| Indie Series Awards | |
| Awarded For: | Excellence in internet television |
| Presenter: | We Love Soaps |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | February 1, 2010 |
The Indie Series Awards (formerly the Indie Soap Awards) is an annual event hosted by We Love Soaps, based in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the Internet.[1] The ceremony was founded by Roger Newcomb in 2010.[2] In 2013, after the 4th Indie Soap Awards ceremony, the awards were rebranded as the Indie Series Awards.[3]
The awards ceremony was named as one of the 12 "must attend" web series events for creators and fans of online content by Raindance.[4]
The award-giving body was established in 2009 by We Love Soaps a Manhattan-based media company boutique that champions serialized entertainment in all forms. In 2011, it became a live event for the first time, hosted by Martha Byrne at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. The awards ceremony was eventually moved from New York City to Los Angeles in 2014.[5]
Pretty earned a record 13 nominations in December 2011,[6] and Winterthorne tied that record in February 2016.[7] In January 2017, it was announced that the number of nominees for the Best Web Series Drama and Comedy awards would be increased from six to eight in each category.[8] In February 2017, The Bay led with 21 nominations, followed by The Amazing Gayl Pile with 16, both of which broke the previous record of 13 nominations.[9]
| data-sort-type="number" style="width:180px;" | Ceremony | Date | Time | Best Web Series winner | Host(s)< | -- DO NOT use "rowspan" in this column, even when the same host continues from year to year (i.e., Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal); it may lead to sort and/or display issues in the venue column (i.e., venue may sort as blank instead of actual value, bar separating different venues may not appear in table). --> | Venue< | -- The "rowspan" parameter should be used ONLY in this column. --> | ||
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| February 1, 2010 | 9:00 p.m. | Diary of a Single Mom | Roger Newcomb and Damon L. Jacobs | Shetler Studios | [10] [11] | |||||
| February 21, 2011 | 8:00 p.m. | Diary of a Single Mom | [12] | |||||||
| February 21, 2012 | Pretty Ragged Isle | [13] | ||||||||
| February 19, 2013 | The Bloody Mary Show Out with Dad | [14] | ||||||||
| April 2, 2014 | Professional Friend Hustling | El Portal Theatre | [15] | |||||||
| April 1, 2015 | Acting Dead L.A. Macabre | El Portal Theatre | [16] [17] | |||||||
| April 6, 2016 | Keith Broke His Leg Arthur | El Portal Theatre | [18] | |||||||
| April 5, 2017 | Fame Dogs The Bay | Kit Williamson and John Halbach | The Colony Theatre | |||||||
| 9th Indie Series Awards | April 4, 2018 | 9:00 p.m. | How to Buy a Baby Giants | The Colony Theatre | [19] | |||||
| 10th Indie Series Awards | April 3, 2019 | 8:00 p.m. | Indoor Boys Giants | The Colony Theatre | [20] [21] |