2009 PRISM AWARD NOMINATIONS
 
FEATURE FILM:
 
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
(Magnolia Pictures / BSF Film)
 
Finding Amanda
(Magnolia Pictures / Capacity Pictures)
 
Rachel Getting Married
(Sony Pictures Classics / Clinica Estetico)
 
The Wrestler
(Fox Searchlight Pictures / Protozoa Pictures)
 
 
 
FEATURE FILM - MENTAL HEALTH:
 
The Black Balloon
(NeoClassics Films Ltd. / Black Balloon Productions / Icon Entertainment / Australian Film Commission)
 
Disfigured
(Cinema Libre Studio / Dialogue Heavy Pictures / Launchpad Productions)
 
Gardens of the Night
(You Seen Me Films, Inc. / Station 3)
 
Stop-Loss
(Paramount Pictures / MTV Films / Scott Rudin Productions)
 
 
 
PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURE FILM:

Matthew Broderick, Finding Amanda
(Magnolia Pictures / Capacity Pictures)
 
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
(Sony Pictures Classics / Clinica Estetico)
 
Ryan Phillippe, Stop-Loss
(Paramount Pictures/MTV Films/ Scott Rudin Productions)
 
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
(Fox Searchlight Pictures / Protozoa Pictures)
 
Brittany Snow, Finding Amanda
(Magnolia Pictures / Capacity Pictures)
 
 
 
FILM FESTIVAL:
 
Madison
(Mirror Cinema)
 
The Poker House
(Poker House LLC)
 
Rolling
(Believe Entertainment / Group In Progress)
 
 
 
ORIGINAL DVD:
 
Birds of America
(First Look Studios / Plum Pictures / Hart-Lunsford Pictures / iDeal Partners / Hanson-Allen Films / Accomplice Films)
 
Flashbacks of a Fool
(Left Turn Films / LipSynch Productions / Anchor Bay Entertainment)
 
Socket
(TLA Releasing / Dark Blue Films / Velvet Candy Entertainment, LLC)
 
 
 
COMEDY EPISODE:
 
American Dad - "Spring Break-Up"
(Fox Broadcasting Co. / 20th Century Fox Television / Underdog / Fuzzy Door)
 
Californication - "Raw and Cooked"
(Showtime Network / Aggressive Mediocrity)
 
Desperate Housewives - "Mirror, Mirror"
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios / Cherry Productions)
 
King of the Hill - "Dia-BILL-ick Shock"
(Fox Broadcasting Co. / 20th Century Fox Television / Judgmental Films/ 3 Arts Entertainment/ Deedle-Dee Productions)
 
The Simpsons - "Smoke on the Daughter"
(Fox Broadcasting Co. / 20th Century Fox Television / Gracie Films)
 
 
 
COMEDY MULTI-EPISODE STORYLINE:
 
The Office - "Night Out" / "Goodbye Toby" / "Weight Loss" / "Business Ethics"
(NBC Entertainment / Universal Media Studios / Reveille LLC / Deedle-Dee Productions)
 
 
 
PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY SERIES:
 
Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios / Cherry Productions)
 
Dana Delany, Desperate Housewives
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios / Cherry Productions)
 
B.J. Novak, The Office
(NBC Entertainment / Universal Media Studios / Reveille LLC / Deedle-Dee Productions)
 
 
 
DRAMA EPISODE:
 
Boston Legal - "Smoke Signals"
(ABC Entertainment / 20th Century Fox Television / David E. Kelley Productions)
 
The Cleaner - "Meet the Jones"
(A & E Network / CBS Paramount Network Television / Once a Frog Productions)
 
Gossip Girl - "Woman on the Verge"
(CW Television Network / Warner Bros. Television / College Hill Pictures / 17th Street Productions / Alloy Entertainment)
 
Life - "Everything...All the Time"
(NBC Entertainment / Universal Media Studios)
 
Mad Men - "Six Months Leave"
(AMC / Lionsgate Television)
 
 
 
DRAMA SERIES - MENTAL HEALTH:
 
Flashpoint - "He Knows His Brother"
(CBS Entertainment / Avamar Entertainment)
 
Grey's Anatomy - "Freedom Part 1" / "Freedom Part 2"
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios / The Mark Gordon Co. / Shondaland)
 
In Plain Sight - "High-Priced Spread"
(USA Network / Universal Media Studios)
 
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - "Swing"
(NBC Entertainment / Universal Media Studios / Wolf Films)
 
Raising the Bar - "I Will, I'm Will"
(TNT / Steven Bochco Productions)
 
 
 
PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA EPISODE:
 
Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(NBC Entertainment / Universal Media Studios / Wolf Films)
 
Blake Lively, Gossip Girl
(CW Television Network / Warner Bros. Television / College Hill Pictures / 17th Street Productions / Alloy Entertainment)
 
Mary McCormack, In Plain Sight
(USA Network / Universal Media Studios)
 
Christopher Meloni, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(NBC Entertainment / Universal Media Studios / Wolf Films)
 
William Shatner, Boston Legal
(ABC Entertainment / 20th Century Fox Television / David E. Kelley Productions)
 
 
 
DRAMA SERIES MULTI-EPISODE STORYLINE:
 
Army Wives - "Great Expectations" / "Safe Havens" / "Payback"
(Lifetime Television / ABC Studios)
 
Breaking Bad: Season 1
(AMC / Sony Pictures Television)
 
The Cleaner - "Here Comes the Boom" / "To Catch a Fed" / "Back To One" / "Five Little Words"
(A & E Network / CBS Paramount Network Television / Once a Frog Productions)
 
Eli Stone - "The Humanitarian" / "Happy Birthday, Nate" / "Help"
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios / Berlanti Television)
 
90210 - "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" / "The Jet Set" / "Wide Awake and Dreaming" / "Model Behavior" / "Hollywood Fever" / "There's No Place Like Homecoming"
(CW Television Network / CBS Paramount Network Television)
 
 
 
PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA MULTI-EPISODE STORYLINE:
 
Benjamin Bratt, The Cleaner
(A & E Network / CBS Paramount Network Television / Once a Frog Productions)
 
Justin Chambers, Grey's Anatomy
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios / The Mark Gordon Co. / Shondaland)
 
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
(AMC / Sony Pictures Television)
 
Jessica Lowndes, 90210
(CW Television Network / CBS Paramount Network Television)
 
Elizabeth Reaser, Grey's Anatomy
(ABC Entertainment / ABC Studios / The Mark Gordon Co. / Shondaland)
 
 
 
TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES:
 
Accidental Friendship
(Hallmark Channel / Automatic Pictures)
 
Bernard and Doris
(HBO Films)
 
Love Sick: Secrets of a Sex Addict
(Lifetime Television / Johnson Production Group)
 
Queen Sized
(Lifetime Television / VonZerneck Sertner Films)
 
Sybil
(CBS Entertainment / Warner Bros. Television / Wolper Organization / Norman Stevens Productions)
 
 
 
PERFORMANCE IN A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES:
 
Tammy Blanchard, Sybil
(CBS Entertainment / Warner Bros. Television / Wolper Organization / Norman Stevens Productions)
 
Jessica Lange, Sybil
(CBS Entertainment / Warner Bros. Television / Wolper Organization / Norman Stevens Productions)
 
Sally Pressman, Love Sick: Secrets of a Sex Addict
(Lifetime Television / Johnson Production Group)
 
Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris
(HBO Films)
 
Chandra Wilson, Accidental Friendship
(Hallmark Channel / Automatic Pictures)
 
 
 
DAYTIME DRAMA STORYLINE:
 
All My Children: Chandler's Alcoholism
(ABC Daytime)
 
General Hospital: Night Shift - "Family Values" / "Listen to My Heart" / "About a Dad"
(SoapNet / ABC Daytime)
 
One Life to Live
(ABC Daytime)
 
 
 
TEEN OR CHILDREN'S PROGRAM:
 
About a Girl - "About a Homecoming"
(The N / Brightlight Pictures/Can West Media)
 
Degrassi: The Next Generation - "Didn't We Almost Have It All"
(The N / Epitome Pictures/CTV)
 
Degrassi: The Next Generation - "Pass the Dutchie"
(The N / Epitome Pictures/CTV)
 
Instant Star - "Not an Addict"
(The N / Epitome Pictures/CTV)
 
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee - "Coming Home"
(Nickelodeon / Lucky Duck)
 
 
 
TALK SHOW EPISODE:
 
The Doctors - "Episode #1055"
(CBS Paramount Domestic Television / Stage 29 Productions)
 
Dr. Phil - "The Bridge"
(CBS Paramount Domestic Television / Peteski Productions)
 
Dr. Phil - "Pill Popping Twins Parts 1 and 2"
(CBS Paramount Domestic Television / Peteski Productions)
 
Dr. Phil - "Sober Up Or Else!"
(CBS Paramount Domestic Television / Peteski Productions)
 
The Tyra Banks Show - "Addicted Moms: Families in Turmoil"
(Telepictures Productions)
 
 
 
DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM:
 
The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale
(HBO Documentary Films / BBC Storyville, ZDF /Art and Films Transit International)
 
Frontline - "The Medicated Child"
(PBS / WGBH / Frontline / Rain Media, Inc.)
 
Secret Lives of Women - "Dirty, Little Suburban Secrets"
(WE TV / KAOS Entertainment)
 
 
 
DOCUMENTARY - MENTAL HEALTH:
 
American Experience - "The Lobotomist"
(PBS / WGBH / Ark Media)
 
Boy Interrupted
(TruTV / Perry Films / HBO)
 
High School Confidential - "Episode 101"
(WE TV / Herizon Productions)
 
Ruby - "Episode 101"
(The Style Network)
 
Secret Lives of Women - "Eating Disorder"
(WE TV / KAOS Entertainment)
 
 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL PROGRAM:
 
American Masters - "Marvin Gaye"
(PBS / WNET)
 
The E! True Hollywood Story - "Amy Winehouse"
(E! Entertainment Television)
 
The E! True Hollywood Story - "Owen Wilson"
(E! Entertainment Television)
 
Jose Canseco: Last Shot
(A & E Network / Irifecta Entertainment)
 
Live Through This - "Amy Winehouse"
(FUSE / Jupiter Entertainment)
 
 
 
UNSCRIPTED NON-FICTION PROGRAM:
 
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew: Season 1
(VH1 / Irwin Entertainment)
 
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew: Season 2
(VH1 / Irwin Entertainment)
 
Gone Country 2
(CMT / Renegade 83)
 
Intervention: Season 4
(A & E Network / GRB Entertainment)
 
 
 
NEWSMAGAZINE SEGMENT:
 
Celebrity Crisis: 10 Most Shocking Mental Disorders
(E! Entertainment Television)
 
ESPN Outside the Lines - "Richard Jensen"
(ESPN)
 
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - "Drinking Games"
(HBO Sports)
 
THS Investigates - "Prom Nightmares"
(E! Entertainment Television)
 
 
 
MUSIC RECORDING:
 

In the Rooms - Richie Supa
 
Lost in Recovery - Selfish Steam
 
 
 
COMIC BOOK STORYLINE:
 
The Alcoholic
(Virgo / DC Comics)
 
The Mighty Avengers - "Sentry"
(Marvel Comics)
 
Penance: Relentless
(Marvel Comics)
 
Weapon Omega
(Marvel Comics)
 
 
 
PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT:
 
Half of Us
(mtvU)
 
NBC's The More You Know
(NBC Television Network)
 
The Recovery Project
(A & E Network / History Channel / Biography Channel / The Crime and Investigation Network / Insomnia TV)
 
Silent Scream
(VH1)
 
The Truth
(MTV)