'Battlestar Galactica' Leads Way With 11 SyFy Genre Awards Nods

"Battlestar Galactica" earned 11 nominations for the 2008 SyFy Genre Awards, including Best Actor/Television for Edward James Olmos, Best Actress/Television for Mary McDonnell, two Best Episode/Television nods for "Faith" and "He That Believeth In Me," and a Best Series/Television nomination -- a category the show won last year for the first time.

Russell T. Davies combined to equal the number of nominations earned by "Battlestar Galactica" with two of his own shows, "Doctor Who" and its spinoff "Torchwood." "Doctor Who" picked up six nominations, including Best Actor/Television for David Tennant, Best Actress/Television for Freema Agyeman, Best Episode/Television for "Blink" and Best Series/Television.

"Torchwood" earned five nominations including Best Actor/Television for John Barrowman and Best Actress/Television for Eve Myles.

"Heroes" earned three nominations -- two of which came in the Best Young Actor category for Noah Gray-Cabey and last year's winner Hayden Panettiere -- while "Lost" grabbed two nominations: Best Supporting Actor/Television for Michael Emerson and Best Series/Television.

Best Actor/Television is filled with newcomers this year as Jensen Ackles of "Supernatural" and Lee Pace of "Pushing Daisies" joined Barrowman, Olmos and Tennant. Missing from the list is last year's winner, Joe Flanigan from "Stargate: Atlantis."

Pace's co-star, Anna Friel, picked up a nod for Best Actress/Television, joining Agyeman, McDonnell, Myles and Sophia Myles in the only nomination for "Moonlight," which was canceled last month by CBS. Not getting nominated this year was "Amanda Tapping" from "Stargate SG-1," who won the honors last year.

For Best Supporting Actor/Television, Emerson will compete with James Callis, Aaron Douglas and Michael Hogan -- all from "Battlestar Galactica" along with Burn Gorman from "Torchwood." Last year's winner Masi Oka from "Heroes" did not return to the list this year.

The Best Supporting Actress/Television category includes Claudia Black from "Stargate SG-1," Summer Glau from "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," Tricia Helfer from "Battlestar Galactica," Allison Mack from "Smallville" and Katee Sackhoff from "Battlestar Galactica." Left off was last year's winner, Ali Larter from "Heroes."

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