Mad Men wins Best Drama series at the inaugural Critics' Choice Television Awards
Mad Men took home the prize for Best Drama Series while Modern Family won in the Best Comedy Series category. Best Reality Series was a tie between Hoarders and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, while Best Reality Show-Competition went to American Idol. The Daily Show was also honored as Best Talk Show.
Actors Jon Hamm and Jim Parsons won Best Actor in a Drama Series for Mad Men and Best Actor in a Comedy Series for The Big Bang Theory, respectively. Julianna Margulies was honored as Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in The Good Wife while Tina Fey was acknowledged for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in 30 Rock. Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series was a tie between Christina Hendricks for Mad Men and Margo Martindale for Justified. Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother was named Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Busy Philipps of Cougar Town took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. John Noble won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Fringe.
The inaugural awards show also honored Danny DeVito with the Critics' Choice Television Icon Award, presented by It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star and creator Rob McElhenney.
See below for a complete list of winners.
Best Drama Series
- Boardwalk Empire - HBO
- Dexter - Showtime
- Friday Night Lights - DirecTV
- Fringe - FOX
- Game of Thrones - HBO
- The Good Wife - CBS
- Justified - FX
- The Killing - AMC
- Mad Men - AMC
- The Walking Dead - AMC
Best Actor in a Drama Series
- Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire - HBO
- Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights - DirecTV
- Michael C. Hall - Dexter - Showtime
- William H. Macy - Shameless - Showtime
- Timothy Olyphant - Justified - FX
Best Actress in a Drama Series
- Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights - DirecTV
- Mireille Enos - The Killing - AMC
- Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife - CBS
- Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men - AMC
- Katey Sagal - Sons of Anarchy - FX
- Anna Torv - Fringe - FOX
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Alan Cumming - The Good Wife - CBS
- Walton Goggins - Justified - FX
- Shawn Hatosy - Southland - TNT
- John Noble - Fringe - FOX
- Michael Pitt - Boardwalk Empire - HBO
- John Slattery - Mad Men - AMC
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Michelle Forbes - The Killing - AMC
- Christina Hendricks - Mad Men - AMC
- Margo Martindale - Justified - FX
- Kelly Macdonald - Boardwalk Empire - HBO
- Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife - CBS
- Chloë Sevigny - Big Love - HBO
Best Reality Series
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - ABC
- Hoarders - A&E
- Sister Wives - TLC
- Undercover Boss - CBS
Best Reality Series - Competition
- The Amazing Race - CBS
- American Idol - FOX
- Dancing with the Stars - ABC
- Project Runway - Lifetime
- RuPaul's Drag Race - Logo
- Top Chef - Bravo
Best Reality Show Host
- Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars - ABC
- Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance - FOX
- Ty Pennington - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - ABC
- Mike Rowe - Dirty Jobs - Discovery
- Ryan Seacrest - American Idol - FOX
Best Talk Show
- Chelsea Lately - E!
- The Daily Show - Comedy Central
- Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show - Warner Bros.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live - ABC
- The Oprah Winfrey Show - Harpo
Best Comedy Series
- Archer - FX
- The Big Bang Theory - CBS
- Community - NBC
- Glee - FOX
- Louie - FX
- The Middle - ABC
- Modern Family - ABC
- The Office - NBC
- Parks and Recreation - NBC
- 30 Rock - NBC
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
- Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock - NBC
- Steve Carell - The Office - NBC
- Louis C.K. - Louie - FX
- Charlie Day - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - FX
- Joel McHale - Community - NBC
- Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory - CBS
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
- Courteney Cox - Cougar Town - ABC
- Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie - Showtime
- Patricia Heaton - The Middle - ABC
- Martha Plimpton - Raising Hope - FOX
- Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation - NBC
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Ty Burrell - Modern Family - ABC
- Nick Offerman - Parks and Recreation - NBC
- Ed O'Neill - Modern Family - ABC
- Danny Pudi - Community - NBC
- Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family - ABC
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Julie Bowen - Modern Family - ABC
- Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock - NBC
- Jane Lynch - Glee - FOX
- Busy Philipps - Cougar Town - ABC
- Eden Sher - The Middle - ABC
- Sofía Vergara - Modern Family - ABC
Presenters at the show included: Scott Bakula, Connie Britton, Kevin Connolly, Kaley Cuoco, Zooey Deschanel, Jenna Elfman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gillian Jacobs, Rob McElhenney, B.J. Novak, Tyler Posey, Sam Rubin, Adam Scott, Sam Trammell, Wilmer Valderrama and Elijah Wood.
Many of the stars of the eight shows acclaimed as Most Exciting New Series were also in attendance.
The Critics' Choice Television Awards honored programs and performances that aired between June 1, 2010 and May 31, 2011, except for the Most Exciting New Series, which are shows premiering after June 1, 2011.
Cable and satellite network ReelzChannel, available in more than 58 million homes, will broadcast the Critics' Choice Television Awards premiering on June 22 at 8 p.m. ET and repeating at 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. The Awards will be rebroadcast throughout the week. VH1.com will exclusively live stream the awards show on June 20 and will make select footage available for on-demand viewing following the star-studded event. VH1.com will also offer celebrity interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and an opportunity for fans to interact with celebrities backstage with its "fan-cam" stream.
The first Critics' Choice Television Awards were executive produced by Bob Bain for Bob Bain Productions.
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Dan
Nice to see John Noble winning. Classing up the joint on Fringe.
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Tyranus
JOHN NOBLE WONNN!!!!!!!
2 years agoby @tyranusFlag