TV Guide Announces Nominees For Awards Show

With the awards shows season approaching, TV Guide is getting ready for its third annual "TV Guide Awards" with nine new categories and 240 first-round nominees this year.

The show will take place at the Shrine Expo Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 24 and will air on March 7, 2001 on FOX. The winners will be determined via ballots published in the January 6 and January 13 issues of TV Guide and made available online at www.tvguide.com and through AOL.

Categories include "Comedy Series of the Year," "New Series of the Year," "Actress of the Year in a Comedy Series," "Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series." New categories include "Music Special of the Year," "Music Series of the Year," "Supporting Actor /Actress of the Year in a Drama/Comedy" and "Breakout Star of the Year,"

The 2001 TV Guide Once and Again nominees are:

Drama Series of the Year: Once and Again
Competition --
Any Day Now, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, Judging Amy, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Practice, The Sopranos, The West Wing, The X-Files, 7th Heaven

Actor of the Year in a Drama Series: Billy Campbell (Once and Again)
Competition --
David Boreanaz (Angel), Andre Braugher (Gideon's Crossing), Anthony Edwards (ER), David James Elliott (JAG), Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), Eriq LaSalle (ER), Dylan McDermott (The Practice), Martin Sheen (The West Wing), Sam Waterston (Law & Order),

Actress of the Year in a Drama Series: Sela Ward (Once and Again)
Competition --
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), Edie Falco (The Sopranos), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek), Laura Innes (ER), Allison Janney (The West Wing), Melina Kanakaredes (Providence), Keri Russell (Felicity), Lorraine Toussaint (Any Day Now)

Supporting Actress of the Year in a Drama Series: Susanna Thompson (Once and Again)
Competition --
Lara Flynn Boyle (The Practice), Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos), Stockard Channing (The West Wing), Tyne Daly (Judging Amy), Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue), Alyson Hannigan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Angie Harmon (Law & Order), Camryn Manheim (The Practice), Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager), Maura Tierney (ER), Kelli Williams (The Practice)

Breakout Star of the Year: Shane West (Once and Again)
Competition --
Jessica Alba (Dark Angel), Tom Cavanagh (Ed), Jimmy Fallon (Saturday Night Live), Will Ferrell & Darrell Hammond (Bush and Gore) - SNL, Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle), Erik Per Sullivan (Malcolm in the Middle)__zap2it.com (December 28, 2000)