National Television Awards Shortlist Announced

It's up to the public to crown the winners.  The National Television Awards shortlist has been announced, with voting now open to the public. Out of 15 categories, you'll be able to choose your favourite shows and people on TV, from the likes of Serial Drama, Comedy, TV Presenter, Newcomer, Challenge Show and Live Magazine Show. There's also an extra viewer-suggested category for TV Moment Of The Year, which will be revealed on the night of the awards ceremony. Dermot O'Leary is back again to host the awards, airing January 20th on ITV, at 7:30pm. The award is getting the most attention this year is the award for Best Drama, which sees Downton Abbey nominated for its final National Television Award, going up against Doctor Who. The period drama has previously won the award three times. Ant & Dec, who are nominated again for the TV Presenter category, have won the award 14 years in a row. Here's the full list of categories: Talent Show Britain’s Got Talent Strictly Come Dancing The Voice UK The X Factor Challenge Show Bear Grylls: Mission Survive MasterChef The Apprentice The Great British Bake Off Serial Drama Coronation Street EastEnders Emmerdale Hollyoaks Comedy Benidorm Birds of a Feather Not Going Out Peter Kay’s Car Share Drama Broadchurch Casualty Doctor Who Downton Abbey New Drama Doctor Foster Humans Ordinary Lies Poldark Factual Entertainment DIY SOS: The Big Build Gogglebox Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs Top Gear Live Magazine Show BBC Breakfast Loose Women The One Show This Mornin Drama Performance Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster) Sheridan Smith (Black Work) David Tennant (Broadchurch) Aidan Turner (Poldark) Entertainment Programme Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Celebrity Juice I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The Graham Norton Show Newcomer Gemma Atkinson (Emmerdale) Richard Blackwood (EastEnders) Parry Glasspool (Hollyoaks) Shayne Ward (Coronation Street) Serial Drama Performance Danny Dyer (EastEnders) Alison King (Coronation Street) Michael Parr (Emmerdale) Rakhee Thakrar (EastEnders) International Game of Thrones Orange is the New Black The Big Bang Theory Daytime Pointless The Chase The Jeremy Kyle Show The Paul O’Grady Show TV Presenter Ant & Dec Graham Norton Mel & Sue Rylan Clark You can vote through the main awards website, here. The National Televison Awards will be on ITV, January 20th at 7.30pm.