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This show took home the most People's Choice Awards, even though it's canceled

The 2018 People’s Choice Awards, which aired on the E! network for the first time, took place Sunday night and honored this year’s best in pop culture. However, it was kind of surprising that the TV show that took home the most awards had actually been canceled.

Shadowhunters, which was canceled by Freeform this year after three seasons, took home the awards for Female TV Star of 2018, Male TV Star of 2018, Bingeworthy Show of 2018, and Show of 2018. Even more surprising, according to E! host Giuliana Rancic, is the fact that Shadowhunters didn’t even make the first round of nominees.

Before the show, on E’s Live From the Red Carpet, Rancic asked show stars Harry Shum Jr. and Katherine McNamara how they felt about so many of their fans writing in to get them nominated. “You are truly a fan favorite. The fans, they wrote in, because you weren’t in the actual first round of the nominees for the People’s Choice Awards. The fans wrote in … that special kind of write-in vote — and they got you here and you’re both nominated; the show is nominated. How does that feel?” she asked. McNamara responded, “It’s the most humbling and flooring thing. I mean, the fans have just been so wonderful to us from day one, that it’s kind of come full circle for all of us.” Shum Jr. said, “We were so surprised. You know, they gave us a call. They said, like, ‘You got nominated for this and you weren’t even on the ballot.’ So this is amazing — to be here. We get to dress up and feel stylish, so thank you.”

McNamara, who later won Female TV Star, delivered a very heartfelt acceptance speech, saying, “There’s a Clary quote in City of Ashes – ‘When you love someone, you don’t have a choice. Love takes your choices away.’ I’ve had no choice but to love the Shadowhunters fandom from day one. You trusted us, you came with us on this journey. Thank you for making my life anything but mundane.” McNamara ended her speech thanking the community that has been created by the show, and shared, “Our characters might be your heroes, but you angels are undoubtedly mine. Thank you. This is for you.”

Fans were pretty quick to call out Freeform on Twitter, like these people who tweeted:

Also nominated for Best Show were 13 Reasons Why, Grey’s Anatomy, This Is Us, and The Big Bang Theory. But the people have spoken, and they are here for the Shadowhunters.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

THE MOVIE OF 2018
Avengers: Infinity War

THE COMEDY MOVIE OF 2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me

THE ACTION MOVIE OF 2018
Avengers: Infinity War

THE DRAMA MOVIE OF 2018
Fifty Shades Freed

THE FAMILY MOVIE OF 2018
Incredibles 2

THE DRAMA MOVIE STAR OF 2018
Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades Freed

THE MALE MOVIE STAR OF 2018
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther

THE FEMALE MOVIE STAR OF 2018
Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Infinity War

THE COMEDY MOVIE STAR OF 2018
Melissa McCarthy, Life of the Party

THE ACTION MOVIE STAR OF 2018
Danai Gurira, Black Panther

THE SHOW OF 2018
Shadowhunters

THE DRAMA SHOW OF 2018
Riverdale

THE COMEDY SHOW OF 2018
Orange Is the New Black

THE REVIVAL SHOW OF 2018
Dynasty

THE REALITY SHOW OF 2018
Keeping Up With the Kardashians

THE COMPETITION SHOW OF 2018
The Voice

THE MALE TV STAR OF 2018
Harry Shum Jr., Shadowhunters

THE FEMALE TV STAR OF 2018
Katherine McNamara, Shadowhunters

THE DRAMA TV STAR OF 2018
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

THE COMEDY TV STAR OF 2018
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

THE DAYTIME TALK SHOW OF 2018
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

THE NIGHTTIME TALK SHOW OF 2018
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

THE COMPETITION CONTESTANT OF 2018
Maddie Poppe, American Idol

THE REALITY TV STAR OF 2018
Khloé Kardashian, Keeping Up With the Kardashians

THE BINGEWORTHY SHOW OF 2018
Shadowhunters

THE SCI-FI/FANTASY SHOW OF 2018
Wynonna Earp

THE MALE ARTIST OF 2018
Shawn Mendes

THE FEMALE ARTIST OF 2018
Nicki Minaj

THE GROUP OF 2018
BTS

THE SONG OF 2018
BTS: “Idol”

THE ALBUM OF 2018
Nicki Minaj: Queen

THE COUNTRY ARTIST OF 2018
Blake Shelton

THE LATIN ARTIST OF 2018
CNCO

THE MUSIC VIDEO OF 2018
BTS: “Idol”

THE CONCERT TOUR OF 2018
Taylor Swift: Reputation

THE SOCIAL STAR OF 2018
Shane Dawson

THE BEAUTY INFLUENCER OF 2018
James Charles

THE SOCIAL CELEBRITY OF 2018
BTS

THE ANIMAL STAR OF 2018
Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund

THE COMEDY ACT OF 2018
Kevin Hart

THE STYLE STAR OF 2018
Harry Styles

THE GAME CHANGER OF 2018
Serena Williams

THE POP PODCAST OF 2018
Scrubbing In With Becca Tilley & Tanya Rad

THE MOST HYPE-WORTHY CANADIAN OF 2018
Tessa Virture & Scott Moir

L’INFLUENCEUR POP CULTURE FRANÇAIS DE 2018
Lufy

HONORARY ICON AWARD RECIPIENTS:

THE PEOPLE’S ICON OF 2018
Melissa McCarthy

THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION OF 2018
Bryan Stevenson, social activist and founder of Equal Justice Initiative

THE FASHION ICON OF 2018
Victoria Beckham

Check out Khloé Kardashian live-tweeting while reliving Tristan Thompson’s cheating scandal:

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