“Adolescence,” the gripping mini-series about Jamie Miller, a 13-year-old boy who is accused of killing a girl from his school, received three trophies at the second annual Gotham Television Awards on Monday night, including one for breakthrough limited series.
Stephen Graham, who played Jamie’s father, Eddie, won for outstanding lead performance in a limited series. Owen Cooper, who played the troubled teenager, shared a win for outstanding supporting performance in a limited series with Jenny Slate for “Dying for Sex.”
“Adolescence,” which beat “Dying for Sex,” “Get Millie Back,” “Penelope” and “Say Nothing” in the limited series category, quickly became popular among viewers and critics after it was released on Netflix in March.
Margaret Lyons, a television critic for The New York Times, wrote that the show’s third episode was “one of the more fascinating hours of TV I’ve seen in a long time.” The show also stirred debate about whether the British government should restrict children’s access to smartphones to stop them from viewing harmful content.
On Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan, Kathy Bates won for outstanding lead performance in a drama series for “Matlock” and Aaron Pierre won for outstanding performance in an original film for “Rebel Ridge.” Brian Tyree Henry, who broke out in “Atlanta,” received the performer tribute award for his portrayal of Ray Driscoll, an ex-con who robs drug houses by pretending to be a federal agent, in “Dope Thief.”
The Gotham Awards, which have recognized film excellence since 1991, began adding television categories in 2015. Last year it split off the TV honors into their own ceremony in Manhattan.
The film awards, which take place each December, represent the beginning of the Oscars season. The Gothams seem to be positioning the television awards, which come less than two weeks before voting begins for Primetime Emmy nominations, to play a similar annual role in TV’s awards season. But it is too soon to gauge what effect, if any, they might have on the Emmys. (Primetime Emmy nominations will be announced in July and the awards will be given out in September.)
Here is the full list of Gotham Television Awards winners:
Breakthrough Comedy Series
“The Studio”
Breakthrough Drama Series
“The Pitt”
Breakthrough Limited Series
“Adolescence”
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
“Social Studies”
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series
Julio Torres, “Fantasmas”
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series
Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
Poorna Jagannathan, “Deli Boys”
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
Ben Whishaw, “Black Doves”
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited Series
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence,” and Jenny Slate, “Dying for Sex”
Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming
“Pee-wee as Himself”: Matt Wolf, director, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producer
Outstanding Performance in an Original Film
Aaron Pierre, “Rebel Ridge”
Derrick Bryson Taylor is a Times reporter covering breaking news in culture and the arts.
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