4th Critics' Choice Television Awards

Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

• The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
• Broad City (Comedy Central)
• Louie (FX)
• Silicon Valley (HBO)
• Veep (HBO)

Breaking Bad (AMC)

• The Americans (FX)
• Game of Thrones (HBO)
• The Good Wife (CBS)
• Masters of Sex (Showtime)
• True Detective (HBO)

The Normal Heart (HBO)

• An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC America)
• Burton & Taylor (BBC America)
• Killing Kennedy (Nat Geo)
• Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
• The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)

Fargo (FX)

• American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
• Bonnie & Clyde (A&E / History / Lifetime)
• Dancing on the Edge (Starz)
• The Hollow Crown (PBS)
• Luther (BBC America)

Archer (FX)

• Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
• Bob's Burgers (Fox)
• Family Guy (Fox)
• Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel)
• The Simpsons (Fox)

• Extant (CBS)
• Gotham (Fox)
• Halt and Catch Fire (AMC)
• The Leftovers (HBO)
• Outlander (Starz)
• Penny Dreadful (Showtime)
• The Strain (FX)

Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory

• Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie
• Chris Messina as Dr. Danny Castellano – The Mindy Project
• Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendriks – Silicon Valley
• Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt – Parks and Recreation
• Robin Williams as Simon Roberts – The Crazy Ones

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer – Veep

• Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler – Broad City
• Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg – The Goldbergs
• Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation
• Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher – Shameless
• Amy Schumer as Various Characters – Inside Amy Schumer

Andre Braugher as Capt. Ray Holt – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

• Keith David as Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody – Enlisted
• Tony Hale as Gary Walsh – Veep
• Albert Tsai as Bert Harrison – Trophy Wife
• Christopher Evan Welch as Peter Gregory – Silicon Valley
• Jeremy Allen White as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher – Shameless

Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett – Mom (TIE)
Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov – Orange Is the New Black (TIE)

• Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler – The Big Bang Theory
• Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset – Orange Is the New Black
• Kaley Cuoco as Penny – The Big Bang Theory
• Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow, RN – Nurse Jackie

Matthew McConaughey as Det. Rustin "Rust" Cohle – True Detective

• Bryan Cranston as Walter White – Breaking Bad
• Hugh Dancy as Will Graham – Hannibal
• Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates – Bates Motel
• Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings – The Americans
• Michael Sheen as Dr. William Masters – Masters of Sex

Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters – Orphan Black

• Lizzy Caplan as Dr. Virginia Johnson – Masters of Sex
• Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates – Bates Motel
• Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife
• Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings – The Americans
• Robin Wright as Claire Underwood – House of Cards

Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman – Breaking Bad

• Josh Charles as Will Gardner – The Good Wife
• Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified
• Peter Sarsgaard as Ray Seward – The Killing
• Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan – Ray Donovan
• Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Valentin Narcisse – Boardwalk Empire

Bellamy Young as First Lady Melody "Mellie" Grant – Scandal

• Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart – The Good Wife
• Anna Gunn as Skyler White – Breaking Bad
• Annet Mahendru as Nina Sergeevna – The Americans
• Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier – The Walking Dead
• Maggie Siff as Dr. Tara Knowles-Teller – Sons of Anarchy

Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo – Fargo

• David Bradley as William Hartnell – An Adventure in Space and Time
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes – Sherlock: His Last Vow
• Chiwetel Ejiofor as Louis Lester – Dancing on the Edge
• Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard – Fargo
• Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks – The Normal Heart

Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode – American Horror Story: Coven

• Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor – Burton & Taylor
• Minnie Driver as Maggie Royal – Return to Zero
• Whoopi Goldberg as Viola – A Day Late and a Dollar Short
• Holliday Grainger as Bonnie Parker – Bonnie & Clyde
• Cicely Tyson as Mrs. Carrie Watts – The Trip to Bountiful

Matt Bomer as Felix Turner – The Normal Heart

• Warren Brown as Justin Ripley – Luther
• Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson – Sherlock: His Last Vow
• Colin Hanks as Officer Gus Grimly – Fargo
• Joe Mantello as Mickey Marcus – The Normal Heart
• Blair Underwood as Ludie Watts – The Trip to Bountiful

Allison Tolman as Deputy Molly Solverson – Fargo

• Amanda Abbington as Mary Watson – Sherlock: His Last Vow
• Kathy Bates as Delphine LaLaurie – American Horror Story: Coven
• Ellen Burstyn as Olivia Foxworth – Flowers in the Attic
• Jessica Raine as Verity Lambert – An Adventure in Space and Time
• Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner – The Normal Heart

Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren – Orange Is the New Black

• Sarah Baker as Vanessa – Louie
• James Earl Jones as Himself – The Big Bang Theory
• Mimi Kennedy as Marjorie Armstrong – Mom
• Andrew Rannells as Elijah Krantz – Girls
• Lauren Weedman as Doris – Looking

Allison Janney as Margaret Scully – Masters of Sex

• Beau Bridges as Provost Barton Scully – Masters of Sex
• Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam – Sons of Anarchy
• Joe Morton as Rowan "Eli" Pope – Scandal
• Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni – The Good Wife
• Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell – Game of Thrones

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / Nat Geo)

• Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
• Duck Dynasty (A&E)
• MythBusters (Discovery)
• Top Gear (History)
• Undercover Boss (CBS)

Shark Tank (ABC)

• The Amazing Race (CBS)
• Project Runway (Lifetime)
• Survivor (CBS)
• Top Chef (Bravo)
• The Voice (NBC)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

• Conan (TBS)
• The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

Neil deGrasse Tyson – Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

• Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars
• Carson Daly – The Voice
• Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance
• Gordon Ramsay – MasterChef
• RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race