“A show like ours is not possible without a huge amount of teamwork, and these nominations recognise every single person who puts their time, sweat, and tears into making this show happen, week after week. Thank you to the judges and to you bloody agents, for your support, and for inspiring us to keep on bringing you the laughs every week,” said Thierry Cassuto, the show’s executive producer and creator.  

The nominees are:

Best Achievement by a Lead Actor in a TV Comedy

Aggrey Lonake and Nik Rabinowitz

Best Achievement by a Supporting Actor in a TV Comedy

The Puppet Nation Puppeteers

Best Achievement in Art/Production Design in a TV Comedy

Franci van den Heever, Roxanne Hand, and Matthew Sanna

Best Achievement Costume Design in a TV Comedy

San-Mari Compton

Best Achievement in Cinematography in a TV Comedy

Tonga Isango

Best Achievement in Editing in a TV Comedy

Aurora Drummer, Alex Fynn, Nicolai Groudev

Best Achievement in Sound Design in a TV Comedy

Lyle Bennet

Best Achievement in Scriptwriting in a TV Comedy

The Puppet Nation Writing Team

Best Achievement in Directing in a TV Comedy

Alex Fynn

Best TV Comedy

ZANews: Puppet Nation

Now in its tenth season, ZANEWS: Puppet Nation is broadcast weekly on StarSat’s Star One, channel 110 on Saturdays at 21:00 and 20:00 on Sundays. It is also available daily via the web and mobile at www.zanews.co.za, YouTube, DailyMotion, as a podcast on the iTunes store and on DVD at Ma Khumalo’s tuck-shop at Nkandla.

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