5th Critics' Choice Television Awards

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

5th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	May 31, 2015 (2015-05-31)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Presented by	Broadcast Television Journalists Association
Hosted by	Cat Deeley
Highlights
Most awards	Olive Kitteridge (3)
Most nominations	Justified Olive Kitteridge (5)
Best Comedy Series	Silicon Valley
Best Drama Series	The Americans
Website	www.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	A&E
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The nominations were announced on May 6, 2015. Channelwise, HBO received a total of 27 nominations and FX came in second with 16.^[1] On May 13, 2015, Cat Deeley was announced as host.^[3] Seth MacFarlane received the Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award.^[4]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

 

Jeffrey Tambor, Best Actor in a Comedy Series winner

 

Amy Schumer, Best Actress in a Comedy Series winner

 

T.J. Miller, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

 

Allison Janney, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner

 

Bob Odenkirk, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner

 

Taraji P. Henson, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner

 

Jonathan Banks, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

 

Lorraine Toussaint, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

 

David Oyelowo, Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series winner

 

Frances McDormand, Best Actress in a Movie/Limited Series winner

 

Bill Murray, Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Limited Series winner

 

Sarah Paulson, Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Limited Series winner

 

Bradley Whitford, Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series winner

 

Sam Elliott, Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series winner

 

Cat Deeley, Best Reality Show Host winner

Best Series
Best Comedy Series	Best Drama Series
Silicon Valley (HBO) Broad City (Comedy Central) Jane the Virgin (The CW) Mom (CBS) Transparent (Amazon Video) Veep (HBO) You're the Worst (FX)	The Americans (FX) Empire (Fox) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Homeland (Showtime) Justified (FX) Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Best Movie	Best Limited Series
Bessie (HBO) Killing Jesus (Nat Geo) 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 (All Honored)
Archer (FX) Family Guy (Fox) Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel) Robot Chicken (Adult Swim) The Simpsons (Fox) South Park (Comedy Central)	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 Coach – 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 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)	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:

Series	Network	Category	Wins
Olive Kitteridge	HBO	Limited	3
Better Call Saul	AMC	Drama	2
Silicon Valley	HBO	Comedy
Transparent	Amazon Prime Video

Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Program	Network	Category	Nominations
Justified	FX	Drama	5
Olive Kitteridge	HBO	Limited
American Horror Story: Freak Show	FX		4
The Americans		Drama
Bessie	HBO	Movie
The Good Wife	CBS	Drama
Transparent	Amazon Prime Video	Comedy
Wolf Hall	PBS	Limited
American Crime	ABC		3
The Big Bang Theory	CBS	Comedy
Broad City	Comedy Central
Empire	Fox	Drama
The Honourable Woman	Sundance TV	Limited
Jane the Virgin	The CW	Comedy
Orange Is the New Black	Netflix	Drama^[a]
Silicon Valley	HBO	Comedy
Stockholm, Pennsylvania	Lifetime	Movie
Veep	HBO	Comedy
The Amazing Race	CBS	Reality – Competition	2
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	CNN	Reality
Bates Motel	A&E	Drama
Better Call Saul	AMC
The Book of Negroes	BET	Limited
Dancing with the Stars	ABC	Reality – Competition
Game of Thrones	HBO	Drama
Girls		Comedy
Homeland	Showtime	Drama
How to Get Away with Murder	ABC
Inside Amy Schumer	Comedy Central	Comedy
The Leftovers	HBO	Drama
Mom	CBS	Comedy
Nightingale	HBO	Movie
Parenthood	NBC	Drama
Sons of Anarchy	FX
Togetherness	HBO	Comedy
24: Live Another Day	Fox	Limited
Vikings	History	Drama

1. Previously categorized as Comedy

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). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
4. Andreeva, Nellie (May 18, 2015). "Seth MacFarlane To Receive Critics' Choice Genius Award". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
5. . A&E. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
6. Bibel, Sara (May 26, 2015). . TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.