TELEVISION & MOVIES: 2009 Portal Awards Filled With Surprises!

Airlock Alpha.com [formerly SyFyPortal.com] announced the winners of its fan-voted Portal Awards [formerly the SyFy Portal Genre Awards] this week. Favorites like Battlestar Galactica, Lost and The Dark Knight received few awards – though some popular movies and long-running series did take up the slack.

The biggest upsets were Doctor Who’s Catherine Tate beating out Galactica’s Mary McDonnell and Star Trek taking Best Movie over The Dark Knight. The complete list of winners follows after the jump.

BEST ACTOR/Television
WINNER: Jensen Ackles, "Supernatural
RUNNER-UP: David Tennant, "Doctor Who"

BEST ACTRESS/Television
WINNER: Catherine Tate, "Doctor Who"
RUNNER-UP: Mary McDonnell, "Battlestar Galactica"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television
WINNER: Michael Emerson, "Lost"
RUNNER-UP: John Noble, "Fringe"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television
WINNER: Summer Glau, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
RUNNER-UP: Olivia Williams, "Dollhouse"

BEST EPISODE/Television
WINNER: "Monster at the End of This Book," Supernatural
RUNNER-UP: "Turn Left," Doctor Who

BEST GUEST STAR/Television
WINNER: Alan Tudyk, "Omega," Dollhouse
RUNNER-UP: Billie Piper, "The Stolen Earth," Doctor Who

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
WINNER: Thomas Dekker, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
RUNNER-UP: Hayden Panettiere, "Heroes"

BEST ACTOR/Movie
WINNER: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
RUNNER-UP: Zachary Quinto, "Star Trek"

BEST ACTRESS/Movie
WINNER: Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe"
RUNNER-UP: Cate Blanchett, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST WEB SITE
WINNER: Supernatural.tv
RUNNER-UP: Whedonesque

BEST WEB PRODUCTION
WINNER: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
RUNNER-UP: Battlestar Galactica: Face of the Enemy

BEST MOVIE
WINNER: Star Trek
RUNNER-UP: The Dark Knight

BEST SERIES/Television
WINNER: Supernatural
RUNNER-UP: Battlestar Galactica

Gene Roddenberry Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER: James Cameron
RUNNER-UP: H.G. Wells

For a link to a complete list of Portal winners for the last ten years follow this link:

http://www.airlockalpha.com/feature/6647/10-years-of-portal-awards-winners.html