“Hacks” and “The Pitt” win the best honors of LGBTQ critics at the Dorian Awards 2025

Season 4 of “Hacks” won Big at the Dorian TV Awards 2025, the 17th annual Galeca awards ceremony: the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. In total, the comedy Max featuring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder have won five prizes, by far the largest number in a series.

These victories included the best television comedy, the best LGBTQ television program, the best written television program, the best television performance – Comedy and best support TV performance – Comedy. Smart and Einbinder have won the last two prices, respectively. This has marked the third time that Galeca has named “Hacks” the best television comedy. Einbinder’s victory for the best support television performance has been the second time that the actor has earned honor. In addition, Smart was appointed this year Galeca TV icon, whose previous recipients include Jennifer Coolidge, Christine Baranski and Carol Burnett.

Although “Hacks” has won the most prize this year, three shows this year – “The Pitt” by Max, “Pee -Wee As himself” by HBO and Max and “The Treatrs” by Peacock – all won two prizes each.

On the network side, HBO and Max were the clear winners led by the five victories of “Hacks”. The premium cable giant and the streamer won 11 awards this year, including victories for “The Pitt”, “Pee-Wee as himself”, “Last week with John Oliver” and “Harley Quinn”. Netflix followed with three victories for “adolescence”, “squid game” and “elite”.

“This year Dorian television winners once again prove that queer people have a particularly lively eye for stellar television, using the objective of our culture to raise the most daring, brilliant and happily,” said Diane Anderson-Minshall, Managing Director of Galeca. “Dazzling” hacks “of domination at the historic pioneer of Ncuti Gatwa, we are proud to celebrate a range of talents and narration.”

“The Dorian Awards this year illustrate more than all the depth and the quality of television at the moment, especially with regard to the shows by and for the LGBTQ +people. This year’s winners’ harvest made us laugh, inspired us and delivered some of the most intense and enriching performances of our members,” said Walt Hickey, President of Galeca.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best television drama

• “Le Pitt” (max)
• “Andor” (Disney +)
• “The last of us” (HBO / Max)
• “Souche” (Apple TV +)
• “The White Lotus” (HBO / MAX)

Best television comedy

• “Hacks” (HBO / MAX)
• “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
• “Rehearsal” (HBO / MAX)
• “Someone somewhere” (HBO / MAX)
• “The studio” (Apple TV +)

Best LGBTQ TV show

• “Hacks” (HBO / MAX)
• “Agatha all along” (Disney +)
• “Heartstopper” (Netflix)
• “Overwhelm” (Amazon Prime)
• “Someone somewhere” (HBO / MAX)

Best TV movie or mini-series

• “Adolescence” (Netflix)
• “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” (Peacock)
• “Die for sex” (fx)
• “Penguin” (HBO / MAX)
• “Rebel Ridge” (Netflix)

Best written television program

• “Hacks” (max)
• “Andor” (Disney +)
• “Le Pitt” (max)
• “Souche” (Apple TV +)
• “The White Lotus” (HBO / MAX)

Best unknown television program

• “Overwhelm” (Amazon Prime)
• “English teacher” (FX)
• “Evil” (Paramount +)
• “Fantasmas” (HBO / Max)
• “Mid-Century Modern” (Hulu)

Best non -English TV show

• “Squid game” (Netflix)
• “Trio” (Viaplay)
• “Elite” (Netflix)
• “My brilliant friend” (HBO / MAX)
• “One hundred years of loneliness” (Netflix)
• “Pachinko” (Apple TV +)

Best non -English LGBTQ TV show

• “Elite” (Netflix)
• “Become Karl Lagerfeld” (Hulu)
• “The boyfriend” (Netflix)
• “The secret of the river” (Netflix)
• “When nobody sees us” (HBO / Max)

Best television performance – Drama

• Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” (HBO / Max)
• Colin Farrell, “The Penguin” (HBO / Max)
• Stephen Graham, “adolescence” (Netflix)
• Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” (Netflix)
• Diego Luna, “Andor” (Disney +)
• Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin” (HBO / Max)
• Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us” (HBO / MAX)
• Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us” (HBO / MAX)
• Adam Scott, “Severance” (Apple TV +)
• Michelle Williams, “dying for sex” (fx)

Best Support TV performance – Drama

• Tramell Tillman, “Severance” (Apple TV +)
• Owen Cooper, “adolescence” (Netflix)
• Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus” (HBO / Max)
• Taylor Dearden, “The Pitt” (HBO / Max)
• Erin Doherty, “adolescence” (Netflix)
• Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus” (HBO / MAX)
• Katherine Lanasa, “The Pitt” (HBO / Max)
• Geneviève O’Reilly, “Andor” (Disney +)
• Parker Posey, “The White Lotus” (HBO / Max)
• Jenny Slate, “dying for sex” (fx)

Best television performance – Comedy

• Jean Smart, “Hacks” (HBO / MAX)
• Uzo Aduba, “the residence” (Netflix)
• Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
• Available, “The Bear” (FX / Hulu)
• Bridget Everett, “Somebody somewhere” (HBO / MAX)
• Nathan Fielder, “Rehearsal” (HBO / Max)
• Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha all along” (Disney +)
• Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face” (Peacock)
• Seth Rogen, “The Studio” (Apple TV +)
• Benito Skinner, “Overcompensating” (Amazon Prime)

Best Support TV performance – Comedy

• Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks” (HBO / Max)
• Ike Barinholtz, “The Studio” (Apple TV +)
• Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons” (Netflix)
• Holmes, “overcompensary” (Amazon Prime)
• Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
• Kathryn Hahn, “The Studio” (Apple TV +)
• Jeff Hiller, “someone somewhere” (HBO / Max)
• Linda Lavin, “Mid-Century Modern” (Hulu)
• Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio” (Apple TV +)
• Meg Stalter, “Hacks” (HBO / Max)

Best TV musical performance

• Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, “The Wizard of Oz” / “Wicked” Medley, 97th Academy Awards (ABC)
• Beyoncé, “Cowboy Carter” Medley, Ravens against Texans Halftime Show (Netflix)
• Doechii, “Catfish” / “Denial is a river”, 67th Grammy Awards (CBS)
• Kathryn Hahn, Patti Lupone, Ali Ahn, Sasheer Zamata, “La Ballade de la Route des witches”, Agatha from the start (Disney +)
• Kendrick Lamar, “Drass”, “Humble”, etc., Super Bowl Lix Halftime Show (Fox)

Best series of television documentaries or documentaries

• “PEE Wee AS ALL OF ROI” (HBO / MAX)
• “President of the deaf now!” (Apple TV +)
• “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes” (Max)
• “Rehearsal” (HBO / MAX)
• “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” (NBC)

Best documentary or documentary series TV LGBTQ TV

• “PEE Wee AS ALL OF ROI” (HBO / MAX)
• “Disco: soundtrack of a revolution” (PBS)
• “Fanatic: Tegan and Sara cat fishing” (Hulu)
• “Outstanding: a comedy revolution” (Netflix)
• “Queer planet” (peacock)

Best current business fair

• “Last week this evening with John Oliver” (HBO / Max)
• “The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
• “HOT ONES” (Youtube)
• “John Mulaney presents: everyone live” (Netflix)
• “Late evening with Seth Meyers” (NBC)

Best reality TV show

• “Traitors” (peacock)
• “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
• “The Great British Baking Show” (Netflix)
• “RUPAUL’s Drag Race” (MTV)
• “Top chef” (bravo)

Best genre TV show

• “Andor” (Disney +)
• “Agatha all along” (Disney +)
• “Black Mirror” (Netflix)
• “The last of us” (HBO / Max)
• “Souche” (Apple TV +)

Best animated show

• “Harley Quinn” (HBO / MAX)
• “Large mouth” (Netflix)
• “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
• Simpsons ”(Fox)
• Star Trek: Lower decks ”(Paramount +)

Most visually striking television show

• “Souche” (Apple TV +)
• “Adolescence” (Netflix)
• “Agatha all along” (Disney +)
• “Andor” (Disney +)
• “The White Lotus” (HBO / MAX)

Most camp television

• “Traitors” (peacock)
• “Doctor Odyssey” (ABC)
• “Mid-Century Modern” (Hulu)
• “Overwhelm” (Amazon Prime)
• “RUPAUL’s Drag Race” (MTV)

WILDE WIT AWARD

• Cole school
• Fifth Brunson
• Alan Cumming
• Hannah Intherd
• Nathan Fielder

Galeca TV icon price

• Smart jeans
• Gillian Anderson
• Angela Bassett
• Alan Cumming
• Sarah Michelle Gellar

Galeca lgbtqia + TV Trailblazer Award

• NCUTI GATWA
• Jonathan Bailey
• Greg Berlant
• Bella Ramsey
• Mike White
• Bowen Yang