| 1st Streamy Awards | |
| Date: | March 28, 2009 |
| Location: | Wadsworth Theatre Los Angeles, California |
| Presenter: | International Academy of Web Television |
| Most Awards: | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (6) |
| Most Nominations: | The Guild (12) |
| Network: | YouTube |
| Next: | 2nd |
| Main: | Streamy Awards |
| Preshow Host: | Shira Lazar |
| Host: | Tubefilter, NewTeeVee, Tilzy.TV |
| Award1 Type: | Audience Choice |
| Award1 Winner: | The Guild |
The 1st Annual Streamy Awards was the first ever awards ceremony dedicated entirely to web series and the first installment of the Streamy Awards.[1] [2] The awards were held on March 28, 2009, at the Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles, California.[3] The event had over 1,300 audience members in attendance and was simultaneously broadcast live online.[4] [5] The Official Red Carpet Pre-Show was hosted by Shira Lazar and the award show was co-hosted by Tubefilter, NewTeeVee and Tilzy.TV. The web series The Guild and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog were the biggest winners of the night,[6] winning four and six awards, respectively,[7] out of the 25 award categories. The show was met by positive reception by celebrities in attendance and the media.
The nominees were announced on March 13, 2009 and the finalists for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series were announced on March 17.[8] [9] The Streamy Craft Award winners were announced in a ceremony held on March 26, 2009.[10] The remaining award categories were announced during the main ceremony at the Wadsworth Theatre on March 28. Winners of the categories were selected by the International Academy of Web Television except for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series which was put to a public vote.[11]
Winners are listed first, in bold.
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| Best Comedy Web Series | Best Dramatic Web Series | |
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| Best Hosted Web Series | Best Reality Web Series | |
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| Best News or Politics Web Series | Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series | |
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| DIRECTING | ||
| Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series | Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series | |
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| WRITING | ||
| Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series | Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series | |
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| PERFORMANCE | ||
| Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series | Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series | |
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| Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series | Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series | |
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| Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series | Best Guest Star in a Web Series | |
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| Best Web Series Host | ||
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| CRAFT AWARDS | ||
| Best Editing | Best Cinematography | |
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| Best Art Direction | Best Original Music | |
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| Best Animation | Best Visual Effects | |
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| Best Ad Integration in a Web Series | Best Artistic Concept in a Web Series | |
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| Web Series | |
| 12 | The Guild |
| 11 | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
| 6 | After Judgment |
| Childrens Hospital | |
| 5 | Gemini Division |
| 4 | |
| The Legend of Neil | |
| Sorority Forever | |
| 3 | The All-for-Nots |
| Project Lore | |
| Tiki Bar TV | |
| You Suck at Photoshop | |
| 2 | Backyard FX |
| Boing Boing TV | |
| Captain Blasto | |
| Diggnation | |
| Dorm Life | |
| EPIC FU | |
| The Hayley Project | |
| Horrible People | |
| Jake and Amir | |
| Pink | |
| The Shatner Project | |
| Wine Library TV | |
| With the Angels |
| Web series | ||
| 6 | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | |
| 4 | The Guild | |
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The New York Times Magazine columnist Virginia Heffernan called the show "a goofy and a powerful experience." Heffernan, alongside Alexia Tsotsis writing for LA Weekly, were impressed by the celebrity presence at the show, with Tsotsis calling it "an Emmys for Web TV." Maria Russo, writing for TheWrap, and Patrick Orndorff, writing for Wired, praised the quality of the nominees. Russo opined of the show that although "[in] the big scheme of things it all feels very fledgling", the existence of the awards felt "like a cool glimpse into the future". Heffernan, Tsotsis, and Jill Weinberger of Gigaom, singled out the speeches of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog writer Joss Whedon and The Guild star Felicia Day as particularly memorable with Whedon praising the online content creators in attendance and Day saying of her awards "this is for everyone who ever said no to me." YouTuber and singer Tay Zonday was enthusiastic about the awards saying that they show "that people don't have to play the system to have their art acknowledged," and actor David Faustino said of the show "we're at a baby stage of something that's going to be amazingly giant and I'm excited to be on ground floor." Brian Lowry writing for Variety called the Streamys the "Worst Award Name Ever".