Gay Actors Dominate Peoples Choice Awards Comedy Category

Four openly gay actors are nominated for People's Choice Awards in the same category, favorite comedic TV actor. Glee's Chris Colfer, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jim Parsons of Big Bang Theory, and Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother, each square off with Ty Burell, also of Modern Family, for the award.

Other LGBT honorees include:

Partners, favorite new TV comedy

Pretty Little Liars, favorite TV fan following

Ellen DeGeneres, favorite daytime TV host

Jane Lynch, favorite comedic TV actress

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, favorite dramatic movie

Modern Family, favorite network TV comedy

Gossip Girl and Grey's Anatomy, favorite network TV drama

True Blood, favorite premium cable TV show

The award show will air on CBS January 9. See the full list here.

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