The 2020 Silver Garbage Awards - The Winners
Winners are in Bold. The Silver Garbage Awards celebrates the Very Worst of the Past Television Season.
WORST NEW SERIES: Almost Family (Fox) Bluff City Law (NBC) Council of Dads (NBC) Daybreak (Netflix) Grand Hotel (ABC) Perfect Harmony (NBC)
WORST COMEDY SERIES: Broke (CBS) Indebted (NBC) Outmatched (Fox) Perfect Harmony (NBC) The Politician (Netflix) Sunnyside (NBC)
WORST DRAMA SERIES: Almost Family (Fox) Bluff City Law (NBC) Council of Dads (NBC) Daybreak (Netflix) Grand Hotel (ABC) Magnum P.I. (CBS)
WORST SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM: Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (Lifetime) The College Admissions Scandal (Lifetime) High School the Musical: The Musical: The Special (Disney Plus) I Was Lorena Bobbitt (Lifetime) Tempting Fate (Lifetime)
WORST REALITY PROGRAM: A Double Shot at Love (MTV) Flirty Dancing (Fox) Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (MTV) Judge Jerry (Syndicated) Made in Staten Island (MTV) Million Dollar Mile (CBS)
WORST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Jaime Camil - Broke (CBS) Ashton Kutcher - The Ranch (Netflix) Kal Penn - Sunnyside (NBC) Dax Shepard - Bless This Mess (ABC) Steven Weber - Indebted (NBC) Bradley Whitford - Perfect Harmony (NBC)
WORST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Timothy Hutton - Almost Family (Fox) Rob Lowe - 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) Alex O’Loughlin - Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) Jay Rodriguez - Magnum P.I. (CBS) Jimmy Smits - Bluff City Law (NBC) Michael Weatherly - Bull (CBS)
WORST SPECIAL CLASS LEAD ACTOR: Pauly Delvecchio - A Double Shot at Love & Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (both MTV) Vinny Guadagnino - A Double Shot at Love & Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (both MTV) Joe Exotic - Tiger King (Netflix) Jerry Springer - Judge Jerry (Syndicated) Tim Tebow - Million Dollar Mile (CBS)
WORST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Lake Bell - Bless This Mess (ABC) Anna Camp - Perfect Harmony (NBC) Fran Drescher - Indebted (NBC) Natasha Leggero - Broke (CBS) Pauley Perrette - Broke (CBS) Constance Wu - Fresh Off The Boat (ABC) WORST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars (Hulu) Megalyn Echikunwoke - Almost Family (Fox) Carla Gugino - Jett (Cinemax) Brittany Snow - Almost Family (Fox) Liv Tyler - 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) Zendaya - Euphoria (HBO)
WORST SPECIAL CLASS LEAD ACTRESS: Carole Baskin - Tiger King (Netflix) Kristin Cavallari - A Very Merry Cavallari and Very Cavallari (both E!) Lea Michele - Same Time, Next Christmas (ABC) Alyssa Milano - Tempting Fate (Lifetime) Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi - Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (MTV)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Ed Begley Jr. - Bless This Mess (ABC) Izzy Diaz - Broke (CBS) Rizwan Manji - Perfect Harmony (NBC) Finesse Mitchell - Outmatched (Fox) Adam Pally - Indebted (NBC) Geno Segers - Perfect Harmony (NBC)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES: Stony Blyden - Bluff City Law (NBC) Stephen Hill - Magnum P.I. (CBS) Zane Holtz - Katy Keene (The CW) Zachary Knighton - Magnum P.I. (CBS) David Krumholtz - The Deuce (HBO) Clive Standen - Council of Dads (NBC)
WORST SPECIAL CLASS SUPPORTING ACTOR: Hunter Burke - You Can’t Take My Daughter (Lifetime) Jeff Lowe - Tiger King (Netflix) Dr. Phil McGraw - TMZ Investigates: Tiger King: What Really Went Down (Fox) Michael Shanks - The College Admissions Scandal (Lifetime) Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino - Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (MTV)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Tisha Campbell - Outmatched (Fox) Elisha Cuthbert - The Ranch (Netflix) Abby Elliott - Indebted (NBC) Pam Grier - Bless This Mess (ABC) Tymberlee Hill - Perfect Harmony (NBC) Jessy Hodges - Indebted (NBC)
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES: Jennifer Love Hewitt - 9-1-1 (Fox) Amy Hill - Magnum P.I. (CBS) Emily Osment - Almost Family (Fox) Sydney Sweeney - Euphoria (HBO) Michelle Weaver - Council of Dads (NBC) Perdita Weeks - Magnum P.I. (CBS)
WORST SPECIAL CLASS SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kirstie Alley - You Can’t Take My Daughter (Lifetime) Jenni Farley - Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (MTV) Dolly Parton - Christmas at Dollywood (Hallmark Channel) Angelina Pivarnick - Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (MTV) Nia Vardalos - Same Time, Next Christmas (ABC)
WORST REBOOT/SPIN-OFF: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney Plus) (Half-Sequel and Half-Spinoff To The Disney Franchise) Judge Jerry (Syndicated) (Half-Sequel and Half-Spinoff of The Jerry Springer Show) The Little Mermaid LIVE (ABC) (Remake of 1989 Disney Classic Movie) 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) (Spin-Off of 9-1-1) Pearson (USA) (Spin-Off of Suits) Veronica Mars (Hulu) (Sequel to 2000s UPN Detective Series)
WORST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES: Laura Bell Bundy - Perfect Harmony (NBC) Tony Danza - Outmatched (Fox) Kelsey Grammer - Carol’s Second Act (CBS) Bette Midler - The Politician (Netflix) Natalie Morales - Sunnyside (NBC) Nicole Richie - Bless This Mess (ABC)
WORST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES: Eva Longoria Baston - Grand Hotel (ABC) Corbin Bernsen - Tommy (CBS) Miley Cyrus - Black Mirror (Netflix) Katey Sagal - Grand Hotel (ABC) Tom Everett Scott - Council of Dads (NBC) Natalie Zea - 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
WORST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN TELEVISION: Almost Family (Fox) High School the Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney Plus) Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (MTV) Magnum P.I. (CBS) Perfect Harmony (NBC) Tiger King (Netflix)
WORST WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES: Broke (CBS) High School the Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney Plus) Outmatched (Fox) Perfect Harmony (NBC) Sunnyside (NBC)
WORST DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES: High School the Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney Plus) Indebted (NBC) Outmatched (Fox) Perfect Harmony (NBC) Sunnyside (NBC)
WORST WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES: Almost Family (Fox) Bluff City Law (NBC) Council of Dads (NBC) Magnum P.I. (CBS) NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
WORST DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES: Almost Family (Fox) Euphoria (HBO) Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) Magnum P.I. (CBS) The Rookie (ABC)
WORST SPECIAL CLASS WRITING: Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (Lifetime) The College Admissions Scandal (Lifetime) I Was Lorena Bobbitt (Lifetime) Same Time, Next Christmas (ABC) TMZ Investigates: Tiger King: What Really Went Down (Fox)
WORST SPECIAL CLASS DIRECTING: Christmas at Dollywood (Hallmark Channel) The College Admissions Scandal (Lifetime) A Double Shot at Love (MTV) I Was Lorena Bobbitt (Lifetime) You Can’t Take My Daughter (Lifetime)
WORST SCREEN DUO: Timothy Hutton & Brittany Snow (Almost Family, Fox) Pauly D & Vinny (A Double Shot at Love & Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, both MTV) Steven Weber & Fran Drescher (Indebted, NBC) Any two housemates (Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, MTV) Carole Baskin and either Joe Exotic or Her Kittens (Tiger King, Netflix) Joe Exotic and his Tiger Zoo (Tiger King, Netflix)
















