2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards

Date: 18 June 2012

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Best Series

Best Comedy Series

• Community (NBC)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Girls (HBO)
Modern Family (ABC)
New Girl (FOX)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)


Best Drama Series

• Homeland (Showtime)

Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)


Best Movie/Miniseries

• Sherlock (PBS)

American Horror Story (FX)
Game Change (HBO)
The Hour (BBC America)
Luther (BBC America)
Page Eight (PBS)


Best Animated Series

• Archer (FX)

Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
Bob's Burgers (FOX)
Family Guy (FOX)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Adult Swim / Cartoon Network)

Best Acting in a Comedy Series

Best Actor

• Louis C.K. as Louie (Louie)

Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan – (House of Lies)
Larry David as Himself – (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance (Raising Hope)
Joel McHale as Jeff Winger (Community)
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)


Best Actress

• Zooey Deschanel as Jessica Day (New Girl) (tie)
• Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation) (tie)

Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath (Girls)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer (Veep)
Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance (Raising Hope)
Ashley Rickards as Jenna Hamilton (Awkward)


Best Supporting Actor

• Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy (Modern Family)

Max Greenfield as Schmidt (New Girl)
Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson (Parks and Recreation)
Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir (Community)
Jim Rash as Craig Pelton (Community)
Damon Wayans, Jr. as Brad Williams (Happy Endings)


Best Supporting Actress

• Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy (Modern Family)

Alison Brie as Annie Edison (Community)
Cheryl Hines as Dallas Royce (Suburgatory)
Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry (Community)
Eden Sher as Sue Heck (The Middle)
Casey Wilson as Penny Hartz (Happy Endings)

Best Acting in a Drama Series

Best Actor

• Bryan Cranston as Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane (Boss)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper (Mad Men)
Charlie Hunnam as Jax Teller (Sons of Anarchy)
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody (Homeland)
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens (Justified)


Best Actress

• Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison (Homeland)

Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley (Downton Abbey)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson (Mad Men)
Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher (Shameless)
Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow (Sons of Anarchy)


Best Supporting Actor

• Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring (Breaking Bad)

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Neal McDonough as Robert Quarles (Justified)
John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop (Fringe)
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)
John Slattery as Roger Sterling, Jr. (Mad Men)


Best Supporting Actress

• Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris (Mad Men)

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart (The Good Wife)
Anna Gunn as Skyler White (Breaking Bad)
Regina King as Det. Lydia Adams (Southland)
Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder (Boardwalk Empire)
Maggie Siff as Dr. Tara Knowles (Sons of Anarchy)

Best Acting in a Movie/Miniseries

Best Actor

• Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock)

Kevin Costner as Devil Anse Hatfield (Hatfields & McCoys)
Idris Elba as Det. John Luther (Luther)
Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt (Game Change)
Bill Nighy as Johnny Worricker (Page Eight)
Dominic West as Hector Madden (The Hour)


Best Actress

• Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin (Game Change)

Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham (Great Expectations)
Patricia Clarkson as Mia Knowles (Five)
Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon (American Horror Story)
Lara Pulver as Irene Adler (Sherlock)
Emily Watson as Janet Leach (Appropriate Adult)

Best Guest Performing

Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series

• Paul Rudd as Bobby Newport (Parks and Recreation)

Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Horvath (Girls)
Bobby Cannavale as Lewis (Modern Family)
Kathryn Hahn as Jennifer Barkley (Parks and Recreation)
Justin Long as Paul Genzlinger (New Girl)
Peter Scolari as Tad Horvath (Girls)


Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series

• Lucy Liu as Officer Jessica Tang (Southland)

Dylan Baker as Jerry Boorman (Damages)
Jere Burns as Wynn Duffy (Justified)
Loretta Devine as Adele Webber (Grey's Anatomy)
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni (The Good Wife)
Chloe Webb as Monica Gallagher (Shameless)

Reality & Variety

Best Reality Series

• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel)

Hoarders (A&E)
Kitchen Nightmares (FOX)
Pawn Stars (History)
Sister Wives (TLC)
Undercover Boss (CBS)


Best Reality Series – Competition

• The Voice (NBC)

The Amazing Race (CBS)
Chopped (Food Network)
The Pitch (AMC)
Shark Tank (ABC)
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)


Best Talk Show

• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
The View (ABC)


Best Reality Show Host

• Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars) (tie)
• Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance) (tie)

Nick Cannon (America's Got Talent)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
RuPaul (RuPaul's Drag Race)


Most Exciting New Series

• The Following (FOX)
• The Mindy Project (FOX)
• Nashville (ABC)
• The Newsroom (HBO)
• Political Animals (USA)

Shows with Multiple Wins

• Breaking Bad (2)
• Homeland (2)
• Modern Family (2)
• Parks and Recreation (2)
• Sherlock (2)

Shows with Multiple Nominations

• Community (6)

Breaking Bad (5)
Mad Men (5)
Parks and Recreation (5)
Girls (4)
The Good Wife (4)
Modern Family (4)
New Girl (4)
Game Change (3)
Homeland (3)
Justified (3)
Sherlock (3)
Sons of Anarchy (3)
The Amazing Race (2)
American Horror Story (2)
The Big Bang Theory (2)
Downton Abbey (2)
Game of Thrones (2)
Happy Endings (2)
The Hour (2)
Luther (2)
Page Eight (2)
Raising Hope (2)
Shameless (2)
Southland (2)
So You Think You Can Dance (2)