Overcompensating (c) Prime Video
Los Angeles, Calif. - June 16, 2025 - Adding some Hollywood fizz to Pride month, the 560-member strong GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced its 16th Dorian TV Awards nominations for the best in television and streaming, mainstream to LGBTQ+ content. Voters in the organization, now the second largest entertainment journalists group in the world, write and work for some of the most respected and buzz-worthy media outlets in the U.S. and beyond.
Vying for Best Drama: The twisty and surreal office drama Severance, seen on Apple TV+, the Disney Plus Star Wars universe spinoff Andor, and HBO/Max's ever-outrageous hotel drama The White Lotus—each of which took six Dorian nominations. Two more HBO/Max shows, the gritty new medical drama The Pitt and zombie spooker The Last of Us, are in the running with five.
In the comedy arena, HBO/Max's Hacks—the Dorian Award winner here last year and in 2021—scored six nods, the same streamer's outgoing Somebody Somewhere grabbed four, with ABC's Abbott Elementary (another two-time Dorian winner) chalking up three. Also in the running: Apple TV+’s new, big and boisterous Hollywood satire The Studio and the second season of HBO/Max's genre-defying The Rehearsal, creator-star Nathan Fielder’s societal experiment that aims to prepare average folks for various potential, if wildly unlikely, life snags.
GALECA’s penchant for championing the underdog is evidenced in its novel Best Unsung TV Show award, going to a series the group feels deserves more attention. Among the nominees are creator Julio Torres’ wildly inventive and droll fantasy-comedy Fantasmas (HBO), the final season of Paramount+’s pointed supernatural drama Evil, and Amazon Prime’s Overcompensating. The latter show, about a former Idaho high-school jock and closeted college freshman, is inspired by star Benito Skinner's own college days. Skinner received a Dorian nod himself.
As for GALECA's most irreverent Dorian Award, Campiest TV Show honors could go to Mid-Century Modern (Hulu), the loopy freshman comedy featuring Linda Lavin (in her final TV role) alongside Nathan Lane, Nathan Lee Graham and Matt Bomer as three gay besties living together in Palm Springs, Ca. Modern's fierce competition: The drama-drenched reality battle The Traitors (Peacock), Overcompensating, the over-the-top Ryan Murphy sawbones-on-a-cruise-ship opus Doctor Odyssey (ABC), and perennial GALECA favorite RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV).
Leading in network/streamer counts were HBO/Max with 39 nominations, followed by Netflix with 22.
Winners will be announced Tuesday July 8 at 8am PST.
Heartstopper (c) Netflix
2025 DORIAN TV AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST TV DRAMA
Andor
The Last of Us
The Pitt
Severance
The White Lotus
BEST TV COMEDY
Abbott Elementary
Hacks
The Rehearsal
Somebody Somewhere
The Studio
Somebody Somewhere (c) HBO Max
BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW
Agatha All Along
Hacks
Heartstopper
Overcompensating
Somebody Somewhere
BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Adolescence
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Dying for Sex
The Penguin
Rebel Ridge
BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW
Andor
Hacks
The Pitt
Severance
The White Lotus
English Teacher (c) Hulu/FX
BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW
English Teacher
Evil
Fantasmas
Mid-Century Modern
Overcompensating
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW
Threesome
My Brilliant Friend
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Elite
Pachinko
Squid Game
The Boyfriend (c) Netflix
BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld
The Boyfriend
Elite
The Secret of the River
When No One Sees Us
BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Diego Luna, Andor
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Adam Scott, Severance
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Andor (c) Disney+
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Genevieve O'Reilly, Andor
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex
Tramell Tillman, Severance
BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Seth Rogen, The Studio
Benito Skinner, Overcompensating
Jean Smart, Hacks
Mid-Century Modern (c) Hulu
BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Holmes, Overcompensating
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere
Linda Lavin, Mid-Century Modern
Catherine O'Hara, The Studio
Meg Stalter, Hacks
BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Beyoncé, "Cowboy Carter" medley, Ravens vs. Texans Halftime Show
Doechii, “Catfish" / "Denial Is a River," 67th Annual Grammy Awards
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, The Wizard of Oz / Wicked medley, 97th Academy Awards
Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Ali Ahn, Sasheer Zamata, "The Ballad of the Witches' Road,” Agatha All Along
Kendrick Lamar, “Squabble Up,” etc., Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Deaf President Now!
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Pee Wee as Himself
The Rehearsal
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Pee Wee as Himself
Queer Planet
Late Night with Seth Meyer (c) NBC
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW
The Daily Show
Hot Ones
John Mulaney Presents: Everyone’s in L.A.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
BEST REALITY SHOW
The Amazing Race
The Great British Baking Show
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors
Agatha All Along (c) Disney+
BEST GENRE TV SHOW
Agatha All Along
Andor
Black Mirror
The Last of Us
Severance
BEST ANIMATED SHOW
Big Mouth
Bob's Burgers
Harley Quinn
The Simpsons
Star Trek: Lower Decks
MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW
Adolescence
Agatha All Along
Andor
Severance
The White Lotus
Doctor Odyssey (c) ABC
CAMPIEST TV SHOW
Doctor Odyssey
Mid-Century Modern
Overcompensating
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Traitors
WILDE WIT AWARD
Quinta Brunson
Alan Cumming
Hannah Einbinder
Cole Escola
Nathan Fielder
GALECA TV ICON AWARD
Gillian Anderson
Angela Bassett
Alan Cumming
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jean Smart
Saturday Night Live (c) NBC
GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Jonathan Bailey
Greg Berlanti
Ncuti Gatwa
Bella Ramsey
Mike White
Bowen Yang
Number of nominations per network/streamer:
HBO/Max - 39
Netflix - 22
Apple TV+ - 13
Disney+ - 11
FX / Hulu - 10
ABC - 5
Amazon Prime - 5
Peacock - 5
Fox - 3
Paramount+ - 2
CBS - 2
NBC- 2
Comedy Central - 1
Bravo - 1
ViaPlay - 1
MTV - 1
PBS - 1
Youtube - 1
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television, and theater at separate times of the year. More than 560 members strong, GALECA reminds society that the world values the informed LGBTQ perspective on all things entertainment. A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access and respect for entertainment journalists (especially the underrepresented) and provides scholarships for LGBTQ journalism students. Follow us @DorianAwards on social media, and find more information about who we are and what we do at GALECA.org.
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