| 51st Anniversary (AKA) 48th Saturn Awards | |
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| Date | February 4, 2024 |
| Site | Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, Burbank, California |
| Hosted by | Joel McHale |
| Highlights | |
| Most nominations | Film: Avatar: The Way of Water (12) Television: Star Trek: Picard (7) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | ElectricNOW |
The 48th Saturn Awards (officially known as the 51st Anniversary Saturn Awards) will be presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to honor the best in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other genres belonging to genre fiction in film, television, and home entertainment. The change in the number of the awards name was introduced at the previous ceremony, which was renamed from "47th Saturn Awards" to "50th Saturn Awards" to celebrate 50 years of the Saturn Awards (founded in 1972); this change was also implemented for this edition of the awards.[1] The ceremony will be held on February 4, 2024, at Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel in Burbank, California, and will be live-streamed for the second consecutive year on Electric Entertainment's OTT app and FAST channel ElectricNow.[2] Joel McHale will host the event for the second year in a row.[2] This year's show is dedicated to the memory of actor and former Saturn Awards host Lance Reddick, and filmmaker William Friedkin.[2]
The nominations announcement and awards process was postponed in solidarity with the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, which took place from May 2 to November 9.[3] Ultimately, the nominees were revealed on December 6, 2023.[4][5][6] The epic science fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water led the film nominations with twelve — two more than what the original received in 2010 — including Best Science Fiction Film and four acting nominations, followed by Oppenheimer with eleven.[4][7][8] For the television categories, Star Trek: Picard led the nominations with seven for its third and final season, followed by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with six.[4] Overall for television, the Star Trek Universe shows, all from Paramount+, brought in a total of 14 nominations across 3 different shows — Picard (7), Strange New Worlds (6), and Lower Decks (1) — a franchise record for the Saturn Awards in the television categories in a single year.[4][9][10][11]
This year's Saturn Award eligibility period for television was from July 2022 through the end of July 2023 while film was extended to September 2023.[12]
Category changes
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Nominees
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Television
Home Entertainment
Special Achievement Awards
- Visionary Award – Christopher Nolan[13]
Multiple nominations
References
- ↑ "ElectricNOW Will Air The 50th Anniversary Saturn Awards Show". Electric Entertainment. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- 1 2 3 Prange, Stephanie (January 3, 2024). "Joel McHale to Host Saturn Awards Streaming on ElectricNow Feb. 4". Media Play News. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ "Saturn Awards Nominations Announcement". Saturn Awards. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 Hipes, Patrick (December 6, 2023). "'Avatar: The Way of Water', 'Oppenheimer', 'Star Trek' Series Lead Nominations for Genre-Focused Saturn Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ "51st Annual Saturn Awards Nominees Announced". VideoAge International. December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ R R, Aishwarya (December 6, 2023). "Saturn Awards 2023: Nominations, Date, Venue, Live Stream, and More". Freshers Live. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ Miller, Ross (February 18, 2010). "'Avatar' Leads 2010 Saturn Awards Nominations". Screen Rant. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ Harrigan, Will (December 6, 2023). "Saturn Awards Nominations include 'Black Panther', 'Guardians of the Galaxy'". Cosmic Book News. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ Coley, Samantha (December 6, 2023). "'Star Trek: Picard' Season 3 Scores Otherworldly Number of Saturn Award Nominations". Collider. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ TrekMovie.com Staff (December 6, 2023). "'Star Trek: Picard', 'Strange New Worlds', and 'Lower Decks' Pick Up 15 Saturn Awards Nominations". TrekMovie.com. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ Orquiola, John (December 6, 2023). "'Star Trek: Picard' Gets Awards Recognition the Emmys Failed to Deliver". Screen Rant. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ Sanches, Flora (December 5, 2023). "Saturn Awards Nominations to Live Stream Dec. 6 on ElectricNOW Platform". Media Play News. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ Couch, Aaron (December 11, 2023). "Christopher Nolan Lands Saturn Awards Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 20, 2023.