Complete Winners List: Critics’ Choice Television Awards
"Orange Is the New Black" and FX’s "Fargo" were the big winners.
June 20, 2014 -- The Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black" and FX’s "Fargo" were the big winners at Thursday’s first awards show of the summer -- the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards. Each series won three awards apiece.
Orange Is the New Black won best comedy series, best supporting actress in a comedy series for Kate Mulgrew and best guest performance in a comedy for Uzo Aduba.
Fargo was named best miniseries and star Billy Bob Thornton won the trophy for best actor in a movie or miniseries. Fargo star Allison Tolman won best supporting actress in a movie or miniseries.
The Critics’ Choice Television Awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. The event was broadcast on The CW network.
The organization behind the awards, The Broadcast Television Journalists Association, named Breaking Bad best drama series for the second consecutive year.
Matthew McConaughey won best actor in a drama series honors for his role as Detective Rust Cohle in HBO’s True Detective, while Tatiana Maslany of BBC America’s Orphan Black was named best actress in a drama series.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won best actress in a comedy for "Veep" and Jim Parsons of "The Big Bang Theory" was named best actor in a comedy.
Parsons presented the Louis XIII Genius Award, which honors a TV icon, to writer/producer Ryan Murphy for his work on "Glee," "American Horror Story" and "The Normal Heart."
Allison Janney went home with two trophies and the award for the best line of the evening. When she went onstage to collect the award for best guest performance in a drama series for her work on Showtime’s "Masters of Sex," she was speechless for a moment and then blurted out, “I just came.” Janney also tied "Orange Is the New Black" star Kate Mulgrew for best supporting actress in a comedy for her work on the CBS series "Mom."
Here's a rundown of the winners at Thursday's 4th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony:
BEST DRAMA SERIES
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
BEST COMEDY SERIES
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
BEST MOVIE
BEST MINI-SERIES
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
BEST TALK SHOW
BEST REALITY HOST
BEST REALITY SERIES – COMPETITION
BEST REALITY SERIES
LOUIS XIII GENIUS AWARD
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES