LOS ANGELES – Apple TV+’s “Severance,” FX’s “The Bear,” ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and HBO’s “Station Eleven” were the top nominees announced Tuesday for the Film Independent Spirit Awards for television, collecting three nods each.
“Severance,” “The Bear” and “Station Eleven” were all nominated for best new scripted series, along with Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” and BET+’s “The Porter.”
“Pachinko” was named the recipient of the prize for best ensemble cast in a new scripted series.
“Abbott Elementary” creator/star Quinta Brunson was nominated for best lead performance in a new scripted series. Also nominated were Aml Ameen for “The Porter,” Mohammed Amer for “Mo,” “Bridget Everett for “Somebody Somewhere,” KaMillion for “Rap Sh!t,” Melanie Lynskey for “Yellowjackets,” Himesh Patel for “Station Eleven,” Su Anne Pien for “As We See It,” Adam Scott for “Severance” and Ben Whishaw for “This is Going to Hurt.”
The Spirit Award has gender-neutral categories for performers in television and film. The film nominees were announced last month.
Nominations for best new non-scripted or documentary series went to FX’s “Children of the Underground,” HBO’s “Mind Over Murder,” Netflix’s “Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?,” HBO’s “The Rehearsal” and Showtime’s “We Need to Talk About Cosby.”
The awards will be presented in a large tent on the beach in Santa Monica on March 4.