AFT Awards: Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series

This is the seventeenth category of the 1st Annual AFT Television Awards to be announced. My ensemble awards (a category not rewarded by the Emmy Awards) represent the best cast working together. Shows with smaller casts are left off the list simply due to the fact that there is not as much potential to create a stellar ensemble with only a few cast members. In this particular category, "Entourage", which has an amazing cast who work together, does not make the cut due to the size of the cast. I have been rewarding them elsewhere. I also include a number of recurring players in my nominee lists. Additionally, I have only seen the first five episodes of this season of "Weeds", so any cast members who appear only in later episodes are obviously not included. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order by series.

Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Andrea Bowen
Dixie Carter
Ricardo Chavira
Marcia Cross
James Denton
Rachel Fox
Teri Hatcher
Zane Huett
Felicity Huffman
Kathryn Joosten
Cody Kasch
Brent Kinsman
Shane Kinsman
Joy Lauren
Eva Longoria
Kyle Maclachlan
Valerie Mahaffey
Laurie Metcalf
Mark Moses
Shawn Pyfrom
Matt Roth
Doug Savant
Dougray Scott
Nicollette Sheridan
John Slattery
Brenda Strong
Kiersten Warren

THE OFFICE

Leslie David Baker
Brian Baumgartner
Creed Bratton
Steve Carrell
David Denman
Jenna Fischer
Kate Flannery
Melora Hardin
Ed Helms
Rashida Jones
Mindy Kaling
Angela Kinsey
John Krasinski
Paul Lieberstein
B.J. Novak
Oscar Nunez
Phyllis Smith
Rainn Wilson

SCRUBS
Elizabeth Banks
Zach Braff
Sarah Chalke
Donald Faison
Neil Flynn
Ken Jenkins
Sam Lloyd
Robert Maschio
John C. McGinley
Christa Miller
Judy Reyes
Travis Schuldt
Aloma Wright

30 ROCK
Scott Adsit
Alec Baldwin
Katrina Bowden
Judah Friedlander
Tina Fey
Jane Krakowski
Jack McBrayer
Tracy Morgan
Maulik Pancholy
Keith Powell
Lonny Ross

WEEDS
Martin Donovan
Alexander Gould
Allie Grant
Indigo
Justin Kirk
Romany Malco
Andy Milder
Kevin Nealon
Maulik Pancholy
Mary-Louise Parker
Hunter Parrish
Tonye Patano
Elizabeth Perkins
Shoshannah Stern

And the winner is...
THE OFFICE

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