Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015

The Beverly Hills Hotel, venue for the 2015 Critics' Choice Television Awards

Cate Deeley, presenter of the awards

The 2015 Critics' Choice Television Awards were presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) on May 31, 2015 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills , California . The nominations were announced on May 6, 2015. Programs that were broadcast in prime time in the period from June 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015 were taken into account . In the United States, the ceremony was broadcast live on A&E . The event was moderated by Cat Deeley .

Regardless of the actual presentation, the awards in the category Most Promising New Series (in the original Most Exciting New Series ) were presented on May 26, 2015 .

Overview

The most successful series / films
(at least three nominations; highlighted = most awards
N = nomination; A = award)
Series / film	N	A.
Olive Kitteridge	5	3
Justified	5	1
Transparent	4th	2
Bessie	4th	1
The Americans	4th	0
Good Wife	4th	0
Wolf Hall	4th	0
Silicon Valley	3	2
American horror story	3	1
American Crime	3	0
The Big Bang Theory	3	0
Broad City	3	0
The Honorable Woman	3	0
Jane the Virgin	3	0
Stockholm, Pennsylvania	3	0
Veep - The Vice President	3	0

Were most frequently nominated with 5 nominations, the sixth and final season of the drama series Justified and HBO - Miniseries Olive Kitteridge , an adaptation of the novel by Elizabeth Strout . This is followed by 4 nominations each The Americans by FX , the TV film Bessie , also from HBO, about the famous blues singer Bessie Smith , the sixth season of the political series Good Wife and the respective premiere seasons of Amazons Transparent and BBC Two's historical drama Wolf Hall (in the USA with PBS shown).

The multi-part television series American Horror Story comes for its fourth season (originally known as American Horror Story: Freak Show ) with three nominations in the TV film or mini-series category . The comedy series The Big Bang Theory , Broad City , Silicon Valley and Veep - The Vice President , the dramedy Jane the Virgin , and the miniseries American Crime were also nominated three times . The British thriller series The Honorable Woman (ran on SundanceTV in the USA ) and the drama Stockholm, Pennsylvania , which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was later shown on television by Lifetime , were also considered. The 2011 still most nominated series Modern Family and Mad Men find themselves with at this year's ceremony with not a single nomination.

Instead, better Call Saul , Empire , How to Get Away with Murder , The Leftovers , Togetherness (2 nominations each), Black-ish , Bloodline , Fresh Off the Boat , Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Vikings (each 1). The breakdown of the best film or mini-series category introduced at the last award ceremony has been retained. In the two categories, 24: Live Another Day , The Book of Negroes and Killing Jesus were considered.

For the reality TV formats, the casting show Dancing with the Stars and the travel documentary series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown each received two nominations (for reality show and for best presenter). As the presenter of Dancing with the Stars , Tom Bergeron was nominated for the fifth time in a row as the best presenter of a reality show . Among the talk shows, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel Live! with five nominations since the award was introduced in 2011, just like last year. Archer set the same record for the cartoon series, even if this category was only introduced in 2012, so the series was nominated for best comedy series in 2011.

Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015

Overview

Award winners and nominees

Comedy division

Best comedy series

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Best guest role in a comedy series

Drama division

Best drama series

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Best guest role in a drama series

TV film or miniseries division

Best TV movie

Best miniseries

Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Mini-Series

Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series

Reality TV division

Best reality show

Best Reality Show Competition

Best presenter of a reality show

Other categories

Best animated series

Best talk show

Most promising new series

Web links

Individual evidence