The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Award for Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Motion Picture Made for Television or Special is one of the awards given annually to people working in the television industry by the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS). It is presented to hair stylists who work in television, whose work has been deemed "best" in a given year. The award was first given in 2019. Before being singled out, television films and specials were nominated alongside miniseries in the category Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Winners and nominees
2000s Best Contemporary Hair Styling – Television (for a Mini-Series/Motion Picture Made for Television) Year Program Nominees Network (2000) An American Daughter Gabor Heiligenberg Lifetime The Corner Mary Cooke, Sheila Cyphers-Leake HBO Running Mates Marlene D. Williams, Darlene Brumfield TNT
Best Hair Styling – Television Mini-Series/Movie of the Week Year Program Nominees Network (2002) The Locket Steven Mack, Gina Baran CBS The Big Time Marsha Lewis, Maggie Hayes-Jackson, Monica Helpman TNT The Laramie Project Roseanne Reid, Tanya Barnes-Jones HBO (2003) Normal Bunny Parker, Tony Mirante, Linda De Andrea HBO National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 Danny Valencia, Patricia Gundlach NBC A Painted House Alicia M. Tripi CBS
2010s Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Year Program Nominees Network (2014) Sherlock Claire Pritchard, Sarah Astley PBS Fargo Gail Kennedy, Joanne Preece FX Reckless Jeanne Van Phue, Gigi Collins CBS (2015) Whitney Emanuel Millar, Rhonda O'Neal Lifetime (2016) American Horror Story: Roanoke Michelle Ceglia, Valerie Jackson FX 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Shawn Finch, Kimberly Kimble MTV Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Ange Grmolyes, Courtney Ullrich Netflix The Girlfriend Experience Kristyan Mallett, Tanya Lodge Starz Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? Connie Kallos, Dawn Victoria Dudley, Tyler Ely Lifetime (2017) Big Little Lies'' | Michelle Ceglia, Frances Mathias, Lona Vigi | HBO |- | 2017 MTV Video Music Awards | Jerilynn Straitiff, Meagan Herrera, Maria Sandoval | MTV |- | American Horror Story: Cult | Michelle Ceglia, Samantha Wade, Brittany Madrigal | rowspan="2"|FX |- | Fargo | Chris Harrison-Glimsdale, Penny Thompson, Judy Durbacz |- | Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland'' Karicean Karen Dick, Liz Ferguson Lifetime
Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Motion Picture Made for Television or Special Year Program Nominees Network (2018) Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | Charles G. LaPointe, Kevin Maybee| NBC|- | 2018 MTV Video Music Awards | Shawn Finch, Maggie Connolly | MTV |- | The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish | Candace Neal | rowspan="2"|Amazon Prime Video |- | King Lear | Naomi Donne, Sara Kramer |- | Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama | Karola Dirnberger, Ewa Latak-Cynk | OWN |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | (2019) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Dancing with the Stars Mary Guerrero, Kim Messina, Gail Rowell-Ryan ABC America's Got Talent Dean Banowetz, Ryan Randall, Cory Rotenberg NBC So You Think You Can Dance Dean Banowetz, Melanie Verkins, Ryan Randall Fox The Voice Jerilynn Straitiff, Meagan Herrera, Amber Nicholle MaherNBC World of Dance Dean Banowetz, Meagan Herrera, Cory Rotenberg
2020s Best Contemporary Hair Styling- Television Special, One-Hour or More Live Program Series or Movie for Television Year Program Nominees Network (2020) Dancing with the Stars Kimi Messina, Jani Kleinbard, Regina Rodriquez, Roma Goddard ABC Trouble Don't Last Always Melanie Smith, Kaity Licina HBO Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special Jayson Medina, Abraham Esparza, Nicole Walpert, Brian Steven Banks Apple TV+ Saturday Night Live (for "Host: Adele") Jodi Mancuso, Cara Hannah, Inga ThrasherNBC The Voice Jerilynn Stephens, Danilo Dixon, Roberto Ramos, Robert “LaMarr” Randall (2021) Dancing with the Stars Jani Kleinbard, Gail Ryan, Cheryl Eckert, Regina Rodriquez ABC Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around Tara Copeland, Robert Ramos NBC The Voice Jerilynn Stephens, Darbie Wieczorek, Roberto Ramos, Josh Liu Legendary Jerilynn Stephens, Kimi Messina, Kathleen Leonard, Dean Banowetz HBO Max Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo) Moira Frazier Netflix (2022) Dancing with the Stars Kimi Messina, Jani Kleinbard, Cheryl Eckert, Gail Ryan Disney+ Legendary Jerilynn Stephens, Kimi Messina, Dean Francis Banowetz, Lalisa Turner HBO Max Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls Chantelle Johnson Mosley, Shelby Swain Prime Video So You Think You Can Dance Dean Francis Banowetz, Kimi Messina, LaLisa Turner, Ryan Randall Fox The Voice Jerilynn Stephens, Darbie Ann Wieczorek, Suzette Boozer, Robert Lamarr Randle NBC
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