Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Buffy is this year’s top rated show with nine nomination, Angel close behind with eight and Tru Calling scoring one nomination for Eliza Dushku.

The fifth SyFy Genre Awards have been announced, and the now-cancelled "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" series is this year’s top show with nine nominations. It’s spinoff "Angel," which will go off the air in May, received eight nominations — tying it with "Stargate SG-1" and "Farscape."

UPN’s "Star Trek: Enterprise" got five nominations while both "Alias" and HBO’s "Carnivale" got four nominations each.

On the movie side, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was the big winner with seven nominations. Both "X2: X-Men United" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" were tied with three nominations each.

The nominees were chosen based on votes from a nominating committee put together by SyFy Portal.

Beginning April 25, fans will be able to vote for their favorites in each of the 13 categories. Visitors can vote once per day per e-mail address, and all they need to do is visit SyFy Portal’s main page.SyFy Portal has been doing the awards since 1999 (no awards took place in 2002 because of the Sept. 11 attacks).

Here are the nominees:

BEST ACTOR/Television
Richard Dean Anderson, "Stargate SG-1"
Scott Bakula, "Star Trek: Enterprise"
David Boreanaz, "Angel"
Ben Browder, "Farscape"
Edward James Olmos, "Battlestar Galactica"
Mandy Patinkin, "Dead Like Me"

BEST ACTRESS/Television
Claudia Black, "Farscape"
Jolene Blalock, "Star Trek: Enterprise"
Eliza Dushku, "Tru Calling"
Jennifer Garner, "Alias"
Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Amanda Tapping, "Stargate SG-1"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television
Clancy Brown, "Carnivale"
James Marsters, "Angel"
James Marsters, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Michael Rosenbaum, "Smallville"
Michael Shanks, "Stargate SG-1"
Connor Trinneer, "Star Trek: Enterprise"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television
Amy Acker, "Angel"
Clea Duvall, "Carnivale"
Gigi Edgely, "Farscape"
Alyson Hannigan, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Lena Olin, "Alias"
Teryl Rothery, "Stargate SG-1"

BEST ACTOR/Movie
Alan Cummings, "X2: X-Men United"
Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl"
Ian McKellen, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Viggo Mortenson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Patrick Stewart, "X2: X-Men United"
Elijah Wood, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

BEST ACTRESS/Movie
Kate Beckinsale, "Underworld"
Halle Berry, "Gothika"
Keira Knightley, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl"
Jessica Lange, "Big Fish"
Miranda Otto, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Liv Tyler, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
David Anders, "Alias"
Britt McKillip, "Dead Like Me"
Amber Tamblyn, "Joan of Arcadia"
Michelle Trachtenberg, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Michael Welch, "Joan of Arcadia" and "Stargate SG-1"
Elijah Wood, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

BEST SPECIAL GUEST/Television
Francesca Buller, "La Bomba," Farscape
Charisma Carpenter, "You’re Welcome," Angel
Eliza Dushku, "Dirty Girls," Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Nathan Fillion, "End of Days," Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Thomas Lenk, "Damage," Angel
Michael McKean, "Perry," Smallville

BEST EPISODE/Television
"A Hole in the World," Angel
"Bad Timing," Farscape
"Chosen," Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Heroes, Part II" Stargate SG-1
"La Bomba," Farscape
"Twilight," Star Trek: Enterprise

BEST THEME SONG/Television
Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Carnivale
Farscape
Stargate SG-1
Star Trek: Enterprise

BEST SERIES/Television
Alias
Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Carnivale
Farscape
Stargate SG-1

BEST MOVIE
Big Fish
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Matrix Revolutions
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Underworld
X2: X-Men United

GENE RODDENBERRY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Cameron
Jim Henson
Peter Jackson
Matt Jeffries
Steven Spielberg
Joss Whedon