The Critics Choice awards have announced their nominees for this past season. I’m pretty happy across the board with these:
Best Comedy Series: The Big Bang Theory, Louie, The Middle, New Girl, Parks and Recreation, Veep
Best Actor In A Comedy: Don Cheadle (House of Lies), Louie CK (Louie), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory)
Best Actress In A Comedy: Laura Dern (Enlightened), Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), Lena Dunham (Girls), Sutton Foster (Bunheads), Julia Louise Dreyfuss (Veep), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Best Supporting Actor In a Comedy: Max Greenfield (New Girl), Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory), Alex Karpovsky (Girls), Adam Pally (Happy Endings), Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation), Danny Pudi (Community)
Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy: Carly Chaikin (Suburgatory), Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory), Sarah Hyland (Modern Family), Melissa Rauch (Big Bang Theory), Eden Sher (The Middle), Casey Wilson (Happy Endings)
Best Guest Star In a Comedy: Melissa Leo (Louie), David Lynch (Louie), Bob Newhart (Big Bang Theory), Patton Oswalt (Parks and Recreation), Molly Shannon (Enlightened), Patrick Wilson (Girls)
Best Drama: The Americans, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Game Of Thrones, The Good Wife, Homeland
Best Actor in A Drama: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Damian Lewis (Homeland), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead), Timothy Olyphant (Justified), Matthew Rhys (The Americans), Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Best Actress In A Drama: Claire Danes (Homeland), Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Julianna Marguilies (The Good Wife), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Keri Russell (The Americans)
Best Supporting Actor in A Drama: Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones), Michael Cudlitz (Southland), Noah Emmerich (The Americans), Walton Goggins (Justified), Corey Stoll (House Of Cards)
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama: Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Emilia Clarke (Game Of Thrones), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Regina King (Southland), Monica Potter (Parenthood), Abigail Spencer (Rectify)
Best Guest Star In A Drama: Jim Beaver (Justified), Jane Fonda (The Newsroom), Martha Plimpton (The Good Wife), Carrie Preston (The Good Wife), Diana Rigg (Game Of Thrones), Jimmy Smits (Sons of Anarchy)
Best Movie or Miniseries: American Horror Story, Behind The Candelabra, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Hour, Political Animals, Top of The Lake
Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch (Parade’s End), Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra), Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra), Toby Jones (The Girl), Al Pacino (Phil Spector), Dominic West (The Hour)
Best Actress: Angela Bassett (Betty and Coretta), Romola Garai (The Hour), Rebecca Hall (Parade’s End), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story), Elisabeth Moss (Top Of The Lake), Sigourney Weaver (Political Animals)
Best Supporting Actor: Sebastian Stan (Political Animals), James Cromwell (American Horror Story), Peter Mullan (Top Of The Lake), Zachary Quinto (American Horror Story), David Wenham (Top of The Lake), Thomas M Wright (Top Of The Lake)
Best Supporting Actress: Ellen Burstyn (Political Animals), Sienna Miller (The Girl), Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story), Lily Rabe (American Horror Story), Imelda Staunton (The Girl), Alfre Woodard (Steel Magnolias)
Best Reality Series: Duck Dynasty, The Moment, Pawn Stars, Push Girls, Small Town Security, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
Best Reality Competition Series: Chopped, Face Off, Shark Tank, So You Think You Can Dance, Survivor, The Voice
Best Host: Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars), Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance), Gordon Ramsey (Hells Kitchen/Masterchef), RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Ryan Seacrest (American Idol), Kurt Warner (The Moment)
Best Talk Show: Conan, The Daily Show, Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Marie
Best Animated Series: Adventure Time, Archer, Phineas and Ferb, Regular Show, The Simpsons, Star Wars: The Clone Wars