Dorian TV Awards: ‘The Traitors,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘The Pitt’ Win Big with LGBTQ Critics

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics — with a membership of more than 560 critics, entertainment journalists and media icons — has announced the winners of its 17th Dorian TV Awards.

Full disclosure – I’m a proud, longtime voting member of GALECA.

Via press release:

GALECA’s voters, again honoring TV and streaming content both mainstream and queer-focused, awarded HBO Max’s new, genre-expanding hit The Pitt as Best TV Drama.

Veteran star Noah Wyle (ER) also earned Best TV Performance—Drama for his turn as grizzled doctor Michael “Robby” Robinavitch in the series, where each episode covers a single hour of life (and death) in the emergency room of a fictional Pittsburgh hospital.

For the third time, GALECA cited Hacks as Best TV Comedy, and star Jean Smart for Best TV Performance—Comedy.

The women-in-showbiz satire also took home Best LGBTQ TV Show, Best Written TV Show, and Best Supporting TV Performance—Comedy for Hannah Einbinder (a second-time winner here).

Smart, a septuagenarian who’s notched a variety of TV successes over the past four decades, is also now an official GALECA TV Icon, joining the likes of Jennifer Coolidge, Christine Baranski and Carol Burnett as recipients of that career achievement honor.

Multi-hyphenate Cole Escola (creator-star of the hilarious Broadway smash play Oh, Mary!) earned GALECA’s Wilde Wit Award, following in the footsteps of such past winners as Julio Torres, Wanda Sykes, Bowen Yang and John Oliver.

Meanwhile, Ncuti Gatwa—the Rwandan-born Scottish actor who is the first Black and out queer performer to portray the Doctor in BBC’s Doctor Who—was named LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer.

Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (the group’s LGBTQIA+ Film Trailblazer honoree earlier this year) were honored in the TV Musical Performance category with a medley of tunes from The Wizard of Oz and its off-shoots at the 97th Academy Awards.

As for GALECA’s most irreverent honor, Campiest TV Show went to The Traitors (Peacock), the Alan Cumming-hosted reality series based on mystery board games like Clue, with “traitors” and “faithfuls” vying for a cache of cash.

The Traitors is so popular with members, the cheeky competition also scored the Best Reality Show trophy for the second year in a row.

FULL LIST OF 2025 DORIAN TV AWARD WINNERS:

BEST TV DRAMA Andor (Disney+) The Last of Us (HBO) ⭐ The Pitt (Max) Severance (Apple TV+) The White Lotus (HBO)

BEST TV COMEDY Abbott Elementary (ABC) ⭐ Hacks (Max) The Rehearsal (HBO) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) The Studio (Apple TV+)

BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW Agatha All Along (Disney+) ⭐ Hacks (Max) Heartstopper (Netflix) Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video) Somebody Somewhere (HBO)

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES ⭐ Adolescence (Netflix) Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Peacock) Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu) The Penguin (HBO) Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW Andor (Disney+) ⭐ Hacks (Max) The Pitt (Max) Severance (Apple TV+) The White Lotus (HBO)

BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW English Teacher (FX on Hulu) Evil (Paramount+) Fantasmas (HBO) Mid-Century Modern (Hulu) ⭐ Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video)

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW Elite (Netflix) My Brilliant Friend (HBO) One Hundred Years of Solitude (Netflix) Pachinko (Apple TV+) ⭐ Squid Game (Netflix) Threesome (ViaPlay)

BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (Hulu) The Boyfriend (Netflix) ⭐ Elite (Netflix) The Secret of the River (Netflix) Threesome (Viaplay) When No One Sees Us (Max)

BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA Colin Farrell, The Penguin (HBO) Stephen Graham, Adolescence (Netflix) Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix) Diego Luna, Andor (Disney+) Cristin Milioti, The Penguin (HBO) Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (HBO) Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO) Adam Scott, Severance (Apple TV+) Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu) ⭐ Noah Wyle, The Pitt (Max)

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA Carrie Coon, The White Lotus (HBO) Owen Cooper, Adolescence (Netflix) Taylor Dearden, The Pitt (Max) Erin Doherty, Adolescence (Netflix) Walton Goggins, The White Lotus (HBO) Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt (Max) Genevieve O’Reilly, Andor (Disney+) Parker Posey, The White Lotus (HBO) Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu) ⭐ Tramell Tillman, Severance (Apple TV+)

BEST TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Uzo Aduba, The Residence (Netflix) Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (FX on Hulu) Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal (HBO) Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along (Disney+) Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face (Peacock) Seth Rogen, The Studio (Apple TV+) Benito Skinner, Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video) ⭐ Jean Smart, Hacks (Max)

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE—COMEDY Ike Barinholtz, The Studio (Apple TV+) Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons (Netflix) ⭐ Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (Max) Kathryn Hahn, The Studio (Apple TV+) Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Holmes, Overcompensating (Amazon Prime Video) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Linda Lavin, Mid-Century Modern (Hulu) Catherine O’Hara, The Studio (Apple TV+) Meg Stalter, Hacks (Max)

BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Beyoncé, “Cowboy Carter” medley, Beyoncé Bowl (Ravens vs. Texans Halftime Show) (Netflix) Doechii, “Catfish” / “Denial Is a River,” 67th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS) ⭐ Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, “Oz Medley” (“The Wizard of Oz,” “The Wiz,” “Wicked”), 97th Academy Awards (ABC) Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Ali Ahn, Sasheer Zamata, “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” Agatha All Along (Disney+) Kendrick Lamar, “Squabble Up,” “Humble,” etc., Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show (Fox)

BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+) Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (Max) ⭐ Pee Wee as Himself (HBO) The Rehearsal (HBO) SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (Peacock)

BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution (PBS) Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (Hulu) Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (Netflix) ⭐ Pee Wee as Himself (HBO) Queer Planet (Peacock)

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW The Daily Show (Comedy Central) Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Netflix) Hot Ones (YouTube) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) ⭐ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

BEST GENRE TV SHOW Agatha All Along (Disney+) ⭐ Andor (Disney+) Black Mirror (Netflix) The Last of Us (HBO) Severance (Apple TV+)

BEST ANIMATED SHOW Big Mouth (Netflix) Bob’s Burgers (Fox) ⭐ Harley Quinn (Max) The Simpsons (Fox) Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)

MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW Adolescence (Netflix) Agatha All Along (Disney+) Andor (Disney+) ⭐ Severance (Apple TV+) The White Lotus (HBO)

BEST REALITY SHOW The Amazing Race (CBS) The Great British Baking Show (Netflix) RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV) Top Chef (Bravo) ⭐ The Traitors (Peacock)

CAMPIEST TV SHOW Doctor Odyssey (ABC) Mid-Century Modern (Hulu) Overcompensating (Amazon Prime) RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV) ⭐ The Traitors (Peacock)

WILDE WIT AWARD Quinta Brunson Alan Cumming Hannah Einbinder ⭐ Cole Escola Nathan Fielder

GALECA TV ICON AWARD Gillian Anderson Angela Bassett Alan Cumming Sarah Michelle Gellar ⭐ Jean Smart

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER AWARD Jonathan Bailey Greg Berlanti ⭐ Ncuti Gatwa Bella Ramsey Mike White

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GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards honor the best in film, television, and theater at separate times of the year.

With over 560 members, GALECA reminds the world that the informed LGBTQ perspective on all things entertainment matters.

A nonprofit organization, GALECA also advocates for better pay, access, and respect for entertainment journalists (especially those most underrepresented), providing scholarships for LGBTQ journalism students and more

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