The Critics' Choice Television Awards are accolades that are presented annually by the Critics Choice Association (CCA). They were established in 2011, and the first ceremony was held on June 20, 2011, and streamed live on VH1.com. The fourth ceremony was televised live, for the first time in award history, on June 19, 2014, on The CW. In October 2014, the A&E Network was granted exclusive rights to broadcast the television and film awards in 2015 and 2016.
History
The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) was founded in 2011 as an offshoot of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The Awards are produced by executive producer Bob Bain.
According to the acting president of the BTJA, Joey Berlin, the Critics' Choice Television Awards were launched "to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry. Just as the Critics' Choice Movie Awards has been established as an important part of the annual movie awards season, we are confident that the Critics' Choice Television Awards will play a similar role for the television industry."
Categories
Criticism
Following the announcement of the partnership with Entertainment Weekly prior to the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards in November 2016, several high profile members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association left the organization, including Michael Ausiello of TVLine, Maureen Ryan of Variety, Ken Tucker of Yahoo! TV, and Michael Schneider of IndieWire. In an article Schneider published shortly after his resignation titled, he wrote: "The idea that Entertainment Weekly would be the preferred media outlet for an awards show decided by journalists from many outlets is unusual. (It would be like CNN being named the official partner of the Presidential Debates, even though they're moderated and covered by representatives from multiple news organizations.)" Following the mass exodus of television critics, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association lost 15%–30% of its membership. This caused the majority of the membership to be made up of internet journalists instead of television critics. During the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards the fact that several critically acclaimed shows were snubbed such as The Americans, Rectify, The Night Of and You're the Worst in favor of shows with very little to no critical support such as Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and House of Cards was credited, and widely criticized, due to this change.
Award ceremonies
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Superlatives
Multiple winners
4 awards
Jean Smart
3 awards
Allison Janney
Bob Odenkirk
Sarah Paulson
2 awards
Uzo Aduba
Tom Bergeron
Alex Borstein
Rachel Brosnahan
Mayim Bialik
Andre Braugher
Sterling K. Brown
Louis C.K. Jennifer Coolidge Bryan Cranston Julia Louis-Dreyfus Giancarlo Esposito Bill Hader Christina Hendricks Regina King Margo Martindale Tatiana Maslany Jim Parsons Jason Sudeikis Jeffrey Tambor Hannah Waddingham
Multiple nominees
10 nominations
Christine Baranski
8 nominations
Walton Goggins
6 nominations
Sterling K. Brown
Regina King
Elisabeth Moss
Bob Odenkirk
Matthew Rhys
5 nominations
Tom Bergeron
Ellen Burstyn
Cat Deeley
Julia Garner
Freddie Highmore
Allison Janney
Jessica Lange
Julianna Margulies
Timothy Olyphant
Jim Parsons
Keri Russell
Eden Sher
Jean Smart
4 nominations
Anthony Anderson
Mayim Bialik
Louis C.K. Carrie Coon Bryan Cranston Kaley Cuoco Claire Danes Julia Louis-Dreyfus Betty Gilpin Bill Hader Margo Martindale Tatiana Maslany Sarah Paulson Amy Poehler RuPaul