38th Annual Independent Spirit Awards TV Nominations

From Left to Right: Mohammed Amer, Sue Ann Pien, Himesh Patel, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Frankie Quiñones - Slaven Vlasic / Leon Bennett / Gilbert Flores / Dia Dipasupil / Jon Kopaloff / Stringer

The second half of the previously announced 38th Annual Independent Spirit Awards nominations (which focused on films) have been revealed. This portion of the nominees focuses on scripted and unscripted television programming. The top nominee was Abbott Elementary, which garnered three acting nominations. Also, the Apple TV+ original series Pachinko was the first and sole Spirit Award winner of the season winning for Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series while also receiving an additional nomination for Best New Scripted Series.

The racial and ethnic breakdown of POC nominees includes:

• African American/Black: 11 nominations

• Asian/Asian American & Pacific Islander: 4 nominations

• Hispanic/Latino: 1 nomination

• Middle Eastern: 1 nomination

• Native American: 0 nominations

• Very Diverse Cast: 3 nominations

The 38th Annual Independent Spirit Awards will premiere on March 4, 2023, at the beach by the Santa Monica Pier.

Note: POC nominees are in bold below.

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer) 

• Children of the Underground 
  Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Ted Gesing, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Kate Barry; Co-Executive Producer: Julie Gaither 

• Mind Over Murder 
  Executive Producers: Marc Smerling, Nanfu Wang, Max Heckman, Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez 

• Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? 
  Executive Producers: Nick Boak, Andrew Renzi, Andrew D. Corkin, Theo James, Andrew Fried, Jordan Wynn, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma; Co-Executive Producer: Jeremiah Murphy 

• The Rehearsal 
  Creator/Executive Producer: Nathan Fielder; Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManus, Christie Smith; Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola 

• We Need to Talk About Cosby 
  Executive Producers: W. Kamau Bell, Andrew Fried, Katie A. King, Vinnie Malhotra, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, Jordan Wynn; Co-Executive Producer: Geraldine L. Porras 

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer) 

• The Bear 
  Creator/Executive Producer: Christopher Storer; Executive Producers: Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson; Co-Executive Producer: Rene Gube 

• Pachinko 
  Creator/Executive Producer: Soo Hugh; Executive Producers: Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Theresa Kang-Lowe, Richard Middleton, Justin Chon, Kogonada; Co-Executive Producers: Dani Gorin, Sebastian Lee, David Kim, Ethan Kuperberg 

• The Porter 
  Creators/Executive Producers: Marsha Greene, Annmarie Morais, Arnold Pinnock; Creator/Co-Executive Producer: Bruce Ramsay; Creator: Aubrey Nealon; Executive Producers: Ian Dimerman, Jennifer Kawaja, Charles Officer, R.T. Thorne, Aml Ameen, Bruno Dubé, Alfre Woodard, Rose Catherine Pinkney, Devin Griffin; Co-Executive Producers: Elise Cousineau, Andrea Glinski, Steve Cochrane, Daphne Park 

• Severance 
  Creator/Executive Producer: Dan Erickson; Executive Producers: Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Andrew Colville, Chris Black, John Cameron; Co-Executive Producers: Jill Footlick, Kari Drake 

• Station Eleven 
  Creator/Executive Producer: Patrick Somerville; Executive Producers: Jessica Rhoades, Scott Steindorff, Dylan Russell, Scott Delman, Jeremy Podeswa, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson; Co-Executive Producers: David Nicksay, Nick Cuse 

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES 

• Aml Ameen, The Porter 

• Mohammed Amer, Mo 

• Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary 

• Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere 

• KaMillion, Rap Sh!t 

• Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets 

• Himesh Patel, Station Eleven 

• Sue Ann Pien, As We See It 

• Adam Scott, Severance 

• Ben Whishaw, This is Going to Hurt 

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES 

• Danielle Deadwyler, Station Eleven   

• Ayo Edebiri, The Bear 

• Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere 

• Gbemisola Ikumelo, A League of Their Own 

• Janelle James, Abbott Elementary 

• Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear 

• Frankie Quiñones, This Fool 

• Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary 

• Molly Shannon, I Love That For You 

• Tramell Tillman, Severance 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES 

Pachinko 
Ensemble Cast: Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Yuh-jung Youn