3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards

Date: 10 June 2013
Host: Retta

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Best Series

Best Drama Series 

• Breaking Bad (AMC) (tie)
• Game of Thrones (HBO) (tie)

The Americans (FX)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Homeland (Showtime)

Best Comedy Series

• The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Louie (FX)
The Middle (ABC)
New Girl (FOX)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Veep (HBO)


Best Movie/Miniseries 

• Behind the Candelabra (HBO)

American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
The Crimson Petal and the White (Encore)
The Hour (BBC America)
Political Animals (USA Network)
Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)

Best Animated Series

• Archer (FX)

Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel)
Regular Show (Cartoon Network)
The Simpsons (FOX)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network)

Most Exciting New Series 

• The Bridge (FX)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
• Masters of Sex (Showtime)
• The Michael J. Fox Show (NBC)
• Ray Donovan (Showtime)
• Under the Dome (CBS)

Best Acting in a Comedy Series

Best Actor 

• Louis C.K. as Louie (Louie)

Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan (House of Lies)
Jake Johnson as Nick Miller (New Girl)
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt (Parks and Recreation)
Jeremy Sisto as George Altman (Suburgatory)

Best Actress

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer (Veep)

Laura Dern as Amy Jellicoe (Enlightened)
Zooey Deschanel as Jessica Day (New Girl)
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath (Girls)
Sutton Foster as Michelle Simms (Bunheads)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)

Best Supporting Actor 

• Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz (The Big Bang Theory)

Max Greenfield as Schmidt (New Girl)
Alex Karpovsky as Ray Ploshansky (Girls)
Adam Pally as Max Blum (Happy Endings)
Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer (Parks and Recreation)
Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir (Community)

Best Supporting Actress

• Kaley Cuoco as Penny (The Big Bang Theory) (tie)
• Eden Sher as Sue Heck (The Middle) (tie)

Carly Chaikin as Dalia Oprah Royce (Suburgatory)
Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy (Modern Family)
Melissa Rauch as Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz (The Big Bang Theory)
Casey Wilson as Penny Hartz (Happy Endings)

Best Acting in a Drama Series

Best Actor

• Bryan Cranston as Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody (Homeland)
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens (Justified)
Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings (The Americans)
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood (House of Cards)

Best Actress

• Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters (Orphan Black)

Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison (Homeland)
Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates (Bates Motel)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson (Mad Men)
Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings (The Americans)

Best Supporting Actor

• Michael Cudlitz as John Cooper (Southland)

Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman (The Americans)
Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder (Justified)
Corey Stoll as Peter Russo (House of Cards)

Best Supporting Actress

• Monica Potter as Kristina Braverman (Parenthood)

Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan (Dexter)
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)
Anna Gunn as Skyler White (Breaking Bad)
Regina King as Det. Lydia Adams (Southland)
Abigail Spencer as Amantha Holden (Rectify)

Best Acting in a Movie/Miniseries

Best Actor 

• Michael Douglas as Liberace (Behind the Candelabra)

Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens (Parade's End)
Matt Damon as Scott Thorson (Behind the Candelabra)
Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock (The Girl)
Al Pacino as Phil Spector (Phil Spector)
Dominic West as Hector Madden (The Hour)

Best Actress

• Elisabeth Moss as Det. Robin Griffin (Top of the Lake)

Angela Bassett as Coretta Scott King (Betty & Coretta)
Romola Garai as Bel Rowley (The Hour)
Rebecca Hall as Sylvia Tietjens (Parade's End)
Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin / Judy Martin (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond (Political Animals)

Best Supporting Actor 

• Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson (American Horror Story: Asylum)

James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden / Hans Grüper (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Peter Mullan as Matt Mitcham (Top of the Lake)
Sebastian Stan as Thomas "T.J." Hammond (Political Animals)
David Wenham as Det. Al Parker (Top of the Lake)
Thomas M. Wright as Johnno Mitcham (Top of the Lake)

Best Supporting Actress

• Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters (American Horror Story: Asylum)

Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish (Political Animals)
Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren (The Girl)
Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice McKee (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Imelda Staunton as Alma Reville (The Girl)
Alfre Woodard as Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux (Steel Magnolias)

Best Guest Performing

Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series 

• Patton Oswalt as Garth Blundin (Parks and Recreation)

Melissa Leo as Laurie (Louie)
David Lynch as Jack Dall (Louie)
Bob Newhart as Professor Proton (The Big Bang Theory)
Molly Shannon as Eileen (Enlightened)
Patrick Wilson as Joshua (Girls)

Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series

• Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing (The Newsroom)

Jim Beaver as Sheriff Shelby Parlow (Justified)
Martha Plimpton as Patti Nyholm (The Good Wife)
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni (The Good Wife)
Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell (Game of Thrones)
Jimmy Smits as Nero Padilla (Sons of Anarchy)

Reality & Variety

Best Reality Series 

• Duck Dynasty (A&E) (tie)
• Push Girls (Sundance Channel) (tie)

The Moment (USA Network)
Pawn Stars (History)
Small Town Security (AMC)
Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (BBC America)

Best Reality Series – Competition

• The Voice (NBC)

Chopped (Food Network)
Face Off (Syfy)
Shark Tank (ABC)
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
Survivor (CBS)


Best Talk Show 

• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Conan (TBS)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Marie (Hallmark Channel)

Best Reality Show Host

• Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)

Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance)
Gordon Ramsay (Hell's Kitchen/MasterChef)
RuPaul (RuPaul's Drag Race)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Kurt Warner (The Moment)


Shows with Multiple Wins

• The Big Bang Theory (3)

American Horror Story: Asylum (2)
Behind the Candelabra (2)
Breaking Bad (2)


Shows with Multiple Nominations

• American Horror Story: Asylum (6)
• The Big Bang Theory (6)

Parks and Recreation (5)
Top of the Lake (5)
The Americans (4)
Breaking Bad (4)
Game of Thrones (4)
The Good Wife (4)
Louie (4)
New Girl (4)
Political Animals (4)
Behind the Candelabra (3)
Girls (3)
Homeland (3)
Enlightened (2)
Happy Endings (2)
House of Cards (2)
Justified (2)
The Middle (2)
So You Think You Can Dance (2)
Suburgatory (2)
Veep (2)