The nominations for the 44th Saturn Awards were announced today, and Star Trek: Discovery was one of the leading shows in the television categories with a total of five nominations. In addition, two Star Trek acting vets have been nominated for their film work, in the same category.

Discovery Picks Up 5 Saturn Nominations

Star Trek: Discovery only trailed The Walking Dead (with seven) for this year’s Saturns. Discovery has been nominated for Best New Media TV Series, Best TV Actress (Sonequa Martin-Green), Best TV Actor (Jason Isaacs), Best Supporting TV Actor (Doug Jones), and Best TV Guest Star (Michelle Yeoh).



The following are the categories where Discovery has been nominated:

Best New Media Television Series:

Altered Carbon (Netflix)

Black Mirror (Netflix)

The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

Mindhunter (Netflix)

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (Amazon / Sony Television)

Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Best Actor on a Television Series:

Jon Bernthal Marvel’s The Punisher (Netflix)

Bruce Campbell Ash vs. Evil Dead (Starz)

Sam Heughan Outlander (Starz)

Jason Isaacs Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

Andrew Lincoln The Walking Dead (AMC)

Seth MacFarlane The Orville (Fox Television)

Kyle MacLachlan Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime)

Ricky Whittle American Gods (Starz)

Best Actress on a Television Series:

Gillian Anderson The X-Files (Fox Television)

Caitriona Balfe Outlander (Starz)

Melissa Benoist Supergirl (The CW)

Lena Headey Game of Thrones (HBO)

Sonequa Martin-Green Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

Adrianne Palicki The Orville (Fox Television)

Sarah Paulson American Horror Story: Cult (FX)

Mary Elizabeth Winstead Fargo (FX)

Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series:

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Game of Thrones (HBO)

Miguel Ferrer Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime)

Kit Harington Game of Thrones (HBO)

Doug Jones Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

Christian Kane The Librarians (TNT)

Michael McKean Better Call Saul (AMC)

Khary Payton The Walking Dead (AMC)

Evan Peters American Horror Story: Cult (FX)

Best Guest-Starring Performance on Television:

Bryan Cranston Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (Amazon / Sony Television)

Michael Greyeyes Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)

David Lynch Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime)

Jeffrey Dean Morgan The Walking Dead (AMC)

Rachel Nichols The Librarians (TNT)

Jesse Plemons Black Mirror (Netflix)

Hartley Sawyer The Flash (The CW)

Michelle Yeoh Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)

‘The Orville’ picks up 3 nominations

Our adopted show The Orville was also honored by the Saturns with a total of three nominations. As seen in the above list, the show picked up Best Actor and Actress nominations for Seth MacFarlane and Adrianne Palicki. In addition the show was nominated for Best Science Fiction Television Series. You can see the full list of nominees for that category below.

Best Science Fiction Television Series:

The 100 (The CW)

Colony (USA)

Doctor Who (BBC America)

The Expanse (SyFy)

The Orville (Fox Television)

Salvation (CBS)

The X-Files (Fox Television)

NOTE: For the Saturn Awards, shows on streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, CBS All Access, and Amazon) have their own category “Best New Media Television Series,” and don’t compete in the Best Horror, Science Fiction or Fantasy Television Series categories.

Chris Pine and Patrick Stewart going up against each other

Star Trek actors facing off for Best Supporting Actor in a Film, with Sir Patrick Stewart (for Logan) and Chris Pine (for Wonder Woman) both being nominated. They will be going up against Harrison Ford (Blade Runner 2049), Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther), Michael Keaton (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) and Bill Skarsgard (It).

The 44th Annual Saturn Awards will be presented in June in Burbank, California.

The nominations were announced this morning in a Facebook Live video. A full list of nominees should be posted soon at the official SaturnAwards.org.