The45th Saturn Awards, presented by theAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and honoring the best inscience fiction,fantasy,horror, and other genres belonging togenre fiction in film, television, home entertainment, and local stage production from March 1, 2018, to July 7, 2019, were held on September 13, 2019, inAvalon Hollywood, and hosted by actress and comedianAisha Tyler.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Nominations were announced on July 15, 2019.^[6][7][8]

The ceremony notably marked considerable changes for the Saturn Awards; although the awards had rewarded solely works from the previous year until2016 – when the eligibility was changed to works released from March of the previous year to February of the current year, the eligibility was, for this ceremony, extended to March of the previous year to early July of the current year. It is also the first Saturn Awards ceremony not to be held in Burbank, California (since2008), and the second to air live after the1978 ceremony (as the show was made available for livestream on several platforms).^[1] It also marked major changes for the award categories; most notably, series were split into two different sets of categories ("Television" / "Streaming") forstreaming television series released onstreaming media/video on demand services such asNetflix orHulu (films released on those platforms were also eligible for the acting categories).

The number of Best Series awards for streaming (previously limited toBest New Media Television Series andBest New Media Superhero Series) extended; although they had previously shared acting categories with traditional television, streaming series also now get their own. However, certain categories for television were not present for streaming, or have been fused into one, resulting in seven categories compared to twelve for traditional television. Additionally, theLegion M Breakout Director Award, rewarding first-time film directors, was introduced and handed out this year;Ari Aster won for thepsychologicalsupernatural horror filmHereditary (2018).^[9] Conversely,Best Television Presentation, given out since1995, was discontinued; however, the award was revived thefollowing ceremony under a new title—Best Television Presentation (under 10 Episodes)—and renamed once again as Best Limited Event Series in2022.^[10]

Avengers: Endgame led the nominations for film with fourteen (sharingBlack Panther's nomination record as the second/third most nominated film in the Saturn Awards' history from theprevious ceremony), followed byAladdin with nine andUs with eight.^[6][7][8]Game of Thrones led the nominations for television with nine, followed byThe Walking Dead with six andOutlander with five;The Haunting of Hill House led the nominations for streaming with six, followed byLost in Space andStar Trek: Discovery with five each.^[6][7][8]

For film,Avengers: Endgame won the most awards with six, includingBest Comic-to-Motion Picture Release andBest Actor in a Film (Robert Downey Jr.), followed byA Quiet Place andSpider-Man: Far From Home with two each.^[2][3][4] For television,Game of Thrones'eighth and final season won the most awards with four, followed byThe Walking Dead with three;Star Trek: Discovery became the streaming series with the most wins with three, followed byStranger Things with two.^[2][3][4]

• Visionary Award –Jon Favreau^[11]
• Dan Curtis Legacy Award –Jeph Loeb^[11]
• Stan Lee World Builder Award –Kevin Feige^[11]

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