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The Envelope, Please: Announcing The Best of Clicker 2009 WINNERS

It’s a new year and a new decade. Before you get too excited about the future, however (i.e., all the awesome shows you’re gonna find on Clicker this year), let’s pause briefly to take a look back at the best programs of 2009, according to you, our users.

For those of you who are new to Clicker, here’s how it worked: Voting ran for the last three weeks of December, in 16 different categories. Over 150,000 votes were cast (nice!). After we recovered from New Year’s, we tallied up the votes.

So without further delay, we present the winners of The Best of Clicker 2009. Congratulations to all!

Best TV Show Comedy or Variety – Chuck

We just can’t help but root for the underdog! Computer geek turned secret agent Chuck has won your hearts (and your vote!) for the best Comedy on TV.

Finalists: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Office, Glee, Community.

Best TV Show Drama – House

He’s the medical Sherlock Holmes of network television, and six seasons later he’s still got it. Catch this Clicker Award winner every week from FOX.

Finalists: Lost, Dollhouse, V, Grey’s Anatomy.

Best TV Show Nonfiction – Intervention

Intervention is the A&E show that challenges addiction with the intention of persuading its participants to volunteer for rehab. The show’s characters might have to face some tough choices, but it certainly wasn’t tough for you voters; Intervention takes home the Clicker Award for the best non-fiction program on TV.

Finalists: Project Runway, The Rachel Maddow Show, Nova, Pawn Stars.

Best Movie Available Online – Bottle Rocket

Wes Anderson’s 1996 debut was a cult classic…and apparently still is. Owen and Luke Wilson make their acting debuts as well. (CEO’s Note: This is one of my 10 favorite movies of all time, but I did not fix the vote. You all just have great taste.)

Finalists: Super Size Me, Ghostbusters, The Hunt for Gollum, Taxi Driver.

Best Web Original Comedy – Legend of Neil

It’s a gamer’s dream (literally). Neil’s transportation into his favorite video game is as funny as it is foul. And for once it looks like the gaming nerd is the most popular guy in the room (or in our case, the running).

Finalists: Safety Geeks: SVI, Life with Kat and McKay, The Temp Life, Blue Movies.

Best Web Original Drama – Compulsions

What if, instead of repressing your impulses, you acted on them? That’s exactly what this web series thriller is all about. We’re glad you didn’t repress your vote.

Finalists: Anyone But Me, The Fall of Kaden, After Judgment, Angel of Death.

Best Web Original Nonfiction – The Web Files

You were smart to vote for this one if you love web programming. Why? Because this weekly news and interview series is all about everything web. Why choose anything else when you can vote for the show that covers it all!? Very clever, voters.

Finalists: Zero Punctuation, Brigitte Dale, Hungry Nation, A Comicbook Orange.

Best Web Original Music Show – Fader TV

Acoustic performances at an open bar, interviews with the best indie rockers around, and rock hard coverage of traveling tours and concerts of all shapes and sizes… if you love music, you love Fader TV. (And it looks like you love music.)

Finalists: The Blakroc Sessions, They Shoot Music, The Artists Den, Daytripping.

Best Music Video Collection – Taylor Swift

This country pop sweetheart has been tugging at the American heartstrings all year long, so it’s no surprise that she takes home the Clicker Award for having the best music video collection online.

Finalists: Kanye West, Lady Gaga, The Lonely Island, Royksopp.

Best Live Show – Live! From The Future with Stuart Paap

We just love that genre called comedy, but we love it even more when it’s live! This unique web comedy is equipped with interactive segments for its online audience amidst interviews and sketches galore. If that’s not the future of web television, we’re not sure what is.

Finalists: This Week in Startups, Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show, Coin-Op TV, @katiecouric.

Best Technology Show – Gadget Lab

It’s hard to keep track of technology at the rate it’s moving these days. Gadget Labs exists to keep track for you with the latest news and product updates… and after tallying the votes, it looks like it’s greatly appreciated.

Finalists: TED Talks, Tekzilla, Mossberg Solution, The Apple Byte.

Best Show for Kids – Spongebob Squarepants

If you don’t know who Spongebob is, you’ve got to be living under a rock (which is, oddly enough, also where his best friend Patrick resides). A favorite for kids and kids-at-heart alike, this underwater pants-toting sponge emerges victorious for the best kid’s show available online.

Finalists: Batman: The Animated Series, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Strawberry Shortcake, Arthur.

Latest Favorite Viral Video – David After Dentist

Kids say the wildest things… especially after getting loaded on painkillers at the dentist. “David After Dentist” wins best viral video of 2009.

Finalists: JK Wedding Entrance Dance, “Bale Out” – Christian Bale Remix, The Swell Season Featuring Jason Segel – 11/18/09, Lego Matrix Trinity Help.

Best Sketch Troupe – The Casual Mafia

It’s a pleasant surprise that this sketch comedy troupe isn’t comprised of video-after-video making fun of the Mob. And although the temptation to utter that Scarface original, “let me introduce you to my little friend…” is massive, it doesn’t look like you need any introduction to this video-slingin’ Mafia – you voted it in for best sketch troupe of 2009!

Finalists: Good Neighbor, Craptastic, Pete and Brian, Waverly Films.

Best of What You Didn’t Know Was Online – Buffy The Vampire Slayer

A cult series in the late 90s, Buffy might have laid the groundwork for today’s Vampire fanaticism. And though you might have thought it was shunned to spend the rest of its days in a DVD box set, consider yourself enlightened. This was your favorite of what you didn’t know was online. So get watching!

Finalists: The Andy Griffith Show, Veronica Mars, Spaced, The Larry Sanders Show

Most Wanted Online – Battlestar Galactica

There are few fans like BSG fans. You have spoken, and you have spoken loudly. The Internet has a gaping hole where Battlestar Galactica should be. Let’s hope this science fiction drama about rebellious robots and the fate of humanity ends up online in 2010… or we might have a major revolution on our hands!

Finalists: Mad Men, The Wire, Dexter, The Big Bang Theory.

We’ve also added finalists in each category in the awards page, so make sure to check those out (Start here). Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all our users for voting so much!

Killian