Hacks, Adolescence lead the 10th Annual Cooler Awards. Walton Goggins received two awards for his supporting work in two HBO series.
HBO’s Hacks and Netflix’s Adolescence led The Contending’s 10th Annual Cooler Awards. Both series received three awards, including Comedy Series and Limited Series respectively. Both series also received lead and supporting performance awards. On the Drama Series front, HBO MAX’s The Pitt received awards for series and Noah Wyle’s lead performance. Severance‘s Britt Lower won lead actress for her dual role.
Actor Walton Goggins won two supporting performance awards for his work on HBO’s The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones. FX’s Dying For Sex also won two awards for Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate’s performances.
The 2025 Cooler Awards were voted on by the staff and readers of The Contending. The full list of winners follows below.
Drama Series
Andor
The Diplomat
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Last of Us
The Pitt ** WINNER **
Severance
The White Lotus
Your Friends & Neighbors
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Diego Luna, Andor
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Jacob Anderson, Interview with the Vampire
Jon Hamm, Your Friends & Neighbors
Noah Wyle, The Pitt ** WINNER **
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Britt Lower, Severance ** WINNER **
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
Patrick Bell, The Pitt
Patrick Schwarzenegger, The White Lotus
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman, Severance
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus ** WINNER **
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
‘Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus ** WINNER **
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Hacks ** WINNER **
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders In the Building
Somebody Somewhere
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Brian Jordan Alvarez, English Teacher
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Nathan Lane, Mid-Century Modern
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building ** WINNER **
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
Jean Smart, Hacks ** WINNER **
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Tina Fey, The Four Seasons
Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Walton Goggins, The Righteous Gemstones ** WINNER **
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks ** WINNER **
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Linda Lavin, Mid-Century Modern
Television Movie
Am I Ok?
Another Simple Favor
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy ** WINNER **
Mountainhead
Rebel Ridge
Limited Series
Adolescence ** WINNER **
Black Mirror
Dying For Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Say Nothing
The Penguin
Lead Actor in a Limited Series
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Stephen Graham, Adolescence ** WINNER **
Lead Actress in a Limited Series
Ari Graynor, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Ellen Pompeo, Good American Family
Lola Petticrew, Say Nothing
Michelle Williams, Dying For Sex ** WINNER **
Renée Zellweger, Briget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series
Anthony Boyle, Say Nothing
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Disclaimer
Owen Cooper, Adolescence ** WINNER **
Rob Delaney, Dying For Sex
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Jenny Slate, Dying For Sex ** WINNER **
Julianne Moore, Sirens
Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
Happy 10th Anniversary and glad to see The Pitt winning dramas.. Poor Mr Farrell didn't win here as well. I'm also huge admirer of Ms Milioti's role from that superb series but can't argue with Ms Williams' selection.