Teen Choice Awards 2017: Riverdale, Grant Gustin, Melissa Benoist top TV winners
Tonight, the Teen Choice Awards happened on Fox, and just as you would expect, there was a LOT of stuff that happened over the course of the hour. There were trophies, surprise appearances (hey, Chris Pratt!), awkward Snapchat filters, and a panda mascot who existed for no clear reason. The show had some fun moments, but someone has to get a little more unique with some of its writing in future years. Just because the viewers are teens doesn’t mean that they won’t understand a good pun here or there!
Below, you can see the full list of those who emerged victorious — at least the ones that were shown during the broadcast who have TV connections. One of the things that you have to remember here is that there are about a billion different categories for this show and not all of them are going to make their way in when the dust settles.
Choice Drama TV Show – Riverdale
Choice Drama TV Actor – Cole Sprouse, Riverdale
Choice Drama TV Actress – Lucy Hale, Pretty Little Liars
Choice Action TV Actor – Grant Gustin, The Flash
Choice Action TV Actress – Melissa Benoist, Supergirl
Choice Comedy TV Actor – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Baby Daddy
Choice TV Villain – Janel Parrish, Pretty Little Liars
Choice Breakout TV Show – Riverdale
Choice Breakout TV Star – Lili Reinhart, Riverdale
Choice TVShip – Lili Reinhart & Cole Sprouse (#BUGHEAD), Riverdale
Choice Hissy Fit – Madelaine Petsch, Riverdale
Choice Scene Stealer – Camila Mendes, Riverdale
Obviously, this was a huge night for Riverdale, who came in and effectively cleaned house in its very first year. That’s even more impressive when you consider for a moment that it was up against Pretty Little Liars in some categories. Given that Archie Comics weren’t considered all that hip the past few decades, the fact that it was able to come in here and snag this much hardware (or surf-ware?) is truly impressive?
Meanwhile, it’s nice to see both Gustin and Benoist take home trophies given that they do deliver great performances time and time again on their shows but don’t get much recognition simply due to the fact that they play superheroes.
Oh, and we do love Bughead as a ‘ship, so there is never going to be any complaining about this being a part of the winners’ list. In general, this was a great night for The CW to get a ton of publicity for some of their shows! Despite the fact that the show airs on Fox and there are often a ton of different Fox shows that are nominated, somehow it doesn’t quite ever make it into the winners’ circle all that often.
What did you think about the Teen Choice Awards broadcast this year, and some of the shows that ended up emerging on top in the end? Be sure to share below!