The 42nd Saturn Awards just announced the nominations today and the comic book/superhero genre had a big presence in the nominations, especially in the television session.
For The Flash fans out there, the show received three nominations as Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash) was nominated for “Best TV Actor”, Victor Garber (Professor Martin Stein/Firestorm, who is now on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) for “Best Guest Performance on TV” and the show itself received a nomination in the “Best Superhero Adaptation Series” category.
In addition, all the five ongoing DC Comics TV shows was nominated in “Best Superhero Adaptation Series” as well in several other categories – you can check out the list below. Congrats to Gustin, Garber and everyone who works so hard on The Flash! In addition, congrats to all the fellow nominees!
Best Superhero Adaptation Series
Arrow
Legends of Tomorrow
The Flash
Gotham
Marvel’s Agent Carter
Marvel’s Agents of Shield
SupergirlBest Guest Performance on TV
Laura Benanti – Supergirl
Steven Brand – Teen Wolf
Victor Garber – The Flash
Scott Glenn – Daredevil
Alex Kingston – Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
John Carroll Lynch – The Walking Dead
William Shatner – HavenBest TV Actress
Gillian Anderson – The X-Files
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Melissa Benoist – Supergirl
Kim Dickens – Fear The Walking Dead
Rachel Nichols – Continuum
Krysten Ritter – Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Rebecca Romijn – The LibrariansBest TV Actor
Bruce Campbell – Ash vs Evil Dead
Charlie Cox – Daredevil
Matt Dillon – Wayward Pines
David Duchovny – The X-Files
Grant Gustin – The Flash
Sam Heughan – Outlander
Andrew Lincoln – The Walking Dead
Mads Mikkelsen – Hannibal
For the full list of nominations for the 42nd Saturn Awards, please click here.
The Flash airs on Tuesday nights, 8/7c on The CW – the show returns with all-new episodes on March 22 starting with the 16th episode titled “Trajectory” featuring DC Comics’ Eliza Harmon a.k.a. Trajectory.