The awards were billed as "commemorating all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic book".
The Scream 2009 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders.
[1] The advisory board included Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth, and Zack Snyder etc.
[1] The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website,[7] which ran up until the day of the ceremony (Saturday, October 17, 2009[5][1]) where they were announced.
The special achievement award recipients[10] of the 2009 Scream Awards were as follows:- A farewell tribute was given for the conclusion of Battlestar Galactica, which a number of the show's cast attended including The Big Bang Theory cast members Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar.