TV's Best, Worst And Most Of 2017 (Part 1)

By Andy Swift
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BEST MONOLOGUE

Rebecca, This Is Us ("The 20's")

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BEST OPENING CREDITS

FEUD: Bette and Joan

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WORST OPENING CREDITS

Marvel's Inhumans

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BEST CLIFFHANGER

Who shot Baz? (Animal Kingdom)

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BEST COSTUMES

FEUD: Bette and Joan

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BEST PERFORMANCE IN A REALITY COMPETITION

Allyssa Beird, American Ninja Warrior 

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MOST UNDERRATED DRAMA ACTRESS

Danielle Brooks, Orange Is the New Black

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BEST GUILTY PLEASURE, REALITY

Big Brother

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MOST UNDERRATED DRAMA ACTOR

Joseph Sikora, Power

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BEST COMEDY DUO

T.K. and Jermaine, The Mayor

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BEST NEW CHARACTER ON AN ESTABLISHED COMEDY

Veronica, Difficult People

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BEST SINGLE EPISODE, DRAMA

"The Book of Nora" (The Leftovers)

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'THE WIRE' MEMORIAL AWARD FOR WORLD-CLASS DRAMA IGNORED IN PERPETUITY BY THE EMMYS

The Leftovers

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BEST NEW CHARACTER ON AN ESTABLISHED DRAMA

Max, Stranger Things

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BEST MONTAGE

Once Upon a Time  ("The Final Battle," Part 2)

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WORST DEATH SCENE

Rowena, Supernatural

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BIGGEST (ACTING) REVELATION, COMEDY

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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BEST ENSEMBLE

Big Little Lies

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BEST CGI MOMENT

Daenerys riding Drogon into battle and frying the Lannisters' army on Game of Thrones ("The Spoils of War")

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BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ANIMAL

Martin, Downward Dog

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WORST CGI MOMENT

Guy Pearce "meets" the Clintons on When We Rise

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WORST NEW CHARACTER ON ESTABLISHED SHOW 

Sofia Falcone, Gotham

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BEST CAMEO

Kate Burton as Ellis Grey in Grey's Anatomy's 300th episode

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WORST REBOOT/REVIVAL IDEA IN DEVELOPMENT

Charmed (without the original cast)

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BEST NEW SHOW THAT TOO FEW WATCH

Great News

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MOST AMBITIOUS ILL-FATED SHOW

Me, Myself and I

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STEALTHIEST CASTING

Melissa McCarthy as Sean "Spicey" Spicer, Saturday Night Live

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MOST IMPROVED COMEDY

Love

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BEST SINGLE EPISODE, COMEDY

"Thanksgiving" (Master of None)

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BEST GUILTY PLEASURE, DRAMA

Blood Drive

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MOST IMPROVED DRAMA

Grey's Anatomy

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CANCELLATION THAT HURT THE MOST

Pitch

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MOST DISAPPOINTING SHOW

Powerless

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MOST CONVOLUTED STORY ARC

Once Upon a Time's entire reboot

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ACTRESS MOST IN NEED OF A GOOD SHOW

Katherine Heigl

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ACTOR MOST IN NEED OF A GOOD SHOW

Matthew Perry

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BIGGEST TEARJERKER

Rayna's death, Nashville

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BEST DEATH SCENE

Lady Olenna, Game of Thrones

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WORST SERIES FINALE

Pretty Little Liars

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BEST GUILTY PLEASURE, COMEDY

Raven's Home

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BEST SERIES FINALE

Grimm

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BIGGEST (ACTING) REVELATION, DRAMA

Noah Schnapp, Stranger Things

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MOST UNDERRATED COMEDY ACTOR 

Manny Jacinto, The Good Place

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BEST REALITY SHOW JUDGE

Jennifer Hudson, The Voice

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WORST REALITY SHOW JUDGE

Vanessa Hudgens, So You Think You Can Dance

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MOST UNDERRATED COMEDY ACTRESS

Melissa Fumero, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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MOST UNDERRATED COMEDY

The Mick

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MOST UNDERRATED DRAMA

The Exorcist

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