Coronation Street stars Katherine Kelly and Alison King will go head-to-head at the National Television Awards after both were nominated for best serial drama performance.
And Period hit Downton Abbey will take on Doctor Who for the the title of top drama at the event.
ITV1's saga about the Crawley family has been shortlisted for the awards for the first time and is up against Merlin and last year's winner Waterloo Road, as well as Who, for the title.
Doctor Who stars are up for two further awards with Matt Smith, who plays The Doctor, up for best male performance, while Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) is up for the female equivalent. However, none of the Downton stars make the running for any of the acting gongs.
Ant and Dec will be hoping to take the top entertainment presenter prize for an 11th consecutive year after being shortlisted once again. The Geordie duo line up against X Factor host Dermot O'Leary, Keith Lemon and Michael McIntyre.
Comedian McIntyre is up for a further prize with his Comedy Roadshow, which competes for the best entertainment programme title, along with Take Me Out, Dynamo: Magician Impossible and Harry Hill's TV Burp.
Britain's Got Talent - for which McIntyre was a panellist last year - is in the running for top talent show, alongside X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing On Ice.
Gillan, who is stepping down from her Doctor Who role during the next series, goes up against Torchwood's Eve Myles, Jaye Jacobs (Waterloo Road) and Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey) for the acting honours.
And Smith faces competition from Martin Clunes (Doc Martin), John Barrowman (Torchwood) and David Threlfall (Shameless).
Voting opens today to allow viewers to have their say in the awards which will be presented by O'Leary from London's O2 Arena and broadcast by ITV1.
The shortlist for the serial drama performance features two Coronation Street stars - Katherine Kelly and Alison King - as well as Emmerdale's Danny Miller and Jessie Wallace from EastEnders.
Competing for the top reality show prize are Come Dine With Me, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, The Apprentice and The Only Way is Essex.
Jonathan Ross goes up against Graham Norton, Alan Carr and the Loose Women team for the best talk show category.
Votes can be cast at www.nationaltvawards.com.
The nominations are as follows:
:: Talent Show - Britain's Got Talent, Dancing on Ice, Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor
:: Comedy Panel Show - Celebrity Juice, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, QI
:: Serial Drama - Coronation Street, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks
:: Situation Comedy - Benidorm, Miranda, Outnumbered
:: Drama - Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Merlin, Waterloo Road
:: Drama Performance Male - John Barrowman (Torchwood), Martin Clunes (Doc Martin), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), David Threlfall (Shameless)
:: Drama Performance Female - Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), Jaye Jacobs (Waterloo Road), Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey), Eve Myles (Torchwood).
:: Serial Drama Performance - Katherine Kelly (Coronation Street), Alison King (Coronation Street), Danny Miller (Emmerdale), Jessie Wallace (Eastenders).
:: Reality Programme - Come Dine With Me, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, The Apprentice, The Only Way is Essex
:: Factual Programme - An Idiot Abroad, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. This Morning, Top Gear
:: Talk Show - Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Loose Women, The Graham Norton Show, The Jonathan Ross Show
:: Newcomer - Chris Fountain (Coronation Street), Chelsea Halfpenny (Emmerdale), Jacqueline Jossa (Eastenders)
:: Entertainment Presenter - Ant & Dec, Keith Lemon, Michael McIntyre, Dermot O'Leary
:: Entertainment Programme - Dynamo: Magician Impossible, Harry Hill's TV Burp, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Take Me Out.
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Just excuse for a back slapping feed and booze up. Nobody really cares.
This type of awards show gives false results on who is best because it's voted for by the public. But the publi8c in the case tend to be people under 30 which means that childrens programmes such as modern Doctor Who and Elstree Enders will win even though neither is deserving of any awards. It's better to have an unbiased panel making the decisions based on quality instead of children making the decisions. After all we don't allow them to vote in general elections. And who actually picks the nominees? It's surprising who is left out.
What a Load of Tosh!
Opium for the masses?
Carroll!!!!!!!!!!!
Awards are the invention of the advertising and promotion industries and have little value in the real world.
Yippee!
Coronation Street is a programme for Living Room & Circle Club wannabes from Bury, Stockport and Rochdale - end of conversation!
I bet it didn't win any awards from addiction and dependence organisations - being that they have a long running storyline about an alcoholic who spends every bit of his spare time in the local pub, has the occasional little slip, gets sober the next day all over again and then goes back to the pub with his orange juice. He and his counterpart in Eastenders should do a self help video for addicts and alcoholics, offering advice and guidance on how not to get well!
I have no idea why, having watched its rival Eastenders of late. Coronation Street is an utter joke. The acting is wooden for the most part ( Rosie?) and the younger characters, like Sophie and her gf, just make my ears hurt. I am sure its London rival is not typical of life down there, and the Street surely just perpetuates the stereotype that we are a load of thick northerners? There are many, really good, Manchester set dramas that show our city in a better light!
Am I pleased that I don't watch much TV!!