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NEW YORK, March 1, 2001 -- Nominations for "The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards," the first and only nationally televised awards presentation created exclusively to honor comedy performers in the fields of motion pictures and network cable and syndicated television, were announced today by George Schlatter, executive producer of the show. Winners will be unveiled at "The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards" ceremony at the Universal Studios Hollywood on Sunday, April 22 and broadcast exclusively on COMEDY CENTRAL on Wednesday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m. The
post party hosted by Comedy Central in the exclusive
Awards are given in the following categories: Funniest Female/Male Performer In A Television Series (Leading Role); Funniest Female/Male Performer In A Television Special; Funniest Actress/Actor In A Motion Picture (Leading Role); Funniest Supporting Female/Male In A Television Series; Funniest Supporting Actress/Actor In A Motion Picture; Funniest Female/Male Guest Appearance In A Television Series; Funniest Television Series; Funniest Animated Television Series; Funniest Motion Picture; and Viewers' Choice Stand-Up Comic Award - Female/Male.
Also announced were the six finalists for the "Viewers'
Choice Stand-Up Comic Award" to be selected by COMEDY
CENTRAL viewers who will vote for their favorite finalist
during "The American Comedy Awards Viewers' Choice Special"
which premieres Saturday, April 14 at 9:00 p.m. on COMEDY
CENTRAL. Viewers will have the opportunity to cast their vote
by calling a special 900 phone number during the April 14
telecast, as well as during the encore presentations of this
special on April 16 at 6:00 p.m., April 17 at midnight, April
18 at 2:00 a.m., April 19 at 2:00 p.m. and April 20 at 7:00
p.m. The "Viewers' Choice Stand-Up Comic Award" honors
the performers who spend much of their careers on the road
developing their craft by working in comedy venues all across
America. Past recipients of this award include Jerry Seinfeld,
Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Foxworthy, Richard
Jeni, Paula Poundstone, George Wallace,
Rita Rudner and Margaret Cho. The finalists for the "Viewers' Choice Stand Up-Comic
Award" are determined by a vote of past winners and nominees
for this award and other successful stand-up comedians. These
voters selected the finalists from a list of 15 male and 15
female performers generated from submissions from representatives
of comedy clubs across the country. To determine honorees in the other award categories, a questionnaire
is sent to approximately 3200 comedic performers, network,
cable and studio executives, agents, managers, publicists,
talent executives and other people who are directly associated
with the comedy industry to secure their suggestions. Suggestions
for possible nominations must be for comedy performances during
the calendar year of 2000. Suggestions are then compiled into
a master list, which is then sent to approximately 2100 actors,
actresses and comedic performers. Performers working in comedy
are the only people who can vote. Their selections are tabulated
by PricewaterhouseCoopers to determine the top performances
that receive the most votes in each category. A ballot of
all the nominees, made up by PricewaterhouseCoopers, is then
sent to the voters, who must select one choice from each category.
The nominee with the most votes, as tabulated by PricewaterhouseCoopers,
is the winner. April 2001 marks COMEDY CENTRAL's 10-year anniversary and
throughout the month, the network will present the best of
comedy programming, including a week-long celebration leading
up to the April 25 telecast of "The 15th Annual American
Comedy Awards." "The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards" is a George
Schlatter Production, with Schlatter serving as executive
producer. Bruce Gowers will direct. COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, is currently
available in over 69 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL,
a registered trademark of Comedy Partners, is a 50-50 joint
venture of Time Warner Entertainment Company and Viacom.
FUNNIEST
FEMALE PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SERIES (Leading Role)
Jane
Kaczmarek "Malcolm in the Middle" FUNNIEST MALE PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SERIES (Leading Role) Kelsey
Grammer "Frasier" FUNNIEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SPECIAL Ellen
DeGeneres "Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning" FUNNIEST MALE PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SPECIAL Billy
Crystal "The 72nd Annual Academy Awards" FUNNIEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (Leading Role) Sandra
Bullock "Miss Congeniality" FUNNIEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (Leading Role) George
Clooney "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" FUNNIEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SERIES Jennifer
Aniston "Friends" FUNNIEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMER IN A TELEVISION SERIES Robert
Downey Jr. "Ally McBeal" Kate
Hudson "Almost Famous" FUNNIEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE Jack
Black "High Fidelity" FUNNIEST FEMALE GUEST APPEARANCE IN A TELEVISION SERIES Bea
Arthur "Malcolm in the Middle" FUNNIEST MALE GUEST APPEARANCE IN A TV SERIES Dana
Carvey "Saturday Night Live" FUNNIEST TELEVISION SERIES "Everybody
Loves Raymond" FUNNIEST ANIMATED TELEVISION SERIES "King
of the Hill" FUNNIEST MOTION PICTURE "Almost
Famous" VIEWERS' CHOICE STAND-UP COMIC AWARD - FEMALE Judy
Gold VIEWERS CHOICE STAND-UP COMIC AWARD - MALE Dave
Attell LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONOREE - George Carlin
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