Quinta Brunson in 'Abbott Elementary' Gilles Mingasson/ABC The nominations for the Banff World Media Festival‘s Rockie Awards have been unveiled, with American TV shows nabbing 55 nominations, followed by U.K. series with 39 mentions.
This year’s juried competition also sees the BBC leading the field with 26 nominations for its series, with National Geographic earning another 10 nominations and Hulu picking up eight nominations of its own. The Rockies, which sees U.S. TV shows compete against international series, in the best English language drama category will see Canada’s Heated Rivalry and Plan B series go up against the American shows The Handmaid’s Tale and The Pitt and the British drama Reckless.
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Also in the scripted competitions, the best English language comedy category is filled by American entrants: Only Murders in the Building, Abbott Elementary, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Chair Company and The Rehearsal. The competition and game show competition includes nominations for Destination X, Next Level Baker and Shark Tank as they go up against The Box and The Traitors Canada.
The Rockies’ animated series competition is dominated again by 20th Television Animation shows with nominations for American Dad!, Bob’s Burgers, Futurama and The Simpsons, alongside another mention for Taiwan’s Brave Animated Series.
In the acting categories, there’s nominations in the best drama performance competition for Malin Akerman (The Hunting Wives), Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), James Nelson-Joyce (This City is Ours), Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951) and Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River).
And the best comedy performance category has nominations for Nabhaan Rizwan, Suranne Jones and Aimee Lou Wood, each for the Film Club rom-com, and others for Mawaan Rizwan (Juice) and Timothy Spall (Death Valley).
Allana Harkin (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) will host the Rockie Awards ceremony on June 16. A full list of 2026 Banff Rockies Awards nominations is available on the festival website ahead of the Banff World Media Festival set to run June 14-17.
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