1st_Streamy_Awards

1st Streamy Awards

1st Streamy Awards

2009 awards ceremony recognizing online video

The 1st Annual Streamy Awards was the first ever awards ceremony dedicated entirely to web series and the first installment of the Streamy Awards.[1][2] The awards were held on March 28, 2009, at the Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles, California.[3] The event had over 1,300 audience members in attendance and was simultaneously broadcast live online.[4][5] The Official Red Carpet Pre-Show was hosted by Shira Lazar and the award show was co-hosted by Tubefilter, NewTeeVee and Tilzy.TV.[6] The web series The Guild and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog were the biggest winners of the night,[6] winning four and six awards, respectively,[7] out of the 25 award categories.[1][3] The show was met by positive reception by celebrities in attendance and the media.

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Shira Lazar hosted the Official Red Carpet Pre-Show

Winners and nominees

Cast of The Guild, winner of Best Comedy Web Series, Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series, and Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series
Maurissa Tancharoen and Joss Whedon, winners of Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series
Blake Calhoun, winner of Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series, with Natalie Raitano
Neil Patrick Harris, winner of Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Felicia Day, winner of Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series
Rosario Dawson, winner of Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series
Alex Albrecht, winner of Best Web Series Host
Tay Zonday at the 2009 Streamys
David Faustino at the 2009 Streamys

The nominees were announced on March 13, 2009 and the finalists for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series were announced on March 17.[8][9] The Streamy Craft Award winners were announced in a ceremony held on March 26, 2009.[10] The remaining award categories were announced during the main ceremony at the Wadsworth Theatre on March 28.[3] Winners of the categories were selected by the International Academy of Web Television except for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series which was put to a public vote.[1][11]

Winners are listed first, in bold.[6][7]

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Web series with multiple nominations and awards

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Reception

The New York Times Magazine columnist Virginia Heffernan called the show "a goofy and a powerful experience."[4] Heffernan, alongside Alexia Tsotsis writing for LA Weekly, were impressed by the celebrity presence at the show, with Tsotsis calling it "an Emmys for Web TV."[4][5] Maria Russo, writing for TheWrap, and Patrick Orndorff, writing for Wired, praised the quality of the nominees.[1][11] Russo opined of the show that although "[in] the big scheme of things it all feels very fledgling", the existence of the awards felt "like a cool glimpse into the future".[1] Heffernan, Tsotsis, and Jill Weinberger of Gigaom, singled out the speeches of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog writer Joss Whedon and The Guild star Felicia Day as particularly memorable with Whedon praising the online content creators in attendance and Day saying of her awards "this is for everyone who ever said no to me."[4][5][6] YouTuber and singer Tay Zonday was enthusiastic about the awards saying that they show "that people don't have to play the system to have their art acknowledged," and actor David Faustino said of the show "we're at a baby stage of something that's going to be amazingly giant and I'm excited to be on ground floor."[5] Brian Lowry writing for Variety called the Streamys the "Worst Award Name Ever".[3]

See also

References

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    Russo, Maria (March 15, 2009). "Watch Out, Emmys, Here Come the Streamys". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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    Wetherbe, Jamie (March 2009). "Get Streamy" (PDF). Geek Monthly. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2011.
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    Lowry, Brian (Apr 1, 2009). "Special 'Worst Award Name Ever' Award". Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
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    Heffernan, Virginia (March 31, 2009). "California Streamin': A Night for Web Serials". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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    Tsotsis, Alexia (March 30, 2009). "Web TV's Streamy Awards: Next Year It Could Be You Up There". LA Weekly. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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    Weinberger, Jill (March 29, 2009). "Joss Whedon, Felicia Day and a Pile of Streamys". GigaOm. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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    "1st Annual Winners & Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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    Tilsner, Jamison (March 13, 2009). "The Streamy Awards Official Nominees!". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 2020-03-06. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
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    Hustvedt, Marc (March 17, 2009). "Streamy Awards: Audience Choice Award Finalists - VOTE!". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 2020-03-06. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
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    "The Streamy Awards: Three cheers for online TV!". Entertainment Weekly. March 30, 2009. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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    Orndorff, Patrick (March 24, 2009). "The Streamy Awards Want Your Vote - But There Is a Problem". Wired. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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