The People's Choice Awards are for the people, if that wasn't obvious enough already.  Who these people are, I do not know.  They are the people whose sensibilities inform Nielsen ratings and box office receipts, yet remain anonymous in my life.  I do not know anyone who religiously watches Two and a Half Men, nor do I know anyone who thought that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was one of the three best films of last year.  Yet, these are the kinds of conceits that have informed this year's People's Choice Awards nominees.  Below you will find the full list of the nominees for the television section of the awards. 

The People's Choice Awards will air Wednesday, January 7 on CBS.  The event will be hosted by Queen Latifah.  To vote for the People's Choice Awards, CLICK HERE.


FAVORITE TV DRAMA
CSI:
Grey's Anatomy
House

No Lost, no The Wire, no Dexter, no Damages, no Mad Men, etc. 


FAVORITE TV COMEDY
Samantha Who?
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty

Really?  These are the three best comedies?  Where's The Office?  30 Rock? How I Met Your Mother?  Any cable show?


FAVORITE ANIMATED COMEDY
Family Guy
The Simpsons
South Park

Well – this is hard to disagree with.


FAVORITE SCI-FI / FANTASY SHOW
Heroes
Supernatural
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Hey, Supernatural fans, lookie here. 


FAVORITE COMPETITION / REALITY SHOW
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Dancing with the Stars is not a top three reality-competition show.


FAVORITE GAME SHOW
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Deal Or No Deal
Jeopardy!

Could you select three more disparate game shows?


FAVORITE MALE TV STAR
Patrick Dempsey
Hugh Laurie
Charlie Sheen

No comment.


FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR
Christina Applegate
Sally Field
Mariska Hargitay


FAVORITE TALK SHOW HOST
Ellen DeGeneres
David Letterman
Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa


FAVORITE SCENE-STEALING GUEST STAR
Luke Perry on Law & Order: SVU
Britney Spears on How I Met Your Mother
Robin Williams on Law & Order: SVU

Yes, that is Britney Spears up for a nomination.  Credibility, People's Choice be thy name. 


FAVORITE TV DRAMA DIVA
Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko on Saving Grace
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin on Weeds
Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson on The Closer

What exactly constitutes a “TV Drama Diva?”  This is confusing.


FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
90210
Crusoe
Easy Money
Eleventh Hour
Fringe
Knight Rider
Life on Mars
The Mentalist
My Own Worst Enemy
Privileged

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
Gary Unmarried
Kath & Kim
Valentine
Worst Week


-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
(Image Courtesy of CBS)