It’s up to the public to crown the winners.
The National Television Awards shortlist has been announced, with voting now open to the public. Out of 15 categories, you’ll be able to choose your favourite shows and people on TV, from the likes of Serial Drama, Comedy, TV Presenter, Newcomer, Challenge Show and Live Magazine Show.
There’s also an extra viewer-suggested category for TV Moment Of The Year, which will be revealed on the night of the awards ceremony.
Dermot O’Leary is back again to host the awards, airing January 20th on ITV, at 7:30pm.
The award is getting the most attention this year is the award for Best Drama, which sees Downton Abbey nominated for its final National Television Award, going up against Doctor Who. The period drama has previously won the award three times.
Ant & Dec, who are nominated again for the TV Presenter category, have won the award 14 years in a row.
Here’s the full list of categories:
Talent Show
Britain’s Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
The Voice UK
The X Factor
Challenge Show
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
MasterChef
The Apprentice
The Great British Bake Off
Serial Drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
Comedy
Benidorm
Birds of a Feather
Not Going Out
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Drama
Broadchurch
Casualty
Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
New Drama
Doctor Foster
Humans
Ordinary Lies
Poldark
Factual Entertainment
DIY SOS: The Big Build
Gogglebox
Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs
Top Gear
Live Magazine Show
BBC Breakfast
Loose Women
The One Show
This Mornin
Drama Performance
Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster)
Sheridan Smith (Black Work)
David Tennant (Broadchurch)
Aidan Turner (Poldark)
Entertainment Programme
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Celebrity Juice
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
The Graham Norton Show
Newcomer
Gemma Atkinson (Emmerdale)
Richard Blackwood (EastEnders)
Parry Glasspool (Hollyoaks)
Shayne Ward (Coronation Street)
Serial Drama Performance
Danny Dyer (EastEnders)
Alison King (Coronation Street)
Michael Parr (Emmerdale)
Rakhee Thakrar (EastEnders)
International
Game of Thrones
Orange is the New Black
The Big Bang Theory
Daytime
Pointless
The Chase
The Jeremy Kyle Show
The Paul O’Grady Show
TV Presenter
Ant & Dec
Graham Norton
Mel & Sue
Rylan Clark
You can vote through the main awards website, here.
The National Televison Awards will be on ITV, January 20th at 7.30pm.
