1st Critics' Choice Television Awards

Modern Family (ABC)

• 30 Rock (NBC)
• Archer (FX)
• The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
• Community (NBC)
• Glee (Fox)
• Louie (FX)
• The Middle (ABC)
• The Office (NBC)
• Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Mad Men (AMC)

• Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
• Dexter (Showtime)
• Friday Night Lights (NBC / Audience Network)
• Fringe (Fox)
• Game of Thrones (HBO)
• The Good Wife (CBS)
• Justified (FX)
• The Killing (AMC)
• The Walking Dead (AMC)

• Alcatraz (Fox)
• Awake (NBC)
• Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (ABC)
• Falling Skies (TNT)
• New Girl (Fox)
• Ringer (The CW)
• Smash (NBC)
• Terra Nova (Fox)

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

• Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy – 30 Rock
• Steve Carell as Michael Scott – The Office
• Louis C.K. as Louie – Louie
• Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly – It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Joel McHale as Jeff Winger – Community

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon – 30 Rock

• Courteney Cox as Jules Cobb – Cougar Town
• Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, RN – Nurse Jackie
• Patricia Heaton as Frankie Heck – The Middle
• Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance – Raising Hope
• Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope – Parks and Recreation

Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson – How I Met Your Mother

• Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy – Modern Family
• Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson – Parks and Recreation
• Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett – Modern Family
• Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir – Community
• Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker – Modern Family

Busy Philipps as Laurie Keller – Cougar Town

• Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy – Modern Family
• Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney – 30 Rock
• Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester – Glee
• Eden Sher as Sue Heck – The Middle
• Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – Modern Family

Jon Hamm as Don Draper – Mad Men

• Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson – Boardwalk Empire
• Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor – Friday Night Lights
• Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan – Dexter
• William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher – Shameless
• Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens – Justified

Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife

• Connie Britton as Tami Taylor – Friday Night Lights
• Mireille Enos as Det. Sarah Linden – The Killing
• Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson – Mad Men
• Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow – Sons of Anarchy
• Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham – Fringe

John Noble as Dr. Walter Bishop – Fringe

• Alan Cumming as Eli Gold – The Good Wife
• Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder – Justified
• Shawn Hatosy as Det. Sammy Bryant – Southland
• Michael Pitt as Jimmy Darmody – Boardwalk Empire
• John Slattery as Roger Sterling, Jr. – Mad Men

Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris – Mad Men (TIE)
Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett – Justified (TIE)

• Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen – The Killing
• Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder – Boardwalk Empire
• Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma – The Good Wife
• Chloë Sevigny as Nicolette Grant – Big Love

Hoarders (A&E) (TIE)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) (TIE)

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
• Sister Wives (TLC)
• Undercover Boss (CBS)

American Idol (Fox)

• The Amazing Race (CBS)
• Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
• Project Runway (Lifetime)
• RuPaul's Drag Race (Logo)
• Top Chef (Bravo)

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

• Chelsea Lately (E!)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (CBS)

Mike Rowe – Dirty Jobs

• Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars
• Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance
• Ty Pennington – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Ryan Seacrest – American Idol