HBO dominates this year's nominations with 27 nods including five for 'Olive Kitteridge', FX follows with 16, and CBS with 13.
- May 7, 2015
AceShowbiz - Nominees for the upcoming 5th annual Critics' Choice TV Awards are announced. HBO's "Olive Kitteridge" and FX's "Justified" dominate the pack with five nods each. HBO also gets the most nominations with 27, FX follows with 16, and CBS with 13.
In the Best Comedy Series category, the competition is stiff among HBO's "Silicon Valley" & "Veep", FX's "You're the Worst", CBS' "Moms", Comedy Central's "Broad City", The CW's "Jane the Virgin", and Amazon's "Transparent".
Meanwhile, contenders for this year's Best Drama Series prize are FX's "Justified" & "The Americans", HBO's "Game of Thrones", Fox's "Empire", CBS' "The Good Wife", Showtime's "Homeland", and Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black".
The winners will be announced at a live telecast on May 31 at 8 P.M. on A&E.
Best Comedy Series:
- "Broad City" (Comedy Central)
- "Jane the Virgin" (The CW)
- "Mom" (CBS)
- "Silicon Valley" (HBO)
- "Transparent" (Amazon)
- "Veep" (HBO)
- "You're the Worst" (FX)
- Anthony Anderson - "Blackish" (ABC)
- Chris Messina - "The Mindy Project" (FOX)
- Jeffrey Tambor - "Transparent" (Amazon)
- Johnny Galecki - "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
- Thomas Middleditch - "Silicon Valley" (HBO)
- Will Forte - "The Last Man on Earth" (FOX)
- Amy Schumer - "Inside Amy Schumer" (Comedy Central)
- Constance Wu - "Fresh Off the Boat" (ABC)
- Gina Rodriguez - "Jane the Virgin" (The CW)
- Ilana Glazer - "Broad City" (Comedy Central)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Veep" (HBO)
- Lisa Kudrow - "The Comeback" (HBO)
- Adam Driver - "Girls" (HBO)
- Cameron Monaghan - "Shameless" (Showtime)
- Jaime Camil - "Jane the Virgin" (The CW)
- T.J. Miller - "Silicon Valley" (HBO)
- Tituss Burgess - "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix)
- Tony Hale - "Veep" (HBO)
- Allison Janney - "Mom" (CBS)
- Carrie Brownstein - "Portlandia" (IFC)
- Eden Sher - "The Middle" (ABC)
- Judith Light - "Transparent" (Amazon)
- Mayim Bialik - "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
- Melanie Lynskey - "Togetherness" (HBO)
- Becky Ann Baker - "Girls" (HBO)
- Bradley Whitford - "Transparent" (Amazon)
- Josh Charles - "Inside Amy Schumer" (Comedy Central)
- Laurie Metcalf - "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
- Peter Gallagher - "Togetherness" (HBO)
- Susie Essman - "Broad City" (Comedy Central)
- "Bessie" (HBO)
- "Killing Jesus" (National Geographic Channel)
- "Nightingale" (HBO)
- "A Poet in New York" (BBC America)
- "Stockholm, Pennsylvania" (Lifetime)
- "24: Live Another Day" (FOX)
- "American Crime" (ABC)
- "The Book of Negroes" (BET)
- "The Honorable Woman" (Sundance)
- "Olive Kitteridge" (HBO)
- "Wolf Hall" (PBS)
- David Oyelowo - "Nightingale" (HBO)
- James Nesbitt - "The Missing" (Starz)
- Kiefer Sutherland - "24: Live Another Day" (FOX)
- Mark Rylance - "Wolf Hall" (PBS)
- Michael Gambon - "The Casual Vacancy" (HBO)
- Richard Jenkins - "Olive Kitteridge" (HBO)
- Aunjanue Ellis - "The Book of Negroes" (BET)
- Felicity Huffman - "American Crime" (ABC)
- Frances McDormand - "Olive Kitteridge" (HBO)
- Jessica Lange - "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal - "The Honorable Woman" (Sundance)
- Queen Latifah - "Bessie" (HBO)
- Bill Murray - "Olive Kitteridge" (HBO)
- Cory Michael Smith - "Olive Kitteridge" (HBO)
- Elvis Nolasco - "American Crime" (ABC)
- Finn Wittrock - "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX)
- Jason Isaacs - "Stockholm, Pennsylvania" (Lifetime)
- Jonathan Pryce - "Wolf Hall" (PBS)
- Claire Foy - "Wolf Hall" (PBS)
- Cynthia Nixon - "Stockholm, Pennsylvania" (Lifetime)
- Janet McTeer - "The Honorable Woman" (Sundance)
- Khandi Alexander - "Bessie" (HBO)
- Mo'Nique - "Bessie" (HBO)
- Sarah Paulson - "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX)
- "The Americans" (FX)
- "Empire" (Fox)
- "Game of Thrones" (HBO)
- "The Good Wife" (CBS)
- "Homeland" (Showtime)
- "Justified" (FX)
- "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
- Eva Green - "Penny Dreadful" (Showtime)
- Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife" (CBS)
- Keri Russell - "The Americans" (FX)
- Taraji P. Henson - "Empire" (FOX)
- Vera Farmiga - "Bates Motel" (A&E)
- Viola Davis - "How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC)
- Aden Young - "Rectify" (Sundance)
- Bob Odenkirk - "Better Call Saul" (AMC)
- Charlie Hunnam - "Sons of Anarchy" (FX)
- Freddie Highmore - "Bates Motel" (A&E)
- Matthew Rhys - "The Americans" (FX)
- Timothy Olyphant - "Justified" (FX)
- Carrie Coon - "The Leftovers" (HBO)
- Christine Baranski - "The Good Wife" (CBS)
- Joelle Carter - "Justified" (FX)
- Katheryn Winnick - "Vikings" (History)
- Lorraine Toussaint - "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
- Mae Whitman - "Parenthood" (NBC)
- Ben Mendelsohn - "Bloodline" (Netflix)
- Christopher Eccleston - "The Leftovers" (HBO)
- Craig T. Nelson - "Parenthood" (NBC)
- Jonathan Banks - "Better Call Saul" (AMC)
- Mandy Patinkin - "Homeland" (Showtime)
- Walton Goggins - "Justified" (FX)
- Cicely Tyson - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)
- Julianne Nicholson - "Masters of Sex" (Showtime)
- Linda Lavin - "The Good Wife" (CBS)
- Lois Smith - "The Americans" (FX)
- Sam Elliott - "Justified" (FX)
- Walton Goggins - "Sons of Anarchy" (FX)
- "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" (CNN)
- "Deadliest Catch" (Discovery Channel)
- "Married at First Sight" (A&E)
- "MythBusters" (Discovery Channel)
- "Shark Tank" (ABC)
- "Undercover Boss" (CBS)
- "The Amazing Race" (CBS)
- "America's Got Talent" (NBC)
- "Dancing With the Stars" (ABC)
- "Face Off" (Syfy)
- "MasterChef Junior" (FOX)
- "The Voice" (NBC)
- Anthony Bourdain - "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" (CNN)
- Betty White - "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" (Lifetime)
- Cat Deeley - "So You Think You Can Dance" (FOX)
- James Lipton - "Inside the Actors Studio" (Bravo)
- Phil Keoghan - "The Amazing Race" (CBS
- Tom Bergeron - "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC)
- "Archer" (FX)
- "Bob's Burgers" (FOX)
- "Gravity Falls" (Disney Channel)
- "The Simpsons" (FOX)
- "South Park" (Comedy Central)
- "Star Wars Rebels" (Disney XD)
- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)
- "The Graham Norton Show" (BBC America)
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (ABC)
- "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (HBO)
- "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (CBS)
- "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" (NBC)