Welcome to the 4000th post on this blog in which I examine the horror television and streaming nominees at the 2019 Saturn Awards.
Zombies!
Without any further ado, here are this year's television and streaming series nominees from
File 770.
Best Horror Television Series
NOS4A2 {AMC)
American Horror Story: Apocalypse (FX)
A Discovery of Witches {AMC)
Fear the Walking Dead {AMC)
Preacher {AMC)
Supernatural (The CW)
The Walking Dead {AMC)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
While I'm glad to see "Supernatural" nominated —
I submitted it last year but
it didn't make the cut — I'm voting for perennial winner "The Walking Dead," which I expect will continue its domination in this category. It also has the most nominations of any horror television show, six, followed by "Fear the Walking Dead" with four. The rest of the nominees in this category have only the one nomination for Best Horror Television Series. Yes, it was that weak a year for "American Horror Story," which came in second in nominations among horror series last year.
Best Streaming Horror and Thriller Series
Castle Rock (Hulu)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix)
The Twilight Zone (CBS All Access)
You (Netflix / Lifetime)
This is a new category, although I am not surprised it was created. When I started to put together a list of submissions,
which I never did submit, I had a streaming horror and fantasy list and included "Castle Rock," "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," and "The Haunting of Hill House" on it. I listed "The Handmaid's Tale" under science fiction, while "Stranger Things" and "The Twilight Zone" became available after the original deadline. I didn't have "You" listed at all, as I didn't find out about it until
at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Instead, I had "13 Reasons Why" on my list.
If I adhered 100% to my policy of not voting for nominees that became eligible because of the extended deadline, I'd vote for "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." However, I am such a "Stranger Things" fan that I am voting for it anyway. It might win, too, but I think the favorite is "The Haunting of Hill House" with six nominations. "You" is next with three, while my two favorites, "Stranger Things" and "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" have two each. "Castle Rock," "The Handmaid's Tale," and "The Twilight Zone" have only one each.
Follow over the jump for the television acting nominees plus my comments on them from
'Game of Thrones' vs. 'Outlander' at the 2019 Saturn Awards.