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"Doctor Who and The Big Bang Theory were the big TV winners in Digital Spy&amp;#039;s end of year readers poll. The BBC sci-fi show won the &amp;#039;Best Drama&amp;#039; title and Matt Smith earned the &amp;#039;Best Actor&amp;#039; gong in the survey of over 25,000 readers.  Doctor Who beat fellow BBC drama Merlin into second place, while Sherlock and Downton Abbey had to settle for places in the top 5. Smith proved victorious ahead of Sherlock&amp;#039;s Benedict Cumberbatch to claim his award. E4 comedy import The Big Bang Theory was the runaway winner in the &amp;#039;Best Comedy&amp;#039; category, collecting nearly 30% of the overall vote. Celebrity Juice and Modern Family were among the other shows in the top 5.  Doctor Who missed out on making it a hat-trick of awards as Karen Gillan came second in the &amp;#039;Best TV Actress&amp;#039; category, behind Downton Abbey&amp;#039;s Maggie Smith. In the best channel battle, BBC One came out on top, winning with a hefty 41.7% of the overall vote. Digital Spy&amp;#039;s End of Year poll TV results: Best Drama 1. Doctor Who - 17.4% 2. Merlin - 14.2% 3. Downton Abbey - 13.3% 4. Sherlock - 11.9% 5. Homeland - 11.0% Best Comedy 1. Big Bang Theory - 27.7% 2. Celebrity Juice - 19.0% 3. Mrs Brown&amp;#039;s Boys - 16.0% 4. Modern Family - 12.0% 5. An Idiot Abroad - 7.8% Best Reality TV Show 1. Great British Bake Off - 20.1% 2. Strictly Come Dancing - 19.2% 3. The X Factor - 18.9% 4. Britain&amp;#039;s Got Talent - 12.4% 5. The Voice - 9.1% Best TV Actor 1. Matt Smith - 24.6% 2. Benedict Cumberbatch - 18.9% 3. Colin Morgan - 14.8% 4. Damian Lewis - 11.9% 5. Martin Freeman - 7.7% Best TV Actress 1. Maggie Smith - 26.3% 2. Karen Gillan - 21.1% 3. Zooey Deschanel - 18.5% 4. Claire Danes - 15.4% 5. Suranne Jones - 10.1% Best Channel 1. BBC One - 41.7% 2. ITV1 - 14.9% 3. E4 - 12.3% 4. Channel 4 - 10.4% 5. Sky Atlantic - 5.2% "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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