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15th Screen Actors Guild Awards

15th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Awarded forOutstanding motion picture and primetime television performances
DateJanuary 25, 2009 (2009-01-25)
LocationShrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States
Presented byScreen Actors Guild
First awarded1995
Websitewww.sagawards.org
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTNT and TBS
simultaneous broadcast
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The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2008, were presented on January 25, 2009.[1] The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California for the thirteenth consecutive year. It was broadcast live simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

The nominees were announced on December 18, 2008, by Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.[2]

Doubt received the highest number of nominations among the film categories with five, four for individual performances and one for ensemble performance.[3] In the television categories, Boston Legal, 30 Rock, John Adams, Mad Men and The Closer had the most nominations with three each.[4]

The biggest winner of the evening was 30 Rock, which won in all three categories in which it was nominated. The Dark Knight won the most film awards, winning in both categories in which it was nominated.

  1. ^ "15th Annual SAG Awards Recipients" (Press release). Los Angeles: Screen Actors Guild. January 25, 2009. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ^ "Nominations Announced for the 15th Annual SAG Awards" (Press release). Los Angeles: Screen Actors Guild. December 18, 2008. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ^ O'Neil, Tom (2008-12-18). "SAG Awards nominations embrace Brangelina, snub Leo". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  4. ^ "'Doubt' Tops SAG Pack". CBS News. 2008-12-18. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

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