Finally some television award nominations I can truly get behind. The Emmy awards always get it about half right, with Mad Men winning Best Drama, and Game of Thrones, Dexter and Boardwalk Empire being nominated, but they always leave Community out of the Outstanding Comedy Series category. The nominations for the Critics' Choice TV Awards came out today and FINALLY a group of people were smart enough to recognize the spectacular comedy. In fact, bringing in 6 total, it was the most nominated show. Joel McHale was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, and Danny Pudi and Jim Rash were both nominated for their supporting roles. Alison Brie received a nomination on the Female Supporting Actor side and the show was nominated for Best Comedy Series. It has some stiff competition with Parks and Recreation, which I think had a stellar season, but I'm hoping Community can finally get some of the awards that it deserves and maybe, just maybe more people will start watching (even though it's Friday night death time slot might make that difficult). I also was pretty stoked to see Louis C.K. on the list, because Louie is just goddamned funny.
On the drama side, Mad Men and Breaking Bad tied for the most nominations with 5 each. And while Game of Thrones only had 2 (Best Drama Series and Best Supporting Actor) I was thankful that Peter Dinklage was on the list, because they should just stop everything and give him the award already (even with the tough competition from Aaron Paul, John Slattery, Neal McDonough and Giancarlo Esposito).
The awards will be given on June 18th, and whether or not Community actually wins, I'm glad someone has recognized how much fans love the show.
Full list of scripted TV nominations below:
Best Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory – CBS
Community – NBC
Girls – HBO
Modern Family – ABC
New Girl – FOX
Parks and Recreation – NBC
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Don Cheadle – House of Lies – Showtime
Louis C.K. – Louie – FX
Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm – HBO
Garret Dillahunt – Raising Hope – FOX
Joel McHale – Community – NBC
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory – CBS
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Zooey Deschanel – New Girl – FOX
Lena Dunham – Girls – HBO
Julia Louis Dreyfus – Veep – HBO
Martha Plimpton – Raising Hope – FOX
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation – NBC
Ashley Rickards – Awkward – MTV
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell – Modern Family – ABC
Max Greenfield – New Girl – FOX
Nick Offerman – Parks and Recreation – NBC
Danny Pudi – Community – NBC
Jim Rash – Community – NBC
Damon Wayans Jr. – Happy Endings – ABC
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Julie Bowen – Modern Family – ABC
Alison Brie – Community – NBC
Cheryl Hines – Suburgatory – ABC
Gillian Jacobs – Community – NBC
Eden Sher – The Middle – ABC
Casey Wilson – Happy Endings – ABC
Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series
Becky Ann Baker – Girls – HBO
Bobby Cannavale – Modern Family – ABC
Kathryn Hahn – Parks and Recreation – NBC
Justin Long – New Girl – FOX
Paul Rudd – Parks and Recreation – NBC
Peter Scolari – Girls – HBO
Best Drama Series
Breaking Bad – AMC
Downton Abbey – PBS
Game of Thrones – HBO
The Good Wife – CBS
Homeland – Showtime
Mad Men – AMC
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad – AMC
Kelsey Grammer – Boss – Starz
Jon Hamm – Mad Men – AMC
Charlie Hunnam – Sons of Anarchy – FX
Damian Lewis – Homeland – Showtime
Timothy Olyphant – Justified – FX
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes – Homeland – Showtime
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey – PBS
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife – CBS
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men – AMC
Emmy Rossum – Shameless – Showtime
Katey Sagal – Sons of Anarchy – FX
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones – HBO
Giancarlo Esposito – Breaking Bad – AMC
Neal McDonough – Justified – FX
John Noble – Fringe – FOX
Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad – AMC
John Slattery – Mad Men – AMC
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife – CBS
Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad – AMC
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men – AMC
Regina King – Southland – TNT
Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire – HBO
Maggie Siff – Sons of Anarchy – FX
Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
Dylan Baker – Damages – DirecTV
Jere Burns – Justified – FX
Loretta Devine – Grey’s Anatomy – ABC
Lucy Liu – Southland – TNT
Carrie Preston – The Good Wife – CBS
Chloe Webb – Shameless – Showtime
Best Animated Series
Archer – FX
Adventure Time – Cartoon Network
Bob’s Burgers – FOX
Family Guy – FOX
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Cartoon Network
Best Movie/Miniseries
American Horror Story – FX
Luther – BBC America
Sherlock – PBS
Page Eight – PBS
The Hour – BBC America
Game Change – HBO
Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock – PBS
Bill Nighy – Page Eight – PBS
Woody Harrelson – Game Change – HBO
Idris Elba – Luther – BBC America
Dominic West – The Hour – BBC America
Kevin Costner – Hatfields & McCoys – History
Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story – FX
Gillian Anderson – Great Expectations – PBS
Julianne Moore – Game Change – HBO
Patricia Clarkson – Five – Lifetime
Lara Pulver – Sherlock – PBS
Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult – Sundance
Cool. Cool Cool Cool.
You can say that the Critics Choice is 'streets ahead' of the competition.
The Emmys always get something right after it's gone, or at least after it's done being awesome.
They are streets ahead at least Community might get some sorta recognition.
The best supporting actor category is bananas... just give them all statues.
It's about time. Also glad to see Nick Offerman getting a nod too, as Ron Swanson is easily one of the best characters on TV.
Pretty good list of nominees. Would've hoped to see some Awake in there (at least something) and some more Happy Endings (it's a lot better than Big Bang Theory, that's for sure), but I guess I can't have everything.
But TV Critics don't end up making up the ratings that keep the shows on the air *stares at the gazillion bland generic and plain bad reality TV*...sigh...
I am loving all the nominations for Community. It's a shame NBC decided to fire Dan Harmon. Adventure Time has been nominated for an Emmy? Surely that must be a joke. Young Justice is more deserving of a nomination I think.
As happy as I am to see Community finally get some recognition, I can't help but feel that it's too late with Dan Harmon being fired from the show and the replacements' past work not inspiring much hope.
i am nervous about seeing this show since they just fired the creator.
Community, Parks & Rec and even Happy Endings all getting some form of recognition is pretty great. Good reminder that I need to check out Archer...
Why isn't Maisie Williams nominated for best supporting actress? She's phenomenal on Game of Thrones.
Just give everything to Breaking Bad and Community, I mean really. 'Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series' should just be renamed 'The Aaron Pauls'.