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After a busy year spent securing exclusive streaming deals and producing original programming, Netflix is stretching its muscles again by getting into the awards game — sort of. The service will honor the viewing habits of its members with the Flixies Awards, which features nominees culled from the service’s most popular streamed selections (and also Netflix’s original series House Of Cards). Categories for the inaugural edition include Best Hangover Cure, Best PMS Drama and Best Tantrum Tamer and aim to reflect the way people consume Netflix content. Voters can also write in categories for possible inclusion in future Flixies. Voting is open to Netflix customers and online visitors from any of the 40 countries and the Netflix Facebook page (check out the main page here). Voting ends March 10, with the top three winners from each category announced the next day. Here are the nominees:

THE FIRST ANNUAL FLIXIES AWARDS NOMINEES

BEST GUILTY PLEASURE
Hoarding: Buried Alive
Cruel Intentions
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Teen Wolf
Bad Boys 2
The Vampire Diaries
Gossip Girl
Pretty Little Liars
90210
Clueless
Toddlers & Tiaras
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

BEST COMMUTE SHRTNR
Louis C.K. Chewed UP
Dreamworks Shrek’s Swamp Stories
Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap
Man Vs. Wild
Portlandia
Weird, True & Freaky
Mythbusters
Shark Week
Punkin Chunkin’
Best Food Ever
Oddities
Wreckreation Nation

BEST MARATHON TV SHOW
24
Prison Break
Skins (UK)
House Of Cards
Breaking Bad
The Killing
Mad Men
The Walking Dead
Revenge
Battlestar Galactica
American Horror Story
Lost

BEST HANGOVER CURE
Super 8
Arrested Development
Law & Order: SVU
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Family Guy
Happy Gilmore
Archer
Freaks & Geeks
Nacho Libre
The Office (US)
How I Met Your Mother
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

BEST BROMANCE
Surviving the Cut
Blue Mountain State
Battle Royale
Snatch
The League
Rescue Me
Top Gear
Act of Valor
Goon
Bad Ass
Warrior
Commando

BEST PMS DRAMA
Brothers & Sisters
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
First Wives Club
Sleepless in Seattle
Say Yes To The Dress
Friday Night Lights
Grey’s Anatomy
Gossip Girl
Revenge
Glee
Hart Of Dixie
Ghost

BEST TANTRUM TAMER
Transformers Prime
Caillou
Sesame Street
Phineas And Ferb
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Secret Of The Wings
Car Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales
Pocahontas
Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda: Awesome Secrets
Curious George
The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
The Muppet Movie

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