People's Choice Award

The People's Choice Awards are a series of American awards given annually in several television, film, and music categories. They were first awarded in March 1975. The awards are based on nation-wide opinion polling conducted by the Gallup Organization. In recent years, a few awards are based on a combination of Gallup and Internet polling.

Award categories have varied over the years, but include:

Table of contents

1 Television
2 Film
3 Music

Television

Favorite Drama Series
Favorite Comedy Series
Favorite New Drama Series
Favorite New Comedy Series
Favorite Female Performer
Favorite Male Performer
Favorite Reality-based Show
Favorite Talk-show Host
Favorite Daytime Dramatic Series

Film

Favorite Motion Picture
Favorite Drama
Favorite Comedy
Favorite Actor
Favorite Actress

Music

Favorite Male Musical Performer
Favorite Female Musical Performer
Favorite Musical Group or Band

For 2003, television winners were CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Friends, Joan of Arcadia, Two and a Half Men, Jennifer Aniston, Ray Romano, Survivor: Pearl Islands, and Oprah Winfrey. Motion picture winners were Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Bruce Almighty, Mel Gibson, and Julia Roberts. Music awards went to Matchbox Twenty, Faith Hill, Beyonc� Knowles, and Tim McGraw. Tom Hanks received a special Favorite All-Time Entertainer award.