4th Critics' Choice Television Awards

The 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014, and was held on June 19, 2014, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.^[1] The nominations were announced on May 28, 2014.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by comedian and actor Cedric the Entertainer and was broadcast live on The CW.^[1][2] Ryan Murphy received the Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award.^[3]

4th Critics' Choice Television Awards
Date	June 19, 2014 (2014-06-19)
Location	The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles
Country	United States
Presented by	Broadcast Television Journalists Association
Hosted by	Cedric the Entertainer
Highlights
Most awards	Fargo Orange Is the New Black (3)
Most nominations	The Big Bang Theory Fargo The Good Wife Masters of Sex The Normal Heart (5)
Best Comedy Series	Orange Is the New Black
Best Drama Series	Breaking Bad
Website	www.criticschoice.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	The CW
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

Jim Parsons, Best Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Best Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Andre Braugher, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Allison Janney, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series co-winner and Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series winner

Kate Mulgrew, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series co-winner

Matthew McConaughey, Best Actor in a Drama Series winner

Tatiana Maslany, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner

Aaron Paul, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Bellamy Young, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

Billy Bob Thornton, Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries winner

Jessica Lange, Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries winner

Matt Bomer, Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries winner

Allison Tolman, Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries winner

Uzo Aduba, Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series winner

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Best Reality Show Host winner

Best Series
Best Comedy Series	Best Drama Series
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Broad City (Comedy Central) Louie (FX) Silicon Valley (HBO) Veep (HBO)	Breaking Bad (AMC) The Americans (FX) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Masters of Sex (Showtime) True Detective (HBO)
Best Movie	Best Miniseries
The Normal Heart (HBO) An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC America) Burton & Taylor (BBC America) Killing Kennedy (Nat Geo) Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS) The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)	Fargo (FX) American Horror Story: Coven (FX) Bonnie & Clyde (A&E / History / Lifetime) Dancing on the Edge (Starz) The Hollow Crown (PBS) Luther (BBC America)
Best Animated Series	Most Exciting New Series (All Honored)
Archer (FX) Adventure Time (Cartoon Network) Family Guy (Fox) Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel) The Simpsons (Fox) South Park (Comedy Central)	Extant (CBS) Gotham (Fox) Halt and Catch Fire (AMC) The Leftovers (HBO) Outlander (Starz) Penny Dreadful (Showtime) The Strain (FX)
Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie Chris Messina as Dr. Danny Castellano – The Mindy Project Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendriks – Silicon Valley Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt – Parks and Recreation Robin Williams as Simon Roberts – The Crazy Ones	Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler – Broad City Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg – The Goldbergs Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher – Shameless Amy Schumer as Various Characters – Inside Amy Schumer
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Andre Braugher as Capt. Ray Holt – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Keith David as Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody – Enlisted Tony Hale as Gary Walsh – Veep Albert Tsai as Bert Harrison – Trophy Wife Christopher Evan Welch as Peter Gregory – Silicon Valley Jeremy Allen White as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher – Shameless	Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom (TIE) Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov – Orange Is the New Black (TIE) Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler – The Big Bang Theory Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset – Orange Is the New Black Kaley Cuoco as Penny – The Big Bang Theory Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow, RN – Nurse Jackie
Best Acting in a Drama Series
Best Actor	Best Actress
Matthew McConaughey as Det. Rustin "Rust" Cohle – True Detective Bryan Cranston as Walter White – Breaking Bad Hugh Dancy as Will Graham – Hannibal Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates – Bates Motel Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings – The Americans Michael Sheen as Dr. William Masters – Masters of Sex	Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters – Orphan Black Lizzy Caplan as Dr. Virginia Johnson – Masters of Sex Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates – Bates Motel Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings – The Americans Robin Wright as Claire Underwood – House of Cards
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman – Breaking Bad Josh Charles as Will Gardner – The Good Wife Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified Peter Sarsgaard as Ray Seward – The Killing Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan – Ray Donovan Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Valentin Narcisse – Boardwalk Empire	Bellamy Young as First Lady Melody "Mellie" Grant – Scandal Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Wife Anna Gunn as Skyler White – Breaking Bad Annet Mahendru as Nina Sergeevna – The Americans Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier – The Walking Dead Maggie Siff as Dr. Tara Knowles-Teller – Sons of Anarchy
Best Acting in a Movie/Miniseries
Best Actor	Best Actress
Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo – Fargo David Bradley as William Hartnell – An Adventure in Space and Time Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes – Sherlock: His Last Vow Chiwetel Ejiofor as Louis Lester – Dancing on the Edge Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard – Fargo Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks – The Normal Heart	Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode – American Horror Story: Coven Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor – Burton & Taylor Minnie Driver as Maggie Royal – Return to Zero Whoopi Goldberg as Viola – A Day Late and a Dollar Short Holliday Grainger as Bonnie Parker – Bonnie & Clyde Cicely Tyson as Mrs. Carrie Watts – The Trip to Bountiful
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Matt Bomer as Felix Turner – The Normal Heart Warren Brown as Justin Ripley – Luther Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson – Sherlock: His Last Vow Colin Hanks as Officer Gus Grimly – Fargo Joe Mantello as Mickey Marcus – The Normal Heart Blair Underwood as Ludie Watts – The Trip to Bountiful	Allison Tolman as Deputy Molly Solverson – Fargo Amanda Abbington as Mary Watson – Sherlock: His Last Vow Kathy Bates as Delphine LaLaurie – American Horror Story: Coven Ellen Burstyn as Olivia Foxworth – Flowers in the Attic Jessica Raine as Verity Lambert – An Adventure in Space and Time Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner – The Normal Heart
Best Guest Performing
Best Guest Performer – Comedy	Best Guest Performer – Drama
Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren – Orange Is the New Black Sarah Baker as Vanessa – Louie James Earl Jones as Himself – The Big Bang Theory Mimi Kennedy as Marjorie Armstrong – Mom Andrew Rannells as Elijah Krantz – Girls Lauren Weedman as Doris – Looking	Allison Janney as Margaret Scully – Masters of Sex Beau Bridges as Provost Barton Scully – Masters of Sex Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam – Sons of Anarchy Joe Morton as Rowan "Eli" Pope – Scandal Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni – The Good Wife Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell – Game of Thrones
Reality & Variety
Best Reality Series	Best Reality Series – Competition
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / Nat Geo) Deadliest Catch (Discovery) Duck Dynasty (A&E) MythBusters (Discovery) Top Gear (History) Undercover Boss (CBS)	Shark Tank (ABC) The Amazing Race (CBS) Project Runway (Lifetime) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef (Bravo) The Voice (NBC)
Best Talk Show	Best Reality Show Host
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Conan (TBS) The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)	Neil deGrasse Tyson – Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars Carson Daly – The Voice Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance Gordon Ramsay – MasterChef RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race

Shows with multiple wins

The following shows received multiple awards:

Program	Network	Category	Wins
Fargo	FX	Miniseries	3
Orange Is the New Black	Netflix	Comedy
Breaking Bad	AMC	Drama	2
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey	Fox/National Geographic	Reality
The Normal Heart	HBO	Movie

Shows with multiple nominations

The following shows received multiple nominations:

Program	Network	Category	Nominations
The Big Bang Theory	CBS	Comedy	5
Fargo	FX	Miniseries
The Good Wife	CBS	Drama
Masters of Sex	Showtime
The Normal Heart	HBO	Movie
The Americans	FX	Drama	4
Breaking Bad	AMC
Orange Is the New Black	Netflix	Comedy
Sherlock: His Last Vow	PBS	Movie
American Horror Story: Coven	FX	Miniseries	3
An Adventure in Space and Time	BBC America	Movie
Louie	FX	Comedy
Silicon Valley	HBO
The Trip to Bountiful	Lifetime	Movie
Veep	HBO	Comedy
Bates Motel	A&E	Drama	2
Bonnie & Clyde	A&E/History/Lifetime	Miniseries
Broad City	Comedy Central	Comedy
Burton & Taylor	BBC America	Movie
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey	Fox/National Geographic	Reality
Dancing on the Edge	BBC America	Miniseries
Game of Thrones	HBO	Drama
Luther	BBC America	Miniseries
Mom	CBS	Comedy
Parks and Recreation	NBC
Shameless[lower-alpha 1]	Showtime
Scandal	ABC	Drama
Sons of Anarchy	FX
True Detective	HBO
The Voice	NBC	Reality – Competition

1. Previously categorized as Drama

Presenters

• Christina Applegate^[4]
• Fred Armisen^[4]
• Scott Aukerman^[4]
• Demián Bichir^[4]
• Danielle Brooks^[4]
• Carrie Brownstein^[4]
• Lizzy Caplan^[4]
• Josh Dallas^[4]
• Kat Graham^[4]
• Max Greenfield^[4]
• Kathy Griffin^[4]
• Tony Hale^[4]
• Colin Hanks^[4]
• Angie Harmon^[4]
• Colton Haynes^[4]
• Diane Kruger^[4]
• Natasha Lyonne^[4]
• Elisabeth Moss^[4]
• Kunal Nayyar^[4]
• Adam Pally^[4]
• Jim Parsons^[4]
• Laura Prepon^[4]
• Matthew Rhys^[4]
• Gina Rodriguez^[4]
• Emmy Rossum^[4]
• Isaiah Washington^[4]
• Shane West^[4]

References

1. "Critics' Choice TV Awards 2014: And the nominees are..." Entertainment Weekly. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
2. Bibel, Sara (September 16, 2013). "The CW to Broadcast the 'Critics Choice Movie Awards' & 'Critics Choice Television Awards' in 2014". Zap2it. The CW press release. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
3. Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2014). "Critics' Choice TV Awards Name Top New Series, Sets Ryan Murphy For Icon Honor". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
4. Bibel, Sara (June 13, 2014). "Christina Applegate, Lizzy Caplan, Max Greenfield, Tony Hale, Elizabeth Moss, Laura Prepon, Matthew Rhys and Emmy Rossum Among Presenters at Fourth Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.