Winners of The 2nd Annual Streamy Awards
The Streamy Awards Announces Winners
Of The 2nd Annual Streamy Awards, Honoring
Excellence in Web TV Programs
Web Series The Bannen Way Earns Top Nods With Four Wins, Followed by The Guild with Two;
Easy To Assemble Takes Best Ensemble Cast, and Agents of Cracked Walks With This Year’s
Audience Choice Award; YouTube Co-founder & CEO, Chad Hurley, Accepts
The Inaugural Streamys Visionary Award
Los Angeles — April 12, 2010 – The Streamy Awards, an independent awards show organization of digital entertainment leaders created to recognize excellence in original episodic Web television programming, announced the winners of the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards honoring excellence in Web TV programming during a live ceremony hosted by actor and comedian Paul Scheer at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles last night. Over 1300 Web series stars and digital entertainment leaders were joined by a global online audience to celebrate the best in Web television programming. The Streamy Awards recognize excellence in global web television programming for broadband distribution across 35 creative categories.
“The winners of the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards represent the best and the brightest in the world of online entertainment,” said Brady Brim- DeForest, executive producer, Streamy Awards. “We salute their accomplishments and congratulate them on their continued innovation. Their recognition is richly deserved.”
WINNERS
Inaugural Visionary Award: Chad Hurley (Co-founder & CEO, YouTube)
Audience Choice Award: Agents of Cracked
Best Comedy Web Series: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Best Drama Web Series: The Bannen Way
Best Hosted Web Series: Diggnation
Best News or Political Series: Auto-Tune the News
Best Animated Web Series: How It Should Have Ended
Best Branded Entertainment Web Series: Back on Topps (Topps, Dick’s Sporting Goods)
Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series: The Guild (Sean Becker)
Best Directing for a Drama Web Series: The Bannen Way (Jesse Warren)
Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series: Wainy Days (David Wain)
Best Writing for a Drama Web Series: Compulsions (Bernie Su)
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Zach Galifianakis (Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis)
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series: Felicia Day (The Guild)
Best Male Actor in a Drama Web Series: Mark Gantt (The Bannen Way)
Best Female Actor in a Drama Web Series: Rachael Hip-Flores (Anyone But Me)
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series: Easy To Assemble (Illeana Douglas, Justine Bateman, Eric Lange, Michael Irpino, Cheri Oteri, Daryl Sabara, Michael Panes, Rob Mailhouse, Sean Durrie, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley Jr., Tim Meadows, Ricki Lake, Greg Proops, Kevin Pollak)
Best Guest Star in a Web Series: “Weird Al” Yankovic (Know Your Meme)
Best Web Series Host: Zadi Diaz (Epic Fu)
Best Vlogger: Shane Dawson (ShaneDawsonTV)
For a complete list of the 2010 Streamy Award winners, visit: http://www.streamys.org/winners/2010-winners/
PHOTOS: For Red Carpet and Winner photos, visit: http://www.thebuibrothers.com/streamys.
About The Streamy Awards
The Streamy Awards, co-hosted by new media companies Tubefilter (www.tubefilter.tv) and NewTeeVee (www.newteevee.com), recognize excellence in global Web television programming for broadband distribution across 35 creative categories, from acting and directing, to editing and special effects. Members of the Streamy Awards voting body review shows submitted through a free, public submissions process and vote on the final nominees and winners for each category. The Audience Choice Award for Best Web Television Series is selected by members of the public. Winners of the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards will be announced at the Streamy Awards Ceremony on April 11, 2010 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The Streamy Craft Award winners will be announced at a separate ceremony on April 7, 2010 at the Barnsdall Art Center in Hollywood. Founded in 2009, the Streamy Awards are produced by Tubefilter, Inc. (www.tubefilterinc.com). For more information, visit www.streamys.org, follow @streamyawards on Twitter and become a fan at www.facebook.com/streamys.
