2025 Best in Network TV: Comedy Nominees

Every year since The Word on Pop Culture began in 2010, we have awarded the best in network television in something we like to call The Broady Awards. The theory behind the Broadys was that there was still a lot of good and worthwhile TV on the original big broadcast networks that were often overlooked by the time the annual Emmy Awards rolled around, which had begun to focus mainly on cable, premium cable, and later streaming series.


Here are this year’s Broady Comedy Series nominations: 

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Best Comedy Series: 

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Animal Control (Fox)

Ghosts (CBS)

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Best New Comedy Series:

Going Dutch (Fox)

Happy's Place (NBC)

St. Denis Medical (Fox)

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Best Variety/Talk Series: 

After Midnight (CBS)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

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Best Episode: 

Saturday Night Live
50th Anniversary Special

Saturday Night Live
Host: Martin Short

Saturday Night Live
Host: Walton Goggins

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Best Lead Actor:

Utkarsh Ambudkar
​Ghosts

David Alan Grier
St. Denis Medical 

Denis Leary 
​Going Dutch

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Best Lead Actress:

Quinta Brunson
Abbott Elementary

Vella Lovell 
Animal Control 

Rose McIver 
Ghosts 

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Best Supporting Actor:

James Austin Johnson
​Saturday Night Live

Tyler James Williams
​Abbott Elementary

Román Zaragoza
​Ghosts 

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Best Supporting Actress:

Janelle James
​Abbott Elementary 

Ego Nwodim 
Saturday Night Live

Rebecca Wisocky
​Ghosts 

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Best Guest Actor: 

Dana Carvey
Saturday Night Live

Walton Goggins
Saturday Night Live

Martin Short
​Saturday Night Live

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Best Guest Actress: 

Ariana Grande 
Saturday Night Live

Lady Gaga
​Saturday Night Live

Maya Rudolph
​Saturday Night Live