'From' and 'The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon' lead horror series nominations at the Saturn Awards

I concluded 'Alien: Romulus' leads Best Horror Film nominees at the Saturn Awards for Friday the 13th with the topic of today's post: "I'm not done with horror, as I plan on covering the horror television series and other relevant TV categories, plus an acting category I didn't include in 'Fallout' leads TV nominees plus 'Star Trek' vs. 'Star Wars' at the Saturn Awards tomorrow," so here are the nominees for Best Horror Television Series."

Best Horror Television Series:
Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
Creepshow
Evil
From
Grotesquerie
Teacup
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

From and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon are tied for first with four nominations apiece, followed by Evil and Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire with two each, then Creepshow, Grotesquerie, and Teacup with just this one. Before the nominations were announced, I was leaning towards Evil, which just finished its final season, but I'm taking a cue from the total nominations as well as what I wrote last year, "I'd have voted for From" in the absence of The Last of Us. Even so, I expect The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will win. Electorates matter.

Best Action / Thriller Television Series:
Bosch: Legacy
Cobra Kai
Found
High Potential
Presumed Innocent
True Detective: Night Country
Tulsa King

I'm including this category in today's post because of True Detective: Night Country, which has two nominations, but Cobra Kai, which my younger daughter made publicity art for when it was on YouTube, leads with three nominations. The rest of the nominees have only this one nomination. I'm voting for True Detective: Night Country, regardless of the number of nominations and my family connection to Cobra Kai.

Before I go on to the next category, I'm pleasantly surprised that High Potential earned a nomination. There were a lot of good to great action, adventure, and thriller series on television last year and I thought Elsbeth and Will Trent were better bets to be nominated, but High Potential is a lot of fun to watch. Besides, it takes place in Los Angeles, where the Saturn Awards are based, while Elsbeth and Will Trent take place and are filmed in New York City and Atlanta, respectively. Again, electorates matter.

Best Television Presentation:
Apartment 7A
Don't Move
The Fall of the House of Usher
Fargo
Ripley
Salem's Lot
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live leads this category with five nominations, tying it with Fallout, which the Deadline report that the Saturn Awards excerpted missed — yet another omission! Fargo follows with four nominations, then The Fall of the House of Usher with three, and Apartment 7A, Don't Move, Ripley, and Salem's Lot with just this one category. IMDB lists five of these nominees as horror, while two, Fargo and Ripley, are thrillers, so this category definitely deserves to be examined today. I'm sure The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live will win, but I'm voting for Fargo.

Now for a new category that includes horror nominees.

Best Genre Comedy Television Series:
Chucky
Ghosts
Only Murders in the Building
Resident Alien
Ted
What We Do in the Shadows

Ghosts leads this category with three nominations, followed by Chucky and What We Do in the Shadows with two each, then Only Murders in the Building, Resident Alien, and Ted with only this one. The Saturn Awards nominated Chucky and What We Do in the Shadows under horror last year, while it categorized Ghosts as fantasy. That written, the Critics Choice Super Awards considered it horror, even though there's very little scary about the show. As for the rest, Only Murders in the Building is a thriller, Resident Alien is science fiction, and Ted is fantasy. As much as my wife and I love Ghosts, we love Emmy winner Only Murders in the Building more, so I'm voting for the show, which I've been hoping would earn a Saturn Awards nomination since 2021. I'm glad the Saturn Awards created this category so I could vote for it.

Follow over the jump for two television acting categories.



I think the Saturn Awards nominated Emmy winner Anna Sawai for the wrong role, but she's the right actress, so I'm voting for her. That written, I wouldn't be surprised if she loses. To whom, I don't know yet.



Joe Locke has a lot of support, including mine, so not only am I voting for him, I think he'll win.

I'm closing with Gold Derby's Making of ‘From’: Lively roundtable with cast and producers.

Making of ‘From’: Lively roundtable with cast and producers. Enjoy our interview with stars Harold Perrineau and Elizabeth Saunders (Donna), plus producers John Griffin, Jeff Pinkner and Jack Bender. Gold Derby editor Matt Noble hosts this special 44-minute event.

It was only a matter of time before I embedded a Gold Derby video in this series.

Stay tuned for the final installment of this series tomorrow as I cover the Fantasy and Adventure TV series nominees for the Sunday entertainment feature.

Previous posts about the 2024-2025 Saturn Awards

• 'Dune: Part Two' leads movie nominations at the Saturn Awards
• 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' leads fantasy films at the Saturn Awards with 13 nominations
• 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' 'Agatha All Along,' 'The Penguin,' and 'X-Men '97' — superheroes at the Saturn Awards
• 'Strange Darling' leads Best Thriller Film nominees with seven nominations
• 'Fallout' leads TV nominees plus 'Star Trek' vs. 'Star Wars' at the Saturn Awards
• 'Alien: Romulus' leads Best Horror Film nominees at the Saturn Awards for Friday the 13th