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Lucas Hood wins Biggest Bad-Ass in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

Lucas Hood wins 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Biggest Bad-Ass,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. Banshee’s Lucas Hood (Antony Starr) took out the trash in the Biggest Bad-Ass category, and for good reason. On the day he gets out of the state pen, Lucas steals a car, gets in a chase and shootout in Manhattan, boosts a motorcycle, kills two guys in a bar fight and assumes the identity of small-town sheriff. Plus, Amish chicks find him irresistible. Biggest Bad-Ass — Winner: Lucas Hood Lucas Hood/Banshee 43.5% Tywin Lannister/Game of Thrones 12.1% Walter White/Breaking Bad 12.1% Michonne/The Walking […]

Abby Lee Miller wins Biggest Bitch in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

Abby Lee Miller wins the 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Biggest Bitch,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. Given the number of viewers who returned week after week to our online Dance Moms recaps to voice their hatred of her ill-tempered ways, we weren’t surprised that Abby Lee Miller took the Biggest Bitch title for the second year in a row. But you have to hand it to her — being the dance diva we love to hate the most earned Miller her very own show, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition. Biggest Bitch — Winner: Abby Lee Miller Abby Lee […]

Sharknado wins Most Outrageous Syfy Movie Title in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

Sharknado wins 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Most Outrageous Syfy Movie Title,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. Syfy’s Sharknado not only devoured the competition but also swallowed up social media the night of its premiere. The made-for-TV monster-disaster movie centered around a series of cyclones that hurled sharks into the Los Angeles area. The film was the most-discussed program of the night on Twitter, generating over 300,000 tweets — at its peak it was 80 tweets per second. Now there are T-shirts — “I Survived Sharknado” — and talks of a sequel. Most Outrageous Syfy Movie Title — Winner: […]

Graceland wins Best New Series in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

Graceland wins 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Best New Series,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. It was a crowded field for new series but USA Network’s Graceland (from White Collar’s Jeff Eastin) was the standout. The series was the No. 1 new scripted series of the summer and was renewed for a sophomore season. Best New Series — Winner: Graceland Graceland/USA Network 49.3% Banshee/Cinemax 39.0% Devious Maids/Lifetime 3.7% Bates Motel/A&E 1.8% King & Maxwell/TNT 1.4% Vikings/History 1.4% Ray Donovan/Showtime 1.2% The Americans/FX 1.1% Orphan Black/BBC America 0.6% Da Vinci’s Demons/Starz 0.3% Rectify/Sundance Channel 0.2% Percentages may not total 100 […]

Rizzoli & Isles wins Best Cop Show in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

Rizzoli & Isles wins Best Cop Show in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards. Can’t say we were surprised by this one, even with such a strong field. The lady-buddy drama starring Angie Harmon as tough-cookie cop Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as family-tormented medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is TNT’s top-rated show of all time and the No. 2 scripted series in the history of ad-supported cable television, bested only by our Best Drama winner The Walking Dead. Best Cop Show — Winner: Rizzoli & Isles Rizzoli & Isles/TNT 87.6% Major Crimes/TNT 3.3% Graceland/USA Network 2.7% Southland/TNT 2.6% Boston’s […]

The Walking Dead wins Best Drama in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

The Walking Dead wins 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Best Drama,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. AMC’s iconic zombie show has braaaaaains and brains to spare, never allowing the most ardent student of show creator Robert Kirkman’s comic book series that inspired it or the most avid viewer of the show to figure what’s going to happen next. Or who is going to die. Simply put, though we’ll never experience what the Grimes Crew endures, The Walking Dead’s ability to make us endlessly contemplate our own actions in the direst of circumstances is utterly unnerving — and completely […]

America’s Worst Tattoos wins Best Tatt Tale in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

America’s Worst Tattoos wins the 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Best Tatt Tale,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. Sure it’s fun to watch top-notch tattooers compete for a title, but for sheer entertainment value, our readers know there’s just no beating watching folks have to fess up to how they got that phallic rodent or satanic donut inked into their skin — then have it all disappear beneath a dazzling new design. And that’s why they showed their love to America’s Worst Tattoos in Channel’s Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards. Best Tatt Tale — Winner: America’s Worst Tattoos […]

Suits, Franklin and Bash tie for Best Legal/Political Show in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

Suits and Franklin & Bash tie in the 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Best Legal/Political Show,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. As Gabriel Macht, who plays Harvey Specter on Suits, told us about his character earlier this year: “He takes such risks and I think people just love that. And there’s just a sense that women love him and men want to be him, that’s what I’m getting.” And that’s what we got, too, when readers voted for Suits for their favorite legal/political show. But Harvey Specter wasn’t the only winner in this category, as TNT’s Franklin & […]

The Bible wins Best TV Movie or Miniseries in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

The Bible wins Best TV Movie or Miniseries in Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Award! Viewers (millions upon millions of them) tuned in to The Bible miniseries on History, and saw that it was good. Producer Mark Burnett’s respectful take on various tales from Scripture enraptured audiences and created buzz surrounding everything from how much the actor playing Satan resembled President Obama to how much violence was appropriate to portray. The big-time performance earned the next installment — there are more than enough Bible stories to go around — a promotion to NBC. Best TV Movie or Miniseries — Winner: […]

Swamp People wins 2013 Viewers Voice Award

October 21, 2013 Channel Guide Contributor

Swamp People wins 2013 Viewers Voice Award for the “Best Swamp Romp,” in Channel Guide’s annual reader poll. Even though you, as viewers, have been “swamped” with many TV series set in the swampland over the past few years, Swamp People and its quirky cast of characters remains your clear favorite. (R.I.P. Mitchell) Best “Swamp” Romp — Winner: Swamp People Swamp People/History 48.7% Swamp Murders/Investigation Discovery 19.7% Swamp Wars/Animal Planet 12.4% Swamp’d/Animal Planet 11.9% Swamp Pawn/CMT 7.3% Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. Check out our complete list of 2013 Viewers Voice Award winners! Channel Guide Magazine, the […]