What is it about HBO that makes it attract accolades like some kind of accolade magnet? Is it just cool to like HBO, and someday things will cycle around and it’ll be cool to like, say, NBC? Or is HBO really just that good at everything it does? Whatever the answer is, it’s not for us to decide. It’s for the Broadcast Television Journalists Association and its Critics’ Choice Television Awards to decide, and this year, it’s sticking with the idea that everything HBO does is great by giving it a total of 27 nominations. Most of those nominations went to Olive Kitteridge, with Veep, Bessie, The Comeback, Girls, Game Of Thrones, and Silicon Valley picking up a lot of the others.
To be fair, HBO could lose every award it’s up for, even if that’s statistically unlikely. In the event that something so strange happens, a handful of other shows were also nominated for awards. You’re The Worst, Transparent, Broad City, Mom, and Jane The Virgin will battle Veep and Silicon Valley for Best Comedy Series, with The Americans, Empire, The Good Wife, Homeland, Justified, and Orange Is The New Black trying to prevent Game Of Thrones from taking Best Drama Series. Two of the only categories that HBO isn’t in at all are Best Reality Series and Best Reality Competition Series, but that’s only because HBO hasn’t debuted a prestigious take on The Bachelor yet.
The awards ceremony will be held on May 31, and the full list of nominees is below.
Best Comedy Series
Broad City
Jane The Virgin
Mom
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep
You’re The Worst
Best Actor In A Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Chris Messina, The Mindy Project
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Will Forte, The Last Man On Earth
Best Actress In A Comedy Series
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Constance Wu, Fresh Off The Boat
Gina Rodriguez, Jane The Virgin
Ilana Glazer, Broad City
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Adam Driver, Girls
Cameron Monaghan, Shameless
Jaime Camil, Jane The Virgin
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep
Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Allison Janney, Mom
Carrie Brownstein, Portlandia
Eden Sher, The Middle
Judith Light, Transparent
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Melanie Lynskey, Togetherness
Best Guest Performer In A Comedy Series
Becky Ann Baker, Girls
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Josh Charles, Inside Amy Schumer
Laurie Metcalf, The Big Bang Theory
Peter Gallagher, Togetherness
Susie Essman, Broad City
Best Movie Made For Television
Bessie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale
A Poet In New York
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Best Limited Series
24: Live Another Day
American Crime
The Book Of Negroes
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
Best Actor In A Movie Or Limited Series
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
James Nesbitt, The Missing
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Live Another Day
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Michael Gambon, The Casual Vacancy
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Best Actress In A Movie Or Limited Series
Aunjanue Ellis, The Book Of Negroes
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Best Supporting Actor In A Movie Or Limited Series
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Cory Michael Smith, Olive Kitteridge
Elvis Nolasco, American Crime
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Jason Isaacs, Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Pryce, Wolf Hall
Best Supporting Actress In A Movie Or Limited Series
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Cynthia Nixon, Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Janet McTeer, The Honorable Woman
Khandi Alexander, Bessie
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Best Drama Series
The Americans
Empire
Game Of Thrones
The Good Wife
Homeland
Justified
Orange Is The New Black
Best Actress In A Drama Series
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Keri Russell, The Americans
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
Best Actor In Drama Series
Aden Young, Rectify
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Charlie Hunnam, Sons Of Anarchy
Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Carrie Coon, The Leftovers
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Joelle Carter, Justified
Katheryn Winnick, Vikings
Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is The New Black
Mae Whitman, Parenthood
Best Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Christopher Eccleston, The Leftovers
Craig T. Nelson, Parenthood
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Walton Goggins, Justified
Guest Performer In A Drama Series
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Julianne Nicholson, Masters Of Sex
Linda Lavin, The Good Wife
Lois Smith, The Americans
Sam Elliott, Justified
Walton Goggins, Sons of Anarchy
Best Reality Series
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Deadliest Catch
Married At First Sight
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss
Best Reality Competition Series
The Amazing Race
America’s Got Talent
Dancing With The Stars
Face Off
Master Chef Junior
The Voice
Best Reality Series Host
Anthony Bourdain, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
James Lipton, Inside The Actors Studio
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Best Animated Series
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
Gravity Falls
The Simpsons
South Park
Star Wars: Rebels
Best Talk Show
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
The Graham Norton Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Late Show With James Corden
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon