The Film Independent Spirit Awards are unveiling their 2023 nominees for television Tuesday morning. The reveal marks a previously announced expansion of the TV categories, as well as a move to gender-neutral acting races this year in both television and film, the latter of which were revealed last month during the Spirits’ film nominations.
The organization has combined both actor and actress in TV’s Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series, and in the new category of Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series.
Billions star Asia Kate Dillon is announcing the nominees this morning on Film Independent’s YouTube channel. Last year, the Spirits honored FX’s Reservation Dogs with both the Best New Scripted Series and Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series awards.
The acting honors, split into female and male categories, went to Thuso Mbedu for Amazon’s The Underground Railroad and Lee Jung-jae for Netflix’s Squid Game, respectively.
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