Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2023 nominees
- Best Comedy: Big Boys, Derry Girls, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Everyone Else Burns, Extraordinary, Trying
- Comedy Actor: Gemma Arterton, Jamie Demetriou, Jim Howick, Martin Freeman, Sinead Matthews, Taj Atwal
- Nominees in other categories include Late Night Lycett, Taskmaster and The Graham Norton Show
2023 Edinburgh TV Awards winners revealed
The shortlists have been announced for the Edinburgh TV Awards 2023, the awards run by the Edinburgh TV Festival. The results will be announced at a ceremony on Thursday 24th August.
The comedy-related nominees are...
Best Comedy Series
Best TV Actor - Comedy
Gemma Arterton (for Funny Woman)
Jamie Demetriou (for A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou)
Jim Howick (for Here We Go)
Martin Freeman (for Breeders)
Sinead Matthews (for Hullraisers)
Taj Atwal (for Hullraisers)
Best Entertainment Series
The Masked Singer
The Rap Game UK
The Traitors
Best TV Presenter - Entertainment
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly (for Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway)
Claudia Winkleman (for The Piano)
Graham Norton (for The Graham Norton Show)
Greg Davies and Alex Horne (for Taskmaster)
Mo Gilligan (for The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan)
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan (for Rob & Romesh Vs)
Elsewhere in the nominations, Jordan Gray's guest spot on Friday Night Live appears in the Breakthrough Presenter category, as does Sorry, I Didn't Know team captain Eddie Kadi.
Bad Sisters is one of the programmes nominated in the Drama category, whilst Trip Hazard, the programme presented by Rosie Jones, is in the Best Popular Factual Series shortlist.
The Breakthrough Actor category features Aliyah Odoffin from Everything I Know About Love, Amy James-Kelly from Everyone Else Burns, and Extraordinary's Máiréad Tyers alongside Lewis Gribben (Somewhere Boy) and Mia Threapleton (I Am Ruth).