--- description: Justified and Olive Kitteridge currently rank at the top with 5 nominations each title: These Are the Nominees for the 2015 Critics' Choice TV Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef41dbaeae57bba6/6987eeb1cd1bba58966f954e/web_img_gallery_detail_series_dsktp_justified_s3_07.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Are the Nominees for the 2015 Critics' Choice TV Awards by [Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2015 8:40 PM CUT  Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in FX's "Justified." Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in FX's "Justified."FX by [Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2015 8:40 PM CUT This year’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards nominations have HBO leading the networks with a whopping 27 nods, followed by last year’s frontrunner, FX, with 16 nominations. The CW also makes its debut as a multi-nominee, thanks to _Jane the Virgin_. As for series, _Justified_ and _Olive Kitteridge_ have the most nominations, with five apiece. Held by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, the fifth annual awards will be broadcast live on A&E from the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 31 at 8 p.m. ET. Check out the nominees below… **Best comedy series** _Broad City_ (Comedy Central) _Jane the Virgin_ (The CW) _Mom_ (CBS) _Silicon Valley_ (HBO) _Transparent_ (Amazon) _Veep_ (HBO) _You’re the Worst_ (FX) **Best actor in a comedy series** Anthony Anderson, _Blackish_ (ABC) Chris Messina, _The Mindy Project_ (FOX) Jeffrey Tambor, _Transparent_ (Amazon) Johnny Galecki, _The Big Bang Theory_ (CBS) Thomas Middleditch, _Silicon Valley_ (HBO) Will Forte, _The Last Man on Earth_ (FOX) **Best actress in a comedy series** Amy Schumer, _Inside Amy Schumer_ (Comedy Central) Constance Wu, _Fresh Off the Boat_ (ABC) Gina Rodriguez, _Jane the Virgin_ (The CW) Ilana Glazer, _Broad City_ (Comedy Central) Julia Louis-Dreyfus, _Veep_ (HBO) Lisa Kudrow, _The Comeback_ (HBO) **Best supporting actor in a comedy series** Adam Driver, _Girls_ (HBO) Cameron Monaghan, _Shameless_ (Showtime) Jaime Camil, _Jane the Virgin_ (The CW) T.J. Miller, _Silicon Valley_ (HBO) Tituss Burgess, _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_ (Netflix) Tony Hale, _Veep_ (HBO) **Best supporting actress in a comedy series** Allison Janney, _Mom_ (CBS) Carrie Brownstein, _Portlandia_ (IFC) Eden Sher, _The Middle_ (ABC) Judith Light, _Transparent_ (Amazon) Mayim Bialik, _The Big Bang Theory_ (CBS) Melanie Lynskey, _Togetherness_ (HBO) **Best guest performer in a comedy series** Becky Ann Baker, _Girls_ (HBO) Bradley Whitford, _Transparent_ (Amazon) Josh Charles, _Inside Amy Schumer_ (Comedy Central) Laurie Metcalf, _The Big Bang Theory_ (CBS) Peter Gallagher, _Togetherness_ (HBO) Susie Essman, _Broad City_ (Comedy Central) **Best movie made for television** _Bessie_ (HBO) _Killing Jesus_ (National Geographic Channel) _Nightingale_ (HBO) _A Poet in New York_ (BBC America) _Stockholm, Pennsylvania_ (Lifetime) **Best limited series** _24: Live Another Day_ (FOX) _American Crime_ (ABC) _The Book of Negroes_ (BET) _The Honorable Woman_ (Sundance) _Olive Kitteridge_ (HBO) _Wolf Hall_ (PBS) **Best actor in a movie or limited series** David Oyelowo, _Nightingale_ (HBO) James Nesbitt, _The Missing_ (Starz) Kiefer Sutherland, _24: Live Another Day_ (FOX) Mark Rylance, _Wolf Hall_ (PBS) Michael Gambon, _The Casual Vacancy_ (HBO) Richard Jenkins, _Olive Kitteridge_ (HBO) **Best actress in a movie or limited series** Aunjanue Ellis, _The Book of Negroes_ (BET) Felicity Huffman, _American Crime_ (ABC) Frances McDormand, _Olive Kitteridge_ (HBO) Jessica Lange, _American Horror Story: Freak Show_ (FX) Maggie Gyllenhaal, _The Honorable Woman_ (Sundance) Queen Latifah, _Bessie_ (HBO) **Best supporting actor in a movie or limited series** Bill Murray, _Olive Kitteridge_ (HBO) Cory Michael Smith, _Olive Kitteridge_ (HBO) Elvis Nolasco, _American Crime_ (ABC) Finn Wittrock, _American Horror Story: Freak Show_ (FX) Jason Isaacs, _Stockholm, Pennsylvania_ (Lifetime) Jonathan Pryce, _Wolf Hall_ (PBS) **Best supporting actress in a movie or limited series** Claire Foy, _Wolf Hall_ (PBS) Cynthia Nixon, _Stockholm, Pennsylvania_ (Lifetime) Janet McTeer, _The Honorable Woman_ (Sundance) Khandi Alexander, _Bessie_ (HBO) Mo’Nique, _Bessie_ (HBO) Sarah Paulson, _American Horror Story: Freak Show_ (FX) **Best drama series** _The Americans_ (FX) _Empire_ (Fox) _Game of Thrones_ (HBO) _The Good Wife_ (CBS) _Homeland_ (Showtime) _Justified_ (FX) _Orange Is the New Black_ (Netflix) **Best actress in a drama series** Eva Green, _Penny Dreadful_ (Showtime) Julianna Margulies, _The Good Wife_ (CBS) Keri Russell, _The Americans_ (FX) Taraji P. Henson, _Empire_ (FOX) Vera Farmiga, _Bates Motel_ (A&E) Viola Davis, _How to Get Away With Murder_ (ABC) **Best actor in a drama series** Aden Young, _Rectify_ (Sundance) Bob Odenkirk, _Better Call Saul_ (AMC) Charlie Hunnam, _Sons of Anarchy_ (FX) Freddie Highmore, _Bates Motel_ (A&E) Matthew Rhys, _The Americans_ (FX) Timothy Olyphant, _Justified_ (FX) **Best supporting actress in a drama series** Carrie Coon, _The Leftovers_ (HBO) Christine Baranski, _The Good Wife_ (CBS) Joelle Carter, _Justified_ (FX) Katheryn Winnick, _Vikings_ (History) Lorraine Toussaint, _Orange Is the New Black_ (Netflix) Mae Whitman, _Parenthood_ (NBC) **Best supporting actor in a drama series** Ben Mendelsohn, _Bloodline_ (Netflix) Christopher Eccleston, _The Leftovers_ (HBO) Craig T. Nelson, _Parenthood_ (NBC) Jonathan Banks, _Better Call Saul_ (AMC) Mandy Patinkin, _Homeland_ (Showtime) Walton Goggins, _Justified_ (FX) **Guest performer in a drama series** Cicely Tyson, _How to Get Away with Murder_ (ABC) Julianne Nicholson, _Masters of Sex_ (Showtime) Linda Lavin, _The Good Wife_ (CBS) Lois Smith, _The Americans_ (FX) Sam Elliott, _Justified_ (FX) Walton Goggins, _Sons of Anarchy_ (FX) **Best reality series** _Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown_ (CNN) _Deadliest Catch_ (Discovery Channel) _Married at First Sight_ (A&E) _MythBusters_ (Discovery Channel) _Shark Tank_ (ABC) _Undercover Boss_ (CBS) **Best reality competition series** _The Amazing Race_ (CBS) _America’s Got Talent_ (NBC) _Dancing With the Stars_ (ABC) _Face Off_ (Syfy) _Master Chef Junior_ (FOX) _The Voice_ (NBC) **Best reality series host** Anthony Bourdain, _Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown_ (CNN) Betty White, _Betty White’s Off Their Rockers_ (Lifetime) Cat Deeley, _So You Think You Can Dance_ (FOX) James Lipton, _Inside the Actors Studio_ (Bravo) Phil Keoghan, _The Amazing Race_ (CBS Tom Bergeron, _Dancing with the Stars_ (ABC) **Best animated series** _Archer_ (FX) _Bob’s Burgers_ (FOX) _Gravity Falls_ (Disney Channel) _The Simpsons_ (FOX) _South Park_ (Comedy Central) _Star Wars Rebels_ (Disney XD) **Best talk show** _The Daily Show with Jon Stewart_ (Comedy Central) _The Graham Norton Show_ (BBC America) _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ (ABC) _Last Week Tonight with John Oliver_ (HBO) _The Late Late Show with James Corden_ (CBS) _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ (NBC) _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/05/critics-tv-choice-awards-2015-and-nominees-are "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3849329/critics-choice-tv-awards-nominees/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3849329/critics-choice-tv-awards-nominees/"},"headline":"These Are the Nominees for the 2015 Critics' Choice TV Awards","datePublished":"2015-05-06T20:40:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:59:19.058Z","description":"Justified and Olive Kitteridge currently rank at the top with 5 nominations each","url":"https://time.com/3849329/critics-choice-tv-awards-nominees/","keywords":["Television","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef41dbaeae57bba6/6987eeb1cd1bba58966f954e/web_img_gallery_detail_series_dsktp_justified_s3_07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shirley Li / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef41dbaeae57bba6/6987eeb1cd1bba58966f954e/web_img_gallery_detail_series_dsktp_justified_s3_07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in FX's \"Justified.\"","caption":"Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in FX's \"Justified.\"","creditText":"FX","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3849329/critics-choice-tv-awards-nominees/","name":"These Are the Nominees for the 2015 Critics' Choice TV Awards"}}]}] ```