)
	+ *For All Mankind* (Apple TV+)
	+ *The Mandalorian* (Disney+)
	+ *Watchmen* (HBO)

## Most major nominations

#### **Shows that received multiple wins**

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