2021 SpoilerTV Awards - Winners

After 11 days of nominating and voting, it is time to announce the winners of the 2021 SpoilerTV Awards. Just click on the box to see the winner and 2 runners-up, and then sound off in the comments below about your favorites. Total percentages can be seen on the individual voting pages. Also, this year we added "least favorites" to the list and asked for your opinion about these categories. The overall vote was close but more people voted not to include least favorites in this contest. Thanks for sharing your opinion on both sides of the matter.

Also, don’t forget to check out the rest of the SpoilerTV hiatus contests. The Episode Contest nominations are open until Friday. Then comes the Character Cup in July and the huge Favorite Show Competition in August. There’s lots of fun to be had this hiatus so keep checking back with SpoilerTV throughout the summer.



Poll Results:

Tiebreaker Polls 

Day 1 - Network Shows 

Day 2 - Cable/Streaming Shows 

Day 3 - Acting 

Day 4 - Genres 

Day 5 - Least Favorites



Favorite Network Comedy
Winner - Superstore
2nd Place - Young Sheldon
3rd Place - The Neighborhood


Favorite Network Drama
Winner - Walker
2nd Place - MacGyver
3rd Place - Prodigal Son


Favorite NEW Network Comedy
Winner - Mr. Mayor
2nd Place - Call Me Kat
3rd Place - Home Economics


Favorite NEW Network Drama
Winner - Walker
2nd Place - Law and Order: Organized Crime
3rd Place - Big Sky


Show You'll Miss Most
Winner - Supernatural
2nd Place - Agents of SHIELD
3rd Place - MacGyver


Favorite Non-Network Comedy
Winner - What We Do in the Shadows
2nd Place - Ted Lasso
3rd Place - Dickinson


Favorite Non-Network Drama
Winner - Lucifer
2nd Place - When Calls the Heart
3rd Place - The Boys


Favorite NEW Non-Network Comedy
Winner - The Flight Atendant
2nd Place - Resident Alien
3rd Place - Emily in Paris


Favorite NEW Non-Network Drama
Winner - WandaVision
2nd Place - Bridgerton
3rd Place - Shadow and Bone


New Show You're Most Looking Forward To
Winner - House of the Dragon
2nd Place - CSI: Vegas
3rd Place - NCIS: Hawai'i


Favorite Comedy Actor
Winner - Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon)
2nd Place - Tim Allen (Last Man Standing)
3rd Place - Alan Tudyk (Resident Alien)


Favorite Comedy Actress
Winner - Kaley Cuoco (THe Flight Attendant)
2nd Place - Allison Janney (Mom)
3rd Place - Jane Levy (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist)


Favorite Drama Actor
Winner - Jared Padalecki (Walker)
2nd Place - Jesse Lee Soffer (Chicago PD)
3rd Place - Tom Payne (Prodigal Son)


Favorite Drama Actress
Winner - Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision)
2nd Place - Bellamy Young (Prodigal Son)
3rd Place - Tristin Mays (MacGyver)


Favorite Young Actor/Actress
Winner - Aidan Gallagher (The Umbrella Academy)
2nd Place - Gavin McHugh (911)
3rd Place - Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials)


Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show
Winner - Lucifer
2nd Place - Superntural
3rd Place - WandaVision


Favorite Crime Drama
Winner - Prodigal Son
2nd Place - Chicago PD
3rd Place - NCIS


Favorite Animated Show
Winner - The Simpsons
2nd Place - Harley Quinn
3rd Place - Invincible

Favorite Finale
Winner - When Calls the Heart
2nd Place - Superstore
3rd Place - Supernatural


Most Disappointing Show
First Place - The 100
2nd Place - When Calls the Heart
3rd Place - Bull


Least Favorite Character
First Place - Castiel (Supernatural)
2nd Place - Lucas Bouchard (When Calls the Heart)
3rd Place - Owen Hunt (Grey's Anatomy)


Least Favorite NEW Show
First Place - Cursed
2nd Place - Clarice
3rd Place - Call Your Mother


Least Favorite Comedy
First Place - The Conners
2nd Place - Bob Hearts Abishola
3rd Place - Young Sheldon


Least Favorite Drama
First Place - Bull
2nd Place - The 100
3rd Place - Grey's Anatomy


Least Favorite Finale
First Place - The 100
2nd Place - When Calls the Heart
3rd Place - Supernatural

Interesting Stats:

~~~Comparing to last year's winners:

-added 8 new categories including New Show You're Most Excited For, Favorite Finale, and 6 "least favorite" categories

-Two shows remained tops in their category for both years:  Prodigal Son for Favorite Crime Drama and The Simpsons for Favorite Animated Show

-6 switched categories:  Prodigal Son was the Favorite New Network Drama winner last year, Bob Hearts Abishola was the Favorite New Network Comedy winner last year, The Mandalorian got 2nd in Favorite NEW Non-Network Drama, Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon) was 2nd place in Favorite Young Actor, Jane Levy (Zoey's) was third place again last year but for Favorite Drama Actress, and The 100 was 2nd for Favorite Sci Fi/Fantasy Show.

-Ted Danson got 4th place in Favorite Comedy Actor this year for Mr. Mayor and 2nd place last year for The Good Place.

~~~Shows Barely Missing the Podium This Year

MacGyver missed 3rd place by 1 vote in Least Favorite Finale

Law & Order:SVU missed 3rd place by 2 votes in Favorite Crime Drama

The Equalizer missed 3rd place by 3 votes in Favorite NEW Network Drama

Family Guy missed 3rd place by 4 votes in Favorite Animated Show

~~~Shows That Won For Both Favorite and Least Favorite Categories

1.  When Calls the Heart:  Favorite Non-Network Drama (2nd), Favorite Finale (winner), Least Favorite Finale (2nd), Most Disappointing (2nd), Least Favorite Character (2nd)  ***This show resolved a longtime love triangle in the finale so reactions were split among shippers.

2.  Supernatural:  Show You'll Miss Most (winner), Favorite Sci Fi/Fantasy Show (2nd), Favorite Finale (3rd), Least Favorite Finale (3rd), Least Favorite Character (winner)

3.  Young Sheldon:  Favorite Comedy Actor (winner), Favorite Comedy (2nd), Least Favorite Comedy (3rd)

About the Author - Dahne

One part teacher librarian - one part avid TV fan, Dahne is a contributing writer for SpoilerTV, where she coordinates Throwback Thursday, co-coordinates Quote of the Week, and writes the occasional article. She also runs the annual Character Cup. She co-hosted The 100 "Red-Shirted" and Teen Wolf "Welcome to Beacon Hills" podcasts for Southgate Media Group. Previously she wrote a Last Week in TV column for her blog and SpoilerTV. ~ "I speak TV."