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Critics' Choice Television Award

Critics' Choice Television Award

The Critics' Choice Television Awards are accolades that are presented annually by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) (US).[1] They were established in 2011, and the first ceremony was held on June 20, 2011, and streamed live on VH1.com.[2][3] The fourth ceremony was televised live, for the first time in award history, on 19 June 2014 on The CW.[4] In October 2014, the A&E Network was granted exclusive rights to broadcast the television and film awards in 2015 and 2016.[5]

Critics' Choice Television Award
9th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Awarded forBest in television
CountryUnited States
Presented byBroadcast Television Journalists Association
First awarded2011
Websitecriticschoice.com [10]

History

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) was founded in 2011 as an offshoot of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The Awards are produced by executive producer Bob Bain.[6]

According to the acting president of the BTJA, Joey Berlin, the Critics' Choice Television Awards were launched "to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry. Just as the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards has been established as an important part of the annual movie awards season, we are confident that the Critics' Choice Television Awards will play a similar role for the television industry."[7]

Categories

  • Best Actor in a Comedy Series (since 2011)

  • Best Actor in a Drama Series (since 2011)

  • Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries (since 2012)

  • Best Actress in a Comedy Series (since 2011)

  • Best Actress in a Drama Series (since 2011)

  • Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries (since 2012)

  • Best Animated Series (since 2011)

  • Best Comedy Series (since 2011)

  • Best Drama Series (since 2011)

  • Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series (2012–2016)

  • Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series (2012–2016)

  • Best Movie/Miniseries (since 2012)

  • Best Reality Series (2011–2015)

  • Best Reality Series – Competition (since 2011)

  • Best Reality Show Host (since 2011)

  • Best Structured Reality Show (since 2015)

  • Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (since 2011)

  • Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (since 2011)

  • Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries (since 2013)

  • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (since 2011)

  • Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (since 2011)

  • Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries (since 2013)

  • Best Talk Show (since 2011)

  • Best Unstructured Reality Show (since 2015)

  • Most Exciting New Series (since 2011)

Criticism

Following the announcement of the partnership with Entertainment Weekly prior to the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards in November 2016, several high profile members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association left the organization, including Michael Ausiello of TV Line, Maureen Ryan of Variety, Ken Tucker of Yahoo! TV, and Michael Schneider of Indiewire. In an article Schneider published shortly after his resignation titled, he wrote: "The idea that Entertainment Weekly would be the preferred media outlet for an awards show decided by journalists from many outlets is unusual. (It would be like CNN being named the official partner of the Presidential Debates, even though they’re moderated and covered by representatives from multiple news organizations.)"[8] Following the mass exodus of television critics, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association lost 15%-30% of its membership.[9] This caused the majority of the membership to be made up of internet journalists instead of television critics. During the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards the fact that several critically acclaimed shows were snubbed such as The Americans, Rectify, The Night Of and You're the Worst in favor of shows with very little to no critical support such as Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and House of Cards was credited, and widely criticized, due to this change.[8]

Award ceremonies

  • 2011

  • 2012

  • 2013

  • 2014

  • 2015

  • 2016

  • 2016 (2)

  • 2018

  • 2019

Superlatives

Multiple winners

3 awards

  • Allison Janney

  • Sarah Paulson

2 awards

  • Tom Bergeron

  • Andre Braugher

  • Louis C.K.

  • Bryan Cranston

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus

  • Christina Hendricks

  • Margo Martindale

  • Tatiana Maslany

  • Jim Parsons

  • Jeffrey Tambor

Multiple nominees

7 nominations

  • Walton Goggins

5 nominations

  • Tom Bergeron

  • Cat Deeley

  • Regina King

  • Jessica Lange

  • Julianna Margulies

  • Timothy Olyphant

  • Eden Sher

4 nominations
3 nominations

  • Aziz Ansari

  • Ellen Burstyn

  • Emilia Clarke

  • Carrie Coon

  • Bryan Cranston

  • Benedict Cumberbatch

  • Peter Dinklage

  • Vera Farmiga

  • Anna Gunn

  • Freddie Highmore

  • Margo Martindale

  • Thomas Middleditch

  • Nick Offerman

  • Martha Plimpton

  • Carrie Preston

  • Danny Pudi

  • RuPaul

  • Matthew Rhys

  • Keri Russell

  • John Slattery

  • Robin Wright

  • Constance Wu

2 nominations

  • Ted Allen

  • Gillian Anderson

  • Caitriona Balfe

  • Jonathan Banks

  • Kathy Bates

  • Julie Bowen

  • Andre Braugher

  • Alison Brie

  • Sterling K. Brown

  • Tituss Burgess

  • Ty Burrell

  • Jaime Camil

  • Bobby Cannavale

  • Don Cheadle

  • Kaley Cuoco

  • Hugh Dancy

  • Claire Danes

  • Viola Davis

  • Zooey Deschanel

  • Ann Dowd

  • Lena Dunham

  • Christopher Eccleston

  • Idris Elba

  • Will Forte

  • Sutton Foster

  • Claire Foy

  • Martin Freeman

  • Eva Green

  • Max Greenfield

  • Tony Hale

  • Jon Hamm

  • Christina Hendricks

  • Taraji P. Henson

  • Charlie Hunnam

  • Jane Krakowski

  • Damian Lewis

  • Jenifer Lewis

  • Judith Light

  • Rami Malek

  • Kelly Macdonald

  • Joel McHale

  • Wendi McLendon-Covey

  • John Noble

  • Ed O'Neill

  • Randall Park

  • Aaron Paul

  • Diana Rigg

  • Gina Rodriguez

  • Emmy Rossum

  • Katey Sagal

  • Amy Schumer

  • Adam Scott

  • Ryan Seacrest

  • Maggie Siff

  • Jeffrey Tambor

  • Cicely Tyson

  • Dominic West

  • Casey Wilson

  • Patrick Wilson

  • Aden Young

  • Constance Zimmer

References

[1]
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[2]
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Sep 22, 2019, 5:23 PM
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Citation Linkwww.indiewire.comSchneider, Michael. "Why the Entertainment Weekly Partnership Made Me Quit the Critics' Choice Awards". Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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Citation Linkinsidetv.ew.com"'Modern Family' cast nabs five Critics Choice Television Awards nominations"
Sep 22, 2019, 5:23 PM
[13]
Citation Linkwww.tvline.com"Mad Men, Fringe, Good Wife, Modern Family, Community, Justified Lead Critics Choice Kudos"
Sep 22, 2019, 5:23 PM
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Sep 22, 2019, 5:23 PM
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Sep 22, 2019, 5:23 PM
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