WINNERS: PAAFTJ Television Awards - BREAKING BAD, ARCHER, DOWNTON ABBEY

On Sunday, the Pan-American Association of Film & Television Journalists (PAAFTJ) announced the winners of the inaugural PAAFTJ Television Awards, honoring the best achievement in television in the 2011/12 season.

The NBC comedy COMMUNITY and the AMC drama BREAKING BAD won the top awards for Best Comedy Series and Best Drama Series, respectively. Other major winners included British crime drama miniseries SHERLOCK, CBS talk show THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON, and FX animated series ARCHER.

A full list of winners is below.

BEST DRAMA SERIES
*“Breaking Bad” Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Stewart Lyons, Sam Catlin, Diane Mercer, John Shiban, Peter Gould, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Tomas Schnauz, Bryan Cranston, Andrew Ortner, Moira Walley-Beckett, Producers (AMC)

BEST COMEDY SERIES
*“Community” Jake Aust, Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna, Heather Petrigala, Andy Bobrow, Joe Russo, Gary Foster, Patrick Kienlen, Russ Krasnoff, Anthony Russo, Sean Veder, Garrett Donovan, Neil Goldman, Maggie Bandur, Matt Murray, Vera Santamaria, Alex Cuthbertson, Matt Fusfeld, Matt Warburton, Producers (NBC)

BEST MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*“Sherlock” Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue, Rebecca Eaton, Bethan Jones, Charlotte Ashby, Producers (BBC)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
*“Archer” FX

BEST VARIETY SERIES
*“The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” Michael Naidus, Peter Lassally, Billy Kimball, Lisa Ammerman, Cathy Hoeven, John Naismith, Producers (CBS)

BEST DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
*“Game of Thrones” Neil Marshall for “Blackwater”

BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
*“Community” Tristam Shapeero for “Pillows and Blankets” [TIE]

BEST DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*“American Horror Story” Ryan Murphy

BEST DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES
*“The Legend of Korra” Joaquim dos Santos & Ki Hyun Ryu for “Welcome to Republic City”

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
*Hugh Laurie for “House” (Episode: “Everybody Dies”)

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Louis C.K. for “Louie” (Episode: “Come On, God”)

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*Idris Elba for “Luther”

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
*Claire Danes for “Homeland” (Episode: “The Vest”)

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Patricia Heaton for “The Middle” (Episode: “Thanksgiving III”)

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*Nicole Kidman for “Hemingway & Gellhorn”

BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
*“Breaking Bad” George Mastras & Sam Catlin for “Crawl Space”

BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
*“Community” Chris McKenna for “Remedial Chaos Theory”

BEST WRITING FOR A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*“Sherlock” Steven Moffat & Steve Thompson & Mark Gatiss

BEST WRITING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES
*“Archer” Adam Reed for “Bloody Ferlin”

BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
*“The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” CBS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
*John Noble for “Fringe” (Episode: “Worlds Apart”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Nick Offerman for “Parks and Recreation” (Episode: “Ron and Tammys”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*Ed Harris for “Game Change”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
*Christina Hendricks for “Mad Men” (Episode: “Mystery Date”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Kristen Wiig for “Saturday Night Live” (Episode: “Mick Jagger”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*Jessica Lange for “American Horror Story”

BEST VOICE ACTOR IN AN ANIMATED SERIES
*J. G. Quintel for “Regular Show” (Episode: “Eggcellent”)

BEST VOICE ACTRESS IN AN ANIMATED SERIES
*Jessica Walter for “Archer” (Episode: “The Man From Jupiter”)

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
*Jere Burns for “Justified” (Episode: “Slaughterhouse”)

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Michael J. Fox for “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (Episode: “Larry vs. Michael J. Fox”)

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
*Louise Fletcher for “Shameless” (Episode: “Parenthood”)

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
*Chlöe Moretz for “30 Rock” (Episode: “Standards and Practices”)

BEST CAST IN A DRAMA SERIES
*“Breaking Bad” Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks; casting by Sharon Bialy & Sherry Thomas [TIE]

BEST CAST IN A COMEDY SERIES
*“Community” Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase; casting by Dava Waite & Juel Bestrop

BEST CAST IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*“Sherlock” Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Loo Brealey, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Scott, Vinette Robinson, Jonathan Aris, Lara Pulver, Russell Tovey; casting by Kate Rhodes James

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN IN A DRAMA SERIES
*“Downton Abbey” Donal Woods for “Episode One”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN IN A COMEDY SERIES
*“Community” Denise Pizzini “Virtual Systems Analysis”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*“American Horror Story” Mort Worthington

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DRAMA SERIES
*“Boardwalk Empire” David Franco for “To The Lost”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A COMEDY SERIES
*“Wilfred” Brad Lipson for “Anger”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*“Great Expectations” Florian Hoffmeister

BEST EDITING IN A DRAMA SERIES
*“Homeland” Jordan Goldman & David Latham for “Pilot”

BEST EDITING IN A COMEDY SERIES
*“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Steve Rasch for “Palestinian Chicken”

BEST EDITING IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
*“Game Change” Lucia Zucchetti

BEST MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
*“Magic City” Starz

BEST MAIN TITLE DESIGN
*“Boss” Starz