Critics Choice Television Association Award Nominations: The Americans In; Mad Men Out
The CCTA, an off-shoot of the BFCA (Broadcast Film Critics Association, revealed their nominations today, just one day after the TCA and they’re pretty explosive. The CCTA has often championed shows and performers that have had little or no support from the Primetime Emmys (like Orphan Black‘s Tatiana Maslany or Busy Phillips from Cougar Town) and this year is no different. The second season of FX’s The Americans, ongoing support for Sons of Anarchy and the new miniseries Fargo catapulted the network to a field-best 19 nominations, besting HBO’s 18. Matthew Rhys, from The Americans, continues to find welling support for a potential Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy nomination today.
Netflix still proves to be a force, but maybe weakened a bit, with Orange is the New Black landing nominations in Comedy Series, Supporting Actress (Laverne Cox and Kate Mulgrew) and Guest Actress (Uzo Aduba) yet strangely missing a lead nom for Taylor Schilling. House of Cards only landed a nomination for Robin Wright; no Kevin Spacey or Drama Series. Hannibal finally got some love with a Lead Actor nomination for Hugh Dancy but alas, not for the titular character himself, played by Mads Mikkelsen. The Comedy Central show Broad City surprised with two nominations; one for Comedy Series and for one of the leads, Ilana Glazer.
Showtime’s Masters of Sex got very broad support, earning a Drama Series nomination as well as four acting nods; for leads Lizzy Caplan and Michael Sheen as well as guest performers Allison Janney and Beau Bridges. Conversely, the network’s former awards champ Homeland was shut out. Over on AMC it was the same story as their awards superstar Mad Men ended up with a whopping ZERO nominations. After netting nothing from the TCA yesterday and a 0-17 shutout at the Emmys last year, it doesn’t bode well for that show’s first half of its final season. Even the network’s The Walking Dead earned an acting nomination, a deserved one, for Melissa McBride.
Full nomination list:
BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory
Broad City
Louie
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Veep
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louis CK, Louie
Chris Messina, The Mindy Project
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation
Robin Williams, The Crazy Ones
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ilana Glazer, Broad City
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Wendi McLendon-Covey, The Goldbergs
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Emmy Rossum, Shameless
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Keith David, Enlisted
Tony Hale, Veep
Albert Tsai, Trophy Wife
Christopher Evan Welch, Silicon Valley
Jeremy Allen White, Shameless
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black
Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Sarah Baker, Louie
James Earl Jones, The Big Bang Theory
Mimi Kennedy, Mom
Andrew Rannells, Girls
Lauren Weedman, Looking
BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Americans
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
True Detective
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Hugh Dancy, Hannibal
Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Keri Russell, The Americans
Robin Wright, House of Cards
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Peter Sarsgaard, The Killing
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Jeffrey Wright, Boardwalk Empire
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Annet Mahendru, The Americans
Melissa McBride, The Walking Dead
Maggie Siff, Sons of Anarchy
Bellamy Young, Scandal
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Walton Goggins, Sons of Anarchy
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Joe Morton, Scandal
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
BEST MOVIE
An Adventure in Space and Time
Burton and Taylor
Killing Kennedy
The Normal Heart
Sherlock: His Last Vow
The Trip to Bountiful
BEST MINI-SERIES
American Horror Story: Coven
Bonnie & Clyde
Dancing on the Edge
Fargo
The Hollow Crown
Luther
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
David Bradley, An Adventure in Space and Time
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
Minnie Driver, Return to Zero
Whoopi Goldberg, A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Holliday Grainger, Bonnie & Clyde
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Warren Brown, Luther
Martin Freeman, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Colin Hanks, Fargo
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Blair Underwood, The Trip to Bountiful
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Amanda Abbington, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven
Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic
Jessica Raine, An Adventure in Space and Time
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart
Allison Tolman, Fargo
BEST REALITY SERIES
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Deadliest Catch
Duck Dynasty
Mythbusters
Top Gear
Undercover Boss
BEST REALITY SERIES – COMPETITION
The Amazing Race
Project Runway
Shark Tank
Survivor
Top Chef
The Voice
BEST REALITY HOST
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Carson Daly, The Voice
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
BEST TALK SHOW
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
Conan
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Phineas and Ferb
Adventure Time
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