The list of Saturn Award nominations are out and Falling Skies tied Breaking Bad and Game Of Thrones with 5 nominations including Best TV Series (Limited Run), Best Actor in a TV Series (Noah Wyle), Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series (Sarah Carter), Best Guest Star in a TV Series (Stephen Collins) and Best Performance by a Young Actor in a TV Series (Connor Jessup).
Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity and Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug both received 8 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 40th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented in June.
Other major contenders that packed a real punch were The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Star Trek into Darkness, The Book Thief, Her, Oz The Great and Powerful and Ron Howard’s Rush. Also making a strong showing was the folk musical fable Inside Llewyn Davis, which proves that the Coen Brothers are a genre onto their own. And Scarlett Johansson was the first Best Supporting Actress to be nominated for her captivating vocal performance in Spike Jones’ fantasy romance Her.
For the Saturn’s stellar 40th Anniversary celebration, two new categories have been added to reflect the changing times; Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture will see Warner’s Man of Steel duking it out against Marvel’s Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World and The Wolverine! The second new category is Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series – highlighting the most promising young talent working in TV today.
In TV categories, the final season of AMC’s groundbreaking show Breaking Bad, TNT’s Falling Skies and Game of Thrones ruled with 5 nominations . Close behind with 4 noms apiece were American Horror Story: Coven FX , Hannibal NBC , Under the Dome CBS , and The Walking Dead AMC … while new breakthrough hits Bates Motel A&E , Continuum SyFy , The Americans FX , The Blacklist NBC and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ABC jump into the fray as well.
Television Category
BEST NETWORK TELEVISION SERIES RELEASE
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
ABC
THE BLACKLIST
NBC
THE FOLLOWING
FOX
HANNIBAL
NBC
REVOLUTION
NBC
SLEEPY HOLLOW
FOX
UNDER THE DOME
CBS
BEST SYNDICATED / CABLE TELEVISION SERIES
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN
FX
THE AMERICANS
FX
CONTINUUM
SyFy
DEXTER
Showtime
HAVEN
SyFy
THE WALKING DEAD
AMC
BEST TELEVISION PRESENTATION OF A LIMITED RUN SERIES
BATES MOTEL
A&E
BLACK SAILS
Starz
BREAKING BAD
AMC
FALLING SKIES
TNT
GAME OF THRONES
HBO
THE VIKINGS
The History Channel
BEST YOUTH-ORIENTED TELEVISION SERIES
ARROW
The CW
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS
ABC Family
SUPERNATURAL
The CW
TEEN WOLF
MTV
THE TOMORROW PEOPLE
The CW
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
The CW
BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
KEVIN BACON
The Following
Fox
BRYAN CRANSTON
Breaking Bad
AMC
HUGH DANCY
Hannibal
NBC
FREDDIE HIGHMORE
Bates Motel
A&E
MADS MIKKELSEN
Hannibal
NBC
JAMES SPADER
The Blacklist
NBC
NOAH WYLE
Falling Skies
TNT
BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES
JENNIFER CARPENTER
Dexter
Showtime
VERA FARMIGA
Bates Motel
A&E
ANNA GUNN
Breaking Bad
AMC
JESSICA LANGE
American Horror Story: Coven
FX
RACHEL NICHOLS
Continuum
SyFy
KERI RUSSELL
The Americans
FX
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU
Games of Thrones
HBO
ERIK KNUDSEN
Continuum
SyFy
DAVID LYONS
Revolution
NBC
DEAN NORRIS
Under the Dome
CBS
AARON PAUL
Breaking Bad
AMC
JAMES PUREFOY
The Following
Fox
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES
KATHY BATES
American Horror Story: Coven
FX
SARAH CARTER
Falling Skies
TNT
GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE
Game of Thrones
HBO
MICHELLE FAIRLEY
Game of Thrones
HBO
MELISSA MCBRIDE
The Walking Dead
AMC
ELIZABETH MITCHELL
Revolution
NBC
BEST GUEST STAR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
STEPHEN COLLINS
Falling Skies
TNT
ROBERT FORSTER
Breaking Bad
AMC
DANNY HUSTON
American Horror Story: Coven
FX
DAVID MORRISSEY
The Walking Dead
AMC
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
Dexter
Showtime
GINA TORRES
Hannibal
NBC
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
COLIN FORD
Under the Dome
CBS
JARED GILMORE
Once Upon a Time
ABC
JACK GLEESON
Game of Thrones
HBO
CONNOR JESSUP
Falling Skies
TNT
MACKENZIE LINTZ
Under the Dome
CBS
CHANDLER RIGGS
The Walking Dead
AMC
For a complete list of nominations please visit SaturnAwards.org