5th Critics' Choice Television Awards

5th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	May 31, 2015
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Hosted by	Cat Deeley
Official website	www.criticschoice.com/television-awards/
Television/Radio coverage
Network	A&E

The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2014, until May 31, 2015, took place on May 31, 2015, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.^[1] The ceremony was broadcast live on A&E.^[1][2]

The nominations were announced on May 6, 2015. Channelwise, HBO received 27 total nominations and FX received 16.^[1] On May 13, 2015, Cat Deeley was announced as host, marking her second time hosting since the inaugural ceremony.^[3] Seth MacFarlane received the Critics’ Choice Louis XIII Genius Award.^[4]

Winners and nominees

Best Series
Best Drama Series	Best Comedy Series
The Americans (FX) Empire (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Homeland (Showtime) Justified (FX) Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)	Silicon Valley (HBO) Broad City (Comedy Central) Jane the Virgin (The CW) Mom (CBS) Transparent (Amazon Video) Veep (HBO) You're the Worst (FX)
Best Movie	Best Limited Series
Bessie (HBO) Killing Jesus (National Geographic Channel) Nightingale (HBO) A Poet in New York (BBC America) Stockholm, Pennsylvania (Lifetime)	Olive Kitteridge (HBO) 24: Live Another Day (Fox) American Crime (ABC) The Book of Negroes (BET) The Honourable Woman (SundanceTV) Wolf Hall (PBS)
Best Animated Series	Most Exciting New Series
SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon) Bob's Burgers (Fox) Gravity Falls (Disney Channel) The Simpsons (Fox) South Park (Comedy Central) Star Wars Rebels (Disney XD)	American Crime Story (FX) Aquarius (NBC) Blindspot (NBC) Minority Report (Fox) The Muppets (ABC) Scream Queens (Fox) Supergirl (CBS) UnREAL (Lifetime)
Most Bingeworthy Show[5]
The Walking Dead (AMC) American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Empire (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) Vikings (History)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman – Transparent Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. – Black-ish Will Forte as Phil Miller – The Last Man on Earth Johnny Galecki as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter – The Big Bang Theory Chris Messina as Dr. Danny Castellano – The Mindy Project Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendriks – Silicon Valley	Amy Schumer as Various Characters – Inside Amy Schumer Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler – Broad City Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish – The Comeback Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva – Jane the Virgin Constance Wu as Jessica Huang – Fresh Off the Boat
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
T. J. Miller as Erlich Bachman – Silicon Valley Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Jaime Camil as Rogelio de la Vega – Jane the Virgin Adam Driver as Adam Sackler – Girls Tony Hale as Gary Walsh – Veep Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher – Shameless	Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler – The Big Bang Theory Carrie Brownstein as Various Characters – Portlandia Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman – Transparent Melanie Lynskey as Michelle Pierson – Togetherness Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman – Better Call Saul Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates – Bates Motel Charlie Hunnam as Jax Teller – Sons of Anarchy Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens – Justified Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings – The Americans Aden Young as Daniel Holden – Rectify	Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon – Empire Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating, J.D. – How to Get Away with Murder Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates – Bates Motel Eva Green as Vanessa Ives – Penny Dreadful Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings – The Americans
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut – Better Call Saul Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamison – The Leftovers Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn – Bloodline Craig T. Nelson as Zeek Braverman – Parenthood Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson – Homeland	Lorraine Toussaint as Yvonne "Vee" Parker – Orange Is the New Black Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Wife Joelle Carter as Ava Crowder – Justified Carrie Coon as Nora Durst – The Leftovers Mae Whitman as Amber Holt – Parenthood Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha – Vikings
Best Acting in a Movie/Limited Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
David Oyelowo as Peter Snowden – Nightingale Michael Gambon as Howard Mollison – The Casual Vacancy Richard Jenkins as Henry Kitteridge – Olive Kitteridge James Nesbitt as Tony Hughes – The Missing Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell – Wolf Hall Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer – 24: Live Another Day	Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge – Olive Kitteridge Aunjanue Ellis as Aminata – The Book of Negroes Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein – The Honourable Woman Felicity Huffman as Barbara "Barb" Hanlon – American Crime Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars – American Horror Story: Freak Show Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith – Bessie
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Bill Murray as Jack Kennison – Olive Kitteridge Jason Isaacs as Ben McKay – Stockholm, Pennsylvania Elvis Nolasco as Carter Nix – American Crime Jonathan Pryce as Thomas Wolsey – Wolf Hall Cory Michael Smith as Kevin Coulson – Olive Kitteridge Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott – American Horror Story: Freak Show	Sarah Paulson as Bette and Dot Tattler – American Horror Story: Freak Show Khandi Alexander as Viola – Bessie Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn – Wolf Hall Janet McTeer as Dame Julia Walsh – The Honourable Woman Mo'Nique as Ma Rainey – Bessie Cynthia Nixon as Marcy Owens – Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Best Guest Performing
Best Guest Performer – Comedy	Best Guest Performer – Drama
Bradley Whitford as Marcy May – Transparent Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Horvath – Girls Josh Charles as Various Characters – Inside Amy Schumer Susie Essman as Bobbi Wexler – Broad City Peter Gallagher as Larry Brown – Togetherness Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper – The Big Bang Theory	Sam Elliott as Avery Markham – Justified Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam – Sons of Anarchy Linda Lavin as Joy Grubeck – The Good Wife Julianne Nicholson as Dr. Lillian DePaul – Masters of Sex Lois Smith as Betty Turner – The Americans Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness – How to Get Away with Murder
Reality & Variety
Best Reality Series	Best Reality Series – Competition
Shark Tank (ABC) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Married at First Sight (A&E) MythBusters (Discovery Channel) Undercover Boss (CBS)	Face Off (Syfy) The Amazing Race (CBS) America's Got Talent (NBC) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) MasterChef Junior (Fox) The Voice (NBC)
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
The Daily Show (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)	Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Anthony Bourdain – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race James Lipton – Inside the Actors Studio Betty White – Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Shows with multiple wins

The following shows received multiple awards:

Wins	Series
3	Olive Kitteridge
2	Better Call Saul
	Silicon Valley
	Transparent

Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Series
5	Justified
	Olive Kitteridge
4	American Horror Story: Freak Show
	The Americans
	Bessie
	The Good Wife
	Transparent
	Wolf Hall
3	American Crime
	The Big Bang Theory
	Broad City
	Empire
	The Honourable Woman
	Jane the Virgin
	Orange Is the New Black
	Silicon Valley
	Stockholm, Pennsylvania
	Veep
2	24: Live Another Day
	The Amazing Race
	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
	Bates Motel
	Better Call Saul
	The Book of Negroes
	Dancing with the Stars
	Game of Thrones
	Girls
	Homeland
	How to Get Away with Murder
	Inside Amy Schumer
	The Leftovers
	Mom
	Nightingale
	Parenthood
	Sons of Anarchy
	Togetherness
	Vikings

Presenters

• Shiri Appleby^[6]
• Scott Bakula^[6]
• Chris Colfer^[6]
• Terry Crews^[6]
• Tracee Ellis Ross^[6]
• Anna Faris^[6]
• Johnny Galecki^[6]
• Max Greenfield^[6]
• Angie Harmon^[6]
• Josh Holloway^[6]
• Gillian Jacobs^[6]
• Allison Janney^[6]
• Jake Johnson^[6]
• Michael Mando^[6]
• Olivier Martinez^[6]
• Ben McKenzie^[6]
• Bob Odenkirk^[6]
• Sarah Paulson^[6]
• Bill Paxton^[6]
• Chelsea Peretti^[6]
• Timothy Simons^[6]
• Charlize Theron^[6]
• Matt Walsh^[6]
• Constance Zimmer^[6]

References

1. Li, Shirley (May 6, 2015). "The Critics' Choice TV Awards 2015: And the nominees are...". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
2. Rouse, Wade (May 6, 2015). "HBO and FX Lead 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards Nominations". People. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
3. Bibel, Sara (May 13, 2015). "Cat Deeley to Host The 'Critics' Choice Television Awards' Sunday, May 31 on A&E". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
4. Andreeva, Nellie (2015-05-18). "Seth MacFarlane To Receive Critics' Choice Genius Award". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
5. "Fan Favorite Most Bingeworthy Show". A&E. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
6. Bibel, Sara (2015-05-26). "Critics' Choice Television Awards Announces Most Exciting New Series Honorees and Presenters". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2015-05-26.