What time are the SAG Awards?

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As awards season continues its steady march towards Oscar Sunday, this weekend brings us the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the only major awards show that exclusively honors performers.

As EW’s Oscar expert Nicole Sperling notes, the actors who take home The Actor, which is what they call the SAG statuette, often pick up the Oscar too. So if there’s a lot riding on your Academy Awards pool, you might want to tune in to this Saturday’s ceremony. To find out when and where to do that, as well as who’s presenting, who’s nominated, and answers to all your other burning questions, read on below!

What time are the SAG Awards?

The 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards take place at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Saturday. The ceremony will air live on both TNT and TBS at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT; the red carpet begins at 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT.

Who’s hosting?

Trick question! The SAG Awards don’t have a host.

Who’s presenting?

The long list of actors who will present awards to their peers includes Priyanka Chopra, Brie Larson, Eva Longoria, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Sarah Silverman, Jacob Tremblay, Idris Elba, Anna Faris, Corey Hawkins, O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Michael Keaton, Anthony Mackie, Rachel McAdams, Jason Mitchell, Mark Ruffalo, Susan Sarandon, Kristen Wiig, and SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will present Carol Burnett with the Lifetime Achievement Award, SAG-AFTRA’s highest accolade.

Who are the nominees?

The SAG Awards are unique in that they award individual actors as well as entire casts and stunt ensembles. Some of the major categories are below, but you can check out the complete list of nominees for all 15 categories here.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture

Beasts of No Nation

The Big Short

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Trumbo

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Theatrical Motion Picture

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Johnny Depp, Black Mass

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Theatrical Motion Picture

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room

Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Sarah Silverman, I Smile Back

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Downton Abbey (Masterpiece/PBS)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

Homeland (Showtime)

House of Cards (Netflix)

Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Key & Peele (Comedy Central)

Modern Family (ABC)

Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

Transparent (Amazon)

Veep (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Claire Danes, Homeland

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Louis C.K., Louie

William H. Macy, Shameless

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Which movies and TV shows have the most nominations?

In a bit of a surprise, Trumbo picked up the most nominations for a theatrical motion picture, with three (the film only got one nod at the Oscars, for star Bryan Cranston). Perennial awards favorites Game of Thrones, Homeland, and House of Cards led the pack for TV series, all collecting three nominations as well.

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